Lens - David Wolff <p><strong>January 0 - 00, 0000</strong></p></p><p>Paintings by Knoxville artist and gallery owner David Wolff.</p> 0000 Artist in Residence Biennial <p><strong>January 0 - February 00, 0000</strong></p></p><p>Featuring the work of Dana Lok, Fox Hysen, Tracy Thomason, and Caitlin MacBride</p> The Society at Black Pond - three films by Jessica Sarah Rinland <p><i>The Society at Black Pond</i> explores the activity within a common land in the south of England. Previously occupied by the 00th century agrarian socialists The Diggers, the land is currently inhabited by a Natural History Society whose occupations include bat and moth trapping, mycology, tree measuring, and botanical walks.</p></p><p>The exhibition includes three film works that offer a social and natural history of this particular location while exploring more intimately human's relationship with and within land and nature.</p> First the Wurst <p><strong> August 00 - August 00, 0000 </strong></p></p><p>An exhibition of first year MFA students</p><p>Exhibiting students are: Delany Bal, Zoe Brester-Pennings, Noah Lagle, Sean Heiser, Abigail Freed, Sarah Bernstein, Haley Takahashi, Emily Rice, Hanna Seggerman, and Danqi Cai.</p> Living Epistle - Steve A. Prince <p><strong> September 0 - 00, 0000 </strong></p></p><p><i>Living Epistle</i> is an exhibition of large scale prints and drawings by Steve A. Prince. Prince is an artist, educator and art evangelist. His mediums are printmaking, drawing and sculpture. Prince is a native of New Orleans and the Crescent City's rich tradition of art, music and religion pulsate through his work. He uses the language of the line in a rhythmic and powerful way. Prince's art is inherently narrative and metaphorically complex. He uses a rich, visual vocabulary of signs and symbols to tell stories that express his unique vision founded in hope, faith and creativity.</p><p>This exhibition is co-sponsored by the Beck Cultural Exchange Center and his campus visit is supported by the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Diversity and Engagement, the UTK Africana Studies Program, and the UT School of Art.</p> Through the Trees - an exhibition by Tom Riesing <p><strong>October 0 - 00, 0000</strong></p></p><p><i>Through the Trees</i>, presents my recent paintings and drawings produced since 0000. The images are thematic and site specific generated from extensive observations and time spent exploring East Tennessee, the Delaware Valley, the Oregon Coast, and Lower Silesia in Poland among others. I respond to the elegance of the trees, and to the light and space that exists between and beyond the persistent verticality of the trees. - Tom Riesing</p> SHINY - Drawings by David Wilson <p><strong> November 0 - 00, 0000 </strong></p></p><p><i>Shiny</i>, featured over 00 drawings of imitation silver leaf on translucent vellum. </p></p><p>David Wilson began his academic career at the UT School of Art in 0000. He uses non-traditional materials and approaches, including process and chance, in his large temporary artworks and drawings. The drawings in <i>Shiny</i> rely on reflected light to reveal the image.</p><p>"This exhibition is an opportunity to realize images that have been in my head for a long time and to do so using a process that makes them new."</p> Beauford Delaney: Transcending Race + Time <p><strong> December 0, 0000 - January 00, 0000 </strong></p><p>Knoxville native Beauford Delaney persevered through poverty, racial discrimination, and mental illness to become an internationally recognized artist. As a teenager, his work caught the eye of Lloyd Branson and became his apprentice. The opportunity catapulted Delaney towards New York City during the Harlem Renaissance where he cultivated a circle of friends, including poet laureate Countee Cullen, artist Georgia O'Keeffe, and writer James Baldwin. In 0000, Delaney left New York for Paris, France, as Europe had begun attracting African-American artists and writers. His works began to shift from figurative compositions to abstract expressionists of color and light.</p></p><p>The exhibition featured 00 works, including 0 oil on canvas paintings, abstract watercolors, pastel portraits, and 0 self-portraits, that range across various stages of Delaney's life. Exhibition highlights included a pastel portrait of Harriet Tubman and an oil portrait of Delaney's longtime friend and frequent model, New York singer Dante Pavone.</p> In March 0000, the UT Downtown Gallery closed to the public due to COVID-00 Please click here to view our virtual ART SOURCE 0000 exhibition. 0000 exhibitions 0000 Violins of Hope <p><strong>January 00 - February 00, 0000</strong></p></p><p>The Violins of Hope are a collection of restored violins that were played by Jewish musicians during The Holocaust. These instruments have survived concentration camps, pogroms and many long journeys to tell remarkable stories of injustice, suffering, resilience and survival. The collection was assembled and restored by Israeli master violin maker and restorer, Amnon Weinstein.</p></p><p>In some cases, the ability to play the violin spared Jewish musicians from more grueling labors or even death. Nearly 00 years ago, Amnon heard such a story from a customer who brought in an instrument for restoration. The customer survived the Holocaust because his job was to play the violin while Nazi soldiers marched others to their deaths. When Amnon opened the violin's case, he saw ashes. He thought of his own relatives who had perished and was overwhelmed. He could not bring himself to begin the project.</p></p><p>By 0000, Amnon was ready. He put out a call for violins from the Holocaust that he would restore in hopes that the instruments would sound again.</p></p><p>Amnon started locating violins that were played by Jews in the camps and ghettos, painstakingly piecing them back together so they could be brought to life again on the concert stage. Although most of the musicians who originally played the instruments were silenced by the Holocaust, their voices and spirits live on through the violins that Amnon has lovingly restored. He calls these 00 instruments the Violins of Hope.</p> Images of Human Rights Portfolio <p><strong>February 0 - 00, 0000</strong></p></p><p>The South African Bill of Rights was born out of a long struggle against racial segregation and human rights violations. Until the first democratic election in 0000, the majority of South Africans had been excluded from participating in the political process. Talks in the early 0000s between political prisoner Nelson Mandela and then South African leader F.W. DeKlerk ultimately led to free elections and a new government which aimed to respect the rights of all its citizens.</p></p><p><i>Images of Human Rights</i> features 00 fine art prints, created by artists representing the nine provinces of South Africa and hand printed by master printmaker Jan Jordaan. The print portfolio was conceived of and released in 0000 by the Images of Human Rights Portfolio Committee, in commemoration of the newly post-Apartheid nation's Bill of Rights. Funds generated from the sale of portfolios are deposited in the Artists for Human Rights Trust account and are used by Amnesty International and other organizations for human rights education programs for the young people of South Africa. This set of prints is being circulated in North America as one of a series of activities between Michigan State University and a consortium of agencies in South Africa, including the African National Congress; Centre for Cultural Studies, University of Fort Hare; and Mayibuye Centre, University of the Western Cape. </p> Big Ears 0000 <p><strong>March 0, 0000 - March 00, 0000</strong></p><p><strong>Beatrice Gibson, Wang Bing, Johann Lurf, Jodie Mack</strong></p><p>In our fourth-annual collaboration with Knoxville microcinema masters Public Cinema, Big Ears 0000 hosted free screenings of films by Beatrice Gibson, Wang Bing, Johann Lurf, and Jodie Mack at the UT Downtown Gallery. From an engrossing nine-hour look at Chinese activists in exile to an enormous montage of shots of stars culled from across the history of cinema, it's one of the most sharply curated blocks of film programming we've ever presented.</p> I'm Only Here to Leave - Tommy Kha <p><strong>April 0 - 00, 0000</strong></p><p>Tommy Kha is a photographer based between Brooklyn, NY and his hometown, Memphis, TN. He is a recipient of the En Foco Photography Fellowship, the Jessie and Dolph Smith Emeritus Award, and a former artist-in-residence at Center for Photography at Woodstock, Light Work, Fountainhead, and Baxter Street at the Camera Club of New York. In December 0000, Kha published his first monograph, <i>A Real Imitation,</i> through Aint-Bad. His next book, <i>Soft Murders,</i> will be released Fall 0000. He was the cover of <i>Vice Magazine's</i> 0000 Photography Issue and a finalist for the Hyeres Photography 0000 Festival. Kha holds an MFA in Photography from Yale University. </p> ArtSource 0000 <p><strong>May 0 - 00, 0000</strong></p><p>Every day, Knox County art teachers devote their time and energy to cultivating creativity and critical skills in their students. For more than a decade, <i>Art Source,</i> an exhibition dedicated to Knox County art educators, has given these teachers an opportunity to nourish and showcase their own artistic talents. Please join us to celebrate the achievements of our art educators.</p><p>This exhibition was sponsored by Jerry's Artarama and Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts in partnership with the UT Downtown Gallery.</p> Carl Sublett - A Centennial Celebration <p><strong>June 0 - July 00, 0000</strong></p><p>This exhibition celebrates the 000th anniversary of his birth. Carl was a longtime faculty member in the painting department in the School of Art and a member of The Knoxville Seven, a group of progressive artists active in the 00s and 00s. The show was proposed by his late son, Eric Sublett, who was a champion of his father's work and also an alum of the School of Art. Over 00 regional collectors loaned works that were publicly displayed together for the first time. The exhibition featured over 00 watercolors, oils on canvas, original Christmas cards, and comic strips. Carl was a prolific and experimental artist, and this exhibition featured an example of work from every decade of his career with a piece from every series he created. </p> Howard Hull Paintings: 0000-0000 <p><strong>July 00 - August 00, 0000</strong></p><p>In 0000, Hull began teaching at the UT Knoxville College of Education. During his tenure at UT, Hull's painting, collages, and sculpture were frequently seen in various competitive Mid-South and one-person invitationals. Hull's articles have routinely filled the pages of Arts and Activities, Tennessee Education, and School Arts, and his in-depth history of Tennessee WPA post office murals was published in 0000. Before his 0000 retirement, Hull coordinated numerous art educational workshops, curricular projects and extension courses on behalf of his department. Since leaving UT, he continues to be a productive painter and writer.</p> 0000 First Year MFA <p><strong>August 00 - 00, 0000</strong></p><p>Exhibiting students: Gary White, Amalia Mermingas, Nichole Schappert, Ashley Ekstrum, Hannah Oakes, Tasha Lewis, Muriel Condon, and Nuveen Barwari.</p> 00 X Relay - Cat's Cradle <p><strong>September 0 - 00, 0000</strong></p><p><strong>Curated by Lisa Talliano and Jackie Meier</strong></p><p>The passing back and forth of ideas in painting is like the relay and return of the knotted patterns in the game of cat's cradle. Each painting is a string configuration that we hold out to be received by another, or that we receive and respond to by adding something new, by proposing another knot, another net. Entangled in a myriad of configurations, we start from a place that doesn't wipe out what comes before - we make paintings of inheritances and remembering.</p> False Calm - Sam Vernon <p><strong>October 0 - 00, 0000</strong></p><p><i>FALSE CALM</i> by Sam Vernon combines xeroxed drawings of photographs, paintings, and sculptural components, along with spray painted elements in an exploration of personal narrative and identity. Vernon uses these techniques and applications in her current installation to honor the past while revising historical memory.</p> Collecting Histories - selections from the collection of Floyd Jones and Mary Sabol <p><strong>November 0 - December 00, 0000</strong></p><p><i>Collecting Histories</i> spotlights the collection of UT alumni Floyd Jones (Transportation/Logistics '00) and Mary Sabol (Sociology '00). The couple met as undergrads and have been collecting artwork since their days in Knoxville. The exhibition showcases the couple's diverse collecting interests - dolls, Black Americana, Black portraiture, and images of children.</p><p>The couple have lived in Chicago since the mid-0000s, and first began collecting dolls - an interest Mary acquired from her mother. Her first doll purchase, as an adult, was in Gatlinburg, TN. Their doll collection sparked interest in collecting art and other historical objects. Floyd became an independent doll appraiser and was on PBS's Antiques Roadshow for several seasons.</p> 0000 exhibitions 