The exhibit featured the I
Have a Dream Series of black and white drawings by Tracy Sugarman, including
a portrait of Martin Luther King. Sugarman’s portraits of black
inventors were also featured, with contributions from inventors Andrew T. Beard,
Lewis Howard Latimer, Elijah McCoy, and Granville T. Woods shown in great
detail.
Also on display were several
stunning composition studies by Eric von Schmidt, which served as a preview for
the exhibit Giants of the Blues 1920-1950, which opened at the
Society on September 12, 2004.
Through fascinating excerpts on
display, Westport writers Dan Woog and Woody Klein took a look back at 13-1/2
Main Street, Martin Luther King’s visit to Westport, the Intercommunity Camp,
and Project Concern. The bold 13-1/2
Main Street painting by early
Westport artist J. Clinton Shepherd, on loan from the Westport Schools Permanent
Art Collection, completed the exhibit.
Martin Luther King Jr. and
Inventor McCoy by Tracy Sugarman
Main Street by J. Clinton Sheperd
