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Events
Unbreakable Light
August 13 – October 29
Opening Reception: September 3, 6-8PM
Artist Talk: TBD
Galerie Tangerine
900 King Hollands Avenue, Ste. 104, Nashville, TN
(615) 553-6868
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Artist Talk
Artist and Doctor Explore Light and the Unseen
Saturday, October 3, time TBD
Join artist Ruth Chase, creator of Unbreakable Light, and Dr. Marlene Fuson, award-winning author and board-certified Doctor of Natural Medicine whose practice integrates frequency medicine, for a conversation exploring the science and art of light and the unseen.
Galerie Tangerine
900 King Hollands Avenue, Ste. 104, Nashville, TN
(615) 553-6868
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ART FOR THE NAUGHTY AND NICE
Group Show.
Opening Reception: Friday, December 5th | 6–9 PM
Modfellows Gallery
3655 Trousdale Dr, #C, Nashville
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INTO THE FIELD
Ruth Chase | Chalet Comellas
Opening Reception: OCT 18, 6-9PM
Modfellows Gallery
3655 Trousdale Dr, #C, Nashville
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Camp ArtSeen
May 3 – June 28
Opening and Closing Receptions
Sunday, May 3, 3-7 PM
Sunday, May 4, 2-5 PM
Saturday, June 28, 2-6 PM
The Pool House Gallery in Pasadena, CA
The space is run in a guerrilla | 90’s underground club style.
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Regional Artist Meet Ups
Currently, I work with local artists in Tennessee, leading a program for regional artists to meet, gain professional knowledge, and network. Meet Me at The MACC
Monthly Meetings at Monthaven
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The Story of Land, Water, and People
Ruth Chase exhibits a painting and video. Also, a co-curator of the exhibition. The exhibition is the result of a journey the Tribe embarked on through a series of gatherings and workshops that centered on discussions about land, water, and people.
Up through late 2025
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SFAI Alumni Interview
“Speaking of art school….impressions, stories and remembrances as told by alumni and faculty of the San Francisco Art Institute”. This series is about perpetuating the culture and legacy of the San Francisco Art Institute through recorded interviews.
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Comments welcome
WOMEN – Independence Interdependence
“Women: Independence, Interdependence”
by Ruth Chase
acrylic, thread, cotton yarn on cardboard with video
24 x 48″
I am exploring independence and interdependence of women. Through the use of cardboard, acrylic paint, thread, and cotton yarn, this piece is a meditation on how pain is stored in the female body. With phrases like I am afraid to be vulnerable, I am not lovable, and childhood fear taught me not to trust, were written on each disc, and used to create the breast element in the work. Within the work, there are references to gender dysphoria, menses as independence and interdependence, and the female body as being in service.
THE ART OF COLLABORATION – RUTH CHASE AND CHANTELLE GOLDTHWAITE
HOME – OF/BY/FORALL and #Miami
Last week Eliza Tudor of Nevada County Arts Council, Tracy Pepper of Color Me Human, Donn K. Harris of California Arts Council, and I were in #Miami for four days joining the #changenetwork of OF/BY/FORALL.
ECHOES: From There to Here
Ruth Chase
“Introvert”
Acrylic on canvas with audio
2018
ECHOES: FROM THERE TO HERE
Alumni Exhibition
San Francisco Art Institute — Diego Rivera Gallery
800 Chestnut Street, San Francisco
Curated by: Timothy Berry and Jeremy Morgan
On View: November 11 – 24, 2019
Opening Reception: Thursday, November 14, 5 – 8 PM
It is with great pleasure and enthusiasm that San Francisco Art Institute (SFAI) faculty, Timothy Berry and Jeremy Morgan present ECHOES: From There to Here.
I AM HERe Installation
Women in a Rural County
Women are an essential part of any community, yet their sense of belonging is often tied into gender roles, not always satisfying their sense of belonging. Mother, sister, partner, we all have women in our lives. I AM HERe is intended to mirror the voices of how men and women view women’s unique sense of belonging against the backdrop of our rural community. Lead artist Ruth Chase has sought to examine her own sense of belonging over the course of a year by asking questions through social media and taking her personal journey alongside the community. Now, the public is invited to share their own stories about themselves or the women in their lives by participating in the public art installation.
Documentary ‘Belonging’ featured at Wild & Scenic Film Festival
Laura Peterson
Special to The Union
January 15, 2019
In her film, “Belonging” local artist and director, Ruth Chase documents the stories of people living in Nevada County, including Shelly Covert, spokesperson for the Nevada City Rancheria, Nisenan Tribe.
The film is an initiative of Nevada County Art Council and funded in part by California Arts Council through its Artists in Communities Program. Chase and Covert are scheduled to show the film during this week’s 17th Annual Wild & Scenic Film Festival comes to Nevada City and Grass Valley.
The pair are scheduled to participate in activities such as opening reception, art shows, fireside chats, coffee talks, workshops and film panels throughout the five-day environmental and adventure film festival that attracts filmmakers, change-makers, and activists from around the globe.
The two sat down and answered a few questions. Chase had this to say:
What inspired you to make the film, “Belonging?”
“Belonging” is about how people find a sense of belonging through the land, the earth, and the environment. I was initially interested in examining the unique connection people have with the land they were born on and if that connection changes when residing in a place other than their birthplace.
Growing Up in VENICE > Elaine Leslie
Channeling My Work
One of my first portraits from back in the day.
When I started painting, I would follow a voice that would come forth from a spirit on the other side asking me to see them. I had no idea what I was doing, I would just paint, in time I understood that I could use channeling from nonphysical energy to guide my work. I remember distinctly that this spirit was eager to be seen and released. While I still use this method in some of my work, I am so much more aware of what is happening and far more particular of who and what I channel.
“White Face”
oil on canvas
6 x 4′
1990
by Ruth Chase
Ocampo Collection
Early Work >
What Does It Mean To Be A Woman
What does it mean to be a woman, a question I have never explored until this very moment.
From an early age, I noticed that being a “girl” put me in a place of vulnerability and I was very aware that physical danger was awaiting me if I wasn’t careful. So as a young adult “woman” I would make sure that my clothes and persona were tough enough to scare away predators.
Now I look back and see that it wasn’t until bearing a child, at the age of 40, that I began to connect with my womanhood. I was getting in touch with my body and its functions specific to having a child and becoming awakened to the physical characteristics that make me a WOMAN. I loved being pregnant, I loved my body and being able to hold another universe within.
I have spent a lot of time rejecting the expectations put on me by the outside world of what a woman is or should be, or should not be. I have never been sure of how I fit into the expectations of the world around me. I also, at times, did not want to own the power and blessings that come with femininity. On the inside, I felt like I hadn’t decided if I wanted to be feminine and on the outside, I knew to be a tomboy or punk sent a message to leave me alone, I’m not open for this “girl” business. Sometimes I wonder if I would have chosen to be a woman in this lifetime if I were given a choice before I was born. I suppose I have also been pissed off about being a woman, now that I think about it. So far, the most amazing thing about being a woman has been birthing my daughter, who by the way is VERY girly and VERY feminine. I’m having an ‘aha!’ moment writing this. I may even need a good cry.
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