LSCM honors history of Emancipation Community in exhibit
Community Report

The entire community is invited to the closing reception on Feb. 12 at noon in the same location. The reception is free and refreshments will be served.

Corn’s exhibit, representing different aspects – young and old, black cowboys, ministers, and descendants – of the community of Tamina, an Emancipation Community in Montgomery County, contains stories of deep-rooted kinships, along with family and community values, regardless of the challenges.

“I am so excited for Tamina to finally receive the historical recognition it deserves,” Corn said. “This settlement is historically significant because of its African American roots, and because it has survived Jim Crow legislation, the depression, the civil rights movement, and gentrification.”

Corn expressed in her artist statement on her website that, compelled by the risk of losing one of many unique Texas heritages, she felt it necessary to document, in portraiture, the lives of twelve people, their families, their community, and their stories, in the hopes of creating an exhibit that honors the history and the grace of this Freedmen’s Town.

Believing that all humanity is interconnected, the foundation of Corns photography is to capture the tangible connection made universally in recognition of fear, hope, curiosity, confusion and wonder. Her vision is that these images will trigger an emotional recognition that will remind us there is a thread that binds us all.

Corn, a documentary portrait photographer, works locally and internationally, making corporate as well as life portraits and documentary projects that revolve around human rights issues and oral histories. Her works have taken her to Kibera, Kenya, and Honduras. She has created portraits for Amnesty International and Pangea Network, as well as photographed those who support the arts in Salzwedel, East Germany, for the opening of Kunsthaus, an art house.

Corn received her bachelor’s degree in journalism and English, specializing in photojournalism and graphic design, from West Virginia University in 1984, and went on to study with such renowned photographers as Steve McCurry, Eli Reed, Mary Ellen Mark, Ben DeSoto, and Doug Beasley. In 2013, she spent a month in the acclaimed Hilmsen residency program in Germany, awarded by artist Hans Molzberger.

The Mary Matteson-Parrish Art Gallery is a teaching gallery at LSC-Montgomery, and the presentations and artwork provided are free. Gallery hours are Monday through Friday, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information about the art gallery, contact Fong Chau at 936-273-7021, or Fong.T.Chau @LoneStar.edu

A flyer about the about Corn Exhibit

Conroe Courier

January 15, 2015

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