Slocumb Exhibitions & Events

The Slocumb Galleries are educational exhibition venues of the Department of Art & Design under the College of Arts and Sciences at East Tennessee State University.

Our Mission is to develop creative excellence, foster collaborations, promote inclusivity and encourage critical thinking by providing access to and serving as inclusive platforms for innovative ideas and diverse exhibitions. The Slocumb Galleries promote the understanding, presentation and appreciation of contemporary art in support of the academic experiences and the cultural development of the region, through collaborative programming with various units and community institutions.

The ETSU Tiptomn & Slocumb Galleries are recipient of multiple Tennessee Association of Musems TAM Awards from 2023, 2021, 2020 Award of Excellence conferred to: Black & Queer Apapalchia (2023),  Visibility as Presence (2021) and Diverse & Empowered (2020) exhibition series with Award of Commendation for 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 Black & Queer Apapalchia exhibitions included 'Y All Don't Hear Me, Black Gaze, This Skin Im In and Sounds of Our Soul mural.

The ETSU Tipton & Slocumb Galleries are funded by the East Tennessee State University under the Department of Art & Design, the Student Activities Allocation Committee (SAAC), College of Arts & Sciences and Mary B. Martin School of the Arts (MBMSOTA) 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.

 

CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

 

SPRING 2025

 

Exceptional Myths: Dawn Dickins
January 13 to February 14, 2025
Artist's Talk & Reception: February 13, Thursday, 5 to 7 p.m.
Funding from Tennessee Arts Commission and ETSU Student Academic Allocation Committee 

Positive/Negative 40 National Juried Art Exhibition
Juror: Nandini Makrandi, Chief Curator, Hunter Museum of American Art
February 17 to March 14, 2025, Slocumb Galleries
Juror's Lecture & Reception: March 12, Wednesday, 5 to 7 p.m.

MFA II Exhibition: Caitlin Maltbie
March 24 to April 4, Slocumb Galleries; Reception: TBA

Iterations
April 7 to 17, Slocumb Galleries; Reception: TBA

Mary & Jim Martin Student Juried Art Exhibition 2025
Juror: Leticia Bajuyo, Young Arts and Mid South Sculpture Alliance
April 21 to May 9, Slocumb Galleries; Reception: TBA

 

PAST EXHIBITIONS

 

FALL 2024

THRESHOLD: Kimberly English
August 5 to September 27, Slocumb Galleries;
Artist’s Talk & Reception:  September 26, Thursday, 5 to 7 p.m. 
with Guest of Honor ETSU First Lady Donna Noland
Funding from ETSU SAAC and Tennessee Arts Commission

PREY/TELL: Melissa Vandenberg
September 30 to November 8, Slocumb Galleries;
Reception & Artist’s Talk: October 24, Thursday, 5 to 7 p.m., Slocumb Galleries
Guests of Honor: Dr. Brian Noland, ETSU President and Johnson City Commissioner Jenny Brock
Funding from ETSU SAAC and Tennessee Arts Commission
Melissa Vandenberg ETSU Student Mentorship

 

Posters for Peace, Curated by Johnathon Strube
November 11 to 22, Slocumb Galleries
Reception & Diverse Discussion: November 14, Thursday, 5 to 7 p.m.
with Dr. Susan McCracken as Guest of Honor
Panelists: Dr. Michael Bufano, Nathan Farnor, Dr. Michelle Crumley and Prof. Pouya Janhanshahi

 

SPRING 2024

 

What Does It Mean? Jonathon Strube
January 16 to February 9, 2024, Slocumb Galleries

Positive/Negative 39 National Juroed Art Exhibition
Juror: Michelle Fisher, Curator, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
February 12 to March 8, Slocumb Galleries

 

FALL 2023

Beyond Photojournalism, Before Clinchfield: Ron Campbell, Larry Smith, Katie Sheffield, Charles Warden, Curated by Amber Dawn Farley
Closing reception: August 28, Monday, 5 to 7 p.m., Slocumb Galleries 
Guest of Honor ETSU Chief Operating Officer, Arch. Jeremy Ross

Black Bodies Making Form: Curated by Karlota Contreras-Koterbay & Karen Sullivan 
September 17 to October 7, Slocumb Galleries
Crafting Blackness Panel: September 28, Thursday, 4 to 6 p.m., Ball Hall Auditorium, 
followed by Black Bodies Making Form closing reception at 6 p.m., Slocumb Galleries
Guests of Honor: Ms. Dorothy Grisham, ETSU Board of Regent and Kim Waag, Tennessee Craft

re(Play): Sculptural Installations by David B. Smith
August 23 to September 14, Slocumb Galleries
Closing Reception & Artist's Talk: September 14, 5 to 7 p.m., Slocumb Galleries
Guest of Honor: Dr . Leah Adinolfi, ETSU Dean of Student Engagement 
 
Trapped in Forever Smile: Fiber Installations by Jan-Ru Wan
October 10 to November 3,  Slocumb Galleries
Opening reception & Artist's Talk: October 10, Tuesday, 5 to 7 p.m.
Guest of Honor: Dr. Joe Sherlin, ETSU VP for Student Life and Enrollmennt

 

 

SPRING 2023

Pan Dulce Y Yo: Latinx J. Leigh Garcia
January 10 to February 10, 2023, Slocumb Galleries
Reception with Artist’s Talk:  February 9, Thursday, 3 p.m. and 5 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
Reception and Juror’s Lecture:  March 23, Thursday 5 p.m., Slocumb Galleries
followed by lecture at 6p.m. Ball Hall Auditorium

 

 

FALL 2022

 

Y'all Don’t Hear Me: The 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: 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.

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

 

SPRING 2022

 

Yellow Book: Interstate Legacy and Old South Baton Rouge by Joanne Warwick
January 18 to February 18, 2022
Artist's Talk: January 24, Monday, 10a.m., ZOOM ID 710 908 4999
Lecture on the Green Book by Dr. Daryl Carter: February 18, Friday, 6 to 8 p.m.

Photo image by Johanna Warwick

 

Positive/Negative 37 National Juried Art Exhibition
February 22 to April 1, 2022
Juror: Kevin Tucker, Chief Curator, High Museum, Atlanta, Georgia
Juror's Lecture: March 30, Wednesday, 6 p.m., Zoom ID 710 908 4999

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

 

 

FALL 2021

 

Collaboration Now, Curated by Jake Ingram and Chen Shitong
August 18 to September 17, Slocumb Galleries
Studios: Brimstone Editions, Jackalope Editions, Paper Plains Edition,
Pulp Editions and Silver Magic Ships

Diptychs are Triptychs  curated by Mike Calway-Fagen 
September 20 to October 1, Slocumb Galleries
Artists: Stefani Byrd, Crystal Campbell, Siobhan Landry, Bree Newsome, 
Alejandro Almanza Pereda, TK Smith

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
Juror's Lecture: October 27, via ZOOM 710 908 4999
Artists: Jessica Calderwood, Kat Cole, Nicole Deschamps-Benke, Robert Ebendorf,
Mary Hallam-Pearse, Leah M. Hardy, Mindy Herrin-Lewis, Chris Irick, Anya Kivarkis,
Andrew Kuebeck, Keith Lewis, Sharon Massey, Ana Lopez, Sharon Portelance,
Sarah T. Roberts, Lin Stanionis, Rachelle Thiewes, Jess Tolbert, Kee-Ho Yuen 

BFA Exhibitions
November 1 to 23, Slocumb Galleries

BA Exhibitions
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
Artists' Studio Visit: February 23, Tuesday, 6 to 8 p.m. via ZOOM ID 710 908 4999
Panel on Women, Migration and Empowerment: March 3, Wednesday, 6 to 8 p.m.

Artists: Beizar Aradini, Leticia Bajuyo, Miyuki Akai Cook, Sonya Yong James,
Meena Khalili, Marta Lee , Vy Ngo, Elena Øhlander, Sisavanh Phouthavong, Halide Salam 

 

Art Now America National Juried Art Exhibition
Juror: Mike Calway-Fagen
March 2 to April 9, Slocumb Galleries
Art Quests- Juror's Lecture: March 24, Wednesday, 5 to 7 p.m. via ZOOM ID 710 908 4999

Student Honor Show 2021
April 13 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

 

FALL 2020

Black Diaspora: Reclaiming Experience, Memory and Place
Curated by Marie Cochran, Affrilachian Artist Studio and Lyn Govette
August 18 to September 11, 2020
In partnership with Langston Centre, Language & Culture Resource Center, Multicultural Center and funding from the ETSU Student Activities Allocation Committee (SAAC)

NEW LATINX SOUTH: 
'shelf life' by Nick Peña and 'Mi Casa Es Tu Casa' by Vanessa Gonzalez 
September 29 to October 30, Slocumb Galleries
Dia de los Muertos: October 30, Friday, 6 p.m., 
via Zoom 710 908 4999 and ETSU Slocumb Galleries page Facebook Live

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

 

SPRING 2020

Jo Ann Walters: Where Was It the World?
January 13 to February 13; Reception, Artist's Talk & Student Mentoring: February 10 & 11
Sponsored by the ETSU Student Activities Allocation Committee (SAAC)

 

Dolly P/N 35: National Juried Art Exhibition
Juror: Logan Lockner, Editor, Burnaway Magazine
February to March; Performance by ETSU Chorale of Dolly Parton's Clear Blue Morning: February 26
Panel of Dolly Parton's Impact on Appalachian and Pop Culture: March 3, Slocumb Galleries
Panelists' videos: Dr. Ted Olson, Logan Lockner, Gina Mamone, Chelsea Dobert-Kehn, Dr. Jane Broderick, William Major, facilitated by Ashley Gregg

In partnership with the Center for Appalachian Studies, Department of Music, Slocumb Galleries Student Guild and funding from the Student Government Association (SGA) B.U.C. Funds

 

FALL 2019
Greg Pond: From Static to Oscillatory (and Back Again)
August 26 to September 27; Reception, Artist's Talk & Mentoring: September 27 & 28
Sponsored by the TN Arts Commission’s Arts Project Support (APS)

In Flux: by SEFEA (Southeast Fibers Educators Association)
September 30 to October 25;
Reception, Artist's Lecture and Art Demo by Cathryn Amidei: October 24 & 25
Sponsored by the TN Arts Commission’s Arts Project Support (APS) Grant, ETSU Student Activities Committee (SAAC) and Research Grant from The Center for Craft

SPRING 2019

Other Man's Treasure: Daniel Derwelis
Reception and Gallery Talk: January 24, Thursday, 5 to 7 p.m.

Positive/Negative 34 National Juried Art Exhibition
Juror: Ann Meisinger, Independent Curator, and Assistant Educator,
Public Programs & Creative Practice, Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC
January 28 to February 22; Public Engagement Workshop: February 22, Reece Museum
Reception, Juror's Lecture & Student Mentoring: February 21, Ball Hall Auditorium
Sponsored by the ETSU Student Government Association (SGA) B.U.C. Funds

FALL 2018

Diverse & Beautiful: Interchangeable by Althea Murphy Price
August to September; Reception & Panel on Black Artists in Appalachia: September 20, Ball Hall Auditorium
Sponsored by the ETSU Student Activities Allocation Funds (SAAC) as part of the Diverse & Beautiful Project, in partnership with Language & Culture Resource Center (LCRC), Umoja Festival, Multicultural Center, 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

 

Up the Gravel Path: Arrowmont Artists-in-Residence curated by Lindsay Rogers
September 24 to October 19; Reception & Panel: October 9, Ball Hall Auditorium
Ceramic and Jewelry/Metals Demo & Student Mentoring: October 9 & 10
Artists: Sasha Baskin, Alyssa Coffin, Everett Hoffman, Stephanie Wilhelm, 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

 

La Historia Crea El Presente (History Creates the Present):
Antuco Chicaiza and Latin American Art from the Reece Museum Collection
Curated by SG Curatorial Intern Alexis Jennings; October 22 to 26 during ETSU Hispanic Student Day

 

SPRING 2018

Along the Horizon: Contemporary Drawing in Tennessee
Curated by Vanessa Mayoraz and Andrew Scott Ross
January 16 to February 23, Slocumb Galleries and Reece Museum
Reception, Student Mentorship &  Panel Discussion on Contemporary Drawing: February 15 & 16, Ball Hall
Speakers: Stephen Wicks, Curator at the Knoxville Museum of Art, Richard A. Lou, Chair of the Department of Art at the University of Memphis, and Denise Stewart-Sanabria, Artist and Art Writer, Numbers Magazine
Along the Horizon: Contemporary Drawing in Tennessee focused on artists living in, or from Tennessee,
who consider drawing as a substantial part of their contemporary practice. The thirteen contributing artists, residing in cities from Memphis to Johnson City, use a wide range of methodologies, which explore the limits, and traditions of the medium. In partnership with the Reece Museum, the Mary B. Martin School of the Arts, with support from the Tennessee Arts Commission through the Arts Project Support (APS) Grant.Featured work by: Jonathan Adams, Ben Butler, Nick DeFord, Wade Guyton, John Hilton, Paula Kovarik, Dawn Martin Dickins, Richard A. Lou, Rob Matthews, Althea Murphy-Price, Joel Parsons,
Denise Stewart-Sanabria, P.A. Turner. Images by Denise Stewart-Sanabria, Ben Butler and Richard Lou.

Positive/Negative 33 National Juried Art Exhibition
Juror: Margaret Winslow, Curator of Contemporary Art, Delaware Art Museum
March 1 to April 6; Reception, Juror's Lecture & Performance Art Student Mentoring: March 29 & 30
Supported by the Slocumb Galleries Student Society, the Honors College, Women's Resource Center, Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and funding from ETSU Student Government Association (SGA) B.U.C. Funds 

FALL 2017

The Absurdity of Truth: John Feodorov
September 18 to October 13; Reception, Lecture & Student Mentorship: September 21 & 22, Ball Hall

In partnership with the 4th Annual ETSU Native American Festival, and Slocumb Galleries Student Society, the Honors College, Northside Elementary, University School, Office of Multicultural Affairs, and funding from  ETSU Student Government Association (SGA) B.U.C. Funds and the Tennessee Arts Commission's
Arts Build Communities (ABC) GrantTo view the videos on Feodorov's lecture and exhibition at Slocumb Galleries, please click:
'Absurdity of Truth', 'Office Shaman', 'Totem Teddies'

donottellmewhereIbelong: Drawings & Sculptures by Joan Tanner
Curated by Julien Robson
October 16 to November 3; Reception, Lecture & Student Mntorship: October 19 & 20
In partnership with the Artful Aging Project, Johnson City Public Library, the Honors College, JC Seniors Center and funding from the Tennessee Arts Commission's Arts Project Support (APS) Grant

Artful Aging: Birds and Sculptures Curated by Angelique Lynch
August 28 to September 15; Reception: September 14
In partnership with Artful Aging Project, Johnson City Public Library and funding from Aroha Philantrophies 

SUMMER 2017

Artful Aging: Home & Family  Curated by Katie Sheffield
July 24 to August 23; Reception: August 17
In partnership with Artful Aging Project, Johnson City Public Library and funding from Aroha Philantrophies

Our Appalachia: Community and Innovation
Curated by Slocumb Galleries' Curatorial Interns Moira Frazier, Cheyenne Good, Amber Howard
June 26 to July 18; Reception: July 6, Guest of Honor: Krishna Adams, Tennessee Arts Commission
Performance by Ed Snodderly during receptionArtists: Art Brown, Aleta Chandler, Wayne Culberston, Richard Dwyer, Shane Fero, Mira Gerard,
Travis Graves, Mindy Herrin, Megan King, Patti Lawrence, Liz Layton, Val Lyle, Jeannine Marchand,
Alex McClay, Theresa Markiw, Jocelyn Matthews, John Edwin May, Vanessa Mayoraz, Patricia Mink,
Don Morris, Calvin Nicely, Andrew Scott Ross, Alice Salyer, Randy Sanders, Ralph Slatton, Jim Stagner, Jeff Stoner, Anne Thwaites. Image by Mindy Herrin

SPRING 2017

Our State of the Union: Michael Fischerkeller
January 17 to February 9; Reception & Artist’s Talk: February 9
Guest of Honor: Commissioner Jenny Brock 

Tragic Disclosures: Dennis Greenwell
February 13 to March 3; Reception & LGBT Panel: March 2, Ball Hall Auditorium
To view LGBTQ Panelists' Talk: Dennis Greenwell and H.E.R.O.E.S., PFLAG, First Presbyterian Church
of Elizabethton, John Baker of Tri Cities Pride Community Center, ETSU Counseling, and Q & A

 
We Are The Artists: Positive/Negative 32 National Juried Art Exhibition
Juror: Anja Foerschner, Ph.D., Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles
March 13 to April 7; Reception, Juror's Lecture & Student Mentoring: March 23 & 24
Supported by the Slocumb Galleries Student Society, ETSU Civility Celebrations, Multicultural Center,
the Honors College, Women's Resource Center and the Privilege Walk Collaborative

FALL 2016

At Play In The Fields of Our Stuff: Ron Laboray
August to September;
Lecture, Reception & Student Mentoring: September 8 & 9, Ball Hall Auditorium

Decolonial Identity by Cherokee Artist Jeff Marley
September 19 to October 7; Reception & Performance: September 29
In partnership with 3rd Annual ETSU Native American Festival, September 23 & 24, ETSU Amphitheater
Sponsored by the ETSU Office of Multicultural Affairs, Multicultural Center and the
Tennessee Arts' Commission's Arts Build Communities (ABC) Grant

FACE IT: Reimagining Contemporary Portraits
Curated by Lynn Whitney, Andrew Hershberger & Jacqueline Nathan
October 10 to November 4; until November 22 at the Reece Museum
Joint Reception: October 18; Lecture & Student Mentorship by Jo Ann Walters, Ball Hall AuditoriumFeatured work by Artists: Elizabeth Bick, Barbara Bosworth, Alejandra Carles-Tolra, Elinor Carucci,
Lois Conner, Carlos Diaz, Jess T. Dugan, Marc Elliott, Anne Fishbein, Emmet Gowin, Nancy Hellebrand, David Hilliard, Joe Johnson, Billie Mandle, Daniel McInnis, Greg Miller, Andrea Modica, Matthew Montieth, Nicholas Nixon, Thomas Roma, Mike Smith, Sage Sohier, Mark Steinmetz, Jo Ann Walters

In partnership with Mary B. Martin School of the Arts (MBMSOTA), Bowling Green State University (BGSU) Fine Arts Center Gallery, Reece Museum, Honors College, Division of Cross-Disciplinary Studies,
Student Photography Association (SPA), ETSU Student Government Association (SGA) B.U.C. Funds and Tennessee Arts Commission's Arts Build Communities (ABC) Grant
Images by Matthew Montieth, Alejendra Carles-Tolra and Carlos Diaz.

 

SPRING 2016

Inhabitants: Creatures of Distant Worlds Curated by Marty Henley and Kevin Reaves
January 13 to February 5; Reception & Gallery Talk: January 29
In partnership with the Honors College. Image: Untitled by the Shiftlett Brothers

Positive/Negative 31: American & Woman National Juried Art Exhibition,
Juror: Al Miner, Associate Curator, Museum of Fine Art, Boston
February to March; Reception, Juror's Lecture & Student Mentorship
In partnership with the School of Continuing Studies & Academic Outreach, Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Honors College, Women's Resource Center and Student Government Association (SGA) B.U.C. Funds

 

FALL 2015

In / Skin / Between Installation by Nora Hartlaub  and Triads by Alan O’Neal
August 18 to September 11; Reception & Gallery Talk: September 10
In partnership with the Honors College. Images by Nora Hartlaub and Alan O'Neal

body and blood... Installation by Luzene Hill
September 14 to 24; Reception, ArtIFact & Performance: September 24
In partnership with the Office of Multicultural Affairs Women’s Resource Center, Honors College, Office of Equity and Diversity, Women’s Studies Program, Counseling Center, and the Tennessee Arts Commission's Arts Build Communities (ABC) Grants

 
Owasv ' Din'etah: Self and Homeland in Indigenous America
September 14 to 24; Reception, ArtIFact & Performance: September 24
In partnership with Office of Multicultural Affairs, Honors College, the MAP(ing) Project, Tamarind Institute and the Tennessee Arts Commission's Arts Build Communities (ABC) Grant through Kingsport ArtsPrints by Andy Warhol+ from ETSU Department of Art & Design/Slocumb Galleries Permanent Collection, Fritz Scholder  from Tamarind Institute Collection, and from the Map(ing) Project: Nicolas Galanin,
Rowan Harrison,  Tom Jones, Craig Kelly, Randy Kemp, Warren Montoya, Marilou Schultz, Sarah Sense, John Feodorov. Images: Translation by Craig Kelly and Greetings from Navajo Land by John Feodorov

Layers: Quilt as Form  Curated by Patricia Mink
October 5 to 30;
Reception, Lecture & Fibers Demo by Joan Schulze: October 15 & 16, Ball Hall
Artists: Susan Brandeis, Dorothy Caldwell, Judith Content, Nancy Crow,
Michael James, Jeana Eve Klein, Aaron McIntosh and  Joan Schulze

Sponsored by the Mary B. Martin School of the Arts (MBMSOTA), Honors College and the
Tennessee Arts Commission (TAC) Arts Project Support (APS) Grant.
Image: Midnight at the Louvre by Joan Schulze

Moments and Vision: Photographs by Tore Terrasi
November 4 to 24, 2015

 

SUMMER 2015

Struttura: Texture and Narratives in Ceramics,
Curated by SG Interns Moira Frazier and Shai Perry
July to August. Image: Folds by Jeanine Marchand

Urban Exposures,Twin City Photography Organization Curated by Katie Sheffield
August; Reception

SPRING 2015

Positive/Negative 30: Uncanny Valley National Juried Art Exhibition
Juror: Dr. Mika Yoshitake, Hirshhorn Museum of Art & Sculpture Garden
February, Reception & Juror's Lecture

 

FALL 2014

Politics of Representation, from Warhol to Map(ing)  
Curated by Karlota Contreras-Koterbay and Mary Hood,
September to October, during First ETSU Native American Festival;
Reception & Curator's Talk
*Recipient of Best New Program from ETSU Summit Award 2015

Artists: Dana Claxton, Jason Garcia, Shan Goshorn+, Thomas Greyeyes, Edgar Heap of Birds,
Ahkima Honyumptewa, Terrance Houle, Sonya Kelliher-Combs, Dallin Maybee, Wanesia Misquadace,
C. Maxx Stevens, Hulleah J. Tsinhnahjinnie, Steven Yazzie, special participation by Jean Hess with original prints by Andy Warhol+ from the ETSU Department of Art & Design/Slocumb Galleries Permanent Collection. 

In partnership with the ETSU Office of Multicultural Affairs, Student Government Association (SGA), Doubletree by Hilton, Women Studies Program, Women’s Resource Center and MAP(ing) Project
Images by Andy Warhol+, Shan Goshorn+ and Jason Garcia.

Exploration, Discovery: Emory & Henry Faculty of Art
October; Reception & Gallery Talk
Artists: Charles Goolsby, Perry Johnson, Anna Nenonen, Manda Remmen

 
SUMMER 2014

Handcrafted Auguries: Bridget Conn and Long, Long Journey to the Sea: Tim McCoy
June; Reception & Photography Demo by Tim McCoy

 

SPRING 2014

Ceramicists of Seagrove, NC, Curated by Scott Contreras-Koterbay
January to February 2014
Virtual exhibition

Positive/Negative 29: Pages National Juried Art Exhibition
Juror: Buzz Spector, CAA Lifetime Awardee, and Washington University,
January to February; Reception, Juror's Lecture & Student Mentoring
P/N 29 Virtual exhibition
 

FALL 2013

Radiant: Contemporary Encaustic  Curated by Reni Gower
August to September; Reception & Gallery Talk by Jane Allen Nodine
Artists: Kim Bernard, Kristy Deetz, Peter Dykhuis, Lorraine Glessner, Reni Gower, Heather Harvey,
Jeffrey Hirst, and Jane Allen Nodine

Garden of Eden: Photographs by Andrezej Maciejewski
September-October, Art-i-Fact by Prof. Peter Pawlowicz and
Student Panel on Sustainable Food from the Department of Allied Health

 

SPRING 2013

Positive/Negative 28: Minority Rule National Juried Art Exhibition
Juror: Michael Ray Charles, PBS Art 21 Artists of 21st Century, University of Texas
February; Reception, Juror's Lecture and Student Mentoring: March 4 & 5, Ball Hall

 

FALL 2012

Day On Fire: Apocalypse in Contemporary Art,
Curated by the Art & Design Gallery Committee: Mira Gerard, Joshua Greer and Chase Westfall
August to September; Reception and Lecture by Christopher Mir"The Day on Fire: Apocalypse in Contemporary Art reflect a cross-section of current preoccupations with devastation, war, end-times, and environmental collapse. The artists included in this exhibition openly question the meaning of ending by offering a contemporary perspective on memento mori, consciously acknowledging the relationship of desire and the death drive without offering definitive answers.” According to Gerard, the title The Day On Fire “is derived from a passage out of Rimbaud’s first-person masterwork A Season in Hell during which he takes on the self-mocking guise of a frenzied mystic, grasping at meaning through a performed poem. Like Rimbaud’s multiple-personality narrator, The Day on Fire is at times nostalgic, hopeful, devastated, romantic, humorous, and grandiose.”

Four Directions: Four Printmakers 
Artists: Catherine Chauvin, Kent Kapplinger, Robert Kennon and Ralph Slatton
September to October; Reception & Lecture by Kent Kapplinger.
Image: World As I See It by Catherine Chauvin

Masks of Michoacan
October, Travelling Exhibition; Reception & Lecture
Sponsored by the Mary B. Martin School of the Arts (MBMSOTA)

 

SUMMER 2012

Primarily Greene: Contemporary Art in Greeneville,TN
June to July; Guest of Honor: ETSU First Lady Donna Noland
Artists: Deborah Bryan, Michael Hale, Becky Mallory, Catherine Murray, Aurora Pope, Garry Renfro,
Mark Russell

Chow-Chow!, Curated by Joshua Greer and Chase Westfall
July to August; Reception & Gallery Talk

 

SPRING 2012

Illustrators 53: Society of Illustrators
January; Reception & Lecture by Prof. David Dixon
In partnership with the Mary B. Martin School of the Arts

Positive/Negative 27: Material Transformation National Juried Art Exhibition
Juror: Dr. Gail Levin,   City University of New York and Biographer of Lee Krasner
February to March; Reception, Juror's Lecture & Book Signing: February 24
In partnership with the Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

 

FALL 2011

Fluidity of Gender: Sculptures by Linda Stein
September, Reception, Artist's Talk & Performance by Students of Division of Theater & Dance

Wide Open Spaces and Orange Juice: Paintings by Lenore Thomas
September to October; Reception and Artist's Lecture
In partnership with the Mary B. Martin School of the Arts
Primary Point: Drawings by Tim McDonald
October, Reception and Artist's Lecture by Tim McDonald

 

SUMMER 2011

Pastiche & Provenance,  curated by Aaron Bernard and Kevin Palme
June to July; Reception & Curators' Talk

Land-Scape: Wes Sherman
July; Reception & Artist's Talk

TACA: Tennessee Association of Craft Artists
July to August; Reception & Artists' Talk

SPRING 2011

Point Time: A Geographic Confluence of Artists,  curated by Jean Hess
January, Slocumb Galleries and William King Museum of Art

Intervals Now: Christie Blizard
January to February; Reception & Artist's Talk

Positive/Negative 26 National Juried Art Exhibition
Juror: Sammie Nicely+,  Artist and Curator from Atlanta, Georgia
February to March; Reception & Juror's Lecture

Neo-Garde: Contemporary South Korean Art,  curated by Dr. Thalia Vrachopoulos
May to June, Traveling exhibition

 

FALL 2010

Bars and Tones: Brian Glaze and Threasures: Aaron Bernard
July to August; Reception & Artists' Talk

Entrees and Leftovers: Photographs by Larry Robinson
August to September, Reception & Artist's Talk


Crafting Contemporary Art: Studio Craft in Appalachia 
October; Reception &  Panel on Studio Craft facilitated by Megan Levacy: October 7
Artists:  Victoria Altepeter, Anastasia Azure, Jeanne Whitfield Brady, Linda Darty, Catharine Ellis,   Thaddeus Erdahl, Bill Griffith, Lisa Klakulak, Sung-Yeoul Lee, Sarah Perkins, Vince Ptelka,   Norm Schulman+, Melody Tiemann, Christine ZollerIn partnership with Appalachian Center for Crafts, Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts,
Penland School of Arts, ETSU Graduate Fine Arts Association, Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and funding from the Student Government Association (SGA) B.U.C. Funds. Image by Anastasia Azure

 

SPRING 2010

Positive/Negative 25 National Juried Art Exhibition
Juror: Julien Robson,  Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art and Speed Museum
February; Reception & Juror's Lecture: February 5

Illustrators 51: Society of Illustrators
February to March; Reception
In partnership with Mary B. Martin School of the Arts

Explosion of Color: Tony Henson
May to June; Reception

Structures and Subversions, curated by Anna Kell and Stacy Isenbarger
June to July; Reception

 

FALL 2009

Women Under the Influence: Kingsport Arts Guild
August; Reception

Holding Them: Ann Ropp
August-September; Reception

Secrecy Series: Sculptural Installation by Michael Aurbach
September, Reception, Artist's Lecture & Graduate Students' Seminar, Ball Hall Auditorium

Constructing Image: Insights to the Andy Warhol Photographs
and Appalachian Warhol
November, Slocumb Galleries and Reece Museum;
Panel on Andy Warhol at Reece Museum
Film Showing of select Warhol Films at the Ball Hall Auditorium. Image: Dolly Parton by Andy Warhol+ from the ETSU Slocumb Galleries Permanent Collection

 

 

SPRING 2009

Looking In & Looking Out by Korean artist Leeah Joo
January, Reception & Artist's Talk

Positive/Negative 24 National Juried Art Exhibition
Juror: Prof. Pradip Malde, Photographer, Sewanee University
February, Reception & Juror's Lecture: February 6, Ball Hall Auditorium

 

FALL 2008

Frolic: Humor + Mischief in New Taiwanese Art 
Curated by Dr. Thalia Vrachopoulos and Jane Ingram Allen
September, Traveling Exhibition; Reception & Curator's Lecture
In partnership with the Taiwan Council for Cultural Affairs, Taipei Economic & Cultural Office in NYC,
Tenri Cultural Center, and ETSU Office of Multicultural Affairs. Image from Tenri Cultural Center

Group Show: Sculptures by Steve Tobin
September to October; Image: Exploded Earth by Steve Tobin

Paredolia by Derek Buckner
October, Reception & Artist's Lecture, Ball Hall Auditorium

 

SPRING 2008

Mixed Media Work by Marius Lehene
January

Positive/Negative 23 National Juried Exhibition
Juror: Antoine Guerrero, Director of Exhibitions, P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center
February, Juror's Lecture & Reception, Ball Hall Auditorium

Filipina as Artist and Feminist
March; Reception & Artists' Lecture by Imelda Cajipe Endaya and Tala Isla-Contreras
Artists: Paz Abad Santos, Imelda Cajipe-Endaya, Brenda Fajardo, Tala Isla-Contreras, Julie Lluch
In partnership with  the Women's Studies Center, Tri-Iota and funding from the
Student Government Association (SGA) B.U.C. Funds. Image: Self Portrait by Julie Lluch

Pile: Gideon Barnett and Thinking Big: Eric Schubert
June to July; Curated by Tammy Mercure

 

FALL 2007

Spiritual Visions: Prints by Robert Kennon
June, Reception & Artist's Talk

Rupture: Installation Art by Elissa Cox
August, Reception & Artist's Lecture

Body Action Drawings: International Conceptual Artist Tom Marioni
September, Reception &  Artist's performance with FPA scholars and Bluegrass Program
In partnership with the Honors College, Art History Society, Old Time, Country & Bluegrass Program
and funding from the ETSU Student Government Association (SGA) B.U.C. Funds

Meditation: Drawings and Video Art by Thomas Tucker
October, Reception & Artist's Lecture

 

SPRING 2007

SACI (Studio Arts Center International) Traveling Exhibition
January, Reception Guest of Honor: Dr. Paul Stanton, President, ETSU

Positive/Negative 22 National Juried Exhibition
Juror: Toby Kamps, Senior Curator, Contemporary Art Museum - Houston
February, Reception & Juror's Lecture

FALL 2006

Stories from the Dream Cabinet Curated by Mira Gerard
September to October, Reception & Gallery Talk

Branded: New Work by Keith Herrin
October, Reception & Artist's Talk

Links to Additional Past Exhibitions

• Please click here for Past Exhibitions for Visiting Artists and Faculty & Alumni
• Archived BFA/BA/MFA Student Exhibitions
• Archived Positive/Negative National Juried Art Exhibitions