Jagged Path: the African Diaspora in Western North Carolina in Craft, Music, and Dance
April 30 - October 22, 2022 | Fort Gallery
Image credit: Viola Spells, Zenobia Studios. Photo by Duncan Chaboudy. 2020
This exhibit will illuminate the obscured history of African contributions to craft, music, and dance in Western North Carolina. Drawing connections from the 17th through 21st centuries, the Jagged Path will demonstrate how African traditions that survived the Middle Passage have helped create the culture of Western North Carolina through interviews, performances, historic artifacts, artist residencies, and more.
The Jagged Path is excited to feature the following artists (in alphabetic order):
LaKisha Blount
Marie T. Cochran
Nathan Favors & Mariela de Leeuw
Theresa Gloster
Cara Hagan
Victoria Casey McDonald
Jim McDowell
Jenny Pickens
Viola Spells
Valeria Watson
&
Junaluska Heritage Association
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This exhibition was made possible through support from:
