Terry Allen - Tennessee Leaf

Part country singer/songwriter, part visual artist, Terry Allen has tapped into various media to tell stories ranging from his West Texas roots to universal human themes. In the past decade, some of his projects have focused on environmental issues. Allen's take on the environment will be an evocative addition to Renaissance Park, which promotes environmental innovation and sustainability in its constructed wetland. He is creating a sculpture in the shape of a Tulip Poplar leaf, the state tree of Tennessee. The great leaf will be visually "leaning" against a Tulip Poplar tree.

Allen's work is in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; the Museum of Modern Art, New York; and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, among others. He lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

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Education

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• HMAA
• Chattanooga
• TN
• Art
• sculpture
• public
• Renaissance
• park

[peeweemooremusic]

Nice to see Chattanooga getting some Terry Allen in such a big way!