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February Issue
2011
Winston-Salem State University in Winston-Salem,
NC, Features Exhibit on Happy Hill Neighborhood
Winston-Salem State University in Winston-Salem,
NC, is presenting, Pride and Dignity from the Hill: A Celebration
of the Historic Happy Hill Community, an art exhibit inspired
by the Happy Hill community, Winston-Salem's oldest African American
Community. The exhibition is on view in the Diggs Gallery at WSSU
through Feb. 26, 2011.
For generations, residents have preserved the oral history of
the Happy Hill neighborhood and its families. Pride and Dignity
from the Hill documents this important legacy through the
art and testimony of community leaders such as Georgiana Paige
McCoy, Maurice Pitts Johnson, Kathleen Bitting Mock, Pastor Edith
Jones, Nathaniel Tucker, William "Rock" Bitting, Jerry
Hanes, Glen Johnson, Ben Piggott, Leander Sales, Kayyum Allah,
James Funches and others.
The exhibition, curated by Diggs Gallery director Belinda Tate,
includes architectural models of area homes embellished by local
participants, paintings, photographs, video documentation of the
community and a multi-media installation of a juke joint. The
show also features works by celebrated artists Chandra Cox, Juan
Logan, Larry Sass, Leon Woods and Willie Little.
"Pride and Dignity from the Hill is a unique confluence
of memory, community history, and visual art. The exhibition pays
homage to struggle and progress of all African Americans through
a vibrant interplay of stories and family photos from Happy Hill
intermixed with important works by nationally celebrated artists,"
said Tate.
The Diggs Gallery, one of the South's leading showcases dedicated
to African and African American art, is located on the lower level
of the O'Kelly Library on the Campus of Winston-Salem State University.
The gallery is a major cultural center at Winston-Salem State
and offers one of the largest exhibition spaces dedicated to the
arts of African and the African Diaspora in North Carolina. In
2007, the gallery was identified as one of the top 10 African-American
galleries in the nation.
For further information check our NC Institutional Gallery
listings, call the Gallery at 36/750-2458 or visit (www.wssu.edu/diggs).
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