 Baba's Eulogy |
 Elizabeth's Eulogy |
 Mammie's Eulogy |
 Walter's Eulogy |
 Doc's Eulogy |
 Dora's Eulogy |
 Taylor's Eulogy |
 Ethel's Eulogy |
 George's Eulogy |
 Buster's Eulogy |
 Whit's Eulogy |
 Eugene's Eulogy |
My grandfather used to say, "You are not truly dead until the
last
person who knew you dies."
For over 250 years, generations of my family have lived in the Pee Dee
within 35 miles of Florence. For decades, their stories and memories
have been passed down in boxes of old letters, of photographs, on
tombstones, and in mementos. This is their legacy: what remains of
them. And of hundreds of other families from this region.
"Pee Dee Eulogies" is my attempt to celebrate the lives of some actual
residents by re-creating their memories in these virtual vignettes. You
will come to see and know these, the departed: to meet them through the
stories which made up their lives.
In other images, I did not know the stories. These works started with
some item I found or photograph I took while traveling around the Pee
Dee. I believe there are "memories in things," and with these
incredible artifacts, I created visual plots for what I imagined their
lives could have been. In them, we may see ourselves, the way we have
lived our lives.
And you will carry these images into the future: their lives and
memories, actual or imagined, will be alive and honored in you.
Artist's Background.
Donna Goodman has retired from her dual appointment as both professor of art and professor of education at Francis Marion University in Florence, South Carolina. She held the Peter D. Hyman Endowed Chair as Professor of Art. She directed the Art Education Program, taught courses in art education and in art history in the Department of Fine Arts of the College of Liberal Arts; she also supervised in teacher preparation for art education certification in the School of Education.
Goodman received her PHD from the University of Alabama at
Tuscaloosa in
Educational Leadership and Planning with emphasis in Arts
Administration. She holds an EdS (Educational Specialist Degree) and an
MA in Art Studio with
emphasis in printmaking from the University of South Carolina at
Columbia, SC, and a BFA from Coker College at Hartsville,SC.
Goodman has been producing digital images in 1993. Since then, her work has been included in over fifty nationally juried exhibitions and five international exhibitions. She travels extensively, focusing on medieval and Baroque art sites - especially in the Umbrian region of Italy.
She is a native of the Pee Dee, her home is Olanta, SC. She
taught
in the
public schools in the Darlington School District for 8 years. She is
married
to Dewey N. Ervin, retired orthopedist.
Contact
Information.
Home: 3843
N. Williston Road, Florence
SC
29506
Telephone: (843)
669-6699
E-mail: stblaise@hotmail.com
Professional Education.