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Ewing Gallery of Art and Architecture
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
1715 Volunteer Blvd.
Knoxville, TN 37996-2410
(865) 974-3200
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The Ewing Gallery of Art and Architecture is named in honor of C. Kermit "Buck" Ewing who initiated the art curriculum at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville in 1948.
Begun in 1981, the Ewing Gallery of Art and Architecture is a professionally managed university gallery, funded jointly by the Department of Art and the School of Architecture.
MISSION
To coordinate exhibitions that illustrate both historical and current attitudes in art and architecture; to support the academic goals of these respective areas; to serve as a cultural resource for the general university and regional communities.
To develop a permanent collection for the purpose of scholarly research and the enrichment of the University and regional communities.
To sponsor events that augment the curricula and expand students' awareness of art and architecture via artists' workshops, student critiques, public lectures, films, etc.
AUDIENCE
The students whose academic career goals are in the visual arts or architecture.
The general University community, both students and staff.
Individuals who reside in the immediate regional community (East Tennessee).
Through our touring exhibits, the southeast and the nation.
GALLERY STAFF STRUCTURE
Gallery Director, Gallery Registrar, Gallery Preparator, and student guards.
EXHIBITION POLICY
First priority is the relationship of gallery programs to the primary academic programs it supports. Programming emphasizes historic and current trends in art and architecture and stresses exhibits not readily available in our immediate area. The gallery schedule reflects various media and disciplines taught in the academic programs. It provides opportunities for students, faculty, and regional artists to exhibit their work.
PERMANENT COLLECTION
Approximately 3000 objects: Areas: General contemporary in all media, Asian, Graphic Design/Illustration, Architectural Drawings/Photographs.
FACILITY
Located on the first floor of the Art and Architecture Building, The University of Tennessee; approximately 3000 square feet of exhibition space with 300 running feet of wall surface (walls 11' high, ceiling 20' high); adjustable track lighting; security.
Gallery Hours
- Mon: 10AM - 8PM
- Tue: 10AM-5PM
- Wed: 10AM - 5PM
- Thu: 10AM-8PM
- Fri: 10AM-5PM
- Sun: 1PM-4PM
Located on the first floor of the Art and Architecture Building, The University of Tennessee
Parking is available at Circle Park or at the parking meters from Moday thru Saturday. On Sundays parking is available behind the Art and Architecture Building in Staff Lot no. 23. I-40 East and West Bound Traffic: Follow I-40 to exit 388A. (James White Parkway/Neyland Drive Exit). Note that Westbound traffic exits left lane. Follow signs for Neyland Drive and University of Tennessee. Go straight through two traffic lights and turn right at third light onto Lake Loudon Boulevard. To go to Circle Park take a right onto Volunteer Boulevard and Circle Park will be your first right. To go to Lot no. 23 turn left at Volunnteer Boulevard and take your next right (Pat Summitt Drive). Lot no. 23 is your first right entrance. I-75 Traffic: Northbound follow I-40 Directions above. Southbound exit I-275 (Knoxville) to I-40 east and follow above.
Exhibition
CONTINUARE
The Figurative Tradition in Contemporary Art
Aug. 9th - Sep. 12th
Continuare, in Latin, means to persist or to continue. In this exhibition, it evokes the many occasions from the nineteenth through the twenty-first century during which figurative art, and specifically figure painting, have been declared dead, of little importance, or merely irrelevant. From early modernism and abstraction, to minimalism and conceptual theory, proclamations asserting the avant-garde have been reviewed, examined, and finally exhausted, only to see figurative art reemerge as a primary focus of critical discussion. It adapts and redefines itself for the times, reassuming its role as a major motivating force for artistic expression.
Today, more and more contemporary artists utilize the human form as content in numerous media, including painting, sculpture, printmaking, photography, video, performance, and various multidisciplinary combinations. Contributing to this rich, ongoing tradition, the Ewing Gallery is pleased to present this exhibition of seven contemporary, regional artists who represent the human figure in their work.
A continuation of the Ewing Gallery summer series of Knoxville and vicinity artists, Continuare includes the work of:
Bain Butcher, Knoxville, TN
Judith Condon, Chattanooga, TN
Virginia Derryberry, Asheville, NC
Thaddeus Erdahl, Gatlinburg, TN
Lynda Evans, Knoxville, TN
Carl Gombert, Maryville, TN
Denise Stewart-Sanabria, Knoxville, TN
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