THE FOCUS

The book is an object divided, bound in dualities: left & right, intimate & social, verbal & visual, touchable & immortal. With an interdisciplinary approach that includes printmaking, weaving, installation, and poetry, my work is centered around the book and its power to influence how we view and tolerate contradictions. - Elysia Mann, 2017 Elysia Mann, Studio Visit, March 2017 Elysia Mann, Studio Visit, March 2017 Elysia Mann, Studio Visit, March 2017 Originally from rural Nebraska, Elysia Mann earned her BFA in visual art from Washington University...

Carolyn Jobe and Brian R. Jobe have been named the new Co-Executive Directors of NCAP (Nashville Cultural Arts Project), the organization that houses Seed Space. Locate Arts, founded by the Jobes, will now be part of NCAP programming. Seed Space and Locate Arts have been allies in the common pursuit of activating cutting edge contemporary art, and, through this merger, they create a more substantial contemporary art organization that serves all of Tennessee. The Jobes are excited to continue the...

For me, painting has always been about slowness: slowness in looking and slowness in making. My work seeks to exploit and celebrate the various ways in which the painted image separates itself from other kinds of imagery while also alluding to our high speed world dominated by immediate access to anything, from sourcing information on the internet to our ability to capture and store images at a moment’s notice. Douglas Degges, Studio Visit, February 2017 Douglas Degges, Studio Visit, February 2017 My...