Friends of Carson-Newman Art Department

10/23/2025

Homecoming is this Saturday, October 25th! We will open our 17th Biennial Art Faculty Exhibition with a public reception on Saturday, 10am to 12:noon. Come see new work by Professors Hartman Folks, Jessie, Rabun, & Underwood. This exhibit will then continue in the Michael Alvis Art Gallery (Warren Art Building, on campus) through December 3, 2025.

09/29/2025

These are just a few detail views of some of the artworks that will be on view for another 2 weeks in the Knoxville Watercolor Society Group Exhibition, on the C-N campus, in our Michael Alvis Art Gallery. Come see this great show! Varied work by 19 members of the Knoxville Watercolor Society, on view now through October 10th, 2025. The gallery is open M-F, 8am to 4pm. Everyone is invited! Thank you, Knoxville Watercolor Society, for providing such a great exhibition!

09/10/2025

Y’all come join us!

Today is the day! Join us at the campus of Carson-Newman for our reception and celebrate our art and artists. Guests are welcome. Learn more about KWS and chat with our most valuable asset - our artists!

Exhibit runs September 10 - October 10, 2025
The gallery is open M-F, 8am to 4pm

Reception Sept. 10, 3 - 5 PM Warren Arts Building
744 Ken Sparks Way, Jefferson City, 377760

Today's featured art is by our own Leslie Aguilar: "Not Forgotten"

09/02/2025

Colorful cool art coming soon! The Knoxville Watercolor Society Group Art Exhibition will open with a public reception, Wednesday, September 10th, 2025, from 3:00pm to 5:00pm, in our Michael Alvis Art Gallery, in the Warren Art Building, on campus. This exhibit will continue through October 10th, 2025, with the regular hours of M-F, 8am-4pm. Check it out!

05/17/2025

Our own Professor Underwood has just retired from teaching Art & Photography here at C-N, but he is not about to stop making art or exhibiting his work! See Underwood's current solo exhibition at The Tomato Head, in Market Square, downtown Knoxville, now open 7 days a week, through July 6, 2025.

11/06/2024

Chris McAdoo gave an inspiring gallery talk for our Art students yesterday, in his solo Alumni Exhibition, in our Michael Alvis Art Gallery! So glad to hear him speak about his work, his process, his art successes. Thank you, !

10/28/2024

Homecoming Alumni Exhibition by Chris McAdoo! This Saturday, November 02nd! Join us for the opening reception of the solo Alumni Exhibition, by year 2000 Art major graduate, Mr. Chris McAdoo, C-N Homecoming Saturday, November 02, 2024; 9:30am to 12:noon. See printmaking, graphics, and fine art paintings, in our Michael Alvis Art Gallery, in the Warren Art Building. Chris will give a casual gallery talk during the reception, around 11:00am. This show lasts through December 04, 2024, with the regular gallery hours of M-F, 8am-4pm. Installation views and detail views of paintings, all ©Chris McAdoo.

10/01/2024

This wonderful gallery in Johnson City, TN, is having a fundraiser art sale, to help the art community of the The River Arts District, Asheville, which got slammed by the hurricane last week. If you are able, please donate you artwork(s) for the auction, and/or buy some art at the auction. Artworks due by October 09, at the gallery in Johnson City. Click the link for details.

HELP the artists impacted by Hurricane Helene!!!

We’re organizing a silent auction to raise funds for the artists and residents impacted by Hurricane Helene in Asheville’s River Arts District. Hosted by Fischman Gallery in downtown Johnson City, this is your chance to support those who have lost their homes, studios, and workspaces due to the devastation. PLEASE SHARE THIS POST!

**EDIT: The organizers of River Arts Relief Fund have created a GoFundMe where people who would like to contribute monetarily may do so. This link is below:
https://gofund.me/c63a060b

📅 Event Date: October 10th
⏰ Time: 6:30-8:30 p.m.
📍 Location: Fischman Gallery, 133 N. Commerce St., Johnson City, TN

Artists: Submit your work for auction by October 9th at 4 p.m.
You can choose to:
Donate the full proceeds of your art to the relief fund.
Set a base price to be paid to you, with additional funds going to the relief effort.

Can’t submit art? You can still contribute by making a monetary donation to support the cause!

Email RiverArtsReliefFund@gmail.com or fischmangallery@gmail.com to submit your art and fill out the Google form. Together, we can make a difference!

Link to the artwork donation google form:
https://forms.gle/tHAEizERfgSzTBxt8

09/16/2024

Last week the C-N Art Department opened the art exhibition, "Mark Flowers: Visual Jazz," in our Michael Alvis Art Gallery, with a gallery talk by the accomplished artist, Mr. Mark Flowers. Inspiring and motivating gallery talk! Excellent exhibit of dynamic, mixed-media artworks! Come see this show, on view now through October 11th. Visual Jazz! Photos here are of Mark Flowers and some detail views of his work.

09/09/2024

We will open our first professional art exhibition of this academic year this Thursday, September 12th, with an opening reception, 3pm to 5pm, with a solo exhibition by Mark Flowers. His show, "Visual Jazz," will include a number of energetic, engaging mixed-media works. Mr. Flowers, a retired art teacher and college art professor, is our guest artist from the mountains of western North Carolina. After this Thursday afternoon's opening, this exhibition will remain in the Michael Alvis Art Gallery through October 11th.