Wendel White Folding Time
Wendel White Folding Time
September 3 - October 26, 2024
Location:
Rowan University Art Gallery and Museum
Cost:
FREE
Audience:
Open to All
Wendel White: Folding Time
September 3 - October 26
Reception and Artist’s Talk: Thursday, September 12, 5 - 7 pm
Artist’s talk begins at 5:30 RSVP
Artist Lecture and Book Signing: Saturday, October 5, 3:30 pm
301 High Street Gallery
Wendel White, a distinguished photographer who focuses on Black history, the legacy of slavery, and the importance of empowering perspectives will feature selected photographs from his foundational bodies of work, Schools for the Colored, Red Summer, and Manifest: Thirteen Colonies.
Mr. White was born in Newark, New Jersey. He was awarded a BFA in photography from the School of Visual Arts in New York and an MFA in photography from the University of Texas at Austin. White taught photography at the School of Visual Arts, NY; Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, NY; Rochester Institute of Technology; and is currently Distinguished Professor of Art & American Studies at Stockton University.
His awards and fellowships include an honorary doctor of arts, Oakland University; Robert Gardner Fellow in Photography, Peabody Museum, Harvard University; Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship in photography; three artist fellowships from the New Jersey State Council for the Arts, and grants from Center Santa Fe, the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts as well as residencies at Monuments Lab, Bemis Center for Contemporary Art and the Arts Council of Princeton.
September 3 - October 26
Reception and Artist’s Talk: Thursday, September 12, 5 - 7 pm
Artist’s talk begins at 5:30 RSVP
Artist Lecture and Book Signing: Saturday, October 5, 3:30 pm
301 High Street Gallery
Wendel White, a distinguished photographer who focuses on Black history, the legacy of slavery, and the importance of empowering perspectives will feature selected photographs from his foundational bodies of work, Schools for the Colored, Red Summer, and Manifest: Thirteen Colonies.
Mr. White was born in Newark, New Jersey. He was awarded a BFA in photography from the School of Visual Arts in New York and an MFA in photography from the University of Texas at Austin. White taught photography at the School of Visual Arts, NY; Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, NY; Rochester Institute of Technology; and is currently Distinguished Professor of Art & American Studies at Stockton University.
His awards and fellowships include an honorary doctor of arts, Oakland University; Robert Gardner Fellow in Photography, Peabody Museum, Harvard University; Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship in photography; three artist fellowships from the New Jersey State Council for the Arts, and grants from Center Santa Fe, the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts as well as residencies at Monuments Lab, Bemis Center for Contemporary Art and the Arts Council of Princeton.
ROWAN UNIVERSITY ART GALLERY & MUSEUM
All gallery events and programming are free and open to the public.
301 West High Street Gallery:
301 West High Street
Glassboro, NJ 08028
Gallery Hours:
Mon-Fri, 10:00 - 5:00 PM
Sat, 11:00 - 5:00 PM
Information:
rowan.edu/artgallery
artgallery@rowan.edu
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