What's New

Two new exhibitions will be presented at the Center for Photography at Woodstock, September 20, 2025–January 11, 2026.. Kinship & Community: Selections from the Texas African American Photography Archive, co-curated by Nicole R. Fleetwood and CPW Executive Director Brian Wallis, highlights the work of mid-20th century Black photographers in Texas, revealing how vernacular images serve as powerful records of collective memory; and Everyday Culture: Seven Projects by Documentary Arts brings together four decades of work by Documentary Arts, presenting photographs, films, music, and folk art that chronicle marginalized cultural traditions and creative practices. Curated by CPW Executive Director Brian Wallis, Everyday Culture will be accompanied by a book of the same title, published by CPW, co-authored by Wallis and Govenar.

New from Alan Govenar, Come Round Right is a deeply personal novel and a paean to a pivotal moment in American history—when the Vietnam War was raging, and the idealism of the 1960s was losing ground to frustration, anger, and violence. From Deep Vellum Publishing, the book is now available from Amazon and other sellers.

Down in Dallas Town is a startling film about the shifting terrain of public memory sixty years after the murder of John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963. Through interviews with people on the street and songs recorded to memorialize JFK in the mid-1960s, the film explores the impact of the assassination on issues in today’s world, from lingering conspiracy theories to the proliferation of gun violence, homelessness, and the scourge of K-2. The film is now available to stream on Amazon.

The permanent collection at The Deep Ellum Community Center, When You Go Down in Deep Ellum, was created in collaboration with Documentary Arts.

Truth in Photography, a photography website produced by Documentary Arts, recently launched its Winter 2025 edition. The site asks the question, “Where does the truth lie in a photograph?”