February 22, 2021
Can’t Look Away: Photographs of the Civil Rights Struggle seeks to reveal connections between the Black Lives Matter movements and the Civil Rights struggles of the 1950s and 60s through conversations centered on select photographs depicting the Civil Rights Era.
Developed as a way for the Gallery to inspire our community to critically engage with some of the most pressing issues we face today, each episode will feature experts from across Kenyon College discussing photographs made available for the program by Gund Gallery supporters David Horvitz ‘74 and Francie Bishop Good.
“These images demand our attention and compel us to think deeply about the legacy of racism in the United States, leading us to explore how history can inform the ways we respond collectively to the legacy of unresolved racial strife that continues in our time,” says the project’s press release.
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The series begins with a wide-ranging dialog on Burt Glinn’s Little Rock, Arkansas, 1957 that touches on subjects from the powers of the US Supreme Court, to the racial politics of the Cold War, and the influence of press coverage on the success of protest movements. Discussants in the series include Glenn McNair, Professor of History; Francis Gourrier, Assistant Professor of American Studies and History; Austin Porter, Assistant Professor of Art History and American Studies; and Jodi Kovach, Curator of Academic Programs at the Gund Gallery.
The Gund Gallery extends a special thanks to its discussants, all their campus collaborators at Kenyon College, and their partners at Kokosing River Productions.
Funding for this video series was generously provided by David Horvitz ‘72 and Francie Bishop Good.
The Gund Gallery is located on the beautiful 1,000-acre wooded campus of
Kenyon College in the village of Gambier, Ohio just 45 miles from downtown
Columbus. The Gund is dedicated to presenting 20th-21st century art and
visual culture that reflects and informs the interdisciplinary mission of
liberal arts education. Exhibitions and all public programs at the Gallery
are free and open to the public.
While classes are in session, the Gallery is open Tuesday-Friday from 11
a.m.-5 p.m., and Saturday-Sunday from 1-5 p.m. When classes are not in
session, open hours vary.
To learn more visit http://www.thegundgallery.org/,
