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The current exhibition on view in the Van Every/Smith Galleries, True Likeness, has extended its run to March 28th, 2021, allowing for another full month for visitors to see the show and attend virtual events related to the exhibition that discuss topics such as complexity of selfhood and celebration of human experience. One such event is a two-part experience involving photographer, Endia Beal, whose work Mock Interview is currently featured in the exhibition. Beal is a North Carolina-based artist, curator, and author who uses photography and video to document the experiences of people of color, especially within the corporate world....

The True Likeness exhibition opened in Davidson’s Van Every/Smith Galleries in October 2020. The exhibition is a portrait collection: an assortment of faces, an immersive visual diary of existing as a human being in all its complexities — a page written by each artist. It is raw and personal and expresses feelings of connection across differences. True Likeness paints a portrait of the intricate root system that forms the United States, one made up of individuals with their own stories, experiences, and history.  True Likeness embodies the emotions shaped by our recent isolation.Its works carry a sense of questioning identity, self-discovery, crippling loneliness, and connecting...