May Your Life Be Your Masterpiece
curated Ruth Chase and Brynn Farwell
Exhibition Dates
August 6 – September 11, 2021
Gallery Hours
Tuesday – Saturday, 12 – 4 PM
Art Opening
Friday, August 20, 5 – 7 PM
Artist Talk
Thursday, September 9, 5 – 7 PM
Group Show.
Opening Reception: Friday, December 5th | 6–9 PM
Modfellows Gallery
3655 Trousdale Dr, #C, Nashville
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Ruth Chase | Chalet Comellas
Opening Reception: OCT 18, 6-9PM
Modfellows Gallery
3655 Trousdale Dr, #C, Nashville
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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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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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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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“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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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.
SHE Persisted an event by YubaLit | Featuring Author Bridget Quinn
This is an essay I read at SHE Persisted about how I overcame a time in my life when I was the most discouraged and wanted to give up being an artist. It starts and ends with a self portrait I painted that changed my life and was the first step I took to create my own “rags to riches” journey. Well, not so much not riches in the form of money.
Spring 2015: I’m on the back end of my 40s, and this time I’m going to really give up. Pursuing an art career feels hopeless, and the uphill battle I’m fighting right now is more than I can handle. It’s 4:00 am Monday morning—hot coffee, cell phone, Facebook app, and the dog. Every week my husband will be gone from Monday to Thursday or Friday. I’ve committed to homeschooling our only child; I feel lost, I feel alone. Every bit of my spiritual energy is being given to our beautiful daughter who will turn 10 in May. I had no idea that motherhood would take this long or be this hard, that I would feel so disconnected from my dreams and my art. I’ll be 50 before ya know it; I don’t have the time or energy to pick up a paintbrush. “Who am I kidding? Get a real job! I’ll never be a working artist.” I’ve been through this before, but this time it’s different.
2017 ongoing
A pop-up installation where Ruth asks people if they want a hug and if she can take an instant photo of passers-byes, then encouraging them to hang the photo where it could be seen as a reminder of their importance and value to their community. The backdrop is a pop up photo booth intended to be a personal encounter with another human, changing the roll of the selfie from an isolated “look at me” photo to a visceral experience that involved contact and purpose.
In 2015 Ruth Chase created sketches for “No Vacancy”, filmed at The Holbrooke Hotel in Grass Valley, CA. for a TV reality program called The Dead Files on The Travel Channel.
MEETING AMY ALLEN
Amy was a freaking trip, in all the best ways. An incredibly interesting, strange, distant, and focused person—she was the real deal. Sitting with her felt like being with someone who was hallucinating. My guess is that she was reading spirits and energy the whole time. As we sat in a hotel room to film the scene, sitting across the table from each other, it felt like she was reading me, or the room around me. Her eyes darted back and forth, over and around me, but never looked directly at me, even when I spoke to her. I loved every minute of it. After our scene together, I sat down to draw what she had described, both on camera and off, texting her photos of the progress to ensure the image matched what she saw. The hardest part of drawing a quality piece was dealing with all the distractions that pulled me away from being in my own space of channeling. Though, I wouldn’t have wanted to mix in with the energy there, so I guess it worked out for the best.
Retired NYPD homicide detective Steve DiSchiavi and physical medium Amy Allan investigate paranormal activity at a small-town hotel in Grass Valley, California. Their separate investigations take harrowing turns as Steve uncovers the hotel’s history of destructive fires and scandalous violence, while Amy comes face-to-face with the deranged dead during her overwhelming walk.
The Travel Channel
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