The National Juried Exhibition of 2017
February 3-24, 2017
National Juried Exhibition of 2017
Opening reception: Friday, February 3, 5:00-9:00 PM with awards ceremony at 6:00 PM
Exhibition hours are Monday-Friday, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
The Arts & Culture Alliance is pleased to present its eleventh annual National Juried Exhibition, a new exhibition featuring selected works from over 30 artists in the Southeast region. The National Juried Exhibition was developed in 2006 to provide a forum for local artists to compete on a national 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 photography, acrylic, pencil, fibers, oil, paper, stoneware, and more. Over $1,000 in cash awards will be announced at a brief awards ceremony at 6:00 PM on February 3.
Exhibiting artists include: John Anderson, Mark Bender, Eric Buechel, Rebecca J. Buglio, Genevieve Byrd, Bill Cook, Jr., C Y Cooper, Yvonne Dalschen, Claudia Dean, Khoa Dang Dinh, Roger Fleenor, Gordon Fowler, Michael E. Galyon, William Goolsby, Nina Hardison, Ann Harwell, Chasidy Hathorn, Todd Johnson, Perry Johnson, Pat Kumicich, Vickie Kallies Lee, Brandon Lutterman, Benjamin Madeska, Michael Murphy, Julie Oglesby, Clay Pardue, Christen Parker, Amber Patty, Manya Pirkle, Jose Roberto, Chris S. Rohwer, Mark Runge, Mary Saylor, Byeol Shim, Nancy Stalls, Sam Stapleton, Jessica Stewart, Denise Stewart-Sanabria, Dale Sumner, Cheryl Tarrant, Keith Thomson, Marilyn Avery Turner, Ken Van Dyne, Katherine Wagner, and Marianne Woodside.
A gallery of images may be viewed at https://goo.gl/photos/mxWrNLjT1RkLPSZz6.
Dorothy Habel served as juror for the exhibition. Trained as an art historian, she joined the faculty in Art History of the School of Art at the University of Tennessee in 1980, and she retired as Director of the School in 2016 after eight years of service in that position. She was also a Distinguished Professor in the Humanities at UT. Over the years, she has been involved in regional adjudication, most recently for the Arts in the Airport exhibition in spring 2015.
2017 National Juried Exhibition – Juror’s Statement
The selected works form a rich digest of the submissions, revealing a number of characteristics of this larger pool: Almost without exception the works are representational, regardless of medium; mixed media works abound; and there is a penchant for small scale work. Painting and photography are the two dominant media among works submitted, and notably scarce were works on paper and in 3D media. Especially exciting is the keen interest in making work in mixed media. I applaud the work of all the artists whose works I had the privilege to review, and I celebrate the works on view for their invention and their ambition.
Dorothy M. Habel
Professor emerita
School of Art, University of Tennessee