The “Moving Away From The Artificial, Human Intelligence” exhibit by the League of Striving Artists astonishes with their showcase of human talents. 

The collection contains different art styles from ceramics, to sculptures, ink on paper, acrylic and even digital art all highlighting the human experience. The exhibit was created by different people from LSA to separate human art from AI. 

One of the main reasons that makes this collection so special is every wall has a different theme to it, though not specified what they are. Each wall follows similar, but different patterns that all flow together throughout. 

“It’s especially unique because the members put it up. We go wall by wall and each wall has a theme or a unifying factor about them so everything looks cohesive when they’re set up next to each other,” said LSA President Amanda Smith.

“It is unique because there is a lot of work so it is a great resume line for everyone as well,” she said. This not only was an experience to walk through, but it provided the artists with experience and wonderful work to line their portfolios. 

April Hosey from Dickson, Tenn. is featured in the gallery with her artwork, “Pretty in Pink”. Her work was made to capture the humanistic qualities in art. “I wanted to focus on the figure, and I had thought that there would be nothing better than to include a self portrait that illustrates the imperfectly perfect human made qualities of my own body,” she said.

Her artwork embodies the human experience and truly captures something that AI simply cannot replicate with as much passion. The imperfections that make us inherently human.

Mickela Stewart from McNairy, Tenn. was one of the artists featured in this great showcase with three different pieces: “The Soul Creator”, “12:30” and “1:35”. 

“The Soul Creator” started as a class project which dealt with themes of power and times that she feels as though she doesn’t have control. “I named it The Soul Creator because artificial intelligence is capable of creating images of artwork, but it’s not really art work because AI is not capable of putting passion into it and only humans can do it,” said Stewart.

“Only humans have the power to put the soul into the work,” she said. 

“12:30” and “1:35” are pieces from a four part series that were featured in the collection following Stewart through a late night in the art building. “It’s a little story about me being in Fine Arts late at night while also dealing with themes of identity and feeling like there is a different version of myself following me and clawing at my ankles, trying to drag me back into old habits,” she said.

Just as Stewart says, humans are the only ones able to put passion into their work and it shows in this showcase.

As of Feb. 25, 2026 there are only three days left to see this one of a kind exhibit and to feel the weight of the human experience. Visit the art building gallery before it’s gone.