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Traveling Exhibitions
Pets in America | A Road Less Taken | The Middle Passage |
Carolina Country | Southern Stews | An Intimate Look | A Soldiers Legacy The majority of exhibitions created at McKissick Museum also travel to institutions across the United States. Below is a list of exhibitions that McKissick has traveled, are currently traveling, or are available for rental. For more information on how to schedule these exhibitions at your institution, please contact Nathan Stalvey, Curator of Temporary Exhibitions and Design at 803-777-7801.
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Pets in America
The American Pet Products Manufacturers Association recently estimated that sixty-one percent of U.S. households presently own a pet. In fact, pet keeping is the only practice through which most Americans have a close, daily contact with animals. Pets In America presents viewers with a history of pet keeping and a guided consideration of the social, cultural, and ethical nuances of this crucial relationship between animals and people. The exhibition of nearly 2,000 square feet includes an interactive web site
www.petsinamerica.org which offers lively, family-friendly information. The exhibition is also available for USC students of various disciplines including sociology, psychology, biology, behavior sciences, and more. |
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Boy with dog, unknown photographer, 1930s
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Traveling Schedule:
McKissick Museum, University of South Carolina
Columbia , South Carolina
December 3, 2005 – May 12, 2006
(On display: December 3, 2005 – May 6, 2006)
Indiana State Museum and Historic Sites
Indianapolis , Indiana
May 22, 2006 – August 21, 2006
(On display: June 4, 2006 – August 6, 2006)
The Public Museum of Grand Rapids
Grand Rapids , Michigan
August 29, 2006 – March 12, 2007
(On display: September 9, 2006 – February 25, 2007)
The National Heritage Museum
Lexington , Massachusetts
March 19, 2007 – October 25, 2007
(On display: April 1, 2007 – October 14, 2007)
Winterthur Museum and Gardens
Winterthur , DE
October 29, 2007 – January 28, 2008
(On display November 10, 2007 – January 21, 2008)
Museum of Florida History
Tallahassee , FL
June 2, 2008 – September 1, 2008
(On display June 19, 2008 – August 10, 2008)
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A Road Less Taken: Photographs by Jimmy Henderson
In search of the history and beauty of many forgotten and neglected places along US 1, photographer James "Jimmy" Henderson set out to travel the 2.390 mile-long road. When construction of the superhighway I-95 started in 1957, US 1 slowly became a road less taken by those traveling along the Atlantic coast.
Available beginning May 2007, A Road Less Taken will lead the viewer on a reflective journey along US 1. A Road Less Taken, in the words of the artist, “is both about what was lost and what is found.” As society changes, the world around the road itself changes. Pockets of history still stick out from the modern creation and the modern creation continually replaces the old.
Samples of these images can be seen online at www.members.aol.com/roamingus1/
Specifications:
-Approximately 43 framed photographs
23 approximately 19 ½” x 24 ½”
14 approximately 26” x 21”
6 approximately 36” x 20”
-Five text panels 30” x 20”
-One text panel 36” x 24”
-One map 23” x 13”
-Optional CD with interview of photographer from NPR radio
-1,700-2,000 square feet of space (250-300 linear feet)
Costs:
-$2500 for a 9-12 week display period. $4000 for a 20-25 week display period.
-Price not inclusive of transit costs.
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Ending of US 1, Key West, Fl.
Photograph by Jimmy Henderson |
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The Middle Passage: Drawings by Tom Feelings
A series of drawings from Feelings' provocative and powerful book, "The Middle Passage," depicts African slaves' journey across the Atlantic Ocean. His monochromatic images tell numerous tales about the crossing. Feelings, also known for his children's picture books, was an art professor at USC from 1988 to 1996.
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Carolina Country: Live Radio in South Carolina
The Carolinas have long been known for their musical traditions. Southern musicians traditionally performed before local crowds, families and friends in regional pockets. However, people across North and South Carolina were eager to hear what had become known as “country” or “hillbilly” music. With the advent of live radio in the 1920s, a large network or musicians developed to satisfy this desire, winning fame in the process. Live radio broadcasts brought a larger audience to southern musicians making local music accessible to people all over the state.
Specifications:
6 framed text panels (28 1/4” x 20 1/4”);
4 framed photo panels (20 1/4” x 28 1/4”)
One audio CD is available. Borrower is responsible for CD player.
Approximately 500 square feet.
Rental Fee: $500 plus any insurance and transit costs.
Currently available!
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Southern Stews: Traditions on One-Pot Cooking
A tasty exhibit of stew-cooking artifacts and video footage from Stanley Woodward's new film "Brunswick Stew: A Virginia Treasure" that brings to life the Southern tradition of one pot meals and treasured community foodways. Beaufort Stew from South Carolina and Georgia Brunswick Stew are also featured along with Kentucky burgoo - a relative of Sheep Stew.
Specifications:
Seven text panels, twelve photomurals, one stew paddle, one 10-gallon iron cooking pot, and a documentary video.
Approximately 700 sq. ft. of exhibit space.
Rental Fee: $2,000 plus any insurance and transit costs.
Current traveling schedule:
Mountain Heritage Center, Cullowhee, NC
September � October, 2007
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An Intimate Look: Works by Sigmund Abeles
Focusing on works from the last fifty years of Sigmund Abeles’ life, “An Intimate Look” offers a view of the artist’s figurative works. Borrowing almost exclusively from his life, Abeles projects his experiences in drawings, prints, sculptures, and paintings. His scenes are often intimate and subdued, presenting himself, his loved ones, friends, and others in moments of introspection, relaxation, joy, love, pain or loneliness.
Abeles’ physical and psychological fascination with the human form can readily be seen throughout his works. Here he expresses his “interest in the specificity of the figure from life to death.” These works are not just about his subjects, but a glimpse into the life and spirit of the artist himself.
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A Soldier's Legacy
This exhibition chronicles the rich musical heritage of Ralph Smith, a musician, soldier, and family man from the South Carolina piedmont. Throughout his 78-year journey (1921-1999), music was the constant, binding thread of his life. It took him from the mill villages of South Carolina’s upstate into local radio stations during radio’s infancy. Music carried him through the front lines of Germany in World War II, back to the communal and familial life in upstate South Carolina, to the hills of eastern Tennessee and back to the South Carolina upstate.
More than simply documenting his life and music, the exhibit addresses the influence of the economic environment, importance of the family “homeplace,” and the social context of mill villages in the South Carolina piedmont.
Specifications:
Approximately 60 photos (up to 24” x 24”);
6 framed photo murals (up to 60” x 42”);
7 framed text panels (up to 30” x 22”).
One documentary video and 2 audio CD’s are available. Borrower is responsible for VCR and monitor, and CD players.
Approximately 700 square feet.
Rental Fee: $1,500 plus any insurance and transit costs.
Currently available!
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