PROGRAMS & EVENTS
PROGRAMS & EVENTS
ARTIST TALKS & RECEPTIONS
2024 BFA SENIOR THESIS EXHIBITIONS
SHOW 1
ARTIST TALKS:
THURS, MARCH 28, 5-6:30PM EST
UTC’s Benwood Auditorium in the Engineering, Math and Computer Science Building (map)
735 Vine Street, Chattanooga, TN, 37403
ZOOM LINK: http://tinyurl.com/2024BFAshow1
Reception immediately following in the ICA and Fine Arts Center lobby until 8pm.
SHOW 2
ARTIST TALKS:
FRI, APRIL 12, 5-6:30PM EST
UTC’s Benwood Auditorium in the Engineering, Math and Computer Science Building (map)
735 Vine Street, Chattanooga, TN, 37403
ZOOM LINK: http://tinyurl.com/2024BFAshow2
Reception immediately following in the ICA and Fine Arts Center lobby until 8pm.
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC!
NO RESERVATIONS REQUIRED. THE AUDITORIUM SEATS 300.
ARTIST TALK
ADAM PARKER SMITH & SARCOPHAGI
WED, MARCH 6, 5:30PM EST
UTC’s Benwood Auditorium in the Engineering, Math and Computer Science Building (map)
735 Vine Street, Chattanooga, TN, 37403
Immediately following, we will walk down Vine Street to view Sarcophagi with the artist (optional).
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC!
NO RESERVATIONS REQUIRED. THE AUDITORIUM SEATS 300.
Adam Parker Smith will discuss his Sarcophagi series (2021) on view at UTC campus through May 2024, including the creative process behind their ideation and fabrication. Smith will also survey his sculptural practice and artistic development from the past decade.
Adam Parker Smith (American, b. 1978) is a Brooklyn based sculptor. He attended Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia. His work has been shown widely in the USA as well as internationally in galleries and museums including: the Brooklyn Museum, Marlborough Gallery, London; Derek Eller, New York; The Hole, New York; Ever Gold Projects, San Fransisco; The Donum Estate, Sonoma; Galeria Curro, Guadalajara; Spurs Gallery, Beijing; The Times Museum, Guangzhou, China; Kaiser-Franz-Josefs-Höhe, Austria; The Watermill Center, New York and the Maraya Art Centre, Sharjah, UAE. Smith’s work has been written about in the New York Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Art in America, The Village Voice, ArtForum, Modern Painters, The Boston Globe, The New Yorker and The New York Post.
CANCELLED DUE TO WEATHER!
OPENING RECEPTION STILL ON FOR 3-5PM
CANCELLED!
BECKY SUSS & ANN PATCHETT DISCUSS THE DUTCH HOUSE
SAT, JANUARY 20
2-3PM EASTERN
UTC’s Benwood Auditorium in the Engineering, Math and Computer Science Building (map)
735 Vine Street, Chattanooga, TN, 37403
Reception follows in ICA Galleries and Lobby of Fine Arts Center until 5pm
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC!
NO RESERVATIONS REQUIRED. THE AUDITORIUM SEATS 300.
ICA Chattanooga presents a solo exhibition of new paintings by American painter Becky Suss (b. 1980) inspired by American author Ann Patchett’s 2019 novel The Dutch House. Patchett hails from Tennessee, though the novel on which these new paintings are based centers on a fictional mansion in a real suburb of Philadelphia, PA, where Suss herself was raised.
Ann Patchett is the author of nine novels and four books of nonfiction. She has won many awards and her books have been translated into over thirty languages. Time magazine named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world. The Dutch House was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. She is the owner of Parnassus Books in Nashville, Tennessee.
Photo: Ann Patchett by Emily Dorio
ARTIST TALK
KEVIN MCNAMEE-TWEED
THURS, OCT 19, 5pm
Free and Open to the Public
Lecture Location:
”Card Family Auditorium” in the Engineering, Math and Computer Science Building (EMCS, Room 201) (map)
735 Vine Street, Chattanooga, TN, 37403
Durham-based artist Kevin McNamee-Tweed (American, b. 1981) returns to ICA Chattanooga to discuss his practice and the exhibition When the World’s on Fire.
AN EVENING WITH JAKE XERXES FUSSELL
Join us for our fall opening events!
THURS, AUG 24
FINE ARTS CENTER, UTC
752 Vine Street, Chattanooga, TN 37403
6-7 pm
AN EVENING WITH JAKE XERXES FUSSELL
Hayes Concert Hall, Fine Arts Center lobby
Doors open 5:30pm, Free and Open to the Public
with introduction by artist Kevin McNamee-Tweed
Jake Xerxes Fussell is a singer and guitarist based in Durham, NC. He is, according to Ann Powers of NPR, "maybe the leading interpreter of American folk music right now..."
Fussell’s album Good and Green Again was released to critical acclaim in 2022 via Paradise of Bachelors. The album was produced by James Elkington and featured some formidable musicians, including Casey Toll on upright bass, Libby Rodenbough on strings, Joe Westerlund on drums, Joseph Decosimo on fiddle, and others. Bonnie “Prince” Billy contributed additional vocals.
Fussell will be introduced and welcomed to UTC by ICA exhibiting artist and friend, Kevin McNamee-Tweed.
"...Fussell is the rare contemporary to approach folk in its pure form, shunning self-penned compositions about bummer relationships to concentrate on material handed down from bygone, hardened times.”
–The New Yorker
“(Fussell) is one of the great magpies of American song, collecting forgotten, tarnished gems with a folklorist’s zeal... his renditions aren’t so much cover versions as composites...”
–The Guardian
WHEN THE WORLD’S ON FIRE
OPENING & RECEPTION with artist
KEVIN MCNAMEE-TWEED
FOLLOWING FUSSELL’S PERFORMANCE, JOIN US
7-9 pm
WHEN THE WORLD'S ON FIRE
ICA RECEPTION & OPENING WITH ARTIST
KEVIN MCNAMEE-TWEED
ICA Galleries, UTC Fine Arts Center lobby, 752 Vine Street
Gallery doors are open at 6pm
Always free and open to the public
Light food and drink offered
ARTIST TALK & TENNESSEE TRIENNIAL RECEPTION
Join us for the opening artist talk & reception with Stacy Kranitz for
As it was Give(n) to Me
On view January 17-March 12, 2023 with the
Tennessee Triennial: RE-PAIR
Stacy Kranitz Artist Talk + Opening Reception
Thurs, Feb 16
6pm Lecture
7pm Reception follows in ICA Galleries
Lecture Location:
”Card Family Auditorium” in the Engineering, Math and Computer Science Building (EMCS, Room 201) (map)
735 Vine Street, Chattanooga, TN, 37403
ARTIST TALK & RECEPTION
Join us for the opening artist talk & reception for
Infinite Expansion of the Rubber Band Mansion
New work by Jamie Isenstein
On view November 4 - December 16, 2022
Artist Talk + Opening Reception
Friday, Nov 4
5pm Lecture
6-8pm Reception in ICA Galleries
Lecture Location:
UTC Benwood Auditorium in the Engineering, Math and Computer Science Building (EMCS, Room 230) (map)
735 Vine Street, Chattanooga, TN, 37403
ARTIST TALK
we gotta get that curb!
Artist talk with Will Sutton & O’Len Davis
Wednesday, March 9, 5pm
No registration required, masks strongly encouraged.
Location:
Fine Arts Center, Room 315
Interested in exploring skateboarding’s relationship to public space, and manipulating a tactical view of banal architecture that skaters employ, Davis and Sutton present a new collaborative body of work for this year’s Feinstein exhibition.
Davis and Sutton are the 2021 Awardees of the Lillian B. Feinstein Scholarship in the UTC Department of Art. Each year the Lillian B. Feinstein Scholarship is awarded to two outstanding Art majors, one studying at the upper division and one at the lower division. Named after the late Mrs. Feinstein, who was a noted sculptor in this region, this award is voted on by the faculty of the Art Department and, as such, is indicative of the highest level of performance in studio production.
ICA Galleries will be open until 7pm this evening to celebrate the exhibition with the artists.
Note: no food/drink provided.
ARTIST TALK
Kristine Potter: Dark Waters
Thursday, February 24, 6pm
Free and Open to the public.
No registration required, masks strongly encouraged.
Talk Location:
”Card Family Auditorium” in the Engineering, Math and Computer Science Building (EMCS, Room 201) (map)
735 Vine Street, Chattanooga, TN, 37403
Join artist Kristine Potter as she speaks about her lens-based practice, including a discussion of her current series on view at the ICA: Dark Waters.
ICA Galleries will be open until 8pm this evening to celebrate the exhibition with the artist. To visit the ICA after the artist talk, please exit right, walk across the breezeway and cross the crosswalk over Vine Street into the Fine Arts Center (Henry Moore sculpture out front). Note: no food/drink provided.
ARTIST TALK
Ellex Swavoni
Thur, Nov 18, 5pm
*Followed by Immortal Messages reception 6-7pm at the ICA
Location:
UTC Benwood Auditorium in the Engineering, Math and Computer Science Building (EMCS, Room 230) (map)
735 Vine Street, Chattanooga, TN, 37403
Join visiting artist juror Ellex Swavoni as she speaks about her practice, including recent public sculpture Atlantis Rising. Swavoni is the curator of Immortal Messages: The 2021 UTC Art Annual Juried Student Exhibition.
FREE and OPEN to the public. Space is limited and masks are required. ICA Galleries open until 7pm this evening to celebrate the opening of the 2021 Juried Student exhibition, Immortal Messages.
TASTY INTERIORS!
Closing Party for Tasteful Interiors
Friday, Nov 5, 6-8pm
Come enjoy a final viewing of Tasteful Interiors, make an infamous Cheeto facial scrub, drink Pepsi, eat Cheetos, paint your nails, and create clay sculptures!
Exhibition tour provided at 6pm by Rachel Reese, director and curator of the ICA.
Free and Open to UTC students, faculty, and staff.
Location: ICA at UTC & Lobby of Fine Arts Center, 752 Vine Street
ARTIST TALK, TASTEFUL INTERIORS
Ilana Harris-Babou
Monday, Nov 1, 6pm, ZOOM
Register:
https://tennessee.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAoc-yurT0iHdE7fBvArVbtPiFR6Tloxqre
(You will receive a confirmation email with zoom link!)
Join visiting artist Ilana Harris-Babou as she speaks about her exhibition, "Tasteful Interiors", on view through November 5th. Harris-Babou will also discuss the evolution of her art practice and career (video- and installation-based sculptural practice) over recent years.
STUDENT-LED EXHIBITION TOURS
Join ICA Student Gallery Ambassadors as they lead a lunchtime exhibition tours of Tasteful Interiors!
Dates & Tour Start Times:
Thurs, Sept 23, 12pm: Led by Grace Wright, Painting & Drawing
Fri, Oct 1, 1pm: Led by Mya Hollingsworth, Photography & Media Art
Fri, Oct 8, 1pm: Led by Marley Hillman, Communications & Marketing
Wed, Oct 13, 12pm: Led by Maddie Snider, Exercise Science
Thurs, Oct 28, 2pm: Led by Tred Hill, Graphic Design
Location: Meet at the ICA at UTC, in the Lobby of Fine Arts Center, 752 Vine Street
FREE and OPEN to the public. Masks required.
THE ART THING
in conjunction with SEMC 2021
ICA Galleries open late
Tues, Oct 26, 6-8pm
Visit our exhibition Tasteful Interiors by Ilana Harris-Babou as we stay open late during the SEMC conference as part of a city-wide contemporary art crawl! Free and open to the public.
Participating venues:
ICA at UTC
Stoveworks
AVA
Wavelength Space
Keeody Gallery
Clearstory Arts
3127.space
ARCHIVE: Spring 2021
Home/: Marc Boyson’s kickabouts
Home/ exhibiting artist Marc Boyson will embark on local kickabouts starting and ending at UTC’s Fine Arts Center on Tuesday and Thursdays from 10-11am during the run of Home/ (through Mar 19, 2021). Watch Boyson live on his Instagram @marcboyson or follow him in person by meeting at the gallery before he departs. Upon his return to the gallery, Boyson will place the traveled cuboctahedron sculpture in the exhibition.