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migration of African Americans, who began to return to the South). These changes brought a related revival of interest to the notions of regions and Regionalism in the art world; from this Louisiana benefited. The growth of new institutions devoted to Southern culture, and the presentation of a range of significant Southern art exhibitions (accompanied by scholarly catalogues), reflected larger social transformations. In 1972, the Center for the Study of Southern Folklore was founded in Memphis; five years later, in 1977, the Center for the Study of Southern Culture was
ART IN CONTEMPORARY LOUISIANA
HUNT SLONEM
(b. 1951, Kittery, Maine) Lakeside Albania, 2010 Oil on canvas; 108 X 108 in. Collection of Hunt Slonem
founded at the University of Mississippi, directed by William Ferris. In 1989, the Center for the Study of Southern Culture published its Encyclopedia of Southern Culture, edited by Ferris and Charles Reagan Wilson. In 1989, the Center for Documentary Studies was founded in Durham, North Carolina (in affiliation
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