Reflecting, Sharing, Learning

Richard Allen, Black Founding Father
A talk by Yvonne Studevan

Athens-Clarke County Library
Appleton Auditorium
2025 Baxter Street
Athens, Georgia
706 613 3650 x343

Wednesday, February 27 • 7:00 pm

Join us Wednesday, February 27 at 7:00 pm, for a talk about minister, educator and writer Richard Allen, who was born into slavery on February 14, 1760, and later converted to Methodism and bought his freedom. Fed up with the treatment of African-American parishioners at the St. George Episcopal congregation, he eventually founded the first national black church in the United States, the African Methodist Episcopal Church. He was also an activist and abolitionist whose ardent writings would inspire future visionaries. Allen helped found the Free African Society, a non-denominational religious mutual-aid society dedicated to helping the black community. A century later, scholar and NAACP founder W.E.B. Du Bois called the FAS "the first wavering step of a people toward organized social life." Helped by his wife, Sarah, Allen also helped to hide escaped slaves, as the basement of his church was a stop on the Underground Railroad.

V. Yvonne Studevan hails from Yeadon, Pennsylvania. A graduate of Cheyney State University with a Bachelor's of Art in Education, and Georgia State University where she received her Master's of Education. As a retired educator, Yvonne spends her time traveling, painting, and serving on various community boards. In addition she spends time researching family history and the legacy of her great-great-great-great-grandfather, the Rt. Rev. Richard Allen. Yvonne resides in Athens with her husband, Dr. Russell Studevan.

This program is co-sponsored by the Association for The Study of African American Life and History.

On Loan From The Universe:
The Creative Spirit of Tex Crawford

Athens-Clarke County Library
Appleton Auditorium/Quiet Gallery
2025 Baxter Street
Athens, Georgia
706 613 3650

Slide Talk/Reception: Sunday, February 10 • 2:30 pm
Exhibition: February 1 - March 24, 2019

The Athens-Clarke County Library Quiet Gallery is proud to present the work of artist Tex S. Crawford during the months of February and March.

Crawford is a self-taught artist who lives in Hull, Georgia and transforms all types of reclaimed and found materials into a wide array of whimsical creations. "Art saved my life, I just want to share it with the world!"

Tex loves to create and to inspire others to create "So that they may feel the magic and nourishment of creation for themselves! Everything I create is on loan from the universe, I'm very grateful for each and every creation I'm granted!"

Tex has exhibited his art at many venues over the past few years, most recently at the Quinlan Visual Arts Center in the Folk Art Show, and in The Great Folk Art Parade at the Steffen Thomas Museum of Art.

Please join us in the Appleton Auditorium on Sunday, February 10 at 2:30 to hear the artist talk about his work. A reception with light refreshments will follow, and the Quiet Gallery on the library’s second floor will open the exhibition, which will run through March 24. Crawford will also teach a children’s art workshop at the library at 11:00 on Saturday, February 9.

If you can Conceive It Today It Can Be Built: A Walking and Virtual Tour of Architecture Classical, Traditional, Modern and Beyond

Dr Robert Alan Black

Athens-Clarke County Library
Appleton Auditorium
2025 Baxter Street
Athens, Georgia
706 613 3650 x343

Wednesday, January 30 • 7:00 pm

The architecture in Athens ranges from houses to professional buildings to commercial to religious to university buildings. The greatest percentage are classical or traditional in design, but some modern architectural designs can be found sprinkled throughout. Dr Robert Alan Black will explore samples of the many types of structures in Athens, as well as modern architecture found on the 6 continents being designed and built today.

Dr Black is a Creative Thinking Consultant in Athens, having studied with Dr E Paul Torrance, and receiving his PhD in Educational Psychology. Alan has five degrees, including a BS in Architectural Design, MAs in Interior Architecture and Visual Communication, and an MEd in Guidance and Counseling.

He has worked from draftsman to associate to project architect to owner of his own architectural consulting firm in Athens, Georgia. Prior to moving to Athens he worked for a mix of firms in Michigan and Florida, including the award winning firm Gunnar Birkerts & Associates.

Since 1976 he has traveled internationally to 93 countries and 49 US states always seeking out examples of excellent design wherever he has gone. As a speaker, trainer of consultant he has worked in over 40 states and 50 countries. During his varied career he has also been a news writer, a cartoonist, a graphic designer, and a college professor.

Join Together: A Multiethnic Afternoon of Peace, Music & Holiday Crafts

Athens-Clarke County Library
Appleton Auditorium, Multipurpose Room B
2025 Baxter Street
Athens, Georgia
706 613 3650 x343

Saturday, December 1 • 1:30 pm

Come join us at the library on Saturday afternoon, December 1, at 1:30 pm for an afternoon of beautiful music and crafts as we celebrate the different facets of the season. You can visit the Appleton Auditorium and hear artists performing seasonal music, and in Multipurpose Room B we will have demonstrations of different seasonal crafts you can learn and create on the spot, such as bow tying, ornament making, and assembling an inexpensive present. Enjoy a complimentary beverage and snack with us and observe the holiday of your choice, or all of them!

The JFK Assassination and The CIA
Donald E Wilkes, Jr., Professor of Law Emeritus
University of Georgia

Athens-Clarke County Library
Appleton Auditorium
2025 Baxter Street • Athens, Georgia • 706 613 3650 x343

Thursday, November 15 • 7:00 pm

The assassination of President John F Kennedy happened in November of 1963, yet Questions remain unanswered 55 years later about the circumstances of his death: Did the CIA obstruct an official government investigation of the assassination of JFK? Did the CIA itself (or rogue agents) assassinate Kennedy?

Please Join us at the library for this very special talk by Donald Wilkes, professor of Law Emeritus from the University of Georgia, who has researched the Kennedy assassination all his adult life, and will present new information and unravel some of the mystery surrounding this complicated and difficult topic. Come to the Appleton Auditorium at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, November 15 for the lecture, followed by a question-and-answer session.

Donald E. Wilkes, Jr., a law professor at the UGA School of Law for 40 years, is now an emeritus professor there. He is the author of over 300 published works, including 5 books, 14 law review articles, and numerous other scholarly writings. He has studied the JFK assassination for over 35 years and published more than 50 articles on the assassination. This is his third public speech on the topic at the library.