The Woodruff to Observe 50th Anniversary of Orly Air Crash

ATLANTA, GA – MARCH 31: ATLANTA, GA – MARCH 31: Glen Lowry, Director of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York, and Michael Shapiro, Director of the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, pose for photos on March 31, 2011 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Ben Rose for High Museum)

The Woodruff Arts Center will open its doors on Sunday for a free “Community Day” in commemoration of a tragic event fifty years ago that dramatically changed the future of the arts in Atlanta.  Here, WABE’s Steve Goss talks with Michael Shapiro, director of the High Museum of Art about the Orly air disaster of 1962 and the evolution of “The Woodruff”…

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