Traveling Exhibits

The exhibit presents photographs Eudora Welty took during her travels to New Orleans and New York City between 1936 and 1939. During the winter of 1936, Welty’s camera focused not on the festive Mardi Gras celebrations, parades, and balls in New Orleans, but rather on gestures, ironic juxtapositions, and the human interactions and relationships that so fascinated her.

Welty’s camera continued to seek out less commonplace subjects during several weeks spent in Manhattan during the winter of 1938 to 1939. Wandering through Union Square and down Third Avenue, she photographed the shadows and patterns of light on the elevated subway, the street over which it loomed, and groups of unemployed men gathering to hear speeches and wait for jobs.

Visit the Eudora Welty House & Garden for more information about Eudora Welty’s life and work.

Eudora Welty: Other Places Exhibit Specifications

• Twenty-two (22) panels: 20” x 24”
• Photo panels include metal frames, Plexiglas and hanging wire
• One (1) shipping crate
  • Crate size: 200 lbs. 23” (h) x 28” (w) x 33” (l)

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Photographs in this exhibit are courtesy Eudora Welty L.L.C., and the Eudora Welty Collection of the Mississippi Department of Archives and History. The exhibit was funded in part by the Mississippi Arts Commission.

This exhibit looks at the life and death of Medgar Wiley Evers, one of Mississippi’s most prominent Civil Rights activists. Evers served as the field secretary for the Mississippi NAACP. He crisscrossed the state, investigating cases of racial violence and intimidation, organizing local NAACP branch offices, and registering voters. Evers worked closely with regional and national NAACP offices and other civil rights organizations and helped focus national attention on the intense social and political issues plaguing the state.

Evers continued to work for the NAACP until June 12, 1963, when he was assassinated in the driveway of his Jackson home. He had known his life was at risk, but even at the end, facing entrenched opposition and grave danger, Evers never relented in his fight for justice, a legacy that has lived on today.

The complimentary exhibit “The Assassination of Medgar Evers” consists of nine additional panels and is available in conjunction with “This Is Home.”

Exhibit Specifications

 

Sixteen (16) panels:

•  24”(h) x 36”(w) x 1.25”(d) for panels # 4, 11, 14

•  36”(h) x 24” (w) x 1.25”(d) for panels # 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 15

• 24” (h) x 35” (w) x 1.25” (d) for panel # 16

Photo panels include metal frames and hanging wire

Two (2) Shipping Crates

• Crate Sizes:

  • 125 lbs. 24” (w) x 39” (l) x 27” (h)

  • 115 lbs. 22” (w) x 39” (l) x 27” (h)

Complimentary Exhibit Specifications

• Nine (9) panels
  • 24”(h) x 27”(w) x 1.25”(d) for panels # 3, 4, 6
  • 36”(h) x 24” (w) x 1.25”(d) for panels # 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 9
• Photo panels include metal frames and hanging wire
• One (1) Shipping Crate

  • Crate Size: 135 lbs. 26” (w) x 26” (l) x 38” (h)

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During the early 1930s, Eudora Welty traveled across Mississippi as a publicist for the Works Progress Administration and used the opportunity to take hundreds of photographs of her native state. “Welty” juxtaposes some of these photographs with excerpts from her writing to show the relationship between her source material and her writing.

This exhibit comprises fourteen photographs and passages from her books, including The Wide Net, Delta Wedding, The Golden Apples, A Curtain of Green, and Some Notes on River Country. The photographs were selected from more than 1,200 negatives that Welty donated to the Mississippi Department of Archives and History.

Visit the Eudora Welty House for more information on Eudora Welty’s life and work.

Exhibit Specifications

• Thirteen (13) panels: 18 1/4” x 27 1/4”
• Photo panels include metal frames, Plexiglas, and hanging wire
• One (1) shipping crate
  • Crate size: 130 lbs. 22 1/2” (h) x 22 1/2” (w) x 35 1/4” (l)

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