Calendar of Events

Opening reception Friday, November 5, 6-9 pm
Daniel Maw - Artist, Illustrator, Cartoonist - www.danielmaw.com

Unarmed Merchants, 129 S. Gay Street, Knoxville, TN 37902. Hours: Tuesday-Saturday 12-7PM. Information: 865-549-5769, www.unarmedmerchants.com

The Arts & Culture Alliance is pleased to present an exhibition by the Knoxville Watercolor Society entitled “For the Love of Water Media”. For nearly 50 years, the Knoxville Watercolor Society (KWS) has shared its love of painting in an aqueous media. Through monthly meetings and workshops, the organization has continued its purpose of educating its members as well as the community to understand watercolor or water media as a significant art form. KWS members have shown their work and won acclaim in regional, national, and international shows. The public can view the Society's latest aqueous creations from November 5-24 at the Emporium Center, beginning with an opening reception on First Friday, November 5, from 5:00-9:00 PM.

Membership in the Knoxville Watercolor Society is open to artists 21 years or older living within a 40-mile radius of Knoxville and currently active in the serious pursuit of watercolor. KWS holds its meetings on the first Monday of each month at 6:30 PM at Westminster Presbyterian Church, 6500 Northshore Drive. Most meetings are open to the public, and all people are encouraged to join KWS as associate members. Active members are selected through an annual juried process each November. For more information on membership, please contact 865-947-7857.

The reception on Friday, November 5 is free and open to the public, and complimentary hors d’oeuvres will be served. “For the Love of Water Media” is on display at the Emporium Center, 100 S. Gay Street, downtown Knoxville. Exhibition hours are Monday-Friday, 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM with additional hours on Saturday, November 6, 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM. For more information, please contact the Arts & Culture Alliance at (865) 523-7543, or visit www.knoxalliance.com.

The Arts & Culture Alliance is pleased to present a new exhibition entitled “Archetypes” by Kenneth M. Moffett, Knoxville architect and artist. The exhibition title refers to a set of diagrammatic master plans derived from work done over the years in collaboration with others in an architectural firm. This portion of the exhibition concerns a theory of coordinated aesthetic order embodied in the plans on display. In their original form, the plans were prepared for actual exposition parks and fairgrounds. The remainder of the exhibition consists of work by the artist in a variety of media, including drawings and acrylic paintings. These too, in some cases, are efforts to transcend conventional illustrative composition and achieve something more epitomized or “archetypal.”

“Archetypes” will be displayed in the Balcony at the Emporium Center. An opening reception will take place as part of First Friday activities on November 5 from 5:00-9:00 PM. On display at the Emporium Center, 100 S. Gay Street. Gallery hours are Monday-Friday 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM with additional hours on Saturday, November 6, 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM. For information: 865-523-7543, www.knoxalliance.com.

The UT Downtown Gallery is proud to present the third in a series of fall exhibitions. Featured will be the art of a current member of the UT School of Art faculty and a former participant in the Visiting Artist in Residence program. This month we are featuring, recent paintings by UT Professor of painting Jered Sprecher who joined the faculty in 2006, and New York artist Carrie Moyer, who taught at UT during the fall semester, 2001. Carrie Moyer will give a lecture, sponsored by UT School of Art's
VASDCO committee, November 4, 2010 at 7:00pm in the Art & Architecture Building, Room 109.

Please join us for a First Friday Opening reception with the artists November 5 from 5:00pm until 9:00pm. Admission is free and the public is welcome.

UT Downtown Gallery, 106 S. Gay St, Knoxville, TN 37902. Hours: Wednesday-Friday: 11AM - 6PM; Saturday: 10AM - 3PM. For information: 865-673-0802, http://web.utk.edu/~downtown

Twenty AGTV artists display and sell their work in a festive Christmas setting. No items are priced over $200. The event and reception are free to the public!

At Chota Center in Tellico Village.
Art Guild of Tellico Village: 865-274-6394, www.tellicoartguild.org

Just in time for Holiday gifting, 21 artists of the Art Guild of Tellico Village will be offering their beautiful wares to the public. Music and Christmas decor will set the mood and light refreshments will be served. Each artist will be on hand to speak with people and explain their craft. Featured will be original paintings & reproductions in several different media, pottery, jewelry, gourd art, photography, fused glass, porcelain painting, woodturning, portraiture and fiber art. This sale is unique in that nothing will be priced above $200. Sales will be by cash or check.

At the Chota Recreation Center, 145 Awohili Drive in Loudon.

Once a month, Knoxville's pedestrian-friendly streets transform into a block party during FIRST FRIDAY. Each celebration, enjoy receptions at your favorite art galleries, live music by local musicians, and more! FIRST FRIDAY is a stage for local galleries and Knoxville's vital downtown cultural scene. It's a place to meet friends new and old! From the shops and galleries on Gay Street (The Emporium Center, Art Market Gallery and more) to Market Square (Bliss, World Grotto and others) to the spaces in the Old City (Old City Java, A1ArtSpace, and more) and in Old North Knox (Fluorescent Gallery), there's something for everyone! You can always expect a diverse crowd, cool local art, live music, and plenty of surprises! Information: http://knoxvillefirstfriday.com/wp

After making an extraordinary guest appearance during Clogs’ performance at the Big Ears Festival, Stevens returns to the Bijou to perform a full show. The Bijou made such an impression on Stevens that he chose to perform at the 750-capacity venue, which is by far the smallest venue on Stevens’ upcoming tour.

Bijou Theatre, 803 S. Gay Street, Knoxville, TN 37902. For information: 865-522-0832, www.knoxbijou.com. For tickets: 865-684-1200, 865-656-4444, www.knoxvilletickets.com

FREE and open to the public.

At the Cox Auditorium, Alumni Memorial Bldg., 1408 Middle Drive on the UT campus. Please check the web site or call the day of the event for updates or cancellations: 865-974-5678, www.music.utk.edu/events

Two of the most popular Americana performers in the country will appear at the Clayton Center for the Arts. Grammy Award-winning Sam Bush, known as the King of Telluride and the founder of Newgrass, will bring his distinctive brand of bluegrass, fusing it with jazz, rock, blues and funk. He will be joined by Miss Raines, the most decorated bass player in the history of the International Bluegrass Association. The concert will be performed in the Ronald and Lynda Nutt Theatre. Tickets range between $22-$32.

Clayton Center for the Arts: 502 East Lamar Alexander Parkway, Maryville, TN 37804. Tickets are available at the Clayton Center Box Office M-F 10AM-6PM or by phone or online: 865-981-8590, www.ClaytonArtsCenter.com

Program includes live performances of classical jazz standards by Lance Owen and the
Lancelots; Swinging with the Soundies, a screening of rare jazz-themed shorts from the 1940s; and a special exhibition of work by local artist Joe Letitia.

Sometimes humorous, sometimes a bit naughty, always hot-and-swinging, the
jazz shorts of the 1940s were the precursors to the modern music video. These
amazing three-minute shorts, or “soundies,” were produced to be shown on the
Mills Panoram, a movie jukebox found in local taverns, arcades, and soda
fountains. For the price of a dime, one could view musical motion picture
performances by such jazz legends as Duke Ellington, Cab Calloway, and Nat
“King” Cole.The Tennessee Archive of Moving Image and Sound’s screening of Swinging with the Soundies, a selection of some of the wildest jazz and swing soundies ever made, shown from original 16mm film prints, will begin at 7:00 p.m. in the auditorium of the Museum of East Tennessee History and will offer today’s
viewers the opportunity to relive these memorable jazz and swing performances.
Look out for Count Basie, Fats Waller, Louis Armstrong, Lionel Hampton, and
many more, as they “do their thing” one more time!

A pre-screening, live musical performance by local jazz legends Lance Owens and the Lancelots will begin at 6:30 p.m. So, arrive early to hear Owens and the gang, as they serve up some hot jazz standards from the golden era of swing.

Also, arrive early to visit the Museum of East Tennessee History’s current exhibitions with FREE admission. In addition, the work of local artist Joe Letitia will be on view in the lobby of the Museum of East Tennessee History.

Admission to the First Friday classic jazz celebration and exhibitions at the Museum of East Tennessee History is FREE and open to the public. Refreshments will be available in the lobby of the museum. East Tennessee Historical Society, 601 S. Gay Street, Knoxville, TN 37902. Museum hours: Monday-Friday: 9AM-4PM; Saturday: 10AM-4PM; Sunday: 1-5PM. For information: 865-215-8824, www.easttnhistory.org

We will have works by Adam Deal and Zoe-Ruth Erwin. A collaboration of intricate, beautiful drawings and stunning photographs. Join us for a glass of wine, live acoustic entertainment, and great artwork.

URBhana, 115 S. Gay Street, Knoxville, TN 37902. For information: 865-951-5454, www.urbhana.com