Monmouth University in West Long Branch is hosting "Strokes of Electricity," a Woody Guthrie exhibit currently on display in the Pollak Theatre Gallery.

LESTER BALOG, COURTESY OF THE WOODY GUTHRIE ARCHIVES Woody Guthrie This exhibit runs through April 25. Gallery hours are Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Guthrie left behind 70 recordings and over 2,000 unrecorded lyrics. This exhibition, from the Woody Guthrie Archives, is a selection of visual works by the renowned American folk musician and activist. It includes political cartoons, pen-and-ink illustrations, watercolors, children's art, and oil paintings, representing the various stages and developments of his life as a visual artist.

The exhibition also includes photographs of Woody Guthrie performing at rallies and samples of his illustrations and song lyrics that document the Dust Bowl, rallies and marches where he performed, the Great Depression, and his own personal battle with Huntington's disease.

Born in Oklahoma in 1912, Woody Guthrie, singer, songwriter, guitarist, poet, author, artist, philosopher and Dean of American Folk Artists, experienced many tragic and influential events in the 20th century: the Great Depression, the Great Dust Storm, World War II, and the upheavals resulting from unionism, the Communist Party and the Cold War.

Guthrie "hoboed" his way to California, singing his songs to the homeless thousands who were left to fend for themselves in the migrant camps. He succumbed to Huntington's disease at the age of 55.

For additional information, visit www.monmouth. edu/arts.