Canton Museum of Art plans collaborative Civil War exhibition in Ohio

By Gary Brown
CantonRep.com staff writer


Think of the Civil War as a form of art.

A war that brought death and discord to a country a century and a half ago could — on its 150th anniversary — breathe life into the Canton-area arts community and foster a spirit of collaboration among those who dwell in it.

At the center of the local celebration of the sesquicentennial of the start of the “War Between the States” in 2011 will be the exhibition “A Nation Divided.” The exhibition at Canton Museum of Art will be part of a broader-based collaboration of several Northeast Ohio cultural agencies: Canton Museum of Art, Kent State University Press, Kent State University Museum and Western Reserve Historical Society.

Museum of Art Executive Director M.J. Albacete hopes the Civil War exhibition will draw in other Stark County cultural and historical groups.

The Civil War themed collaboration was born when Will Underwood of Kent State University Press approached Albacete about putting together an exhibition in conjunction with a collection of Civil War photographs and other graphic materials that KSU Press is publishing with Western Reserve Historical Society.

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