About the Exhibit

ABOUT THE EXHIBIT

The “EAT” exhibition provided many layers of potential collaboration and transformation:

• Organic – select a regionally-based artist known for her vibrant and iconic photographs, many of which depict food or the food process.
• Communal – by asking people throughout the state to write based on a single and personal topic, pull together a common – yet diverse – thread of content that represents a cross section of the Commonwealth.
• Blend – challenge the selected artist to create works influenced by, and in the context of, the selected works of Kentucky writers.
• Consume – share this complete integrated body of work with the public to consume, interpret, discuss and explore.
• Transform – leave patrons inspired based on their experience. 
• Create – provide activities to encourage artistic expression from participants of all ages to create their own work based on the installation (patrons can write their own story based on the photograph and/or make a photograph or drawing based on the selected stories).

ABOUT SARAH JANE SANDERS

Sarah Jane Sanders is a Lexington-based food and editorial photographer. She earned her Bachelor’s Degree in Fine Art with a focus on New Media at the University of Kentucky and later received the W.P.P.I Hy Sheanin Memorial Scholarship. Sarah Jane is particularly drawn to the full circle of food as a lens for focusing on culture. From origin, to processing, to the table, food is a universal language that bridges cultural boundaries. She is compelled to make photographs that tell stories, answer questions and express beauty, and aim to produce photographs that spark connections, build and recall memories, and celebrate daily life.

Her work has illuminated the pages of many publications nationwide, including Cake & Whiskey, The Local Palate, Eating Well, Chevy Chaser, and numerous blogs, including BraveTart, hosted by Stella Parks, whom Food & Wine magazine named one of Americas’s top five new pastry chefs in 2013.

Sarah Jane has also collaborated with many female Kentucky authors, helping them develop their published story visually: Nora Rose Moosnick (Arab and Jewish Women in Kentucky: Stories of Accommodation and Audacity, University Press of Kentucky, 2012), Stella Parks (Sweet Truth, Norton, forthcoming), Rona Roberts (Classic Kentucky Meals: Stories, Ingredients, & Recipes from the Traditional Bluegrass Kitchen, The History Press, 2014), and Maggie Green (A Taste of Kentucky, Far Country Press, forthcoming.)

Artist website: sarahjanewebb.com/