Over 65 artists submit works for 6th Renaissance Regional Art Exhibit

Release Date: 9/8/2004. Expired: 9/25/2004

Entries from 68 artists in 12 southeastern states have been submitted for the 6th annual Renaissance Regional Art Exhibit in The Renaissance Center’s Visual Arts Gallery.

The show’s juror has selected 33 pieces that will be displayed in the gallery Sept. 25-Nov. 13. An opening reception will be 5-7 p.m. Sept. 25.

The annual Renaissance Regional Art Exhibit is open to artists 18 and older in 12 southeastern states and draws hundreds of pieces each year. Each artist can enter up to five pieces for consideration by the juror.

The regional exhibit is open to art of any medium and all pieces must have been completed within the past two years. The pieces selected for display always include a variety of styles and mediums, from paintings and photographs to sculptures and multimedia pieces.

Bob Kucher, deputy commissioner of the Tennessee Arts Commission and former senior director of Visual Arts at The Renaissance Center, served as juror for the 6th annual show.

A Pennsylvania native, following high school Kucher enrolled in Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s College of Fine Arts as an Art Education major. In January 1992 he was accepted at Penn State University’s College of Arts and Architecture, the School of Visual Arts. He interned at McKeesport Area High School in McKeesport, Pa., George Washington Elementary School in McKeesport, White Oak Elementary School in White Oak, Pa., and spent a summer session interning at the University Park Art School. Kucher earned his Bachelor of Science in Art Education from PSU in 1994.

Kucher and another student co-founded a student chapter of The National Art Education Association. The 30-member Penn State group worked in the arts with local schools and colleges by holding workshops and helping teachers, working at arts festivals and various other activities.

Educators at Penn State also acknowledged his work when he was nominated as Student Teacher of the Year in 1994.

Other honors include his entry in the International Who’s Who of Public Service in 2000; The Tennessee Governor’s School for the Arts Outstanding Teacher Award in 1999; The 27th edition of Who’s Who in the East in 1997; his induction into the Golden Key National Honors Society in 1992; and his entries on the Penn State Dean’s List in 1992, 1993 and 1994, among other honors and activities.

He did substitute teaching in Pittsburgh, Marion Center and Punxsutawney, Pa., while attending additional night classes. He also taught at various Penn State campuses before moving to Tennessee where he taught at Pearl-Cohn Arts Magnet School in Nashville. He spent three months as a practitioner at the Southeast Institute for Education in the Visual Arts at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga in 1996. From summer through fall of that same year he served as a part-time Visual Arts instructor at the Tullahoma Fine Arts Center, and in December he signed on as Visual Arts instructor at Huntland School in Winchester. From 1997 to 1999 he taught Visual Arts at Antioch High School in Nashville, and in July 1999 he came to The Renaissance Center, where after only a few months as an instructor he was appointed head of the department.

Kucher left The Renaissance Center in 2003 for his current position with the Tennessee Arts Commission.

“We are excited to have Bob serve as juror for the Renaissance Regional Art Exhibit,” said Curtis Southerland, curator of the Visual Arts Gallery. “Bob was a wonderful leader in creating the Visual Arts Department here at The Renaissance Center and is a tireless promoter of the arts who now uses his talents to assist statewide.”

In addition to selecting the 33 pieces to be displayed in the Visual Arts Gallery, Kucher also selected several pieces for judge’s awards and cash prizes.

The Visual Arts Gallery is open 9 a.m.-9 p.m. Monday-Saturday. Admission to the 6th annual Renaissance Regional Art Exhibit and its opening reception are free. For more information on exhibits at The Renaissance Center, contact Southerland at (615)740-5519 or .

The Renaissance Center is an arts and technology education and performing arts center at 855 Highway 46 South in Dickson, just 35 miles west of Nashville on Interstate 40 at exit 172.

Visit the Visual Arts Gallery page for more about the gallery.

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