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The Artist Mapping Knoxville's Art Scene With Wood and Wire

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Lauren Farkas, a high school art teacher in Knoxville, creates handcrafted maps for monthly First Friday art walks using inventive materials—watercolor, tape, digital animation, needle-felted gloves, burned sneaker soles, and locally harvested paper mulberry, goldenrod, and walnut ink—to help people navigate and feel welcome in the city's expanding network of artist-run galleries and community studios.

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