Share this page Jan 13, 2016 — Aug 21, 2016 Drawn from the GCMA's permanent collection, this exhibition invites viewers to consider the narratives of specific people and places that together tell the story of the nation. Organized thematically, the exhibition explores the pottery of potter and poet David Drake, who lived as a slave in South Carolina's Edgefield District. The stories of other slaves and freedmen are highlighted in Stony the Road We Trod, while When Worlds Collide depicts a few of America's most turbulent conflicts, both domestic and foreign. Persons of Interest comprises a selection of portraits of subjects ranging from statesmen to patrons to mothers and children. Lastly, the exhibition highlights the work of South Carolina's native son William H. Johnson in Pursuing the Primitive. Back John Gadsby Chapman (1808-1889) The Coronation of Powhatan oil on canvas view unknown (circle of E. Savage) The Plan of Civilization oil on canvas view view Thomas Satterwhite Noble (1835-1907) Fugitives in Flight oil on canvas view Carl Hirschberg (1854-1923) A Coffle on the Natchez Trace oil on canvas view Luther Terry (1813-1869) An Allegory of the North and South oil on canvas view John Ross Key (1832-1920) Battle of the Ironclads Virginia and Monitor, Hampton Roads, VA oil on canvas view George P. A. Healy (1813-1894) Portrait of John C. Calhoun oil on canvas view Merton D. Simpson (1928-2013) Orangeburg Massacre oil on canvas view William H. Johnson (1901-1970) Copper Kettle oil on canvas view William H. Johnson (1901-1970) Still Life oil on canvas view William H. Johnson (1901-1970) Lift Up Thy Voice and Sing gouache, pen and ink on paper view William H. Johnson (1901 = 1970) Flowering Trees, Norway oil on burlap view