Category: Arts

Interested in learning a new craft or expanding your artistry? The Appalachian Center for Craft offers hands-on workshops in blacksmithing, clay, fibers, glass, metals and wood. This year, we’re excited to offer fermentation and stoneworking workshops for the first time! Tennessee Tech students and employees receive a 25% discount on workshop tuition! Click here for more information!

Check out a couple of upcoming workshops in Glass and Fibers, below!

Intro to Solid Glass Sculpting with Tabitha Thierjung
May 26-28, 2023
Are you ready to learn how to work with molten glass? Let’s start at the beginning, learning the basic skills necessary to create solid paperweights, flowers, and other sculptures.

Block Carving & Printing on Fabric with Jeanne Brady
May 26-28, 2023
Discover fun, creative ways to print dynamic patterns on fabric by carving soft rubber blocks using simple carving tools and printing with permanent, colorful, non-toxic pigments.

TN Tech Department of English and the Tech Players are proud to present the 33nd Annual Dorothy Printz Pennebaker Memorial Spring 2023 Production

 Leading Ladies A Comedy by Ken Ludwig, Directed by Mark Harry Creter

April 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 21, 22, 2023 at 8:00 p.m., Late Show: April 20, 2023 at 10:00 p.m., Matinee: April 22, 2023 at 2:00 p.m.

Tickets are $15 general admission, $12 senior citizens and $5 for all students.

For further information contact the TTU Backdoor Playhouse box office at (931) 372-6595 or go online to www.tntech.edu/bdph/.

“Progression of Scars: A Common Hardship Illuminated Through Art”                    

 Emalee Josef Senior Thesis Exhibition

 Senior Thesis Exhibition for Bachelor of Fine Arts in Ceramics

This exhibition presents works that represent a person’s mental health that has manifested into the creation of bound bodies and dark forms. The exhibit will be showcasing larger than life creations along with intimate moments that reflect the human condition.  The show was created by sculptor Emalee Josef a graduating student of Tennessee Tech’s School of Art Craft and Design. Josef is extremely excited to share a look at these expressive works that will be the emergence into their career as an artist. These works elude darkness in a way that is not only unsettling but is also familiar. Exhibition is April 20 – May 3, 2023, reception on Saturday April 29, 2023. The exhibit will be at the Appalachian Center for Craft.

Contact the School of Art, Craft & Design for more information:  931-372-3738.

Creative Bliss:  Hannah Smith Senior Thesis Exhibition

Senior Thesis Exhibition for Bachelor of Fine Arts in Fibers

This show includes Fiber Art like quilts, crocheted yarn and fabric, coiled pieces, work that is displayed on the floor, and fun lighting.   These pieces are very colorful, whimsical, and fun.  Smith says, “I don’t want to make art where people say, ‘oh, interesting,’ then walk away; I want people to stop and look at my art, smile because it makes them happy, and maybe even send pictures to people to spread the joy.”  The show will be at the Appalachian Center for Craft Gallery on April 20 – May 3, 2023.  This show would help to encourage happiness of the people who get to experience it.  Depression can be a very hard thing to suffer with and if someone could get even the slightest hint of happiness from this show, the artist would succeed in her goals for this event.

Contact the School of Art, Craft & Design for more information:  931-372-3738.

“Make.Do.2”

April 14-28 the Silver Fern on Spring Street in Cookeville will be exhibiting, Make.Do.2., a group exhibition by Tennessee Tech students in the Bachelor of Fine Arts program in the School of Art, Craft & Design. The artwork will be displayed in the Fiddlehead Room Gallery. The show opens on Friday, April 14 with a reception open to the public at 5:30p.m.

Make.Do.2., showcases student’s work from a variety of craft, including wood, fiber, ceramic, metals, and painting. From weavings to wood-turned vessels, the exhibition shows every aspect of Tennessee Techs student’s talents.

For information on where to find this exhibition, times of opening and closing, and dates, you can contact the Silver Fern by phone at (931) 854-1089, or by email at thesilverferngallery@gmail.com. Questions for the artists about the show, or other inquiries about the exhibition can be directed to Kwinkle@tntech.edu.

“Senior Capstone Exhibition”

Artists Bridget Graessle (fiber), Beau Fedewa (fiber), and Danielle Hitchcock (design) will be presenting the opening of their senior capstone exhibition for the Bachelor of Science in Studio Arts Degree in the School of Art, Craft & Design at Tennessee Technological University. Join us for the Senior Capstone Exhibition!  The exhibition will be presented in the Hilltop Gallery at the Appalachian Center for Craft, located at 1560 Craft Center Drive, Smithville, TN 37166. This free exhibition will demonstrate the extensive efforts and skills they have gained while attending the program at Tennessee Technological University. The exhibition will be presented to the public during the weeks of April 4-17.  The reception date will be April 13, 4:30–6:30 pm.

Contact the School of Art, Craft & Design for more information:  931-372-3738.

Overlook runs March 27 through May 9, 2023

Overlook is a group show featuring the work of the resident artists at TN Tech, Appalachian Center for Craft in Dogwood Gallery at 1560 Craft Center Drive, Smithville, TN 37166.

Featured Artists:

Sarah Davey, Ceramics Artist in Resident.

Gabrielle McHugh, Fibers Artist in Resident.

Stacy Motte, Wood Artist in Resident.

Eleanore Rose, Metals Artist in Resident.

Brad Silk, Exhibitions Artist in Resident.

Tabitha Thierjung, Glass Artist in Resident.

Join us for a Closing Reception on Saturday, May 6, 2023, from 3 to 5 pm!

For more information, please contact the Exhibitions Artist in Resident, Brad Silk at bsilk@tntech.edu

April 1, 10 am – 5 pm at the Appalachian Center for Craft

Join us at the Appalachian Center for Craft’s 25th Annual Celebration of Craft! This event is free and family friendly. Join us for:
• Live demonstrations in blacksmithing, clay, fibers, glass, metals and wood
• Live music and dance performances
• Hands-on craft activities for kids
• Craft sales and a special 25% discount on handmade items in the gallery
• Tasty food from local chefs including BBQ, kettle corn, ice-cream, vegan options, and more!
 
Bring your friends and family for a day of great art, music, food, and fun! Contact craftcenter@tntech.edu for more information.

The Joan Derryberry Art Gallery presents Body Politic, a collaborative print series by Tonja Torgerson and Christa Carleton. Together they challenge the conventional views that beleaguer gender roles through the figurative nude. “With our collaborative project Body Politic, we contribute our perspectives to a vast commentary set forth by our predecessors in intersectional feminism, and raise our voices in support of inclusive change.” Meet the artists on Thursday, March 23 at 4:30 p.m. in the Roaden University Center 124 for a gallery talk and reception. This event is funded by Center Stage. For more information, contact hdarms@tntech.edu.