Exhibition
DUST
November 3 - 19, 2023
200 E 4th Ave, Corsicana, Texas
Friday - Sunday / Noon - 6:00 pm
An exhibition of a recently discovered cache of photographs and negatives dating from 1948 - 1966. Each photograph tells a story, taken together they are a rich chronicle of Corsicana, Navarro County, and Texas. The exhibition marks the first time this accidental time capsule will be on view.
DUST is curated by photographer Allison V. Smith and Michael Thomas editor and publisher of 1814 MAGAZINE.
Event
DUST - Opening Reception
November 4, 2023
200 E 4th Ave, Corsicana, Texas
Noon - 4:00 pm
Photo by Allison V. Smith
Event - Education
Student Workshop
November 4, 11, and 18, 2023
10:00 am - Noon
In support of the DUST exhibition and in collaboration with Navarro Council of the Arts, photographer Allison V. Smith will offer a hands on photography program for CISD students. Participants will learn about the DUST exhibition from the curators and will be given black and white film cameras with the assignment of documenting their lives in 27 frames. Upon completion of the assignment the film will be processed and prints made by Photographique Dallas. A special review and showing of the images will be held at the Palace Theatre in Corsicana at the completion of the project.
Photo by Allison V. Smith
Event - Education
Henry Horenstein
November 5, 2023
200 E 4th Ave, Corsicana, TX
3:00 - 5:00
Full Frame Foundation welcomes Henry Horenstein artist, photographer, filmmaker, author and professor of photography at Rhode Island School of Design. Horenstein will be discussing his books Close Relations and We Sort of People drawing parallels to the photographs in the DUST archive surrounding family bonds, friendships, and community.
Event - Community Engagement
Seeing Ourselves
November 12, 2023
200 E 4th Ave, Corsicana, TX
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Actress Jatavia James leads a conversation about Corsicana during the period 1948 - 1966 focused on some of the issues that are present in the photographs of the DUST archives: segregation, integration, voting rights, family, celebration and community.
Event
Archiving Family Photographs
November 18, 2023
200 E 4th Ave, Corsicana, TX
3:00 - 5:00 pm
A conversation about how to preserve your own family photographs.
Event
Conversation with the Curators
November 19, 2023
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
200 E 4th Ave, Corsicana, Texas
An in-depth conversation with the curators of the DUST exhibition, photographer Allison V. Smith and Michael Thomas, editor and publisher of 1814 MAGAZINE..
The DUST exhibition is made possible by Full Frame Foundation with the support of C.L. Brown III, Navarro Community Foundation, Sheppard Community Foundation,
Corsicana Artist & Writer Residency, Navarro Council of the Arts, G.W. Jackson Multi Cultural Society, Nancy Rebal, David Searcy, and 1814 MAGAZINE.
Special thanks to Photographique Dallas and CTWP Copy Center.
