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 PAST EXHIBITIONS
Take Art / Leave Art
Feb. 5 - 26, 2010
Take Art / Leave Art is a collaborative AVA gallery exhibition
that asks participants to donate as much work as they wish to be
displayed, appreciated, and potentially taken away. We encourage
submissions from all areas of expertise—nothing is too good, too bad,
or too weird. If you have a really nice painting that you would like to
give us, that's great, but we also want your sketches and doodles. It’s
not about being the best or the worst, it's about being a part of an
artistic community. All submissions will be shown, and when the
exhibition is over you will get a goodie bag of art to pay you back for your work.
Abroad
Jan. 5 - 29, 2010
The Landis Gallery's current exhibit, Abroad, stems from a
silverpoint drawing class, taught by UTC professor, David Young, which
gave students the opportunity to study the unique art while traveling in
London and Dublin. Silverpoint drawing is made by dragging a silver
rod or wire across a surface, often prepared with gesso or primer. It is
one of several types of metalpoint used by scribes, craftsman and
artists since ancient times. For drawing purposes, the essential metals
used were lead, tin and silver. The softness of these metals made them
effective drawing instruments. In the late Gothic/early Renaissance era,
silverpoint emerged as a fine line drawing technique.
CSAS Student Painting Exhibition
Dec. 11-18, 2009
December's show at the Landis Gallery features the work of young
painters from the Chattanooga School for the Arts and Sciences, a
private high school. The collection of paintings was completed over
the course of the first semester and approach three traditional
subjects in a variety of ways: still life, portraiture, and landscape.
Weak, Big-Headed Baby
November 6-28, 2009
Michigan is an experimental
collaborative project between Daniel
Wroe and Tara Harris. Through a series
of venn diagrams, charts, and graphs,
Michigan aims to systematically spread
its message of circular walking and non
sequiturs to at least one third of the
global Chattanoogan population.
Michigan's interests include cats, dogs,
and sometimes goats, appleshirts and
stances, he said she said, things that
are neither here nor there, fighting,
collections, coolers, bread, and golden
girls. "Weak Big-headed Baby"
is the culmination of about two years of
collaborative paintings, drawings, and
ideas. The artists have found that,
within the context of a collaborative
process, they are able to explore some
of their more experimental or
unconventional ideas. Michigan acts as
an outlet for projects that are
difficult or impossible to do as an
individual.
Enchanting
August 5-25, 2009
Now in the Landis Gallery, Enchanting,
a show by Jo Beth Richards, touches on
themes of excess and girlish extremes.
Enter a whimsical world of flash,
glitter and humor. Filled with puppies
and Pomeranians, the ultimate toy dog,
Enchanting expresses joy in life and
raises questions on how much is too
much. Sheer ridiculousness! Jo Beth
Richards is a junior studying art at the
University of Tennessee at Knoxville.
The Works of Emily Pietrantrone
June 1-30, 2009
AVA's
Landis Gallery is currently exhibiting the work of Emily Pietrantrone.
Ms. Pietrantone was awarded the AVA Award of Excellence for her entry
of Tivoli Blush in the Chattanooga Times Free Press Student Art
Contest. As part of this recognition, Ms. Pietrantone was awarded a
solo exhibition at the Landis Gallery. Ms. Pietrantone draws
inspiration from the Impressionist's use of color and light and borrows
heavily from a familiar impressionist subject, the image of the dancer.
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