FORT SCOTT — Native son Gordon Parks will be celebrated this weekend at the 19th Annual Gordon Parks Celebration.
Parks was a noted photographer, writer, musician and filmmaker. Parks is best known for his book and subsequent film, “The Learning Tree.”
Discussions about Parks’ works will be throughout Thursday and Saturday. Participants include Adger Cowans and William Rhoden. Cowans is a fine arts photographer and expressionist painter. Rhoden is a sports columnist with ESPN.
Also on tap is Kansan Jim Richardson, a longtime photographer for National Geographic who will discuss Parks’ technique as a photographer for Life magazine.
An exhibition of Parks’ works is on display in the Gordon Parks Museum as well as in the lobby of The Danny and Willa Ellis Family Fine Arts Center.
“A Night of Hot Jazz and R&B” is the entertainment Friday night at the fine arts center beginning at 7:30.
On Saturday evening is a tribute dinner also at the fine arts center.
For more information go to www.gordonparkscenter.org.
