Calendar of Events

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The Big Orange Ink Open House is an opportunity for the public to learn about fine art printing. The event will take place in the printmaking and letterpress studios of the school. This event is free and open to the public.

During the open house printmaking students will present their work and demonstrate fine art printing methods in letterpress, intaglio, lithography, screen printing, woodcut, monoprint and papermaking. To celebrate the publication of a poem by Knoxville poet R.B. Morris, he will present a poetry reading at 3pm. Visitors to the studios can also see new limited edition etchings by Coaches Derek Dooley, Pat Summitt and Bruce Pearl produced to raise funds for the UTK Print Club as well as prints made in collaboration with visiting artists.

For more information, contact Beauvais Lyons blyons@utk.edu.
The UTK Printmaking web site is: art.utk.edu/printmaking/index.html
Art & Architecture Building, 1715 Volunteer Blvd. on the UT Knoxville campus.

The Clarence Brown directed silent movie Flesh and the Devil starring Greta Garbo will be shown with Wurlitzer organ accompaniment by the talented and well known theatre organist Ron Carter from Marietta, GA. Admission is $8.00 for adults and $6.00 for children and seniors. Tickets are now on sale at the Clinch Avenue ticket office. They may be ordered by phone by calling the ticket office at 684-1200. In 2006, Flesh and the Devil was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant.”

Tennessee Theatre, 604 S. Gay Street, Knoxville, TN 37902. For information: 865-684-1200, www.tennesseetheatre.com. For tickets: 865-684-1200,

Momentum Dance Lab will join forces with composers James and Lucie Carlson, Robyn James, Mark Volker, and Alex Taylor to present Art Moves at the Knoxville Museum of Art. Admission is $12 for the general public in advance and $15 at the door, $8 for students with ID in advance and $10 at the door, and free for children 5 and under. Advance tickets are now available at www.momentumdancelab.com. Art Moves is an interactive celebration of the arts, performing original music and dance of local composers and choreographers inspired by works of art in the KMA's permanent collection and current exhibitions. Each afternoon performance will include choreographed pieces in several locations throughout the museum as well as improvisations by dancers and musicians. Seating will be available. This year’s show will feature choreographic reinterpretations of old favorites including “50’s Front” choreographed by Wayles E. S. Haynes and some new pieces drawn from works in the permanent collection. In addition, there will be four pieces performed in the auditorium alongside videography provided by Ren Cummings, Jeff Delaney, and Jackie Sobel juxtaposing images of the artwork with the music and dance it provoked.

Knoxville Museum of Art, 1050 Worlds Fair Park Drive, Knoxville, TN 37916. Contact: 865-670-2748, www.momentumdancelab.com

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

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

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.

Historic Preservation Influences Artist’s Latest Work.

Beth Meadows is an artist who lives and works in Knoxville, TN. Her main medium is, but not limited to, acrylic on canvas. The pieces she has made for Rala are influenced by her position as the architectural salvage coordinator for the non-profit Knox Heritage. Beth re-uses old building materials in her work to promote the importance of historic preservation, and donates a portion of the proceeds of work sold to Knox Heritage. Her subject matter is inspired mostly by life in East Tennessee and music.

To view more of her work, please visit www.bethmeadows.com and www.etsy.com/shop/WithBearHands

The pieces will be displayed and available for sale at Räla, located at 323 Union Avenue in Downtown Knoxville, just off Market Square.

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Loggia Gallery

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