Physical Exhibit
Bobby L. Roberts
Underground Gallery
401 President Clinton Avenue
Little Rock, AR 72201
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The Center for Arkansas History and Culture (CAHC) at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock is premiering a new exhibit on Johnny Cash’s relationship with Arkansas. The exhibit, “Johnny Cash: Arkansas Icon,” will open in the Underground Gallery at the Arkansas Studies Institute on October 10, 2014 and run through January 24, 2015.
“Johnny Cash: Arkansas Icon" explores the musician’s Arkansas connections over the decades through narrative and archival photographs from CAHC’s own collections, as well as others. Covering his 1930s childhood in Dyess, Arkansas, through his comeback at the turn of the 21st-century, the exhibit explores the influence of Cash’s Arkansas roots on his enduring music and career.
The exhibit will cover the walls of the unique Underground Gallery and immerse visitors in an artistic representation of Cash’s life in pictures and text. The exhibit weaves rare images from family albums, bibliographic narrative, and Cash’s lyrics into a unique portrait of the beloved Arkansas icon. According to the exhibit's designer, Bachelor of Fine Arts student Nick Sosnoski, “The design is meant to reflect Johnny Cash as a man who never forgot his roots.”