Please note: due to inclement weather,
the opening for the Terry Adkins exhibit has been rescheduled for Feb.
4
Union exhibits explore American slave
experience
A dual exhibit opening Jan. 14 in the Nott Memorial
explores the American slave experience.
- Twelve Years a Slave: The Kidnapping, Enslavement & Rescue of
Solomon Northup
. Photographs, prints, documents and artifacts
retell the story of Solomon Northup, a resident of Saratoga Springs, who
was kidnapped in 1841 and sold into slavery.
- Powre Above Powres: Passing Freedom
. Installation exhibit by
Terry Adkins, which features a series of sculptures and drawings
inspired by the story of Solomon Northup and attuned to the architecture
and geometry of Union’s Nott Memorial.
The exhibit opens Thursday, Jan. 14, at 4:30 p.m. in the Nott Memorial
with a slide lecture and reception with artist Terry Adkins. A reception
and gallery talk by Sue Eakin, co-editor of the 1968 book Twelve Years
a Slave is set for Thursday, Jan. 21, at 7:30 p.m. The exhibits run
through March 14.
Gallery hours are Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.; Friday
9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Saturday, noon to 5 p.m.; and Sunday, noon to 10
p.m.
A number of events to be presented throughout the exhibit will be
detailed in future editions of the Chronicle. The complete listing
follows:
ALL EVENTS AT THE NOTT MEMORIAL ON UNION’S CAMPUS UNLESS OTHERWISE
NOTED. EVENTS ARE FREE/OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
Gallery talk and reception with Terry Adkins: Slide lecture and
opening reception for Powre Above Powres-Passing Freedom.
Thursday, Feb. 4 (rescheduled from Jan. 14)
4:30 -
7p.m.
- The Narrative of Solomon Northup
: Gallery talk and opening
reception for Twelve Years A Slave – The Kidnapping, Enslavement and
Rescue of Solomon Northup. Dr. Sue Eakin, co-editor of the 1968
biography Twelve Years A Slave, will give a walk-through of the
exhibition.
Thursday, January 21
7:30 p.m.
- The Kidnapping of Free Blacks
: Panel discussion of the issue of
kidnapping free blacks prior to the Civil War.
Friday, January 29
7:30 p.m.
- The Role of History in Contemporary Art:
Panel discussion with
regional African-American artists.
Thursday, February 4
7:30 p.m.
- The Art of Liberation Lost and Found:
Lecture by Union Africana
Studies Department Professor A.T. Miller.
Wednesday, February 10
7:30 p.m.
- "The Blacks Are Supreme"?: African-American Workers and Southern
Visitors in Antebellum Saratoga Springs:
Lecture by Jon Sterngass,
History Department, Union College.
Monday, February 15
7:30 p.m.
Princeton University Professor and Pulitzer
Prize winning poet Yusef Komunyakaa will present a work written
specifically for the exhibition.
Thursday, February 18
7:30 p.m.
- The Literature of Slavery – Narrative, Biomythology, and Fiction:
Lecture by Carolyn Mitchell, Women’s Studies Department, Union
College.
Tuesday, February 23
7:30 p.m.
- Daughters of the Dust (1992, 113 minutes, unrated):
Film written
and directed by Julie Dash, followed by panel discussion led by Edward
Pavlic, Africana Studies Department, Union College.
Sunday, February 28
Olin Center Lecture Hall, Room 115
7:30
p.m.
- Solomon Northup and the Meaning of Freedom:
Lecture by Joseph
Logston, co-editor of the 1968 edition of Twelve Years A Slave.
Tuesday, March 2
7:30 p.m.
Performance/concert with Terry Adkins and Union
College students and faculty using four 18 foot-long brass horn
sculptures created by Terry Adkins.
Thursday, March 11
7:30 p.m.
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