Chronicles: The Great Depression and the Pandemic will highlight depression-era photographers from the Work Progress Administration’s (WPA) Farm Security Administration (FSA) program as well as contemporary photographers reacting to the current COVID-19 pandemic. This exhibition features photography from two times of national tragedy, comparing them while also engaging patrons with photography from regional sites throughout Ohio and the United States. A theme throughout is the resilience of the American people as they tackle the trials and tribulations placed before them.

Curated by Dr. Christine Fowler Shearer and Arnold Tunstall.

Depression Era Photographers: Esther Bubley, Jack Delano, Theodor Jung, Dorothea Lang, Russell Lee, Carl Mydans, Gordon Parks, Arthur Rothstein, Ben Shahn, John Vachon, and Marion Post Wolcott.

Contemporary Photographers: Autumn Bland, Donald Black Jr., Angelo Merendino, Jane Alden Stevens, and Shane Wynn.