Electricity for All examines the complex relationship between technology, information, and power through the historical framework of the Tennessee Valley Authority, a key New Deal initiative from the 1930s that introduced electricity to the Tennessee River Valley. The featured artists provide diverse perspectives on the social implications of technological advances, questioning the histories that were […]
This exhibit excavates the forgotten legacy of Alfred and Jane West Clauss, who, in 1939, drawing on their respective experiences with modernist pioneers Mies van der Rohe and Le Corbusier, created the first modern deed-restricted subdivision in America, establishing themselves as key figures in regional modernism. Through original artifacts—including photographs, drawings, posters, and furniture—detailed graphic […]
Welcome to the 20th Annual East Tennessee Regional Student Art Exhibition, presented by the Knoxville Museum of Art. The ETRSAE showcases the strength and diversity of art education programs in East Tennessee, celebrates talented middle and high school students, and supports arts education. This annual exhibition provides the opportunity for students to participate in a […]
A Two-Way Mirror features works in glass by international contemporary Black artists who through this material to explore social, cultural, gender, and racial identity. Due to its reflectivity and translucence, glass is an especially effective medium to examine notions of identity as in the theory of double consciousness presented by W.E.B. Du Bois in his […]
In collaboration with the recently re-opened and restored Eugenia Williams House, the KMA presents a site-specific installation by renowned Dutch artist Gabriel Lester titled Melancholia in Arcadia. With curtains billowing into a room, frozen uncannily in time, this work refers to the gesture of opening windows to set free the soul of the deceased, as well as […]
