Nineteen year -
old Christy Huddleston decides to leave a sheltered life of luxury in 1912 Asheville to
serve as a teacher in a remote mission
schoolhouse in the Great Smoky Mountains of Tennessee.
Jack Shainman Gallery Opens Outpost in Hudson Valley Jack Shainman, the Chelsea - based gallery that represents El Anatsui, Radcliffe Bailey, Nick Cave, Barkley L. Hendricks, Kerry James Marshall, Toyin Odutola, Hank Willis Thomas, Carrie Mae Weems, and Lynette Yiadom - Boakye, among others, has opened a new location in Kinderhook, N.Y. Housed in the
old Martin van Buren
schoolhouse, the 30,000 - square - foot former high school has been renovated — from the gymnasium to the principal's office and classrooms — to
serve as exhibition space and potential studio space for artists.