The Carthage Junction Depot will present an exhibit of woodcut prints and drawings by Tim Massey on Saturday, September 14. The exhibit will be free and open to visitors from 10am-4pm.
Timothy Massey is an artist/printmaker/educator specializing in Mixed Media Drawings,Woodcuts, Intaglio, Screen Prints, and exploring other media in occasional side projects.
Born in Tennessee, Timothy Massey was raised on a 30 acre farm in Seven Islands, a remote area somewhere between Knoxville and the Great Smoky Mountains (his mother called it the “back of beyond). He received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Printmaking and Drawing from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville and a Masters of Fine Arts degree in Printmaking from The Ohio State University. Afterwards he took on several one-year and one-semester university teaching jobs, as well as some freelance exhibit design and fabrication gigs for nearly a decade. During that time he also began teaching Printmaking during the summers at the Tennessee Governor’s School for the Arts, a position he held for 12 years.
In 1995, Massey accepted the position of Exhibition Coordinator for the Ewing Gallery, University of Tennessee, where he designed and installed a variety of exhibitions and assisted in the management of a collection of over 6,000 artworks and artifacts for roughly 6 years. In 2001, he accepted the position of Director of the Tower Fine Arts Gallery at State University of New York, Brockport and subsequently became coordinator of the Drawing concentration. Prior to retirement, he also took on coordination of the Printmaking concentration. During his 21-year career at Brockport, he curated and/or organized over 120 exhibitions in the Tower Fine Arts Gallery and worked with administration to establish a dedicated storage facility for the University’s Art Collection. He also served a 3 1/2 year stint as Chair of the Department of Art. Upon retirement, Timothy Massey has returned to Seven Islands where he has established the Lucky Dawg Studios and Printshop, and several projects are in the works
The current series of drawings and prints, Natural Instinct, are interpretive studies of growth, decay and regeneration cycles of natural forms/inhabitants in the environment.
Don’t miss your opportunity to see Tim’s work at this one-day exhibit, September 14. The Carthage Junction Depot is located right next to the Crump Paris sports complex at 185 Gordonsville Hwy, Brush Creek.
Be sure to follow the Carthage Junction Depot facebook page for details on upcoming events:
September 14: Tim Massey Prints and Drawings
October 12: Local Author Showcase
November 9: Art Crawl
December 7: Gingerbread house competition and visit with Santa!
