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Home > Exhibits > Places and Faces: Marcia Goldenstein and Tom Riesing

cotton thread on muslin, 2 5/8 x 3 1/2 inches, Tennessee Artist

Marcia Goldenstein, Bessie Harvey (Women Artists in Stitches)

cotton thread on muslin, 2 5/8 x 3 1/2 inches, Tennessee Artist
  • cotton thread on muslin, 2 5/8 x 3 1/2 inches, Tennessee Artist
  • cotton thread on muslin, 3 x 3 1/4 inches, Tennessee Artist
  • cotton thread on muslin, 2 1/2 x 2 1/4 inches,Tennessee Artist
  • cotton thread on muslin, 3 x 3 1/4 inches (Women Artists in Stitches)
  • Women in Stitches installation
  • cotton thread on linen, 2 1/2 x 2 3/4 inches
  • cotton thread on linen, 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches  (Women Activists in Stitches)
  • cotton thread on linen, 2 1/2 x 2 3/4 inches (Women Activists in Stitches)
  • cotton thread on linen, 3 x 3 1/2 inches (Women Activists in Stitches)
  • oil on linen, 36 x 36 inches
  • oil on linen, 36 x 36 inches
  • oil on linen, 36 x 36 inches
  • oil on linen, 24 x 24 inches
  • ink on peper, 12 1/2 x 18 inches
  • graphite on paper, 17 1/2 x 27 1/2 inches
  • graphite on paper, 27 x 39 inches
  • graphite on paper, 27 x 39 inches
  • graphite on paper, 20 x 28 inches
  • ink on paper, 12 1/2 x 18 inches
  • silverpoint on paper, 9 x 12 inches
  • silverpoint on paper, 9 x 12 inches
  • oil on canvas, 42 x 62 inches
  • oil on canvas, 40 x 48 inches
  • oil on canvas, 42 x 62 inches
  • oil on canvas, 60 x 180 inches
  • oil on canvas, 40 x 48 inches
Places and Faces: Marcia Goldenstein and Tom Riesing

August 7–October 2, 2020

1973. In the midst of Elvis Presley’s famous concert in Hawaii, President Nixon in the White House and a peace agreement between the United States and North Vietnam, Tom Riesing, a recent Masters of Fine Arts graduate from the University of Nebraska struck out to teach at the University of Tennessee (UT), Knoxville. Three years later, Marcia Goldenstein, a friend and fellow Masters of Fine Arts alum (University of Nebraska 1973) would also make the trek south to teach painting at UT. The college friends reconnected, and in between staff meetings and teaching art, fell for each other and married—both were unaware of the deep and reaching impact their choices would make. 

Goldenstein and Riesing settled in, later having children: Katarina, an artist and Peter, a graphic designer. Riesing taught at UT until 2010 when he became director of the Ball State University School of Art in Muncie, Indiana. Goldenstein remained at UT until 2017 and was the first studio faculty woman to achieve tenure. Over numerous years, they contributed to helping build and strengthen the painting and drawing programs at UT. Thousands of students passed through their art classes and discussions over the years. Read more. 

 

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