Press release:
New Orleans…Honoring her resilience, her heart, an exhibit of photographs by local photographer Maureen Simon, will be on view November 9 – December 16, in Blowers Gallery, in UNC Asheville’s Ramsey Library. An opening reception will be held in the gallery at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 10.
Simon’s exhibit showcases New Orleans 10 years after Hurricane Katrina. The exhibit includes photographs from the Ninth Ward and the story of Kimberly Rivers-Roberts and her husband, Scott, who were unable to evacuate and remained in New Orleans through Hurricane Katrina. They are the subject of the Oscar-nominated documentary, Trouble the Water, which will play in the gallery throughout the exhibition.
The exhibit and reception are free and open to the public; the photographs will be on view in the Blowers Gallery during regular library hours. For more information, visit library.unca.edu or call 828.251.6436.
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