School of Art Alumnus Robert Hobbs has led a career that many art historians could only dream of. He has written nearly sixty books and curated dozens of exhibits, working closely with artists, ranging from sculptors Alice Aycock and Robert Smithson to painters Lee Krasner and Robert Motherwell.
This annual newsletter celebrates the professional and life achievements of our students, alumni, faculty, and staff. We are proud of our record of creative activity, and grateful to have our graduate program recognized as 3rd among public universities by U.S. News and World Report
The Alumni Promise Award recognizes alumni no older than 40 who have demonstrated distinctive achievement in a career, civic involvement, or both. This award is presented to acknowledge alumni who are making a mark early on in their career. In 2023, Ben Murphy, alumni of the Cinema Studies program received one of four Alumni Promise […]
Members of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, College of Arts and Sciences celebrated alumni achievements and philanthropy during the Eighth Annual College of Arts and Sciences Alumni and Philanthropy Awards Celebration Friday, September 29, 2023. Ericka Walker (’10) graduated from the College of Arts and Sciences with a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) from the School […]
Jessica Kreutter’s (MFA 2010, Assistant Professor at Houston Community College) work is currently featured in the exhibition “Fragmented Figure” at Sculpture Houston.
Kevin Kao, MFA 2015, Assistant Professor of art at Furman University has been elected to the FATE board of directors.
UT School of Art alumni succeed in widely varied careers, from designing STEM visual aids to directing history museums.
The UTK School of Art is proud to announce Zoe Brester-Pennings, MFA Printmaking Graduate of the Class of 2023, is the recipient of The University of Wisconsin-Parkside’s Artist-in-Residence (AIR) position in Printmaking. This position runs from the Fall of 2023 through the Spring 2024 semester
Ericka Walker is a School of Art printmaking alumna from the University of Tennessee (MFA ’10). She will receive the College of Arts and Sciences 2023 Alumni of Promise Award on September 29, 2023.
Sean Latif Heiser, 2023 MFA Painting and Drawing grad is participating in an invitational residency at hotelpupik, in Schrattenberg, Scheifling, Austria. He arrived in Austria during June and will complete the residency in July.
Faith Belt is a Spring 2022 graduate of the University of Tennessee School of Art. This summer she received the 2023 Young Adult Scholarship to attend the Puppeteers of America’s 66th National Puppetry Festival in College Park, Maryland on July 18-22.
The Printmaking Showcase Gallery presents “Prints by UT Knoxville Graduate Students, Faculty and Staff” from June 5 – August 30, 2023.
For more than 15 years the Printmaking Program in the UT School of Art has enjoyed an exchange with the Graphics Department at the E. Geppert Academy of Art and Design in Wrocław, Poland.
Danqi Cai [dan-CHI Tsai] is a Spring 2023 graduate of the MFA program at the University of Tennessee School of Art. The program is proud to announce that she has been appointed as Assistant Professor of Foundations at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, Arkansas, beginning in the Fall of 2023.
Chloe Baker is a Spring 2023 graduate from the University of Tennessee’s School of Art with a Bachelors of Fine Arts and a concentration in 4D Studio Arts. Beginning in January 2022, while still in school, she had the incredible opportunity to kick-start her professional journey with an internship at Loch & Key Productions.
Emily Roca Rice of Chattanooga, Tennessee, is a 2023 graduate who studied studio art with a concentration in painting and drawing.
Delany Bal is an American sculptor focused on fusing digital fabrication with ancient artistic practices. Working to master this hybrid craft, she integrates digital technology with cast and fabricated metals, ceramics, woodworking, and experimental surface treatments.
Hannah Overton, a 2016 UT alumna, majored in English Literature but took as many art classes as she could fit in her schedule. “Creativity has always been one of the most important parts of my life,” she says. As a kid, she would split her time equally between reading and writing, making art, and doing theater. She took photos with disposable cameras, used Microsoft Paint and Windows Movie Maker to create stop-motion videos, and spent a lot of time sketching.
The School of Art Development Council and the College of Arts and Sciences Dean’s Advisory Board gathered at the Downtown Gallery on Thursday, April 20, 2023, to celebrate the continuing work of the Downtown Gallery in support of the Arts in Knoxville.
Ben Murphy, Cinema Studies alumni from 2015, is Assistant Editor in the Avatar mega-franchise
Elysia Mann is the printmaking studio technician at the University of Tennessee School of Art. She oversees the maintenance of presses and tools used in the print facilities including intaglio, lithography, relief, letterpress, and screen print.
Kay Dartt, Shepherd University professor and metal sculptor, comes to the UT School of Art on Thursday, February 23, at 7:30pm for a lecture. Dartt’s creative practice combines sculpture, engineering, education, and community outreach. She teaches sculpture courses, engineering courses, and manages an interdisciplinary fabrication space called the FASTEnER Lab.
The Tennessee Triennial has chosen a statewide model that is set apart and unprecedented.
Ben Murphy, one of our first Cinema Studies cohort graduates in 2015, has been working on the newly released Avatar sequel since 2017. He has recently been promoted to 1st Assistant Editor in the mega-franchise!
The University of Tennessee School of Art hosted a meeting of the Development Council this Fall. The School of Art’s Development Council is a group of committed alumni and friends who serve to promote excellence in Art, Design and Art History at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Pictured left to right are: Karyn Adams, Christopher McNulty, Barbara Apking, Michael Webb, and James Hack.
The University of Tennessee School of Art and Dogwood Elementary would welcomed visitors to the Dogwood Community Trail on Monday, November 28, 2022 at 1:00 PM, to celebrate the wonderful artwork created by UT Sculpture students.
Crystal Wagner (MFA ’08) has been selected by the UTK Alumni Association to receive the UTK Alumni Promise Award on Friday September 16, 2022
This annual newsletter celebrates the creative achievements of our students, alumni, faculty and staff. It provides a way to maintain alumni connections to “Rocky Top,” while also reminding us that making art has both personal and public significance.
Narratives play a prominent theme in junior Jace Hermanto’s artistic practice. He became interested in mythology at a young age because of its use of fictional worlds and creatures. While earning his associate’s degree at Pellissippi State Community College, Hermanto’s painting and drawing told stories that allowed him to escape from real-world issues.
For the third year in a row, the UT Downtown Gallery partnered with the Big Ears Festival to serve as a venue for film programming, while School of Art faculty and alumni were invited to show their video art at another 2018 Big Ears event, the 12-Hour Drone.
This fall, the Ewing Gallery of Art + Architecture presents Irons in the Fire: UT Sculpture Alumni Exhibition in conjunction with the 2018 Mid-South Sculpture Alliance Conference, which is co-hosted by the UT Sculpture program. This three-day conference will bring hundreds of artists to Knoxville, including the renowned sculptor and printmaker Chakaia Booker, who will give a keynote address at the Knoxville Museum of Art and open her solo exhibition at the UT Downtown Gallery, both on Friday, Oct. 5.
Before she graduated from UT in 2009, Leanne Moe-McQueen was already planning her pottery business. While still an undergraduate student, she designed her first kiln with Frank Martin, associate professor of ceramics, and opened a small studio at 212 East Harper Street in Maryville, Tennessee. Within a few years of earning her BFA, McQueen had moved Studio 212 into a much larger building, expanded her business to offer community art classes, and established her brand, McQueen Pottery.
Brian and Carolyn Jobe met at UT while earning their Bachelor of Fine Arts degrees at UT. They married and, after both graduating in 2004, Carri continued her art practice and worked in nonprofit administration in San Antonio.
