Talladega College Sells Off Murals

Talladega College Sells Off Murals

Talladega College, a historically Black college in Alabama, is selling murals by artist Hale Woodruff to shore up its finances and keep the art publicly accessible.

A New Model for Stewardship: Talladega College’s Partnership to Share Hale Woodruff’s Murals

In a move that may shine light on how museums and institutions could share the responsibility of preserving cultural heritage, Alabama’s Talladega College has entered into a partnership with three art institutions to share a monumental artwork. The alliance—between the historically Black college and the Toledo Museum of Art, Art Bridges, and the Terra Foundation for American Art—ensures that six murals by artist Hale A. Woodruff will remain vi…