Gordy Fine Art & Framing Company is opening a special exhibition honoring a Muncie icon.
In partnership with Ball State University's Archives and Special Collections, the downtown framing business is opening
“Hurley Goodall: Muncie Icon,” Thursday from 5-9 p.m. as part of Downtown Muncie’s First Thursday. The exhibit will run throughout the month.
The exhibit will showcase selected photographs exploring the African American community in Muncie and focusing on Hurley Goodall, the city’s first African American firefighter, school board member and Indiana’s first African American legislator.
"This exhibit will honor Hurley Goodall's vast impact on Muncie and East Central Indiana highlighting the rich cultural fabric and history of Muncie's African American community that Goodall helped to both document and empower," said Michael Szajewski, assistant dean for digital scholarship and special collections, in a press release.
Light refreshments will be served during the event, which is free and open to the public.
The money raised from photograph sales will benefit the Delaware County Historical Society’s efforts to commission a statue of Goodall. The historic society has partnered with Community Enhancement Projects (CEP) with a goal of building the bronze statue by 2020.
What: “Hurley Goodall: Muncie Icon” exhibit opening
Where: Gordy Fine Art & Framing Company, 224 E. Main Street
When: First Thursday event from 5-9 p.m., exhibit open through October
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