Don’t Come Around Here No More
November 10-14
OPENING RECEPTION: Monday, November 10, 2008, 5:00-7:00 p.m.

LOCATION: Slocumb Galleries, Ernest C. Ball Hall, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN, 37614

CONTACTS: Kelly Bond, Artist, (423) 202-1772, heygirl@gmail.com
Karlota Contreras-Koterbay, Gallery Director, (423) 439-4247, contrera@etsu.edu

The ETSU Department of Art & Design presents Kelly Bond’s BFA Exhibition, They Don’t Come Around Here No More, at the Slocumb Galleries. The exhibit runs from November 10-14, 2008 with opening reception on Monday, November 10 from 5:00-7:00 p.m.

Inspired by the old coal ballad, The L & N Don’t Stop Here Anymore and other similar songs, They Don’t Come Around Here No More is a collection of photographs taken in the heart of Virginia’s coal country. There is a sense of abandonment in these images; they are haunting reminders of the people and communities left to waste away in the wake of the coal boom in this part of the country.

Kelly Bond is pursuing a BFA in Photography at East Tennessee University and has always been interested in the camera as an illustrative and narrative device. For additional information, please contact (423) 202-1772 or email at heygirl@gmail.com <mailto:heygirl@gmail.com>. The Slocumb Galleries is open to the public free of charge from Monday thru Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. with extended hours during receptions.

Dana Alston
assemble
November 17 - 21

The Slocumb Galleries and Department of Art and Design at East Tennessee State University are pleased to present “assemble,” a BFA of graphic design exhibition by Dana Alston. The exhibition will begin November 17th and run through the 21st, 2008. A closing reception will be held on Friday, November 21st from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. at the Slocumb Galleries.

The exhibition “assemble” is a combination of package designs and posters that stress the substantial value of people assembling together for a common interest and as a result find a sense of belonging. The work addresses assembling on a grandiose level and on a basic level.