Exhibitions
THE POETRY OF COLOR: MARLA FAITH + ARLENE WILSON
Eastside Station / 805 Woodland St. January 12, 2019 - February 8, 2019
Marla Faith, Arlene Wilson
Turnip Green Creative Reuse is proud to debut The Poetry of Color, an exhibition of work by Marla Faith and Arlene Wilson at our Green Gallery at Eastside Station. Drawing inspiration from the collected and reconfigured materials in her collages, Marla Faith assembles the pieces to create what she calls visual poems, stating that ‘art has been my spiritual path, my healing journey, and my way of being a conduit for more beauty to enter the world.’ For Arlene Wilson, her vibrant painting abstractions show a reverence for natural beauty, utilizing color and form, her pieces are a ‘recording what I feel as well as what I see, these paintings have become more and more about the atmosphere, biodiversity and the astonishing energy that the earth provides us with daily.’
We hope you will join us for the exhibition's opening reception on Saturday, January 12 from 6-9pm during the East Side Art Stumble. Don't forget to swing by Turnip Green Creative Reuse after you visit Eastside Station to view our Sustainable Impact Benefit Exhibition.
Artist Bios:
Marla Faith grew up in Chicago, and attended Bard College and Kansas City Art Institute, receiving a BFA (Painting) from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and MS (Museum Leadership) from Bank Street College in NYC. She has worked in art education at The Art Institute of Chicago, The Guggenheim Museum, Storm King Art Center, and Cheekwood (upon arriving in Nashville in 1990), along with teaching art to children in public and private schools in Nashville at Harpeth Hall School, Eakin Elementary, and Currey Ingram. Currently, Faith offers guided meditation with art making at various places in Nashville, along with private lessons.
Faith has shown her work in Nashville in one person exhibitions at The Parthenon and the airport; two person exhibits at Metro Nashville Arts Commission, Zimmerman/Saturn Gallery, and Finer Things Gallery, and has been included in many juried and invitational exhibits here and throughout the states. In 2017, Sheriar Press published a book of her art and poetry entitled “Listening to the Bones.”
Born in Brooklyn NY, Arlene Drescher Wilson grew up in the Washington DC area, later earning a BS in Medical Technology at the University of Virginia. After ten years as a laboratory supervisor she moved to Fort Smith, Arkansas where she founded MGR Glass and Restorations, a franchised stained glass studio and company specializing in custom stained glass and adaptive reuse of historic buildings. Wilson moved to Nashville twelve years ago from Providence RI where she earned a BFA in Textiles from the RI School of Design. There she founded Alb & Altar, specializing in original church textiles: eg altar cloths, chasubles and miters for the clergy. Her Providence studio, AW Art & Design, created custom apparel and Crinkle Couture, a shiboried apparel line sold nationally.
Arlene Wilson has shown her work from Boston to Tokyo and has received awards for her textiles and surface design. She maintains a studio in Nashville TN where she enjoys volunteer work, gardening and of course, painting.
Left Image:
Marla Faith
Golden Light, 2018
Watercolor, photo, oil pastel, papers, found image
14 x 12 inches
Right Image:
Arlene Wilson
SUNVIBES, 2018
Mixed media
32 x 20 inches
