Peter L. Schmunk was named professor emeritus with his retirement from Wofford College in May of 2022 after 35 years of teaching art history, most recently as the Garrison Professor of Humanities. His research on nineteenth-century art produced a number of published articles on the influence of musical culture on the theory and practice of painting, most especially that of Vincent van Gogh. Since 2005 he has also developed an active studio practice in photography with frequent participation in juried shows and ten single-artist exhibitions. An avid hiker, backpacker, backroad driver, and international traveler, he is constantly engaged by the challenge of interpreting visual experience in creative ways. Peter has exhibited his work at a number of colleges, museums, and galleries, and has published his images in a book on Spartanburg’s Cottonwood Trail. His book-length collection of photographs with an extended essay, Looking Glass Rock: Grandeur and Abundance in the Appalachian Mountains of North Carolina, is currently being prepared for publication. The photographs seen here in the “Theaters and Marquees” galleries are part of an ongoing documentary study of historic American movie theaters.