The exhibit, presents more than 30 of Douglas’s paintings, drawings, prints and sculptures. It is on display until Oct. 1 in the museum’s second-floor Chellgren Gallery. Read this review by Forbes magazine .

UofL students, faculty and staff enjoy free general admission to the Speed Museum. Through a generous donation from Eleanor Bingham Miller, general admission for all members of the public will be free through Oct. 1, during the run of this exhibition.

Douglas  was a prolific visual artist and longtime resident of Louisville’s West End, a former community organizer, and a teacher and mentor to generations of artists and thinkers. He earned a fine arts degree at UofL in 1963 and, after obtaining his master’s and Ph.D., returned to UofL as a PAS and art professor.

To discuss the relevance of his work in examining and reflecting the Black community in Louisville, two UofL professors will hold a at the Speed Museum at 6 p.m., Sept. 7. will feature , UofL associate professor of English, and , chair of PAS and director of the Anne Braden Institute for Social Justice Research.

The exhibition of 51 photographs from the fine print collection serves as a travelogue stretching from urban to rural landscapes, from backyards to graveyards, and from portraits to street photography.

“This exhibition brings together Kentucky photographers and those from outside the state illustrating how the essence of Kentucky has influenced the photographer’s eye,” said Elizabeth Reilly, curator of photographic archives, who curated the exhibition along with Marcy Werner, curatorial assistant and imaging manager.

Many photographers in “Kentucky Captured” share similar styles and themes in their work. Doris Ulmann demonstrates early 20^th century pictorialism with her soft images of iconic Kentuckians; Shelby Lee Adams brings the same subject into sharp focus almost 100 years later. Will Bowers’ dream like landscapes of Louisville’s Cherokee Park in the early 1900s are echoed in the work of John Ashley 75 years later. William Gedney and Milton Rogovin were mutually drawn to documenting the rural landscapes and people of Kentucky.

“Kentucky Captured” is on display through July 17 in the Speed Museum’s Temporary Exhibitions Gallery, South Building, South Gallery.