Chris Cornelius is a citizen of the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin. He is Professor and Chair of the Department of Architecture at the University of New Mexico. He is the founding principal of studio:indigenous.
A critical component to Indigenous ontology is the notion of relationality. That is, the concept that all living things are related. That relation is familial, and we have responsibility for fostering and being good stewards of those relationships. Cornelius believes we should think about architecture as our relations. Buildings are characters and actors within the living world. They breathe, sweat, and produce waste. Through his practice, he attempts to expand the notion of how architecture can be thought of as living actors in the world.
Get That Bread - The 74th Annual Student Art Competition
Fine Art Jurors
T. Michael Martin, director of galleries at Murray State University
Denise Woodward-Detrich, director of galleries at Clemson University
Hamlett Dobbins, art faculty at The University of Memphis
Graphic Design Juror
Brock Lefferts, Senior Product Designer at Wistia, Boston, MA
Dr. Beth Lauritis, Senior Lecturer of Art History at Clemson University
AIR Retrospective
November 7 - December 8, 2019
AIR Retrospective is an exhibition that showcases work from the Ewing Gallery Permanent Collection by past UT School of Art Artists in Residence. On exhibit will also be the AIR of UT Print Portfolio, a 3 portfolio suite of digital prints curated by UT School of Art Alumni, Wade Guyton, Meredyth Sparks, and Josh Smith. The AIR of UT Print Portfolio features work by many past Artists in Residents and alumni of UT.
Several sculptural works and drawings by former UT School of Art painting professor, Michael Brakke will also be on display. Brakke, who passed away in 2010, was instrumental in recruiting AIRs and helping to develop the UT Artist in Residence program.
Since 2005, Lee Benson, professor of sculpture and ceramics at Union University in Jackson, Tennessee has worked with his wife Betty, and later their four children, Zac, Aaron, Mary, and Sarah to make sculpture and public works. They work mainly in mixed media, the earth, stone, timber, wood, clay and 24k gold producing large-scale architectural forms as well as figurative, narrative monoliths. Residing across the country, they maintain five studios.
The Bensons have produced works from New York City to Australia and have had wide public recognition. They have also recently developed a relationship with Habitat for Humanity and Habitat for Humanity International to use materials used in their sculptures to be repurposed into homes throughout the community.