Dates: Jan 18- Feb 1, 2025

Reception: Sat 1/18 6-9pm

Elephant Gallery is pleased to present the first unabridged comprehensive exhibition of all of the Unbannable Library in one place, titled UNBANNABLE. This project is a grass-roots effort to fight censorship and intimidation in our libraries in Tennessee. Teams of artists, writers, teachers, librarians and students are joining forces to create larger than life interactive book sculptures based on banned books and original written works of singular voice and experience. In the Fall of 2024 this exhibition spanned a dozen public and private venues across Middle Tennessee and established a network of sites for the public to discover and interact with the voices of those affected by book bans. This exhibition will feature a rich collection of interactive book sculptures that are literally TOO BIG to ban. 

Artists & Writers:

• Leo Adames
• Benji  Anderson
• Ksennia Bolshakova
• Sara Lee Burd
• Matt Christy
• Paul Collins
• Chalet Comellas
• Raymond Deeren
• Ali El-Chaer
• Marlós Évan
• McLean Fahnestock
• Susannah Felts
• Jana Gilbert
• Kelly Ann Graff
• Joey Grisham
• Christine Hall
• Alexis Jones
• Barry   Jones
• Charles  Key
• Sophia Macia
• Ashley  Mintz
• Gwendolyn Mintz
• Mike Mitchell
• Alexis Ozden
• Lesley  Patterson-Marx
• Richard Perkins
• Billy Renkl
• Ciona  Rouse
• Karen  Seapker
• Andrea  Spofford
• Lorenzo Swinton
• DC Thomas
• Bea Troxel
• Michelle Turner
• Patrick Vincent
• Yanira Vissepó
• Anfernee Welch
• Ripley Whiteside
• Bandy    
• Olasubomi Aka-Bashorun
• Gina Nigro
• Stephen Graham
• Wansoo Kim
• Luke Warren
• Dixie Webb