The Cress Gallery of Art at The University of Tennessee Chattanooga announces the 2014 UTC Department of Art Juried Student Exhibition, supported by the Friends of the Cress Gallery. Jered Sprecher, Artist and Associate Professor of Art at University of Tennessee Knoxville, serves as juror.
Best in Show, Stomp, Kyle Wood
From the 140 works submitted, Sprecher choose 61 works by 45 student artists for inclusion in the exhibition. Eight awards were announced and presented during the public reception on Tuesday, January 14:
Best in Show
Kyle Wood
Stomp
2013
video documentation of his performance
First Place Overall
Maggie Paden
Personal Victory #217
2013
paint and plaster on wood and wire armature
Second Place Overall
Claire Bloomfield
Tea and Ink
2013
video transferred to dvd
Third Place Overall
Travis Hitchcock
America the Beautiful
2013
digital output on various papers
Award of Merit
Dolores Hoffman
Trap #1
2013
sticks, mirror, fishing line
Award of Merit
Adam Kirby
untitled
2013
clay
Award of Merit
Angel Renta
Abandoned Sculptures
2013
color photographs
Award of Merit
Danielle Anderson
The Illusionist
2013
wood, paint, mirrors
First Place Overall, Personal Victory #217,Maggie Paden
Sprecher also announced the Curator’s Awards:
Curator’s Award
Keren Beddoe
4th year Photo + Media Arts
untitled (suite of 4 related video performances transferred to dvd)
2013
Curator’s Honorable Mention
Corinne Atamaniuk
2nd year Pre-Art
Isolation (Narrative)
2013
oil on paper
Curator’s Honorable Mention
Brooke Craig
2nd Year Pre-Art
untitled independent project (suite of 4 related b&w photographs)
2013
film based photography
This exhibition runs through January 27, 2014.
Any student enrolled in courses within the professional curriculum of the Department of Art at UTC could enter up to two works in any media created within the framework of their classes. Entries spanned the Department’s concentration areas from first to fourth year level in Foundations, Painting and Drawing, Photography and Media Art, Sculpture, and Graphic Design.
“The submissions overall were very strong this year, and the Juror’s independent selections clearly demonstrate powerful conceptual themes, mastery of skills, and hours of commitment on the part of the Department’s students and, by extension, the dedication of the faculty who guide and mentor them,” said Ruth Grover, Director and Curator of the Cress Gallery.
Exemplary of the full art curriculum, the exhibition includes a broad range of work from pen and ink to performance with a stunning variety of visual forms that reference both trends in contemporary art practice, and the extraordinary complexities of our 21st century.
Admission to the Cress and any Cress event is free and open to the public.
The Cress Gallery is located in the lobby of the UTC Fine Arts Center, 752 Vine Street, 37403.
Gallery hours: 9:30am – 7:30pm Monday – Friday
1:00pm – 4:00pm Saturday and Sunday (closed January 20)
For more information:
fB Cress Gallery of Art
or contact ruth-grover@utc.edu
