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“Oh, The Tangled Woods She Leaves,” by Bivenne Harvey Staiger, Cromwell, Connecticut resident and Silver Medal of Honor winner.
Pryor Art Gallery Hosts
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American Watercolor Society Exhibition
The Pryor Art Gallery hosted the American Watercolor Society’s 152nd Annual Traveling Exhibition August–September 2019.
To be selected for the annual AWS exhibit, artists throughout the U.S. and 33 foreign countries submitted their work to a panel of jurors chosen from Signature Members of the AWS. Of these submissions, 122 paintings were selected for the exhibition. Forty paintings from the show were selected for the Traveling Exhibition, which toured six museums and galleries across the country throughout the following year.
“The Pryor Art Gallery at Columbia State is privileged to have been selected to host the annual American Watercolor Society Traveling Exhibit, one of the most revered watercolor exhibits in the world,” said Rusty Summerville, interim Pryor Art Gallery curator. “More than 1,100 paintings were submitted to an AWS selection panel and 40 were selected for this exhibit.”
Lipscomb Professor Presents
Mexican-American War Lecture
Dr. Timothy D. Johnson, Lipscomb University history department chair and professor of history and university research, presented “For Duty and Honor” in October 2019.
Johnson discussed his most recent book, “For Duty and Honor: Tennessee’s Mexican War Experience,” and examined what the Mexican-American War meant for the Tennessee volunteers.
Tennessee contributed a huge number of volunteers to the war effort, and Johnson’s account not only seeks to describe the military context but also explore the motivations of Tennessee soldiers.
“There’s much more to Dr. Johnson’s book than the accounts of experiences had by Tennesseans that fought in the Mexican-American War,” said Dr. Barry Gidcomb, Columbia State professor of history. “His book is about Tennessee in the Age of the Common Man when the
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Pictured: Dr. Timothy D. Johnson
state was at the zenith of its influence at the national level. The book also speaks to the heart of what it meant to be a Tennessean, and an American, during this critical time in history and, to some extent, what it still means today.”
In fall 2019, Columbia State presented its thirty-third annual “Celebrating Our American Heritage” lecture series, featuring professors from the college’s history and English departments.
Presentations included: Dr. Timothy D. Johnson, Lipscomb University history department chair and professor of history and university research, with “For Duty and Honor;” Dr. William X. Andrews, retired professor of history, with “The Transcendentalists;” Dr. Anna M. Duch with “Dr. Duch Ruins American History, Part II;” Dr. Luke Truxal, adjunct professor of history; Dr. Barry Gidcomb, professor of history; and Duch with “We Choose to Go to the Moon;” and Shelley Manns, assistant director of learning support and associate professor of English; Dr. Stuart Lenig, professor of communications and drama; Greg Mewbourn, Columbia State
Dr. Barry Gidcomb
assistant professor of history; Duch; and Truxual with “1619: Fateful Beginning that Altered the Course of America.”
music. The program highlighted Dan Forrest’s “Gloria In Excelsis” from Forrest’s LUX, a major, modern classical work in the finest tradition. Columbia State’s Chamber Ensemble closed the concert with two of John Rutter’s most famous Christmas carols: “Candlelight Carol” and “We Wish You a Merry Christmas.”
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Dr. Anna M. Duch Dr. Stuart Lenig Shelley Manns
Department of Music Presents Fall Concert
The Department of Music presented a fall student concert in November 2019.
The choir performed a holiday concert featuring the works of two famous choral composers, John Rutter and Dan Forrest, under the direction of Judith Morehouse, Columbia State associate professor of
Judith Morehouse
