C OLL E GE OF A RTS & SC I EN C ES Publications and Creative Activity from 2014-‐15 Academic Year
Department of Art Mark Bradley-‐Shoup participated in numerous exhibitions this year, including Divisible at Front Warehouse in Dayton, OH, Enormously Tiny at Nahcotta Gallery in Portsmouth, ND, and The Price is Right at David Lusk Gallery in Nashville, TN. Mark likewise secured gallery representation with David Lusk, a prominent commercial gallery, where he had a solo exhibition in April. His exhibition was the cover feature in Nashville Arts magazine. Mark’s collage work was featured in Collage: Contemporary Artists Hunt and Gather, Cut and Paste, Mash Up and Transform written by Danielle Krysa and published by Chronicle Books. Mark was also a visiting artist at Georgia State University where he lectured on his work and conducted studio visits with MFA candidates. In terms of service, Mark represented the department at Art Start, an ArtsBuild initiative intended to provide support to high school students in Chattanooga who hope to pursue careers in the arts. Mark likewise serves as a facilitator with Mark Making, which strives to empower individuals and transform communities through public art projects, with a focus on the underserved. Recently he contributed to the striking mural A Dream Built on Faith located in Whiteside Park at MLK Boulevard and Palmetto Street. * * * As a partner with Widgets & Stone design studio, Matt Greenwell worked with a range of professional clients this year, including Forté Fitness, the Chattanooga Visitor’s Bureau, Easy Bistro, Mannington Carpets, Covenant College, and Collier Construction. Matt likewise: designed and produced a limited-‐ edition catalog and long play record box set to accompany Cooley/Lewis’s collaborative project Harmony of the Spheres; presented at the 2014 NASAD Conference, discussing practical strategies to promote student empowerment and inspire students to develop new ideas, concepts, and ways of thinking and doing; provides his leadership on the Board of Directors of The Open Press, a Chattanooga-‐based non-‐profit print collective he co-‐founded; serves on the Commission on Accreditation for NASAD, reviewing institutional applications for NASAD membership and applying the Association’s standards and guidelines to ensure the high degree of excellence of its member programs. * * * Katie Hargrave was invited to participate in the Plains Art Museum’s Living As Form (The Nomadic Version), an important survey of the past 20 years of socially engaged art practice. The museum acquired two of her works for its permanent collection. She also moderated a roundtable on ethics in social practice for Central Time Centric in association with Living as Form. Central Time Centric was