Knoxville Photo 2023 in the lower gallery
The Arts & Culture Alliance presents the 11th annual Knoxville Photo juried exhibition featuring selected works from 42 artists throughout the region. The exhibition encompasses photographs depicting all subjects and genres, including streetscapes, cityscapes, landscapes, environmental portraiture, portraits, abstracts, and more. Heather F. Wetzel served as juror for the exhibition and viewed 390 images to select the exhibition. An artist working in historic photographic processes, hand papermaking, and book arts, Wetzel is currently the Galleries & Collections Manager at Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts in the Great Smoky Mountains. She earned her Master of Arts & Humanities from Arcadia University in Glenside, Pennsylvania, and her Master of Fine Arts in Visual Studies from the Visual Studies Workshop in Rochester, New York., where she also worked at the George Eastman Museum. She is a 2012 Photolucida Critical Mass Finalist, as well as a semifinalist and The Print Center’s Honorary Council Award of Excellence winner in The Print Center’s 87th International Competition. Her work has been widely exhibited, and can be found at the Anzenberger Gallery in Vienna Austria, Momentum Gallery in Asheville, NC, as well as in multiple collections.
The following artists’ works will be shown:
+ John C. Kopp of Port Charlotte, FL
+ Sean McElroy of Lexington, KY
+ Kathryn C. Miller of Alcoa, TN
+ Sheila Chesanow of Athens, TN
+ Carol Stevens of Crossville, TN
+ Alan Finch of Jacksboro, TN
+ Adam Jeffrey Trabold of Johnson City, TN
+ Brooke Arnold, Michelle Carr, David Denton, Jurgen Dopatka, Felix R. Gaiter, Gary Heatherly, Jennifer Herchenrider, Liz Lee, David G. Liles, John Edwin May, Natalie McLaurin, Tom Owens, Norm Plate, Julie L. Rabun, Lennie Robertson, Caitlin Ryan, Greg Schweiger, Genna Sellers, Eric Sherwood, Owen H. Weston, Rick Whitehead, Anthony Owsley, Clay Thurston and Tonya Wunder of Knoxville, TN
+ Jack Retterer of Lenoir City, TN
+ Suzanne LeBlanc of Loudon, TN
+ Rachel Deutmeyer of Maryville, TN
+ Sam Hill of Matthews, TN
+ Dave Edens of Monteagle, TN
+ Ken Van Dyne of Norris, TN
+ Yvonne Dalschen and Kelli Thompson of Oak Ridge, TN
+ Houston Vandergriff of Powell, TN
+ Marlon Davey of Rutledge, TN
+ David Gilliam of Walland, TN
Over $1,000 in cash awards will be announced at the opening at 5:30 PM. For more information, please visit https://www.knoxalliance.com/knoxville-photo
Pictured: Changing by Michelle Carr (top); Lunasphere by Gary Heatherly (bottom)