Zach Searcy is a mixed media artist from Knoxville, TN. Searcy has been featured extensively throughout the Southeast, NEXT Gallery in Denver, CO, the William King Museum of art, and has served as juror of The Dogwood Art’s Festival. A self trained artist, Searcy opened and curated a gallery space in Knoxville to encourage growth within the local art community by showing local and national artists. Searcy curated a wide range range of programming that spanned contemporary painting, sound art, and film by hosting the Big Ears Documentary Project.
Studios Program
Image: Emmanuel Sevilla, Studio 109.
Root Division's Studios Program provides a hub for promising emerging artists to interact, develop new work, and give back to the community. We are currently hosting 28 artists in 22 studios that are offered below market rate in exchange for volunteer service. Each artist contributes 12 hours per month and are able to get involved in any or all of the following areas:
- TEACH ART TO YOUTH in our after-school Youth Education Program
- DESIGN AND FACILITATE CLASSES and workshops for adults in our Adult Education Program
- CURATE AND INSTALL EXHIBITIONS for our Exhibitions & Events Program
- HELP WITH MARKETING, PROMOTION, FUNDRAISING, DESIGN, and other areas of arts administration
SUBMISSION PROCESS
We accept applications on a rolling basis, with the 1st of each month acting as the deadline for the following month's vacancies (i.e. April 1 deadline for May 1 availability). Once you've submitted an application, we will send a notification with our estimated studio availability and a possible follow-up interview with the Artist Selection Committee. Selected artists are contracted in the Studio Artist Program for a one year commitment.
Please see our Application for full details on how to apply.
QUESTIONS AND CONTACT INFORMATION
To see our gallery and public facility, we prefer that you stop by during any of our upcoming events and/or during regularly scheduled gallery hours. Our Installations & Site Manager, Carissa Diaz is also available for a short tour of the space and studios on Mondays-Thursdays between 11 am-6 pm. Please email her at carissa@rootdivision.org to schedule a meeting time.
For additional questions, please email studios@rootdivision.org.
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