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Massillon High School Football Subject of Photography Exhibit at Kent State
Posted Aug. 31, 2015
Kent State University’s School of Art Gallery will feature
“Tiger Legacy: Playing for Your City,” a display of work
from the Tiger Legacy photographic storytelling project, a
visual chronicle of high school football culture in Massillon,
Ohio. The exhibit runs from Sept. 3-25.
Kent State University’s School of Art Gallery will feature “Tiger Legacy: Playing for Your City,” a display of work from the Tiger Legacy photographic storytelling project, from Sept. 3-25. The Tiger Legacy project (tigerlegacy.net) is a visual chronicle of high school football culture in Massillon, Ohio, and is also represented by a second, concurrent exhibition, “Our Tiger Football Family,” which runs Sept. 12- Nov. 1 at the Massillon Museum.
David Foster and Gary Harwood, photojournalism faculty members in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Kent State, led a team of seven student photographers, who spent four years capturing Massillon High School football — the Tigers, their culture and their community. Far from a facile, play-by-play recreation of the games themselves, the photographs revel in moments most spectators might not see.
“The Tiger Legacy project focused on images that depict commitment, connection and a cultural experience that is unique to Massillon,” the project’s website states.
The Massillon Tigers are a subject of national historical interest. Their rivalry with the Canton McKinley Bulldogs is over a century old and is considered by many to have influenced the development of professional football.
The reception for “Playing for Your City” will take place Sept. 10 from 5-7 p.m. Kent State also will host a panel discussion on the Tiger Legacy project on Sept. 25 at noon opposite the School of Art gallery in Room 202. The gallery, reception and panel discussion are all free and open to the public.
The School of Art Gallery is located on the second floor of the Art Building (400 Janik Drive in Kent). Gallery hours are 11 a.m.-5 p.m., Tuesday through Friday.
For more information, contact Anderson Turner, director of galleries, at haturner@kent.edu or 330-672-1369.