‘Pearl Bryan’ exhibit at Robert Morris University
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The exhibit “Pearl Bryan” is at the Media Arts Gallery on the Robert Morris University campus through Monday, Nov. 7.
Curated by artist Stephen Chalmers, it looks at the life of Pearl Bryan, who was murdered and decapitated by her lover in Kentucky in 1896. The murder captured the imagination of the country, with daily news coverage of the trial, and resulting in the creation of more than 25 popular folk songs.
Combining photographs of the original sites and artifacts related to the crime, material related to the life and death of Pearl Bryan, excerpts and woodcuts from contemporaneous books and newspaper accounts, and information taken from original court transcripts, it tells her story in over 80 pieces in the exhibit.
For additional information, go online to rmu.edu.