Artist Alyson Shotz doesn’t like to name her work pieces until they are finished or near completed.
“It can be different in real life, so I like to see it,” she says.
If you go
* What: “Alyson Shotz: Un/Folding”* When: Through Monday, May 27* Where: Hunter Museum of American Art, 10 Bluff View* Admission: $15 adults; free for members and youths 17 and younger* Phone: 423-267-0968* Online: www.huntermuseum.orgRelated programming* Wednesday, April 24: Escape From the Folds, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Similar to experiences in escape rooms and choose-your-own-adventure books, visitors ages 21-30 have one hour to figure out what forces are at play in temporary exhibit “Alyson Shotz: Un/Folding.” Afterward, enjoy exhibit-inspired drinks at a cash bar and foldable food for sale. Free.* Thursday, May 2: Brooklyn-based artist Alyson Shotz speaks about her new permanent exhibition, 5:45-7:30 p.m. With music by Chattanooga Girls Leadership Academy chorus. $5 general public.* Thursday, May 16: Un/Folding With Paper, a hands-on paper activity led by local artist Carrie Pendergrass, 6-7 p.m. No registration required. All experience levels welcome. Supplies provided. $15 adults (regular admission).
So it wasn’t until she saw her latest work as it was mostly put together and ready for hanging in the lobby of the Hunter Museum of American Art that she decided to call the piece “All Equations Are Wave Equations.”
“It’s something a physicist said to me,” she says.