Please join us for a pop-up art exhibition displaying a collaborative installation of fiber art created by students enrolled in The Chemistry of Fibers, Honors Colloquium.
Thursday, May 5
5-7 P.M.
Derryberry Art Gallery in the Roaden University Center
1000 N. Dixie Ave.
Contact rwood@tntech.edu for more information.
Learn basic interlacement techniques to build a collection of mini weavings. Experiment with structure, material and texture. Explore and discuss themes of the miniature, material character and accumulation while working diligently, inch-by-inch. This is a beginner or intermediate level workshop.
Join us at the Appalachian Center for Craft for an engaging and inspiring weekend workshop learning a new craft, all in a beautiful setting overlooking Center Hill Lake. We have a few spaces remaining in this wonderful workshop taught by Rebecca Smith, as well as many more workshops in several different mediums. Join us!
Reminder that Tech Employees and students get a 50% discount!
Register by calling or visiting the link below.
931-372-6801
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Make wood platters that are perfect for cutting boards, cheese platters, or cookie trays. Learn to take wood from rough lumber to finished pieces using hand and power tools. Combine multiple wood types and try your hand at carving embellishments to create one-of-a-kind pieces. This is a beginner level workshop. Join us at the Appalachian Center for Craft for an engaging and inspiring weekend workshop learning a new craft, all in a beautiful setting overlooking Center Hill Lake. We have a few spaces remaining in this wonderful workshop taught by Alicia Dietz, as well as many more workshops in glassblowing, blacksmithing, fibers, wood, clay and metals. Join us!
Reminder that Tech Employees and students get a 50% discount!
Register by calling or visiting the link below.
931-372-6801
Click here to for more information
Want to enjoy a weekend of learning a new craft in a beautiful setting overlooking Center Hill Lake? Join us at the Appalachian Center for Craft for an engaging and inspiring weekend workshop. We have a few spaces remaining in our upcoming weekend glassblowing and woodworking workshops. Join us!
Reminder that Tech Employees and students get a 50% discount!
931-372-6801
https://www.tntech.edu/fine-arts/craftcenter/workshops/summer/index.php
Animal Hospital: Margaret Jane Joffrion Senior Thesis Exhibition
Senior Thesis Exhibition for Bachelor of Fine Arts in Fibers
Margaret Jane Joffrion’s sculptural weavings arch their spines and bristle like standoffish cats. Joffrion will be presenting her Fibers thesis show Animal Hospital in the Joe L. Evins Gallery at The Appalachian Center for Craft in Smithville, TN from April 27 – May 10, 2022. A reception will be held on April 30, 2022, from 4 p.m. – 6 p.m. The gallery will be open Monday – Saturday 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. and Sunday 12 p.m. – 5 p.m.
In Animal Hospital, Joffrion examines impulses of self-protection and experiences of safety. She weaves cloth using cotton, silk, wool, elastic, crepe, and metallic yarns. Please attend Animal Hospital to experience the defensive attitudes, textural allure, and sculptural embodiment of these works.
Contact the School of Art, Craft & Design for more information: 931-372-3738.
Senior Thesis Exhibition for Bachelor of Fine Arts in Fibers
“The Sky is Clear”, a BFA Senior Thesis Exhibition by Nobue Shinn, will be on view at the Appalachian Center for Craft Lakeview Gallery from April 27 to May 9, 2022. Gallery hours are Monday-Saturday, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m., Sunday, 12 p.m., – 5 p.m. This exhibition showcases a series of quilts that follow the Hero’s Journey in a story written by Nobue.
Contact the School of Art, Craft & Design for more information: 931-372-3738.
COMFORT ZONE: Mary Klages Senior Thesis Exhibition
Senior Thesis Exhibition for Bachelor of Fine Arts in Clay
Mary Klages is a ceramic artist from Oak Ridge who has been working in the medium of clay for six years. Mary’s senior thesis show, “Comfort Zone”, will be at the Hilltop Gallery at the Appalachian Center for Craft in Smithville, TN, April 27-May 10, 2022. This exhibition showcases Mary’s sculptural work, which she has created during her time in the BFA program at Tennessee Tech. This show consists of larger-than-life figures which explore the complexities of consciousness. This body of work combines both realistic and abstract forms while pushing the limit of clay as a medium. Mary finishes the pieces by layering paint to define the forms and push the narrative throughout the show. Mary aims to ignite curiosity in the viewer and invites them to investigate each piece closely.
Contact the School of Art, Craft & Design for more information: 931-372-3738.
TRANSFORMATION: Stacey Ashworth Senior Thesis Exhibition
Senior Thesis Exhibition for Bachelor of Fine Arts in Glass
Glass artist Stacey Ashworth will be presenting the opening of her senior thesis exhibition for the Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Glass. School of Art, Craft & Design, Tennessee Technological University. Join us in a spiritual realm of the cosmos for “TRANSFORMATION”. The show will be presented in the Joe L. Evins Gallery at the Appalachian Center for Craft, located at 1560 Craft Center Drive, Smithville, TN 37166. This is a free exhibition and will demonstrate the extensive efforts, and skills she has gained while attending the glass program at Tennessee Technological University. Focusing on hot shop glass blowing and the use of glass enamels. The exhibition will be presented to the public during the weeks of April 27, – May 10, 2022.
Artist Website: www.staceyashworthglassart.com
Contact the School of Art, Craft & Design for more information: 931-372-3738.
Spring 2022.
The 32nd Annual Dorothy Printz Pennebaker Memorial Spring Production.
AIRNESS
By Chelsea Marcantel
Directed by Mark Harry Creter
March 31, April 1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 9, 2022 at 8:00 p.m.
April 7, 2022 at 10:00 p.m.
April 9, 2022 at 2:00 p.m.
THE STORY:
“To shred or be shredded? That is the question.” When Nina enters her first air guitar competition, she thinks winning will be easy. But as she befriends a group of charismatic nerds all committed to becoming the next champion, she discovers that there’s more to this art form than playing pretend; it’s about finding yourself in your favorite songs, and performing with raw joy. Will Nina be able to let go and set herself free onstage? Following her mission to shred or be shredded, Airness is an exuberant reminder that everything we need to rock is already inside us. A comedy about competition, completion, and finding the airness inside yourself.
“If you’ve ever had a passion the rest of the world looked down upon, Airness will have you cheering, booing, and jumping out of seat…”
-John Bavoso, DC Theatre Scene
Produced by Special arrangement with Playscripts, Inc.
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The works in this show have been hidden from the public, like a bird enclosed in an egg. In this season of new beginnings, the artists will reveal their work, and the public is invited to witness the formerly secret made fully visible. Students of Tennessee Tech’s School of Art, Craft & Design will be presenting Make. Do., an exhibition at the Silver Fern in Cookeville, TN. A reception will be held on Friday, April 1, 2022, from 6 p.m. – 8 p.m., and the show will run April 1–30, 2022. The gallery will be open Thursday and Friday 11 a.m. – 6 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m. – 5 p.m., and Sunday 12 p.m. – 4 p.m. The gallery is open by appointment only on Tuesday and Wednesday. The artists practice in diverse disciplines such as blacksmithing, metalsmithing, ceramics, painting, fibers, graphic design, and photography. Please attend Make. Do. to be surprised by a variety of practices and to be welcomed into the excitement of this season in these emerging artists’ careers.