Blighted Pine: Appalachian Ancestors

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The Reece Museum, East Tennessee State University

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Introduction

Blighted Pine: Appalachian Ancestors is an exhibition that explores connections between past and present through living history installations and poetic interpretations. Beginning as a component of the Governor’s School for the Scientific Exploration of Tennessee Heritage, the original GOV’ HUB exhibition evolved into a larger project that brings ideas of memory and ancestry to the forefront. Please enjoy touring the various displays featuring artifacts from the Reece Museum permanent collection as well as loaned items from museum staff and colleagues. These displays are accompanied by selected poems from Jesse Graves’ 2022 book, Tennessee Landscape with Blighted Pine: Poems. Along with the poetry are interpretations made by Governor’s School students. The coupling of these installations and writings create a unique atmosphere of familial nostalgia that evokes a sense of place and home—a connection to this region’s Appalachian Ancestors.

Start Date

7-20-2022

End Date

9-23-2022

Recommended Citation

The Reece Museum, East Tennessee State University, "Blighted Pine: Appalachian Ancestors" (2022). The Reece Museum Exhibition Publications. 7.
https://dc.etsu.edu/reece-exhibit-pubs/7

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