A retrospective are exhibit documenting the life and works of 20th century American painter and illustrator John Alan Maxwell. A result of 20 years of research by his great nephew, Douglas McDaniel, the exhibit features Maxwell’s works for a variety of nationally and internationally acclaimed authors, including Pearl S. Buck, John Steinbeck, and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The Reece Museum currently holds Maxwell’s permanent collection based upon donations by previous family members. This exhibit breaks new ground by revealing rare illustrations previously unknown to even the family, and displays Maxwell’s work in a new light.

This is the annual Master of Fine Arts graduate student exhibition. The artists included are Charlesey L. Charlton, printmaking; Samuel Crowe, drawing; Justin Hammer, painting; Megan Levacy, painting; David Mazure, printmaking; Tammy Mercure, photography; John Simmons, ceramics; Ani Volkan, printmaking; and others. The exhibition features a diverse group of emerging artist using various mediums in fresh ways. One undercurrent in the show is the relationship between man and nature. Painter Megan Levacy's work focuses on the biological and cellular similarities of man and nature and her new work focuses on the correlation between man and insects. Printmaker Charlesey L. Charlton makes layered works that combine printmaking and mixed media drawings to address her experience in the Appalachian region and the connection to the land and subsequently, the consumption of its resources. Also set in the region, photographer Tammy Mercure's work looks at the tourist towns and people surrounding the natural beauty of the Great Smoky Mountains. Printmaker David Mazure starts his work in response to forms in nature, addressing the fact that the universe is constantly in flux. While man and nature is one of the prevailing themes, the exhibition promises to cover many topics and highlight many mediums showing the depth and range of the work of the current M.F.A. candidates from East Tennessee State University's Art Department.

The “Hokes Medical Arts” exhibition was assembled by Beauvais Lyons, a professor at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville’s School of Art. Included are drawings and hand-printed lithographs depicting the human anatomy as documented by one E.O. Hokes. The work is from a collection of other inventive historical adaptations represented in the Hokes Archives. It is Lyons’ contention that Hokes created bookplates and renderings for medical journals cataloging rare and unusual internal conditions, and this exhibit is a representation of those accounts.

Real or “hoax”? You be the judge.

Every spring the Reece Museum’s student employees choose their favorite artifacts from the collection. Each student cleans, researches and prepares their chosen object for exhibition. The exhibit is curated and designed by the students. This show gives the public a rare view into the eclectic holdings of the Reece Museum’s Permanent Collection.