On Sept. 5, the Gregg Museum of Art & Design opened a new exhibition, “Southbound: Photographs of and about the New South.” This exhibition is organized by the Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art and focuses on the ever-changing American South. Through photographs, the exhibit highlights the plethora of perspectives and experiences people have with the southern region.

Evelyn McCauley, marketing & communications coordinator at the Gregg, said at the gallery opening that the particular exhibition presented at the Gregg is titled “Home: How We Make Ourselves.” 

“I would say [the exhibit] is an examination of how the South has changed, what we might think of collectively when we think of the South in the United States, and also probably some personal reactions,” McCauley said.

Although originally curated by Mark Long and Mark Sloan of the Halsey Institute, the Gregg worked with a local guest curator, Randall Kenan, an English professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, to create their exhibit.