Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Accidental Mysteries to Open at Wake Forest

(Above) Peabody Essex Museum; Salem, Mass. 2007 - 2008

(Above) South Shore Arts; Munster, Indiana 2008

(Above) Anonymous photo, collection of Accidental Mysteries.

(Above) Anonymous photo, collection of Accidental Mysteries.

(Above) The Art Museum of the University of Memphis; Memphis, TN 2006

(Above) Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art; Chicago, IL 2006

(Above) The Sheldon Art Galleries; Saint Louis, Missouri 2006

(Above) The DeVos Art Museum, Northern Michigan University; Marquette, MI 2008


WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY, IN MY HOMETOWN OF WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. will be the 7th venue to host the traveling exhibition Accidental Mysteries: Extraordinary Vernacular Photographs.” The exhibition opens at the Charlotte and Phillip Hanes Art Gallery on October 22 and runs through December 9, 2009.

I will be giving a talk on Thursday, October 29 at 3 pm in Room 9 of the Art Center. Learn more here. The university press release is also available.


The opening reception is Friday, October 30, from 5 pm to 7 pm. If you have never visited the Accidental Mysteries website, you can visit by simply clicking here.

If any AM blog readers are in the area, I would love to meet you.

If your museum or university art gallery would like to know how this exhibition can come to you, please e-mail me at: fosterdesign (at) charter.net.

4 comments:

Maureen said...

Congratulations, wish I could be there to see it.

Hannah Stephenson said...

Wow! Congratulations to you, this is well-deserved.

I also wish I could see this--so great!

Unknown said...

I saw this show at the Peabody 2x in 2007. This (and Joseph Cornell!) was so good I couldn't get enough. Bought the book too. Great stuff, Thanks!

John Foster said...

Linda... thanks for the kind words. makes me feel good... :) John

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