Author: Holland

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Thanks for the Warm, Stove Works Welcome

A drawing in red and blue on white paper attached to a silver refrigerator with yellow star-shaped magnets.

I was fortunate to spend the month of May as an Artist in Residence at Stove Works in Chattanooga, Tennessee. I shared the space with an inspiring and friendly group of artists: Tabitha Arnold, Emma Balder, Ollie Goss, Hannah Hill, Do? Kim, Noah Reyes, and Chelsea Sutton. Kate Greenwell was our Spring Resident Fellow.

While there I worked on a new series of drawings for my 2D plotters, experimented with monoprints and letterpress, and prototyped a sound installation. A very productive month thanks for the excellent staff and facilities at Stove Works.

Tonight is the opening reception for Noah Reyes’ a mole in the ground; a lizard in the spring exhibition at Stove Works’ Above the Water Fountain Gallery. The show is curated by Kate Greenwell.

Friday, June 6, 2025
6:00-8:00pm
Stove Works
1250 East 13th Street
Chattanooga, TN, 37408

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Meander: Taking a River for a Walk

Karen Brummund and I have an exhibition at the Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center during the month of May. The show has grown out of work we’ve been making with fourth grade students at Faucett-Vestavia Elementary School. The students have created drawings that explore ways to depict invisible things such as sounds and feelings.

I built custom drawing boards to record the sounds of the students’ drawing, and I incorporated the sounds in an 18-minute audio piece, Taking a River for a Walk. The work accompanies Brummund’s video piece, Meander; a collaborative mural on the window; and selections from the students’ drawings.

Meander: Taking a River for a Walk
Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center
Tuscaloosa AL

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Guitar Fest

The East Village Guitar Festival kicks off this weekend. The event will feature over 20 local and regional guitarists. On Friday I’ll be bringing my banjo/electric guitar hybrid to perform a set of improvisations similar to the pieces on my 2021 Tell A Gossip recording from Tape Drift Records. Also playing Friday will be Killick & Klimchak. Saturday’s event will feature Taylor Hollingsworth and Jupiter.

Friday and Saturday April 4-5 2025
East Village Guitar Festival
East Village Arts
7611 1st Ave N
Birmingham AL 35206

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This event was originally scheduled for mid-March but had to be postponed due to weather. Read more at Bham Now and Birmingham365.

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Worldlines

Excerpt of the Worldlines score showing black music notation on a white background

The Vuorovesi Trio will perform my piece Worldlines in a free concert tonight at the Hoover Public Library.

Monday, March 24, 2025 7pm
Live on the Plaza: Vuorovesi Trio
Hoover Public Library
200 Municipal Drive
Hoover AL 35216

The Vuorovesi Trio is made up of University of Alabama School of Music faculty members Diane Boyd Schultz, Mary Lindsey Bailey, Osiris J. Molina. All the pieces on tonight’s concert are by Alabama-based composers: Michael Coleman, Monroe Golden, Gavin Green, Holland Hopson, Joseph Landers, and William Price.

Worldlines was premiered in 2017 at the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s Abroms-Engel Institute for Visual Arts. It was written in response to Jessica Angel‘s installation Facing the Hyperstructure.

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Gravity Clocks

Close up of an electric guitar with a hand resting on top of it. The image has a shallow depth of field so the body of the guitar and the hand are the only elements in focus.

I’m looking forward to performing tomorrow on a concert highlighting free improvisation and electronic music. The show will include Sam Herman, Aaron Johnson, and LaDonna Smith.

Tuesday, March 18, 2025 7pm
An Evening of Free Improvisation and Electronic Music
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Hulsey Recital Hall
950 13th Street South
Birmingham AL

I’ll be performing material similar to the pieces on my 2021 Tell A Gossip recording from Tape Drift Records.