Field Guide: Vanderbilt University Law School
Date:
8/20/2008 through 1/3/2008
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Field Guide: Vanderbilt University Law School
Vanderbilt University Law School presents Field Guide, the fourth installment of an exhibition series curated by Zeitgeist gallery. The four artists chosen are Tennessee natives who are relatively new to the Nashville scene.

Mike Calway-Fagen is a Nashville native and recent University of Tennessee graduate doing community-based, interactive performances and installations that are documented in digital images. He recently received a fellowship grant from the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts.

Murfeesboro-based artist Jacqueline Meeks is currently showing 15 drawings of new work at the Brooks Museum of Art in Memphis, Tennessee as part of the Perspectives exhibition organized by internationally recognized curator Michael Rooks.

Julian Rogers, another native Nashvillian and recent University of Tennessee graduate who with Mike Calway-Fagan co-founded the new alternative gallery here in Nashville called Sooplex with Mike Calway-Fagan. Sooplex hosts exhibitions from local, regional and nationally and internationally recognized contemporary artsists.

James Perrin is a Kenton, Tennessee native currently living in Enville, Tennessee. He is currently showing at Perry Nicole Gallery in Memphis, Tennessee and holds painting degrees from the Kansas City Arts Institute, Boston University, and has studied abroad through the American University in Washington, DC.

Their work is indicative of the most recent wave of young artists coming up through the commercial galleries, artist-run spaces, and museums on the local, national, and international level.

The Vanderbilt University School of Law is open to the public from 8AM to 5PM Monday through Friday. For more information please call Janice Zeitlin or Lain York at 615-256-4805.