| Knoxville History Project executive director and historian Jack Neely and KMA curator Stephen Wicks will discuss the KMA’s recently expanded cornerstone exhibition Higher Ground: A Century of the Visual Arts in East Tennessee, its genesis, and some of the twists and turns in the ongoing effort over the past century to establish a thriving art scene in Knoxville.
Higher Ground: A Century of the Visual Arts in East Tennessee is an ongoing exhibition exploring the rich and diverse art history of the region. Now featured in the KMA’s newly renovated street-level galleries, the exhibition is accompanied by a nearly 300-page catalog edited by Stephen Wicks and Jack Neely with Associate Editors David Butler and Clark Gillespie, featuring essays by Stephen Wicks, Jack Neely, Robert Booker, and Susan Knowles.
Join us for light refreshments and a cash bar at 5:30 pm, the lecture begins at 6:00 pm.
Free and open to the public!
Finding Higher Ground is a new series of educational programming and events that will explore the winding narrative featured in the KMA’s permanent exhibition.
IMAGE HEADER: Lloyd Branson (Union County, Tennessee 1853-1925 Knoxville), Ellen McClung Berry [DETAIL], 1920, oil on canvas, 59 5/8 x 47 1/2 inches, Knoxville Museum of Art, 1999 gift of Dr. and Mrs. Aubra Branson |
