Portaits of Freedom Art Exhibit Opening Reception

The Portraits of Freedom opening reception will feature two lectures that place slavery and freedom in Texas within larger geographical contexts, as well as unveil several pieces from the exhibit. Dr. Douglas Chambers from the University of Southern Mississippi will speak about runaway slaves in the Atlantic World and Dr. Daina Berry from the University of Texas at Austin will lecture on Juneteenth. Portraits of Freedom is a juried student art exhibit of runaway slaves drawn from the newspaper advertisements aggregated by the Texas Runaway Slave Project.

The exhibit will open in Nacogdoches June 13, 2015 at the Nacogdoches Railroad Depot and remain through September 25th. The exhibit will feature drawings, lithographs, paintings, screen-prints from art students at SFA, TCU and Lamar Universities.