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Art Isn’t What You Think It Is, So Shut Up.
WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING
“Thank you for sharing. It’s given me something to consider and I always appreciate that. Especially love the concept that we cannot choose what we deem objective or subjective, or it’s all relative”
by LEIGH S.
WHY I CAN’T DEFINE ART AND NEITHER CAN YOU
“Art identifies our culture. Though we can have preferences of particular pieces, our taste does not designate an object as Art. Community is the chief definer of the substance of Art.”
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Visual Art & The Gospel of Christ
What if all Art is about a grander idea than that of the artist or the viewer?
What if defining a work as Art is not the most important discussion?
What if all Art is humanity telling the story of the Gospel?
Let us look for the four pillars of the Gospel in these four works found in the Brooks Museum of Art. We may not want to embrace them as art, but let us approach with an open heart for why humans are drawn to create.
Heirlooms & Artifacts of Our Mother’s and Grandmother’s
In 2011 I moved forward with an artwork I call, Heirlooms & Artifacts of Our Mother’s and Grandmother’s. Just back from Israel and a missions trip to Guatemala, I realized how much I missed clotheslines. My grandmother, Virgie Marie Ross would hang sheets and all of our clothing on the line to dry, while my sister and I played hide and seek. It was joy!
Also, at this time I noticed all the linens I had of hers and my husband’s grandmother that I kept in drawers. I could not give them away for many were hand embroidered. Old photos of people of our family history were plentiful as well. Many of the photos were of people I did not even know their names. I began to research processes that could combine the artifacts with the images. I was teaching art students the various transfer processes at the time. So, Voila! Transfers is now the way I celebrate cultural objects and rescue them from obscurity.
Banksy, a street artist in Great Britain, became one of my new favorite artists. His unconventional exhibitions really got me thinking. Therefore, it was these three elements were the conception of this artwork. I actually began showing the pieces in a bus stop on Poplar Avenue. Then I put up the clothesline up for the first time as a part of my master’s work. The professor at Union University ripped it down as soon as it came to her attention.
This showing of Heirlooms & Artifacts
at Morton Museum of Collierville History
is Cancelled
After careful consideration by both myself and Museum staff, a decision was made to cancel this summer’s exhibition at the Morton Museum of Collierville History. The mission behind the exhibition was to showcase the stories of Collierville’s mothers and grandmothers. More time was needed to ensure that diverse segments of the community were accurately represented. Thank you to Kate Renner, Museum Director, Peggy Turnipseed, Ellen Anthony and Susan Sullivan for their participation and support for the artwork.
STAYED TUNED!!!!
A CLOTHESLINE MAY POP UP ON A STREET CORNER NEAR YOU!!
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