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New Gift Establishes Scholarships, Increased Support for Printmaking Students 

New Gift Establishes Scholarships, Increased Support for Printmaking Students 

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Students at the University of Tennessee’s nationally recognized printmaking program can look forward to increased opportunities and support starting in 2026, thanks to a generous gift from Joel and Yann Dryer.    The newly established endowments, which include the $26,000 Joel and Yann Dryer Student Printmaking Award Endowment and the $100,000 Joel S. Dryer Printmaking Endowment, will help to fund awards and scholarships for outstanding undergraduate and graduate students, in addition to equipment and materials purchase, travel expenses for students to attend residencies and conferences, support […]

UT students collaborate with Malaysian printmaking collective

UT students collaborate with Malaysian printmaking collective

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The UT School of Art welcomed Malaysian printmaking collective Pangrok Sulap this spring, a group of artists, musicians and social activists who engaged with UT students through a collaborative visiting artist seminar.    Pangrok Sulap ( “Pangrok” being the local pronunciation of “punk rock”, and “Sulap”  a hut or a resting place usually used by farmers in Sabah, […]

Printmaking Faculty/Staff Present RETRoSPECT Exhibit

Printmaking Faculty/Staff Present RETRoSPECT Exhibit

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“RETRoSPECT” surveys recent and past works by UT Printmaking faculty members Beauvais Lyons, Althea Murphy-Price and Koichi Yamamoto, as well as 2D Printmaking Technician Elysia Mann.

Lyons Explains Vernacular Art in The Conversation

Lyons Explains Vernacular Art in The Conversation

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What is vernacular art? A visual artist explains Vernacular art is a genre of visual art made by artists who are usually self-taught. They tend to work outside of art academies and commercial galleries, which have traditionally been the purview of white, affluent artists and collectors. In the U.S., vernacular art – which can also be called […]

Ellen McClung Berry Professorships at the School of Art

Ellen McClung Berry Professorships at the School of Art

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Established in 1993 The Ellen McClung Berry Professorship was name in honor of Ellen Lawson McClung Berry, who had a life-long love of the arts. This fund provides for Professorships in the School of Art to support and enhance faculty research and creative activity.

Beauvais Lyons: Circus Orbis – See to Believe

Beauvais Lyons: Circus Orbis – See to Believe

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Circus Orbis – See to Believe is curated by Beauvais Lyons, who is both Director of the Hokes Archives, as well as a Chancellor’s Professor of Art at the University of Tennessee.

Printmaking Students Create Herbarium Specimens Portfolio

Printmaking Students Create Herbarium Specimens Portfolio

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Students from UT Printmaking created an exchange portfolio entitled Specimens from the UT Herbarium that was completed and presented on Thursday, December 1, 2022, to Margaret Oliver who represented the UT Herbarium.

Beauvais Lyons Featured on Academic Minute

Beauvais Lyons Featured on Academic Minute

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The Academic Minute is a two-and-a-half minute daily module which features researchers from colleges and universities around the world, keeping listeners abreast of what’s new and exciting in the academy. The show is hosted by Dr. Lynn Pasquerella, President of the Association of American Colleges and Universities. The program airs on 70 stations around the United States and Canada.