Rev. Reneé Kesler, president of the Beck Cultural Exchange Center, said educators played an important role in the lives of Beauford and Joseph Delaney. The Beck Center is planning a museum to highlight the legacy of the Delaney brothers, who achieved wide acclaim as artists.
Beck Cultural Exchange Center under the guidance of president Reneé Kesler, is renovating the last known residence of the family of famed world-renown artists Beaufort and Joseph to soon be The Delaney Museum in Knoxville, Tenn.

Beauford Delaney, Internationally famed artist gaining hometown recognition

By Josh Flory KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (Feb. 2022) – Beauford Delaney grew up in Knoxville and went on to achieve international acclaim as one of the great modernist painters of the 20th Century. In many ways, his achievements were more widely recognized outside of Knoxville than they were local. But a group of local activists and…