CONWAY, Ark. (September 11, 2014) – The Hendrix College Department of Art will “Rohwer, Arkansas, Japanese Internment Camp, July 1945,” an exhibit featuring photographs by Paul Faris, a Hendrix faculty member from 1928 – 1971 and documentary research by Ann Faris and Sarah Wilkerson-Freeman.
The exhibit will be Wednesday, Oct. 15 – Friday, Nov. 7, in Art Building A. The exhibit is open for viewing Monday - Friday, 3:30 - 5:30 p.m.
There will be a lecture by Arkansas State University history professor Dr. Sarah Wilkerson-Freeman on Thursday, Oct. 23, from 5 – 6 p.m., in Art Building A110, followed by a reception from 6 – 6:30 p.m.
In 1945 Paul and Ann Faris had the unique opportunity to make documentary photographs of the lives of some of the 8,000 detained Japanese Americans. This important show of rare photographs highlights an historical event that should not be forgotten.
For more information, contact Hendrix art professor Matthew Lopas at 501-450-1262 or
lopas@hendrix.edu.
Founded in 1876, Hendrix College is a national leader in engaged liberal arts and sciences education. This year, Hendrix was named the country’s #1 “Up and Coming” liberal arts colleges by U.S. News and
World Report. Hendrix is featured in the 2015 Fiske Guide to Colleges, Forbes magazine's list of America's Top Colleges, the 2014 Princeton Review’s The Best 378
Colleges, and the latest edition of Colleges That
Change Lives: 40 Schools That Will Change the Way You Think about Colleges. Hendrix has been affiliated with the United Methodist Church since 1884. For more information, visit
www.hendrix.edu.