Leigh Ann Edmonds – The Memory Wall

This exhibition round includes works provided by  Leigh Ann Edmonds which will be on view in the First Floor West Gallery from November 26, 2025 – February 28, 2026.  Lowe Mill A&E invites patrons and art lovers to join us for Open Studio Night, a building-wide experience when our over 150 studios will be open to the public.  The evening also includes receptions for all seven of our gallery spaces. This series gives the public a chance to meet and interact with visiting artists and discuss their work as it is on display and available for purchase. Come out, enjoy a pleasant evening, and maybe you’ll find that special piece of art that speaks to you!  The Open Studio Night reception is Saturday, February 28 from 5-7 pm.

 

About the exhibit:

The Memory Wall is an exploration with how we use photography as memory, connection  and conversation as she emphasizes how photographs are the memories we leave behind  after we are gone. They become stories of our life experiences, memories of past travels,  and they document loved ones we once knew. 

Leigh Ann is wanting viewers to reflect on how we often use photographs to build  memories and stories to share with others. It is through photo collage, traditional matte  and frame and her classic approach to photography with vintage film cameras that she  wants others to feel they have stepped into another era of photography. 

Her use of black and white film helps to create a nostalgic and reminiscent approach of  today’s modern world we live in. The images are a continuation of what was and what is and how our memory connects the past to the present.

 

About the artist:

Leigh Ann Edmonds is a documentary photographer from Birmingham, Alabama. Her work  predominantly explores the land, culture and people of the American South and is often  described as timeless, gritty and soulful. Leigh Ann is the 2025 recipient for the Gay Burke Memorial Fellowship from the Alabama State Council on the Arts. She studied under the late Gay Burke at UA and obtained a BA in  Studio Art from the University of Alabama in 2004 with a concentration in photography. 

Leigh Ann believes that her work is a journal of her life, the people she meets and the  places she explores and hopes to document in a way that helps to commemorate and  preserve the era in which she lives.