COM Gallery presents
Eudora Welty, Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author
Mississippi images from the 1930's
February 4 - March 10, 2010
Hours : Monday - Thursday, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
one hour prior to each theatre performance
Wednesdays to 6 p.m.
Gallery Reception and Conversation
Reception on Monday, February 22 from 5 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
David Jacobs, History of Photography Professor at University of Houston, will conduct an informal gallery discussion on
Monday, February 22 at 6 p.m.
The event is free and open to the public.
Jackson, Mississippi native Eudora Welty is acknowledged as one of the great authors of the twentieth century. In recent years, her talent as a photographer has been recognized. This exhibition features photographs of Mississippi that capture the American rural south in the Great Depression. Welty worked as a part-time journalist, copywriter, and photographer for the Works Progress Administration (WPA), which was aimed at providing jobs for writers. Her artwork reveals a compassion and sensitivity towards her subjects that is also a hallmark of her writing.
Click on a photo below to view a larger version.
Photography collection, Harry Ransom Center, The University of Texas at Austin and the private collection of Sam and Charlene Blount in Connecticut.