Megan Ledbetter: First off, I would like to say thank you for your interest in my photographic practice at The Field, which is still in progress as I work towards a local exhibition at Stove Works in November 2024. Rachel Bubis: You are very welcome! I'd like to begin by asking about this project, where you document an area in Chattanooga that has served as a municipal burial ground for the poor and dispossessed in operation from 1890-1912. Your large format...
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Wesley Roden: Though many artists seek to emulate childlikeness in their work, your sculptures stand apart by appealing specifically to children. How is sculpture serving a role in artistic literacy as well as general development for a younger generation? Beth Reitmeyer: I want the world to be a magical place, a place in which we all experience wonder and awe. As I consider my audience, I don’t set out to appeal specifically to children, but often they are the qu...
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Rachel Bubis: You describe your work as resonating around the notion of faith, its tangibility, and the “intricacy and length of a soul’s pondering.” This is reflected through your process of layering and abstracting imagery of subjects such as church buildings. Can you talk more about this? Has this process informed your own spirituality and faith? Joe Letitia: The process started from teaching students a project where they produced an abstracted mandala type image based on their names. They would...
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