When Coop left its downtown digs at The Arcade for the front-room gallery at The Packing Plant in Wedgewood-Houston in 2016, the curatorial collective managed to keep the gallery situated in the shifting heart of the city’s contemporary art scene — but it also lost square footage, limiting the kinds of exhibitions it could show. It was a good trade that kept the gallery relevant and visible, even if the displays had to downsize. Coop took over The Packing Plant’s largest gallery space this year after Channel to Channel gallery moved to Chattanooga. The move found their membership and programming expanding in exciting new ways that might mean more Best of Nashville mentions in 2023.
