Lecture/Reading/Talk
REV. DANA GONSAL: Setting the Captives Free
Phelps Stokes Chapel Chestnut Street, Berea, Kentucky, United StatesRev. Gonsal is Senior Protestant Chaplain at the Nashua Street Jail in Boston and President and CEO of the Classic Shoe Shine Corporation that serves New England. In his presentation, Rev. Gonsal will share his spiritual journey from being homeless to becoming an accomplished entrepreneur and community advocate. Currently, he is a Boston University Doctor […]
Discoveries at the Doris Ulmann Galleries
Doris Ulmann Galleries Ellipse and Chestnut Streets, Berea, Kentucky, United StatesDiscover beloved artworks from the Berea College Art Collection and visiting artists at the Doris Ulmann Galleries through a guided tour of current exhibitions led by Ainsley Golden, BereaCorps Art Collection and Gallery Associate. Visitors will also have the opportunity to engage with special selection of artworks chosen by our team and dive deeper into […]
Opening Reception and Collector’s Talk with Joseph Goins
Doris Ulmann Galleries Ellipse and Chestnut Streets, Berea, Kentucky, United StatesJoin us for the opening of Intimacy: Photographs from the Collection of Joseph Goins, which will include a talk with Berea College graduate Joseph Goins (Class of 1986). The talk will take place in Presser Hall 128, just across the street from the Doris Ulmann Galleries, with a reception afterwards at the Galleries with snacks and […]
FUBUKI DAIKO: Japanese Drumming
Phelps Stokes Chapel Chestnut Street, Berea, Kentucky, United StatesIn ancient Japan Taiko drums were used to frighten invaders, inspire troops in battle, and call the gods. The core members of this spirited group have more than 25 years of Japanese Taiko drumming experience that is part martial arts athleticism, part dance, and all rhythm. Stephenson Memorial Concert.
PROF. MARK GODSEY: Blind Injustice: Wrongful Convictions and Criminal Justice Reform in America
Phelps Stokes Chapel Chestnut Street, Berea, Kentucky, United StatesUniversity of Cincinnati law professor Mark Godsey is the co-founder and director the Ohio Innocence Project, which to date has freed from prison 42 wrongfully convicted Ohioans who served many years for crimes they didn't commit, including time on death row. Accompanied by one of his exonerated clients, Prof. Godsey, a leading legal scholar, activist, ex-NYC […]
Discoveries at the Doris Ulmann Galleries
Doris Ulmann Galleries Ellipse and Chestnut Streets, Berea, Kentucky, United StatesDiscover beloved artworks from the Berea College Art Collection and visiting artists at the Doris Ulmann Galleries through a guided tour of current exhibitions led by Ainsley Golden, BereaCorps Art Collection and Gallery Associate. Visitors will also have the opportunity to engage with special selection of artworks chosen by our team and dive deeper into […]
Discoveries at the Doris Ulmann Galleries
Doris Ulmann Galleries Ellipse and Chestnut Streets, Berea, Kentucky, United StatesDiscover beloved artworks from the Berea College Art Collection and visiting artists at the Doris Ulmann Galleries through a guided conversation led by Ainsley Golden, BereaCorps Art Collection and Gallery Associate, focusing on one or a few artworks from the permanent collection. For December, the theme is "Home for the Holidays," with a focus on […]
Yes, You Can Come Home Again: Reconciling Identity as a Black Woman Growing up in Appalachia
Loyal Jones Appalachian Center 205 N Main St, Berea, KY, United StatesJoin us for lunch and a presentation by Emily Jones Hudson, a Berea Alum (1978) and founder of the Southeast Kentucky African-American Museum and Cultural Center in Hazard, Kentucky. She will talk about her personal journey growing up Black in Appalachia, read a piece from my book, Soul Miner, and talk about her current work […]
Discoveries at the Doris Ulmann Galleries
Doris Ulmann Galleries Ellipse and Chestnut Streets, Berea, Kentucky, United StatesDiscover beloved artworks from the Berea College Art Collection and visiting artists at the Doris Ulmann Galleries through a guided conversation led by Ainsley Golden, BereaCorps Art Collection and Gallery Associate, focusing on one or a few artworks from the permanent collection. For January, we will engage with a selection of prints by Honoré Daumier […]
Discoveries at the Doris Ulmann Galleries
Doris Ulmann Galleries Ellipse and Chestnut Streets, Berea, Kentucky, United StatesDiscover beloved artworks from the Berea College Art Collection and visiting artists at the Doris Ulmann Galleries through a guided conversation led by Ainsley Golden, BereaCorps Art Collection and Gallery Associate, focusing on one or a few artworks from the permanent collection. For February, we're highlighting Henry Ossawa Tanner's Mountain Landscape, Highlands, North Carolina (c. 1889), […]
Artist Talk with Samuel L. Dunson, Jr
Doris Ulmann Galleries Ellipse and Chestnut Streets, Berea, Kentucky, United StatesPainter and multimedia artist Samuel L. Dunson, Jr., will give a talk about his work on view in Actions Affirmed, an exhibition at the Doris Ulmann Galleries featuring paintings, wall hangings, and hand-made sculptural forms that attempt to make sense of the current social climate in which, as Dunson says, "institutions thought to be rock solid have […]
Dinner on the Grounds with Vonn Harris Davis: Preserving Black History in Bluefield, West Virginia
Loyal Jones Appalachian Center 205 N Main St, Berea, KY, United StatesJoin us for supper and conversation with Vonn Harris Davis, a documentarian, community defender, historian, and cultural curator who grew up in Bluefield, West Virginia. Vonn's nonprofit, Blueprint 2022, seeks to uplift black communities through activism, cultural tourism, and art. She is currently working to preserve Bluefield's African-American history (such as buildings that were listed […]