TTU arts roundup for March 16: Exhibit features watercraft as art form
Sculptor Jennifer Torres brings her interesting interpretation of watercraft as art form to Tennessee Tech University’s Joan Derryberry Art Gallery March 22 through April 9.
The gallery is located on the first floor of Roaden University Center and is open to the public 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Torres will lead a gallery talk 4:30-5:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 23. The session is free and refreshments are offered.
Torres currently resides in Hattiesburg, Miss., where she has a studio and teaches sculpture and ceramics as an associate professor at the University of Southern Mississippi. She is a native of Queens, N.Y., and lived for many years in Teaneck, N.J.
Appalachian Center for Craft
- The Bachelor of Fine Arts Juried Exhibition will continue until Monday, March 29, in Gallery One.
- 2010 Celebration of Craft, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday, April 10. Admission is free. Experience craft demonstrations and hands-on craft projects for children. Live music.
- The Artist in Residence Annual Exhibition, consisting of six current artists in residence, will be shown through April 12 in Gallery Two.
Center Stage
- Ron Barron, principal trombonist of the Boston Symphony Orchestra from 1975 until 2008, public recital, 7:30 p.m., March 28, Wattenbarger Auditorium
Joan Derryberry Art Gallery
- Jack Girard’s collage and mixed works will show until Saturday, March 20.
- Sami Lange presents her printmaking exhibit April 12 through May 7. Gallery talk 4:30 p.m., Tuesday, April 13.
Music & Art
- Guest flute recital with Beth Chandler, 7:30 p.m., Thursday, March 19.
- Appalachian Saxophone Quartet recital, 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, March 23.
- TTU Flute Day, Saturday, March 20, registration at 8:30 a.m. and finale concert at 4:15 p.m. Guest flutist is Beth Chandler, associate professor of flute at James Madison University in Virginia. All events in Bryan Fine Arts Building, 1150 N. Dixie Ave.
- Bryan Symphony Orchestra 3 p.m., Sunday, March 21, in Wattenbarger Auditorium.
- John Wells, physics professor emeritus, annual organ recital, 7:30 p.m., Monday, March 22.
- Faculty members Diane Pulte, Catherine Godes and Jeremy Hansen, recital featuring voice, piano, horn and duo-piano, 7:30 p.m., Thursday, March 25.
- Senior painting exhibit by Shannon Green April 16-22, Bryan Fine Arts Building. Reception 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. April 16.
The Appalachian Center for Craft is located six miles off Highway 56 (Interstate 40, Exit 273) near Smithville. Hours are 9 a.m.-5 p.m. daily. The Joan Derryberry Art Gallery is located on the first floor of the Roaden University Center and is open to the public from 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. The Backdoor Playhouse is located in Jere Whitson Memorial Building. For more information, call 372-6595. Unless noted otherwise, all concerts are free and take place in the Bryan Fine Arts Building. The concert schedule is subject to change. For more information, call 372-3161.
