VISUAL ART & MUSEUMS

Nashville-based artist and educator Barry Buxkamper weaves narrative and art historical reference using masterful technique. With poignant humor, his paintings navigate various themes from illness and aging to current events and social debate. Belmont University's Leu Art Gallery and the Tennessee Arts Academy present a survey of Buxkamper's work from the last seven years and includes acrylic paintings on cut, unmounted canvas, watercolor paintings and small, sculptural works.

The exhibition runs concurrently with the Tennessee Arts Education Association’s "Best of the Best Student Art Exhibition" and "Connections," the Tennessee Arts Education Association’s Member Exhibition.  The exhibit will run June 3 through August 4.

Please join Belmont University and the Tennessee Arts Academy for an Art Crawl and Reception July 10, 5:30pm-8:00pm with a Tennessee Arts Education Association’s awards ceremony at 5:45pm and gallery talk with Barry Buxkamper at 6:45pm.

About the Belmont University’s Leu Art Gallery:  Belmont University's Leu Art Gallery and Gallery 121 exhibit emerging and established, local and regional artists to students and the general public.

About the Tennessee Arts Academy:  The Tennessee Arts Academy, a program of the Tennessee Department of Education, trains over 250 teachers every summer, who in turn impact over 100,000 Tennessee students each year. Held on the campus of Belmont University in Nashville, the Tennessee Arts Academy emerged from an expressed need by arts teachers for a staff development program to better meet the needs of a more assessment-based curriculum that emphasizes teacher accountability. Today, the vision for arts education shines brighter throughout Tennessee and the nation because of the ongoing success of the Academy.