[075]‘HONKY TONK’ EXHIBIT IS FEATURED THROUGH OCT. 16 AT BALDWIN PHOTOGRAPHIC GALLERY

Release date: Sept. 3, 2008


News & Public Affairs contact: Randy Weiler, 615-898-2919
Baldwin Photographic Gallery contact: Tom Jimison, 615-898-2085/tjimison@mtsu.edu


HORENSTEIN’S ‘HONKY TONK’ EXHIBIT IS FEATURED THROUGH OCT. 16 AT MTSU’S BALDWIN PHOTOGRAPHIC GALLERY


(MURFREESBORO) — Years ago, country music artists — even the most popular and famous — often performed for fans at small venues called honky tonks.
Henry Horenstein captured the end of this era as musicians were making their last tours prior to the age of huge stadium performances.
Featuring black and white images, this exhibit (which has been shown at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of American History) examines the intimacy and lack of boundaries that existed between performers and audience.
Highlights include portraits of artists at the Grand Ole Opry, Ryman Auditorium, Tootsie’s Orchid Lounge, festivals, juke joints, and roadhouses.
The exhibit, “Honky Tonk,” by Henry Horenstein will be on display from now through Oct. 16 in the Baldwin Photographic Gallery. Exhibitions are free and open to the public. For information, call 615-898-2085.
The lecture by the photographer will be 7:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 8, in Bragg Mass Communication Room 103; reception after in the gallery. Baldwin Photographic Gallery is in the McWherter Learning Resources Center. Gallery hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, noon to 4 p.m. Saturday and 6 to 9:45 p.m. Sunday.
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Note: Information provided by Tom Jimison, 615-898-2085 or tjimison@mtsu.edu.