Aileron by Abraham Pardee is among the art from No Bigger Than a Breadbox: Biennial Small Works Show

Aileron by Abraham Pardee is among the art from No Bigger Than a Breadbox: Biennial Small Works Show

New Exhibitions Opening at The Emporium on April 2

April 2–30, 2021 @ Emporium Center for Arts & Culture

KNOXVILLE, TN – The Arts & Culture Alliance presents five new exhibitions at The Emporium Center in downtown Knoxville from April 2-30. A free reception with the artists takes place Friday, April 2, from 5-8 p.m. All visitors to the Emporium are required to wear a mask and maintain physical distancing guidelines. Most of the works will be for sale and may be purchased through the close of the exhibition by visiting in person or the online shop atwww.knoxalliance.store.

No Bigger Than a Breadbox: Biennial Small Works Showin the upper gallery

The Arts & Culture Alliance presents this second biennial juried exhibition featuring selected works from 52 artists throughout the United States. The exhibition was designed to celebrate the innovation of artists who create work on a small scale and in a broad range of media and styles. Over $1,000 in cash awards will be announced at a brief awards ceremony at 6 p.m., April 2.

Exhibiting artists include:
+ Heidi Brueckner of Oakland, California
+ Christian Hernandez of Atlanta, Georgia
+ Evelyn Davis-Walker of Hahira, Georgia
+ John Aquilino of Rockville, Maryland
+ Michael Hine of Fayetteville, North Carolina
+ Ashley Miller of Albuquerque, New Mexico
+ Eric England of Oxford, Ohio
+ Sheila Chesanow of Athens, Tennessee
+ Manuel Marti of Crossville, Tennessee
+ John Toomey of Dickson, Tennessee
+ Mindy Herrin-Lewis and Carla Taylor of Johnson City, Tennessee
+ Michelle Barillaro, Stephen Brayfield, Marianne Custer, Meggin Davenport, Lana Daverman, Casey Field, Jessica Gregory, Dean Heath, Patricia Herzog, Brian Horais, Shannon Deana Johnson, Shelley King, Andreas Koschan, Dino Liddick, Ling Lu, Shelley Mangold, Anne Namey, Sandra O'Rear, Tom Owens, Bill Robertson, Pamela Salyer, Kathleen Slocum, William Timm, Marilyn Avery Turner and Carl Whitten of Knoxville, Tennessee
+ Robmat Butler and Steven McQuilkin of Lenoir City, Tennessee
+ Muriel Fawcett of Loudon, Tennessee
+ Carl Gombert and Marianne Woodside of Maryville, Tennessee
+ Wendy Elliott-Pyle of New Market, Tennessee
+ Elaine Culbert and Yvonne Dalschen of Oak Ridge, Tennessee
+ Phil Savage of Powell, Tennessee
+ Roberta Smashey of Rockwood, Tennessee
+ Amanda Long of Signal Mountain, Tennessee
+ Abraham Pardee of Sparta, Tennessee
+ Judy Lavoie of Tellico Plains, Tennessee
+ Deborah Nance of Vonore, Tennessee
+ Douglas Aja of Waterford, Vermont

About the juror: Joan Bontempo has spent the last 16 years as Professor of Art and Art History at Hagerstown Community College, Hagerstown Maryland, and has been and has been exhibiting her works in clay for 40 years. She has recently relocated her home and studio to Knoxville. Her work is sculptural and eclectic in ceramics and mixed media. She received her BFA from the University of Notre Dame and her MFA in ceramics from Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan. Her work has grown from traditional forms and methods to experimental techniques expressing personal psychology, archetypal forms and spiritual musings, with clay combined with other materials or found objects, including altered canvases or metal, www.linkedin.com/in/joanbontempo

Tennessee Artists Association Spring Show: Creativity Full of Positivityin the lower gallery

Members of the Tennessee Artists Association are pleased to present a juried show featuring an explosion of ideas, designs, images and color expressed in various styles, mediums, and photography. The Tennessee Artists Association has continuously operated since its formation in 1972. It is headquartered in Knoxville and serves artists and art lovers in the surrounding area. TAA’s purpose is to promote and encourage public interest and enjoyment in art through the use of general communications media and to promote artistic talent and ability in art by sponsoring and directing exhibitions, awards, workshops, demonstrations, and educational programs. TAA provides the mutual benefit of association among members to elevate art to the highest standards of quality and workmanship. Membership is open to anyone 18 years of age or older.

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Brian Horais: Not Everything (turned on a lathe) Has to be Roundin the display case

Turning a round bowl is a skill many woodturners develop early in their careers, after which point many seek additional techniques to expand their skills and keep their creative energies alive. Off-Center (or Multi-Axis) turning offers such an opportunity, and this exhibition displays three variations of multi-axis turning: 3-axis Twist, Half Twist and Therming. Brian Horais will display items turned on a lathe as well as explanatory charts. Inspiration for these unique techniques comes from two well-known woodturners: Art Liestman and Barbara Dill.

Horais, a woodturner since 2010, lives in Knoxville. His focus is on turning non-round multi-axis works of art. His twisted segmented works have been jury-selected multiple times for the East Tennessee Master Woodworkers Show and for “Arts in the Airport” exhibitions at McGhee Tyson Airport in Knoxville. He has published multiple articles in the American Association of Woodturners (AAW) magazine, ‘American Woodturner’, and the British woodturning magazine, ‘Woodturner’. Horais was a demonstrator at the 2019 AAW National Woodturning Symposium in Raleigh, NC.

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Portrait Show by Booder Barneson the North Wall

Booder Barnes moved from New York state to Tennessee 25 years ago. In New York, he studied oil painting with Larry Zingale. He joined A1LabArts after moving to Knoxville and has been an active member throughout the years. Barnes took watercolor classes with Betsy Worden at the Candy Factory, and he studied handbuilding clay sculpture with Annamaria Gundlach. In 2011, he began making short films with University of Tennessee Professor Norman Magden, and they formed Magboo Productions to develop their ideas.

For this exhibition, Barnes has taken images of family and friends and portrayed them with paint as he imagined them cast as characters in a comic book or play.

Recent Works by Yvonne Hoseyin the Atrium

Yvonne Hosey is an artist who works in a variety of media: glasspaint, acrylic, watercolor and scratchboard. She is inspired by her travels and blogs about them. This is her fourth exhibition at the Emporium, with the inaugural Glasslike Surfaces debuting in August 2016. She continues to explore glasspaint as a medium as well as portraiture using friends and strangers she has observed.

Like most artists, Hosey’s journey has been a winding one. Discouraged as a young woman from pursuing a career in art, she opted instead for a career in nursing. Marriage and family followed. The creativity refused to stay buried as she became an avid cook, decorator, and collector. Her travels always included trips to art museums and exhibitions. When her son started high school, they moved to a house with a sunny back porch. “One day I discovered a pack of old oil pastels, bought a few sheets of paper, and commandeered the porch,” says Yvonne Hosey. “I haven’t looked back since.”

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The exhibitions are on display at the Emporium Center, 100 S. Gay Street, in downtown Knoxville. The Emporium is open to the public Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.The Emporium will be closed Monday, April 5. Visitors are required to wear masks and refrain from eating or drinking in the galleries. For more information, see www.knoxalliance.com or call (865) 523-7543.


About the Arts & Culture Alliance
The Arts & Culture Alliance serves and supports a diverse community of artists, arts organizations, and cultural institutions.The Alliance receives financial support from the Tennessee Arts Commission and the City of Knoxville.

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