Thursday, February 28, 2013

Friday, February 22, 2013

With the Outer Regions: Public Art Panel discussion taking place in the near future at East Tennessee State University, the undergrad university where the members of our collective originally met, I thought the topic of artists working outside the major art hubs of New York, LA, Berlin, and London would be relevant in the case of to write on the wall. I believe opening up a dialogue about the positives and negatives of both living and having studios in rural and urban art communities is a conversation that is gaining relevance in the contemporary art world. The advancement of technology allows interactions between artists across the country and even the world. I will continue to post my thoughts on what it means to be an artist working in the south, as compared to working in a major art center, as well as writing a review of the Outer Regions panel discussion on March 2nd, 2013 on the campus of East Tennessee State University.

Panelists include:
Emma Balazs, Director of Visual Arts, Columbia Universityarrita Hunn, co-founder and managing editor of Temporary Art ReviewAdelheid Mers, Associate Professor, Arts Administration and Policy, School of the Art Institute of ChicagoJoey Orr, Arts & Sciences Fellow, Graduate Institute of Liberal Arts, Emory University

Moderated by Professor Mira Gerard, Department of Art and Design, ETSU


-S. Ketron