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Parks art exhibit offers a voice to unheard artists

January 17, 2019 Trojan Living

Olivia Nobles Staff Writer Troy University’s Rosa Parks Museum in Montgomery will be partnering with Valiant Cross Academy for a temporary art exhibit featuring all African American artists beginning on Jan. 17. The exhibit, “Down South: From the Souls of African American Artists of Alabama,” features work from more than 30 artists, all of whose names can be found on the Troy University Rosa Parks Museum Facebook page under the “Down South” event description. Madeline Burkhardt, the Rosa Parks Museum adult education coordinator, emphasized the importance of outsider art as…

Johnson Center looking to hire local artists, extends reach to Troy’s campus

September 29, 2016September 28, 2016 Trojan Living

Taylor Boydstun Staff Writer The Johnson Center for the Arts opened the doors to its new building in downtown Troy on Thursday, Sept. 15. The building, intended for art classes of all kinds, is across the street from the museum, and right beside The Studio, at 303 E Walnut St. According to Vicki Pritchett, executive director of the Johnson Center, this project has been in the works for quite some time now. “We have been looking for a place because we did not have space here at the Johnson Center…