burlap drop at former Woods Hall went well
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Category: antebellum
ripped
Ripped copies of antebellum letters from a Tuscaloosa planter shows the limits of silences in the archive. What all did someone not want others to know about an enslaved man-turned-architect? For more, see my blog entry here. Or if you can’t see the link, cut and paste this https://sharonygreenblog.wordpress.com/2022/04/16/ripped/
see Slow Art Day video beautifully created by UA’s Gorgas House Museum
Please visit Gorgas House Museum’s Facebook page today to learn more about my “Antebellum America” students’ burlap pop up art installation, which was part of the 2022 international Slow Art Day . Special thanks again to Rebecca Johnson, University of Alabama Communications Specialist, and Brandon Thompson, Director, Gorgas House Museum, for their support. Dr. John… Continue reading see Slow Art Day video beautifully created by UA’s Gorgas House Museum
slow art day burlap revealed today at Gorgas House Museum
In honor of Slow Art Day on April 2, 2022, students enrolled in “Antebellum America,” a class in the University of Alabama’s Department of History, will share their burlap pop-up installation 11am-4:30pm APRIL 1 at UA’s Gorgas House Museum . Some of them have made individual pieces that will be added to the big burlap… Continue reading slow art day burlap revealed today at Gorgas House Museum
prepping for slow art day continues
Prepping for Slow Art Day continues. I can’t think of a better poster beside which to put my students’ signage. Dr. John Mitcham is an alum and dear friend. The digital display is up at the Gorgas House Museum as an analogue to Slow Art Day April 2. Our burlap pop up installation 11-4:30pm tomorrow… Continue reading prepping for slow art day continues
adjustments made to my burlap
I am so excited. So far, fourteen Antebellum America students have confirmed that they will be making something creative for their burlap as a contribution to our attempt to build community. Some of their work will be on display April 1, the eve of Slow Arts Day, April 2. I made some adjustments on my… Continue reading adjustments made to my burlap
spring break, or on slowing down literally
I am looking forward to Spring Break, or the chance to literally slow down. The idea of slowness is on my mind because my Antebellum America class is participating in Slow Art Day on April 2. Aware of how one cannot just make the creative muse emerge, today I gave them an alternate assignment. Instead… Continue reading spring break, or on slowing down literally
sweet confusion
I like the gathering and releasing involved as I make my contribution to my Antebellum America course’s burlap tapestry project. We will offer a digital preview of a tiny piece from the 43-foot work-in progress at the University of Alabama’s Gorgas House Museum April 2, or Slow Art Day. The full unveiling will be featured… Continue reading sweet confusion
time
Time. This is what students enrolled in my Antebellum America class rightly understood while completing a sketch of two downtown buildings this week. One was built before the Civil War. Another was built during the mid-20th century. While most of them are not History majors, they correctly grappled with what has changed socially and otherwise,… Continue reading time
an unlikely client
This week, students enrolled in my Antebellum America class will visit the Old Tavern Museum, the capitol ruins and the Jemison Van de-Graaf Mansion in downtown Tuscaloosa. Not unlike last week, we plan to use the city around us as a case study to sort through the way in which people – even the most… Continue reading an unlikely client
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