Calendar of Events

A1LabArts and Big Ears Productions presents a concert series of innovative composers and sound artists. All concerts will be in the ArtSpace of A1LabArts, located in the Fireproof Building at 201 Randolph and Magnolia. These evenings, billed as a "True 21st Century Music Series" will cover distinctive genres which have arisen since the atomic expansion of abstract art in the 1950's. Shock value and "difficult music" are tired cliches; nuanced forms have evolved, influencing movie scores, pop stars, and children's toys. Each evening concert will focus on one nuanced genre, including Laptop, Musique Concrete, Vintage Analog, Ambient, Acoustic, and Net-based.

April 3, Laptop Music by Johnny Newman
April 17, Traditional Musique Concrete by Seva
April 24, Acoustic/Physical Music by Bill Henderson
May 8, Ambient/Space Music by Ampient
May 22, Analog Music by Morbius
June 5, Networked Music by Paul Wise, j-12, Max Neuhaus/Network

For More Information Contact: nmagden@utk.edu, sevatooth@gmail.com

Enjoy the work of gifted art students from elementary, middle, and high schools at the Knoxville Convention Center and First Tennessee Banks.

More information: 865-637-4561, www.dogwoodarts.com

Featuring the works of Knoxville photographer and this year's Dogwood Art Festival Print Competition winner, Phil Savage. To celebrate "First Friday" on April 3, the Museum will stay open from 3-9 p.m. with free admission to all exhibits including the Downtown Knoxville, a New Perspective exhibition and the ETHS signature exhibition Voices of the Land: The People of East Tennessee. Phil Savage, a local gymnastics coach, has been taking pictures since he was a teenager. Interestingly enough, the Dogwood Art Festival print competition was the first art contest Savage had entered. His photograph "Woodruff's on Gay Street, Knoxville, TN" was selected by the public from hundreds of artwork pieces to become the official Dogwood Arts Festival's 2009 Limited Edition Fine Art Print. The photograph is a digitally colored and edited panoramic image of the Woodruff building on Gay Street, taken early one Sunday morning in downtown Knoxville. Prints of the winning photograph will be available for purchase throughout the duration of the show at the East Tennessee History Center. Phil Savage will be available for signing of the limited edition prints at the History Center from noon to 5 p.m. on April 17 and 18.

601 South Gay Street, Knoxville, TN, 37902. More information: (865) 215-8824, www.EastTNHistory.org

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

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.

Gerald Anderson is an architect and architectural painter who has traveled the world studying and painting architectural subjects. His show entitled "The Art of Architecture" includes paintings of architectural subjects from around the world. Most works are in acrylics, although some are done in oils or watercolors. A primary objective is the manipulation of form and space wherein the creation of form in paint is parallel to the creation of form in architecture. The design of a painting and of a building incorporate the same basic design elements.

Jeri Allison earned a B.F.A. degree from the University of North Carolina at Asheville and Charlotte, with a specialization in painting. Her M.F.A. degree, with a concentration in drawing, is from East Tennessee State University in Johnson City, Tennessee. The works in Allison's current dhow reflect two years of submersion in the realm of the elephant, in hopes that the viewer will come to see the elephant with empathy.

The opening reception will take place on Friday evening, March 20, from 6 to 8 p.m., with a talk by the artists at 7 p.m.

2931 Kingston Pike, Knoxville, TN 37919. Gallery Hours: Monday-Friday 9-5, Sunday, 9-12 noon. For more information, visit the Web site or call (865) 523-4176.

Oak Ridge Schools student art show in Imagination Gallery. Opening reception 6-8pm.

461 West Outer Drive, Oak Ridge, TN 37830. Closed Mondays. Information: 865-482-1074, www.childrensmuseumofoakridge.org

Tours every Wednesday, Thursday and Friday from March-December. Bleak House, an antebellum mansion of fifteen spacious rooms and wide halls, stands well back on an eminence among lovely trees and elaborately landscaped grounds. There is a charge for the tour.

3148 Kingston Pike, Knoxville, TN 37919. For more information: (865) 522-2371, www.knoxvillecmh.org