The University Galleries at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, “Common Roots: Many Branches.”

The 18 artists featured in the distinctive exhibition are current and former visual art faculty members and students who represent the National Alliance of Artists from Historically Black Colleges and Universities (NAAHBCU). NAAHBCU is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) professional organization that educates and promotes artists and art programs at historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs). Its mission is to bring art and art education to the forefront of member institutions and to keep those programs as institutional priorities for generations to come.“‘Common Roots: Many Branches’ symbolizes the relationship between the professor and the student,” who connect through their common roots, and a desire to explore life through the arts,” said Peggy Blood, Ph.D., NAAHBCU president and professor of fine arts at Savannah State University. “Their relationship is synonymous with a growing tree that forms many branches and then creates a new fruit that gives life to the next generation to begin anew.”