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Pencil Pushed: Exploring Process And Boundaries In Drawing (Exhibition Catalogue), Sam Yates, Creighton Michael, Barbara Macadam

Ewing Gallery of Art & Architecture

In Pencil Pushed, the word pencil functions simply as a metaphor or symbol for drawing and its activity. The selected artists are known for their drawing or drawing activity as their primary means of expression and have either pushed the material, process, or boundary of conventional drawing. Media included video, sculpture, animation, installation, and of course, works on paper. This exhibition is neither a survey nor the definitive grouping of mark-making artists. It is more a conversation about artists who have and continue to explore these regions in drawing.

Featured artists in Pencil Pushed are: William Anastasi, William Pittman Andrews, …

2012 Artist In Residence Biennial (Exhibition Catalogue), Sam Yates, Jered Sprecher

Ewing Gallery of Art & Architecture

The presence of acclaimed artists—who have lived and worked in major cultural centers across the country—enhances the educational opportunities for both undergraduate and graduate students enrolled in the University of Tennessee School of Art. With daily contact over the course of a full semester, resident artists develop a unique relationship with the student body which complements the creative stimulation offered by guest lecturers and the School of Art’s faculty. Representing diverse ethnic, cultural, educational, and professional backgrounds, these resident artists introduce another layer of candor and a fresh artistic standard for the students who, though early in their formal art …

Quadrivium (Exhibition Catalogue), Sam Yates, Marissa Landis

Ewing Gallery of Art & Architecture

Quadrivium is Latin for "the fourways" or the "place where the four roads meet." It's use here describes Knoxville and the School of Art as the place where artistic roads and artists have met. Quadrivium features the work of the four most recent additions to the faculty of the School of Art: Joshua Bienko, Evan Meaney, Althea Murphy-Price, and Karla Wozniak.