David McBeth, professor of Art, received the Harold Love Outstanding Community Service Award. The Harold Love Outstanding Community Service award is sponsored by the Tennessee Higher Education Commission and is named after the late state representative Harold Love, who was instrumental in passing legislation to create community service recognition programs at the state level in… Continue reading McBeth receives Harold Love Outstanding Community Service Award
Category: Visual Arts
Second annual FilmFest includes more of West Tennessee
The Weakley County FilmFest has expanded to include more Tennessee counties and is now named The NorWest Film Festival. The second annual festival will be held at 7 p.m. on Saturday, April 6 in UTM’s Vanguard Little Theatre in the Fine Arts Building, Room 167. The festival was first brought up by Vanguard Theatre Director,… Continue reading Second annual FilmFest includes more of West Tennessee
Faculty art showcases talent and expertise
The 2019 bi-annual Visual Arts Faculty Show, “Salon des Refuses”, opened March 12 and will run through April 6 in the Fine Arts Gallery. “Salon des Refuses” showcases the work of professors Dr. Windy Wang, Jason Stout, David McBeth, Lane Last, Sarah Haig, Grace Eckert and Dr. Carol Eckert. Each professor honed in on their… Continue reading Faculty art showcases talent and expertise
UTM professor brings art to life
The Phi Kappa Phi honor society hosted Jason Stout, associate professor of art, for its annual Muriel Tomlinson Memorial Lecture on Tuesday, Feb. 5. Stout presented his lecture, “Painting and Picture Making in a Postmodern Age” for a group of UTM students, faculty and guests associated with the Phi Kappa Phi honor society. In his… Continue reading UTM professor brings art to life
Holiday art bazaar raises scholarship funds
The League of Striving Artists Holiday Art Bazaar, held Dec. 6-8 in the art gallery of the Fine Arts Building, raised $2,400. The bazaar sells unique items handmade by UTM students, faculty and alumni. These items include holiday cards, paintings, scarves and other textiles, ceramics, glass ornaments and more. All items could be purchased to… Continue reading Holiday art bazaar raises scholarship funds
Art exhibits celebrate humanity
McKayla Cunningham, Olivia Gibson and Josiah Phelps are presenting their Senior Exhibitions through Oct. 27. Cunningham’s, a Studio Art major from Rockford, Illinois, show is titled “Double Exposure” and focuses on showcasing different types of bodies and creating body positivity. “We as women are perfect the way we are and need to learn to embrace our… Continue reading Art exhibits celebrate humanity
Senior art exhibits focus on family, history
Melisha Polk and Kalen Simone presented their senior art exhibitions Sept. 25-Oct. 6. Polk is a senior Studio Art major from Ripley. Her thesis exhibition was titled “My Life: Past, Present & Future.” The show focused on using Polk’s family members, mostly women who have overcome obstacles in their life, to represent her past, present… Continue reading Senior art exhibits focus on family, history
Festival presents 5th annual ‘Guitar as Art’ exhibit
The Tennessee Soybean Festival has partnered with UTM’s Department of Visual and Theatre Arts to present the 5th annual “Guitar as Art” exhibit. As the name states, the “Guitar as Art” exhibit features an assortment of vibrantly designed guitars, coinciding with the musical Soybean Festival that takes place in Martin. Thirty artists participated in the event… Continue reading Festival presents 5th annual ‘Guitar as Art’ exhibit
Spring dance show is as unique as students: individuality shines bright
The UTM Dance Ensemble held this semester’s dance show, “Individuality”, Thursday, April 5 and Friday, April 6. In this show, there were eight dances, as well as testimonies from select dancers as to why they enjoy their art. Hector Ramirez, a senior music major with a minor in dance said, “What I love about dance… Continue reading Spring dance show is as unique as students: individuality shines bright
Students collaborate in Graphic Poetry art exhibit
The Department of Visual and Theatre Arts held an open reception Tuesday, March 27 in the Fine Arts Building Gallery, called Collective Ground. This exhibition highlights the work of UTM’s Digital Illustration and Poetry Workshop for the 2018 Spring semester. Students gathered to listen to poems wrote inspired by the graphic design art hung in… Continue reading Students collaborate in Graphic Poetry art exhibit