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Sam Houston Memorial Museum announces Working Hands. An Exhibition of Photographs by Rick Williams

The Sam Houston Memorial Museum presents Working Hands. An Exhibition of Photographs by Rick Williams, an exhibition on view June 1- July 15, 2012.

Photographer Rick Williams has captured images of workers and work places in three diverse industries that constitute the three pillars of the Texas economy: ranching, oil, and technology. Working Hands: An Exhibition of Photographs by Rick Williams features forty finely detailed photographs that evoke a powerful sense of what it must feel like to engage in the work depicted, as well as the unique character each industry brings to the Texas landscape.

Working Hands is an exhibition organized by Humanities Texas, the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

The Sam Houston Memorial Museum is dedicated to the life & times of General Sam Houston, former Governor of Tennessee, victor over Santa Anna in the Texas War of Independence, first President of the Republic of Texas, Senator from the State of Texas and Governor of the State of Texas.

The Sam Houston Memorial Museum is located at the corner of 19th St. and Avenue N in Huntsville, Texas

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