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AMERICA IN BLACK AND WHITE: DEPRESSION-ERA PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE FARM SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

The Muscarelle Museum of Art presents a selection of photographs from the Farm Security Administration, a New Deal-era project that created a pictorial record of American life between 1935-1944 and launched the careers of American photographers such as Walker Evans, Dorothea Lange and Gordon Parks. America in Black & White documents the enduring power of photography as a catalyst for empathy, understanding, and social change. Through its evocative imagery and poignant narratives, the exhibition invites us to confront the complexities of our shared history and to engage with the enduring questions of identity, equality, and public policy in America.

The Williamsburg Regional Library Gallery at the Stryker Center is open Monday through Friday, 9 AM to 5 PM. Docent-led tours of the exhibition will be available Wednesdays from 2-4 PM and Fridays from 10 AM to noon. Other tours provided by request.

NASCENT THEMES FROM A CONVERSATION OF FRAGMENTS: Recent Collages by Clive Knights

We are pleased to partner once again with Professor of Art Elizabeth Mead and Associate Professor of Psychological Sciences Jennifer Stevens on the exhibition Nascent Themes From a Conversation of Fragments: Recent Collages by Clive Knights. Curated by Elizabeth Mead, the exhibition will serve as the laboratory portion for the class Neuroaesthetics: The Artist and the Mind taught by Mead and Stevens. The course and exhibition will examine the roles of creativity and cognition through the collage work of English artist and architect Clive Knights.

Twenty-five works by Knights will be on view from Feburary 9 through May 18 at The Daily Grind lodge adjacent to the Sadler Center. This exhibition will bring first-hand experiential interaction with contemporary abstract art, inviting viewers to explore their internal response to the color, contrast, depth, tone, layering, texture and gesture of these intricate compositions. The Daily Grind is in the former Lodge 2 building, located between the Sadler Center and the McLeod Tyler Wellness Center.

CLIVE KNIGHTS | Moby, 2022 | Collage on paper