July Issue 2002
Appalachian State University Features Exhibition by Four Former Art Dept. Colleagues
An Appalachian Summer Festival, at Appalachian State University in Boone, NC, is proud to present a unique exhibition entitled The Fantastic Four: Works by Warren Dennis, Bill Dunlap, Larry Edwards and Noyes Capehart Long. The exhibition, sponsored by DeWoolfson Down Products, Inc., opens on July 1 and continues through Sept. 27, 2002, in the Catherine J. Smith Gallery, located in Farthing Auditorium on the Appalachian campus.
The Fantastic Four proudly reunites four former colleagues from Appalachian State University's Department of Art, and features a remarkable collection of their works. Over the years, each of these accomplished artists has garnered praise for his work, both locally and nationally. Shown together, works by these four artists constitute a powerful and memorable experience for all of those who have followed their distinguished careers, as well as for those just now being introduced to their works.
Warren Dennis is a painter living and working in Boone, and served on the faculty of Appalachian's Art Department for many years. His paintings can be found in numerous galleries, museums, and private collections all over the southern United States. Dennis has also worked on several special projects, including the recent mural for Burke Mission Station in Morganton, NC, in Sept., 2001. Dennis has exhibited in over 55 one-person exhibitions, numerous group shows as well touring exhibitions, and is represented in several galleries across NC and TN, including Carlton Gallery, Banner Elk, NC; Jay Etkin Gallery, Memphis, TN; New Elements Gallery, Wilmington, NC; and Steinway Gallery, Chapel Hill, NC.
Bill Dunlap lives and maintains studios in McLean, VA, and in FL, working in several mediums, including oil on paper, polymer paint on canvas, and found and fabricated objects. Dunlap's art takes a highly contemporary view of the timeless American landscape. Using allegory, animism, and elements of language, he addresses the ever-evolving American sensibility, its history, its light, and its often troubled ground. His work hangs in numerous museums and collections across the country, including New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art and Washington's Corcoran Gallery of Art, where his fourteen paneled, one-hundred and twelve feet long cycle of paintings, Panorama of the America Landscape, opened in the Rotunda Gallery in 1985. Dunlap serves as visual arts commentator on WETA-TV's Around Town and is an avid writer for the arts. He is the recipient of many awards and fellowships, including The Danforth Award in the Visual Arts, The Rockefeller Foundation International Fellowship, a grant from the Warhol Foundation, and a residency in Bangkok, Thailand as a Lila Wallace/Reader' Digest International Artists Fellow.
Larry Edwards is a dynamic painter, currently residing and maintaining a studio in Memphis, TN, and exhibiting his work regularly on the east coast and across the southern United States. Edwards is a recipient of several awards and grants, including Penny McCall Foundation Fellowship, NY, Art Matters, INC. NY, and the Tennessee Arts Commission and Anne and Walter Knestrick Foundation Visual Arts Fellowships. His work has been seen at the Southeastern Center for Contemporary Arts, in Winston-Salem, NC, and at a variety of university galleries, and resides in numerous permanent and private collections throughout the eastern US. Edwards served as the Chairman and Professor of Art at Appalachian State University during 1966-1976.
During his forty year professional career, Noyes Capehart Long has exhibited works in regional, state, and national exhibitions. His works have been exhibited in the Whitney Museum of Art, the North Carolina Museum of Art, the Mint Museum of Art, and the Greenville (NC) Museum of Art. In July 2001, he exhibited 85 works in a one-man exhibition at Appalachian's Cultural Museum. He has a scheduled exhibit in April at the Ashe County Arts Council Gallery in West Jefferson, NC. Long's art was featured in the Oc. 1995 issue of American Artist magazine. Many of Long's watercolors, mixed media pictures, drawings, and prints are in private collections throughout the United States. Long served as Professor of Art from1969-1997 in the ASU Art Department, among other teaching positions around the country. He is currently represented by Blowing Rock Frameworks & Gallery, LTD. He lives and works in Boone.
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