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January 2008
Photos from First Friday, January 4
Many thanks to all who visited the Emporium and joined the reception and awards ceremony for the National Juried Exhibition! Congratulations again to award winners Michael Wessel, Marion Randolph, Denise Stewart-Sanabria, and Chris McAdoo.
Enjoying the exhibit
Viewing the artwork
Enjoying the reception
Liza Zenni (L) with Denise Stewart-Sanabria (R), the Third Place winner of the Juried Exhibition (with her piece in the background)
Chris McAdoo with his piece which won an Honorable Mention
Woodturner Marion Randolph with his piece which received Second Place.
National Juried Exhibition of 2007 Winners Announced
Four awards totaling $1,400 have been presented to local artists as part of the Arts & Culture Alliance National Juried Exhibition of 2007. The awards ceremony and public reception will take place on First Friday, January 4, from 5-9pm at the Emporium Center in downtown Knoxville.
The National Juried Exhibition, presented yearly by the Arts & Culture Alliance, features works in the areas of acrylic, charcoal, oil, pastel, watercolor, prints, photography, mixed media, bronze, wood, hand-weaving, and steel by 30 artists from six states. It will be on display December 14, 2007 through January 11, 2008.
All 30 pieces in the exhibit, including the award winners, were chosen by juror Nandini Makrandi Jestice, Curator of Contemporary Art at the Hunter Museum of American Art in Chattanooga and Assistant Professor of Art History at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. Jestice viewed more than 200 submissions to select the show. “It was very difficult to select from such a wide range of creative expression and talent. The Arts & Culture Alliance should take great pride in offering artists of this region the opportunity to compare their work to that of others throughout the nation,” she said.
The first place award of $650 was awarded to Michael Wessel of Savannah, Georgia, for "Wednesday, November 26, 2005".
The second place award of $450 was awarded to Marion Randolph of Oak Ridge for "Ascension".
The third place award of $200 was awarded to Denise Stewart-Sanabria of Knoxville for "They Grew Corn".
The honorable mention award, a $100 gift certificate to Jerry’s Art-a-Rama, was awarded to Chris McAdoo, for "Still at Work".
All of the works on display are for sale and may be purchased through the close of the exhibition. The Emporium Center is open to the public Monday-Friday, 9am-5pm. The Emporium will be closed for the holidays from Monday, December 24 through Tuesday, January 1. The Emporium is located at 100 S. Gay Street in downtown Knoxville. For more information, please call (865) 523-7543 or visit www.knoxalliance.com.
Click here to view photos of the award-winning works in the exhibition.
Arts & Culture Alliance National Juried Exhibition
Exhibitors and Award Winners
Doug Christman
Loudon
“The Painting”
Digital photograph
Price: $100
B. J. Clark
Knoxville
“Passages”
Acrylic
Price: $1500
Bobbie Crews
Knoxville
“Faces of Egon”
Watercolor and mixed media
Price: $1,200
Lee H. Davis
Etowah, NC
“Touch of Gold Series V”
Mixed
Price: $1,500
Genie Even
Knoxville
“Fujis”
Watercolor
Price: $600
Eileen Gamey
Oak Ridge
“Adoration”
Digital photograph
Price: $200
Jeff Gamey
Oak Ridge
“Far View”
Digital photograph
Price: $200
Judi Gaston
Knoxville
“Recycle: Bottom of Your Button Box”
Handwoven of grocery bags/fiber, embellished with items from the bottom of button boxes
Price: $135
Rachel Gibson
Gatlinburg
“Potential and Expectation” (diptych)
Xerography transfer on board with hardware
Price: $495
Joyce Gralak
Knoxville
“Baby Steps”
Wax, found objects, photocopies, oil paint on masonite
Price: $1,995
Travis Graves
Elizabethton
“Ringed Branch”
Cast bronze
Price: $2,000
Philip J. Hoffman
Knoxville
“Sustenance”
Neckpiece; rubber, steel, foam, found materials
Price: $500
Mary Louise Hunt
Gatlinburg
“Passage”
Pastel/charcoal
Price: $2,500
Suzanne Jack
Knoxville
“Exuberance”
Pastel
Price: $750
Shaurya Kumar
Bowling Green, OH
“Picasso, Pablo; Weeping Woman, 1937”
Lithograph
Price: $400
Bernardina Loukota
Knoxville
“Venezia Doorway”
Pastel
Price: $250
Chris McAdoo
Knoxville
“Still at Work”
Charcoal on Paper
Price: $1,700
Honorable Mention, $100 gift certificate to Jerry’s Art-a-Rama
Roy McCullough
Knoxville
“Sam Adams Slept Here”
Oil on Canvas
Price: $375
Don Moore
Salisbury, NC
“The Etcher’s Wife”
Oil
Price: $1,100
Michael Murphy
Morristown
“Untitled”
Film photography
Price: $1,500
Jeffrey L. Palmer
Knoxville
“Forbidden Lantern”
Digital photograph
Price: $700
Steve Parrott
Jackson
“Dark Becomes Light”
Photograph
Price: $480
Virginia Pendergrass
Brevard, NC
“Tom”
Oil on canvas board
Price: $1,050
Richard Pratt
Knoxville
“Green Thoughts I”
Acrylic on canvas
Price: $3,500
Marion Randolph
Oak Ridge
“Ascension”
Hackberry wood
Price: $2,800
Second place award of $450
Skip Rohde
Mars Hill, NC
“A Pachydermian Portrait of King George II, Pope Karl, and Lord Cheney”
Oil on canvas
Price: $6,000
Michael G. Russell
Athens
“Riveted Vessel #4”
Steel
Price: $2,200
Denise Stewart-Sanabria
Knoxville
“They Grew Corn”
Charcoal on wood, acrylic sealant on dirty glass, found window
Price: $1,200
Third place award of $200
Marilyn Avery Turner
Knoxville
“Life Force”
Monoprint / Chine Collé
Price: $475
Michael Wessel
Savannah, GA
“Wednesday, November 26, 2005”
Chromogenic Print
Price: $900
First place award of $650
The Arts & Culture Alliance National Juried Exhibition is sponsored by the Arts & Culture Alliance of Greater Knoxville and receives financial assistance from the Tennessee Arts Commission, a state agency, and the City of Knoxville.
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