Stone Fort Museum exhibit offers SFA photography students professional experienceA class of advanced photography students at Stephen F. Austin State University recently had the opportunity to practice their professional skills by photographing a current exhibit at the Stone Fort Museum located on campus.
The exhibit, “Cornerstones of the Community: African American History in Eastern Texas,” showcases five years of research and effort gathering information concerning the African American community in Nacogdoches prior to 1900. Artifacts, collections and identifying objects such as quilts and tools are showcased throughout the museum on both the first and second floors.
The exhibit is designed to further visitors’ understanding of African American roles in the development of the East Texas region by exemplifying the universal desire for freedom, faith and family.
SFA to screen ‘Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens’As part of its monthly film series, the Stephen F. Austin State University School of Art and Friends of the Visual Arts will present “Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens” at 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 10, at The Cole Art Center, in downtown Nacogdoches. Admission is free.
61st U.S. Secretary of State James A. Baker, III, to speak at SFAThe Honorable James A. Baker, III, America’s 61st secretary of state, will be the featured guest at the 2012 installment of the Archie McDonald Speaker Series at Stephen F. Austin State University. The speaker series event is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 12, in the Grand Ballroom of the Baker Pattillo Student Center on the SFA campus.
A class of advanced photography students at Stephen F. Austin State University recently had the opportunity to practice their professional skills by photographing a current exhibit at the Stone Fort Museum located on campus.
The exhibit, “Cornerstones of the Community: African American History in Eastern Texas,” showcases five years of research and effort gathering information concerning the African American community in Nacogdoches prior to 1900. Artifacts, collections and identifying objects such as quilts and tools are showcased throughout the museum on both the first and second floors.
The exhibit is designed to further visitors’ understanding of African American roles in the development of the East Texas region by exemplifying the universal desire for freedom, faith and family.
The Honorable James A. Baker, III, America’s 61st secretary of state, will be the featured guest at the 2012 installment of the Archie McDonald Speaker Series at Stephen F. Austin State University. The speaker series event is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 12, in the Grand Ballroom of the Baker Pattillo Student Center on the SFA campus.