BIRMINGHAM PUBLIC LIBRARY -- CENTRAL

Gallery

January 7 - February 28
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The Studio Photography of F.S. McKnight, 1894-1930, Aberdeen, Mississippi
This exhibit features over 110 black and white silver gelatin prints. These photographs portray people from all races and social classes and are a visual history of life in the Deep South at the run of the century. 

April 3 - May 31
Discovering America's Southeast: A Sixteenth Century  View Based on the Mannerist Engravings of Theodore de Bry
Much of what the Old World knew of the New World was conveyed through the engravings produced by Theodore de Bry.  Appearing approximately one hundred years after the period of Columbus, these engravings provided vivid images of the mystery adventure, and wealth which were readily available in the New World.  With the advantage of several centuries of study, we now know that many of the engravings were inaccurate, exaggerated, or just plain false.  This fact, however, in no way lessens the impact which these powerful images made on sixteenth century Europe.

Examine Southeastern American Indian cultural traditions with a special focus on the Mississippian period. Themes covered include archaeological traditions, towns and dwellings, music, games, the Southeastern Ceremonial Complex, food, clothing, baskets, textiles, hunting and fishing, ceramic and copper work, and European influences on Alabama's first inhabitants. Freestanding exhibit from Alabama Humanities

HOOVER

Friends Gallery, Lower Level

January - Ms. Toby Klein

February - Donna Leigh Jackins

March - Pamela Daugherty

April - T.B.A.

May - Lowell Vann