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Our Strength Is Our People

The Humanist Photographs of Lewis Hine

Dates:
May 7–August 2, 2021
Location:
Appleby Foundation Exhibition Hall
Workers' Legacy Exhibition

This exhibition surveys the life’s work of Lewis Wickes Hine (1874–1940), the father of American documentary photography. Consisting entirely of 65 rare vintage prints, it covers the three overarching themes of Hine’s three-decade career—the immigrant experience, child labor, and the American worker—and culminates in his magnificent studies of the construction of the Empire State Building.

Our Strength Is Our People coincides with the complementary exhibition, Old World/New Soil: Foreign-Born American Artists from the Asheville Art Museum Collection.

Our Strength Is Our People is organized by art2art Circulating Exhibitions, LLC. All works are from the private collection of Michael Mattis & Judith Hochberg. Local support is generously provided by the Workers’ Legacy Foundation.

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Thursday, May 6, 2021

Members-Only Preview: Our Strength Is Our People + Old World/New Soil

As a valued Museum Member, we invite you to join us for the exclusive opening of our newest exhibitions, Our Strength Is Our People: The

Friday, Jun 11, 2021

Our Strength Is Our People – VIRTUAL

Join Hank Bovee, touring docent, for an interactive conversation about four artworks in our special exhibition Our Strength Is Our People: The Humanist Photographs of Lewis Hine.

Thursday, Jun 17, 2021

The Pragmatic Vision: Jane Addams, Lewis Hine, John Dewey, and the Art and Politics of Experience – VIRTUAL

Ken Betsalel discusses the pragmatic vision of social reformers, documentary photographers, and thinkers whose ideas and ways of seeing have come to shape the way we think about society and the role of government in addressing social problems.

Wednesday, Jun 23, 2021

Our Strength Is Our People – VIRTUAL

Today’s program for adults with memory loss and their care partners is led by Hank Bovee, touring docent.

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Selected works from the exhibition

Italian Family Looking for Lost Baggage, Ellis Island
Lewis Hine, Italian Family Looking for Lost Baggage, Ellis Island
Powerhouse Mechanic
Lewis Hine, Powerhouse Mechanic
Sadie, a Cotton Mill Spinner, Lancaster, South Carolina
Lewis Hine, Sadie, a Cotton Mill Spinner, Lancaster, South Carolina
Topping the Mast, Empire State Building
Lewis Hine, Topping the Mast, Empire State Building

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