TWC ARCHES Fall 2012

TWC ALUMNA CELEBRATES
100th BIRTHDAY
O
n Sunday, July 29, Tennessee Wesleyan College Alumna Nelle Ward celebrated
her 100th birthday in TWC’s Glenn Lowe Dining Room. Director of Alumni
Relations and Annual Fund Jessica Edwards presented Ward with a certificate and nd a
gift at the party, celebrating her important milestone.
“I was so homesick when I first got to Tennessee Wesleyan,” said Ward, who graduated
from the college in 1936 with an associate’s degree in education.
“My father came and visited me my first weekend in school and I asked him to take me home. He said
he had paid my tuition and if in three months I still wanted to come home I could. Three months later
you couldn’t have pulled me away from the school.”
Ward’s time spent at TWC is among her most cherished memories.
“I learned so much as a little country girl at Tennessee Wesleyan,” Ward said. “I had some wonderful
teachers. I learned so many things. Not just in the classroom but in the dormitory and on campus. I
enjoyed every minute of my time at Tennessee Wesleyan.”
Ward is the widow of A.C. Ward and has two daughters, Marilyn Ward of Sweetwater and Alma Ward Sliger of Athens. She also has three grandchildren
and two great-grandsons. Ward has been a 50-year member of the Home Demonstration Club, is a former Sunday School teacher and is a 37-year member
of the Rhea-Craig Chapter, National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution (NSDAR). Ward was in the last graduating class of Tennessee
Wesleyan Preparatory High School.
FEATURED FOLK ART
TWC ART PROFESSORS SHOWCASE WORK
IN LOCAL ART EXHIBIT
I
n August, Tennessee Wesleyan College
art professors and husband and wife Jerry
Hagaman and Julie Jack had the opportunity to
showcase several pieces of their artwork in the
McMinn County Living Heritage Museum’s
exhibit, Contemporary Interpretations of Folk Art.
When invited to participate in the exhibit, the
husband/wife duo began selecting pieces of art
they had worked on and completed throughout
the years. Some pieces were directly inspired by
folk art while others had elements relating to a
“primitive” or “outsider” perspective.
“I use transparency, advertising and found
objects layered with background images of paint,
chalk and crayon to evoke a unique
feeling,” said Jack, TWC associate
professor of art. “The unexpected
environments are inspired by the
wit and charm of folk art.”
Hagaman sees folk art as a sincere
form of creation. That sincerity has
inspired him to produce this type
of artwork throughout the years.
“I became interested in folk art as a graduate student and still find the
sincerity and directness of the outsider artist a grounding influence,”
said TWC adjunct professor of art and owner of Athens Art and Frame.
“It reminds me not to try to be too profound.”
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