ETSU Department of Art & Design, Slocumb Galleries and Arts & Culture Alliance of Greater Knoxville in partnership with Film & Media Studies proudly presents ‘BeComing / BeLonging: Tennessee Asian Artists’ November 4 to 25, 2026 with reception, film showing and artists speak on November 6, First Friday from 5 to 8 pm. Film & Media Studies Director Dr. Matthew Holtmeier will screen the Bluff City Chinese Documentary by Thandi Cai at 5pm, prior to reception at 6 to 8 pm, with guests of honor ETSU Provost Dr. Kimberly McCorkle and Ms. Traci Sisson, of Arts Fund under East Tennessee Foundation.

The exhibition BeComing/BeLonging explores the materiality of the self in the midst of diaspora, displacement, longing and belonging. Artists in the exhibition represent polyphony of visual voices that provide glimpse on the identities tethered to the notion of Asia and Tennessee, both as linchpins, rather than monoliths. The complex dialogue on identity, becoming and belonging are unshrouded, foregrounding each individuals’ whisperings through creative practices.