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\"\"The Spruill Gallery is excited to announce our inaugural +Shop Residency: \u201cMe and the Idea of You\u201d with interdisciplinary artist Jay Reddish.<\/p>\n

Reddish will create work and engage with gallery visitors January 15 & 16 from 3-7 PM and on January 17 from 11 AM \u2013 2 PM. We will celebrate their realized work on January 23 from 6-9 PM in tandem with the opening of our next exhibition,\u00a0Two Searchlights<\/em>, which features work by MaDora Frey and Ben Steele.<\/p>\n

About their intention, Reddish states, \u201cI will work with blocks of preloved textiles and materials that bring with them a history of homemaking, love, touch, and use. I will mend what is frayed and let the repairs become the architecture of the piece, forming a textured wall hanging suspended from recycled metal hooks that I sand, shape, and polish in the gallery.\u201d<\/p>\n

For Reddish, this piece is \u201ca meditation on devotion: to another person, to craft, to the everyday acts of care that sustain us. It is also an act of stewardship of materials, memory, and the environment that inspires them to create a quiet, tactile space where handwork becomes a physical form of hope and shelter.\u201d<\/p>\n

Their artistic process mirrors the slow transformations found in the natural world: gathering, reworking, layering, and honoring what persists. Reddish claims, \u201cthese textiles\u2014soft, worn, and imperfect\u2014embody both fragility and resilience.\u201d Elaborating about this work, Reddish comments, \u201cAs I sew, mend, and quilt within the space, the work becomes a sheltering form, something made to hold us as we move into an uncertain era filled with possibility and peril.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jay Reddish
\n<\/strong>Jay Reddish is an Atlanta-based artist whose interdisciplinary practice bridges sculpture, textiles, metalwork, and environmental research. Drawing from recycled and upcycled materials, Reddish creates objects and installations that explore themes of care, queer domesticity, ecological stewardship, and the quiet transformative nature of everyday materials. Their work often merges traditional craft techniques, such as hand-stitching, quilting, and metal casting,
\nwith contemporary technologies, including 3D scanning and digital fabrication.<\/p>\n

Reddish\u2019s recent projects include\u00a0Touchpoint<\/em>, a permanent installation at the University of Georgia\u2019s Lamar Dodd College of Art and the Thomas Street Art Complex, as well as exhibitions at NYC Jewelry Week (2022, 2025), the Atlanta Contemporary, and the Metal Museum. Their work is informed by years spent in arts-based environment education and community arts settings.<\/p>\n

Reddish also leads educational programs for the Spruill Center for the Arts, the Metal Arts Guild of Georgia, and more.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner column_margin=”60px” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” text_align=”left” row_position=”default” row_position_tablet=”inherit” row_position_phone=”inherit” overflow=”visible” pointer_events=”all”][vc_column_inner column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” flex_gap_desktop=”10px” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” overflow=”visible” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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