NC Mutual co-founder John Merrick prejected onto Duke Chapel.

representing the void

With the removal of Robert E. Lee’s statue from the Chapel portal and the recently announced decision to leave the space vacant for the foreseeable future, the unoccupied alcove is symbolically important and affords an opportunity for an onging artistic intervention projecting pivotal, yet under-represented historic figures who had an impact on Duke, Durham and/or…

A skiff full of fish on North Carolina's Core Sound by Dan Smith

A Mess of Feesh

Since February 2015, Dan Smith has documented the story of Eddie Willis, his wife Alison, their three year old daughter, Maggie and the dozens of family, friends and employees who work with them. Eddie, a fourth generation Harkers Island fisherman and Alison, currently appointed to the North Carolina Marine Fisheries Commission, are leading the effort…