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Sunday Evening Opening Reception Celebration
Sunday • July 11, 2010 • 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Following the Tennessee Arts Academy opening session and meetings on Sunday afternoon, join us for an elegant buffet reception in the Neely Dining Hall complemented by multiple entertainment options inside and out. Our artists for this event include Coral Bay Steel Drum Trio (in the MBA courtyard); Scott Tripp, juggler (in the Belmont Mansion gazebo); the Tim Williams Trio (in Neely Dining Hall); and James DaSilva, guitarist (in the MPAC lobby).


High Tea in the Mansion
Monday • July 12, 2010 • 5:00 PM
You are invited on Monday afternoon at 5:00 p.m. for a tour of the historic Belmont Mansion. The event will also feature Susan Ramsay playing hammered dulcimer. Light refreshments will be served.



Tennessee Arts Academy Exhibition
Opening Reception
Tuesday • July 13, 2010 • 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Leu Center for the Visual Arts

Fragments
Sculptural Forms by Olen Bryant
Gallery 121
Leu Center for the Visual Arts
June 28–August 27, 2010

Legendary Tennessee art educator and sculptor Olen Bryant will present Fragments, a retrospective exhibition of his works in wood and clay. His figural forms evoke his empathy with all of humanity, as well as his respect for the materials and processes from which his forms emerge. A graduate of Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bryant influenced hundreds of art students as Professor of Art for twenty-seven years at Austin Peay State University. A selection of work by Bryant’s students will be included.


Visitors’ Day
Wednesday • July 14, 2010 • 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Wednesday is the official Visitors' Day, when arts education supporters from the Tennessee Department of Education, arts agencies, colleges and universities, and local school systems are invited to be guests of the Academy. Some visitors may wish to participate in the classes, and all are invited to sit in on any of the day's activities.


Bravo! The Tennessee Arts Academy Awards Banquet
Wednesday • July 14, 2010 • 7:00 PM
On Wednesday at 7:00 p.m., participants will gather for the Academy Banquet in the Maddox Grand Atrium in the Curb Event Center. This night is designed to honor and reward the hard work and artistic talents of all of the Academy participants. The banquet will include an elegant full-course dinner. Afterward, the TAA Spirit of Tennessee award will be presented to Tony and Emmy award winning actress and native Tennessean Cherry Jones. The night concludes with a stellar performance by the renowned musical group, Triple Play.



"Life in a Minor Key"
by Jenna Hiebert
Teacher: Barbara Bullard
Tennessee’s Best of the Best Student Art Exhibition
Recognition Reception
Thursday • July 15, 2010 • 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Leu Center for the Visual Arts

Tennessee’s Best of the Best
Student Art Exhibition
Gallery 121
Leu Center for the Visual Arts
June 28–July 16, 2010

The Tennessee Art Education Association, the Tennessee Arts Academy, and Belmont University have joined forces with the Knoxville Museum of Art, the Renaissance Center, and the West Tennessee Regional Art Center to present Tennessee’s Best of the Best Student Art Exhibition. This is a collection of the best pieces in various media by student artists from the three grand divisions of the state. The students whose work will be featured have won college scholarships for their achievements and have had their work exhibited in museums across Tennessee.



Finale
Friday • July 16, 2010 • 11:30 AM
The Tennessee Art Education Association, the Tennessee Arts Academy, and Belmont University have joined forces with the Knoxville Museum of Art, the Renaissance Center, and the West Tennessee Regional Art Center to present Tennessee’s Best of the Best Student Art Exhibition. This is a collection of the best pieces in various media by student artists from the three grand divisions of the state. The students whose work will be featured have won college scholarships for their achievements and have had their work exhibited in museums across Tennessee.