Exhibitions

DO YOU KNOW HOW GOOD YOU ARE?

Julia Martin Gallery / 444 Humphreys St. June 7 - 30th (Reception: June 7 6:00pm - 9:00pm)

Since “retirement” from her decades of art education at USN, Delia Seigenthaler has poured herself into teaching unhoused Nashvillians, visual art practices at Room in the Inn’s impressive yet welcoming downtown campus. The campus houses a big dreamy art room, with an enviable view of downtown, where participants are invited to spend quality time learning and creating. The results have been truly marvelous.

Do You Know How Good You Are? was the question Room In The Inn founder Charles Strobel asked everyone he met. The exhibition is the culmination of a simple but profound premise: creativity feeds the soul. The Room In The Inn arts program is led by Nashville artist Delia Seigenthaler, who believes art save lives. Encouraging her students to express their own stories, she has drawn from them visual outpourings of pain, joy, sorrow, and hope.

“I am proud to join my colleagues at Room In The Inn in celebrating the visionary perspectives of the artists participating in this exhibit,” says Seigenthaler. “I’m also grateful to Julia Martin for recognizing that this collection of works is as worthy of representation as any other and deserves inclusion in the broader creative conversation. Do You Know How Good You Are? is both an assertion of the artists’ humanity and of their extraordinary talent.” -D.S.

The works that have emerged from this program are spectacular tactile expressions of time well spent, which is remarkable considering the participants spend most of their time struggling to survive. Do You Know How Good You Are? demonstrates that the artists’ works also have the power to nourish us, their fellow travelers.

Guided by Seigenthaler, Room In Inn’s arts program advances Strobel’s philosophy that everyone is worthy of love and remembrance. A renowned nationwide advocate for the disenfranchised, who passed away in 2023, Strobel strongly believed that – along with food, shelter, warmth, and human connection – creative expression is a fundamental part of the human experience.

Proceeds from the sale of works in the Do You Know How Good You Are? exhibition benefit Room In The Inn.