Fisk University-Nashville, Tennessee

Today in Nashville was as beautiful a day as one could hope for - beautiful blue skies, cool temperatures, the leaves on the trees starting to change. Our family spent the morning together gathering pecans in our backyard. They're everywhere this year and delicious.

We spent part of the afternoon visiting the Fisk University campus with the goal of seeing the Stieglitz collection at the Carl Van Vechten Gallery on campus. The Gallery recently re-opened after a lengthy closure. The collection, a gift from Georgia O'Keefe in the 1940's, contains works by Renoir, Picasso, Cezanne, Stieglitz photographs and more.



The most famous painting of the collection is Georgia O'Keefe's Radiator Building at Night - New York, 1927. The school has been offered 25 million dollars for this work.



It was a joyful afternoon spent at the Fisk campus. It is fall break, so we nearly had the place to ourselves. The Carl Van Vechten Gallery was a refreshing, renewing place for my mind and spirit. It is a true treasure in Nashville.