From our friends at the Kent Cultural Alliance:
After pandemic-related delays, the Kent Cultural Alliance (KCA) is excited to present an exhibition of work by five Kent County Artists, selected and commissioned to interpret one or more stories of African American history collected by the Chesapeake Heartland: An African American Humanities Project (CH). The KCA was invited to be an organizational partner of the CH Project at Washington College in 2019. A panel of six (three KCA Board Members and three CH Steering Committee members) selected the five artists: Bogey Brown, Allen Johnson, Jason Patterson, Mike Pugh, and Gordon Wallace.
John Schratwieser, Director of the Kent Cultural Alliance, shared that “The Chesapeake Heartland Project has been an extraordinary community-wide and county-wide project. It has been our privilege here at KCA to play a small part and to help bring these important stories of American History to light through art.”
The exhibition opened on March 18 in the Parish Hall at Emmanuel Church, Chester Parish at 101 N. Cross Street in Chestertown. The artists’ work, in various media such as digital photography, portraiture, ceramics, painting, and digital art, is currently on display. Exhibit hours are Thursday – Saturday, 11 am to 4 pm through Friday, April 1. There will be a closing reception on Friday, April 1 from 5 – 7 pm; the closing reception is free and open to the public. Masks are required inside Emmanuel Church & Parish Hall.