The work of visual artist Susan Kemenyffy of McKean, Pa., is shown in her sketchbook that's part of the exhibit “Preparations: Artists’ Sketchbooks and Journals” at the University of Tennessee Downtown Gallery through Jan. 8.
Sketches, thoughts and detailed works are in the sketchbooks that make up the exhibit "Preparations: Artists' Sketchbooks and Journals" now at the University of Tennessee Downtown Gallery.
The 106 S. Gay St. gallery will exhibit 25 sketchbooks from 15 artists through Jan. 8. The exhibit explores how artists create and develop ideas into art and looks at the methods they use to explore the possibilities of their art. Some of the books will be open for visitors to leaf through and examine.
Among the books are three, including a worn small spiral notebook, that the late Joseph Delaney used.
"He always had a sketchbook on him," said Mike Berry, the gallery's manager.
Delaney, who died in 1991, was born in 1904 in Knoxville. The ninth of 10 children, he was the brother of artist Beauford Delaney. Joseph Delaney spent 56 years in New York as an artist. He returned to Knoxville in 1986.
"Preparations: Artists' Sketchbooks and Journals" shows the process and inspiration of artists who work in a variety of fields. Those in the exhibit are visual artists, sculptors and painters. What's contained in their notebooks show various levels in the process of preparation.
"Some are like doodles, and some of them are finished drawings," Berry said.
Artists who provided curator Timothy Massey access to their journals include painter and Memphis College of Art Professor Fred Burton; oil painter Gage Opdenbrouw of San Francisco, Susan Kemenyffy of McKean, Penn., and painter/artist John Copeland of Brooklyn, N.Y.
Exhibit curator Massey is a Knoxville native and University of Tennessee graduate who is the director of Town Fine Arts Gallery, State University of New York at Brockport.
The UT Downtown Gallery is open 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Wednesdays through Fridays, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturdays.
Amy McRary may be reached at 865-342-6437.
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