Lincoln University of Missouri (LU) graduate Florene Calvin Dawkins (1977), a retired educator and community advocate, is donating 138 pieces from her extensive private collection of art, rare books, and manuscripts to her alma mater.
Among her donation highlights are an original painting by John Biggers titled Africa, an African birthing chair and rare African statues that were once wrapped in 1930s newspapers when she acquired them.
The Florene C. Dawkins Art Collective Exhibit II will be celebrated at noon Friday October 31, 2025 in the Dorothy E. Steward Art Gallery, Richardson Fine Arts Center on the Lincoln campus in Jefferson City, Mo.