Challenging preconceived notions and showcasing the richness, complexity, and global relevance of Southern art
on display in over 30,000 square feet of exhibitions space in Lake City, SC from September 23 - December 3
Jones-Carter Gallery | TRAX Visual Art Center | Crossroads Gallery | The ROB
Anastasia Samoylova
Chickens, Downtown Miami, from “FloodZone”
2018, Inkjet, 20 x 16 in
Global Views of Home
Jones Carter Gallery | 105 Henry Street, Lake City, SC
Global Views of Home presents a vision of the South that acknowledges the porous nature of borders and the hybrid quality of contemporary identity. Artists who are Southern by birth join artists who are Southern by choice to reflect on the many ways that one can make a home in the world.
Artists in this section are:
Maggie Evans, Georgia
Raheleh Filsoofi, Tennessee
Sisavanh Phouthavong Houghton, Tennessee
Maggie Kerrigan, Virginia
Lori Larusso, Louisiana
Sherrill Roland, North Carolina
Anastasia Samoylova, Florida
Noah Scalin, Virginia
Alexi Torres, Georgia
Masud Olufani
Wo-Mende (detail)
2023, Graphite on paper & serigraph on plexiglas, 25 x 19 in.
Mythically Speaking: Southern Past
TRAX Visual Art Center Gallery 1 | 122 Sauls Street, Lake City, SC
Mythically Speaking: Southern Past exemplifies the truth of Faulkner’s famous remark that “The past is never dead. It’s not even past.” This section of the show presents the work of artists who delve into various aspects of Southern history as a way to understand our complicated present.
Artists in this section are:
Jeremiah Ariaz, Louisiana
Tyrone Geter, South Carolina
Karen Ocker, Louisiana
Masud Olufani , Georgia
Marielle Plaisir, Florida
Colin Quashie, South Carolina
Bill Steber, Tennessee
MyLoan Dinh
Forget Me. Not.
2020, Boxing gloves, clay conversation hearts, foam beads & acrylic, 19 x 14 x 6 in.
Sounding Off: Southern Present
TRAX Visual Art Center Gallery 2 | 122 Sauls Street, Lake City, SC
Sounding Off: Southern Present brings together artists who explore the social, cultural, and political realities that together have created the contemporary South. They remind us that this is a region that is unique and distinctive but is also an integral part of the world around it.
Artists in this section are:
Becky Alley, Kentucky
Nik Botkin, West Virginia
Kate Burke, Georgia
Hannah Chalew, Louisiana
Antonio Darden, Georgia
MyLoan Dinh, North Carolina
Garrett Hansen, Kentucky
Noelle Mason, Florida
Kristi Ryba, South Carolina
Loren Schwerd, Louisiana
Kirkland Smith, South Carolina
Marian Zielinski, Georgia
Peter Lenzo
Gift of Dementia
2022, Ceramic, 14 x 10 x 7 in.
Digging Deeper: Personal Identity
Crossroads Gallery | 124 W Main Street, Lake City, SC
Identity is often thought of as a mask that we present to the world or a cage that defines how the world perceives us. When perceived this way, the categories of identity - among them race, gender, age and ethnicity - can be very reductive. The artists here suggest other more expansive ways to think about identity. Digging into their personal histories, dreams, traumas and desires, they explore how a sense of self is the product of the interactions between private realities and the demands of the given world.
Artists in this section are:
Stephen Hayes, North Carolina
Ming Ying Hong, Mississippi
Forrest Lawson, Florida
Peter Lenzo, South Carolina
Fahamu Pecou, Georgia
Vickie Pierre, Florida
Alba Triana
Microcosmos
2016-2018, Vibrational sculpture installation, Duration: 8 min looped
Points of Intersection
The ROB | 245 S Church Street, Lake City, SC
In Points of Intersection, artists present immersive installations that encourage the audience to engage with other disciplines and fields of study. Moving from STEM to STEAM, some of these installations reveal how art can articulate and reinvent concepts from the vital disciplines of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM). Other areas of intersection are multidisciplinary in nature, showing how visual arts may incorporate elements of literary, performance, dance, media arts and other fields of artists’ interest.
Artists in this section are:
Michaela Pilar Brown, South Carolina
Craig Colorusso, Arkansas
Jenny Fine, Alabama
Jamey Grimes, Alabama
Amy Gross, Florida
Masud Olufani, Georgia
Herb Parker, South Carolina
Andrew Scott Ross, Tennessee
Alba Triana, Florida
September 23 - December 3
open Tuesday - Saturday from 11AM - 5PM
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