"AMERICAN HOLLOW"
2000-09-16 until 2000-11-19
Dayton Art Institute
Dayton, OH, USA

A nationally touring exhibition, AMERICAN HOLLOW features 60 black-and-white and color photographs with a selection of handmade quilts, family scrapbooks and photo albums and original folk art from an Applachian family in Mudlick Hollow, Kentucky. The exhibition complements an important documentary film made by Rory Kennedy (daughter of Robert F. Kennedy) and presented at the prestigious Sundance Film Festival in 1999 - it offers a life-affirming exploration of the lives, hopes and dreams of a unique and distinctly American family-the Bowling clan.

AMERICAN HOLLOW will be an important experience for viewers as a way of dispelling old stereotypes and becoming familiar with some extraordinary yet little recognized truly American individuals. The exhibition is accompanied by a catalogue with an introductory essay by the renowned Harvard child psychologist Robert Coles and interviews with members of the Bowling family. Also included with the exhibition is the 90-minute Rory Kennedy documentary. The exhibition is supported by the Norton Museum of Art in Palm Beach, FL and touring venues include the Newseum (New York), JB Speed Museum (Louisville), The Dayton Art Institute and others. ADMISSION: $5 for adults; $3 for seniors and students 12 & over; FREE for museum members.

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