UTC Exhibition Documents Black Appalachian Communities

The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga’s Institute of Contemporary Art is showing “Affrilachia: Testimonies in Text and Image,” an exhibit documenting Black Appalachian life through photographer Chris Aluka Berry’s eight-year survey. The photographs portray historic communities, families, faith traditions and landscapes across East Tennessee, western North Carolina and North Georgia. Berry and oral historian, writer and poet Kelly Elaine Navies are scheduled to take part in public events in November, and Berry will donate three works to the university’s permanent collection.