• By Sue deGuzman
  • Posted Monday, January 30, 2023

A First Look: "Stephen Towns: Declaration and Resistance" - Wednesday, Feb. 8 at 6 p.m.

Get a first look at the works by Stephen Towns at the Lewisville Branch on Wednesday, Feb. 8 at 6 p.m. -- almost two weeks before the exhibition opens at Reynolda House Museum of American Art. Curator Allison Slaby will share a selection of works from the upcoming exhibition (Feb. 18 - May 14), including figurative paintings and story quilts that expand the historical narratives of enslaved and free African Americans. Towns's work is based on actual individuals who toiled under the most extreme hardships yet persevered through acts of rebellion, skillful guile, and self-willed determination; through "declaration and resistance." Attendees are encouraged to check out a Reynolda Museum library pass later in the month to see the art in person. This program is in recognition of the Forsyth County Public Library’s celebration of Black History Month and this year’s theme, “Black Resistance.” Registration is encouraged. To register or for more information, email Sue at deguzse@forsyth.cc or call the Lewisville Branch at 336-703-2940.

A First Look: "Stephen Towns: Declaration and Resistance"
Presented by Allison Slaby, Curator, Reynolda House Museum of American Art
Wednesday, Feb. 8 at 6 p.m.
Location: Lewisville Branch Auditorium

Allison Slaby is the curator at Reynolda House Museum of American Art in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. She joined the Reynolda House staff in September 2005. At the museum, she has curated over twenty exhibitions, including Chrome Dreams and Infinite Reflections: American Photorealism and the Fall 2016 exhibition, Grant Wood and the American Farm. In 2016, she published a paper entitled “Grant Wood’s Agrarian Landscapes: Myth, Memory, and Control” in Formations of Identity: Society, Politics and Landscape (Cambridge Scholars Press, 2016). Ms. Slaby is a graduate of Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York. In 2002, she earned her master’s degree in art history, specializing in American art, from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. She has served as the graduate intern at the Mead Art Museum at Amherst College and as the membership coordinator at the Rose Art Museum of Brandeis University. Previously, she held positions at Harvard University and at Dumbarton Oaks Research Library in Washington, D.C.

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