Dayton Daily News: Storytelling and schools: Wright State’s 2024-25 visual arts season opens with two photo exhibitions

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Wright State University’s 2024-25 visual arts season has opened with photography exhibitions examining storytelling and elementary schools in Toledo.

“ReWritten: Photographers Reshaping the Narrative” and “Elementary: Photographs by Daniel McInnis” are on display through Nov. 2 in the Stein Galleries, located at 160 Creative Arts Center on the Dayton campus.

Curated by Marcella Hackbardt, professor of studio art at Kenyon College, “ReWritten: Photographers Reshaping the Narrative” features artists who pioneer New Genre Narrative photography, emphasizing social justice and personal identity among other themes.

“From tintypes to artificial intelligence, a range of photographic methods are employed to redefine visual narratives with both urgency and contemplative depth,” stated organizers in a press release.

Curated by Tracy Longley-Cook, associate professor of art at Wright State, “Elementary” is intended to foster “a greater appreciation for the individual sacrifices made by elementary educators, as teachers continue to struggle with what American communities have come to expect: low salaries, long hours, limited resources and degraded facilities.”

“It is my purpose to bring about greater appreciation for the individual sacrifices elementary educators make and the profession as a whole,” McInnis said in a press statement.

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