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June 2008

Arts & Culture Alliance Presents 31st Biennial Exhibition of Tennessee Watercolor Society

The Arts & Culture Alliance is pleased to present the 2008 Tennessee Watercolor Society Biennial Exhibition, the 31st statewide juried exhibition showcasing representational and experimental paintings in watermedia by some of the most prominent artists from across the state. Sixty paintings from over 200 entries were selected for the exhibit by the juror, internationally known artist Cheng-Khee Chee, including 17 artists from the East Tennessee area. The show will be exhibited at the Emporium Center for Arts & Culture in downtown Knoxville from June 6 - July 25, 2008. The selected entries are original works in water-based media and completed during the past three years. An opening reception will take place as part of First Friday activities downtown on June 6 from 5:00 - 9:00 PM. Click here to view images from Knoxville exhibitors. The Exhibition 2008 Co-chairs are Harriet Howell of Rutledge and Kay Yazdi of Oak Ridge.

**PLEASE NOTE** The Emporium will be closed Friday, July 4. It will be open Saturday, July 5, 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM.

"Reaching into Dawn" by Harriet Howell

Knoxville area artists represented in the exhibit include Barbara Carter, B.J. Clark, Connie Cliff, Tom Eckert, Francie Entz, Genie Even, Russell Fox, Dot Galloway, Fran Henley, Harriet Howell, Brenda Mills, Mary Secrist, Laurie Szilvagyi, Mary Ann Valvoda, Le Voss, Kay Yazdi, and Nelson Ziegler. The exhibition is dedicated to the memory of nationally-known University of Tennessee art professor Carl Sublett, who died earlier this year.

The exhibition juror, Cheng-Khee Chee, will present a free watercolor demonstration at the Emporium on Sunday, June 1, 2:00 - 3:00 PM. Cheng-Khee was born in 1934 in Fengting, China, and received a B.A. from Nanyang University in Singapore and a Masters in Library Sciences at the University of Minnesota-Minneapolis. In 1979, Cheng-Khee started teaching watercolor painting at the University of Minnesota, where he became Associate Professor of Art in 1988. He has been represented in numerous national juried exhibitions and captured over 140 honors, including the American Watercolor Society Silver Medal, Allied Artists of America Gold Medal, and Knickerbocker Artists USA Grand Award Gold Medal and purchase Prize for Excellence.

"Interior - Boathouse" by Nelson Zielger

On Saturday, June 7, there will be a TnWS meeting at 10:30am; a demonstration of new acrylic paints by Jerry’s Artarama from 11:00 – 11:30 AM; and the exhibition awards reception from 1:30 - 4:00 PM. These events are free to the public and will be held at the Emporium Center.

The reception on Friday, June 6, from 5:00-9:00 PM, is free and open to the public, and features complimentary hors d’oeuvres. The 2008 Tennessee Watercolor Society Biennial Exhibition is on exhibit June 6 - July 25 at the Emporium Center, 100 S. Gay Street, downtown Knoxville. Exhibit hours are Monday-Friday, 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM.

About the Tennessee Watercolor Society
The Tennessee Watercolor Society (TnWS) became an organization in 1971. The first annual exhibition was held in 1972 at the Hunter Museum in Chattanooga. Today, they are a Biennial Exhibition organization with a statewide membership of more than 250 members. The purpose of the TnWS is to elevate the stature of watercolor and educate the public to the significance of watercolor as an important, creative, permanent painting medium. The organization purposes to further the interest of painters in all water media by its programs, competitive exhibits and workshops, encourage the study of water media by art students and others engaged in the medium, as well as supporting all the visual arts. For more information on the exhibit or other activities, call Harriet Howell at (865) 828-6302, or visit www.tnws.org.

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