Calendar of Events

Featured Artists are Marjorie Horne, painting and Stan Fronczek, furniture design. The Gallery will host a First Friday Reception on April 3, 2009 with music by the Knoxville Cello-Guitar Duo of Stacy Nickell Miller and Clark Miller.

422 S. Gay Street, Knoxville, TN 37902. Gallery Hours are Tuesday – Saturday, 11am – 6 PM & Sunday 1 – 5pm. More information: 865-525-5265, www.artmarketgallery.net

Old City Java at 109 South Central in Knoxville, TN, has been hosting art exhibits for seven years.
More information: 865-523-9817, www.myspace.com/oldcityjavaart

An exhibit showcasing Dagnan's oil and watercolor landscape paintings will be on display at the Farragut Town Hall through Thursday, April 30, 2009. An East Tennessee native, Dagnan has been drawing and painting since childhood. His inspiration comes from the rural landscapes of this area. "Most of my paintings are of the mountains, hills, lakes and structures of this area," said Dagnan. "I enjoy the changing light and colors that come from the distinctly different seasons of Tennessee." A University of Tennessee (UT) graduate, Dagan is retired from the UT Institute of Agriculture where he was employed as an artist for 37 years. He now devotes full time to painting oils and watercolors. He began exhibiting his work in 1970, has held seven one-man art shows and has participated in numerous national, state and regional art shows. His paintings are represented in many private and public collections throughout the United States. Dagnan is represented locally by the Art Market Gallery and Frame Smart Gallery; visit http://web.mac.com/garydagnanart for more information.

Each month the work of an artist or group of artists is featured in specially designed cases on the second floor of the rotunda in the Farragut Town Hall. For more information about this exhibit or to access a Featured Artist of the Month application, please contact Anne LaGrow at 966-7057 or anne.lagrow@townoffarragut.org or visit www.townoffarragut.org/artscouncil. The Farragut Town Hall is open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and is located at 11408 Municipal Center Drive directly across from the Farragut Branch Post Office.

Opening reception Friday, April 3, 5:00-8:00 PM. Wine and hors d'oeuvres and music by The Spurgeon Boys.

Blount Mansion, 200 West Hill Avenue, Knoxville, TN 37901. Hours: Tuesday-Saturday 9:30-5, Sunday 1-5. (865) 525-2375, www.blountmansion.org

Featuring faculty & guest artists: Miroslav Hristov, violin; Hillary Herndon, viola; Mary Beadell-DiBartolo, cello; Joel DiBartello, double bass; Kevin Class, piano

Music Hall Auditorium at UT School of Music, 1741 Volunteer Blvd. More information: (865) 974-8935, www.music.utk.edu/events

1050 World's Fair Park Drive, Knoxville, TN 37916. Hours: Tuesday-Thursday 10am-5pm, Friday 10am-8pm, Saturday 10am-5pm, and Sunday 1pm-5pm. FREE admission. For more information: (865) 525-6101, www.knoxart.org

The second annual art lecture in the museum's auditorium. The event is free and open to the public but reservations are recommended. This year's speaker, Tom Otterness, is one of America's most celebrated sculptors. His whimsical figures enliven public parks and cities around the world, most notably New York City at Rockefeller Park and in the 14th Street/8th Avenue subway station. Otterness is included in the permanent collections of the Brooklyn Museum, the Carnegie Museum of Art, the Dallas Museum of Art, the Guggenheim Museum, the Israel Museum, the Museum of Modern Art, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, and the Whitney Museum of American Art. The lecture series honors the memory of Sarah Jane Hardrath Kramer and her many years of tireless, enthusiastic, and dedicated service to the Dulin Gallery of Art and the Knoxville Museum of Art. The event is made possible by the Sarah Jane Hardrath Kramer Fund and is supported by The Rogers Foundation, The Melrose Foundation, and Wayne R. Kramer. To reserve a seat, please respond via email to mclark@kmaonline.org.

1050 World's Fair Park Drive, Knoxville, TN 37916. Hours: Tuesday-Thursday 10am-5pm, Friday 10am-8pm, Saturday 10am-5pm, and Sunday 1pm-5pm. FREE admission. For more information: (865) 525-6101, www.knoxart.org

Knoxville Opera will present a PAGLIACCI OPERA PREVIEW on Wednesday, April 1, at the Blount County Public Library. This performance will be a premier opera event for the library. Maestro Brian Salesky, General Director and Conductor of Knoxville Opera, will be the guest speaker and accompany a Knoxville Opera artist who will sing excerpts from the ever popular potboiler opera Pagliacci. The Knoxville Opera production of Pagliacci is part of its annual Rossini Festival and takes place on Saturday, April 25 at 6:00 p.m. and Sunday, April 26, at 2:30 p.m. at the magnificent, historic Tennessee Theatre on Gay Street in Downtown Knoxville. Tickets ($10 and up for students, $15 and up for adults) are available by calling the Box Office at 524-0795. The free admission Knoxville Opera Rossini Festival Italian Street Fair takes place on Saturday, April 25 from Noon to 9pm on Gay Street in Downtown Knoxville. Nine hours of entertainment by 30 groups highlight the festivities along with a Children's Funzone on Market Square.

Free and open to the public, the program is at the Blount County Public Library, located at 508 N. Cusick Street, Maryville. For information: 865-982-0981, www.blountlibrary.org

The Fountain City Art Center invites you to attend the opening reception on Friday, March 27 from 6:30-8:30 PM. This exhibit of handmade books and photography will be on view through April 24. All exhibits are free to the public.

213 Hotel Avenue, Knoxville, TN 37918. Hours: Tuesday & Thursday, 9-5, Wednesday & Friday 10-5, Saturday 9-1. More information: (865) 357-2787, www.fountaincityart.org

This exhibition is a collection of works from Fine Art graduate students from the University of Cincinnati, which features prints, drawings, paintings, video, sculpture and installation pieces. Dixie Highway is an exchange of works and ideas between graduate students from the University of Tennessee and the University of Cincinnati. Graduate students from the University of Tennessee exhibited their work in Cincinnati this past February, 2009. Please join us for a Closing Reception, First Friday, April 3 from 5pm - 9pm. A group of artists from the University of Cincinnati will on hand during the gallery reception on April 3. The Admission is free and the public is welcome.

Gallery Hours: Wed – Fri 11 -6pm & Sat 10-3pm. 106 S. Gay Street, Knoxville, TN 37902. (865) 673-0802, www.ewing-gallery.org

Children of all ages are invited to join musicians and storytellers Sean McCollough and Georgi Schmidt for a musical adventure through history. Hear stories about famous people overcoming great odds; stories about the Civil Rights and Disability Rights Movements -- all working to accomplish amazing changes for freedom in the world. Then learn to tell your own special story of freedom through song or musical instruments. Each workshop will last approx. 2 hours and is open to all ages. For more information contact Alice Wershing at ETTAC, 219-0130.

MAR 26 Murphy Branch 4-6:00 p.m.
APR 02 Burlington Branch 3-5:00 p.m.
APR 04 Carter Branch 11-1:00 p.m.
APR 09 Burlington Branch 3-5:00 p.m.
APR 30 Murphy Branch 4-6:00 p.m.
MAY 2 Carter Branch 11-1:00 p.m.

In 1941 two of the world's leading scientists meet in Nazi-occupied Denmark. Old friends, one was a mentor and the other his protègè. Together they had changed the world of physics. But one was German and a leader in Hitler's nuclear fission program. The other was Danish, half-Jewish, and a statesman in the global physics community. The meeting between Werner Heisenberg and Niels Bohr strained their relationship for the rest of their lives. What was said? What happened that night?

March 26-29, April 1-5, 8-11. All performances start at 7:30 p.m. with the exception of the Saturday and Sunday Matinees at 2:00 p.m. Carousel Theatre, 1714 Andy Holt Avenue on the UT Campus, Knoxville, TN 37996. For information, call (865) 974-5161 or visit the Web site.