Romare Bearden: A Black Odyssey is a TRULY dazzling exhibition of collages and other works inspired by Homer's classical epics. Reynolda House Museum of American Art is the first stop on the Smithsonian Institution’s Traveling Exhibition of Bearden’s work, and it will remain on display in Winston-Salem through January 13.

Romare Bearden was a Charlotte native whose family was part of the Great Migration of African Americans to the North. This powerful exhibition expands our view of the Bearden canon and his influence as an artist while reinforcing Homer's continuing relevance as a poet. A Black Odyssey is curated by Zora Neale Hurston Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University Robert G. O'Meally. He spoke with Triad Arts host David Ford from his studio in New York.

You can hear Robert speak during Reynolda House’s Symposium: The Global Homer: Odyssey in the Context of Diaspora. He’s the keynote speaker on Saturday, October 27, 2012, and he’ll begin at 1:00pm with We Are All a Collage: Romare Bearden's Improvised Art.

Listen at 1 p.m.

Press 53 is an award-winning independent publisher of poetry and short story collections. Kevin Morgan Watson is celebrating the Winston-Salem based company's 100th title: In a World of Small Truths, by Ray Morrison. Morrison and Watson speak with host David Ford about this accomplishment.

The Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art presents Vibha Galhotra: Metropia October 26, 2012 – February 10, 2013. Vibha Galhotra is a visual artist based in India. She utilizes abstract forms and images of the urban metropolis to address the radically shifting topography of India under the impact of globalization and growth.

Romare Bearden: A Black Odyssey is a dazzling exhibition of collages and other works inspired by Homer's classical epics. Reynolda House Museum of American Art is the first stop on the Smithsonian Institution’s Traveling Exhibition of Bearden’s work, and it will remain on display in Winston-Salem through January 13.

You can hear Robert speak during Reynolda House’s Symposium: The Global Homer: Odyssey in the Context of Diaspora. He’s the keynote speaker on Saturday, October 27, 2012, and he’ll begin at 1:00pm withWe Are All a Collage: Romare Bearden's Improvised Art.

Ben Taylor is the son of acclaimed veteran musicians James Taylor and Carly Simon. On Monday the singer/songwriter and his band performed at The Soapbox Laundrolounge in Wilmington, and on Wednesday it was a special concert for his grandmother at the The Arts Center in Carrboro.