Fiber, glass, wood, clay and metal meet fine craftsmanship in a new group exhibition opening in Vanderbilt’s Space 204.
Imagine by Hand: Faculty and Artists in Residence from the Appalachian Center for Craft opens Thursday, Aug. 25, and runs through Friday, Oct. 7, in the gallery. An opening reception will be held from 4 to 6 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 1.
Space 204 is open Monday through Friday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., and is located in the E. Bronson Ingram Studio Arts Center, 25th Avenue South at Garland on the Vanderbilt campus. All Space 204 events are free and open to the public.
Imagine by Hand features work by the five Appalachian Center for Craft professors – Jeanne Brady, Curtiss Brock, Robert Coogan, Graham Campbell and Vince Pitelka – as well as the six artists in residence: Bryce Brisco, Chad Cully, Trey Gossett, Amanda Ross, Linda Tien and Jason York.
“The Appalachian Center for Craft asserts an important, separate identity for craft artists, reflecting a commitment to a skill-building discipline based in traditional craft materials and functional forms,” said exhibition curator Ward Doubet, who serves as director and a professor at the center. “Contemporary craft has developed a unique vocabulary for these materials and processes and has opened new avenues of creative effort in contemporary art. The work presented here represents the finest efforts of 11 contemporary craft artists pursuing these avenues.”
A satellite campus of Tennessee Tech University, the Appalachian Center for Craft is located near Smithville, Tenn., with 87,000 square feet of facilities located on more than 500 wooded acres overlooking Center Hill Lake. The center houses BFA program concentrations in clay, fiber, glass, metals and wood; an artist-in-residence program; exhibition and sales galleries; workshop programs; K-12 outreach programs; conference facilities; and student residences.
Imagine by Hand coincides with a second group exhibition in Space 204 by the Coop Curatorial Cooperative titled My Mind is Telling Me Know, But My Body Is Telling Me Yes.
For more information about this exhibition or Space 204, contact the Department of Art at (615) 343-7241 or visit www.vanderbilt.edu/arts.
Contact: Diane Acree, (615) 343-7241
diane.acree@vanderbilt.edu