Call and Response Gallery walk-through

Call and Response at TSU

Hiram Van Gordon Gallery celebrates Black History Month

Call and Response
February 4-29, 2008

TSU's Department of Art and Watkins College of Art
partner for anArt Crawl and Opening Reception
Feb 8, 3-5pm (TSU), 6-8 (Watkins)

Community Responses to Tennessee State University’s
Permanent Collection of African Art
(African Artifacts from the Ruth Witt Collection
and Dr. Richard and Mrs. Sharon Edwards Collection)


What is a collection?
What role does context play in viewing a collection?
How do we comment on the past through the present?

In music, a call a response is composed of two distinct phrases, usually played by different musicians, where the second phrase is a direct response to the first. This tradition is found in West African cultures as a form of democratic participation. Africans brought this to the New World, as seen today in the roots of gospel, blues, and jazz (to name only a few).

Tennessee State University's Hiram Van Gordon Gallery has invited, or issued a “call” to two Nashville artists, TSU Art Professor, Sam Dunson and students at McKissack Elementary. The call was to view, examine, and absorb our permanent Collection of African Art. Community Artists-In-Residence, Ash Lusk (TSU Alum) and Sabine Schlunk, and children from Su Williams' Fourth grade class, along with select art faculty have made responses to the gallery’s call, a visual contextualization of the collection. The exhibition includes their work shown alongside items from the permanent collection.

Jodi Hays, Curator, Hiram Van Gordon Gallery

Rubberneckers in Oregon!

and the coverage in on it's original tennessee stint

News from David Lipscomb- way early

April 21, 2008 the Ezell Center, Room 301, Lipscomb will host the Presidential Lectures on Art and Art History featuring Donald Kuspit.

Storm Stories--Video of Artists' Talk

Success!

Thanks to everyone who came to experience the Storm Stories last night. And also a big thanks to the artists, Karen and Mary, whose generosity of mind and heart has left us with a broader perspective on the world--exactly what the Front Porch Conversations are missioned to do.

Storm Stories artists speak! Friday November 9, 6pm

"Storm Stories"
Artist Talk: Nov 9, 6pm
Avon Williams Campus Auditorium
330 10th Avenue North, Nashville, Tennessee 37203
parking available

Tennesseean Sunday 11.4.07

The Hiram Van Gordon Gallery atTennessee State University is currently displaying "Storms Stories,"an art exhibit about the Hurricanes Katrina and Rita by artists Karen Edmunds and Mary Perrin.

Now the artists will share their experiences on Friday, November 9, at 6 p.m. in the auditorium of the Avon Williams Campus as they lecture about their fears, frustration, grief and their ultimate triumph over the hurricane disaster. The lecture will be accompanied by a performance and slide-show presentation of the artists' hurricane-related artwork and original photographs taken in the aftermath of the storms.

"Edmunds' and Perrin's art is a visual narrative, taking us up to the present struggles of rebuilding New Orleans and surrounding areas,"said gallery director Jodi Hays. "Not only is their artwork in the Hiram Van Gordon Gallery capable and compelling, but we all grow from hearing of their experiences and lessons learned through the storms."

For more information call 615-963-1599