Month: July 2007

Escaping Shadows: The South as a Backdrop for Art

Photo by Glynn Wilson David Rae Morris in front of the Southside Gallery in Oxford, Mississippi and the image of his father, the writer Willie Morris. The aim of every artist is to arrest motion, which is life, by artificial…

Dog Fighting. Michael Vick. Enough Said.

A Guest Commentary by Kevin Sims NEW EDINBURG, Ark., July 21 – I’ve been holding off blogging on this subject, not for any personal feelings or research purposes, but because of my work schedule. I came to the conclusion that…

Exhibit Features Photographs of Willie Morris, Hurricane Katrina

Award-winning photographer David Rae Morris will present “Willie and Katrina” at the Southside Gallery in Oxford, Mississippi July 9 to Aug. 4. The first half of the exhibit, “Willie Morris in Oxford,” is a series of portraits he took of…