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Lillian Smith was one of @dorothyknows inspirations when she was writing her book. Another southern White female ahead of her time...Best known for Strange Fruit (1944) and Killers of the Dream (1949) she was an opponent of Jim Crow and what my Mom terms in her autobiography, "the Southern Way of Life". This quote stands the test of time especially now. #lilliansmith #southernwomenwriters #southernwomen https://www.instagram.com/p/CDZd8hdJ10y/?igshid=t9ho2lbhsgx

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Yesterday's Creativity Takes Courage workshop @kaartist completely blew my mind. I was still glowing from the symposium of #artandsocialchange honoring the legacy of #lillianesmith #lilliansmith and the loveliness of visiting with @jendelosreyes (#keynotespeaker @piedmontcollege) that it carried over into hours and hours of exploring materials, techniques, ideas, and poems with several powerful and kind women. Thank you, universe. #artschool (at Kristen Ashley Artist Shop)

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Carrying on the legacy of #LillianSmith is more important now than ever. An artist and activist in Georgia who worked fiercely against segregation, she was an outstanding example of someone with privilege who took a stand for justice. I am so excited to have Jen Delos Reyes in Athens as the keynote speaker. She is so close in heart to Smith. ❤️ So join us for the symposium of all symposiums on #artandsocialchange Registration is open ✔️ link: tinyurl.com/lilliansmithathens 🔹 Special thanks to @susanhable of @hableconstruction for hosting Jen. 🙏🏽 From the symposium's www: Observations and activism from the 1940s, 50s, and 60s are perfectly relevant today. Throughout her career as a writer and humanitarian, Lillian Smith examined how the arts engage people around issues of social injustice, segregation, and isolation. The family home of Lillian Smith in Clayton, Georgia, is now an educational center operated by Piedmont College. Through presentations and conversation with special guest speakers and artists moderated by acclaimed scholar and writer Barbara Brown Taylor, this symposium will explore art in the public arena as a form of cultural expression and an inspiration for social change. Genres will include murals, graffiti, outdoor art installations, performances in public spaces, and more. Please join us as we seek to engage current and future generations around the values and convictions that shaped the life and work of Lillian Smith. "To find the point where hypothesis and fact meet; the delicate equilibrium between dream and reality; the place where fantasy and earthly things are metamorphosed into a work of art . . . this is what man’s journey is about, I think.” –Lillian Smith, The Journey Symposium Cost: $45 (includes continental breakfast and box lunch)

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