Today marks the official start of summer, the longest day of the year. It’s also the title of a special exhibit now on display at the Bicknell Family Center for the Artsexamining dementia. KRPS’s Fred Fletcher-Fierro has more.
Elizabeth Spencer graduated from Pittsburg State with a master of Arts in Communication in 2015, she’s now an assistant professor at the University of Kentucky where she is leading a project focused on the disease.
A photo walk fundraiser at Root Coffeehouse in downtown Pittsburg will be held this afternoon from 3 to 5. And a public reception will be held tonight at 6 the Bicknell.
The events are a part of theAlzheimer’s Association global call to action, “The Longest Day,”held each year on the summer solstice.
For the exhibit, Spencer and two University of Kentucky student research assistants chose the top two percent of photographs they received.
“We are showing some photos that were initially exhibited at the University of Kentucky. Photographs that were initially taken by UK students. And, it’s a select number, 31 images, from a collection of almost 1,7000 images that were submitted.”
Today’s photowalk will be led by award-winning Associated Press photojournalist and former PSU professor Mike Gullet. The Longest Day exhibit is open to the public at the Bicknell Family Center for the Arts through Monday, June 26.
