Calendar of Events

Featured speaker: Jeff Adam Gordon. Guild board member and publicity coordinator Jeff Gordon is a noted film historian whose work has appeared in Classic Images, Films of the Golden Age, Focus on Film, and numerous other entertainment-oriented publications. In 1984 he formed Jagarts, a retail business and rental archive dealing with the history of American movies through graphic art, photography and publicity. Jeff had been at the helm of a cinema society in New York City for seven years. Since 2004 he has been running a film group in Knoxville, where he has been living for seven years.

KWG meets the first Thursday of each month at the Laurel Theater at the corner of Laurel Avenue and 16th Street (in Fort Sanders) at 7:00 p.m. Visitors are welcome, and a $1 donation is requested at the door. The building is handicapped accessible. For more information, contact Jeff Gordon, 865-330-3606, www.knoxvillewritersguild.org

This year’s Hot Summer Nights Concert season finale at the Blount County Public Library features the Knoxville Opera Company performing a preview of their 2010-11 operas at the Blount County Public Library. Conductor, Brian Salesky, and two singers from this year’s productions will sing and perform. One of the most popular operas of all time is the bittersweet romantic tragedy, Madama Butterfly, by Giacomo Puccini. The other two operas to be previewed at the library will be Manon by Jules Massenet and I Puritani by Vincenzo Bellini. All three operas will be staged in their entirety during the 2010-2011 season at the Tennessee Theatre in downtown Knoxville under the direction of Maestro Brian Salesky.

Free and open to the public, the program is at the Blount County Public Library, located at 508 N. Cusick Street, Maryville. For further information about other library programs or services, call the library at 982-0981 or visit the Web site at www.blountlibrary.org.

Knoxville Opera, 865-524-0795, www.knoxvilleopera.com

Featuring works by Carl Gombert, Mark Hall, Polly Ann Martin, Adrienne Schwarte, and Brian Wagner. Public reception on Friday, September 24, 6:00-8:00 PM as part of the Last Friday Art Walk: http://maryvilleartwalk.com/web/

Clayton Center for the Arts: 502 East Lamar Alexander Parkway, Maryville, TN 37804. 865-981-8590, www.ClaytonArtsCenter.com. Hours of Operation are Monday-Friday 10am-6pm.

Elementary Art Exhibition

Knoxville Museum of Art, 1050 World's Fair Park Dr, Knoxville, TN 37916. Hours: Tuesday-Saturday, 10AM-5PM; Friday, 10AM-8PM; Sunday, 1-5PM. For information: 865-934-2036, www.knoxart.org

Sandra McEntire Is Craft Center Featured Artist in September. New work by potter Sandra McEntire will be featured at the Appalachian Arts Craft Center in Norris during the month of September. The exhibit is entitled “Naked Pots: Horsehair, Barrel Fired, Micaceous Clay.” McEntire is a long-time potter and teacher from Anderson County.

Meet the artist on Sunday, September 5, between 1-5 p.m.

Appalachian Arts Craft Center: 2716 Andersonville Highway, Clinton, TN. Hours: Monday-Saturday 10AM-6PM; Sunday 1-5PM. For information: 865-494-9854, www.appalachianarts.net

During the month of September, 2010, an exhibition entitled “Triple Treat” will be the featured art show in the Denso Community Gallery in the Clayton Center at Maryville College. Three local artists, sculptress Joyce McCroskey, mixed media jewelry designer Kim Slater, and painter Karol Smith pool their talents in the gallery. The combined talent of these three well-known local artists represents a total of almost 150 years of experience. The Denso Gallery is located on the first floor of the main building of the Clayton Center, just off the right side of the Grand Foyer. The artists will be present the evening of September 7 to welcome visitors to the gallery. "That Evening Sun", a film starring Hal Holbrook and filmed in Blount County, will be screened that evening at 7:30 p.m in the Ronald & Linda Nutt Theatre.

The Denso Community Gallery is open to the public Monday through Friday, 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Clayton Center for the Arts: 502 East Lamar Alexander Parkway, Maryville, TN 37804. Info: 865-981-8590, www.ClaytonArtsCenter.com

Art Market Gallery of Knoxville will spotlight the work of two member artists: Studio Furniture by Stan Fronczek and photography by Bob Conliffe. Stan Fronczek is an accomplished Studio Furniture maker who preserves the traditional and contemporary elements of design in each piece he builds. Bob Conliffe creates colorful, dream-like images using digital photography and image-enhancing techniques. The gallery will host a First Friday Reception for the Featured Artists on September 3 from 5:30-9 p.m. with light refreshments and live jazz music performed by Brown Musical Entertainment.

Art Market Gallery, 422 S. Gay St, Knoxville, TN 37902. Hours: Tuesday-Saturday 11AM-6PM; Sunday 1-5PM. For information: 865-525-5265, www.artmarketgallery.net

Wednesday-Friday, 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM; Saturday: 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM (or by appointment)

Additional dates: October 6-9, November 3-6, December 1-4, January 5-8, February 2-5, March 2-5, April 6-9, May 4-7

Description: Free tours are provided for up to three Knox County students (with paying adult) during the first week of every month during the calendar school year.
Advance reservations required? YES
How to obtain admission: Visitors should contact the Mabry-Hazen House at 865-522-8661 or email mabryhazenhouse@gmail.com.
Contact: Calvin Chappelle, 865-522-8661, mabryhazenhouse@gmail.com
1711 Dandridge Avenue, Knoxville, TN 37915 | www.mabryhazen.com

Tuesday-Saturday, 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Additional dates: October 5-9, November 2-6, November 30 - December 4, February 1-5, March 1-5, April 5-9, May 3-7

Free tours are provided for up to three Knox County students ages 5-18 (per paying adult) during the first week of every month during the school year (except January). Tours are given at the top of every hour between 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM.
Advance reservations required? NO
How to obtain admission: Visitors should stop by the Blount Mansion Visitor’s Center and see a staff member to purchase tickets. Must mention Penny Performances and provide proof of Knox County residency to receive $0.01 admission.
Contact: Ashleigh Oatts, 865-525-2375, educationcoordinator@blountmansion.org
200 W. Hill Avenue, Knoxville, TN 37901 | www.blountmansion.org

Contemporary Focus 2010 is the second installment of an annual KMA series that serves as a vital means of recognizing, supporting, and documenting the development of contemporary art in East Tennessee. Each year the KMA features emerging artists who work in new and experimental ways. Contemporary Focus 2010 presents the work of Emily Ward Bivens, Nick DeFord, and Evan Meaney. The art categorized as “contemporary” represents the leading edge of where artists are working today. Contemporary art is experimental, provocative, exciting – it is an investigation into new ideas that change the way art is made.

The public is invited to a free exhibition preview at the KMA Thursday, August 26 from 7 to 9pm. Contemporary Focus Artists Emily Ward Bivens, Nick DeFord, and Evan Meaney will be on hand to meet with guests, who can also enjoy the opening of Jane South: Shifting Structures on the same evening.

Emily Ward Bivens uses found and made objects to forge narratives, provoke or encourage interaction, and reveal fictional and non-fictional mysteries. These objects shift from prop to subject to evidence when used in performance, video, and installation. Characters or identities are created to act as subjects, authors, inventors, and curators of the work.

A Knoxville native, Nick DeFord earned his BFA in drawing from the University of Tennessee, and an MFA in fibers from Arizona State University. His work explores the visual culture of geography and cartography using common household materials. Through maps, globes, travel guides, pamphlets and charts, DeFord disrupts commonly recognizable systems to examine our relationship to identity and place, the known and the unknown.

Evan Meaney has been working with film, video, and emerging media for over a decade. Educated at Ithaca College and the University of Iowa, his interests have grown to include deconstructive sequencing, ghost stories, breakdancing, and the poetry of hexadecimal code.

Knoxville Museum of Art, 1050 World's Fair Park Dr, Knoxville, TN 37916. Hours: Tuesday-Saturday, 10AM-5PM; Friday, 10AM-8PM; Sunday, 1-5PM. For information: 865-934-2036, www.knoxart.org

Student Exhibit: B. J. Clark’s students

213 Hotel Avenue, Knoxville, TN 37918. Information: 865-357-2787, www.fountaincityart.com

Reception: Thursday, August 26
Curated by Bryan Wilkerson. “A Thousand Words” explores the many definitions of a person’s face and/or expressions. These 8” X 5” collage/drawings on panel depicts various meanings based on the viewers standpoint.
Len Davis - http://www.lendavis.com/

O’Brien Art Gallery, Roane State Community College, 276 Patton Lane, Harriman, TN 37748 • (865) 882-4649, http://www.roanestate.edu/art/gallery/