Keelan O’Sullivan, writer, curator, and executive director of Institute 193, joins host Kate Savage to discuss Casey Joiner’s exhibition "Housekeeping," a dreamlike photographic meditation on family, grief, and the architecture of memory. Keelan explains how Casey’s images—rooted in the experience of losing her father and inheriting the family home—balance personal specificity with universal resonance, offering moments of beauty within the landscape of loss. The conversation pivots to the story and mission of Institute 193, a nonprofit contemporary art gallery and publisher dedicated to amplifying artists from the modern South and supporting their careers beyond regional boundaries. Keelan details the gallery’s history, founding by Philip March Jones, and its role as an incubator for emerging and established Southern artists, as well as its vibrant publishing program that brings Lexington’s creative energy to a wider audience through books and archives. The episode closes with insights into the institute’s unique fundraising model, upcoming projects, and lasting impact on the arts landscape both locally and nationally.

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