Grand Opening
September 30, 2023
5:00 – 8:00 P.M.
The Deep Ellum Community Association, Deep Ellum Foundation and Documentary Arts invite you to the grand opening of The Deep Ellum Community Center.
Including three new exhibitions curated by Alan Govenar: When You Go Down in Deep Ellum, Unlikely Blues, and Invisible Deep Ellum.
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Permanent Exhibition:
When You Go Down in Deep Ellum brings to life the history of Deep Ellum through themes that span 150 years –Migration, Music, Business and Commerce, and Art and Culture– and highlights Deep Ellum’s vast musical legacy with a listening room and operational 78 rpm recording studio – the first of its kind in the nation.
Curated by Alan Govenar with assistance from Jason Johnson-Spinos, Kip Lornell, Phillip Collins, Jay Brakefield, Jessica Schneider, Norma Adams Wade, Katy Parker, and Paula Bosse. Architectural/Design consultant: Cliff Welch. Lighting consultants: Steve Woods and Mandy Stockhausen. Funded by the Texas Commission on the Arts through the Cultural Districts grant program, the Summerlee Foundation, Ace Records (London), and the Deep Ellum Foundation.
Inaugural Temporary Exhibition:
Unlikely Blues presents the illustrations of Chicago artist Louis Paeth, who designed “Race Record” ads that were made to promote early blues artists, most notably Blind Lemon Jefferson.
Organized by Alan Govenar with assistance from Peter Paeth, Kip Lornell, Jason Johnson-Spinos, Bob Ray Sanders, Monique Y. Wells, and Katy Parker. Funded in part by the Summerlee Foundation
Outdoor Installation:
Utilizing the concrete columns beneath North Central Expressway, Invisible Deep Ellum features advertisements and selected pages from 1911 and 1925 Black business directories that document the vitality of Deep Ellum, interspersed with comments by community leaders.
Invisible Deep Ellum is a public art installation by Alan Govenar with assistance from Bob Ray Sanders, Norma Adams Wade, Harrison Blair, and Jason Johnson-Spinos
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