Finite Disappointment / Infinite Hope

Finite Disappointment / Infinite Hope was produced by contemporary Washington, DC-based photographer and ETSU alumnus Gediyon Kifle, at the Reece Museum the Spring of 2018, as a tribute to, and in commemoration of, Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and the ongoing saga for justice and racial equality. As the official photographer of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in Washington, DC, Kifle provided photo documentation not only of this significant space, but also of the leading figures in the Civil Rights Movement including Muhammad Ali, Dr. Maya Angelou, Rep. John Lewis and others.
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Illustrating Dante's Divine Comedy

In Summer of 2021, The Reece Museum presented Illustrating Dante’s Divine Comedy, an exhibition celebrating the 700th Anniversary of Dante Alighieri’s epic poem the Divine Comedy. Traveling from Hell to Paradise via the poem’s rich visual arts tradition, the exhibition featured over forty framed Salvador Dali original woodblock illustrations from the Reece permanent collection. Also featured were works by Botticelli, Blake, Dore, and others from the personal collection of Dr. Joshua Reid, Associate Professor from the Department of Literature and Language at ETSU, along with visual interpretations made by the campus community.
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