Opening Receptions and Art Crawl for Featured Exhibitions
Tuesday • July 10, 2012 • 5:30–8:00 PM
Leu Art Gallery (Lila D. Bunch Library) and Leu Center for the Visual Arts
Reception music provided by Caroline Scism, harp and Todd London, vibraphone
Inside Out/Outside In by Barry Buxkamper
June 4–August 3, 2012
Leu Art Gallery
Nashville-based artist and educator Barry Buxkamper uses masterful technique to weave narrative and art historical references into his paintings. With poignant humor, his work navigates various themes, including human interactions with nature, aging, current events, and social debate. The exhibition features a survey of Buxkamper’s work from the last seven years and includes acrylic paintings on cut unmounted canvas, watercolor paintings, and small sculptural works. Buxkamper has taught in the Department of Art at Middle Tennessee
State University for the past twenty-two years, while maintaining an active schedule of personal work and exhibitions throughout that time. His works are included in the collections of the McDonald’s Corporation in Chicago, Illinois, and the Tennessee State Museum and the Bridgestone Collection in Nashville.
Inside Out/Outside In is co-sponsored by the Belmont University Department of Art.
Tennessee’s Best of the Best Student Art Exhibition
June 22–August 29, 2012
Leu Center for the Visual Arts
Gallery 121
The Tennessee Arts Academy is pleased to offer a student art exhibit as part of its summer enrichment experience. Tennessee’s Best of the Best Student Art Exhibition 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 throughout the state of Tennessee.
Connections: Tennessee Art Education Association Member Exhibition 
June 22–August 29, 2012
Leu Center for the Visual Arts
Lobby Gallery
The Tennessee Arts Academy is very proud to exhibit the work of practicing artists-teachers alongside the exemplary work created by their students. Connections: Tennessee Art Education Association Member Exhibition is a juried show featuring the work of kindergarten through higher education art educators from across Tennessee.
Tennessee's Best of the Best Student Art Exhibition and Connections: Tennessee Art Education Association Member Exhibition are co-sponsored by the Tennessee Art Education Association with additional funding provided by SunTrust Bank and ORNL Federal Credit Union.
Student and Teacher Artist Recognition Ceremony
Tuesday • July 10, 2012 • 5:45 PM
Leu Center for the Visual Arts
Artist Talk with Barry Buxkamper
Tuesday • July 10, 2012 • 6:45 PM
Leu Art Gallery