Original drawings for the first illustrated edition of Thomas Wolfe’s novel Look Homeward, Angel are on display through Sept. 30 at UNC.
The exhibition by UNC’s Center for the Study of the American South features more than 50 pen-and-brush drawings by artist Douglas Gorsline. The free public display is open from 1 – 4:30 p.m. Thursdays at the home of the center, the Love House and Hutchins Forum, at 410 E. Franklin Street.
A free public opening reception for the exhibit will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. Aug. 27 at the center. North Carolina actor Jan Hensley will perform dramatic readings of scenes from Look Homeward, Angel. Local musicians Michael Holland, Katherine Rogers Simonsen and James Wallace will perform songs mentioned in Wolfe’s novel.
The reception will be in conjunction with the North Carolina Literary Festival, to take place at UNC Sept. 10-13.
For more information, contact Reid Johnson at CSAS@email.unc.edu or 962-5665.