The Association for Visual Arts (AVA), Chattanooga’s nonprofit visual arts center, has opened the city’s first state-of-the-art digital media center, AVA’s Media Lab, located at the lower level, River St. entrance of AVA’s headquarters on the Northshore at Coolidge Park.
The AVA Media Lab will empower students, adults, and emerging and professional artists interested in using advanced technologies to market their work and create contemporary visual art. It will also serve as an incubator for Chattanooga’s creative individuals wanting to develop techniques for photo and video editing, Web site design, and other related skills for personal and professional expression. With the growing trend toward electronically-generated and documented visual arts, AVA identified a strong need among the city’s existing and emerging artists for access to the most technologically advanced digital media systems available – a resource beyond the means of most artists. AVA is meeting the need by adding classes and workshops for technologically-based visual art, video, and photography, and is making the Media Lab available to its member artists and the community.
AVA MEDIA LAB HOURS
Tuesday: noon-5pm
Wednesday: noon-8pm
Thursday: noon-5pm
Saturday: noon-5pm
AVA MEDIA LAB
AVA MEDIA LAB
AVA MEDIA LAB
Career Coaching/ Packets & Portfolio
Instructors: Jerry Dale McFadden, Neely Hyde, MFA & Mark Bradley-Shoup, MFA
Whether you are approaching prospective galleries or clients, entering a juried competition, or simply seeking feedback from peers, this workshop introduces participants to common mistakes that should be avoided and provides the crucial tips necessary to create an effective portfolio.
Wednesday, January 14/ 5:30-7:00pm
$5 AVA member/ $20 non-members CLICK TO PAY NOW
Career Coaching/ Accounting Basics
Instructor: Bill Noble, CPAThis workshop is designed to demystify the daunting process of some of the most complex accounting problems artists face, including how to identify tax-deductible purchases and how to prepare for tax season.
Wednesday, February 11/ 5:30-7:00pm
$5 AVA member/ $20 non-members CLICK TO PAY NOW
Career Coaching/ Resumes & Artist Statements
Instructor: Ron Buffington, MFA
For beginning to advanced artists, participants will learn how to develop the necessary skills needed to write concise and professional artist statements, bios and resumes.
Wednesday, March 4/ 5:30-7:00pm
$5 AVA member/ $20 non-members CLICK TO PAY NOW
VISUAL MEDIA COURSES
All courses are taught in the AVA Digital Media Lab and run for four (4) weeks, unless otherwise noted.
Photoshop II
Instructor: Steve Hamaker, AIGA
This class will introduce students to special effects, composite photographs and photo collages. In addition, this course will cover contrast controls and color correction, selection refinements, burning & dodging, blurring & sharpening, and sponging & smudging.
Tuesdays, January 6-27
$125 AVA Members/ $200 non-members CLICK TO PAY NOW
Beginning Digital Photography
Instructor: Steven Sewell, BFA
Utilizing practical camera-based exercises, this course will provide beginning level digital SLR camera users with a working knowledge of equipment, digital imaging, innovative project ideas and advice to improve compositional and technical skills.
Thursdays, January 8-29/ 6:00-8:00pm
$125 AVA Members/ $200 non-members CLICK TO PAY NOW
Slide Scanning Workshop (2 hours)
Instructor: Chris Oughtred, Owner, Northlight Digital Imaging
This workshop will allow participants to breathe new life into those antiquated slides, as well as demonstrating how to properly scan both negative and positive film images to produce a usable high quality digital image.
Saturday, January 17/ 10am-12pm
$30 AVA Members/ $75 non-members CLICK TO PAY NOW
C2C: From Camera to Computer Workshop (3 hours)
Instructor: Chris Oughtred, Owner, Northlight Digital Imaging
Participants will be introduced to the basic steps required to create a digital image of their work, as well as how to manipulate the captured image in Photoshop to create a usable digital file.
Saturday, January 31/ 9:00am-12:00pm
$45 AVA Members/ $90 non-members CLICK TO PAY NOW
Photoshop I
Instructor: Barry Settlich, BFA
Students will be introduced to the basics of digital imaging. Using film, prints or digital files, students will learn how to navigate the basic functions of Photoshop for the best digital output.
Tuesdays, February 3-24/ 6:00-8:00pm
$125 AVA Members/ $200 non-members CLICK TO PAY NOW
Introduction to Web Design
Instructor: Alex Zuccarelli
Learn the basics of how to create and develop an effective Web page. This course will cover design, technical aspects and the best approach for the beginning Web designer.
Thursdays, February 5-26/ 6-8pm
$125 AVA Members/ $200 non-members CLICK TO PAY NOW
C2C: From Camera to Computer/ Documentation Methods for Art Instructors
Instructor: Chris Oughtred, Owner, Northlight Digital Imaging
This class will address specific documentation guidelines for AP Art portfolios as well as guide participants through the basic steps of appropriate lighting, proper camera techniques, as well as how to translate a digital image into Photoshop in order to create a usable jpeg, tiff or PDF file.
Saturdays, February 7-28/ 10am-12pm
$125 AVA Members/ $200 non-members CLICK TO PAY NOW
C2C: From Camera to Computer/ Documentation Methods for Artists
Instructor: Chris Oughtred, Owner, Northlight Digital Imaging
This class will offer an in-depth continuation of AVA’s previous C2C workshop designed specifically for artists who want to learn more about documentation methods, as well as how to manipulate their digital images in Photoshop.
Tuesdays, March 3-24/ 6-8pm
$125 AVA Members/ $200 non-members CLICK TO PAY NOW
Art Film & Video
Instructor: Neely Hyde, MFA
This class is dedicated to exploring the history of Art Film and Video and allowing participants to make and share their own video pieces. Students will have the opportunity to view and discuss examples of rare and hard to find time-based works, as well as, have access to cameras, equipment and computers to make their own.
Thursdays, March 5-26/ 6:00-8:00pm
$125 AVA Members/ $200 non-members CLICK TO PAY NOW
P4P: Photoshop for Photographers
Instructor: Chris Oughtred, Owner, Northlight Digital Imaging
This class is for any photographer seeking a solid foundation in the capabilities of Photoshop in order to manipulate, modify, or optimize photographs and digital images.
Tuesdays, April 7-28 / 6-8pm
$125 AVA Members/ $200 non-members CLICK TO PAY NOW
I2I: Illustrator to InDesign
Instructor: Chloe Ingalls, AIGA
Find out how to incorporate elements from Photoshop and Illustrator and arrange them into a flyer, brochure, or an entire book using Adobe InDesign. This class will walk students through the various applications that are found in the Adobe Creative Suite software, through hands-on applications.
Thursdays, April 2-30/ 6-8pm
$145 AVA Members/ $225 non-members CLICK TO PAY NOW
Claymation
Instructor: Jim Alverson
Learn how to make claymation and stop-action films using iMovie. This class will focus on a group project that will yield a final claymation short film. Students will learn how to create character, sets and backdrops as well as the basics of stop-action filmmaking.
Saturdays, April 4-25/ 10am-12pm
$125 AVA Members/ $200 non-members CLICK TO PAY NOW
STUDIO COURSES
Life Drawing @ UTC (12 hours)
Instructor: David Young, MFA
AVA, in cooperation with the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, present a life drawing class for intermediate and advance students. Working from live models, students will study anatomy and the expressive forms of the human body.
Wednesdays, February 4 – March 11/ 6-8:00pm
$95 AVA Members/ $135 Nonmembers CLICK TO PAY NOW
Class Limit: 15 students
Zen and the Art of the Repetitive: Mold Making & Casting Techniques @ CSTCC (12 hours)
Instructor: Stan Townsend, MFA
This two-day course will walk students through a variety of mold-making and casting techniques using silicone and urethane materials. Through lecture and demonstrations, students will be instructed how to make a one piece and a two piece re-usable mold, how to make castings, and how to create a variety of post-finishes.
Saturday, February 21, 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. & Sunday, February 22, 9:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.
$175 AVA Members/ $225 non-members CLICK TO PAY NOW
Class Limit: 15 students/ Lunch provided on both days
LECTURES
Art Speak/ Shifting Motivations: Art Practice as Relation, Network and System
Featured Speaker: Jessica Westbrook, MFA
This talk will focus on artists working collectively to take advantage of the creative potential of group action. This talk is in conjunction with the Seed exhibition in AVA’s Main Gallery.
Wednesday, January 28/ 5:30-7:00pm
Free and open to the public
Art Speak/ The Anxious Object: Art in Place in the 21st Century
Featured Speaker: Jeff Morton, MFAThis discussion will explore the notion of art and its place in the 21st century and how art has progressed in recent history.
Wednesday, February 18/ 5:30-7:00pm
Free and open to the public
ART SPEAK is an on-going informal lecture series designed to stimulate dialogue among artists and art, while advocating relevant topics in the visual arts. This year’s theme is: Current Exploration of Contemporary Art and its Impact on Culture. Participating artists and arts professionals are being asked to explore the notion of relevance, irreverence and opulence and how such concepts pertain to contemporary art. In a larger sense, we are asking participants to speak to the impact that the art world is having on culture, and in turn, how work being created today reflects contemporary society. Is there a common thread? Has our field of vision shifted, and how has our perception of our surrounding environment changed?
For more information, contact mshoup@avarts.org.
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EXHIBITION SPACES (non-Gallery)
1000 Newby Street
Chattanooga, TN 37402
423-755-6100
423-755-6138 (fax)
Chattanooga State Technical Community College
4501 Amnicola Hwy
Chattanooga, TN 37406
Contact: Joe Helseth
423-697-4433
Chattanooga State Technical Community College (Sculpture Garden)
4501 Amnicola Highway
Chattanooga, Tennessee 37406-1097
423-697-4402
Caffiene
233 East Martin Luther King Blvd
Chattanooga, TN 37403
423-756-5911
Durinda’s Art Studio
5546 Boynton Dr
Ringgold, GA 30736
Contact: Durinda Cheek
423-866-1332
Grace Episcopal Church
20 Belvoir Ave
Chattanooga, TN
423-698-2433
Linda Woodall Fine Arts
7836 Ooltewah Georgetown Rd
Ooltewah, TN 37363
423-238-9985
Memorial Hospital
2525 DeSales Ave
Chattanooga, TN 37404
423-495-2525
423-495-8600
Mojo Burrito
3815 Saint Elmo Ave
Chattanooga, TN
423-822-6656
North River Civic Center
232 Ring Road, Suite 102
Chattanooga, TN 37415
423-870-8924
Raymond James & Assoc Inc
537 Market St # 105
Chattanooga, TN 37402
800-537-3190
River Gallery Sculpture GardenBluff View Art District, 400 East Second St
Chattanooga, TN 37403-1105
423-265-5033. Ext. 5
423-265-5944 (fax)
River Street DeliRight under AVA!!
151 River St
Chattanooga, TN
423-756-3354
Stone Cup
330 Frazier Ave
Chattanooga, TN
423-265-5010
Siskin Hospital
1 Siskin plaza
Chattanooga, TN
800-4SI-SKIN
Unitarian Universalist Church
3224 Navajo Dr
Chattanooga, TN 37411
423-624-2985
United Way
630 Market Street
Chattanooga, TN
423-752-0300
Unum Provident Corp
1 Fountain Sq
Chattanooga, TN
423-755-1011
ART SUPPLY STORES
Chattanooga, TN 37405
Art Accent
825 McCallie Ave
Chattanooga, TN
423-267-0072
Home Depot
1944 Northpoint Blvd
Hixson, TN
(423) 877-5577
Gannon Art Center Inc
3250 Brainerd Rd
Chattanooga, TN 37411
(423) 622-8236
Hobby Lobby
2288 Gunbarrel Rd # 10
Chattanooga, TN
(423) 892-7923
Home Depot
1944 Northpoint Blvd
Hixson, TN
(423) 877-5577
Michaels Stores
2200 Hamilton Place Blvd
Chattanooga, TN
(423) 490-0134
Northern Tool & Equipment Co
7658 Lee Hwy
Chattanooga, TN 37421
(423) 510-0646
P & S School Office & Art Supply
1301 Hickory Valley Rd
Chattanooga, TN
(423) 894-3595
Townsend Atelier
PO Box 4742
Chattanooga, TN
(423)903-1488 ph
(423)265-0502 fx
EXHIBITION SPACES (Gallery)
30 Frazier Avenue
Chattanooga, TN 37405
423.265.4282
423.265.5233 (fax)
Bill Shores Frames & Gallery
Manufacturer's Rd.
Chattanooga, TN 37402
423-756-6746
Conn Gallery
513 E. Main Street
Chattanooga, Tennessee 37408
864.590.6128
http://www.conngallery.net/meet_the_artists/images/DSCN0079.JPG
George Ayers Cress Gallery
Fine Arts Center, Vine and Palmetto Streets
Chattanooga, TN 37403
Phone: 423-425-4600
The Gallery
3918 Dayton Blvd.
Chattanooga, TN 37415
423-870-2443
Gallery 1401
1401 William St
Chattanooga, TN 37408
423-265-0015
Gold Leaf Designs
2646 Broad Street,
Chattanooga, TN 37408
423-266-4453
Hanover Gallery
1310 C Hanover Street
423-648-0533
Hollis Gallery
1401 Williams Street, Suite E-6
423-265-4444
In-Town Gallery
26 Frazier Avenue
Chattanooga, TN 37405
423-267-9214
Keith Abney Gallery
221 River Street
Chattanooga, TN 37405
Loose Cannon Gallery
2601 Broad Street
Chattanooga, TN
423-266-2700
Plum Nelly Shop & Gallery
515 Tremont St
Chattanooga, TN 37405
423-266-0585
www.plumnellyshop.com
Rain Tree Fine Arts Gallery
7235 East Brainerd Rd
Chattanooga, TN 37421
423-892-6112
River Gallery
400 E 2nd St
Chattanooga, TN 37403
423-265-5033
www.river-gallery.com
Tanner Hill Gallery
Angela Usrey
3069 Broad Street
Chattanooga, TN 37405
423-280-7182
info@augallery.com
Tennessee Arts Commission (TAC)
401 Charlotte Avenue
Nashville, TN 37243-0780
615-741-1701
Nicole Pietrantoni, Director of Visual arts, Craft and Media
615-532-9798 • nicole.pietrantoni@state.tn.us
ARTISTS STUDIO SPACES
Chattanooga Bank Building
Chattanooga, TN37402
423.756.9972
Loose Cannon Gallery
2601 Broad Street
Chattanooga, TN
423.266.2700
www.terrycannon.com
Saddlery Building
3069 Broad Street
Chattanooga, TN 37405
423.280.7182
Tennessee Small Business Development Center
811 Broad Street
Chattanooga, TN 37402
423.756.2121
423.267.7242 (fax)
Rivoli Art Mill
East 28th Street
Chattanooga, TN 37410
423.265.4287 or 423.503.3907
Rivoli Art Mill is seeking artists of all media to join its community of working and emerging artists to make use of their "inspirational creative workspaces." Located Call (423) 265-4287 for an appointment to see the workspaces. Spaces are filling up fast!
www.rivoliartmill.blogspot.com
Cypress Corners
Artist studios, offices and retail spaces available for lease in up and coming arts district! Cypress Corners is seeking artists, arts organizations, wellness and other creative businesses to be a part of its growing creative community. 1,000 to 12,000 square foot spaces are available and ready for build out. Cypress Corners is conveniently located off of E. Main St. with easy access to downtown and I-24. Contact us soon to get in on the exciting arts movement happening on Main Street. For more information, visit us on our website at www.cypresscorners.com or call Kathy Wilton, Stonecrest Properties, 423-267-1900 or 423-488-9700.
Gold Leaf Designs & Gallery
Studio & Office Spaces for Lease
Artist Studio space 1700 sq.ft. with huge skylight, windows, and bathroom. Can be subdivided with multiple tenants ( total space is $1200 / month) . Office space 800 sq. ft. with new carpet, kitchen, bath, and large storage room ($850/month). Both spaces have alarm systems, utilities, separate entrances. Located in fully renovated historic building at corner of Broad and 27th Street. 1 to 5 -year leases available. Call for information (423) 266-4453.
AVA 2008
Board of Directors
W. Keith Sanford President
David Hudson
Vice President/Secretary
Cynthia Nesson
Treasurer
Brooke Bradley-King
Past President
Evan Allison
Jim Aplin
Warren Barnett
Paul Campbell, III
Suzanne Corrington
Michael D. Costello
Catharine Daniels
Kurt J. Faires
Sally Faulkner
Linda Friberg
Cheryl Godwin
Charlotte Landis
Mike Slocumb
Mark Song
Susan Stein
Michael Taylor
Juanita Tumelaire
Kim White
Lillie Wills
John C. Wood
Staff
Christa J. Mannarino
Executive Director
Nanette Ramsey
Associate Director
Jerry Dale McFadden
4 Bridges Artistic Director
Neely Crihfield Hyde
Director of Exhibits
Mark Bradley-Shoup
Director of Arts Education
Laura Angilee Murray
Program Coordinator
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