Joan Leininger’s “Morning Thoughts” displayed in Knoxville Airport
The Metropolitan Knoxville Airport Authority (McGhee Tyson Airport) and the Arts & Culture Alliance of Greater Knoxville are pleased to present “Arts in the Airport”, a new exhibition featuring selected artwork from 31 artists in Tennessee and Georgia. “Arts in the Airport” was developed in the spring of 2009 to allow regional artists to compete and display work in the most visited site in the area. The selected art features contemporary 2-dimensional artwork and will be exhibited in the secured area behind McGhee Tyson Airport’s security gate checkpoint from October 23 – April 22, 2009 with an opening reception on November 5.
“I was struck by the number of outstanding photographic works, some created using traditional film and others using digital photography,” says juror Stephen Wicks, Curator of the Knoxville Museum of Art. “I was also pleased to see many artists exploring new combinations of media and transforming the two-dimensional face of their work into an active sculptural surface… the striking images in this show offer up deeper layers of meaning to the careful observer.”
“This new Arts in the Airport exhibition is an opportunity to both entertain and enlighten passengers as they enter and exit East Tennessee,” said Kirk Huddleston, Chairman of the MKAA Board of Commissioners. “The region’s talented artists serve as a reflection of our culture and heritage.”
The following artists’ works will be shown:
+ Elizabeth Roberts McFalls of Columbus, GA, Mary Todd Beam of Cosby, TN, Joan Leininger of Crossville, TN, Nancy Kula of Gallatin, TN, R. L. Gibson of Gatlinburg, TN, Christina Perdue of Helenwood, TN, Benjamin Bublick, Victor Costantino, Nick DeFord, Alan Finch, Jorge Gomez del Campo, Amy Lee, Eric Malkowski, Daniel Maw, Tom McDaniel, Jessie Morris, Chad M. Pelton, Jose Roberto, Aaron L. Shugart-Brown, Denise Stewart-Sanabria, Clay Thurston, Stephanie Untz, Abby Vessell, and Richard Whitehead of Knoxville, TN, Barry McManus of Louisville, TN, Carl Gombert and Rachel K. Turner of Maryville, TN, Phil Savage of Powell, TN, Christopher & Alexandra Spinosa of Sevierville, TN, Jennifer Stoneking-Stewart of Talbott, TN and Rowan James of Ten Mile, TN
View these images online at www.knoxalliance.com/album/airport_fall09.html.