CURRENT
SPRING 2019
Tangibility of Faith: Art & Religion in Appalachia and Tennessee
Curated by Moira Frazier , Cheyenne Good & Amber Howard
January 2 to February 22, Tipton Gallery and Reece Museum
InterFaith Panel & Reception: January 31, 2019, Reece Museum, 5 p.m.
First Friday Reception: February 1, Tipton Gallery, 6 to 8 p.m.
Sponsored by the Tennessee Arts Commission’s Arts Project Support (APS) Grant in partnership
with the Reece Museum, Department of Philosophy & Humanities, Women's Studies Program
Positive/Negative 34 National Juried Art Exhibition
Juror: Ann Meisinger, The Metropolitan Museum, New York
January 28 to February 15, Slocumb Galleries
Reception & Juror's Lecture: February 21, Thursday, 5 to 7 p.m.
The Art of Violence, curated by Michael Fowler
February 25 to March 8, Slocumb Galleries
Reception: TBA
MFA Exhibition: Alice Salyer
February 25 to March 8, Tipton Gallery
Reception: March 1, First Friday, 6 to 8 p.m.
MFA Exhibition: Jordan Whitten
March 18 to 29, Tipton Gallery
Reception: March 29, Friday, 6 to 8 p.m.
BFA Exhibitions
March 4 to 29, Slocumb Galleries and the Reece Museum
Joint Gala Reception: March 21, Thursday, 5 to 7 p.m.
MFA Exhibition
April 1 to 12, Slocumb Galleries
Reception: TBA
Diverse & Beautiful: Latinx Tennessee
April 1 to 19, Tipton Gallery
Reception: April 5, First Friday, 6 to 8 p.m.
Sponsored by the ETSU Student Activities Allocation Funds & partnership with the Language
& Culture Resource Center, Multicultural Center, Department of Anthropology & Sociology,
Office of Multicultural Affairs, and School of Continuing Studies
Student Honor Show 2019
April 15 to May 4, Slocumb Galleries
Reception: TBA
Honors Thesis Exhibition: Amber Howard
April 22 to May 10, Tipton Gallery
Reception: May 3, First Friday, 6 to 8 p.m.
FALL 2018
Diverse & Beautiful: Interchangeable by Althea Murphy Price
August 22 to September 20, 2018, Slocumb Galleries
Reception & Panel: September 20, Thursday, 5 p.m.
Panel on Black Artists in TN & Appalachia: Ball Hall Auditorium at 6 p.m.
Sponsored by the ETSU Student Activities Allocation Funds (SAAC) as part of the Diverse
& Beautiful Project, in partnership with the Language & Culture Resource Center (LCRC),
Umoja Festival, Multicultural Center, Office of Multicultural Affairs, Department
of Anthropology & Sociology, School of Continuing Studies, Women's Resource Center,
Africana Studies Program and TN Arts Commission's Arts Build Communities (ABC) Grant
Diverse & Beautiful: Detangling/Unraveling the Politics of Hair
Curated by Karlota Contreras-Koterbay and Karen Sullivan
September 6 to 28, 2018, Tipton Gallery
Reception: September 7, First Friday, 6 to 8 p.m., during UMOJA Unity Festival
Featuring: Brandon Donahue, Olivia Ellis, Lawrence Matthews, Lester Merriweather, Carl Moore,
Althea Murphy Price, and Carlton Wilkinson
Performance of 'Madam CJ Walker' by Memphis-based Storyteller Valerie Houston:
September 7, First Friday reception at Slocumb Galleries, 6:30 p.m., Johnson city
Public Library, September 8, Saturday at 2 p.m., and during the UMOJA Unity Festival
on September 8, at 6 p.m. with the 'JC Hair Parade' by Crown Cutz Academy and regional
hair salons and hairstylists
Sponsored by the ETSU Student Activities Allocation Funds (SAAC) as part of the Diverse
& Beautiful Project, in partnership with the Language & Culture Resource Center (LCRC),
Umoja Festival, Multicultural Center, Office of Multicultural Affairs, Department
of Anthropology & Sociology, School of Continuing Studies, Africana Studies Program,
Storytelling Program, Crown Cutz Academy & regional Hairstylists/Salons, Johnson City
Senior Center, Johnson City Public Library, Soleus Massage, Jonesborough Bed & Breakfast,
Holston Elementary, and the TN Arts Commission's Arts Build Communities (ABC) Grant
Up the Gravel Path: Arrowmont Artists-in-Residence
Curated by Lindsay Rogers
September 24 to October 19, 2018, Slocumb Galleries
Reception & Panel: October 9, Tuesday, 5 to 7 p.m., Ball Hall Auditorium
Featuring: Sasha Baskin, Alyssa Coffin, Everett Hoffman, Stephanie Wilhelm and Kari Woolsey
Sponsored by the Tennessee Arts Commission's Arts Project Support (APS) Grant, in
partnership with the Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts, TN Craft Week, JC Senior Center
and Boys & Girls Club of Bristol
La Historia Crea El Presente (History Creates the Present):
Antuco Chicaiza and Latin American Art from the Reece Museum Collection
October 22 to 26, Slocumb Galleries
Papel Picado with Rosalie Lopez:October 27, Saturday, at the Mc Kinney Center, Jonesborough, 10 a.m. and at Morristown,
3 to 5 p.m.
In partnership woth the Language & Culture Resource Center, and Tennessee Arts Commission's
Arts Project Support (APS) Grant
Diverse & Beautiful: Kayumanggi - Post Colonial Filipinx
October 4 to 26, Tipton Gallery and the Reece Museum
Performance & Lecture by Alejandro Acierto: October 3, Wednesday, Tipton Gallery
Reception: October 5, First Friday, 6 to 8 p.m., Tipton Gallery
Demo by Emmy awardee animator Jess Española: October 5, Digital Media, 2p.m.
Critiques by Gina Osterloh: October 11, Ball Hall
LCRC Día de los Muertos with Rosalie Lopez: October 26, Friday, 5 to 7 p.m., at Tiptopn
Gallery and October 27, Saturday, 2 p.m., at St. Patrick's Church, Morristown,
Featuring: Alejandro Acierto, Leticia Bajuyo, Gigi Bio, Kelvin Burzon, Richard Brown,
Manel Isla Contreras, Gina Osterloh and Emmy awardee Jess Española
Sponsored by the ETSU Student Activities Allocation Funds (SAAC) and the East Tennessee Foundation (ETF) Arts Fund in partnership with the Reece Museum, Language & Culture Resource Center, Multicultural Center, Office of Multicultural Affairs, Department of Anthropology & Sociology, School of Continuing Studies, Department of Music, Digital Media Program, American Museum of Philippine Art, East TN SW VA Filipino-American Association and theTN Arts Commission's Arts Build Communities (ABC) Grant
