'Diverse and Beautiful' reception
JOHNSON CITY – East Tennessee State University’s Slocumb Galleries will host a reception and panel discussion on “Diverse & Beautiful: Black Artists in Tennessee and Appalachia” on Thursday, Sept. 20, from 5-7 p.m.
This free public event is in conjunction with the “Diverse & Beautiful: Interchangeable by Althea Murphy Price” exhibit on display at Slocumb Galleries.
Price, a Knoxville-based artist and educator, will speak on the panel, along with Nashville photographer Carlton Wilkinson, who will discuss African Appalachians. Dr. Dorothy Drinkard-Hawkshawe, ETSU professor of history and director of Africana Studies, will present an excerpt of her lecture, “African Art: Its Uses and Impact on World Art.”
The reception will be held in Slocumb Galleries in Ball Hall, with the panel discussion to take place in the Ball Hall auditorium.
For more information, contact Karlota Contreras-Koterbay, director of Slocumb Galleries, at 423-483-3179 or contrera@etsu.edu. For disability accommodations, call the ETSU Office of Disability Services at 423-439-8346.Media Contact:
Jennifer Hill
hill@etsu.edu,
423-439-4317