After 5 years chairing the Dogwood Regional Fine Art Exhibit, I stepped down from the position this May. My own exhibit scheduling conflicts and a new part time teaching position had reached the point where I had to unfortunately limit the hours I was able to devote to volunteer positions.
I'm really excited about the two woman who are replacing me! Kelly Hider is a friend, amazing artist, and a past Dogwood Regional award winner (2013). To find out more about her, go to http://www.kellyhider.com/
Her Co-Chair is local Culinary Entrepreneur Dale Mackey of Dales Fried Pies: http://dalesfriedpies.com/
Please give them all your support!
This year's juror is:
Julie Levin Caro is an art historian and curator specializing in African American art and material culture as well as American and European modernism and garden history. She has served at numerous museums since 1992 including the Dallas Museum of Art in Dallas, TX, the Frye Art Museum in Seattle, WA, and the Colby Museum of Art in Waterville, ME. One of her most recent curatorial projects was displayed at the Colby College Museum of Art in the spring of 2010 and was entitled “Freedom of Expression: Politics and Aesthetics in African American Art.” She boasts an extensive list of publications and scholarly presentations, and has been awarded numerous awards and fellowships. Ms. Levin Caro received her Ph.D. in art history from the University of Texas at Austin.
Ms. Levin Caro is also a professor and has lectured at a number of academic conferences as well as museums. She recently lectured at an international symposium in Berlin, Germany, and is presently a professor at Warren Wilson College in Asheville, NC. Moreover, she actively publishes on numerous African American artists and designed landscapes. She is currently working on a book project: “The Imaginary Studio: The Self-fashioning of Artistic and Social Identity in the Studios of Thomas Cole, Allan Rohan Crite and Winold Reiss.”
Other new changes this year are a much earlier deadline that will no longer conflict with the heavy work load the office staff has to contend with in late February when they put on the Dogwood House and Garder Show at the Knoxville Convention Center, so take note of the new deadline, Jan. 17, 2014, and as always, you may submit to the exhibit any time now online at: http://www.dogwoodarts.com/applications/
This blog is a construct of my own, and will be left for the documentation of the earlier exhibits I chaired, but will no longer be a source of updated information after this date. Thank You to all the wonderful artists and jurors who have worked with me these past five years to make the Dogwood Regional an exceptional event !
Denise Stewart-Sanabria
Saturday, September 28, 2013
Monday, June 3, 2013
Dogwood Regional Fine Art Exhibit. 2013
The 2013 Dogwood Regional Fine Art Exhibit
Emporium Center, 100 Gay Street
Knoxville, TN
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This year we had 86 works by 69 artists from 7 states juried in from a total of 495 submissions from 187 artists in the 9 states that are within our 300 miles regional radius. Next year, Dogwood will accept submissions from all of Tennessee, in addition to the usual 300 mile radius. Our juror this year was David Reyes, curator at the Huntsville Museum of Art in Huntsville, Alabama.
Opening night was filled to capacity. We generally get over 3,000 people over the course of the 4 hour reception.
Opening night was filled to capacity. We generally get over 3,000 people over the course of the 4 hour reception.
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| central view of main Balcony area: Leslie Nichols, Jennifer Guen Montomery, Gregg Sand, Michael Nichols, Hali Maltsberger, Jess Wathen, Robert Cox, Sarah Simpkins, Robert Turner |
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| Balcony angle: Kathy Holland, Mark Schoon, Joyce Gralak, Eleanor Aldrich, Heather Casteel, Jeremy Jones(forground) |
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| Balcony angle: April Flanders |
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| Balcony angle: Heather Casteel, Jeremy Jones |
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| Balcony detail: Robert Cox (2), Sarah Simpkins, Richard Turner |
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| Balcony detail: Gregg Sand, Michael Nichols (2) |
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| Balcony detail: Jess Wathen, Robert Cox (2) |
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| Balcony detail: Leslie Nichols, Jennifer Guen Montgomery |
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| from rear of Balcony: Daniel Kaufman, Kelly Hider |
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| Back section of Balcony: Randy L Purcell, Saralyn Rollins, Kyungmin Park, Sher Fick |
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| back section of Balcony: Sher Fick, Diane Fox, Susie Garrett |
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| Balcony front: Travis Graves, Brandon Douglas, Perry Johnson, Rick Alexander |
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| Balcony front: DK Cumming, Stephanie Woods on end cap |
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| Balcony stairs area: Brian Wagner, Neely Hyde |
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| Balcony stairs area: Neely Hyde |
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| Entrance display case, street side: Jessica Bedsoe, Kyungmin Park, Sally Govan |
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| Entrance display case, back side: Danielle Winger, Clark Stewart (3) , Nick DeFord |
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| Entrance display case, side 1:Pat Clapsaddle, Thomas Shaw, Cynthia Cusick |
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| Entrance display case, side2: Lara Durin, Lauren Hulse |
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| looking down on lower gallery |
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| lower gallery, looking though a David Marquez bronze |
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| 4D pice by Michell Williamson, Raluca Iancu woodcut |
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| Seth Havercamp, Christopher Scott |
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| three Andrew Merriss paintings on paper, Marvin Tadlock sculpture |
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| Roy McCullough |
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| Deeann Rieves, Jim Jobe (2) |
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| John Maggio, Jonathon Hash |
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| Benjamin Eng |
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| J Austin Jennings, Mira Gerard, Yvonne Hosey |
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| David Harmon |
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| Marcia Athens, Barbara Stokes |
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| Shadow May, Dan Thurman(bottom), Julie Miles (top), Chris McAdoo |
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| James Owens, David Underwood |
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| Raluca Iancu, Michell Williamson, Michael Aaron Williams, Michell Williamson |
Award Winners
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| 1st award: Kyungmin Park/ What Happened to the Rabbit? ceramic |
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| 2nd award: Jim Jobe/ Heir to Allegory acrylic on canvas |
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| 3rd award: Kelly Hider Parlor Tricks Inkjet on Sintra,rhinestones |
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| Honorable Mention: Clark Stewart Automata Alpha wood, paint, aluminum |
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| Honorable mention: Robert Cox Geomany ll graphite on file, watercolor on paper |
Fast Frames Awards
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| 1st: Andrew Merris Chestnut with Wafer Cookies oil on paper |
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| 2nd: Neely Hyde: Cassie lightjet print |
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| 3rd: Kathy Holland Self Portrait While Congested colored pencil |
Momentum Dance Lab
This year, we engaged in a collaboration with both Momentum Dance Lab and composers Guille Dorado, Josh Hobbs, Laith Keilany, Mike Murphy, and Rachel Schlafer-Parton. They chose 7 individual pieces from the exhibit to compose original music to, and original choreography. They presented two performances to packed houses during the course of the exhibit. The chosen works are shown below, with three shots of the dance performances.
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| Steve Zigler Andromeda Rising photograph mounted on plexiglass |
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| David Harman Lessing oil on canvas |
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| Jessica Bledsoe The Aging Process ink on watercolor paper |
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| April Flanders Spread by Birds cut and stained paper, screen prints |
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| Heather Casteel Targets, Overlapped gel pen on paper |
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| Jeremy Jones I See Myself Floating body castings, plaster, fiberglass, polyester resin, enamel, welded steel, nylon & tar |
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| Julie Miles Adrift acrylic on wood panel |
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| Momentum Dance Lab performers ~ 2013 Participating Artists:Eleanor AldrichRick Alexander Marcia Athens Jessica Bledsoe Heather Casteel Pat Clapsaddle Robert Cox DK Cumming Cynthia Cusick Nick DeFord Brandon Douglas Lara Durn Benjamin Eng Sher Fick April Flanders Diane Fox Susie Garrett Mira Gerard Sally Goven Joyce Gralak Travis Graves David Harman Jonathan Hash Seth Havercamp Kelly Hider Kathy Holland Yvonne Hosey Lauren Hulse Neely Hyde Raluca Iancu J. Austin Jennings Jim Jobe Perry Johnson Daniel Kaufman John Maggio Hali Maltsberger David Marquez Shadow May Chris McAdoo Roy McCullough Andrew Merriss Julie Miles Jennifer Guen Montgomery Leslie Nichols Michael Nichols James Owen Kyungmin Park Randy L Purcell Deeann Rieves Saralynn Rollins Greg Sand Mark Schoon Christopher Scott Thomas Shaw Sarah Simkins Clark Stewart Barbara Stokes Marvin Tadlock Dan Thurman Richard Turner David Underwood Brian Wagner Jess Wathen Michael Aaron Williams Michell Williamson Daniel Winger Stephanie Woods Steve Zigler ~ This exhibit was made possible due our sponsors Cope Architecture of Knoxville/Nashville, and ORNL Federal Credit Union. Thanks! Denise Stewart-Sanabria, chairperson |
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