Final weeks to see Eric Sublett: The Creative Life at UT Downtown Gallery
June 22, 2022

UT Downtown Art Gallery; image by exhibition co-organizer Gary Heatherly

KNOXVILLE -- UT Downtown Gallery will host a First Friday July Reception on Friday, July 1 from 5-9 pm.

The exhibition features the paintings, drawings, photography, poetry, flyer/poster art, and film/videos of Eric Sublett, with an emphasis on the artist’s connection to community and local culture. Eric Sublett: The Creative Life is organized by his friends and fellow artists, photographer, Gary Heatherly, and songwriter / poet, RB Morris.

Sublett passed away in 2018 after a long illness. As a lifelong Knoxvillian, Eric was a graduate of West High School and the University of Tennessee, and the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in Maine. Friends knew him as a talented artist, avid music lover, and knowledgeable historian. Eric was involved with the 1982 World's Fair Art Colony and development of James Agee Park in Fort Sanders. He was a founding member of the 200 East and CHROMA art groups. He is the son of former UT School of Art painting professor and Knoxville 7 artist, Carl Sublett.

Gallery Hours
Wednesday - Friday: 11am-6pm
Saturday: 10am-3pm

The gallery is located at 106 S. Gay Street.

For more information, please visit www.ewing-gallery.utk.edu.