MURFREESBORO — MTSU’s Todd Art Gallery is
kicking off the spring 2014 semester Tuesday, Jan. 21, with a fresh new
exhibit, “Shoebox: An International Sculpture Exhibition,” and an
awards reception for the participating international artists.
The Department of Art
at MTSU will welcome artists and the public to the free reception, which is set
from 5 to 7 p.m. Jan. 21, in the gallery inside the university’s Todd Building.
The “Shoebox” exhibit will be on display through Friday, Feb. 14.
A searchable campus
map with parking notes is available at http://tinyurl.com/MTSUParkingMap13-14.
Showcasing
works by artists and academics from across the United States, Australia and
Europe, the new Todd Gallery exhibit features sculptural renderings that had to
fit in a shoebox. The resulting variety of sizes ranged from baby shoes to
larger boxes made for athletic shoes and boots. The works also could be
contained within a shoebox and assembled on-site.
About
185 works of art were submitted for consideration, Todd Art Gallery curator
Eric Snyder said, and 40 were selected for the on-site exhibit in the gallery.
Another 38 were chosen for an exhibit slideshow and to accompany the exhibit’s
online presentation at http://www.MTSU.edu/art.
Michael
Aurbach, professor of art in sculpture and drawing at Vanderbilt University,
served as juror for the exhibit. Artists creating nine of the on-site works
received awards, including:
·
Best of Show/Sapphire Award
— “Rural Route 1” by Randy Reid of Maroa, Ill.
·
First Place/Pearl Award — Hanna
Jurban of Grimesland, N.C.
·
Second Place/Sterling Award — Traina
Frank of Stockholm, Sweden.
·
Third Place/Award of Excellence —
Andrew Smith, Oxford, Miss.
Honorable mentions went to Dana Harper of Columbus, Ohio;
Derek Chalfant of Elmira, N.Y.; Bruce Humphries of Menomonee Falls, Wis.;
Clifford Blanchard of Morristown, N.J.; and Ronald Koehler of Cleveland, Miss.
MTSU’s Todd Art
Gallery is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday and is closed
on weekends and state and university holidays. All Todd Gallery exhibitions and
events are always free and open to the public.
For more information,
including parking and directions, contact Snyder at 615-898-5653 or eric.snyder@mtsu.edu or visit http://www.mtsu.edu/art.
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