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From Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

  1. Kin/Kindred by Sarah Elizabeth Cornejo, Image 1.

    Sarah Elizabeth Cornejo

    Kin/Kindred, 2020

    Mixed media

    50 x 19.5 x 29 in (127.0 x 49.53 x 73.66 cm)

  2. Charlie Ritch, 2003 by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Charlie Ritch, 2003, 2003

    Ink on paper

    11 x 8.5 in (27.94 x 21.59 cm)

  3. To Doug With Love by Kenneth Freed, Image 1.

    Kenneth Freed

    To Doug With Love, 2003

    Oil on panel

    11.875 x 11.875 in (30.16 x 30.16 cm)

  4. Methodist Church in Snow, Walnut Section/Madison County, North Carolina by Tim Barnwell, Image 1.

    Tim Barnwell

    Methodist Church in Snow, Walnut Section/Madison County, North Carolina, 1983

    Gelatin silver print

    9.875 x 12.75 in (25.08 x 32.39 cm)

  5. Chinatown by Chryssa, Image 1.

    Chryssa

    Chinatown, 1978

    Screenprint on paper

    38.25 x 31.25 in (97.16 x 79.38 cm)

  6. Blossoms in Mid-Air: L by Richard Black, Image 1.

    Richard Black

    Blossoms in Mid-Air: L, 1978

    Etching on paper

    17.5 x 14.875 in (44.45 x 37.78 cm)

  7. Gazelles by Nicholas Monro, Image 1.

    Nicholas Monro

    Gazelles, 1973

    Screenprint on paper

    27.375 x 40.3125 in (69.53 x 102.39 cm)

  8. Children Playing, Backstreet, Dublin by Alen MacWeeney, Image 1.

    Alen MacWeeney

    Children Playing, Backstreet, Dublin, 1965

    Archival pigment print

    19 x 13 in (48.26 x 33.02 cm)

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About the artist

William R. Ferris

American

b. 1942

Ferris is an American author and scholar born in Vicksburg, Mississippi. Ferris' work focused on southern African American folklore and culture. He earned his BA in English Literature from Davidson College in 1964, his MA in English Literature from Northwestern University in 1965, and a PhD in Folklore from the University of Pennsylvania in 1969. He was selected by President Bill Clinton to be the Chair of the National Endowment of the Humanities, a position which he held from 1997 to 2001. Ferris has written fiction, poetry, as well as book, record, and film reviews. He has recorded blues albums and produced 15 documentary films on southern folklore.