Weimer Pursell: The Thumbnail Sketches
On view in this exhibition is just a small portion of this process rich collection and its many gouache thumbnail sketches that provide evidence of the visual thinking that led to final product, all created by hand, well before the digital era. The Pursell collection was one of three areas of the UTC Permanent Collection of Art targeted in a 2016 Preservation Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
October 29, 2018 - December 12, 2018
The Clamor of Ordinary Things
A group exhibition of contemporary photography, video, and animation curated by Carolyn Lambert, UTC Lecturer in Photography and Media Arts. The works in this exhibition critically reflect on identity through a relation between objects, clothing, and everyday life. Danielle Dean animates Nike’s sneaker, "True Red", into various forms – a bat, a castle, a red substance, a woman. The “swoosh” also appears in Jared Thorne’s "Black Palimpsest", which explores the exchange of signifiers of authenticity and belonging, power and wealth, between Black American and Black African social worlds. In Zhiyuan Yang’s series, "Family of Three", the discomfort of gender roles and heteronormative family life are played out in dramatic and humorous role-swapping tableaus. Pat Miller Gamble’s work shares this sense of performativity—"Raytheon 2016 Q2 Earnings Conference Call: A Reenactment" connects the ahistorical indulgence of medieval cosplay with contemporary arms speculation.
October 30, 2018 - December 12, 2018
2018 Selections VIII: 21st Century Art from the UTC Permanent Collection
The Permanent Collection of Art at the University of Tennessee Chattanooga has grown over recent years to become an important teaching resource for campus and community. Now located in state-of-the-art storage in the UTC New Library, this gift-based collection of work by regional, national, and international artists was recognized for its significance in 2015 with the award of an Archival Preservation Assistance Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. The UTC Cress Gallery periodically organizes exhibitions selected from the Collection’s nearly 1,900 individual works of art dating to the early 20th Century. This version focuses on works created since the year 2000 and features five artists whose career paths include a previous exhibition in the Cress.
August 20, 2018 - October 4, 2018
2018 UTC Department of Art Senior BFA Thesis Exhibitions
The Cress Gallery and the UTC Department of Art announce the 2018 BFA Senior Thesis Exhibitions! Each Show opens with Student Presentations at Cadek Hall, 725 Oak Street at 5:00pm, followed by a Reception at the Cress 6:00pm. Show One opens April 03, and runs through April13. Show Two opens April 17, and runs through April 27. Visitors on Opening Days may park free after 4:00pm in UTC Lots 10, 12, &18. Join us in celebrating the achievement of these artists!!
April 03, 2018 - April 27, 2018
