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Faces & Stories: A Portrait of Southern Writers - Orgain Gallery

Customs House Museum and Cultural Center - Clarksv

April 24-June 15, 2008

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A traveling exhibition of black and white portraits paying tribute to the strong literary heritage of the American South. Initially commissioned to photograph the founding members of the Fellowship of Southern Writers, internationally acclaimed photographer Curt Richter expanded the project over a seven-year period to photograph over two hundred writers associated with the South. 

Richter's work has been highly acclaimed by visual art collectors as well as the authors themselves. According the author Robert Coles, "Richter evokes the inevitable mystery of talent, if not genius." Ann Beattie, one of the Southern authors featured in Faces and Stores comments, "[Richter] waits for the expressive moment that has little or nothing to do with the face people usually present to the world." Coles and Beattie agree that the power of Richter's Faces and Stories inspires the audience to see aspects of themselves in the photograph while acknowledging the subtle strength of each author's portrait. Southern Visions: The Folk Arts and Southern Culture Traveling Exhibits Program is made possible through the generous support of the National Endowment for the Arts.
 

Helpful Information: Children under age 14 must be accompanied by an adult at all times and in all areas of the Museum. Free parking for Museum visitors is available behind the Museum at the top of the hill off South Second Street. Sundays are free for everyone!

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  Tickets: Free/Museum members and Children under 6, $5/Adults, $4/Seniors 55 and up, $2/College students with picture ID, $1/Children ages 6-18

  Info Phone: (931) 648-5780

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  Dates:
  April 24-June 15, 2008

  Times:
  Tuesday-Saturday 10:00am to 5:00pm, Sunday 1:00pm to 5:00pm, Closed Mondays and major holidays

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  Customs House Museum and Cultural Center - Clarksville

  200 South Second Street Clarksville, TN 37040

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