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The Gadsden Arts Center began collecting artwork for its Permanent Collection in the year 2000 under the stewardship of its Executive Director, Zoe Golloway. In November 2009, the Gadsden Arts Center received a generous gift to its Permanent Collection: 15 pieces of Vernacular art and 2 historically significant works from the prestigious collection of Lou and Calynne Hill. Ten of the sixteen works included in the gift were exhibited in the Vernacular Art from the Hill Collection exhibition on display at the Arts Center in the fall of 2009. Donated works include the infamous Godzilla sculpture by O.L. Samuels, four works by the nationally acclaimed artist, Thornton Dial, Sr., an early watercolor painting by Dean Mitchell, and a tapestry painting by Chief Oloruntoba.

In 2010, the Permanent Collection grows again with generous contributions of art from community donors. 16 of the new works are another gift from the collection of Lou and Calynne Hill, creating a total GAC Vernacular Art collection of 35 works which will begin traveling to the Gibbes Museum of Art in Charleston, SC in July, 2011. Artists represented in this gift include Hawkins Bolden, Archie Byron, Thornton Dial, Sr., Bessie Harvey, Lonnie Holley, Joe Light, Ronald Lockett, Edward "Mr. Eddy Mumma, Mary Tillman Smith, Henry Speller, Mose Tolliver, and Felix Virgous. Our sincere thanks to Lou and Calynne Hill for this generous contribution to our region’s cultural community!

For information about the Gadsden Arts Center Vernacular Art Traveling Exhibition, please contact Curator Angie Barry at (850) 627-5021 or angie.barry@gadsdenarts.org

Today, the Gadsden Arts Center Permanent Collection includes 51 works of art by 30 different artists mainly from the Southeastern United States.

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