2025 Happenings....
-January 2025- The Cristy Dunn 12 for 12 Challenge and February Show at JC Center for the Arts
-January 2025-STRADA Challenge
-May- "What was, What is and Whatever Shall be"- Community Show at Johnson County Center for the Arts
June-August- Accepted invitation as one of five artists to paint a fiddle for the 2025 LJH event
June- Two Person Show with fellow Artist John P Jackson at Johnson County Center for the Arts
June- Cover and feature story in Voice Magazine for Women
-Consultant and Sponsorship and Participation in the June 28, 2025 Plein Air in the Gardens -Johnson County Center for the Arts
-September- Long Journey Home and Fiddle Project completion
-November- Artist with Heart Award Presentation
-Carolina Mountain Life and Voice Magazine Ads 2025
-Features in Charleston Style and Design Magazine Spring Art Edition, Summer Feature, Fall and Winter ads and bio.
JUNE 2025 Voice Magazine for Women |
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SPRING 2025 EDITION
CHARLESTON STYLE & DESIGN..
THE ART ISSUE
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VOICE MAGAZINE FOR WOMEN MARCH 2025
CRISTY DUNN 12 for 12 CHALLENGE 2025
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TOMAHAWK NEWSPAPER
PROGRESS EDITION 2025
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New Winter Work at Johnson County Center for the Arts
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So honored to present the Artist with Heart Awards in November 2024!
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Pictured with Artists Cristy Dunn, Margie Kluska and Gallery Owner Mike Gaylon
RECENT HAPPENINGS...PLEIN AIR IN THE MOUNTAINS SHOW October 2024
The Tuesday painters of Knoxville & the Great Smokies and local Plein Air artists participated in the event. They painted at our Cultural Heritage Sites..(and my painting 'Blue Moon Over the Backroads' is being featured on a Limited Edition Wine Label at Watauga Lake Winery! The Tuesday painters were there when the first bottle was opened.)
Hurricane Helene hit our area very hard just as the show was ready to open. Cristy Dunn, Lewis Chapman and I worked to set up the show and get it online. It was so very special. Leading and sponsoring the event the past 2 years has been a blessing but this year's was even more special. The show was up throughout the month of October at Johnson County Center for the Arts.
Renowned artist Lori McNee and Lewis Chapman worked with me so kindly to judge the show and it will be forever remembered.
'BLUE MOON OVER THE BACKROADS' featured on a Special Edition Wine Label at Watauga Lake Winery
( The Winery will be generously donating $2 from each bottle to the Johnson County Center for the Arts
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Under the direction of Cristy Dunn and working with fellow artists Lewis Chapman, Jacob Proffitt and JP Burnham we just unveiled the last mural of the Musical Heritage Mural Mile in Mountain City TN-"Appalachian Elixir".
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I had a wonderful time Plein Air painting with the High Country Plein Air Painters at Springhouse Farm in Vilas, NC
It's a female owned, amazing farm by Amy (pictured) and her Mom. A beautiful place! JULY 2024
I'm excited to be one of 25 artists with work juried into The Art of Pattern Show at Griffin Art Gallery! Due to a move the show ran through July 2024.
IT WENT GREAT... THE EDGE EFFECT Invitational Art Show at Johnson County Center for the Arts - Opening August 2.
I will be collaborating with renowned artist J. P. Jackson to create a piece for this show . The Edge Effect is used to describe the abundance of creativity that results when artists of diverse backgrounds, styles or cultures collaborate. I am mainly a self-taught artist working in oils and other mediums and he is a highly educated artist working in photography and printmaking who studied fine arts at the University of Florida. I can't wait to see our finished work. It is a honor to collaborate with him. My son and his wife, John and April Andrews will also be working together to create some magic with diverse artistic skills of blacksmith/wood work digital art.
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ONLINE NOW....OIL PAINTERS OF AMERICA- Accepted in the Spring 2024 Showcase
Accepted into the Summer 2024 Showcase and Fall 2024 Showcase.
NATIONAL OIL AND ACRYLIC PAINTERS ASSOCIATE ONLINE SHOW 2024- Madisyn's 4-H Chickens was juried in and accepted.
Ad in Carolina Mountain Life Magazine Summer 2024 |
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COMING SOON...Plein Air in the Mountains Show October 4th & I will be painting at Plein Air Abingdon Oct 3-5th, 2024
I love nature and the beauty in our mountains. Laurel Creek Trail is one of my favorite places. I noticed the volunteers and Board needed some help with upkeep and found that I could use my art to help.
I am so proud to be part of Preserving a Picturesque America, a 501c3 that works to preserve natural and historic places through the power of the arts. They have chapters in Colorado, Georgia, Maine, New York, North Carolina, South Carolina and our own Tennessee! Their gallery is Saluda Studios in NC. They showcased my art and gave everyone the opportunity to help the Laurel Creek Trail. You could purchase one of my paintings until they were all sold (All 4 are now sold) or just make a donation. It's a blessing to be able to help just a little.
I am so proud to be part of Preserving a Picturesque America, a 501c3 that works to preserve natural and historic places through the power of the arts. They have chapters in Colorado, Georgia, Maine, New York, North Carolina, South Carolina and our own Tennessee! Their gallery is Saluda Studios in NC. They showcased my art and gave everyone the opportunity to help the Laurel Creek Trail. You could purchase one of my paintings until they were all sold (All 4 are now sold) or just make a donation. It's a blessing to be able to help just a little.
The Seasons of Home Solo Show has been such a blessing! Such kindness and support was shown by family, friends, other artists and patrons. Several red dots have made me happy and some of the paintings from the show are still available!
My Digital Ad from Plein Air Magazine and the February/March Edition |
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March 1-30th, 2024 "Seasons of Home" Solo Show at Johnson County Center for the Arts.
Plein Air in the Mountains 2023-Featured Story at Outdoor Painter.com and in Tidbits in the Winter Edition of Carolina Mountain Life...
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Artist with Heart Awards 2023 to Jacob Proffitt and Tara Belk in honor of my friend Nann.
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"ACRES OF STORIES & SONGS...NEW MURAL!
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I had the pleasure of creating a new Open Studio Space for artists to work when they are visiting the Johnson County Center for the Arts. Supplies are included and are free for anyone to use.
Carolina Mountain Life is awesome and appreciated. My ad is the Autumn 2023 edition. |
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BEYOND GRATEFUL...to be featured among these amazing artists! Thankful to Martin House Gallery!
Johnson County Center for the Arts featured in Carolina Mountain Life Magazine...Spring 2023 Edition
2023 HALFWAY HOME SHOW at Johnson County Center for the Arts...
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I had a couple of entries in this amazing show and you can see some of my work with that of other artists on the Evelyn McQueen Cook Gallery wall behind our featured musicians, Billy Ward and Asa Nelson.
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STILL LIFE CLASS....
I taught a Still Life in oils class at the Johnson County Center for the Arts March 9th, 2023!
Here are some of the almost finished paintings and a video recap. You can do this at home! Enjoy! |
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To celebrate my first year of painting full time... Check out my ad in PleinAir Magazine.
Permanent Art Collection at Ballad Health-Johnson County Community Hospital...
GB GRAYSON TN Music Pathways Marker Unveiling
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Honored to be a very small part of the unveiling ceremony with Dave Jones, The State of TN Dept of Tourism, Cristy Dunn and the Johnson County Center for the Arts, Kenny Price and the Kody Norris Show and the Grayson Family.
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Plein Air in the Mountains Community Show and the Inaugural Cultural Heritage Plein Air Event
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Article featuring our Plein Air Event at Outdoorpainter.com by PleinAir Magazine October 2022
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October 2022-Sharyn McCrumb and Cristy Dunn
I had the honor of helping with the book signing with the Johnson County Center for the Arts for the Marvin Chronicles II by New York Times Best Selling Author, Sharyn McCrumb and Award Winning Artist, Cristy Dunn.
The "Fiddlin' Fred Price" Sculpture Unveiling , a special day with Sculptress Val Lyle, Artist Cristy Dunn and Andrew
"STILLNESS" Solo Show August 2022
"STILLNESS"...Honored to be the Featured Artist at Johnson County Center for the Arts ~August 2022 and to donate "Be Still My Heart" to the Johnson County Community Hospital Mammography Unit
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March 2022.... So Excited and Honored to be featured among these amazing artists!
My Favorite Places Community Show December 2021...
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Artists in Residence at The Center for the Arts.....2021/22
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l'll fly Away... 2021 Long Journey Home Mural in Downtown Mountain City, TN
Painted by Cristy Dunn and myself. Unveiling was Labor Day weekend.
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A Little Sculpture....A new art form that I truly love and always have...sculpture. Val Lyle taught a class at the Center for the Arts. I had to work but stopped by several times for glimpses of knowledge. My first work...Under His Wings. It will be my entry in the LJH Art Show entitled "I'll Fly Away". |
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A Fun Project...An Artistic Scavenger Hunt Project in Heritage Square based upon the book "Lorraine" by Ketch Secor of Old Crow Medicine Show. I painted a mural on a window on the back side of Heritage Hall...many are enjoying it!
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Sunshine and Smiles Kids, Inspire Families, The Old Crows Scavenger Hunt and A Day in the Life of Song Mural....Love it!
Very kind recognition....
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My Mom, Sister Tracy and nieces Ally and Becca
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Sponsored by Elizabethton Federal.
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Free for our Sunshine and Smiles kids...and everyone... Online Pumpkin Painting Class and Christmas Ornament Painting Class. Hope you enjoy them!
Produced by Cristy Dunn for the Johnson County Center for the Arts. Made possible by the TN Arts Commission.
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Just Completed.....A 60 ft Mural..." A Day in the Life of a Song"
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Enjoy our Online Painting Class made possible by an Arts Access Grant by TN Arts Commission...this one is "Finding Your Wings"
Designed and produced by Cristy Dunn
Building Your Nest!...Enjoy our fun and easy video lesson!
Filmed by April Andrews, produced by Cristy Dunn
So honored to be a Featured Artist in the 2020 Long Journey Home Liner Notes
"Music of the Mountains" ! A mural by our Art and Healing Workshop! Hope you watched the transformation!!!
You can see the mural on the Musical Heritage Mural Mile on the WMCT Radio Station in downtown Mountain City, TN
BEFORE....
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Newest Paintings and shows...
FLY ANYWAY!
I was excited to share my new body of work in our gallery show
at the Center for the Arts in Mountain City, Tennessee.
Realist painter, Cristy Dunn and I were featured artists in the November show entitled "Fly Anyway!"
Music and Art...a perfect combination! Pictured with Cristy, her Mom Lois Dunn, sons Kyman and Andrew and our beloved Arts Center President, Evelyn Cook
Plein Air in Summer 12x36 in Acrylics on canvas - SOLD
I love our Mountains!!!