Art Department Events 2009-2010


Fall Semester

 
Continuing from summer – Thursday, September 24
Gary Monroe: Snake Handlers and Redemption
Leu Gallery in the Lila D. Bunch Library
Reception: Wednesday, September 2 from 4:00 – 6:00 p.m.
A Knoxville native, Monroe uses chalk, pastels and graphite to explore the historic and current practice of taking up serpents.

Tuesday, October 13 – Thursday, December 3
Christina Nuell: Laser Engravings
Opening Reception:  Wednesday, October 21 from 4:00 – 6:00 p.m.
Leu Gallery in the Lila D. Bunch Library
Nuell, a printmaking professor at MTSU, creates laser engraved prints that have a playful sense of improvisation by mixing imagery from the Victorian Era with images of technology.

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Spring Semester


Tuesday, January 26 – Friday, May 14
The American Experience: Art and Decorative Arts from the collections of Belmont University Alumni.
Guest Curator: Mark Brown, Belmont Mansion Executive Director
Reception: Wednesday, February 3 from 5:00 – 7:00 p.m.
Leu Art Gallery at the Lila D. Bunch Library

This exhibit will explore a wide range of American fine and decorative art objects from various collections of Belmont University Alumni.  Included in the show will be furniture, silver, glass, textiles, paintings and prints.  These pieces reflect American culture from the Colonial period to the end of the nineteenth century.  The exhibition will demonstrate attempts to create a new American identity while still copying a European style.  Some of the highlights of the show will be a Tennessee-made sugar chest and two rare Tennessee-made sugar boxes.  The silver will span from Colonial silver beaker to a Tiffany Fried Chicken server.  Examples of some of the earliest made American glass will also be shown.       

Sunday, February 21 – Saturday, February 27
Alumni Art Show
Featuring the work of Belmont Alumni in honor of Homecoming
Reception:  Sunday, February 21 from 2:00 – 4:00 p.m.
Gallery 121 in the Leu Center for the Visual Arts

Friday, March 5 – Monday, April 9
Annual Student Show
A juried show of student work created during the 2009-2010 school year.
Reception: Wednesday, March 24 from 5:00 – 7:00 p.m.
Gallery 121 in the Leu Center for the Visual Arts

Thursday, May 14 from 6:00 – 9:00 p.m.
Art Crawl
Featuring the work of the May 2010 graduating seniors.
Gallery 121, Leu Art Gallery, Belmont Mansion and BLVD





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