Mattie Lou O’Kelley: The Long Journey to Success
Oglethorpe University Museum of Art 4484 Peachtree Road NE, Atlanta
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New Exhibit: The Tragedy of War Japanese American Internment
Marietta History Center 1 Depot St., Marietta
$5 – $55
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Mattie Lou O’Kelley: The Long Journey to Success
Like most female artists of the early 20th century, O’Kelley endured far greater hardships than her male counterparts, made double challenging by the economic hardships faced by the Appalachian community during this time. O’Kelley was born in 1908 on her family’s farm near Maysville, Georgia. The death of her younger brother in 1919 marked the […]
Free
New Exhibit: The Tragedy of War Japanese American Internment
The second exhibit from the Museum of History and Holocaust Education is The Tragedy of War: Japanese American Internment which focuses on the imprisonment of 120,000 ethnic Japanese on the west coast during World War II. Two-thirds of those imprisoned were American citizens, and they were forced into a series of camps to live under […]
$5 – $55
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