FORT SMITH – 64.6 Downtown in collaboration with the Fort Smith Museum of History invites the community to celebrate Black History Month by attending an engaging exhibition entitled Embodiment: A Retrospective of Fort Smith’s Black History. An opening reception for Embodiment will be held Sunday, February 2nd 1:00 pm at Bastion Gallery 914 Garrison Ave, Fort Smith.

Last year marked 64.6 Downtown’s first partnership with Fort Smith Museum of History that brought in over 500 attendees to Bastion Gallery during the month of February.

Embodiment will encapsulate the narrative of Fort Smith’s black community from various eras. This retrospective exhibition gathers black artifacts and items, clothing, and portraits to explore their varied connections to Fort Smith and the region. These images and items celebrate blackness, giving a tangible and visible form to our historically culturally diverse past. They provide positive images of the African American experience and honor those families and individuals who helped shape our community.

64.6 Downtown has been able to curate this experience for the community through the generosity of our sponsors Lewis Eady of State Farm Insurance and Anthony Sims of Farm Bureau Insurance. A special thank you to our partners for loaning items on display: Fort Smith Museum of History, The Hiram Justice Family, The Richardson Family, and Sherry Toliver.

NOTE: list of contributing families is current as of the date of release.

DETAILS:

OPENING RECEPTION: Sunday, February 2, 2020, 1pm



DATE: Saturdays and Sundays, February 2 -29, 2020



TIME: 1-6pm, Saturday & Sunday



LOCATION: Bastion Gallery 914 Garrison Ave. Fort Smith, AR

Free to the public