Programming
Exhibition Reception | February 1, 2023
Lecture with Larry Shutts, Art Conservationist | February 13, 5:30pm
Museum Sprouts: Art and the Smokey Mountains | March 12, 9:30am
Museum After Hours: Paint and Play | April 25, 6pm
Coming into View showcases sixteen oil paintings from the museum’s permanent collection—half landscapes and half portraits. These paintings highlight the incredible collaborative work that goes on every day behind the scenes at this university museum.
Many of these paintings have never been displayed to the public before. Some had incomplete information, and others needed special care and conservation. However, class research assignments, intern projects, and graduate assistant work have uncovered fascinating details and even allowed us to correct misinformation about the painting or artist. Course visits—where students engage personally with these works of art—highlight their importance. Scholarship has led to specialty conservation, and collaborations have brought new perspectives to bear on the techniques, meaning, and relevance of each piece.
This exhibition underlines how students and academics are a vital part of our museum’s mission to share new stories and gain better understanding of our collection.
Header Image: Lloyd Branson, “Landscape with Stream,” 1906. Oil on panel. 1962.20.1
Sponsors
This exhibition is generously sponsored with support from the Aletha & Clayton Brodine Museum Fund.
Curated by Sadie Counts, McClung Museum Curatorial Project Manager