No Bigger Than a Breadbox: Biennial Small Works Show
April 2-30, 2021
No Bigger Than a Breadbox: Biennial Small Works Show
Opening reception: Friday, April 2, 5:00-8:00 PM with awards announced at 6:00 PM
Gallery hours: Monday-Friday 9 AM – 5 PM. Please note, the Emporium will be closed on Monday, April 5.
The Arts & Culture Alliance is pleased to present this second biennial juried exhibition featuring selected works from 52 artists throughout the United States. The exhibition was designed to celebrate the innovation of artists who create work on a small scale and in a broad range of media and styles. Over $1,000 in cash awards will be announced at a brief awards ceremony at 6:00 PM on April 2.
Exhibiting artists include:
+ Heidi Brueckner of Oakland, CA
+ Christian Hernandez of Atlanta, GA
+ Evelyn Davis-Walker of Hahira, GA
+ John Aquilino of Rockville, MD
+ Michael Hine of Fayetteville, NC
+ Ashley Miller of Albuquerque, NM
+ Eric England of Oxford, OH
+ Sheila Chesanow of Athens, TN
+ Manuel Marti of Crossville, TN
+ John Toomey of Dickson, TN
+ Mindy Herrin-Lewis and Carla Taylor of Johnson City, TN
+ Michelle Barillaro, Stephen Brayfield, Robmat Butler, Marianne Custer, Meggin Davenport, Lana Daverman, Casey Field, Jessica Gregory, Dean Heath, Patricia Herzog, Brian Horais, Shannon Deana Johnson, Shelley King, Andreas Koschan, Dino Liddick, Ling Lu, Shelley Mangold, Anne Namey, Sandra O’Rear, Tom Owens, Bill Robertson, Pamela Salyer, Kathleen Slocum, William Timm, Marilyn Avery Turner and Carl Whitten of Knoxville, TN
+ Steven McQuilkin of Lenoir City, TN
+ Muriel Fawcett of Loudon, TN
+ Carl Gombert and Marianne Woodside of Maryville, TN
+ Wendy Elliott-Pyle of New Market, TN
+ Elaine Culbert and Yvonne Dalschen of Oak Ridge, TN
+ Phil Savage of Powell, TN
+ Roberta Smashey of Rockwood, TN
+ Amanda Long of Signal Mountain, TN
+ Abraham Pardee of Sparta, TN
+ Judy Lavoie of Tellico Plains, TN
+ Deborah Nance of Vonore, TN
+ Douglas Aja of Waterford, VT
About the juror: Joan Bontempo has spent the last 16 years as Professor of Art and Art History at Hagerstown Community College, Hagerstown MD and has been and has been exhibiting her works in clay for 40 years. She has recently relocated her home and studio to Knoxville. Her work is sculptural and eclectic in ceramics and mixed media. She received her BFA from the University of Notre Dame and her MFA in ceramics from Wayne State University, Detroit, MI. Her work has grown from traditional forms and methods to experimental techniques expressing personal psychology, archetypal forms and spiritual musings, with clay combined with other materials or found objects, including altered canvases or metal.