“Artists Interrupted” exhibit opens Tuesday at History Center
A special exhibition produced by Brown County artist Susan W. Showalter will open Tuesday, April 12, at the Brown County History Center in Nashville.
“Artists Interrupted: Brown County Artists Challenged by Illness or Injury” explores in both words and photographs how local professional fine artists, fine craft artists and those in the performing arts have been affected physically, emotionally and financially after becoming temporarily or permanently challenged, and how this has affected their artwork and marketing.
“I especially want to reveal what gifts, if any, the artists feel they have received from becoming injured or ill,” Ms. Showalter said. “These artists inspire me, inspire other artists and the general public.”
To complete the project, Ms. Showalter produced a website to promote the artists and their work as well as broadcast-quality radio interviews with the artists. Finally, she has produced an exhibition of photos of the artists along with samples of their works of art with written and recorded narratives to create what can become a traveling exhibition.
The project features six artists:
Charlene Marsh: Award-winning plein air oil painter Charlene Marsh has made Brown County her home since 1987 and markets her work nationally in fine art galleries and at weekend art shows, mostly in the Midwest. Ms. Marsh has overcome several health issues including a venomous snake’s bite, a back injury from falling in the forest and chronic carbon monoxide poisoning resulting in multiple sensitivities.
Pete Sebert: Storyteller Pete Sebert moved to Nashville in 1997 to manage the Orchard Hill Inn after being a pastor in Kentucky, Tennessee and Indiana, specializing in conducting religious retreats. The character “Jacob Brown” began to develop when Mr. Sebert immersed himself in local history and dressed in character, spinning stories for both local residents and tourists, and finally for the Brown County Historical Society. Jacob Brown, “an ambassador from another time, tells and sings of days gone by and still around the Brown County hills and hollows” and other parts “located on the edge of the village forest, in the Hoosier state of mind near the heart of the universe.” Mr. Sebert has been challenged with diabetes, weight control issues, prostate problems and more.
Susan W. Showalter: Ms. Showalter, a fine art photographer, writer and jewelry designer, works and lives on her Goat Hill Farm, which was established in 1972. Her art work is sold internationally online, at gift shops and in boutiques in Brown County and at her Goat Hill Studio, Gallery and Museum located ten minutes southeast of Nashville. Ms. Showalter conceived and produced this documentary, “Artists Interrupted: Brown County Artists Challenged by Illness or Injury,” and has been challenged with both, including Crohn’s Disease, permanent spinal cord damage resulting from a broken neck sustained in auto accident, asthma, iritis, chronic anemia, ankylosing spondylitis, sleep apnea and more.
Christopher Webb: Brown County singer/songwriter Christopher Webb is the son of the legendary Pat Webb and renowned folksinger Charlette Webb. He started playing music professionally at the age of 13 during a national broadcast of the Pan American Games. He was greatly influenced by his mother and father and formed the group Folksinger when he was 20, later playing, touring and recording with The Beaten Poets. Mr. Webb’s career was interrupted when he was diagnosed with cancer, specifically a malignant carcinoma of the sinus cavity. The illness and treatment profoundly affected his writing and performing.
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