Welcome to ETSU's Art Galleries!

THANK YOU TENNESSEE ASSOCIATION OF MUSEUMS TAM Awards of Excellence for the Diverse & Empowered exhibition series (2020) and Visibility as Presence (2021) with Award of Commendation for the Publication Catalogues (2020). The Diverse & Empowered Project included: 'Kayumanggi: Post Colonial Filipinx,' 'Ansiedad y Pertenencia (Anxiety & Belongingness): Latinx TN and the World,''Silenced Narratives: Africanx Artists' and 'Rumors of Necessity: Asianx Artists. Under the Special Recognition category, the 'Visibility as Presence' exhibition series featured 'Black Diaspora: From Africa to Appalachia to Affrilachia,' New Latinx South: Vanessa Gonzalez and Nick Peña,' and 'Welcome Home: Her Liminal Asian Appalachian Experience.'

The ETSU Tipton & Slocumb Galleries are funded by the East Tennessee State University under the Department of Art & Design and the Student Activities Allocation Committee (SAAC) with generous support from the East Tennessee  Foundation (ETF) through the Arts Fund and Hope in Action grants and the Tennessee Arts Commission through the Arts Build Communities (ABC) and Arts Project Support (APS) grants. We are a member of the Tennesseeans for the Arts and we encourage all to support the TN Specialty Plate Program in funding the arts.

Spring 2023

Pan Dulce y Yo: J. Leigh Garcia
January 10 to February 10, 2023, Slocumb Galleries
Cyanotype Demo & Reception with Artist's Talk: February 9, Thursday, 3 p.m. and 5 to 7 p.m.
Presented in collaboration with Language and Culture Resource Center, Bravissima! Women Sponsoring the Arts and Corazon Latino Festival with funding from the Arts Build Communities (ABC) Grant, Arts Fund from East Tennessee Foundation and Mike Burns

Nostalgia, Nihilism and Necropsy: MFA Group Exhibition
January 19 to February 24, 2023, Tipton Gallery
Reception: February 3, First Friday, 6 to 8 p.m.

Positive/Negative 38 National Juried Art Exhibition
Juror: Mark Scala, Chief Curator, Frist Art Museum
February 14 to March 24, 2023, Slocumb Galleries
Zoom Artists Talk: March 8, Wednesday, 6 p.m. via ZOOM ID 710 908 4999
Reception and Juror’s Lecture: March 23, Thursday, 5 p.m. at Slocumb Galleries followed by lecture at 6 p.m. at the Ball Hall Auditorium

Winess, Revival, Testimony: MFA Exhibition by Laura Ann Schroeder
March 2 to 24, 2023, Tipton Gallery
Reception: March 3, First Friday, 6 to 8 p.m.

BFA Studio Art Exhibitions: Micheal Bumgarner, Holley Romey and Trent Foster
March 27 to April 7, 2023, Slocumb Galleries
Joint Reception: March 30, Thursday, 5 to 7 p.m. in coordination with the Reece Museum
Guest of Honor: Dr. Kimberly McCorkle, ETSU Porovst

Conditional Surroundings: Environmental exhibit curated by Shai Perry and Brooke Day
March 30 to May 2, 2023, Tipton Gallery
Reception: April 6, Thursday, 6 to 8 p.m., Tipton Gallery
Guests of Honor: Washington County Commissioner Hon. Jodi Jones and ETSU College of Arts & Sciences' Dean Dr. Joe Bidwell
Curators' and Artists' Talk: April 20, Thursday, 6 p.m. via ZOOM ID 710 908 4999
Environmental Oral Histories:  April 26, Wednesday, 4:30 to 6:30 p.m.
Featuring Katlyn Brumfield, Jordan Fowler, Travis Graves, Nora Hartlaub, Jay Jacobs, Devin Lovett, Amanda Musick,
Sun Young Park, Sandra De La Rosa, Hugo Ximello Salido, Marissa Shell, Linda Tien, Kathleen Thum and Dr. Jason Davis, ETSU CAS Basler Chair for 2022
Presented in collaboration with College of Arts & Sciences, Department of Sustainability, EcoNuts, Reece Museum, Bravissima! Women Sponsoring the Arts, with funding from the Arts Build Communities (ABC) Grant, Mike Burns and the Arts Fund from East Tennessee Foundation

BFA Graphic Design Exhibitions
April 10 to 15, 2023, Slocumb Galleries
Joint Reception: TBA

Student Honor Show 2023
Juror: Katie Mitchell, Gallery Director, Belmont University
April 17 to May 5, 2023, Slocumb Galleries
Reception: May 3, Wednesday, 5 to 7 p.m with Guest of Honor: Dr. Brian Noland, ETSU President

Pan Dulce y Yo: J. Leigh Garcia
May 4 to 8, 2023, Tipton Gallery
Presented in collaboration with Language and Culture Resource Center, Bravissima! Women Sponsoring the Arts and Corazon Latino Festival with funding from the Arts Build Communities (ABC) Grant, Arts Fund from East Tennessee Foundation and Mike Burns
Book Signing of 'A is for Affrilachia' by award wnning poet Frank X Walker on May 8, Monday at 7 p.m.
with Atlas Books, Johnson City Public Library and University of KY Press

Providence Academy Annual High School Exhibition
May 10 to 14, 2023, Tipton Gallery

Fall 2022

Y'all Don’t Hear Me: Black Appalachia Curated by Kreneshia Whiteside-McGee 
September 1 to October 7, Tipton Gallery; August 16 to September 23, Slocumb Galleries
Opening Reception: September 2, First Friday, 6 to 8 p.m., Tipton Gallery
UMOJA Festival: September 10, Saturday, 1 to 6 p.m., Face Painting at King Commons Park
Film Showing of Ramell Ross' Hale County, This Morning, This Evening: September 14, Wednesday, 7 p.m., Ball Hall Auditorium, reception at 6 p.m., Slocumb Galleries
Closing Reception with Spoken Word Poets: October 7, First Friday 6 to 8 p.m.
Poetry Reading by Nikki Giovanni: September 20, Tuesday, 6 p.m., Brown Hall Auditorium

In partnership with ETSU Black American Studies, Bert C. Bach Written Word Initiative, Department of Language & Literature, Office of Equity & Inclusion, Language & Culture Resource Center, Mary V. Jordan Multicultural Center, Student Activities Allocations Committee, Department of Appalachian Studies, Black Faculty & Staff Association, Radio, TV & Film Studies, Film & Media Studies, Black American Writers Series, Langston Centre, UMOJA Festival, Sankofa, Bottom Knox, East Tennessee Foundation, Tennessee Arts Commission APS Grant and Bravissima: Women Sponsoring the Arts

Carousel: Drawings by Christopher Capoyianes curated by Brooke Day 
September 26 to October 14, 2022, Slocumb Galleries;
Reception & Curator's Talk: October 12, Wednesday, 5 to 7 p.m.

This Skin I'm In / LGBTQIA+ Photography Exhibition:
Co-curated by Starr Sariego and Tema Stauffer
October 13 to November 23, Tipton Gallery;
Reception & Artists' Talk: November 4, First Friday, 6 to 8 p.m.; 
Panel discussion: November 14, Monday, 5 to 7 p.m., Tipton Gallery

In partnership with ETSU Women, Gender & Sexuality Studies Program, Mary V. Jordan Multicultural Center, Student Activities Allocations Committee, Safe Zone, Tri-Cities Pride Center, East Tennessee Foundation's Arts Fund and Bravissima: Women Sponsoring the Arts

MidSouth Sculpture Alliance (MSA) Juried Exhibition
Jurors: Leticia Bajuyo and Mike Barclay 
October 17 to November 11, 2022, Slocumb Galleries;
ZOOM Reception: October 25, Tuesday, 5 to 7 p.m., Zoom ID 710 908 4999
Reception and Artists' Talk: November 10, Thursday, 5 to 7 p.m., Slocumb Galleries

BFA Studio Art Seniors' Exhibitions 
November 14 to 23, 2022, Slocumb Galleries;
Reception: TBA 

BA Senior Exhibition 2022
November 28 to December 10, 2022, Slocumb Galleries;
Reception: TBA 

BFA Graphic Design Seniors' Exhibitions
December 1 to 9, 2022, Tipton Gallery;
Reception: December 2, First Friday, 6 to 8 p.m.

Summer 2022

Women's Rights Are Human Rights: International Posters on Gender-Based Inequality, 
Violence, and Discrimination Curated by Professor Emerita Elizabeth Resnick
May 2 to July 29, 2022, Slocumb Galleries

Providence High School Annual Exhibition
May 10 & 11, Tipton Gallery

Beauty of Bio curated by Greta Lane
June 13 to 24, Tipton Gallery; reception: June 17, Friday, 6 to 8 p.m.
In partnership with Girls Scouts of America and William King Museum Art Lab
Featuring: Lyn Govette, Greta Lane, Jocelyn Matthewes, Catherine Murray, Kelly Porter, and Suzanne Stryk

Hidden Treasures: African American Artists of Johnson City
curated by Lynn Bachmann and Lyn Govette
July 1 to August 20, Tipton Gallery; reception: August 5, First Friday, 6 to 8 p.m.
In partnership with Langston Centre, UMOJA Festival, Black American Studies and ETSU Multicultural Center

Spring 2022

Yellow Book: Cities Divided photographs by Joanne Warwick
January 18 to February 18, Slocumb Galleries
Zoom ID 710 908 4999 Artist's Talk: January 24, 2022, 10 a.m.

Photo image by Johanna Warwick

MFA Exhibition by Hannah Taylor
February 1 to 18, 2022, Tipton Gallery

MFA Exhibition by Greg Smith
February 22 to March 11, 2022, Tipton Gallery

National Juried Art Exhibition
February 22 to April 1, Slocumb Galleries
Juror: Kevin Tucker, Chief Curator, High Museum, Atlanta, Georgia

Juror's Lecture: March 30, Wednesday, 6 p.m., ZOOM ID 710 908 4999

MFA Exhibition by Hanna Traynham
March 15 to April 8, 2022, Tipton Gallery

Catfish: SPDA Group Exhibition
April 4 to 8, Slocumb Galleries

Student Honor Show 2022
April 12 to 29, Slocumb Galleries
Juror: TK Smith, Curator and Art Writer
Reception: April 20, Wednesday, 5 to 7 p.m.
Guest of Honor: Dr. Kimberly McCorkle, Provost and Senior VP for Academics

America Unraveling: Zero Space Collective curated by Brooke Day
April 12 to May 7, Tipton Gallery

Women's Rights Are Human Rights: International Posters on Gender-Based Inequality,
Violence, and Discrimination
Curated by Professor Emerita Elizabeth Resnick
May 2 to July 29, 2022, Slocumb Galleries

Providence High School Annual Exhibition
May 10 & 11, Tipton Gallery

PAST EXHIBITIONS

Fall 2021

Collaboration Now: Printmaking Exhibition curated by Jake Ingram 
August 18 to September 17, Slocumb Galleries
Reception: September 7, Tuesday, 5 to 7 p.m.

Mixed American: Negotiating Shifting identities curated by Shai Perry 
September 1 to October 8, Tipton Gallery

Panel on Mixed Race: September 2, Thursday, 6 p.m., The Langston Centre
Reception: September 3, First Friday, 6 to 8 p.m., Tipton Gallery

Diptychs are Triptychs  curated by Mike Calway-Fagen 
September 20 to October 1, Slocumb Galleries

Funny Haha: CORE Students 
October 14 to November 5, Tipton Gallery
Reception: November 5, First Friday, 6 to 8 p.m.

Confluence: A Visual Discourse of US Academic Art Jewelers
Juror: Robly Glover, Texas Tech University
October 5 to 29, (during National Craft Week), Slocumb Galleries

BFA Exhibitions 
November 1 to 23, Slocumb Galleries
November 11 to December 10, Tipton Gallery 

BA Exhibition
November 29 to December 10, Slocumb Galleries

SPRING 2021

Welcome Home: Her Liminal Asian-Appalachian Experiences
Curated by Jose Ardivilla and Kreneshia Whiteside
January 19 to February 25, 2021, Slocumb Galleries
February 4 to March 19, 2021, Tipton Gallery
Artists' Virtual Studio Visit: February 23, Tuesday, 6 to 8 p.m.
Panel on Women, Immigration and Empowerment: March 3, Wednesday, 6 to 8 p.m.

Art Now America National Juried Art Exhibition
Juror: Mike Calway-Fagen
March 2 to April 9, Slocumb Galleries
Juror's Lecture: March 24, Wednesday, 5 to 7 p.m.

Trancendence: Existence Beyond the Normal or Physical Level - MFA Group Exhibition
March 22 to April 9, 2021
Artists' Talk: April 9, First Friday, 5 to 7 p.m. p.m.

MFA Exhibition by Shanna Glawson
March 22 to April 9, Slocumb Galleries

Student Honor Show 2021
April 12 to May 8; Reception: April 29, Thursday, 5 to 7 p.m.
Juror: Dr. Jason Hoelscher, Gallery Director & Faculty, Georgia Southern University
Guest of Honor: Dr. Joe Sherlin, VP for Student Life & Enrollment

Tennessee Daze Inn: Curated by Jeff Kinzel
April 15 to May 7, Tipton Gallery
Artists Virtual Talk: April 28, Wednesday, 5 to 7 p.m.
Open House: May 7, First Friday, 6 to 8 p.m.

FALL 2020

Black Diaspora: From Africa to Appalachia to Affrilachia
Reclaiming Experience, Memory and Place
Curated by Marie Cochran, Affrilachian Artist Project and Lyn Govette, Fiber Artist
August 19 to September 11, Slocumb Galleries, and August 27 to October 16, Tipton Gallery 

Art Quests with Viola Spells and Jason Flack: August 19, Wednesday, 3 p.m.,
Virtual Zoom & FB Live

Black Diaspora Panel: Conversations on Race, Education & Social Justice
September 3, Thursday, 6 p.m, Langston Centre, Virtual Zoom & FB Live
Panelists: Marie T. Cochran, Dr. Keith Johnson, Viola Spells, Frank X Walker, and Dr. William Turner

Film showing of 'Knoxville's Red Summer' and 'Expulsion from Erwin' with Q&A William Isom II: September 9, Wednesday, 7 p.m., Virtual Zoom & FB Live

Performance by Grammy-nominated musician Amythyst Kiah:
October 2, First Friday, 6 p.m., Virtual Zoom 710 908 4999 & ETSU Slocumb Galleries Page Facebook Live

Affrilachian Poet Frank Walker:
October 28, Wednesday, 2 p.m., Virtual Zoom & FB Live

In partnership with Langston Centre, Multicultural Center, Africana Studies, Language & Culture Resource Center, Center for Appalachian Studies & Services, Radio-TV-Film  Studies and Film & Media Studies programs, with funding from the ETSU Student Activities Allocation Committee (SAAC) and Tennessee Arts Commission's APS & ABC Grants

BFA Studio Arts Spring 2020 Alumni Exhibition:
Heather Fleming, Katie Murphy, Raina Nief, Shawn Quilliams, Samuel Wright
September 14 to 25, 2020, Slocumb Galleries

Providence High School Annual Exhibition
October 19 to 23, Tipton Gallery

NEW LATINX SOUTH: Nick Peña and Vanessa Gonzalez Exhibitions
'shelf life' by Nick Peña and 'Mi Casa Es Tu Casa' by Vanessa Gonzalez
September 29 to October 30, Slocumb Galleries
'Nostalgia' by Vanessa Gonzalez and 'house, non-house... geometry and echos' by Nick Peña
October 29 to December 11, Tipton Gallery
Dia de los Muertos: October 30, Friday, 5 to 7 p.m., Tipton Gallery
Art Quests: October 30, via Zoom 710 908 4999 and ETSU Slocumb Galleries' page Facebook Live, 3 p.m. 

In partnership with Langston Centre, Multicultural Center, Language & Culture Resource Center, with funding from ETSU Student Activities Allocation Committee and Tennessee Arts Commission's APS & ABC Grants

Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) Exhibitions: Caitlin Maupin, Zoey Thomas, Taylore Bivens,
Keenan Brasswell and Raven Cordy
November 2 to 13, Slocumb Galleries

BA Senior Exhibition: Melody Addison, Jenn Emert, Karson King and Drew Potts
November 16 to 24, Slocumb Galleries

Funding & support:

SG recent VISITING ARTISTS & ART MENTORS:

Johanna Warwick, Photographer, January 2022

Robly Glover, Metalsmith, October 2021

Kelly Brown, Poet, October 2021

Jake Ingram, Printmaker, September 2021

Mike Calway-Fagen, Curator, March 2021

Viola Spells, William Isom II, Jason Flack, Frank X Walker, Fall 2021

Logan Lochner, Editor, Burnaway Magazine, February 2020

Gina Mamone and Chelsea Dobert-Kehn, Queer Appalachia, February 2020
William Major, Photographer; Jake Ingram, Printmaker; John E. May, Photographer; Mary Nees, Painter; Jane Broderick, Painter/Fiber Artist; Kevin Gardner, Painter; and Kymberly Day, Painter; February 2020

Jo Ann Walters, Photographer, January 2020

Sisavahn Phoutavong, Painter and Jarrod Houghton, Painter, November 2019
Paul Pak-hing Lee, Photographer, October & November 2019
Alejandro Acierto, Sound Artist, Musician, November 2018 & 2019

Ashton Ludden, Printmaker, October 2019

Cathryn Amidei, Fiber Artist, October, 2019

Terrell Carter, Painter/Writer, and Shai Perry, Painter/Curator, September 2019

Greg Pond, Sound Installation Sculptor, September, 2019