Please note: The Bexley Public Library will close today, April 2nd, at 3:30pm due to the impending inclement weather.
The Decorative Arts Center of Ohio returns with a curator talk that will highlight the current exhibit, Chronicles: The Great Depression and the Pandemic. Program presented by the exhibit curator.
Curator Arnold Tunstall will present on the current Decorative Arts Center of Ohio exhibit, Chronicles: The Great Depression and the Pandemic. Chronicles examines photographs of the current COVID-19 pandemic through the backdrop of the Work Progress Administration (WPA) photographs documenting the Great Depression.
Chronicles: The Great Depression and the Pandemic will highlight Depression-era photographers from the Works Progress Administration’s (WPA) Farm Security Administration (FSA) program as well as contemporary photographers reacting to the current COVID-19 pandemic. Both events have had a impacts on American life and society, and photographers were there to document the effects wrought by these experiences. This exhibition features photography from the two national challenges, comparing them while also engaging patrons with photography from regional sites including Lancaster, Fairfield County and throughout Ohio. A theme throughout is the resilience of the American people as they tackle the trials and tribulations placed before them.
DEPRESSION-ERA PHOTOGRAPHERS: Esther Bubley, Jack Delano, Dorothea Lange*, Russell Lee, Carl Mydans, Gordon Parks, Arthur Rothstein, Ben Shahn, John Vachon, Marion Post Wolcott
CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHERS: Autumn Bland** (Akron), Donald Black, Jr. (Cleveland), Angelo Merendino (Cleveland), Jane Alden Stevens (Cincinnati), Shane Wynn (Akron)
*Left photo on the event image; **Right photo on the event image.
AGE GROUP: | Adults |
EVENT TYPE: | Genealogy and Local History | Civics, Current Events, and History | Arts, Music, and Popular Culture |
Bexley Public Library was founded in 1924 and first housed in Bexley High School, now Montrose Elementary School. The present building opened in 1929 and was designed by architects O.C. Miller and R.R. Reeves who drew upon French and Italian architecture from the 17th century for the design.
The library is located at 2411 East Main Street, at the intersection of East Main Street and Cassady Avenue. Parking is available in our parking lot on Euclaire Avenue and in front of the library on Main Street. Main Street is a No Parking Tow Zone from 4:00-6:00 p.m. weekdays.