“The Little Mercies” serves as worship to form and color. This love letter to the state of Kentucky and her people weaves a sensitive narrative thread through a series of photographs in accompaniment to an original string quartet piece titled “The Little Mercies” by Dr. Tyler Taylor.
“The Little Mercies” is a series of 15 photographs from all over The Commonwealth paired with a string quartet, each performer in one of the four corners of the gallery, and offers a unique experience for visitors.
Made possible with contributions from Fund for the Arts, Emily Bingham and Stephen Reily, Alex Beatty, and Jon Cherry.
Guests engage with members of the quartet and the photographs on display simultaneously. The musical composition was birthed by composer Dr. Tyler Taylor’s interpretation of Jon Cherry’s images. This manner of audial/visual collaboration invites viewers to navigate their their own emotional landscape as well as the ingress or egress of a group dynamic as the 18 minute experience unfolds.
TWAN’S GIFT is a privately funded public art project that serves as a permanent reminder to the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests in coordination between muralists Darius Dennis and Jared Diaz, and photographer Jon Cherry.
Made possible with support from Maud and Sterling Welch. Project managed by Jared Diaz and Katie Delahanty.
Jon Cherry (b. 1989, USA)Education2024 New York Times - ART (Adversarial Reporting Training) School 2023 PEN America Anti-Hacking and Anti-Doxing Workshop 2023 ACOS Alliance Annual Safety Meeting2023 Missouri Photo Workshop 75 2023 NYTimes Political Ambush Training 2022 VII Foundation: Foundry Photojournalism Workshop 2021 Eddie Adams Workshop XXXIV2020 Golem Security Situational Awareness CourseExhibitions, Installations, Performances 2024 crcl Collective: Ten Photographers Walk into a Bar, Le Grande Café de la Poste, Perpignan, France 2023 The Little Mercies, 21C Museum Hotel, Louisville, Kentucky 2023 TWAN’S GIFT Mural, Louisville, Kentucky2022 Ate x 10: A Group Exhibition About Food, Carnegie Center for Art & History,New Albany, Indiana 2022 KMAC Triennial: Divided, We Fall, KMAC, Louisville, Kentucky2022 OpenProcess, Lincoln Center, New York City, New York 2022 STORMING OF THE CAPITOL, Bronx Documentary Center, New York, New York2021 Voices and Votes: Democracy in America, Touring Smithsonian Show, The Portland Museum, Louisville, Kentucky 2021 From the West End to the West Bank: Oppression, Racism and Resistance, University of Louisville Cressman Gallery, Louisville, Kentucky 2021 Louisville Photo Biennial Solo Exhibition: Street Stories, Portland Museum, Louisville 2021 Promise, Witness, Remembrance, Speed Art Museum, Louisville, Kentucky2021 Untitled Gallery Display, Logan Street Market, Louisville 2021 Black Summer: Race, Resistance and Resilience, Gage Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
Awards & Grants2024 Great Meadows Foundation - Artist Professional Development Grant 2024 Vital Strategies - Storytelling Partnership Grant 2023 Louisville Visual Art Community Impact Award 2022 Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography - January 6 Riot at the US Capitol 2020 U.S. Journalism Emergency FundEditorial Clients Getty Images NewsThe Washington Post The Washington Post MagazineThe New York TimesThe Wall Street JournalTIMENBCThe GuardianNew York MagazineVanity FairPBS FrontlineLouisville Public Media GristRolling StoneMother JonesLouisville MagazineReutersBloomberg