Exhibition, The Underground Railroad: The Still Family and Charles Nalle

The Carnegie Center for Art and History is pleased to present The Underground Railroad: The Still Family & Charles Nalle, an exhibition of paintings and drawings by Mark Priest. Centered around the story of the Still Family’s attempts at freedom and the impossible choice to leave loved ones behind, Priest’s work portrays actual accounts of the perilous Underground Railroad. He vividly depicts the mental, emotional, and physical prowess needed to escape enslavement and reunite a family.

Born in Louisville, Kentucky in 1958, Mark Priest completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 1987 and went on to obtain a Masters in Fine Arts at Yale University in 1989. Priest has exhibited consistently for the past thirty-seven years both nationally and internationally. Priest has received numerous grants including the Morgan Research Grant in 2016 to continue his research and the Commission on Racial Equality & Diversity Grant in 2015. Priest’s recent paintings and drawing seek to depict the mental, emotional, and physical prowess needed to succeed on the Underground Railroad.