DOROTHEA LANGE'S AMERICA
On view through
December 30
Babcock Wing Gallery
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Dorothea Lange,
MAYNARD and DAN DIXON,
circa 1930. © The Dorothea Lange Collection, the Oakland Museum of California. Gift of Paul S. Taylor.
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The Great Depression was the catalyst for a tremendous outburst of creative energy in America’s photographic community. The devastation the country endured inspired a host of socially conscious photographers to capture the painful stories of the time.
Highlighting
Dorothea Lange's America
are oversized exhibition prints of the photographer's seminal images from the Great Depression, including
Migrant Mother, Nipomo, California
from 1936—an emblematic picture that came to personify pride and resilience in the face of abject poverty in 1930s America. Lange’s photographs are supplemented by photographs by other notable social documentarians of the era, including Walker Evans, Ben Shahn, Russell Lee, and Mike Disfarmer.
All works are from the collection of Michael Mattis and Judith Hochberg. This exhibition was organized by art2art Circulating Exhibitions.
Reynolda House is grateful for the generous support of the exhibition from Lead Sponsors Claire & Hudnall Christopher and Debbie & Mike Rubin and Exhibition Partners Lynn & Barry Eisenberg, Pam & Fred Kahl, and Phoenix Packaging.
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WALKER EVANS: LANDSCAPES IN TRANSITION
Opens
October 29
Charlotte and Philip Hanes Art Gallery, Wake Forest University
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Negro houses, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
,1935. Reproduction Number: LC-USF33-009039-M3 (b&w film nitrate neg.) LC-DIG-fsa-8a19641 (digital file from original neg.)
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Walker Evans: Landscapes in Transition
will gather a collection of photographs, newly printed from the archives of the Library of Congress in Washington, DC, that demonstrate both the formal and social intelligence of the artist. Taken at the height of the Great Depression in the mid-1930s under the auspices of the Farm Security Administration, Evans's images chart an America in the process of transformation: the idiosyncratic architecture and hand-drawn commercial signage of the American South was giving way to the standardization associated with modern life, of which photography itself played a role. The exhibition will also address decidedly local concerns, featuring photographs Evans took in Winston-Salem.
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AFTER DOCUMENTARY:
PHOTOGRAPHY, 1980—PRESENT
On view through
December 30
West Bedroom Gallery
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Collier Schorr,
Catch/Caught (A.C. & S.S.)
, 2002.
C-Print. CU2005.4.1. Wake Forest University Student Union Collection of Contemporary Art. Reproduced with permission of the artist.
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What can we know from a photograph?
Drawn from the art collection of Wake Forest University, the photographs in this exhibition complicate or question the legacy of documentary photography. Featuring artists Julie Moos, Barbara Kruger, and Collier Schorr, the exhibition examines photography’s relation to reality as well as its ability to create alternate realities.
After Documentary
was curated by students in Art 259: History of Photography at Wake Forest University, taught in Spring 2018 with Professor Morna O’Neill.
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TICKETS ON SALE FOR CHRISTMAS 101
Monday, October 1
9 a.m.
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The 101st Christmas at Reynolda will inspire visitors through sing-alongs, natural decorating, and handmade holiday cards.
Discover the warmth of the season at our signature Christmas 1917 tours, live performances, and more! Tickets go on sale October 1; advance ticket purchase for holidays events is strongly encouraged.
Browse our holiday events and overnight packages below.
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OBJECT OF THE MONTH: POLO MALLET
Wednesday, October 3
1 p.m.
Free with Museum admission
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Phil Archer, Betsy Main Babcock Deputy Director, will speak on this once-popular sport played on Reynolda's grounds by the Winston-Salem Polo Club.
The City of Winston-Salem will unveil a new historic marker for the Polo Field at Reynolda this month, honoring the 45-acre polo complex Katharine Smith Reynolds built for the newly formed Winston-Salem Polo Team in 1923. The event will take place Tuesday, October 16 at 10 a.m., at Speas Elementary School.
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HARD, HARD RELIGION
Thursday, October 11
6 p.m.
Members/students: $8; Non-members: $10
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Historian John Hayes examines the ways folk religion in the early 20th century allowed the South's poor—both white and black—to listen, borrow, and learn from each other about what it meant to live as Christians in a world of severe struggle. This talk explores how the Farm Security Administration photographs offer an uncommon document of the everyday lives of impoverished Southerners and, in particular, their grassroots religious creativity. Hayes is associate professor of history at Augusta University.
This program is presented with the Wake Forest University Department for the Study of Religions.
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MIGRANT MOTHER, MIGRANT GENDER: RECONSIDERING DOROTHEA LANGE'S ICON OF MATERNITY
Thursday, October 18
6 - 8 p.m.
Members/students: $10; Non-members: $15
a/perture cinema members receive the Museum Member rate.
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Dorothea Lange,
Migrant Mother, Nipomo, California
, 1936. Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, FSA/OWI Collection, LC-DIG-fsa-8b29516.
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Based on extensive archival research, this talk will revisit the great photographic career of Dorothea Lange by offering a new perspective on the making of
Migrant Mother,
her most famous Depression-era image, and its changing reception over the last eight decades. Sally Stein is professor emerita of art history & film and media studies at University of California, Irvine, and the author of "Peculiar Grace: Dorothea Lange and the Testimony of the Body;" an essay published in
Dorothea Lange: A Visual Life
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HARD TIMES AND HOPE: SONGS OF STRUGGLE FROM THE DUST BOWL TO THE BLUE RIDGE
Saturday, October 6
3 - 5 p.m.
Members: $30; Non-members: $40
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Musician Dom Flemons /
Image: Timothy Duffy
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Reynolda joins forces with the regionally syndicated radio program
Across the Blue Ridge
to present this intimate live performance featuring the Grammy Award-winning co-founder of the Carolina Chocolate Drops Dom Flemons; bluegrass legend Alice Gerrard; and Appalachian singer Kay Justice. The afternoon performance will focus on the music and stories of the Dust Bowl West and Appalachia Depression-era.
Tickets include admission to
Dorothea Lange's America
. The concert will be recorded for excerpting and broadcast on WFDD’s Across the Blue Ridge.
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AN EVENING WITH SLAID CLEAVES
Friday, October 12
Doors open at 7 p.m.; begins at 8 p.m.
Advance tickets $20; $25 at the door
Limited table seating available
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Now twenty-five years into his storied career, Cleaves' songwriting has never been more potent than on his most recent album
Ghost on the Car Radio
. The characters in Slaid Cleaves's songs live in unglamorous reality. They work dead-end jobs, they run out of money, they grow old, they hold on to each other (or not), and they die. With an eye for the beauty in everyday life, he tells their stories, bringing a bit of empathy to their uncaring world.
An Evening with Slaid Cleaves is part of the
Morn Barn
concert series at The Barn at Reynolda Village.
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FAMILY FIRST: SOLAR PRINT WORKSHOP
Sunday, October 7
2
- 4 p.m.
$10 Members; $15 Non-members per person. Art materials are provided
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Dorothea Lange documented the world through photography. In this workshop, we’ll collect items and make photographic prints using photosensitive paper.
These two-hour workshops begin at 2 p.m. the first Sunday of each month for children in 1st through 6th grades, accompanied by an adult. Elementary school-aged children and their favorite adults visit the Museum and make art together in these popular monthly workshops.
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SUNDAY AFTERNOON FILM SERIES
Sundays, October 21—November 4
2 - 4 p.m.
$15 per film; $40 for the series
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The Depression era was one of the most significant periods in film history, producing numerous masterpieces and changing the role of filmmaking and moviegoing in American life. As hardship led average citizens to seek refuge in movie houses across the country, filmmakers provided that escape, often presenting sharp critiques of the world around them. In this three-week series, a local film scholar will introduce a screening of, and provide commentary following, three Depression-era films.
Choose one or choose all three!
OCTOBER 21
Sullivan's Travels
with filmmaker Angus MacLachlan
OCTOBER 28
I am a Fugitive From a Chain Gang
with Dale Pollock, filmmaker, writer, and professor of cinema studies and distinguished scholar at University of North Carolina School of the Arts School of Filmmaking
NOVEMBER 4
The Grapes of Wrath
with David Lubin, the Charlotte C. Weber Professor of Art at Wake Forest University
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PAY WHAT YOU WISH THURSDAY
Presented by Macy's
Thursday, October 25
6 - 8 p.m.
Admission is pay-what-you-wish. Cash donations to the Museum and to Second Harvest Food Bank are welcome.
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The Crossnore School & Children's Home brings the pumpkin patch to Reynolda! Paint a masterpiece on your pumpkin just in time for Halloween. Enjoy hot cider and live music while you indulge your inner artist
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Music, a cash bar, and light refreshments from Providence Restaurant and Catering will be available.
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AN EVENING FOR REYNOLDA
Saturday, November 10
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Join us for our eighth annual fall fundraiser, An Evening for Reynolda, on Saturday, November 10, 2018! This event, featuring a cocktail reception, dinner, and dance, supports the educational mission of the Museum.
Hosted on the grand Reynolda front lawn, this year’s lively event will celebrate the beginning of Reynolda’s new century and vision: Reynolda is a unique place, intentionally designed to integrate learning, art, and nature. We connect you to the beauty and complexity of the American story.
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MEMBERS' SHOPPING DAY
Thursday, November 8
Free for Members and their guests.
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Your favorite store offers its favorite shoppers a special discount just in time for your holiday shopping! Enjoy a double discount (20%) on all purchases and choose one item for 50% off. Share the love—your guests will enjoy the same discount on this day.
Not yet a Member at Reynolda? We can fix that.
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THANKSGIVING HOURS
Reynolda House will be closed Thursday, November 22.
Gobble, gobble.
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While we're feasting on too much turkey on Thursday, we invite you and your family in town to visit, shop, and dine at Reynolda on Friday, November 23.
Unwind with us and tour
Dorothea Lange's Americ
a and take in boutique shopping and lunch in Reynolda Village while you're here!
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