State Fair

The Honey Grove Library & Learning Center was excited to bring a new exhibit to the community in September! The State Fair Exhibit was on view in the Crockett Room from September 12th through October 21st, 2023. State Fair was a visual distillation of Arthur Grace’s photographic journey through fairs in ten states—California, Colorado, Florida, Indiana, Kansas, Minnesota, North Carolina, Ohio, Texas, and Virginia.

Grace’s images consistently captured the unique blend of tradition, kitsch, and eccentricity found at these annual events, which began as celebrations of rural American life and evolved into large-scale extravaganzas.

This exhibition was produced by the Dolph Briscoe Center for American History at The University of Texas at Austin and presented in partnership with Humanities Texas, the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.