June 9 – September 8, 2018
Reception on Saturday, June 30, 4-7pm

Process in Works was a growing, evolving show of work by Natalie Chanin and Rachel K. Garceau about the purposeful setting of intentions, approaching the world with curiosity, exploring the meaning of value, and creating cumulative beauty with small, everyday acts and objects. This exhibit was supported in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.

Slow design pioneer, Natalie Chanin, is the founder and creative director of Alabama Chanin, a lifestyle company producing well-designed and thoughtfully made goods in Florence, Alabama, with an emphasis on responsible, ethical, and sustainable practices. Through her workshops, Natalie teaches craft traditions, or “living arts,” using them to bridge generational, economic, and cultural gaps.

Rachel K. Garceau is a studio artist living and working in the Atlanta, GA area, and has been recognized as a 2015 Emerging Artist by the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts and one of 2017’s Women to Watch by the Georgia Committee of the National Museum of Women in the Arts. She utilizes slip-cast porcelain forms to construct site-responsive installations. Her work is often born from a curiosity about an object or a place and a desire to come to a deeper understanding of it. She has been published in Studio Potter, Ceramics Monthly, and NCECA Journal, and also appears in CAST: Art and Objects Made Using Humanity’s Most Transformational Process.

The artists’ reception on June 30 was a lazy summer afternoon of making ice cream, telling stories, and enjoying the artwork. Chefs Angie Mosier and Lisa Donovan served up some sweet and savory Southern snacks, and photographer Rinne Allen led a silent woodland walk to gather treasures from the forest.