Field Projects is proud to present TABITHA ARNOLD : GOSPEL OF THE WORKING CLASS. Gospel of the Working Class illuminates 100 years of labor struggle in the south through a series of narrative tapestry banners. Inspired by a historic union victory by the United Auto Workers at Volkswagen Chattanooga in 2024, Tabitha Arnold partnered with the People’s History of Chattanooga to bring little-known labor history back into public memory. The show emphasizes the reactionary south as a site of revolutionary struggle, profoundly shaped by its history of labor militancy and working-class revolt. Arnold appropriates bible-belt imagery from her own childhood into symbols of class struggle; a nod to the deep tradition of spirituality interlinked with socialist organizing in East Tennessee. The tapestries rest on the same banner poles used at the annual Durham Miner’s Gala in England, transforming them into public artworks that can travel to union rallies and live with the working people whose struggles they commemorate.
