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Reflections on an artist’s life
By Allison Campbell-Jensen Adger Cowans earned his degree in photography from Ohio University, one of the very few institutions of higher education that offered this art degree to Black students in 1958. The university recognized that photography is more than a hobby, more than a photojournalist’s recording of an event, more than a mechanical craft […]
Exhibit
The Eyes See What the Heart Feels
“The Eyes See What the Heart Feels: From the Archives of Photographer & Painter Adger Cowans” takes a sweeping retrospective look at the life and work of photographer and painter Adger Cowans. Materials from his archives display key thematic moments from the late 1950s to the present including water studies, jazz portraits, Hollywood portraits, and street scenes. Also featured are a selection of paintings and the production archives of the autobiographical artists’ book published out of a collaboration between Cowans and 21st Editions that reveals the spiritual nature of this master photographer and painter. The exhibit is open Sept. 12, 2022 through Jan. 31, 2023 at Elmer L. Andersen Library.
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- Documentary Screening: The Vanishing Trial
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Walter Library, Room 101 - ONLINE: Tips for Taking Notes (IRL and Zoom Lectures)
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Online event - Bridging the Faultlines: Stories of Racism, Resistance, and Repair
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Breck Auditorium - PAWS (Pet Away Worry & Stress)
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