Paramount is Site for Tenney Art Retrospective

Media Contact:

Kristen Gleason
Director for Community Relations and Education
434·979·1922 ext. 103
kristen@theparamount.net

For Immediate Release

September 28, 2005

The Paramount Theater is joining other Charlottesville arts organizations in serving as a site for the citywide exhibition Chica Tenney: Advent. The exhibition traces thirty-five years of Chica Tenney's work in painting, drawing, and printmaking, and provides a comprehensive look at this local artist's unique body of work. Daniel Mason, Curator at the Piedmont Virginia Community College Gallery, organized the exhibition. Other venues for Tenney's work include the Piedmont Virginia Community College Gallery, University of Virginia Art Museum, McGuffey Art Center Gallery, and Second Street Gallery.

The Paramount Theater's lobby is currently housing four charcoal drawings by Tenney of actress Jennifer Mendenhall. A reception for the public will be held on Friday, October 7 from 5:30 to 7:30 pm. The drawings will remain on display at The Paramount through November 10.

Chica Tenney: Advent allows the viewer to explore the development of a community artist from early works developed in her McGuffey studio to mature paintings inspired by the location of her present studio in Buckingham County. Throughout, she has employed the figure, still life and landscape to explore questions about human experience. A member and participant in the founding of the McGuffey Art Center, Tenney taught painting and drawing for 28 years at Piedmont Virginia Community College before retiring in December 2004 as director of the PVCC art program and gallery. In the spring, she received the designation of professor emeritus in recognition of her contribution to the PVCC art program and the local arts community.

Other exhibition dates are as follows:

PVCC Gallery Now through October 26

Lecture by Chica Tenney
Wednesday, September 28, 4 pm PVCC Theater

Reception and Catalogue Signing
Wednesday, September 28, 5 - 7 pm PVCC Gallery

UVA Art Museum October 1 - October 30

Gallery Talk by Chica Tenney
Sunday, October 16, 2 pm, Foyer Gallery

Reception
Friday, October 28, 5:30 - 7:30 pm

McGuffey Art Center October 4 - 30

Reception
Friday, October 7, 5:30 - 7:30 pm, Main Gallery

Second Street Gallery October 7 - 29

Reception
Friday, October 7, 6:00 - 8:00 pm, Annex Space

For more information about the exhibition, please visit www.pvcc.edu/CTenney.asp.