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Apothecary is a contemporary arts project space supported by the Art Department at UT Chattanooga. More info may be found at: http://www.apothecarygallery.com Strange-Making was a regional group exhibition curated by Mirel Crumb on view at Apothecary from March 22-25, 2018. It featured a selection of works from Eleanor Aldrich, David Onri Anderson, and Amy Pleasant. "This trio exhibition was curated around the concept of defamiliarization, Viktor Shklovsky’s term 'ostranenie' - the technique of de...

The Side-Eye: Visions of Periphery was on view at SPRING/BREAK Art Show in New York City from March 7-12, 2018. In response to the fair's theme "Stranger Comes To Town", Knoxville-based curators Alana-lynn Berglund, Austin Pratt, and Tom Wixo chose to highlight contemporary artists that have spent large spans of their careers outside of major art centers. The curators also considered artists working away from precious visual art objects and explore poetry, music, or food. The eight featured artists include...

Recently, David Onri Anderson and I sat down and discussed his work over a cup of coffee. I first discovered David’s work when he showed at Fluorescent Gallery in Knoxville where I was the Assistant to the Director. Since then, I’ve been invested in his work and also his ideas as an artist. David is also a curator at Mild Climate in the Packing Plant building in Nashville. He helps promote contemporary art in the city and also keep...