In Our Place

Red Arrow is proud to present In Our Place. A group presentation inspired by the monumental exhibition,In Her Place, at the Frist Art Museum, that brings visibility to the depth of women artists working in Nashville. Rather than restaging that narrative, this exhibition reflects it back through the lens of the gallery, through artists we have exhibited, grown alongside, and believed in over time. Each artist included here is also represented in ‘In Her Place’, making this presentation both a companion and a continuation of that broader institutional moment.

For Red Arrow, place is not a theme but a lived condition, built through years of shared exhibitions, conversations, risks, and trust. As a female-founded and run gallerycelebrating twelve years in Nashville, In Our Place marks the intersection of personal history and collective presence. The works on view are less about defining Nashville than about showing how these women have shaped it, and how their practices continue to anchor the community we call ours.

Artists include Alex Blau, Briena Harmening, Emily Weiner, Jodi Hays, Kimia Ferdowsi Kline, Lauren Gregory, and Vadis Turner. The exhibition will showcase gold-plated ribbons, narrative quilts, patterned ceramics, surrealist skyscapes, soft sculpture, heavy carved wood, and southern collage.

Through years of exhibiting and working alongside these artists, Red Arrow has witnessed how their practices continue to shape and anchor Nashville’s creative community.

Together, the works in In Our Place demonstrate the range, experimentation, and depth of these artist’s practices in Nashville. From the tactile layering of textiles and paint to the interplay of tradition and innovation, these artists explore memory, identity, material, and narrative in ways that are both deeply personal and resonant with broader cultural conversations. Each piece reflects a commitment to process, experimentation, and dialogue, revealing how these practices not only define the individual artist’s vision but also collectively shape the creative fabric of the city.

Emily Weiner

Emily Weiner creates layered, intuitive paintings that reconfigure archetypal symbols through a feminist and Jungian lens, using color, form, and multimedia framing to generate new perspectives and shared understanding.

15.5 x 12.5 x 1.5 in (39.37 x 31.75 x 3.81 cm)

$3,250.00

Emily Weiner

Emerald City, 2026

Oil on linen in maple artist frame

$16,000.00

Emily Weiner

Excavation 2025 Oil on linen in painted wood frame

61.5 x 46.5 x 1.5 in

(156.21 x 118.11 x 3.81 cm)

Emily Weiner at Frist Art Museum

In Her Place: Nashville Artists in the Twenty-First Century (installation view), 2026. Photo: Ashley Holstein

Vadis Turner

Vadis Turner creates textile-driven sculptures and mixed-media works that transform domestic materials into dynamic, unruly forms, exploring female archetypes, materiality, and the resilience and power inherent in women’s histories.

Vadis Turner

Black Bow Grid

2025 Satin ribbon, resin

26.5 x 15.5 x 2 in (67.31 x 39.37 x 5.08 cm)

$3,500.00

Vadis Turner

Bow Head Vessel 2025

Bedsheets, belt, ribbon, resin and acrylic

23 x 21 x 19 in (58.42 x 53.34 x 48.26 cm)

$5,500.00

Vadis Turner

Gold Bow Grid (2x2) 2026

Satin ribbon, metal leaf, adhesive, resin

31 x 31 in (78.74 x 78.74 cm)

$6,000.00

Vadis Turner at Frist Art Museum

In Her Place: Nashville Artists in the Twenty-First Century (installation view), 2026. Photo: Ashley Holstein

Lauren Gregory

Lauren Gregoryis a multidisciplinary artist whose work bridges painting, animation, and focuses on quilting. Integrating storytelling, digital imagery, and tradition to create layered, dynamic compositions that explore memory, narrative, and the interplay of past and present.

Lauren Gregory

Birth of Sunday

2026

Cotton, batting, and thread

59 x 46 in (149.86 x 116.84 cm)

$7,000.00

2026

56 x 47 in (142.24 x 119.38 cm)

$7,000.00

Lauren Gregory

Baby Jessica in the Well

Cotton, batting, and thread

Lauren Gregory at Frist Art Museum

In Her Place: Nashville Artists in the Twenty-First Century (installation view), 2026. Photo: Ashley Holstein

Kimia Ferdowsi Kline

Kimia Ferdowsi Kline creates paintings that reconstruct imagined and remembered experiences of her family’s life in Tehran, using layered imagery to explore memory, cultural identity, and the emotional landscapes of displacement and connection.

55 x 40 x 3 in (139.7 x 101.6 x 7.62 cm)

$12,000

Kimia Ferdowsi Kline

Cosmos 2025

Calligraphy ink and oil on carved sycamore

2026

27 x 30 x 7.5 in (68.58 x 76.2 x 19.05 cm)

$7,500

Kimia Ferdowsi Kline

Birdsong

Charcoal on carved wood

Kimia Ferdowsi Kline at Frist Art Museum

In Her Place: Nashville Artists in the Twenty-First Century (installation view), 2026. Photo: Ashley Holstein

Jodi Hays

Jodi Hays creates paintings and collages that merge rural and southern sensibilities with feminist materiality, layering color, texture, and found materials to explore cultural narratives and the physical presence of her work.

Jodi Hays AM Radio 2025 Dyed cardboard on reclaimed industrial silkscreen frame, 40 x 37 in (101.6 x 93.98 cm)

$7,000.00

Jodi Hays at Frist Art Museum

In Her Place: Nashville Artists in the Twenty-First Century (installation view), 2026. Photo: Ashley Holstein

Briena Harmening

Briena Harmening transforms recycled textiles into layered, sculptural surfaces that combine southern storytelling, humor, and text, creating visual puzzles that balance familiarity with disorientation while weaving her own voice into a lineage of craft and labor.

Briena Harmening Some People Can't Take the Hint

2025

Trapunto stitched fabric with stuffing on wood

23 x 38 in (58.42 x 96.52 cm)

$2,500.00

Drawn Out 2026 Found fabric and foam

25 x 35 x 2.5 in (63.5 x 88.9 x 6.35 cm)

$2,500.00

Briena Harmening

Briena Harmening at Frist Art Museum

In Her Place: Nashville Artists in the Twenty-First Century (installation view), 2026. Photo: Ashley Holstein

Alex Blau

Alex Blau creates small-scale geometric paintings that layer glossy acrylic over patterned surfaces, drawing on inspirations from both high art and everyday objects to highlight abstraction, materiality, and process.