THE FOCUS

KJ Schumacher is a multidisciplinary artist working in Nashville, TN. He received a B.A. in Fine Art from the George Washington University in Washington, D.C. and studied at Parsons School of Design in Paris as an undergraduate. He received an M.F.A. at the Transart Institute in New York and Berlin. KJ Schumacher, Studio Visit, January 2017 (most works pictured are in progress) KJ Schumacher, Studio Visit, January 2017 (most works pictured are in progress) His praxis consists of...

Locate Arts: What has compelled you to engage with contemporary art in your life and profession? Mark Scala: My parents were both trained as scientists, but had a broad appreciation for culture, especially literature. But they also kept a library with art books, and had a few reproductions of significant works, which I thought were magical. But I wasn’t sure I had what it takes to be an artist, so started school in pre-law, but soon decided to...

Astri Snodgrass lives and works in Chattanooga, Tennessee. She is a Lecturer in Painting and Drawing at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. Snodgrass holds an MFA in Studio Art from the University of Alabama and a BA in Art and Spanish from Luther College. Experiences in Norway at Nansenskolen Norsk Humanistisk Akademi and the Universidad Nacional de Cuyo in Mendoza, Argentina helped shape her interests in language, light, and perception. Astri Snodgrass, Bound Pigment Astri Snodgrass, Studio Visit, January 2017...