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Kate Medley: Thank You Please Come Again

Kate Medley: Thank You Please Come Again

Exhibition Info:

October 30, 2024 — May 25, 2025
Corridor Gallery
Photo of metal store shelves with a variety of goods for purchase ranging from canned vegetables to grits to over-the-counter medicine. A wooden rocking chair is featured on the right hand side, with a Black woman in a yellow, white, and brown floral patterned dress on the left, seated on a wooden stool. Photo by Kate Medley.

Photojournalist Kate Medley covers national news in the American South, focused on storytelling and environmental portraiture. In this exhibition, Medley invites viewers to see the people and culinary art of service stations, convenience stores and quick stops located across the South, shining a light on the unexpected community, generosity and creativity found in hidden corners of the U.S.

Image of back. metallic and reflective wall of kitchen area. Signs with bright red lettering display order options for patrons, reading: Chicken cracklins, pork cracklins, and cracklins boudin. A dry erase board menu also features handwritten menu options and their prices: hamburger steak, baked chicken, crawfish etoufee, red bean & sausage, with sides of mashed potatoes, peas & carrots, coleslaw, and white beans, as well as dessert. A window along the wall features the reflections of workers, including a blonde woman with her hair in a bun and another window that features text saying breakfast. Photo by Kate Medley.
Photo of metal store shelves with a variety of goods for purchase ranging from canned vegetables to grits to over-the-counter medicine. A wooden rocking chair is featured on the right hand side, with a Black woman in a yellow, white, and brown floral patterned dress on the left, seated on a wooden stool. Photo by Kate Medley.
Portrait of Black woman with short hair, a blue shirt, and maroon apron, leaning on the back of a wooden chair. Woman gazing into the upper distance and inside her restaurant. Photo by Kate Medley.
Portrait of Black man in blue cloth shirt and pants, seated on arm of leather and wooden chair in office space of store. Wall behind him features red velvet futon, portraits of President Barak Obama and Martin Luther King Jr., and stuffed deer head. Photo by Kate Medley.
Portrait of Latina woman smiling and wearing wireframed glasses, hair net over dark hair, a red polo shirt, and white plastic apron, holding a tray of fried chicken. She's standing in the aisles of a convenience store, in between aisles featuring products like Slim Jims, bags of candy, and chips.

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