Degree Name
MFA (Master of Fine Arts)
Program
Art
Date of Award
5-2022
Committee Chair or Co-Chairs
Travis Graves
Committee Members
Christian Rieben, Michael Anthony Fowler
Abstract
The artist discusses his Master of Fine Arts exhibition, entitled Family, Work, Land. The exhibit was mounted in Tipton Gallery in downtown Johnson City, TN, from February 22nd to March 11th, 2022. A public reception was held on the evening of March 4th . The exhibition consisted principally of four multimedia installations. Smith’s body of work is an interpretation of how stories that he often heard growing up are related to the Western North Carolina community in which his grandparents were living in the first quarter of the twentieth century. These works explore the interactions between people, how they support themselves, and the impact that working for the logging industry had on the family and the land around them.
Document Type
Thesis - unrestricted
Recommended Citation
Smith, Gregory, "Home, Work, Land" (2022). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. Paper 4068. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/4068
Copyright
Copyright by the authors.