Dogwood Regional Fine Art Exhibit 2012: Opening Night

This is the first of two blogs on the 2012 Dogwood Regional. The in-depth one will be posted at the close of the exhibit.

The Dogwood Regional is just one of several of the organizations exhibits. I'm going to also show some photos from the Dogwood Nexus,a small sculpture exhibit, being held for 2 weeks next door at the University of Tennessee Downtown Gallery next door to the Regional. It is an international small sculpture exhibit. But first, I know. You want to know who won the awards at Regional.

1st Award:  $2,000: Mindy Herrin of  TN for "Nest", sculpture

2nd Award: $1,000: Eum Younseal 0f VA for "Together Forever", kinetic
                                motorized sculpture

3rd Award:  $500:   Alison Oakes of TN for "Squeeze", oil on porcelain

Merit           $250:   Chery Cratty of TN for Hydrangia Border",

                               archival, artist-made pigmented plant fiber pulp, applied
                               with a porcupine quill.

Merit           $250:   Diane Fox of TN for "Penguin's Egg", photography

FASTFRAME Award: $500: Elizabeth Porter of TN for "Life Support",
                                            pen on bristol board

Nexus was juried by Savannah College of Art and Design professor Allen Peterson, with Knoxville artist and Pellissippi State professor Brian Jobe acting as the Nexus exhibition committee chair. It was an international exhibit.

Marie Herrbach, who came from France to exhibit with Nexus, and who was my installation partner for Regional, talks to local artist Eric Sublett. In the foreground: Quintin Owens“Protective Coloring”Cast terra cotta logs, terra cotta birds, crushed terra cotta, Merit prize; in the back: Cindy Billingsley“Shell of Self” Clay

Michael Barron Hall“Unemployed/Freedom”Ceramic and wood

Robmat Butler“Untitled”Wood and enamel

John Cichon“Ze Monsta”Sculpture made from beer cans and cardboard_ Merit prize

1st prize: The Truing Corset by Jennifer Rubin



Marie Herrbach“How Many Roads Must a Man Walk Down”Fabric and other materials 2nd prize

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The Regional
We had a crowd which I believed topped 2,000 in the course of the 4 hours of the opening reception on Friday, April 6. We had the University of Tennessee Culinary Institute lavishly cater the event, but such were the crowds that the food eventually disappeared.

Three staff members lining up stuffed cucumber rolls

 

We had the aerial dancers from neighboring URBHana come to perform, and they were amazing as always

 

WBIR TV news positions their camera

The Emporium is a massive space in an old, renovated building, and the galleries cover two floors, and an installation space under the sidewalk. Upstairs in the Balcony. Mindy Herrin's small sculpture "Nest", is hanging from the end cap to the left of center crowd. 

 Local art consultant  Mary Morris watched Eum Younseal operate "Lure"

 

artist Gary Monroe speaks to juror Terri Jordan, curator of the Customs House Museum of Clarksville, Tennessee

 Unicorns like carrots.

Gallery visitors watch Eum Younseal's "Together Forever" run it's gears and wave it's upper sections.

 

Erin Slocum of Dogwood spots the camera. So many people. That needs to go on Facebook to get tagged.

 Nathaniel Galka, camera ham.

Kids loved the trapeze.

Downstairs just before the crowd peaked.
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The exhibit will be open weekdays 10-5 until April 27th.
All of the work that is for sale from all of Dogwoods exhibits can be purchased online at http://www.dogwoodarts.com/ under "shop", and will be available for pick up directly after the exhibit closes, or arrangements can be made for shipping.

2012 Dogwood Regional Fine Art Exhibit artist list.

Sarah Adams, Knoxville, TN
Lindsey Adkins, Bonaire, GA
James Alexander, Birmingham, AL
Rick Alexander, Knoxville, TN
Marcia Athens, Knoxville, TN
Fennel Blythe, Lookout Mountain, TN
Jan Burleson, Athens, TN
Larry Cole, Knoxville, TN
Kathy Collier, Columbia, SC
Tina Collison, Unicoi, TN
Maddin Corey, Chattanooga, TN
Chery Cratty, Smithville, TN
Cynthia Cusick, Irvine, KY
T.P. Dunn, Kingston, TN
Lynn Duryea, Boone, NC
Loretta Lee Edge, Loudon, TN
Younseal Eum, Blacksburg, VA
Genie Even, Knoxville, TN
Claire Lewis Evans, Tuscaloosa, AL
Kate Faulkner, Knoxville, TN
Sher Fick, Spring Hill, TN
Diane Fox, Knoxville, TN
Chuck Frye, Ringgold, GA
Jean Wheat Gregory, Oak Ridge, TN
Mindy Herrin, Johnson City, TN
Joseph Hill, Knoxville, TN
Kathy Holland, Oak Ridge, TN
Michael Holsomback, Fort Oglethorpe, GA
Linda Johnson, Pleasant Shade, TN
Perry Johnson, Bristol, VA
Kristin Kendall, Powell, TN
Mahera Khaleque, Augusta, GA
Anne Kinggard, Knoxville, TN
Judy Klich, Nashville, TN
Holly LaRue, Maryville, TN
Wes Loukota, Knoxville, TN
Hui Chi Lee, Lexington, KY
Jacob Long, Knoxville, TN
Chelsea Luckey, Lexington, KY
Patricia McCumber, Ooltewah, TN
Marga McBride, Knoxville, TN
Todd McDonald, Seneca, SC
Theresa Markiw, Erwin, TN
David Marquez, Bowling Green, KY
Gary Monroe, Knoxville, TN
Michael Murphy, Morristown, TN
Brian Murray, Knoxville, TN
Janos Nadas, Knoxville, TN
Gloria Nelson, Maryville, TN
Alison Oakes, Knoxville, TN
Jennifer Otto, Clarksville, TN
Elizabeth Porter, Knoxville, TN
Jonathan Purtill, Knoxville, TN
Frosty Rankin, Millersburg,KY
Deeann Rieves, Marietta, GA
Dennis Sabo, Loudon, TN
Mira Gerard Singh, Johnson City, TN
Indra Sahu, Knoxville, TN
Victor Schmidt, Nashville, TN
Greg Sand, Clarksville, TN
Lisa Seago, Chattanooga, TN
Clay Thurston, Knoxville, TN
Marilyn Avery Turner, Knoxville, TN
Carl Wade, Nashville, TN
Richard Whitehead, Knoxville, TN
Donna Wilt, Johnson City,TN
Jorge Yances, Nashville, TN
Cynthia Yeager, Knoxville, TN
Ling Zhang, Alpharetta, GA

2012 Dogwood Regional Venue technical information

2012 Emporium Center for the Arts/100 Gay Street:
Site information for large scale work, 3D, and installation work.
In the floor plan of the lower gallery, there are 2 good installation areas: 1. The far end under the windows

2. The exact opposite end, behind "glass wall". This area is actually under the sidewalk, and is enclosed. It is like a zoo enclosure- visitors can't go back there, just look through the glass, and when it rains, it can drip, so only work that can handle moisture works out here. There is lighting.

The daylight filters down through the glass bricks during the day. Spots are placed according to need. The beam is useful for rigging support lines, though nothing that adds any significant stress.

The upper gallery is visible from the lower though open staircase treads and balcony railings. Hanging 3D work can be installed dropping down through either side of the staircase. The horizontal white lines in the photos show where support beams or tension wires can be strung, and the vertical white lines show the drop area. Ideally, hanging work in this area should be fairly lightweight.

The Balcony itself is around 1,800 sq. feet, and has 5 movable 8' x 8' walls that can be configured for just about anything. The front of the Balcony is railings, and looks out into the street though huge windows, one side is partially open to the staircase and lower floor, and the rest is solid wall area except for one entrance door.

Online submittal for the exhibit is located at www.dogwoodarts.com/applications/

Dogwood Regional Fine Art Exhibit: 2011

The 2011 Dogwood Regional Fine Art exhibit was held this year at Bennett Galleries, Knoxville's finest gallery, housed in a vintage movie theater at 5308 Kingston Pike. Our juror was Virginia Derryberry, chair of the art department at the University of North Carolina/Asheville.

The Regional is greatful for the generous sponsorship of Bennett Galleries & Company, Clayton Bank & Trust, Sylvia Peters, President, Legacy Works, the UT Culinary Institute, and ORNL Federal Credit Union

Out of 417 submissions from 155 artists in 9 states, Derryberry chose 50 pieces from 43 artists from 7 states. They ranged from environmental conceptual sculpture to fresco.

Main entrance to the gallery space. Nashville photographer Laura Young's 12 panel "Me, Myself, and I" is on the entrace wall. the large red fiber sculpture in the background is from South Carolina artist Amanda Ladymon, the two sculpture in the foreground are by Samuel Davis

"Window seat, No Charge for Baggage", by Anne Kinggard, who retired last year from her seat as the chair of the art department at Pellissippi State.

One wall of the 1st gallery area. From left, work by Jeffery Stoner, Julie Jack (on pedistal), Alison Oakes, Robert Sulkin, Ian Haggerty, T. Michael Martin, Melissa G. Johnson, Jason Sabbides, and Bobbie Crews.

Mike Nicholes, Chris McAdoo, David Underwood

Two hand embroidery on found illustrations by Nick DeFord

Scott Palmer, Evamarie Pappas, Cynthia Cusick (foreground), and Gary Oglander

A long view of the back gallery space


Kathy Collier, a Paul Menchhofer raku, Barbara Nerentz-Kelley, Rick Alexander, Sharyn Bachleda

Another Sharyn Bachleda, 2 Nicolas Bells, Richard Whitehead, BarryMcManus. Jerry Spady wood sculpture on the pedistal.

Travis Graves in center, rear, l-r, Lisa Lindamood, Jan Kransberger, Barbara Nerenz-Kelley, Jim Toub, Leslie Nichols, and two Beauvais Lyons lithographs

Beauvais's lithographs again, Margaret Luttrell, Diane Fox, Stephan T. Brayfield, and Roy McCullough

EXHIBIT RECEPTION: APRIL 1st

The reception was well attended in it's new location, with a strong presence from the Museum, University, and area artist and arts community.

A demonstration of "How not to leave your wine glass on a sculpture pedistal"

The reception food for the evening was put on the the University of Tennessee Culinary Institute

Awards:
$2,000. 1st Award: Beauvais Lyons

Female North American Racoon Crow/lithograph

Genesis 6:19/lithograph

$1,000. 2nd Award: Laura Young

"Me, Myself, and I" /photography

$500. 3rd Award: Samuel Davis

"Sport"/ Porcelain and mixed media

$250. Merit Award: Bain Butcher

"Yellow Number 4" /oil on linen

$250. Merit Award: Stan Fronczek

"Box Table #1/bubinga and holly

Random additional work that was hard to see in the gallery shots

Cynthia Cusick, "The Co-Dependant Seeker" /stoneware, porcelain, glaze

David Underwood, "Spruce Tree House, Colorado #3, silver gelatin photograph, mixed media

Alison Oakes, "Shield" oil on porcelain

Jason Sabbides, "Flying Machine 23.5"/intaglio, oil

Jan Kransberger, "Tempt Not"/ kiln cart glass, sterling silver

Leslie Nichols, "Beauty of the Mind"/oil based ink, graphite on paper

Mike Nichols, "Michelle Affresco", "buon" fresco

Robert Sulkin. "Composition #222"/photography

T. Michael Martin, "What Makes Me Me (Self-Portrait)" acrylic, oil, enamel and glitter

Jim Toub, "Lost Cities #2"/pen and ink

An exhibit tour and lecture for the Guild of the Knoxville Museum of Fine Art was given mid-month by exhibit chair Denise Stewart-Sanabria

Bennett Galleries continuing Collectors Lecture Series, by Mary Morris, formally of Marlborough Gallery/NYC, archives manager, and Leila Taghinia-Milani Heller Gallery, NYC, Director, was also held in the space

Complete list of participating artists

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Rick Alexander
Sharyn Bachleda
Nicolas Bell
Stephen Brayfield
Bain Butcher
Kathy Collier
Bobbi Crews
Cynthia Cusick
Samuel Davis
Nick DeFord
Diane Fox
Stan Fronczek
Travis Graves
Ian Haggerty
Julie Jack
Melissa Johnson
Anne Kinggard
Jan Kransberger
Amanda Ladymon
Lisa Lindamood
Margaret Luttrell
Beauvais Lyons
T. Michael Martin
Chris McAdoo
Erin McClanahan
Roy McCullough
Barry McManus
Paul Menchhofer
Barbara Nerenz-Kelley
Leslie Nichols
Mike Nichols
Alison Oakes
Gary Oglander
Scott Palmer
Evamarie Pappas
Jason Sabbides
Jerry Spady
Jeffrey Stoner
Robert Sulkin
Jim Toub
David Underwood
Richard Whitehead
Laura Young

New Venue for 2011!

The Dogwood Regional Fine Arts Exhibit has a new home for April, 2011. (If you noticed that Nouveau Classics furniture store moved into our old location at 128 Gay St., you were probably wondering). Our location for the 2011 season will be at Knoxville's most prestigious gallery, Bennett Galleries and Company! Bennett represents many well known Tennessee artists, such as Andrew Saftel, Richard Jolley and Tommy Rush in their location inside a renovated vintage movie theater.
http://www.bennettgalleries.com/