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A Conversation With Judith Linhares About Disaster, Space, and the Future Nashville Scene 2021

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Timeless Exhibitions by Alicia Henry and William Eggleston Nashville Scene 2021

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The Art of Healing: Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons wants to change the world through art Vanderbilt Magazine 2019

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Eleanor Aldrich, ‘Main Squeeze,’ at Channel to Channel Art in America 2019

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Discussing Black Artists and the South With Critic and Curator Antwaun Sargent Nashville Scene 2019

A Conversation With Legendary Gee’s Bend Quilt Artist Louisiana Bendolph Nashville Scene 2019

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David Onri Anderson, ‘Earthbound,’ at Elephant Gallery Art in America 2018

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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)

Public Outsider: Born of struggle and a Dickensian childhood, Lonnie Holley's work is not Nashville's typical public art, Nashville Scene, 2014 (5070 words)

Still Life: If not for love and art, Ndume Olatushani would have died on death row, Nashville Scene, 2013 (5130 words)