West Virginia artists Betty Rivard and Mark Crabtree will present a guest artist lecture at West Virginia University’s Creative Arts Center, Thursday, Oct. 7, titled “75th Anniversary of Farm Security Photographs.”

The lecture begins at 5 p.m. in the Bloch Learning and Performance Hall (200A) and is free and open to the public.

The focus of this presentation is on the Farm Security Administration (FSA) photographs taken in West Virginia between 1935 and 1943, with a particular emphasis on the trip by Walker Evans to northern West Virginia in June and July 1935.

The presentation will include music performed by local musicians who are connected with the times.

Rivard is a professional fine art landscape photographer who lives in Braxton County. She has completed a book titled “Images of Resilience: New Deal Photographs in West Virginia, 1935-1943” and has written articles for “Goldenseal” and “Wonderful West Virginia” magazines. She has WVU graduate degrees in education and social work.

Crabtree is a professional photographer and musician who lives in Morgantown. He has been researching Evans’ 1935 trip to West Virginia for the past 15 years. Crabtree is a graduate of the WVU Perley Isaac Reed School of Journalism.

For more information, contact the College of Creative Arts at (304) 293-4359.

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CONTACT: Charlene Lattea, College of Creative Arts
304-293-4359, Charlene.Lattea@mail.wvu.edu

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