Now on View
September 18, 2022 – March 26, 2023
East Building, Upper Level, West Bridge
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Organization
Organized by the National Gallery of Art, Washington
The exhibition is curated by Harry Cooper, senior curator and head, department of modern art, National Gallery of Art.
Sponsors
The Heading South experience is possible thanks to the generosity of the filmmakers whose work is excerpted including Alabama Public Television, Matt Arnett, The Art Guys, Checkerboard Film Foundation/Foundation for Art and Preservation in Embassies, Linda Connelly, William Ferris, Folkstreams/Tom Davenport, Scott Ogden and Malcolm Hearn, Ethan Payne, David Seehausen, Small Change Productions: Scott Crocker and Toshiaki Ozawa, Visby, Inc./ Ryan Kindahl. Thanks to Maris Curran for excerpts from her film, While I yet Live. Special thanks to Danielle Beverly and Marco Williams for permission to excerpt from Lonnie Holley: The Truth of the Dirt, which can be streamed on Vimeo and other platforms.
Passes
Admission is always free and passes are not required
Banner detail: Missouri Pettway, "Path through the Woods" (Quiltmaker's Name), 1971, polyester knit, National Gallery of Art, Washington, Patrons’ Permanent Fund and Gift of the Souls Grown Deep Foundation, 2020.28.16