'Along for the ride" by Chelsea Moulder
February 10–12, 2026 @ Slocumb Galleries
East Tennessee State University Department of Art & Design and Slocumb Galleries in partnership with Mid-South Sculpture Alliance with support from Bravissima! Women Sponsoring the Arts, ETSU SAIC, Mary B. Martin School of the Arts, and Tennessee Arts Commission presentResistance: MSA National Juried Exhibitionfeaturing 14 MSA contemporary sculptors with Artists Conversations during the closing reception Feb. 12 from 5 to 7 p.m., Slocumb Galleries, with guest of honor, Robert Pack, executive vice provost, ETSU.
Juror Michael Dickinssays, “Resistancebrings together artists exploring what it means to push back — physically, politically and personally. Across the exhibition, resistance appears as a force in motion: energy applied against pressure, systems challenged through action and bodies and materials responding to constraint.” The works are three-dimensional works that “reflect resistance as a basic property of matter, visible in movement, tension and kinetic exchange,” while others “address resistance as a form of survival and refusal through protest, care, endurance or the fight against illness and injustice” in innovative display of technical skills and conceptual approach. Juror reiterates that “Resistanceconsiders opposition not only as conflict, but as a necessary and generative condition” that aim to provide platform for discourse, solidarity and critical thought."
The artists featured are Jason Brown, Jarod Charzewski, Jack Eubanks, VeronicaIbargüengoitia, David Marquez, Chelsea Moulder, Janet Orselli, Melissa Sclafani, Suzanna Scott, Sarah Spillers, Sepideh Tajalizadeh Dashti, Durant Thompson, Kristen Tordella-Williams and Luke Warren.The public is invited to view the virtual Curator and Artists’ Conversations held Jan. 28, viahttps://youtube.com/live/MoWCQK-E7yQ?feature=share.
The Slocumb Galleries are located at Ernest C. Ball Hall, 232 Sherrod Drive, ETSU campus, Johnson City, Tennessee 37614. Gallery hours are weekdays, Mondays through Fridays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. with extended hours during receptions and by appointments. For more information, schedule a visit or for handicapped accommodations, email Karlota Contreras-Koterbay viacontrera@etsu.edu.
Category: Exhibits