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Along the Horizon: Contemporary Drawing in Tennessee (curated by Vanessa Mayoraz + Andrew Scott Ross) is a group exhibition which focuses on artists living in, or from, Tennessee who utilize drawing as a substantial part of their contemporary practice. The thirteen contributing artists, residing in cities from Memphis to Johnson City, use a range of methodologies, which explore the limits, and traditions of the medium.

The featured artists at the Slocumb Galleries are Ben Butler (Memphis), Joel Parsons (Memphis), and Althea Murphy-Price (Knoxville).

The artists featured at the Reece Museum are: Nick DeFord (Knoxville), Rob Matthews (Nashville), Jonathan Adams (Johnson City), Paula Kovarick (Memphis), Dawn Martin Dickins (Clarksville), Denise Stewart-Sanabria (Knoxville), P.A. Turner (Telford), Wade Guyton (formerly Knoxville/ currently in New York City), John Hilton (Johnson City), and Richard A. Lou (Memphis).

Along the Horizon: Contemporary Drawing in Tennessee runs from January 16, 2018 through February 23, 2018 at the ETSU Slocumb Galleries + Reece Museum.

You may read more about the exhibition here: 

http://easttennessean.com/2018/01/19/along-the-horizon-displays-drawings-from-across-tennessee/ (via The East Tennessean)

For more than 50 years, the Reece Museum has told the many stories of Appalachia. Housing over 20,000 artifacts, the Reece collection captures the region's past as well as its contemporary art and culture. Formally dedicated on October 10, 1965, the B. Carroll Reece Memorial Museum was established as a tribute to the memory of First District Congressman B. Carroll Reece as a "storehouse of knowledge ... for the use of the university's students and the citizens of the state."

The Slocumb Galleries, under the Department of Art & Design at the ETSU College of Arts and Sciences, promote the understanding, production, and appreciation of visual arts in support of the academic experience and the cultural development of surrounding communities.

* all images courtesy of the curators