Calendar of Events

Andrew Bird, he of the spinning horn speakers and violin loops and wondrously ambiguous lyrics ("...my dewy-eyed, Disney-bride waterslide - changing your blood with formaldehyde...Monsters?!...") Tickets go on sale Friday, July 10. 865-522-0832 or www.knoxbijou.com

Disney's Imagination Movers are four handy dudes who address kid-centric issues like snacks, chores, and siblings in songs that would fit in on rock radio. Their live shows tap young viewers' (and their adult chaperones') energy for dancing and singing along. Tickets for all performances are available at Tickets Unlimited outlets, the Tennessee Theatre box office, by phone at 865-656-4444 or online. www.tennesseetheatre.com

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.)

Join Dr. David Buehler, Professor in Wildlife Science in the Department of Forestry, Wildlife and Fisheries at UT. His research is focused on understanding factors that limit wildlife populations, especially for avian species that are declining. He is also interested in monitoring and managing for biological diversity. Currently, Buehler is directing research developing habitat models for neotropical migrant songbirds in the Southern Appalachians; cerulean warbler ecology and management in the Cumberland Mountains and the Southern Appalachians; golden-winged warbler population dynamics also in the Cumberlands, and monitoring bird populations in native grasslands. The program is free. To register, call 577-4717, ext. 10. www.ijams.org

The public is invited as Blount Mansion hosts a Harvest of History and annual meeting of the membership. Costumed interpreters, live music by the Knoxville Dulcimer's Club and Colonial-themed food and drink on the lovely riverside grounds of the Blount Mansion. 200 W. Hill Ave. Info: 865-525-2375 or www.blountmansion.org

Developed during professor Beauvais Lyons' 2009 spring semester course in Graduate Printmaking at The University of Tennessee, the premise was for graduate students to curate an exhibition surveying uses of print media by contemporary artists. During the first phase of planning, each student compiled a list of ten modes of using print media with representative artists. The final list was broad, encompassing uses of traditional print media intended for galleries and museums to vernacular and democratic uses of the multiple that function outside of art institutions. The show also includes uses of print media to create three-dimensional and installation works, as well as prints as the basis for animations. The bulk of the work selected for the exhibition reflects the students' own interest in various forms of self-publishing, though there are also examples of prints produced in collaboration with a master printer. Taken as a whole, the exhibition offers a survey of contemporary printmaking that is grounded in traditional approaches, while also including a variety of new media and democratic forms of practice that push art out of the galleries and museums and into the world at large. There will be a gallery talk by exhibiting artist Althea Murphy-Price on Thursday, October 8, at 7PM, in the McCarty Auditorium of the Art + Architecture Building. Her visit is sponsored by the UT Print Club. The exhibition preview reception will follow in the Ewing Gallery at 8 PM.
The Ewing Gallery is located at 1715 Volunteer Boulevard on the UT campus and is open free to the public Monday and Thursday, 10-8; Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday, 10-5; and Sunday, 1-4. For more information: 865-974-3200, www.ewing-gallery.org

July 17-26 and October 8-25. Gatlinburg's premier arts and crafts show with over 180 of the nation's finest craftspeople, plus country and bluegrass music shows daily.

At the Gatlinburg Convention Center, 920 Parkway, Gatlinburg, TN 37738. Hours: Mon-Sat 10-7, Sun 10-5. More information: 865-436-7479, www.craftsmenfair.com

Opening night October 9

1714 Andy Holt Avenue on the UT Campus, Knoxville, TN 37996. For information: 865-974-5161, www.clarencebrowntheatre.org

Sale will feature framed prints, oils, photographs, and artwork with a nature and wildlife theme. Do your holiday shopping early! Ijams members receive 25% discount. Sale runs October 3-November 30. 865-577-4717

Featuring artists Nelson Ziegler (paintings in oil and watercolors) and Bob Conliffe (horsehair pottery) as well as Mountain Majesty, a special exhibition of works by the AMG regional artists' cooperative honoring the 75th anniversary of Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Opening reception during First Friday art walk on October 2, 5:30-9:00 PM with music by Alexia Pantanizopolos, cellist, and guest performer. Located at 422 S. Gay Street, downtown Knoxville. Hours: Tues-Sat 11-6 and Sun 1-5. Information: 865-525-5265 or www.artmarketgallery.net.

Artist reception on Friday, October 2, 5-9 PM. At Bliss Home, 24 Market Square in downtown Knoxville. (865) 573-4010 or
rblair @ acs.ac.

Pauline Wallen, a young 87-year-old Knoxville native, is a champion at watercolor, pastel, oil and drawing. She has garnered numerous awards both in the United States and in France for her creative spirit and insight that often portray East Tennessee life. Hanson Gallery will honor Pauline Wallen with a Retrospective Show that will include works in various media showing the artist's far reach and skill. The artist will receive guests Friday, October 2, 2009, from 5-8 pm at a champagne reception being held at Hanson Gallery, 5607 Kingston Pike. Gallery owners Doug and Diane Hanson state that part of the gallery's mission is to include mature works from the community's elders and honor those artists who have lived their lives in our region and portrayed its images to us through art. “We connect people to the artist, because that is where the story is. Pauline Wallen is a community treasure, and it is a rare treat to have her in the gallery on the evening of October 2.” Work included in this Retrospective will reflect landscape, floral, figurative and architectural images. Information: 865.584.6097 or www.hansongallery.com