Embracing critical conversations and creative expressions for a diverse and changing South
This fall the Center is honored to showcase a photography collection titled Rostros del Tiempo: Faces of Time. Taken by Charles D. Thompson, Jr., these portraits depict the faces of former Braceros (or sometimes their widows, who stand for them) … Read more
Katy Clune's photographs depict an immigrant community in Morganton, including the family of Toon Phapphayboun, who escaped Laos by swimming across the Mekong River at age 14. This collection explores three realms essential to the Phapphaybouns’ identity in North Carolina: … Read more
Our Fall 2016 art exhibit features photographs from William Ferris's latest book, The South in Color. Ferris is the Joel R. Williamson Eminent Professor of History at UNC-Chapel Hill and the former chair of the National Endowment for the Humanities. … Read more
Join us in celebrating the Winter Issue of Southern Cultures at the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University. Curator Trevor Schoonmaker will discuss the current exhibit, Southern Accent, with artists Jeff Whetstone and Stacy Lynn Waddell. Selections from Southern … Read more
Join us at the Center on Friday, March 10 for the opening of Keith Knight's "Fear of a Black Marker: Political Cartoons." Knight's syndicated series include The K Chronicles, (Th)ink, and The Knight Life. The K Chronicles has won the … Read more