The Faces and Facets of Freedom

The exhibit will begin on Saturday, May 2 and continue through Saturday, June 13.

A reception for artists will be held Saturday, May 16 from 5:30 to 7:30 PM. The reception is open to the public.

The silver trump of freedom had roused my soul to eternal wakefulness. Freedom now appeared, to disappear no more forever. It was heard in every sound, and seen in everything... It looked from every star, it smiled in every calm, breathed in every wind, and moved in every storm.
- Frederick Douglass

Oxford Art Gallery Patricia Tribastone: Keeping the Flame Alive

Although we today associate Frederick Douglass with his eloquent fight against slavery, Douglass understood that personal freedom takes many forms, including the right to self-respect and the right to speak against all forms of human indignity. In perhaps its broadest definition, it is the freedom to leave what we take for granted and embark upon something new. Freedom thus requires, above all, courage: the courage to undertake new ways and to explore new ideas.

2026 marks our nation’s Semiquincentennial: its 250th anniversary. It is only fitting, therefore, that our theme for this exhibit at Oxford Gallery should be The Faces and Facets of Freedom.

Oxford Art Gallery Ray Easton: Spacious Skies