The Slocumb Galleries under the Department of Art & Design at the ETSU College of Arts and Sciences provide year-round exhibition program featuring BFA and MFA Graduation Shows and the Visiting Artists Exhibition & Lecture Series with the aims to encourage the development of the visual arts in support of the academic experience at ETSU and the surrounding communities. The galleries’ mission is to provide venue and access to contemporary art by organizing innovative exhibitions that promote artistic excellence, cultural awareness and creative thinking.

The Slocumb Galleries also organizes the annual Positive Negative Juried National Art Exhibition. This anticipated event draws artists all over the country using various media and technique contributing to the academic and local communities’ exposure and broader appreciation of current trends in contemporary art.

The Slocumb Galleries has partnered with various ETSU units such as the Women’s Studies Program, Office of Multicultural Affairs, International Program and Services, Division of Theater and Dance under the Department of Communications, Honors College, Archives of Appalachia, Bluegrass, Olde Time and Country Music Program and the Reece Museum to advance interdisciplinary collaborations. Support from local establishments such as the Nelson Fine Art, Artopia, Urban Redevelopment Alliance, Johnson City Custom Framing, Mountain States Health Alliance, Johnson City Area Arts Council as well as individuals and groups in the private sector who support the Friends of the Slocumb Galleries are significant in the success of its program.

The ETSU Department of Art & Design’s Permanent Collection is also under the curatorial care of the Slocumb Galleries. The recent and most significant addition to the collection is the acquisition of 152 original photographs by Andy Warhol through a grant from the Andy Warhol Foundation’s Photographic Legacy Project.

The Slocumb Galleries are open Monday-Friday from 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. The Tipton gallery at 126 Spring St. in Downtown JC is also operated by SG for its student exhibitions; gallery hours at Tipton is by appointment. For more information, please contact SG Director Karlota I. Contreras-Koterbay via email contrera@etsu.edu or call 423.483.3179.

To support the Slocumb Galleries, please donate cash or in-kind gifts to Slocumb Galleries Fund
c/o Karlota Contreras-Koterbay

Tony Henson Solo Painting Exhibition
May 17 to June 4

The Department of Art & Design and the Slocumb Galleries are pleased to present the exhibition, "Explosion of Color" by alumnus Tony Henson from May 17 to June 4, 2010. An artist reception is scheduled on May 26, Wednesday from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Slocumb Galleries.
 
In this body of work, Henson shows his love for color, passion for the medium, and spontaneous approach to each painting on view. He is currently experimenting with 'explosions' of color in certain areas that represent the release of energy so dominate in his work while having a solid color background to create a focal point for the eye. Movement, expression, emotion, and visual energy play an important part in these vivid, successful works of art. Henson states that the series of work started from an experimental painting and has evolved into what he feels as “a strong representation of both masculine and feminine, raw and untamed and yet pleasing and sophisticated.” Henson’s painting are abstracted images, forms that are not visual copies of actual objects, which is liberating for him as an artist as he expressed it as, “lack of subject matter allows me to become freer with the paint and the application. I paint with intensity - energy - authority -and let the painting take me where it wants to go.”
 
Tony Henson obtained his MFA from ETSU in 2000 and has been teaching college part-time since. Currently, he is teaching Art History 2 at Walters State Community College while painting full-time. Meet the artist during the reception or visit the exhibit during gallery hours, Monday thru Friday from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. with extended hours during reception. Please email SG Director Karlota at contrera@etsu.edu or call 423.483.3179 for additional information. 


Apples, Peaches, Plums and Other Lively Things by Theresa Markiw
June 3 to 7
Tipton Gallery during Blue Plum Festival

The Slocumb Galleries is pleased to present new watercolor works by artist Theresa Markiw entitled “Apples, Peaches, Plums and Other Lively Things” at the Tipton Gallery from June 3 to 7, 2010 in celebration of the Blue Plum Festival at Downtown Johnson City. The public is invited to meet the artist during the exhibit reception on First Friday, June 4th, from 5 - 8 p.m. and on Saturday June 5th from 12 noon – 6 pm. The Tipton Gallery is open by appointment on other days.

Theresa Markiw was born in Montreal, Canada of Ukrainian parents and grew up in Southern New Jersey. She studied art from the age of seven and received a degree in Visual Arts from Concordia University in Montreal. She worked in advertising and graphic design for ten years in New Jersey before moving to Washington, DC, where she worked for the National Endowment for the Arts, the Voice of America, the US Information Agency and the Department of State. From 2000–2005 she worked abroad as a diplomat at the US Embassies in Mongolia and Azerbaijan. After returning to Washington, she moved to the Tri-Cities area to join her ETSU professor husband,
Dr. Richard Kortum. They now make their home in Erwin, where Theresa has her studio.

Throughout her career and travel, Markiw has continued to paint and exhibit her work. She has participated in numerous solo and group shows, and her work is represented in various collections in the US and abroad. Her foreign travels have influenced her work to a great degree. As she says,

“Years of living and traveling abroad expanded my aesthetic understanding and artistic vocabulary. The simplicity and formal design of Far Eastern and Eurasian art have had a profound impact on me. My early exposure to intricate Ukrainian art and design led to a fascination with the art I encountered around the world, particularly the multi-patterned wall hangings of Mongolia and the Oriental carpets of Azerbaijan.”

The Tipton Gallery is located at 126 Spring St., Downtown Johnson City and is sponsored by the Urban Redevelopment Alliance (URA).


SLOCUMB GALLERIES EXHIBITION CALENDAR
Summer 2010 and MAY 2010-2011

A. Summer Semesters

1. May 10 to 14, 2010 – Mockingbird Show
2. May 17 to June 4, 2010 – Tony Henson Solo Painting Exhibition
3. June 7 to 11, 2010 – Photographic Processes Student Group Show curated by Lisa Jones
4. June 14 to July 2, 2010 – “Structures and Subversions” Regional Group Exhibition curated by Anna Kell and Stacy Isenbarger
5. July 6 to 23, 2010 - 2 solo exhibitions: “Threasures” by Aaron Bernard and “Bars & Tones” New Media Installation by Brian Glaze
6. July 26 to 30, 2010 – “Summer Arts for High School Students” Group Show
7. August 2 to 13, 2010 – “Digital Photography” Student Group Show curated by Lisa Jones

B.Fall Semester

1. August 23 to September 17, 2010 – Photography exhibition by Larry Robinson
2. September 20 to October 8, 2010 – “Crafting Contemporary Art: Studio Craft in Appalachia” Group exhibition of fiber, ceramics and jewelry/metals work by artists from Penland School of Crafts, Arrowmont School of Art & Crafts and Appalachian Center for Crafts
3. October 11 to 29, 2010 – “Reunion: Invitational Group Exhibition of 100 Alumni”
4. November 1 to 26, 2010 – BFA / MFA Graduation Exhibits
5. November 29 to December 10, 2010 – “Friends of the Slocumb Galleries Centennial Fundraiser”

C.Spring Semester

1. January 10 to 28, 2011 – “Point Time: A Geographic Confluence of Artists” group exhibit of Knoxville artists curated by Jean Hess
2. January 31 to February 11, 2011 – Solo exhibit by Christie Blizard, Positive/Negative 25 Best of Show Awardee
3. February 14 to March 4, 2011 – “Annual Positive/Negative National Juried Art Exhibition”
4. March 14 to April 22, 2011 - BFA / MFA Graduation Exhibits
5. April 25 to May 6, 2011 – “Student Honor Show 2011”The Slocumb Galleries are located inside Ball Hall on the main campus of East Tennessee State University. The galleries are open Monday thru Friday from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. with extended hours for exhibit receptions. For more information or driving directions call 423-483-3179.