Ann Stewart Fine Art has curated an exhibition of Bill Ferris's photographs from his recently released book, Give My Poor Heart Ease: Voice of the Mississippi Blues. This multi-media show has been installed on the first floor of Davis Library on the UNC-Chapel Hill campus and will run through December 31, 2010. In addition to an exhibition of the 45 photos included in the book, the show features a self-guided audio music program (via MP3 players which are available at the Circulation Desk) and will soon includes a video on the blues, produced by Ferris.

William Ferris is Joel R. Williamson Eminent Professor of History and senior associate director of the Center for the Study of the American South at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. A former chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities, Ferris co-edited the Encyclopedia of Southern Culture and is the author of Blues from the Delta. Rolling Stone magazine has named him among the top ten professors in the United States. In 2010, Ferris received the Lifetime Achievement Award of the Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters.

Limited edition fine art prints of photographs by Bill Ferris will be available through Ann Stewart Fine Art in the coming year.