2025 The Spaces We Inhabit - Huntsville, AL
Mid-South Sculpture Alliance (MSA) and the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) partner to present “The Spaces We Inhabit”, a thematic exhibition juried by Isaac Duncan III in conjunction with Confab 2025. This exhibition fosters MSA’s mission to advance the creation and awareness of sculpture in its many and varied forms and promote a supportive environment for sculpture and sculptors. Selected sculptures will offer a dynamic exhibition highlighting a variety of techniques, media and content. On view October 2-30, 2025 at the Union Grove Gallery An opening reception and juror's talk will be held October 3, 2025 Congratulations to the Exhibiting Artists! |
Michael Baggarly |
Juror
Isaac Duncan III, a Chattanooga based artist of Caribbean descent who grew up in Brooklyn, New York, received his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of Notre Dame, Certification of Secondary Art Education from St. Mary's College and Masters of Fine Arts from the University of Kentucky. Isaac is a recipient of the Tennessee Arts Commission Individual Artist Fellowship for 2017. Duncan was mentored/employed by various artists: Richard Hunt, John Henry, and Robert Stackhouse and Carol Mickett. His large scale sculptures have been collected by Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, Pyramid Hill Sculpture Park, Hamilton, Ohio, Lexington Diagnostic Center, Kentucky, African-American Heritage Center, Kentucky, Columbia State College, Tennessee, City of Chattanooga, Tennessee, Erlanger Children’s Hospital Kennedy Outpatient Center and Le Domaine Forget, Quebec, Canada and numerous private art Collectors. Duncan is the Past-President of Mid-South Sculpture Alliance and former board member of Sculpture Fields at Montague Park, Association for Visual Artists, and ArtsBuild. He currently sits on the boards of the International Sculpture Center, StoveWorks, and serves on the Tennessee Arts Commission granting committees. | This exhibition seeks to examine the complex relationship between people and the spaces that house, comfort, and influence them. Taken both literally and figuratively, The Spaces We Inhabit focuses on the physical and the metaphysical, spanning environment, landscape and the body, as well as the emotional, spiritual, psychological and societal structures that govern us. The Spaces We Inhabit looks closely at the relationship between humans and “space,” and how space influences memory, identity, belonging, constitution and affect, inviting viewers to consider how their use of space informs how they live within themselves and with one another. Site Originally built in 1820 as a Presbyterian church, the Union Grove Gallery and Meeting Hall is one of the oldest surviving churches in Alabama. Originally located in Union Grove, Alabama, the structure was relocated to the campus of UAH in 1974. It was restored by UAH art faculty, students, volunteers and businesses. The building serves as an event space to host various art shows, receptions, and other events. The Union Grove Gallery is located at University Cir. Huntsville, AL 35816. It’s an open floor plan with two columns located in the main exhibition space. The main exhibition space is 28 feet by 25 feet with a connecting smaller exhibition space that is approximately 16 feet by 9 feet. The ceilings are approximately 12 feet high. The Union Grove Gallery is a truly unique exhibition space enriched with amazing history. |
