Charleston Arts Center announces opening exhibition September 14th
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
The Charleston Arts Center, located on the Court Square in Charleston, Mississippi, will present the exhibition, “Tell Me A Story: Photographing the American South,” Sept. 14-28.
In this exhibition, the American South is pictured through the eyes of photographers including Lea Barton, Alfred Eisenstaedt, Franke West Keating, Tom Rankin, Maggie Lee Sayre, Jane Rule Burdine, Maude Schuyler Clay, Roland Freeman, Birney Imes III and Eudora Welty.
The opening of the exhibit, to feature “Unburied Treasures,” will be sponsored by the Mississippi Museum of Art at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 14, at the Charleston Arts Center. Unburied Treasures will feature literature, live music and an informative discussion on the works presented in the exhibition. Tickets are $5 each and may be purchased at the door.
The exhibit will be open Tuesdays from 3-6 p.m., Saturdays from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. and Sundays from 2-4 p.m.
Group tours are available by appointment. Call Benjamen Douglas at (662) 402-0260 for more information.
The Charleston Arts Center is owned and operated by the Charleston Arts and Revitalization Effort. “CARE” is a local, non-profit, grassroots organization which supports the arts in Tallahatchie County.
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