Calendar of Events

"Panama Overlays, The Map Series". At the O'Brien Art Gallery. For specific dates and updates to exhibits: 865-882-4649, wilkersonbs@roanestate.edu, or www.roanestate.edu/art/gallery.

The Town of Farragut Arts Council announces the Rocky Top Decorative Painters of East Tennessee (RTDP) as the October Featured Artist of the Month, in honor of National Decorative Painting Month. An exhibit showcasing the organization's work will be on display at the Farragut Town Hall. The exhibit features painted pieces by various members of RTDP, some representative of folk art and others fine art. Also featured are hand-painted ornaments for the organization's tree at East Tennessee Children's Hospital's annual "Fantasy of Trees". RTDP was chartered in 1981 by the Society of Decorative Painters, an international organization of nearly 23,000 artist members. The chapter has 88 members and meets monthly at Second United Methodist Church in Knoxville to pursue a diverse art form using a variety of techniques and media. Members contribute treasure boxes for Shriners hospitals and children's homes and memory boxes for area hospitals, as well as offer painting classes and seminars on decorative painting, watercolors and oils. For more information: 865-966-7057 or 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.

Who could resist a house made of candy? Reliable Hansel and spoiled Gretel take a bite (or two) in this fresh retelling of the classic fairy tale. Captured by an evil witch until their debts are paid off, the two siblings soon discover that the enchanted cottage has many surprises in store.

227 Broadway in Historic Jackson Square, Oak Ridge, TN 37830. For more information, call (865) 482-9999 or visit www.orplayhouse.com

Hypertufa is an artificial stone made from a few simple ingredients, used to create planting containers and garden art. Knoxville Botanical Garden Senior Gardener Mathew McMillan will show you how easy it is to make beautiful faux stone containers to liven up your garden. The class will cover materials, forms, colorants, and more. This will be a two part class; at our first meeting you will be making your own hypertufa container. Our second meeting will cover further ways to artificially age and finish your container. This also includes an hour long basic container planting class where you will be able to plant your hypertufa container. All materials will be provided including plant material for the second session. Things can get messy so dress accordingly.

Instructor: Mathew McMillan (KBGA staff)
Dates: Saturday, September 26 10-noon and Thursday, October 1 6-8pm
Location: Garden Club Room
Cost:$30 members, $40 nonmembers (Cost covers both parts of this two-part class)

2743 Wimpole Avenue, Knoxville, TN. 865-540-8690, www.knoxgarden.com

Paul's sculptures explore as she puts it, "... the alternately cloyingly sentimental and brutally callous relationship between humans and animals, both domesticated and wild." The lecture will take place in Art and Architecture room 105. It is free and open to the public. Adelaide Paul is currently represented by Wexler Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Pacini Lubel Gallery, Seattle Washington. Adelaide Paul teaches Ceramics at the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore, Maryland and Gross Anatomy at the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine in Philadelphia.

Ensemble Concert
James R. Cox Auditorium, Alumni Memorial Bldg.

UT School of Music offers over 150 concerts a year, and most of them are free! Check out our website at www.music.utk.edu/events, or the UT School of Music's Concertline at 865-974-5678, where you can hear a recorded message about what's coming up in the next few days. For individual or small group performances, it's always a good idea to check our website or Concertline the day of an event for updates or cancellations. Unless otherwise noted, all UT School of Music concerts are FREE and open to the public, and are held in the Music Hall Auditorium at the UT School of Music, located at 1741 Volunteer Blvd., or in one of three performance halls in the Alumni Memorial Building located at 1408 Middle Drive on the campus of the University of Tennessee. (The James R. Cox Auditorium is located in the Alumni Memorial Building.)

We are planning to invite our winners of the 2009 Guild Contest to read their entries and hope that you will be able to join us. The meeting will be at the Laurel Theater at the corner of Laurel Avenue and 16th Streets in Forth Sanders and is open to the public. A $1 donation is requested at the door. The building is handicapped accessible. www.knoxvillewritersguild.org

Co-Founder and former Director of the University of Washington's research center and Ph.D. program in Digital Arts and Experimental Media (DXARTS). The lecture, “From Simulation to Emulation: Pioneering Telematic
Arts in the 21st Century", will take place in Art and Architecture room 109. It is free and open to the public. For more information contact Professor Deb Shmerler: 865-974-3203, dshmerle @ utk.edu

An invitational ceramics exhibition featuring the work of eight nationally-celebrated ceramicists. Please join us for a First Friday Reception October 2 from 5-9pm. The exhibition includes works by Pennsylvania artist Adelaide Paul who will be present at the reception, North Carolina artist and UT Alumus Michael Kline, Bonnie Seeman from Florida, and Georgia artists: Ron Meyers, Ted Saupe, Sunkoo Yuh, Andy Nasisse and Lauren Gallaspy. Ted Saupe, current head of the ceramics area at the University of Georgia, taught ceramics at UT from 1980 through 1992. The exhibition features a wide range of ceramic forms with innovative surfaces from traditional vessels to figurative sculptures. 106 S. Gay Street, Knoxville, TN 37902. 865.673.0802 or www.ewing-gallery.org/New_Downtown/Index/DT_Index.html#

Juried Mixed Media Exhibition by Regional Artists
Opening reception, September 12, 7–9; Gallery Talk at 6:30, Awards Presentation at 7.

201 Badger Road, Oak Ridge, TN 37830. Hours: Tuesday-Friday, 9-5; Saturday-Monday, 1-4. For more information, visit the Web site or call (865) 482-1441.

Reception: Fri., Sept. 18, 6:30-8:30PM

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

The annual Latino Arts Exhibition at the Knoxville Museum of Art honors Hispanic Heritage Month. Widen your horizons for free! 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 parking. For more information: (865) 525-6101, www.knoxart.org