The Arts & Culture Alliance is pleased to present its National Juried Exhibition of 2011, a new exhibition featuring selected works from 38 artists in the Southeast and Midwest. The National Juried Exhibition was developed in 2006 to provide a forum for local artists to compete on a national scale and display their highest quality work.  The exhibition features both traditional and non-traditional work and will be displayed at the Emporium Center Gallery from December 2, 2011 - January 27, 2012.  A public reception will take place on Friday, December 2, from 5:00-9:00 PM with a brief awards ceremony at 6:00 PM in which $1,000 in cash awards will be announced.

Neely Hyde served as juror for the exhibition. Holding both a Bachelor and a Master of Fine Arts degree in media art from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville, Hyde’s professional arts background includes working for art galleries and magazines in New York City, teaching film and art appreciation UT and Roane State and working as the Director of Exhibits and Media Arts for the Association for Visual Arts. Neely is currently serving as the 2011 instructor and visiting artist for the AVA Reel Stories Documentary Project, teaching video classes and workshops, working as a commercial photographer in Chattanooga and exhibiting her fine art photography around the region. 

The following artists’ works will be shown:

+ Nicole Carnival of Alcoa

+ Toneeke Henderson of Calhoun

+ Charles Jensen of Crossville

+ Katie Wood of Harriman

+ T.P. Dunn of Kingston

+ Nicholas Bell, Sarah Busby, Bill Cook, Jr., Claudia Dean, Nathaniel Galka, Shohreh "Nazzy" Hashemian, Debbie Hyde, Marta Lee, Wes Loukota, Beauvais Lyons, Brenda Mills, Elizabeth Porter, Dan Thurman, Marilyn Avery Turner, Rick Turner, Jodi Vance, Kurt Weiss, Richard Whitehead, and Brandon Woods of Knoxville

+ Dennis Sabo of Louden

+ Barry McManus of Louisville

+ Tammy Stewart of Maryville

+ Bryna Bobick of Memphis

+ Barbara Stokes, Suzanne Wade, and Jorge Yances of Nashville

+ John May of Oak Ridge

+ Sondra Schwetman of Arcata, CA

+ Ana Jofre of Charlotte, NC

+ Cat Manolis of Graham, NC

+ Robert Crum of Salisbury, NC

+ John James of Arlington, TX

+ Marvin Tadlock of Bristol, VA

The reception on Friday, December 2, is free and open to the public, and complimentary hors d’oeuvres will be served.  The National Juried Exhibition of 2011 is on display December 2, 2011 - January 27, 2012 at the Emporium Center, 100 S. Gay Street, downtown Knoxville.  Exhibition hours are Monday-Friday, 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM with additional hours on Saturdays, December 3 and January 7, 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM.  Please note that the Emporium will be closed December 22 – January 1.  For more information, please contact the Arts & Culture Alliance at (865) 523-7543, or visit our Web site at www.knoxalliance.com.

**Attached images: “Winter Horses” (photography) by Nicholas Bell; “Windows & Doors” (oil and pencil) by Suzanne Wade.

About the Arts & Culture Alliance
The Arts & Culture Alliance serves and supports a diverse community of artists, arts organizations, and cultural institutions. The Alliance receives financial support from the Tennessee Arts Commission (www.tn.gov/arts).