Smithsonian exhibit coming to Southern Wesleyan University
The Hours of the New Harmonies exhibit are:
10 a.m. to 3p.m. - Mondays through Saturdays until April 21. Closed on Sundays and Easter Weekend.
Chuck Mealy, right, assists Casey Gainey, left, and Allison Pederson in unpacking components of the Smithsonian Institution traveling exhibit “New Harmonies: Celebrating American Roots Music,” which opens at Noon this Saturday in Founders’ Hall on Southern Wesleyan University’s campus in Central. Mealy is a retired Southern Wesleyan staff member. Gainey and Pederson are from Black Creek Arts Council in Hartsville. More than a dozen volunteers came from across South Carolina to set up the exhibit. “New Harmonies” will be on display until April 21 and is free and open to the public. For details, go to www.swu.edu or www.carolinafolkmusic.org.