Exhibitions

TOP SOIL: BODY FARM (AN EXHIBITION OF THE MFA CLASS OF 2019)

UT Downtown Gallery / 106 S. Gay St. August 19, 2016 - August 27, 2016

Katie Gentner

Eric Hines

Miles Ingrassia

Holly Kelly

Cara McKinley

Rachel Sevier

Mengmeng Shen

Lila Shull

Baxter Stults

Michael Tracy

The UT Downtown Gallery will host an exhibition of the incoming class of 2019 graduate students. The exhibition includes, Printmaking, Transmedia & Design, Painting, Sculpture, Ceramics and installations. These student artists have chosen UTK School of Art as their home for the next three years to complete their Master of Fine Arts Degree. The exhibition highlights their current work and their artistic accomplishments prior to arriving at the University of Tennessee.

Artists included in the exhibition are:

Katie Gentner – painting and drawing, University of Wisconsin, Parkside

Eric Hines – painting and drawing, Ohio State University

Miles Ingrassia – printmaking, OCAD University, Canada

Holly Kelly – sculpture, Massachusetts College of Art & Design

Cara McKinley – ceramics, Florida Atlantic University

Rachel Sevier – ceramics, Southeastern Louisiana University

Mengmeng Shen – Transmedia Design, Communication University of China

Lila Shull – printmaking, Winthrop University

Baxter Stults – printmaking, University of Alabama, Huntsville

Michael Tracy – painting and drawing, University of Iowa

Join us for an Artists Reception Friday August 19 from 6:00pm until 9:00pm. Light refreshments will be served.

The UT Downtown Gallery is located at 106 S. Gay St. in downtown Knoxville. Gallery hours are 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Wednesday-Friday, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday. There is no admission charge. Visit the gallery’s web site  or on Facebook for more information. The gallery can be reached directly at 865-673-0802.