The Slow Death of Americana

The Slow Death of Americana

The windshield wipers slosh away a light mix of rain and snow while I cut through the forested mountains of the Santiam Pass. Every fifteen minutes or so I pass through a small town with a population smaller than the amount of friends I have on Facebook (and I am no social media butterfly). The storefronts are nothing more than empty shacks made of rain-swollen wood and covered with moss since the local pizza place, burger shack, or general store closed down. Their populations have dwindled to almost nothing over the past twenty years. I know this because I grew up in one of these small towns.... read the rest here.

-Sean Davis(who I don't know but would like too) - recommended to me by another great writer and good friend, Katey Schultz.

Dorothea Lange Workshop at Hunter Museum

Dorothea Lange, near Milpitas

Turns out I am not the first artist to be fascinated by the American condition... are you too? If so, please join Adera Causey, curator of education and outreach at the Hunter Museum, and myself for a look inside the current Dorothea Lange's America show at the museum. We will host a workshop this March that compares the current state of affairs in our country with that of the past as documented by Lange. We will talk about the exhibition, make our own black and white photographs of the seldom seen parts of Chattanooga, and mount an exhibition to be shown in town. Should be a blast and for a bargain deal of $25 there is no reason not to join in.

Click here to register!