Calendar of Events

Opening reception on November 12, 6-7:30 PM with artists' talk at 6:30 PM. www.clinart.biz

Lil Clinard bases her watercolors on many of the photographic images she and husband John have taken on their wide ranging travels. She seeks expression in a loose and impressionistic manner of brush stroke, texture, color, light and composition, rather than photographic realism, allowing the viewer to complete the picture. "Watercolors lend themselves to this style and approach perfectly" she says.
She and John enjoy painting together and support each other's very different painting techniques. Lil has shown her work in regional group exhibitions, galleries and juried shows winning numerous awards. Her work has been juried into the Knoxville Arts & Cultural Alliance National Juried Show for the past three years. One of her cityscapes won “Best of Show” in the 2008 Tennessee Artists Association Juried Show, and she was awarded “Best Watercolor” in the 2010 Fountain City Art Center’s Juried Show. She participated in Artclamation! in 2009, and ArtXtravaganza in 2010. She is a member of the Art Market Gallery and active as an officer of the Knoxville Watercolor Society, Tennessee Artists Association and Art Guild of Tellico Village. She also is a member of Fountain City Art Center, Oak Ridge Art Center, and the Arts and Culture Alliance.

John Clinard
Though an Oak Ridge engineer by trade for 30 years, John Clinard's interest in art has existed since an early age. "Encouraged by my mother, Dot, to begin pencil drawings and oils I was inspired and taught by Dixie Snapp starting at the age of thirteen. (Dixie Snapp, now deceased, remains Greeneville’s most famous artist.) Later at UT in Knoxville, Charles Kermit Ewing taught both my wife Lil and me art appreciation and art history." John is, nevertheless, a mostly self-taught artist who has been painting for over 50 years. "I focus primarily on oil painting using a variety of subjects. Some paintings are composed from photographs from TN and from places visited, domestic and foreign. My work is mostly impressionistic, though certainly representational, with my focus on depth and perspective, contrast, simplified palette, and non-complicated but interesting composition." John is a member of the Fountain City Art Center, the Arts and Cultural Alliance, the Tennessee Artists Association, and the Tellico Village Art Guild.

Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church, 2931 Kingston Pike, Knoxville, TN 37919. Art Gallery hours: Monday-Thursday 9AM-5PM; Friday 9AM-4:30PM; Sunday 9AM-1PM. Information: 865-523-4176, www.tvuuc.org

The Knoxville Symphony Orchestra celebrates 75 years of music during the 2010-2011 season! To open the Chamber Classics Series, the Knoxville Symphony Chamber Orchestra will recreate the very first concert performed by the KSO on November 24, 1935. This program will feature Glazunov’s Trois Morceaux, Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 20 with local pianist Slade Trammell, Sibelius’ Valse Triste and Mozart’s Symphony No. 39. Under the direction of Maestro Lucas Richman. Performed at the Bijou Theatre, 803 S. Gay Street, Knoxville, TN 37902. For information and tickets: 865-291-3310, www.knoxvillesymphony.com

This is a Penny Performance for Knox County students ages 5-18. Visit www.penny4arts.com for more information.

1711 Dandridge Ave., Knoxville, TN, 37915. Information: 865-522-8661, mabryhazenhouse@gmail.com; www.mabryhazen.com

The Mabry-Hazen House invites you to honor Miss Evelyn Hazen and the 111th year of her birth. Gene Patterson from WATE Channel 6 will give a book review of The Seduction of Miss Evelyn Hazen by Jane Van Ryan. Enjoy lunch and birthday cake on Mabry’s Hill, as well as a special exhibit featuring a variety of Evelyn’s personal possessions. Hosted by Victor & Joan Ashe. Tickets costs are $50 per person and may be purchased in advance. Please RSVP by November 4.

Mabry-Hazen House, 1711 Dandridge Avenue, Knoxville, TN, 37915. For information: 865-522-8661, www.mabryhazen.com

Dr. George Stuart will give an illustrated talk titled "The Maya and the World of Water". To the Maya, both ancient and modern, highland and lowland, the very landscape is sacred. Indeed, their ancient cities such as Tika, Palenque, and Copan may be seen as metaphors of sacred geography with pyramids as mountains, plazas as lakes, and temples as cave entries to the dread Underwater World.

1327 Circle Park Drive, Knoxville, TN 37996. Hours: Mon - Sat: 9:00A to 5:00P, Sun: 1:00P to 5:00P. Information: 865-974-2144, http://mcclungmuseum.utk.edu

The First Presbyterian Church of Knoxville will host the world-renowned American Boychoir in concert in the sanctuary. The concert is part of the annual Music at First Church Series. Under the leadership of Fernando Malvar-Ruiz, Litton-Lodal Music Director, the American Boychoir continues to dazzle audiences with its unique blend of musical sophistication, effervescent spirit, and ensemble virtuosity. The concert is free and open to the public. There will be free parking in the church garage and across the street in the State Street Garage.

The American Boychoir is America's premier boychoir and resides in Princeton, New Jersey. Boys in grades 4 through 8, reflecting the ethnic, religious and cultural diversity of the United States, come from across the country and around the world to pursue a rigorous musical and academic curriculum at the school. The choir sings frequently with the Boston Pops Orchestra, the Philadelphia and Boston orchestras, the New York Philharmonic, and the Tanglewood Music Festival, as well as concerts all over the world. They have sung with jazz musician, Wynton Marsalis, pop diva, Beyoncé, opera star, Jessye Norman, and the Beatles great, Sir Paul McCartney, in Carnegie Hall. The American Boychoir has approximately fifty commercial recordings and is noted for their signature recording of "True Colors," used frequently for the World Winter and Summer Olympics.

http://www.fpcknox.org - http://www.americanboychoir.org
First Presbyterian Church, 620 State Street, Knoxville, TN 37902; 865-546-2531

This month’s show features the oil paintings of Cindy Cutting and the furniture of Stephen Shankles.

Townsend Artisan Gallery, 7277 E. Lamar Alexander Parkway, Townsend, TN 37882. Hours: Tuesday-Saturday 10-5PM, Sunday 12-5PM. Information: 865-448-8018, www.townsendartisangallery.com

Chrysalis, a group of nine multi-talented women artists who specialize in different genres and materials, have a new exhibit opening in early November! Chrysalis has been working together creating beautiful art exhibits for nearly ten years. Don’t miss out on this chance to see the artwork by the women of Chrysalis at this free art exhibit, Art for All, which will include one-of-a-kind pieces in stone, clay, glass, mosaics, wood, acrylics, and oils. Special small works have been created for this show in price rangers to fit every art lover!

Chrysalis will also feature guest artist, Marcia Goldenstein, University of Tennessee Professor of Painting and Drawing. Chrysalis group of artists consists of:
Barb Bewernitz – furniture
Terri Cadmen – furniture; wood sculpture
Martha Cummins – turned writing implements
Nan Jacobsohn – clay
Gay Morton – bottles, baubles and bead sculpture; brass and glass plates
Linda Peterson – stone; paintings
Sheri Treadwell – glass mosaics
Kathy Slocum – stone; glass
Lisa Ruttan Wolff – stone

At Slocum House Studio and Gallery, 6722 Long Shadow Way, Knoxville, TN, 37918. Information: 865-688-6039, slonox@comcast.net

By Barbara Robinson. Join us for a laughter-filled, heart-warming evening and remember the true reason for the season!

Crossville, TN. Information: 931-484-5000; www.ccplayhouse.com

Join us for four magical days of decorating, entertaining, and unique gifts!
Thurs & Sat 10-6, Fri 10-8, Sun 1-5.
5400 Homberg Drive, Knoxville. 865-588-0274, www.southernmarketshops.com

Ms. Fitch paints wooden furniture and toys with colorful, whimsical patterns that bring smiles to adults and children alike. Mr. Gebhart is a nature and landscape photographer who draws much of his inspiration from the Smoky Mountains. He endeavors to initiate the viewer to make a connection with the natural world around them. A First Friday Reception for the Featured Artists is planned for November 5th from 5:30-9 p.m. with complimentary refreshments and live Celtic music performed by Gil Draper.

Starting in November, the gallery will offer hand-made ornaments for sale to benefit the Community School of the Arts, a non-profit program that provides free instruction in music, visual arts, modern dance and drama to children from underserved areas of Knox County.

Art Market Gallery, 422 S. Gay St, Knoxville, TN 37902. Special Holiday Gallery hours are Monday-Saturday, 11am-6pm & Sunday 1-5 pm. For information: 865-525-5265, www.artmarketgallery.net

String quartets from The Knoxville Symphony Orchestra will travel to local libraries during the month of November to read stories and play music for pre-school aged children as part of the orchestra’s Story Time Program. The theme for this season’s program is Happy Birthday KSO! The program will open with a reading of the KSO’s recently published book Better Than Cookies, As Good As Cake, written by KSO cellist Stacy Nickell Miller. Pre-school children will then learn about the “treats” that animals eat in The Wide-Mouthed Frog, hear Dr. Seuss’s Happy Birthday To You! and join in wishing the KSO a happy 75th birthday! These performances will help to highlight the connections between music and literacy and introduce the string instruments to young audience members. All Story Time performances are FREE and open to the public.

November 2 10:00 AM Burlington Library
November 3 11:00 AM Karns Library
November 5 10:30 AM Powell Library
November 5 4:00 PM Cedar Bluff Library
November 9 10:30 AM Sequoyah Library
November 10 11:00 AM Halls Library
November 12 10:15 AM Fountain City Library
November 13 11:00 AM Borders Books (Deane Hill Shopping Center)

Information: 865-291-3310; www.knoxvillesymphony.com