Community Art Exhibit Continues Through March 27

A juried show featuring artists from Walters State's service area continues through March 27.

Exhibit Will End with Juror's Talk, Reception

     Walters State’s Catron Art Gallery is hosting a juried exhibit of community art works through March 27. The gallery is located inside the R. Jack Fishman Library on the Morristown Campus.
     The work was chosen from submissions following a “call for art” for the college’s service area. The exhibit will end with a juror’s talk and reception featuring juror Heather Wetzell at 2:30 p.m. on March 27. The public is invited.
     A practicing artist, Wetzell is galleries and collections manager at Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts in Gatlinburg. She manages the exhibition schedule for four rotating galleries as well as a permanent collection with over 1,000 works in a variety of media. Wetzell holds a master of arts and humanities from Arcadia University in Glenside, Pennsylvania, and a master of fine arts in visual studies from the Visual Studies Workshop in Rochester, New York. She has completed the University of Iowa’s Center for the Book Graduate Certificate in book arts technologies. Her work has been widely exhibited and can be found at the Anzenberger Gallery in Vienna, Austria and the Momentum Gallery in Asheville, North Carolina. Wetzell will also announce art works receiving awards.
     The exhibit was organized by Amy Evans, professor of art and head of the art department, and Jessie Van der Laan, associate professor of art and assistant dean of the Division of Humanities. It is open during the library’s regular operating hours, 8 a.m.-5:30 p.m., Monday through Thursday. There is no admission charge. 

The artists featured in the exhibit, with the name of their work, follows. 

Cocke County: Lucille LeBeau of Newport, “One Too Many,” acrylic on canvas.
Greene County: Brylee Bruner of Chuckey, “Lucky Spring,” Acrylic on canvas board; Robert Whittenburg of Mohawk, “Rock City,” acrylic; Elizabeth Brown of Afton, “Driveway Snow,” oil on canvas board and “The Yellow Fields,” acrylic on canvas; Heather Jones of Chuckey, “Ok, What Now?” acrylic and “The Cha Cha,” clay and metal; Ronnie Luttrell  of Greeneville, “Two Coats,” acrylic on canvas; Rose Davis of Greeneville, “Blackberry,” oil paint on board and “Singer,” oil paint on board; Chasity  Heimsoth of Chuckey, “Subtle Thoughts,” photograph; Sarah Kesterson of Mohawk, “Acrylic Painting,” acrylic.
Hamblen County: Danielle Porter of Talbott, “Thanks Jared,” mixed media on paper; Bill Long of Morristown, :Undulation I,” acrylic on canvas and “Undulation II,” acrylic on canvas; Michael Murphy of Morristown, “Not Kansas,” photography; Dan Gibson of Russellville, “Cattails,” watercolor; Cathy Teller of Morristown, “Poppy Power,” fired porcelain tile and “Fun in the Sun,” fired porcelain vase; Mike Sandlock of Morristown, “Jes Ain't No Solution to Ocean Pollution” acrylic on layered plexiglass; Stephanie Swift of Morristown, “Going Nowhere,” oil on canvas; Don Britton of Morristown, :The Book Woman is Here!” colored pencil; Cosima Risolvo, Morristown, “Energy Scape,” pastels; Cheyenne Mooneyham of Mooresburg, “Seraphim Angel,” polymer clay.
Hawkins County: Laree McMurray of Church Hill, “Budding Heads," ceramic; Leona Toll of Mooresburg, “Starry Night Mosaic,” mosaic; Corena Margozzi of Mooresburg, “Egret,” driftwood, carving, metal, acrylic paint and “Cedar Waxwing,” driftwood, carving, and acrylic paint.
Jefferson County: Reyn McMurry of Jefferson City, “Iron Pills,” acrylic and mixed media on canvas.