Q&A with Swiss-Born Artist Vanessa Mayoraz
Swiss-born artist Vanessa Mayoraz speaks with BURNAWAY about relocating to Appalachia and incorporating technology and vegetation into her artwork.
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Studio Visit with Paul Collins and Alex Blau in Nashville
After stints in New York and Colorado, artists Paul Collins and Alex Blau relocated with their family to Nashville in 2011 when Collins accepted a teaching position at Austin Peay State University. Described by Collins as “collaborative and non-hierarchical,” the city’s growing art community is what keeps them in Nashville, where they’re both represented by Zeitgeist Gallery. In Blau’s … Continued
New Hat Projects: Nashville’s Dynamic Art & Design Duo
Nashville duo New Hat Projects creates custom wallpaper interiors that are like immersive art installations.
The Black Mountain Experience at Vanderbilt in Nashville
The legendary college in rural North Carolina has been the subject of renewed interest for its pioneering approach to education, and for its role as modernism’s incubator.
Slow Drag: In Conversation With Artist Karen Seapker
Audrey Malloy talks with Karen Seapker about her show “Sentinels,” a high-key exhibition of monolithic paintings that ruminate on temporality.
Nashville Artists Aim for Place-keeping More Than Placemaking
Nashville’s “It City” status is endangering the creative communities that make it so appealing. Here’s what some artists are doing to keep the city livable for communities threatened by rapid growth and development.
Q&A: Christine Rogers and the Switzerland of India
In 2012, Nashville photographer Christine Rogers went to Northern India on a Fulbright grant to explore a rather idiosyncratic aspect of the tourism industry. The region is hailed as the Switzerland of India for its likeness to the Swiss Alps. It contains numerous hill stations — towns that served as summer capitals for the provinces … Continued
Studio Visit with Jodi Hays in Nashville
Nashville-based artist Jodi Hays usually moves among several paintings in her studio practice, a habit that may be responsible for echoes across her body of work. Yet each painting stands on its own as bold and intense, a carefully wrought yet experimental playing with composition and form. I’ve long been drawn to Hays’ paintings, which … Continued
Mending as Metaphor: Mary Addison Hackett at Seed Space, Nashville
Erica Ciccarone reviews a performative exhibition at Seed Space in Nashville, TN in which artist Mary Addison Hackett mends visitor’s clothes.
