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February 3 – 26, 2023 | Arrowmont Gallery in Knoxville
Come visit 110 S. Gay Street in Knoxville to see work by just a few of the talented artists teaching community classes this winter at the Arrowmont campus in Gatlinburg. Featured artists include Vanessa Hartman, Megan Koeppel, Jada Patterson, and Kelly Sullivan.
Community Classes are an opportunity for local residents to take advantage of Arrowmont’s quality art instruction in professionally equipped studios. Classes are fun and a great way to meet new friends in a creative learning environment. Classes are taught by professional working artists and offer a wide selection of media for all ages and ability levels.
Most classes welcome students at all levels however a few require experience or specific skills. Any information regarding required skills will be included in the class description. Community Class workshop materials will be provided and that cost is included in the class fee.
Registrations are accepted on a first-come, first-registered basis. Class size is limited — early registration is recommended.
Vanessa Hartman makes objects as a way to digest the world around her. Ideas of origin, identity, the human experience, symbiosis, and play resonate in her work. Hartman is translating her observations into new forms which act as vessels of stored energy, conversations in nonverbal communication, and characters in a mythology of their own. Growing up in Jupiter, Florida, the sand, fauna, people, and gift shops have provided her with a particular sensibility for the human perspective and the way we interact with the environment we live in. Hartman received her BA in Studio Art from Florida State University in 2014 where she focused on multi-media sculpture and ceramics. Her continuing desire to learn has brought her to Tennessee where she studied and worked at Arrowmont School of Arts in and Crafts in 2017. It was there she fell in love with the mountains and community of East Tennessee. For the last five years she has pursued a cohesive balance between working, making, and teaching.
Megan Koeppel is a contemporary painter and textile artist originally from Milwaukee WI. Her recent work explores natural dye and quilting. She is currently an artist in residence at the Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts in east Tennessee.
Jada Patterson is an artist and gallerist born and raised in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She is a graduate of the Kansas City Art Institute where she received her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Ceramics and Art History. Jada’s studio practice is multi-disciplinary as she makes work primarily in clay and beeswax exploring the human condition pertaining to identity, material culture and adornment. Her curatorial practice centers, but is not limited to Queer and BIPOC sculptural artists. Jada was awarded the Benjamin J. Gilman Scholarship through the U.S. Department of State in 2018 and the Inspiration Grant through ArtsKC in 2021. She has attended various fellowships and residencies including the Ox-Bow School of Art, Charlotte Street Foundation and is currently an Artist in Residence at Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts.
Kelly Sullivan graduated from Florida Atlantic University with a BFA in Studio Art, with a concentration in printmaking but considers herself a mixed media artist. She has lived in South Florida, Atlanta, Syracuse, NY and currently resides in Knoxville, TN. Regardless of where she lives she finds a community where she can make art, learn new processes and teach what she is most passionate about. Kelly moved to East Tennessee to follow a dream and work at Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts where she worked for two and a half years as a full-time staff member. Kelly’s work has been exhibited at the Bascon in NC, The Central Collective in Knoxville, TN and at Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts in Gatlinburg,TN. Kelly is currently the Arts Specialist, Sr. At Knoxville Arts & Fine Crafts Center where she creates community arts programming. Kelly currently teaches a wide variety of art classes at KAFCC, Arrowmont, CSCET and Mighty Mud. She has been an active member of the Mayor’s Maker City Council in Knoxville, TN
Arrowmont Gallery in Knoxville is located at 110 S. Gay Street and is open Fridays 5:00 pm – 9:00 pm; Saturdays and Sundays, noon – 5:00pm.
