Outer Regions: A Quick Review

I had the lucky enough chance to be able to sit in on the first round of panel discussions of the panel event held at East Tennessee State University called Outer Regions. Although I had a a few extremely minor tasks of taking photos and recording the talks, I ultimately got to sit on the outskirts and listen to the invited artists and some professors and a few graduate students partake in discussions of the art world & the world of working as a creative being.

Ultimately, between going to the first panel discussions and then attending the public panel discussion last night on campus, I found myself inspired. I hope if anything, thats what everyone else got out of it.

The discussion of being in an "outer region" became less about the woes and hows to get out of here but rather, I found the all the members of the panel wanting to push us (students, the community, the professors, etc) to be content where we are, to take advantage of where we are, to MAKE something of where we are. If we don't have the resources of a "big city" to make those resources. 

If I can sum up my experience of being a part of this event: I am more inspired then I have been living in J.C. for the past 4 years.

-A. Enloe

"My five-year-old could make that!" Uhh no.

I saw this cartoon on Hyperallergic today and thought it was pretty funny but so TRUE.

-HW

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

Feels.

Nosaj Thing "Eclipse/Blue"

Inspiring music, video, choreography.


-A. Enloe

Caren van Herwaarden. 

Caren is a mixed media artist. She focuses a lot on the human form but in an inside out way. She uses the idea of an "x ray", contemplating the internal structures of the human in relation to bigger ideas and concepts within her work. Her work is meditative, soothing, and yet haunting at the same time. 

-A. Enloe