Rendered in Place: History & Genealogy as Sacred Practices in the Folk Art of Reverend Jimmy Morrow

Name: Rendered in Place: History & Genealogy as Sacred Practices in the Folk Art of Reverend Jimmy Morrow
Start: 2025-09-09T17:00:00-04:00
End: 2025-09-09T18:30:00-04:00
Location: 363 Stout Dr, Johnson City, TN, United States, Tennessee 37614

Schedule

Tue Sep 09 2025 at 05:00 pm to 06:30 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

363 Stout Dr, Johnson City, TN, United States, Tennessee 37614 | Johnson City, TN

Please join for "Rendered in Place: History & Genealogy as Sacred Practices in the Folk Art of Reverend Jimmy Morrow", a gallery talk with Dr. Jennifer Axsom Adler that will be held Tuesday, September 9 from 5 to 6:30pm.
This gallery talk will examine the elevation of history and genealogy as sacred practices in the paintings of the Reverend Jimmy Morrow (1955 - 2023). Through bold, narrative-rich works, Morrow's works knit together serpent-handling histories, family lineages, and community memories, creating a visual archive where ancestors, animals, biblical stories, and local folklore exist side by side. By blending human and more-than-human worlds, his art functions as a powerful genealogical record, positioning relationships — and their preservation — as sacred acts.
Dr. Jennifer Axsom Adler is Assistant Professor of History at East Tennessee State University, where she teaches in the Departments of History, Philosophy & Religious Studies, and Appalachian Studies. Her research explores the intersections of religion, material and visual culture, and memory, with particular attention to American Protestant traditions and the material expression of faith.
This talk will be presented in conjunction with "The Place Speaks", the Reece Museum’s anchor gallery exhibition exploring the material and lived dimensions of religion in Appalachia.
This event is free admission and open to public. The Reece Museum is open Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.