UTC Department Of Art 2017 Juried Student Exhibition Now Open

  • Sunday, January 15, 2017

The UTC Department of Art 2017 Annual Juried Student Exhibition with Juror Jeffrey S. Morton, professor and chair, Art Department, Covenant College, is now open at the Cress Gallery at UTC.

There will be a Juror's Public Lecture Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. in Room 201, Derthick Hall, 624 Vine St., followed by the public reception and juror’s awards presentation in the lobby of the Fine Arts Center. 

There will be a Juror’s Professionalism Session on Wednesday from 1-2 p.m. in Room 356 Fine Arts Center. 

The exhibition runs through Jan. 27, closed Monday, Jan. 16, in observance of the Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday.  Gallery hours are 9:30 a.m.–7:30 p.m., Monday-Friday and 1-4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.  All events and daily admission are free and open to the public.

A longstanding tradition within the mission of the Cress, this event provides students currently enrolled at all levels of the UTC Department of Art’s curricula the opportunity to submit their work for consideration by an independent jury. Participation in this professional process exemplifies the dedication of these students, the quality of their efforts in studios and classrooms, and their investment in their education from foundations to contemporary trends in art, said officials.

This year’s exhibition is unlike any in the past. It is diverse in content, varied in media and scale, and authentic in nature. Each work is unique. Whether the solution to an assigned problem or the development of an original concept, mastery of skill, embrace of risk, and desire to creatively express an objective are clearly apparent, said officials. 

Mr. Morton selected 57 entries from a total of 105 submissions. His selections include two dimensional work created in graphite, charcoal, oil, acrylic, and mixed media on canvas, wood, or paper; sculpture in metal, wood, plaster, concrete, or fiber; analog and digital photography; animation, manipulated and original video; “zines”, artists’ books, posters, and other examples of graphic design. Visitors will find themselves not just observing but also physically interacting, reading and listening.

In his statement, the juror offers an analogy to the wild fires that blanketed the city in smoke on Nov. 7, and the political fallout that surrounded the national election of Nov. 8. “Whatever we call it, the last few months for many of us felt like we had been stumbling our way through a material fog and a political haze," said Mr. Morton.  "Since art is a part of a particular community and context, our artists felt it too….The works in this collection address how artists not only feel their way through the haze, but more importantly how they work their way through it. They use their work to make sense of their environment and the events that surround them.” 

Mr. Morton holds an MFA from Yale University and a BFA from Temple University, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia. He is an accomplished painter specializing in various interpretations of the landscape. During a two-year residency in Japan early in his career, Mr. Morton was drawn to Japanese art and culture. His work of the last 25 years has a strong connection to the bold color fields found in 17th Century Japanese folding screens, and the fluid brushwork of the 19th Century Japanese ink painter Uragami Gyokudo. Mr. Morton has exhibited his work regionally and nationally, including the University of Tennessee Downtown Gallery, Knoxville; the Harrison Center for the Arts, Indianapolis; and the Delaware Center for Contemporary Arts, Wilmington. In Chattanooga he curated the show “Accessing the Artist’s Brain: Drawing as Metaphor” at the Association of Visual Arts, and his work was selected for the “Hunter Invitational III” (2014), Hunter Museum of Art. Most recently his exhibition “The Anxious Landscape” was exhibited in Knoxville at Pellissippi State Art Gallery. Mr. Morton received a 2016 Individual Artist Fellowship from the Tennessee State Arts Commission. Mr. Morton has served as professor of Art at Covenant College since 2000 and is currently chair of that program. 

The Cress is in the lobby of the UTC Fine Arts Center, 752 Vine St., corner of Vine and Palmetto Streets. 

Parking: After 5 p.m. on weekdays and all day on weekends, visitors to the Cress may park free in any nearby lot not marked “24 hour reserved”. Before 5 p.m. on weekdays, visitors may find limited nearby street parking or park in the 5th Street Garage near MacKenzie Arena for a $4 fee and stroll across campus to Vine Street. For more information about parking visit www.cressgallery.org.

This exhibition is supported in full by the contributions of the Friends of the Gallery. For more information visit www.cressgallery.org or contact the director email ruth-grover@utc.edu or voice and text at 304-9789 . 

If you require accommodations for this event, please contact the UTC Department of Art at 425-4178 or email Patricia-Kelley@utc.edu or contact the UTC Disability Resource Center at 425-4006

 

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