{"id":17216,"date":"2019-10-15T13:07:55","date_gmt":"2019-10-15T17:07:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www3.tusculum.edu\/news\/?p=17216"},"modified":"2019-10-15T13:09:15","modified_gmt":"2019-10-15T17:09:15","slug":"tusculum-history-portraits-to-be-displayed-during-diverse-show-at-clem-allison-gallery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www3.tusculum.edu\/news\/news\/2019\/tusculum-history-portraits-to-be-displayed-during-diverse-show-at-clem-allison-gallery\/","title":{"rendered":"Tusculum history, portraits to be displayed during diverse show at Clem Allison Gallery"},"content":{"rendered":"

GREENEVILLE<\/strong> \u2013 Two artists with ties to Tusculum University<\/a> will show their portraits and illustrations during a special exhibit from 5-7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 17, in the Clem Allison Gallery on the Greeneville campus.<\/h3>\n
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Clem Allison stands in the gallery with one of his portraits for Thursday\u2019s show.<\/p><\/div>\n

Allison, who served as director of the division of arts and humanities at Tusculum before his retirement in 1996, will present portraits he has created in the last 40-plus years. Bill Bledsoe, who is program coordinator for the art department, will display illustrations he has developed for his upcoming book about the university\u2019s 225th anniversary<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Bledsoe\u2019s product will be used in his upcoming book \u201cTusculum: Home of the Tennessee Pioneer,\u201d which is an illustrative history of Tennessee\u2019s first higher education institution. He has created more than 20 images that show Tusculum\u2019s distinction in the past, present and future.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was my intent for the illustrations and accompanying text to bring life to the history of Tusculum,\u201d Bledsoe said. \u201cPhotographs and historical notes are customary to chronicle such history, but artwork dovetailed with poetry, speeches, sermons and letters can give added dimension to the complexion and context of Tusculum University in a manner that I hope is meaningful and lasting.\u201d<\/p>\n

His book discusses Cicero, Martin Luther\u2019s 95 Theses, John Knox and the Presbyterian Reformation, Princeton University, Samuel Doak\u2019s travel through East Tennessee and the establishment of Greeneville College, which later evolved into Tusculum. Other topics for the book include the inspiration for the university\u2019s nickname (Pioneer), school history paralleling events of national importance and the vision of Tusculum for the future.<\/p>\n

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Clem Allison created this portrait of his wife, Bev.<\/p><\/div>\n

Portraits from Allison include an oil painting of his late wife, Bev; a charcoal drawing; and a pastel called \u201cGirl Before a Window.\u201d He made all of these more than 40 years ago and then concentrated on other forms of art until early 2019, when First Presbyterian Church in Greeneville asked him to produce a portrait of Hezekiah Balch. Balch founded Greeneville College and was the first settled pastor of First Presbyterian.<\/p>\n

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This illustration, called \u201cThe Scholar,\u201d shows scholars at work at Tusculum as pioneers in education.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Bill Bledsoe created this illustration of the Tusculum Arch.<\/p><\/div>\n

His interest in this art style renewed, Allison proceeded to complete portraits of friends Wess DuBrisk, Jim Mays and Sally Causey as well as the daughters of Meme and William Exum of Greeneville. All but the Balch portrait were based on photographs.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile working from photos may seem to some to be an easy task compared to painting a live model, there are challenges in both cases,\u201d Allison said. \u201cProducing a three-dimensional illusion from one or more two-dimensional photo images can result in a rather lifeless painting if some intuition and imagination are not called upon. Likewise, when painting from life, one cannot expect the sitter to remain still indefinitely \u2013 particularly children.\u201d<\/p>\n

Admission to the exhibit is free, and no reservations are required.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

GREENEVILLE<\/strong> \u2013 Two artists with ties to Tusculum University<\/a> will show their portraits and illustrations during a special exhibit from 5-7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 17, in the Clem Allison Gallery on the Greeneville campus.<\/h3>\n

Allison, who served as director of the division of arts and humanities at Tusculum before his retirement in 1996, will present portraits he has created in the last 40-plus years. Bill Bledsoe, who is program coordinator for the art department, will display illustrations he has developed for his upcoming book about the university\u2019s 225th anniversary<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Bledsoe\u2019s product will be used in his upcoming book \u201cTusculum: Home of the Tennessee Pioneer,\u201d which is an illustrative history of Tennessee\u2019s first higher education institution. He has created more than 20 images that show Tusculum\u2019s distinction in the past, present and future.<\/p>\n

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