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Snow Gallery creates conversations,

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Monday, 24 November 2008 13:40

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Snow Gallery is an oasis in a world increasingly defined by the clash of cultures, ideologies and nations. Born of conversation, not conflict, the aesthetic of owner Catherine Snow is all about appreciating rather than fearing or rejecting that which is foreign or other.

"We've traveled a lot and lived in a lot of other countries," she explains, the "we" in question being Snow and her husband Doug Knight, a professor of Hebrew Bible at Vanderbilt Divinity School. "In the process of doing that, you see other ways of being, and it helps you see yourself and your way of being differently. Other cultures are a real rich part of my life."

For Portals and Vessels, her current exhibit, Snow places the pottery of Nashvillian Bill Dale and the paper-cloth pieces of Liberty, Tenn.'s Claudia Lee in dialogue with the work of the late Japanese potter Kinjo Jiro, an artist who was named Okinawa's first "Living National Treasure" in 1985.

About 200 people attended the show's opening on Nov. 14 at the gallery, at 1517 Dallas Ave., just off Belmont Boulevard.

Last Updated on Monday, 24 November 2008 13:53

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