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February Issue 2002

Winthrop University Presents Two New Exhibitions for Rock Hill, SC's, Sesquicentennial

In celebration of Rock Hill's Sesquicentennial, Winthrop University Galleries will present new exhibitions for the public beginning Feb. 7 and continuing through Mar. 31, 2002.

Featured in the Elizabeth Dunlap Gallery and sponsored by Rock Hill's Herald newspaper will be the exhibit, Words and Images from Blackmon Road. This exhibit incorporates text and photographs from a six-month project by journalist James Scott and photographer Jim Stratakos for the Herald newspaper. The exhibit was inspired by the Herald's Oct. 2000, two-part series entitled, The Invisible World, and documented life for the people living on Blackmon Road - "a community consisting of third-world-like conditions just a mile and a half from Rock Hill City Hall."

The exhibit explores the concept of civic journalism through essays written by James Scott and Herald editor Terry Plumb, and many of the images of veteran photographer Jim Stratakos will be seen for the first time. Scott and Stratakos will present a lecture and gallery talk on Feb. 17 at 3pm in the Elizabeth Dunlap Patrick Gallery.

A strong component of the Words and Images exhibition will be a documentary produced by WNSC TV, Rock Hill's South Carolina ETV affiliate. The documentary strengthens the exhibit by providing further insight in the lives of citizens who reside on Blackmon Road.

Also in conjunction with the Sesquicentennial is Winthrop University Galleries' 150 Years. This exhibit in the Rutledge Gallery will showcase art and artifacts which speak of social, cultural and political trends in Rock Hill over the past 150 years. Selected from public and private collections, these works include maps, prints, photographs, paintings, campaign stickers, and carvings. The exhibition is presented as a time-line that begins with an engraving of John C. Calhoun and continues through images such as Roger Brown's colorful lithograph entitled, The Jim and Tammy Show.

150 Years will also debut three new works by performance artist Jennifer Marie Wallace. Both object-oriented and performance-based, Wallace's art explores Southern issues and is based on her own knowledge of the South, having grown up in South Carolina. "Specifically, the performances for 150 Years are based on history and identity in a small southern town. Repetition and movement or restriction of movement are an important part of my actions," notes Wallace.

Wallace's first performance, Fickle Ballast, takes place over the course of the exhibition on Feb. 8 at 7pm, and begins with a movement entitled Lily White. A second performance, Blue Blood Trickle, is scheduled for Feb. 24 at 3pm. The final performance entitled Drawn Taut, will be Mar. 20 at 1pm. All of Wallace's performance art will take place in Rutledge Gallery.

The exhibitions and all related events are free and open to the public.

For more information check our SC Institutional Gallery listings or call Tom Stanley, Galleries Director at 803/323-2493 or e-mail at (stanleyt@winthrop.edu).

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