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www.artsmagazine.info 12 March 2013 Magazine Calendar EXHIBITS ... Continued from page 11 Design at East Tennessee State University in partnership with the Office of Multicultural Affairs, Black Affairs Association and the ETSU Student Government Association present the 28th Annual Positive/Negative National Juried Art Exhibition. This year’s theme is “Minority Rule.” Thirty-eight artists are participating in the exhibit. The juror for the exhibit is Michael Ray Charles, an African-American painter who was one of the first artists featured at PBS-ART 21. Charles lectures March 4 at 5 p.m. in the Ernest C. Ball Hall Auditorium; a reception follows at Slocumb Galleries. contrera@etsu. edu or call 423-483-3179. • OPENING MARCH 8: “Quilt National: The Dairy Barn Arts Center Biennial” exhibit is on display at William King Museum, Abingdon, Va. For more than three decades, the biennial Quilt National exhibit at the Dairy Barn Arts Center in Athens, Ohio, has showcased the best and most exciting contemporary art quilts being created around the world. The mission remains the same for this 17th biennial installment: to select works that honor the quilting tradition while embracing new forms of expression through innovative uses of new techniques and materials. An opening reception is held March 7 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. 276-628-5005, www.williamkingmuseum.org. • CLOSING MARCH 17: The artwork from Bristol Virginia’s elementary school students is on exhibit in the Student Gallery at William King Museum, Abingdon, Va. 276- 628-5005, www.williamkingmuseum.org • MARCH 22-24: The City of Kingsport Office of Cultural Arts’ Carousel Fine Craft Show is on display at the Kingsport Farmer’s Market. Juried by Kingsport artisan Walt Turpening, the show includes 20 exhibitors. All works are original hand-made works of fine craft/art. The show opens with a Gala Event Friday, March 22 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. $35. The gala is a fundraiser for the Carousel Project. Carousel animals and paintings in progress will be displayed. Saturday and Sunday show hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. $5 one-day pass; $7 two- day pass 423-392-8414, www.kingsporttn.gov • CLOSING MARCH 23: A fundraising exhibit, “6x6: Art from the Heart,” is on display in the Founders Special Exhibit Gallery at The Arts Depot, Abingdon, Va. All artwork is created on 6” x 6” canvas or board, donated by invited artists and offered for sale at $36 each. All proceeds benefit the Arts Depot. 276-628-9091, www.abingdonartsdepot.org • CLOSING MARCH 23: Emory & Henry College presents Richard Bay’s “Lots of ‘Stuff’ … ‘Art’ Too” in The 1912 Gallery on campus. Works in Bay’s exhibit can best be described as eclectic assemblages of found objects, combined with painting. His unique perspective on creativity encourages a critical and sometimes amusing, sometimes tragic and provocative look at the world we live in. Originally from Brooklyn, Bay has been a member of the Radford University art department for many years. He is the recipient of two Fulbright Scholarship awards and a Presidential Citation for Excellence in Education from the U.S. Department of Education. The exhibit is closed during spring break, March 2-11. Free. 276-944-6866, [email protected] • MARCH 24 - APRIL 1: Milligan College senior Mickey Brown’s photography is on exhibit in the Milligan Art Gallery in the lower level of Derthick Hall. A reception will be held March 24 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Free. www.milligan.edu/arts. • CLOSING MARCH 31: Andrew Gibbens and Melanie Norris’s artwork is on display at Zazzy’z Coffee House, Abingdon, Va. Gibbens works primarily with linocut block printing and ink. His inspiration for creating block prints arose from seeing the work of a Benedictine monk at a monastery in Southern Indiana. He has used the medium to make images with subjects ranging from religious iconography to portraits to political commentary. He also dabbles in what he likes to call “analog Fanback rocking chairs (above) and nesting bowls (below) are just two of the crafts available at the Carousel Fine Craft Show. Below: Andrew Gibbens’ “View of Downtown Johnson City” Mickey Brown with his work “Bill” by Melanie Norris
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Exhibits ... Continued from page 11
Design at East Tennessee State University in partnership with the Office of Multicultural Affairs, Black Affairs Association and the ETSU Student Government Association present the 28th Annual Positive/Negative National Juried Art Exhibition. This year’s theme is “Minority Rule.” Thirty-eight artists are participating in the exhibit. The juror for the exhibit is Michael Ray Charles, an African-American painter who was one of the first artists featured at PBS-ART 21. Charles lectures March 4 at 5 p.m. in the Ernest C. Ball Hall Auditorium; a reception follows at Slocumb Galleries. [email protected] or call 423-483-3179.
• OPENING MARCH 8: “Quilt National: The Dairy Barn Arts Center Biennial” exhibit is on display at William King Museum, Abingdon, Va. For more than three decades, the biennial Quilt National exhibit at the Dairy Barn Arts Center in Athens, Ohio, has showcased the best and most exciting contemporary art quilts being created around the world. The mission remains the same for this 17th biennial installment: to select works that honor the quilting tradition while embracing new forms of expression through innovative uses of new techniques and materials. An opening reception is held March 7 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. 276-628-5005, www.williamkingmuseum.org.
• CLOSING MARCH 17: The artwork from Bristol Virginia’s elementary school students is on exhibit in the Student Gallery at William King Museum, Abingdon, Va. 276-628-5005, www.williamkingmuseum.org
• MARCH 22-24: The City of Kingsport Office of Cultural Arts’ Carousel Fine Craft Show is on display at the Kingsport Farmer’s Market. Juried by Kingsport artisan Walt Turpening, the show includes 20 exhibitors. All works are original hand-made works of fine craft/art. The show opens with a Gala Event Friday, March 22 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. $35. The gala is a fundraiser for the Carousel Project. Carousel animals and paintings in progress will be displayed. Saturday and Sunday show hours
are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. $5 one-day pass; $7 two- day pass 423-392-8414, www.kingsporttn.gov
• CLOSING MARCH 23: A fundraising exhibit, “6x6: Art from the Heart,” is on display in the Founders Special Exhibit Gallery at The Arts Depot, Abingdon, Va. All artwork is created on 6” x 6” canvas or board, donated by invited artists and offered for sale at $36 each. All proceeds benefit the Arts Depot. 276-628-9091, www.abingdonartsdepot.org
• CLOSING MARCH 23: Emory & Henry College presents Richard Bay’s “Lots of ‘Stuff’ … ‘Art’ Too” in The 1912 Gallery on campus. Works in Bay’s exhibit can best be described as eclectic assemblages of found objects, combined with painting. His unique perspective on creativity encourages a critical and sometimes amusing, sometimes tragic and provocative look at the world we live in. Originally from Brooklyn, Bay has been a member of the Radford University art department for many years. He is the recipient of two Fulbright Scholarship awards and a Presidential Citation for Excellence in Education from the U.S. Department of Education. The exhibit is closed during spring break, March 2-11. Free. 276-944-6866, [email protected]
• MARCH 24 - APRIL 1: Milligan College senior Mickey Brown’s photography is on exhibit in the Milligan Art Gallery in the lower level of Derthick Hall. A reception will be held March 24 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Free. www.milligan.edu/arts.
• CLOSING MARCH 31: Andrew Gibbens and Melanie Norris’s artwork is on display at Zazzy’z Coffee House, Abingdon, Va. Gibbens works primarily with linocut block printing and ink. His inspiration for creating block prints arose from seeing the work of a Benedictine monk at a monastery in Southern Indiana. He has used the medium to make images with subjects ranging from religious iconography to portraits to political commentary. He also dabbles in what he likes to call “analog
Fanback rocking chairs (above) and nesting bowls (below) are just two of the crafts available at the Carousel Fine Craft Show.
Below: Andrew Gibbens’ “View of Downtown Johnson City”
Mickey Brown with his work
“Bill” by Melanie Norris
