Courtney Adair Johnson is an artist and curator based in Nashville, TN. She is the Gallery Director of the Department of Art and Design at Tennessee State University and Co-Builder of McGruder Social Practice Artist Residency (M-SPAR). Johnson is a self-proclaimed reuse artist passionate about creating conversations on consumption and waste habits. With her public and academic work, she finds importance in information sharing and working on topics of social justice, history, and cultural and neighborhood preservation. Her personal work centers on love, our consumption habits, and the ability to slow down to pay attention to what goes through our hands on a daily basis. Johnson has led reuse projects with Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Tennessee Craft, and Springboard for the Arts (Fergus Falls).