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In the fall of 2021, Davidson College released a Call For Qualifications for the creation of a commemorative work of art to honor the contributions of enslaved people and others whose labor was exploited. The call was open to professional artists, architects, landscape architects, and design teams with experience managing, designing, and completing public art commissions. The jury identified the most highly qualified artist(s)/architects/teams for this opportunity, and selected five finalists, including Hood Design. Walter Hood Sarita Shreiber Michael DeGregorio "Through our work with institutions and community organizations, we tell stories of truth. As an African-American, born and raised in...

In addition to water, fertile soil, and a pH level of about 6.5, corn loves sunlight. But perfecting the combination of these resources fundamental to the development of corn can be quite tricky. Great variation in growing conditions can exist within meters of each other, let alone from the Farm to the Katherine and Tom Belk Visual Arts Center (VAC). The current partnership between Davidson College, Nicholas Galanin, and the Catawba Nation involves growing corn at the Davidson College Farm, the Van Every/Smith Galleries, and the Pat Peroni Greenhouse: three very different environments with very different outcomes. The corn grown...

Alice Neel (American, 1900-1984)The Youth, 1982Lithograph in colors on Arches paper38 x 25 inGift of John Andrew MacMahon '95 In this portrait, a young man sits directly in the middle of the painting. Sitting on an unpainted seat, the figure leans forward with his arms crossed over his legs and looks straight at the viewer. On the unpainted background, only the head and the arms are bathed in color. The figure in the painting wears a striped gray button down shirt and gray pants. The background is all canvas besides a patch of white to the right of the head,...