SMITHSONIAN OPENS AT THE ART CENTER

Blue Ridge Mountains Arts Association Executive Director Nichole Potzauf, left, and Assistant Director Caroline Mann stand before the long-awaited “Crossroads: Change in Rural America” exhibition Saturday, June 20. The exhibition is in partnership with the Smithsonian Institute’s Museum on Main Street, Georgia Humanities, the University of West Georgia and Georgia EMC. It will continue at The Art Center through July 17.

Crossroads: Change in Rural America Co-Curator Dr. Ann McCleary, right, explains the exhibit to, left, Sarah Wright and Emma Bussard at the exhibition’s grand opening Saturday, June 20.

Fine Art Potters, left, Devin Weeks and Mike Lalone sculpt out some figures outside of the Crossroads: Change in Rural America exhibition at The Art Center Saturday, June 20.

Sandra and Ron Zadroga read about Blue Ridge’s rural history during the Smithsonian Institute’s Museum on Main Street exhibition Saturday, June 20.

Mark Man checks out some old photographs of Fannin County during the opening of the Crossroads: Change in Rural America exhibition.

Ryan Petersen, Crossroads: Change in Tri-State Appalachia narrator, stands before the documentary he helped prepare during the Smithsonian Institute’s Museum on Main Street exhibition at The Art Center.

Fine Artist Camille Day, right, talks with Alyce Wirtz outside of the Smithsonian Institute’s Museum on Main Street opening of Crossroads: Change in Rural America at The Art Center Saturday, June 20.