Socially engaged artist Amanda Evans has been awarded an AWAW Environmental Art Grant, a competitive national award from organizations Anonymous Was a Woman and the New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA). Evans, an Assistant Professor of Ceramics at the University of Tennessee, and her collaborator, Tia Kramer, were awarded the grant to support their […]
The UT School of Art is thrilled to welcome two new faculty members. Assistant Professor Bucky Miller joins the School of Art’s Photography area. An artist and writer who photographs to unearth stranger possibilities for joy, Miller is a recipient of the Aaron Siskind Foundation Individual Photographer’s Fellowship, has had solo exhibitions at spaces including the […]
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
UT Filmmaker John C Kelley has been awarded the inaugural Vimeo Short Film Grant for his animated project, The Ineffable Hum. Kelley, an associate professor of Cinema Studies and Time-Based Art at the University of Tennessee, is one of five filmmakers selected from thousands to receive the first-of-its-kind award. The grant includes $30,000 in funding, access […]
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, […]
School of Art professor Janelle VanderKelen has won a Creative Capital award for her project, The Golden Thread, a 16mm feature film that highlights ways unseen fungi help slow climate change and mitigate its effects. VanderKelen, an assistant professor of Cinema Studies and Time-Based Art, is one of 55 artists representing 49 projects who received the prestigious award […]
Two School of Art alumni are writing a book about the University of Tennessee Sculpture Tour, a unique loan program in the 1980-90’s that influenced outdoor art exhibitions at institutions and communities throughout the country. Leticia Bajuyo (MFA ‘01), an Assistant Professor of Sculpture at the University of Oklahoma, and Durant Thompson (BFA ‘97), a […]
Jason Brown’s Community Art Class in Spring 2024 Two School of Art professors received Heart and Soul Awards from the Faculty Senate, a new honor recognizing faculty members who foster exceptionally inclusive, respectful, and supportive climates at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Heather Coker Hawkins, an assistant professor of time-based art, and Jason Brown, a […]
Christopher McNulty Kyle Cottier The sculpture program at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville—already recognized and respected among national and international art communities—recently came further into the spotlight. This fall, the International Sculpture Center (ISC) honored School of Art (SOA) Director Christopher McNulty with its prestigious Outstanding Educator Award, which recognizes inspiring, influential artists who have […]
The Venice Biennale is one of the world’s oldest and most prestigious art exhibitions. This year, an installation by UT School of Art Professor John Powers is among the featured work. Established in 1895, the Biennale has showcased art from many of history’s renowned artists and architects, and in recent years attracted over 800,000 […]
The School of Art at UT, Knoxville is excited to introduce two new instructional faculty members. Assistant Professor Amanda Evans joins the School of Art’s Ceramics Program. Evans is a socially engaged ceramic artist whose work manifests as participatory sculptures, performance, print and digital media, and long-term collaborative systems. She received her MFA in Art […]
“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.
The University of Tennessee School of Art is pleased to announce that the most recent film produced by film maker Elaine McMillion Sheldon has been named a Critics Pick by the New York Times. Sheldon is Assistant Professor in the Cinema Studies concentration at the School of Art. This film is described as, “A lyrical […]
Sean Roberts, senior lecturer in Art History for the UT School of Art co-edited the book, The Environment and Ecology in Islamic Art and Culture, was just published by Yale University Press. The book is described in the following press release.
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 […]
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.
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 […]
