Held in Transition

 

An exhibition hosted by The Arts Center of the Capital Region
Created in collaboration with Arts Letters & Numbers

Tacie Jones & Frida Foberg
September 26 – November 21, 2025
Artist Reception: September 26, 6–8 PM
The Jane Altes Gallery

Held in Transition invites viewers into a space where change is not just observed, but quietly present. This exhibition moves beyond finished works and fixed narratives, instead embracing the in-between—where stillness holds tension, and transformation may unfold through subtle shifts in perception. Through this immersive experience, audiences are invited to engage with evolving forms, presences, and perspectives. 

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Frida Foberg

Frida Foberg is a Swedish socially engaged artist and architect based in Brooklyn, NY. Her interdisciplinary practice bridges visual art,

 design, and social engagement, creating spaces where individual and collective stories unfold. Frida’s work explores themes of belonging, awareness, and resilience, often involving audiences and communities in creative processes that foster connection and dialogue.

Through installations, performances, murals, and visual works, she invites participants to contribute to shared expressions of identity and meaning, working across urban and rural settings. Visit her website here.

Her work has been shown at:

  • Venice Biennale (Venice, Italy)
  • Liljevalchs (Stockholm, Sweden)
  • Arko Art Museum (Seoul, South Korea)
  • Wilmer Jennings Gallery (NYC)
  • The Invisible Dog Art Center (Brooklyn, NY)
  • Stove Works (Chattanooga, TN)
  • Delaware Arts Alliance (Narrowsburg, NY)
  • Turn Park Art Space (West Stockbridge, MA)
  • Base 31 (Picton, Canada)
  • Albany Center Gallery (Albany, NY)
  • Opalka Gallery (Albany, NY)
  • Arts Letters & Numbers (Averill Park, NY)

Artist Statement
I believe in people and the spaces we create together. My work explores how we navigate the world through layers of learned structures, norms, and traditions—filters that shape our perceptions and relationships. While some of these filters become barriers, I believe they can be examined, questioned, and transformed.

Through installations, performances, and shared environments, I invite participation and dialogue. My practice engages everyday rituals—gathering around food, storytelling, and movement—to create moments of presence and connection.

Working in public and site-specific contexts, I aim to spark awareness of how we relate to ourselves, one another, and the places we inhabit. Each project is an opportunity to unlearn, reimagine, and rediscover the simplicity of being human, together.

Tacie Jones

Tacie Jones is an Assistant Professor of New Media at Marshall University’s School of Art & Design, where she teaches courses in experimental time-based art. She holds studio and research degrees from George Mason University and the Glasgow School of Art, along with an MFA in creative technologies and a practice-based interdisciplinary PhD from Virginia Tech. Visit her website here. 

Tacie’s work has been exhibited nationally and internationally, including:

  • Arts Letters & Numbers (Averill Park, NY)
  • Rhizome DC (Washington, DC)
  • The Women’s Library (New South Wales, Australia)
  • Pepney Gallery (Cavan, Ireland)
  • CICA Museum (Gimpo-si, Gyeonggi-do, Korea)
  • New Orleans Film Festival (New Orleans, LA)
  • AIR Gallery (New York, NY)
  • Agitator Gallery (Chicago, IL)
  • Taubman Museum of Art (Roanoke, VA)

She received the 2025 John Marshall Scholars Award for Gossamer Bodies, and the 2021–22 Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Fellowship. Her work has been supported by numerous grants and recognitions, including the 2019 ICAT Creativity and Innovation Day Process Award at Virginia Tech for Memory Bank.

Tacie currently serves on the New Media Caucus Executive Committee as Co-chair of Grants, Scholarships, and Finances.

About Gossamer Bodies
This project investigates the disconnection between mind and body that stems from Enlightenment thinking and persists in contemporary digital life. Using new media, performance, trauma-informed frameworks, and immersive technologies, Gossamer Bodies offers multisensory entry points into healing and sensory cognition.

Through hybrid forms—sound, taste, tactility, 360 video, XR, experimental animation, projection mapping, and more—Tacie creates experiences that seek to dissolve binaries and evoke presence across bodies, cultures, and time.