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Growing up in Alabama, Bethany Collins never bought the argument that “Dixie” was an innocent song of Southern nostalgia. She found the song guilty of celebrating a South that battled to keep slavery intact, then later often used violence to prevent free Black people from owning property, voting or holding elected office. In the theory that it’s better to shine a flashlight on the monster under the bed than to hide under the covers, Collins pored over 100 different versions of the song, its lyrics changed for different times and causes. “It is a catchy, horrible song,” Collins said. “I...

Alma LeivaSurvival map for the outsider (Mapa de supervivencia para el forastero), 2015Animation, 3:55On loan from the Artist On view in the E. Craig Wall, Jr. Academic Center from August 16 - October 3, 2020. Please note: All buildings on campus, including the Wall Center, are only open to Davidson students, faculty, and staff due to the pandemic. We are planning to re-screen videos at a later date when the campus re-opens to the community! Sign up for our mailing list to stay in the loop. Alma Leiva notes that Survival Map for the Outsider (Mapa de Supervivencia para el Forastero)...

Nancy BakerEating Mist II, 2016Pigment prints, glitter, Mylar and acrylic on hand and laser cut paper, museum board43 x 33 x 3 inGallery Purchase during the 2016 Art Acquisition Party with contributions from Malu Alvarez ’02, Jane Avinger, Susan Beaumont, Armando Bellmas, Lydia Bittner-Baird, Chai Lu Bohannan ’14, Elizabeth Bradford, Caroline Brooks ’15, Im Chan, John Christian, Howard Daniel ’72, Dan Drayer, Rosemary Droney, Jennifer Sudul Edwards, Emily Mehta Farlow ’11, Donna Ferguson, John Ferraris, Monica King Friel, Anna Grumman ’19, Kate Hall ’16, Richard C. Halton ’77, Elizabeth Harry ’14, Scott Harry, Stephanie Glaser ’92 & Thomas Hazel ’92,...

All of the photographs in this blog post are on view in our current exhibition, From Pandemic to Protests: Visualizing Social Isolation and Social Injustices through the Davidson College Art Collection. Click the button to view the exhibition online: View From Pandemic to Protests Online Alvin C. Jacobs (American, b. 1974)Untitled (Charlotte Uprising, Uptown Charlotte, NC, 2016), 201616 x 24 in.Digital PrintGallery Purchase The photographs depict protests following the 2016 election of Donald Trump; the 2016 death of Keith Lamont Scott, who was murdered by an African American police officer in Charlotte, N.C.; and the 2014 Millions March in NYC...

All the photographs mentioned in this blog post are currently on view in the E. Craig Wall, Jr. Academic Center. The building is open to current students, faculty, and staff due to the pandemic. View all artworks on view in the Wall Center at the link below: Davidson College Permanent Art Collection: On View in Wall Center Joshua WhiteFeatherArchival pigment print4 x 4 inGallery Purchase Joshua White’s archival pigment prints in A Photographic Survey of the American Yard capture both memory and science, evoking childhood nostalgia as well as scientific study. Small in scale, the prints require close observation in order...