THE FOCUS

Centered on the phrase we are not together yet, Amelia’s work deals with the tensions that exist around a search for identity and expression. Each piece begins with a playful line or shape associated with children's imagery. Amelia Briggs, Inflatable 3, 2017, acrylic and latex on stuffed fabric over shaped panel, 13x13x1.5” Amelia Briggs, Studio Visit, May 2017 The graphic representations found in comics, cartoons and coloring books are rich, discretely operating as visual cues. Amelia gathers, reassembles and edits this imag...

Following the renovation of the former congregational library from which it takes its name (and located off the Fellowship Hall on the first floor), The Browsing Room Gallery at Downtown Presbyterian Church (Nashville) opened in July 2014 and quickly became a popular stop on the First Saturday 5th Avenue Art Crawl. David Onri Anderson, HUM exhibition, The Browsing Room Gallery at Downtown Presbyterian Church (April-May 2017) David Onri Anderson, HUM exhibition, The Browsing Room Gallery at Downtown Presbyterian Church (April-May 2017) Curated by...

Rachel Bubis: Your work explores the nature of photography as a medium, specifically, its  “failure due to an inherent nostalgia.” Can you talk more about this? Sarah Phyllis Smith: At the heart of it I think I’m interested in our relationship to photographic images, and that’s mostly in reference to personal photographs. Why do we feel compelled to take the photos that we do and what happens in us that makes us reach for our cameras and decide t...