Exhibitions
THE HUNTER INVITATIONAL V
Hunter Museum of American Art / 10 Bluff View January 31 - April 26th
Anna Carll, Corrine Colarusso, Craig Drennen, Amie Esslinger, Jerushia Graham, Katie Hargrave, Meredith Lynn, Althea Murphy-Price
The Hunter Museum is pleased to announce The Hunter Invitational V, an exhibition that showcases remarkable artists living and working in our region. The Hunter began the Invitational exhibition series in 2007 to recognize the vibrant art scene of the Southeast while also examining its connection to broader trends in the art world. Unlike large, juried shows, the Invitational offers a more focused exploration of a select group of artists. For this fifth installment, the Hunter has invited eight regional artists to create new works or further develop existing series.
Whether emerging or established, each artist in the exhibition expands the boundaries of their chosen mediums through innovative techniques, approaches, and subject matter. The artists were chosen over the course of a year, as Hunter Museum Chief Curator Nandini Makrandi conducted numerous studio visits across eastern and middle Tennessee, North Georgia, and northern Alabama.
The exhibition will showcase new works and give visitors an opportunity to delight in the “discovery” of artists from their own communities.
* LEAD VENUE / FEATURE EXHIBITION: 2026 Tennessee Triennial for Contemporary Art *
Tennessee Triennial for Contemporary Art enters its next chapter under the leadership of a statewide consortium of art museums representing the state’s major metropolitan areas, including the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, the Frist Art Museum in Nashville, the Knoxville Museum of Art, and the Hunter Museum of American Art in Chattanooga.
About Hunter Museum of American Art:
The Hunter Museum of American Art in Chattanooga, Tennessee, collects, studies, and presents American art from the Colonial period to the present day. The collection includes paintings, works on paper, sculpture, photography, mixed media, furniture, and contemporary studio glass covering a range of styles and periods. A few of the artists represented in the Hunter’s collection include Winslow Homer, Robert S. Duncanson, Mary Cassatt, Childe Hassam, Robert Henri, Thomas Hart Benton, Helen Frankenthaler, Louise Nevelson, Robert Rauschenberg, Nick Cave, Lorna Simpson and Lesley Dill. To learn more, visit huntermuseum.org.
Press Contact: Cara McGowan, cmcgowan@huntermuseum.org, 423-227-0562
Image: Amie Esslinger, Long Range Residue and My Jagged Thief, 2025-26, Mixed media, Dimensions variable, Courtesy of the artist
