January 16, 2023 – February 15, 2023
Traveling Circus Tent: Devin Jernigan
This exhibition displays a 1920s traveling circus concessions tent recreated from archival documents, master tentmaker sources, and historical photos. Circus tents were temporary and mobile architecture that allowed the circus to reach the American hinterland and spurred its capitalization as popular entertainment.
Exhibition Credits
Tentmakers: Devin Jernigan, Beth Jernigan, Rong Chen
Historical Photos from The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art Archives, Tibbals Circus Collection of Historic Photographs
Tentmaking sources: Ray Hautamaki and Hellar Armbruster.
