LEWISTON – The Bates College Multicultural Center will presents an opening reception for “Bagels and Grits: Exploring Jewish Life in the Deep South,” an exhibition of photographs by Bill Aron, at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 22, in Chase Hall Gallery, 56 Campus Ave.
This photographic essay of contemporary Southern Jewish life features 46 images and text panels that explore home and community life, Jewish traditions and sacred spaces, livelihood and the South’s changing character.
The reception is open to the public free of charge, and the exhibition will be on display at Bates through Wednesday, Oct. 5. For more information, call 207-786-8376.
Aron describes his work as a multidimensional portrait of contemporary Jewish life in Mississippi, Arkansas, Alabama, Louisiana and South Carolina as it has evolved from the early 1700s.
Aron’s work is part of permanent collections at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, the Art Institute of Chicago, the International Center of Photography, the Museum of Modern Art, the Jewish Museum and the National Museum of American Jewish History, among others.
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