At ICA At UTC: From Pages To Paintings In “The Dutch House”

“The Dutch House (Foyer)” by Becky Suss - one of the paintings on display at the Institute of Contemporary Art on the UTC campus.(Becky Suss / Jack Shainman Gallery, New York<br/>)Memories can endure in the homes in which they were made.Crystalize those memories through creativity - and they become art.Ann Patchett - a Tennessee native - wrote the novel “The Dutch House,” set in a fictional mansion in a suburb of Philadelphia.Becky Suss is a real-life painter from that area - and her collection of paintings centers on the mansion in the novel, also delving in directions beyond the page.You can find the paintings on display at the Institute of Contemporary Art on our campus, the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.On Saturday, starting at 2 PM, Becky Suss and Ann Patchett will have a conversation for the public in UTC’s Benwood Auditorium.I spoke with Becky - and Rachel Waldrop, director of the ICA.