Calendar of Events

February 17, 2011 (Knoxville, TN) – The Knoxville Museum of Art presents Xiaoze Xie: Amplified Moments March 11–May 15, 2011.
Amplified Moments is the first major U.S. exhibition to survey the work of Xiaoze Xie (pronounced shout-zah shee-ay), an important Chinese contemporary artist. More than 30 works document his achievements in painting, drawing, photography, installation, and video, and represent his use of books and newspapers to symbolize the fragile nature of history and memory.

Although Xie intended to pursue a career in architecture, the violent military crackdown on student protesters at Beijing’s Tiananmen Square in 1989 compelled him to shift his energies. He left the People’s Republic of China three years later after completing his training as a painter, and began using symbolic imagery derived from newspapers, decaying books, museum libraries, and media images of current events. For Xie, stacks of printed pages represent not only cultural memory and the passage of time, but the ways in which history is interpreted and recorded according to various belief systems and political agendas.
Xie’s labor-intensive paintings consist of successive layers of pigment applied over several weeks. Working largely from photographs, the artist paints in a manner that is influenced by his camera. Some imagery appears cropped, blurred, and hazy, as if viewed through a photographic lens or perhaps through the filter of memory. The resulting compositions reach near-photographic precision without losing the evidence of the artist’s masterful brushwork.

KMA members are invited to an exhibition preview Thursday, March 10, from 5:30 to 7:30pm. The artists and exhibition curator Dan Mills will present a short gallery talk at 6:30pm. A cash bar will be available.

Admission and parking are free. For more information, contact Angela Thomas at 865.934.2034 or visit www.knoxart.org.

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

The 11-month residency program is an opportunity for emerging artists to further develop both artistically and professionally. This exhibition showcases their progress.
Reception: April 9, 6:00-8:00 PM

Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, 576 Parkway, Gatlinburg, TN 37738. For information: 865-436-5860, www.arrowmont.org

What: Art exhibit

Elizabeth Porter: "Disconnected"
Mixed media

Conrad Reinhardt: "Beyond Time and Place"
Digital photographs and oil paintings

Free and open to the public

When: March 6 through May 6, 2011
Opening reception Friday, March 11, from 6 to 7:30 p.m.; artists' talks at 7 p.m.
Where: Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church Gallery
2931 Kingston Pike, Knoxville, TN 37918
An exhibit featuring the art work of Conrad Reinhardt and Elizabeth Porter-Moses will be on display at the Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church, 2931 Kingston Pike, Knoxville, TN 37919.
Contact: Roy McCullough
Sperrin@bellsouth.net
865-281-2435

Art Exhibit/Artist Reception:
"Garden of Auspicious Dreams" by Lara Dann
(showing through March)
Refreshments provided

Red Line Gallery, 11519 Kingston Pike, Knoxville, TN 37934. Hours: Tuesday-Saturday 11AM-6PM. For information: 865-288-0277, www.redlinegallery.net

One of the most exciting adventure stories ever told, this episode from C. S. Lewis's "Chronicles of Narnia" contains all the beloved characters: the Pevensie family, the White Witch, and the mighty, mystical lion named Aslan.

Located at 800 Tyson Street, Knoxville, TN 37917. Information: 865-599-5284, www.childrenstheatreknoxville.com, info@childrenstheatreknoxville.com.

The Appalachian Arts Craft Center in Norris will hold its Spring Porch Sale starting Friday, March 11, and running for about two weeks. The Porch Sale features outdated stock, seconds, student crafts and non-juried work by members of the Craft Center. It’s an excellent place to get great deals on handmade crafts. The Craft Center will also be holding a bake sale during the first part of the Porch Sale. The Appalachian Arts Craft Center is a nonprofit center that has been promoting traditional artists and crafts in the East Tennessee area for 40 years.

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

Jubilee Community Arts presents 42nd Jubilee Festival
Friday through Sunday, March 11-13 at at the Laurel Theater

Jubilee Community Arts presents its signature celebration of traditional mountain music featuring Tennessee artists recognized as accomplished masters of old style fiddle, banjo, string bands, sacred music and early country and historical ballads, culminating in the annual Epworth Old Harp Singing. Featured performers include Clyde Davenport, Roy Harper, Tom McCarroll & Tammie McCarroll-Burroughs, Mike & Marcia Bryant, Matt Kinman, the Pea Ridge Ramblers, Matt Morelock & Ferd Moyse, Allison Williams, Danny Gammon, John Alvis and the Mumbillies.
We welcome and anticipate basement sessions all evening Friday and Saturday.

The program begins at 7 pm Friday and Saturday, Old Harp Singing and potluck at 11 am Sunday

Jubilee Community Arts, 1538 Laurel Ave, Knoxville, TN 37916. For information: 865-522-5851, www.jubileearts.org. For tickets: 865-523-7521, www.KnoxTIX.com

42nd Annual event! Jubilee Community Arts presents its signature celebration of traditional mountain music featuring Tennessee artists recognized as accomplished masters of old styles of fiddle, banjo, string bands, sacred music and early country and historical ballads, culminating in the annual Epworth Old Harp Singing.

Jubilee Community Arts, 1538 Laurel Ave, Knoxville, TN 37916. For information: 865-522-5851, www.jubileearts.org. For tickets: 865-523-7521, www.KnoxTIX.com

On the second Friday of each month. All ages and experience levels are welcome to participate in this event. This is a fun family event. Kids love the Raku process. Or it could be a great ''date night'' event. Plus, you will be taking home a beautiful piece of art to decorate your home that you helped create! Hope to see you there! The $30 fee ($20 if you bring your own bisque-fired pot) includes your choice of one handmade bisque piece, use of our studio raku glazes, glazing instruction and the firing. Class Maximum: 10 Students

Mighty Mud, 2444 Sutherland Ave, Knoxville, TN 37919. Hours: Tuesday-Saturday, 11-6PM. For information: 865-595-1900, www.mightymudclay.com

Arranger and conductor Terry Vosbein will present “Fleet Street: Music from Stephen Sondheim’s Sweeny Todd Reimagined for Progressive Jazz Orchestra” with the Knoxville Jazz Orchestra. The Knoxville Jazz Orchestra is a 17 piece big band comprised of professional musicians from across the region. Since its inception in 1999, the orchestra has performed dozens of concerts in East Tennessee, appeared on major jazz festivals in Europe, performed and recorded with internationally acclaimed guest artists, and released three critically acclaimed CD recordings.

For tickets, visit http://www.knoxjazz.org/calendar.html. Performance location: The James R. Cox Auditorium (in the Alumni Memorial Building on the UT Campus at 1408 Middle Drive)

Knoxville Jazz Orchestra: 865-573-3226, www.knoxjazz.org

The James R. Cox Auditorium (in the Alumni Memorial Building on the UT Campus at 1408 Middle Drive)
Tickets can be purchased on our website at http://www.knoxjazz.org/calendar.html.
For additional information visit www.knoxjazz.org and www.vosbein.com.

At the Howard Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy. All lectures are free and open to the public.

How did the idea of the garden function in medieval and early modern imaginations? How do the horticultural advances made during the period reflect on the wider culture? What purposes did built gardens serve, both those designed primarily as ornamental spaces and those designed for practical purposes? What visual effects were the designers pursuing? What symbolic values were given to these designed landscapes? How were they represented in literary texts and in art? These and many other questions will be explored by a stellar line-up of scholars at the Howard Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy as part of the UT Marco Institute's ninth annual symposium. Please join us March 10-12 for one or more of the symposium lectures by landscape historians John Dixon Hunt (University of Pennsylvania), D. Fairchild Ruggles (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Oliver Creighton (Exeter), Raffaella Fabiani Giannetto (UPenn) and Mirka Benes (UTexas at Austin); art historians Loli Kalavrezou (Harvard) and Johanna Bauman (ARTstor Digital Library); historian Maryanne Cline Horowitz (Occidental College); and literary scholars Michael Leslie (Rhodes College) and Rebecca Bushnell (UPenn). Please contact Vera Pantanizopoulos-Broux (865-974-1859; vpantani@utk.edu) for further information on symposium event schedules and on parking.

The 2011 Knox County Elementary Art Show will be held at the Phoenix Building March through April 25th.

A local student from Bearden High School won the design contest and will be receiving a free trip to New York courtesy of Sargent Art. The art was made into a flag that will be displayed in Washington representing Tennessee in the Flags Across America YAM Ceremony.