Amelia Briggs: What are you working on right now? Joel Parsons: Girl, I am spent. I am tired. And I’m angry and scared about the state of the world. So I’m focusing on giving myself permission and pleasure in the studio, and letting the studio be wherever and whatever I want it to be. Some recent projects took a lot out of me, they were heavy and fraught and intense and involved a lot of plumbing of a lot...
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Dallas-based artist Ryder Richards (b. 1977, Roswell, NM) is no stranger to Tennessee. With a pair of solo exhibitions at Nashville’s Seed Space in 2012, titled Breech and Breech: OMFG Remix, and a forthcoming solo show at Swine this November titled Lookout following his time at ARC: Artist Residency Chattanooga, Ryder has become a part of our contemporary art scene.Locate Arts: What experiences compelled you to pursue contemporary art in your work and life? Ryder Richards: I wish I co...
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Locate Arts Co-Director Brian R. Jobe visited 7 of the MFA Studios at the University of Tennessee School of Art in Knoxville on Friday, September 16, 2016. We're happy to share the travel log with you! Tom Wixo, studio visit (9-16-16)Austin Pratt, studio visit (9-16-16) [also includes header image]MaryAnne Carey, studio visit (9-16-16)Abigail Lucien, studio visit (9-16-16)Cassidy Frye, studio visit (9-16-16)Erica Mendoza, studio visit (9-16-16)Johanna Winters, studio visit (9-16-16)
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