The Slocumb Galleries
Ball Hall
ETSU Dept,. of Art and Design
Mailing address:
Box 70708
ETSU
Johnson City, TN 37614-1710
Phone: (423) 439-4747
Fax: (423) 439-4393

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The Slocumb Galleries is the university art center under the Department of Art & Design. It has two galleries located on the first level of Ball Hall which provide exibition space both for the art students at the university and visiting exhibitions of works by nationally renowned artists from various regions across the country. Curatorial selections are made through screenings of submitted proposals reviewed by the Gallery Committee and the Gallery Director.

The Slocumb Galleries is the university art center under the Department of Art & Design. It has two galleries located on the first level of Ball Hall which provide exibition space both for the art students at the university and visiting exhibitions of works by nationally renowned artists from various regions across the country. Curatorial selections are made through screenings of submitted proposals reviewed by the Gallery Committee and the Gallery Director.

SLOCUMB GALLERIES at ETSU

The Slocumb Galleries under the Department of Art & Design at the ETSU College of Arts and Sciences provide year-round exhibition program featuring BFA and MFA Graduation Shows and the Visiting Artists Exhibition & Lecture Series with the aims to encourage the development of the visual arts in support of the academic experience at ETSU and the surrounding communities. The galleries’ mission is to provide venue and access to contemporary art by organizing innovative exhibitions that promote artistic excellence, cultural awareness and creative thinking.

The Slocumb Galleries also organizes the annual Positive Negative Juried National Art Exhibition. This anticipated event draws artists all over the country using various media and technique contributing to the academic and local communities’ exposure and broader appreciation of current trends in contemporary art.

The Slocumb Galleries has partnered with various ETSU units such as the Women’s Studies Program, Office of Multicultural Affairs, International Program and Services, Division of Theater and Dance under the Department of Communications, Honors College, Archives of Appalachia, Bluegrass, Olde Time and Country Music Program and the Reece Museum to advance interdisciplinary collaborations. Support from local establishments such as the Nelson Fine Art, Artopia, Urban Redevelopment Alliance, Johnson City Custom Framing, Mountain States Health Alliance, Johnson City Area Arts Council as well as individuals and groups in the private sector who support the Friends of the Slocumb Galleries are significant in the success of its program.

The ETSU Department of Art & Design’s Permanent Collection is also under the curatorial care of the Slocumb Galleries. The recent and most significant addition to the collection is the acquisition of 152 original photographs by Andy Warhol through a grant from the Andy Warhol Foundation’s Photographic Legacy Project.

The Slocumb Galleries are open Monday-Friday from 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. The Tipton gallery at 126 Spring St. in Downtown JC is also operated by SG for its student exhibitions; gallery hours at Tipton is by appointment. For more information, please contact SG Director Karlota I. Contreras-Koterbay via email contrera@etsu.edu or call 423.483.3179. The Slocumb Galleries events are open to the public free of charge.

To support the Slocumb Galleries, please donate cash or in-kind gifts to Slocumb Galleries Fund
c/o Karlota Contreras-Koterbay


Exhibitions:

Figures and Faces in the Abstract: Sculptures by Mary Ann Prack
February 6 to 24
Tipton Gallery
Reception: February 16, Thursday, 5 to 7 p.m.

57th Annual Society of Illustrators Exhibition
January 30 to February 17
funded by the Mary B. Martin School of the Arts (MBM SOTA) at the Slocumb Galleries

Revelation: Two-Man Show by Donna Wilt and John Hilton
January 23 to February 3

• Reception for “Revelation” Two-Man Show by Donna Wilt and John Hilton at the Tipton Gallery. February 3, First Friday, 6 to 8 p.m.