Journalism and Essays
2024
A Nashville Woman’s Side Hustle Is Being an Artist’s Model for Philip Pearlstein, Nashville Scene
Exhibition statement for Shannon Cartier Lucy: Silver Bells and Cockle Shells at Galerie Hussenot
An Exhibition of Art by Willie Cole Is a Monumental Event, Nashville Scene
2023
Talking With Troy Montes-Michie About Disruption, Collage and His Works in ‘Multiplicity,’ Nashville Scene
The Talented Professor Henry: On Enigmatic Artist Alicia Henry, Nashville Scene
Photographer Kristine Potter reflects on the Southern Gothic landscape, Nashville Scene
Jeffrey Gibson on 'Fame,' Fame, and his upcoming Frist Art Museum Exhibition, Nashville Scene
2022
Digital Underground: The Nashville Queer History Project Is Digitizing LGBTQ History, Nashville Scene
Sketch Artists: Your Guide Through ‘Drawers,’ the Fourth Adult Contemporary Exhibition, Nashville Scene
Sensual, Innovative Works by Zilia Sánchez Are Unexpectedly Moving, Nashville Scene
State of the Arts: Amid closures, changes and upgrades, Nashville’s visual art scene endures, Nashville Scene
2021
A Conversation With Judith Linhares About Disaster, Space, and the Future, Nashville Scene
Horny on Main: HUMP! Will Disrupt the Way You See, Make, and Share Porn, Nashville Scene
Five Things To Know About Kara Walker on the Occasion of Her Exhibit at the Frist, Nashville Scene
Kink Takes a Hit: Nashville’s kink-positive community grapples with safety protocol, Nashville Scene
2020
What Good Are Galleries? How art galleries are adjusting during the pandemic, Nashville Scene
How the Sex Industry Is Handling the COVID-19 Pandemic, Nashville Scene
Talking with Shannon Cartier Lucy about her painting ‘Morning Prayer,’ Nashville Scene
Jenna Westra Makes the Art She Wants to See, Nashville Scene
2019
The Girl Next Door: A sex worker gets candid about the profession’s highs and lows, Nashville Scene
A Night at The Mark: Our Intrepid Arts Editor Reports From Nashville’s Sexiest Fetish Party, Nashville Scene
Discussing Black Artists and the South With Critic and Curator Antwaun Sargent, Nashville Scene
A Conversation With Legendary Gee’s Bend Quilt Artist Louisiana Bendolph, Nashville Scene
2018
Wayne White Pays Tribute to Coked-Up Country Stars, Vice
'Beautiful Losers' Turns Ten This Month, But It Still Feels Radical, Vice
Nashville's Art Scene Is Cooler Than You Think It Is, Vice
Reviews
2023
Karen Seapker Is Making Paintings About Gardens, Pride and Sadness, Nashville Scene
A Solo Exhibit From Sai Clayton Explores the Dual Nature of Biracialism, Nashville Scene
2022
‘African Modernism in America’ Shows the Influence of Cross-Continental Communication, Nashville Scene
‘Past, Present, and Afrofuturism’ Marks an Evolution in XPayne, One of Nashville’s Most Original Artists, Nashville Scene
Playing It Cool: Light and Space, ‘Finish Fetish’ and the Endless Summer of the Frist’s LACMA Exhibition, Nashville Scene
Video Work by Mary Addison Hackett Is a Deadpan Artspeak Goldmine, Nashville Scene
2021
Timeless Exhibitions by Alicia Henry and William Eggleston, Nashville Scene
Highlights From the Frist’s Extensive Survey of Picasso’s Figurative Work, Nashville Scene
2020
Suzy Slykin Exposes Herself in ‘Mother Eunuch,’ Nashville Scene
Future Framed Works: An Outstanding Exhibition of Video Art Arrives Right on Time, Nashville Scene
2019
Eleanor Aldrich, ‘Main Squeeze,’ at Channel to Channel, Art in America
2018
David Onri Anderson, ‘Earthbound,’ at Elephant Gallery, Art in America
2017
Todd Bienvenu’s ‘Endless Bummer’ Does for the Summer of ’96 What Bryan Adams Did for ’69, Vice
‘Grand Ole Opera’ Is a Surreal Hesher Paradise, Vice
Paul Anthony Smith Recreates Memories With Photographic Collage, Vice
Nina Chanel Abney Explores Sex, Race and the Internet With Rainbow Hues, Vice
Masturbation Meets Shamanism in Elijah Burgher’s Ritual Process, Vice
Longform
The Talented Professor Henry: On enigmatic artist Alicia Henry, Nashville Scene, 2023 (2500 words)
Girls on Film: An informal collective of women photographers includes three recent Guggenheim Award winners, Nashville Scene, 2021 (2252 words)