National Juried Exhibition of 2024
February 2-24, 2024
National Juried Exhibition of 2024
Opening reception: Friday, February 2, 5:00-9:00 PM with awards at 5:30 PM
Gallery hours: Monday-Thursday, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM; Friday, 9:00 AM – 7:00 PM; and Saturday, 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM
The Arts & Culture Alliance is pleased to present its 18th annual National Juried Exhibition, a new exhibition featuring selected works from 37 artists throughout the region. The National Juried Exhibition was developed to provide a forum for artists to compete on a regional scale and display their highest quality work. The exhibition encompasses all styles and genres from both emerging and established artists working in a variety of media such as wood, photography, oil, glass, fiber, paper and more. Over $1,800 in cash awards will be announced at a brief awards ceremony at 5:30 PM on February 2 with remarks from the juror, Sisavanh Phouthavong Houghton.
Exhibiting artists include:
+ Skip Rohde of Mars Hill, NC
+ Ann Harwell of Wendell, NC
+ Jerry Knight and Manuel Marti of Crossville, TN
+ Alan Finch of Jacksboro, TN
+ Brian R. Melton of Jamestown, TN
+ Carla Taylor of Johnson City, TN
+ Timothy Bridges, Jordan Butzine, Gino Castellanos, Julie Clairin, Shannon Ferguson,
Anthony TungNing Huang, Merry Koschan, David G. Liles, Victoria May, Tom Owens, Annie Rochelle, Robin Moore Rohwer, Hanna Seggerman, Misty Tippens, Cynthia Tipton, Megan Wolfkill and Vicki Wyrick of Knoxville, TN
+ Susan B. Miller and Judy Kelley Jorden of Lenoir City, TN
+ Katina Kelsey, Kathryn Payne and Lois Anne Trader of Loudon, TN
+ Barbara A. Gamble and Vickie Kallies Lee of Maryville, TN
+ Yvonne Dalschen of Oak Ridge, TN
+ Jane F. Newman of Ooltewah, TN
+ Steve Griffin of Soddy Daisy, TN
+ James A. Anderson of Speedwell, TN
+ Judy Lavoie of Tellico Plains, TN
+ Jan Muir of Vonore, TN
About the juror: Sisavanh Phouthavong Houghton is a Lao American interdisciplinary visual artist and Painting Professor at Middle Tennessee State University. She recently exhibited internationally in Italy and Greece and nationally at The Knoxville Museum of Art and Susquehanna Art Museum. She has been featured in The New Art Examiner, The Next-Door Neighbor, and various podcasts. Permanent collections include the Hunter Museum of American Art and the American Embassy, Paramaribo, Suriname. Houghton earned her BFA at the University of Kansas and an MFA at Southern Illinois University of Carbondale, IL. In 2023, she won Best in Show for the 38th Positive/Negative Exhibition; in 2022, she was awarded a Tri-Star Current Art Warhol Foundation Fund and a MTSU’s 2022 Distinguished Creative and Teacher of the Year Award; in 2020, she was nominated for the Joan Mitchell Foundation Arts Award; in 2019, she received an ArtFields’ Painting Award; and in 2017, she was a Tennessee Arts Individual Artist Fellowship recipient. She is represented by Tinney Contemporary Gallery in Nashville, TN. https://www.sisavanhphouthavong.com