Alan Govenar
Henry Gray, blues pianist born in Alsen, Louisiana, 2006
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Alan Govenar
Evalena Henry, basket maker and artisan born in San Carlos Apache Reservation, Arizona, 2007
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Alan Govenar
Frank Newsome, gospel singer and musician born in Pike County, Kentucky, 2011
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Alan Govenar
Frank Newsome, gospel singer and musician born in Pike County, Kentucky, 2011
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Alan Govenar
Frank Newsome, gospel singer and musician born in Pike County, Kentucky, 2011
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Alan Govenar
Couple Dancing, dancers, Longhorn Ballroom, Dallas, Texas, 1987
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Alan Govenar
Norma Miller, dancer and Lindy Hop born in New York City (Harlem), New York, 2008
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Alan Govenar
Norma Miller, dancer and Lindy Hop born in New York City (Harlem), New York, 2008
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Alan Govenar
Norma Miller, dancer and Lindy Hop born in New York City (Harlem), New York, 2008
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Alan Govenar
Norma Miller, dancer and Lindy Hop born in New York City (Harlem), New York, 2008
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Alan Govenar
Norma Miller, dancer and Lindy Hop born in New York City (Harlem), New York, 2008
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Alan Govenar
Moges Seyoum, liturgical singer, born in the Shewa region of central Ethopia, 2008
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Alan Govenar
Love, Kamala Lakshmi Narayanan, dancer, born in Mayuram in south India, demonstrating the navarasas, or the nine emotions of Bharatanatyam (classical dance of South India), Bethesda, Maryland, 2010
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Alan Govenar
Valor, Kamala Lakshmi Narayanan, dancer, born in Mayuram in south India, demonstrating the navarasas, or the nine emotions of Bharatanatyam (classical dance of South India), Bethesda, Maryland, 2010
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Alan Govenar
Compassion, Kamala Lakshmi Narayanan, dancer, born in Mayuram in south India, demonstrating the navarasas, or the nine emotions of Bharatanatyam (classical dance of South India), Bethesda, Maryland, 2010
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Alan Govenar
Wonder, Kamala Lakshmi Narayanan, dancer, born in Mayuram in south India, demonstrating the navarasas, or the nine emotions of Bharatanatyam (classical dance of South India), Bethesda, Maryland, 2010
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Alan Govenar
Humor, Kamala Lakshmi Narayanan, dancer, born in Mayuram in south India, demonstrating the navarasas, or the nine emotions of Bharatanatyam (classical dance of South India), Bethesda, Maryland, 2010
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Alan Govenar
Fear, Kamala Lakshmi Narayanan, dancer, born in Mayuram in south India, demonstrating the navarasas, or the nine emotions of Bharatanatyam (classical dance of South India), Bethesda, Maryland, 2010
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Alan Govenar
Hate, Kamala Lakshmi Narayanan, dancer, born in Mayuram in south India, demonstrating the navarasas, or the nine emotions of Bharatanatyam (classical dance of South India), Bethesda, Maryland, 2010
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Alan Govenar
Anger Kamala Lakshmi Narayanan, dancer, born in Mayuram in south India, demonstrating the navarasas, or the nine emotions of Bharatanatyam (classical dance of South India), Bethesda, Maryland, 2010
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Alan Govenar
Peace, Kamala Lakshmi Narayanan, dancer, born in Mayuram in south India, demonstrating the navarasas, or the nine emotions of Bharatanatyam (classical dance of South India), Bethesda, Maryland, 2010
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Alan Govenar
Sandy Creek, Jasper, Texas, September 16, 2024, 2024
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Alan Govenar
Lotus pond, Ferris, August 5, 2020, 2024
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Alan Govenar
Huff Creek Church Cemetery, Jasper, Texas, September 16, 2024, 2024
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Alan Govenar
Lotus pond, Ferris, April 30, 2023, 2024
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Alan Govenar
Lotus pond, Ferris, August 5, 2020, 2024
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Alan Govenar
Lotus pond, Ferris, August 5, 2020, 2024
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Alan Govenar
Signage on the I-45 Service Road, Ferris, August 5, 2020, 2024
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Alan Govenar is an award-winning writer, poet, novelist, playwright, photographer, folklorist, and filmmaker. He is director of Documentary Arts, a non-profit organization he founded in 1985 to advance essential perspectives on historical issues and diverse cultures. Govenar is a Guggenheim Fellow and the author of more than forty books, including Boccaccio in the Berkshires, Paradise in the Smallest Thing, Stoney Knows How: Life as a Sideshow Tattoo Artist, Lightnin’ Hopkins: His Life and Music, Untold Glory, Texas Blues: The Rise of a Contemporary Sound, Everyday Music, Texas in Paris, Osceola: Memories of a Sharecropper’s Daughter, A Pillow on the Ocean of Time, See That My Grave Is Kept Clean: The World and Music of Blind Lemon Jefferson (coauthored with Kip Lornell), and Deep Ellum and Central Track: Where Cultures Converged (coauthored with Jay Brakefield). His artist books are in the collections of the Centre Georges Pompidou (Paris) Library of Congress (Washington, DC), San Francisco Museum of Art, Chicago Art Institute, Columbia University, New York Public Library, Museum of Modern Art (New York) Museum of Fine Arts (Boston) and Gove-nar has produced and directed numerous films in association with NOVA, PBS and ARTE. His feature-length documentaries, distributed by First Run Features include Down in Dallas Town: From JFK to K2, Looking for Home, Myth of a Colorblind France, Extraordinary Ordinary People, Tattoo Uprising, The Beat Hotel, Master Qi and the Monkey King, and You Don’t Need Feet to Dance are distributed by First Run Features. Govenar’s off-Broadway musicals Blind Lemon Blues and Lonesome Blues (created with Akin Babatundé) and Texas in Paris have been staged at the York Theatre (New York), Forum Meyrin (Geneva), Maison des Cultures du Monde (Paris), Leidse Schowburg (Leiden), and other theatres in Europe and the United States.
Alan Govenar
The Eyes and Ears of the People
June 13 - July 25, 2026
Alan Govenar
The Eyes and Ears of the People
June 13 - July 25, 2026
Alan Govenar
The Eyes and Ears of the People
June 13 - July 25, 2026
Alan Govenar
The Eyes and Ears of the People
June 13 - July 25, 2026
Alan Govenar
The Eyes and Ears of the People
June 13 - July 25, 2026
Alan Govenar
The Eyes and Ears of the People
June 13 - July 25, 2026
Alan Govenar
The Eyes and Ears of the People
June 13 - July 25, 2026
Alan Govenar
The Eyes and Ears of the People
June 13 - July 25, 2026
Alan Govenar
Always Beginning, Never Ending
January 11 - February 15, 2025
Alan Govenar
Always Beginning, Never Ending
January 11 - February 15, 2025
Alan Govenar
Always Beginning, Never Ending
January 11 - February 15, 2025
Alan Govenar
Always Beginning, Never Ending
January 11 - February 15, 2025
Alan Govenar
Always Beginning, Never Ending
January 11 - February 15, 2025
Alan Govenar
Always Beginning, Never Ending
January 11 - February 15, 2025
Alan Govenar
Always Beginning, Never Ending
January 11 - February 15, 2025
Alan Govenar
Always Beginning, Never Ending
January 11 - February 15, 2025
Alan Govenar
Always Beginning, Never Ending
January 11 - February 15, 2025
Alan Govenar
Always Beginning, Never Ending
January 11 - February 15, 2025
Alan Govenar
Always Beginning, Never Ending
January 11 - February 15, 2025
Alan Govenar
Always Beginning, Never Ending
January 11 - February 15, 2025
Alan Govenar
Always Beginning, Never Ending
January 11 - February 15, 2025
Alan Govenar
Always Beginning, Never Ending
January 11 - February 15, 2025
Alan Govenar
Always Beginning, Never Ending
January 11 - February 15, 2025
