TANASI: Black Tennessee in Appalachia
Lincoln Memorial University
– September 20, 2024
Curators:
Karen LeBlanc Sullivan, UMOJA Board Member as well as Advisory Board Member for the McKinney Center
Karlota I. Contreras-Koterbay, Director, Slocumb Galleries, East Tennessee State University
Lyn Govette, Johnson City Public Arts Committee
Crafting Blackness Initiative and Lincoln Memorial University (LMU) Center for the Arts, Cumberland Gap, with Tennessee Craft, ETSU Slocumb Galleries and FolkFest proudly presented ‘TANASI: Black Tennesseans in Appalachia’ exhibition at the LMU Center for the Arts Gallery through September 20, 2024. A public reception and artists talk is scheduled on September 12. Co-curated by Crafting Blackness Initiative Director Karlota Contreras-Koterbay, of East Tennessee State University’s Slocumb Galleries, and Karen LeBlanc Sullivan of UMOJA Unity Fest with Lyn Govette, Member of Johnson City Public Arts Committee, the exhibition featured influential Black master craft artists from East Tennessee, along with regionally renowned contemporary artists and Black Appalachian Highland artists.
Artist Listing
- Akintayo Akintobi
- Ericka Basille
- Paul Braxton
- Jane Buis
- Jane Buis’ mother-in-law Helen Buis
- Bill Capshaw
- Sean Clark
- Tina Curry
- Isaac Duncan
- V. Kelsey Ellis
- Tramel Fain
- Pam Faw
- Jason Flack
- Dexter Greenlee
- Debbie Grey
- Barbara Hodges
- Jerry Machen, Sr.
- Wokie Massaquoi-Wicks
- Aundra McCoy
- James McKissic
- Taylin Meneese
- Althea Murphy-Price
- Calvin Nicely
- Donna Olujani
- Shai Perry
- Roger Smith
- Gary White
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