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MFA Student Ruchi Singh: Internship with the Jewish Museum in New York

MFA Student Ruchi Singh: Internship with the Jewish Museum in New York

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Ruchi Singh was an intern with the Jewish Museum New York during this past summer. The museum is dedicated to the enjoyment, understanding, and preservation of the artistic and cultural heritage of the Jewish people. This was an 8-week long online internship as part of the museum’s Virtual Summer Institute. Ruchi was a member of […]

Stacey Robinson and Julie Lohnes Interview at the Ewing Gallery

Stacey Robinson and Julie Lohnes Interview at the Ewing Gallery

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The work of Stacey Robinson has been on display both at the Ewing Gallery and at the UT Downtown Gallery during September and October 2023. On October 2, 2023, Robinson sat down with UT School of Art Gallery Director Julie Lohnes to discuss his work and the impact of the exhibitions and his interactions with […]

Stacey Robinson Brings Energy and Collaborative Art to Knoxville

Stacey Robinson Brings Energy and Collaborative Art to Knoxville

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Stacey Robinson, MFA, has been a featured artist at the University of Tennessee School of Art during September and October.  He participated in multiple exhibitions in collaboration with the Ewing Gallery and the Downtown Gallery and he has been the visiting artist for the school and community, sharing his skills as DJ with 90.3 The Rock, […]

MFA Grad Danqi Cai to Teach at University of Arkansas

MFA Grad Danqi Cai to Teach at University of Arkansas

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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.

Art History Student to Attend Conservation Workshop

Art History Student to Attend Conservation Workshop

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Dani Sheridan Stanford is a BA student studying Art History at the UT School of Art. They are also pursuing a Minor in Studio Art and have, this semester, been an Arts and Collections Intern at the McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture.

Hiles and Ekstrum Present at CAA Conference

Hiles and Ekstrum Present at CAA Conference

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Tim Hiles, Associate Director of Undergraduate Studies and Professor of Art History at the School of Art will be presenting on Thursday, February 16, at the College Art Association (CAA) Annual Conference in New York City. Hiles is presenting with 2022 MFA graduate Ashley Ekstrum who worked with him as a research assistant prior to graduation and who has collaborated on research since.

Students Featured in Shopper News

Students Featured in Shopper News

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University of Tennessee art students have collaborated on an outdoor sculpture project near Dogwood Elementary School that both enhances the outdoor classrooms and gives the larger community exposure to the arts.

Military Veteran Yilan Chang Dukes to Graduate – Fall 2022

Military Veteran Yilan Chang Dukes to Graduate – Fall 2022

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Yilan Chang Dukes arrived in the United States in 2008. She had been born and raised to that time in Mainland China, the only child in a family where art was an important part of life. Her mother’s artistic passion was dance. Her grandfather and uncle were musicians.

Sculpture Students Partner with Dogwood Elementary for Outdoor Art Exhibit

Sculpture Students Partner with Dogwood Elementary for Outdoor Art Exhibit

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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.

Ceramicist Isaac Scott to Lecture on Thursday, October 20, 2022

Ceramicist Isaac Scott to Lecture on Thursday, October 20, 2022

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Philadelphia-based ceramics-sculptor Isaac Scott will present a lecture on his work on Thursday October 20 at 7:30pm in the McCarty Auditorium, room 109 of the Art and Architecture Building. His lecture is free and open to the public.

WELCOME STUDENTS FROM WROCŁAW, POLAND

WELCOME STUDENTS FROM WROCŁAW, POLAND

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The UT School of Art welcomes Agnieszka Hoza and Izabela Kabza both of whom are graduate students in the MFA program in Wrocław, Poland to be resident-artists in the Printmaking Program in Knoxville

Student Profile: Ruchi Singh

Student Profile: Ruchi Singh

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Ruchi Singh is an interdisciplinary artist from India. She likes to complement her artworks with a piece of writing.

“Light of Truth” 2022 Juried Student Exhibition and Exchange

“Light of Truth” 2022 Juried Student Exhibition and Exchange

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Students from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, School of Art, Tennessee State University, and Fisk University are participating in the 2nd annual exchange and exhibition for inclusion and diverse representation. Students responded to the theme Light of the Truth.

Mythology, Inspiration for Art by Jace Hermanto

Mythology, Inspiration for Art by Jace Hermanto

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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.

Motherland, a Series of Paintings by Mary Laube

Motherland, a Series of Paintings by Mary Laube

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In the years following the Korean War, the US saw an influx in international adoptions of South Korean children. Mary Laube, assistant professor of painting + drawing, traveled from Seoul to Chicago, Illinois in 1987 at the age of 2 where she was adopted by her parents. Although Laube grew up in a culturally diverse […]

From America to Kurdistan and Back Again: Nuveen Barwari

From America to Kurdistan and Back Again: Nuveen Barwari

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Nuveen Barwari grew up wandering allies of fabric markets with her mother in Duhok, the Kurdish region of Iraq. At the time, the two would gather the material for her mother to drape Kurdish dresses, but now the experience has a whole different meaning for Barwari as a graduate student.

At the Intersection of Art and Disabilities

At the Intersection of Art and Disabilities

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Timothy Hiles, associate professor of art history, joined the faculty of the School of Art in 1991 and for the last two decades has taught a popular course on the history of photography. Over the years, his research interests have also turned in this direction, most recently to the intersection between disability studies and art history.