Calendar of Events

Crescent Bend House & Gardens, 2728 Kingston Pike Knoxville, TN 37919. Hours: March - December, Tu-Sa 10-4; January & February by appointment. For information: 865-637-3163, www.crescentbend.com

Knoxville Museum of Art, 1050 Worlds Fair Park Drive
www.music.utk.edu/chamberseries

Please check the web site or call the day of the event for updates or cancellations: 865-974-5678, www.music.utk.edu/events

PCAC PRESENTS FRIST CENTER LECTURER
On March 27 at 2:00 pm, a representative from the Frist Center For The Visual Arts in Nashville, Tennessee, will give a presentation at the Plateau Creative Arts Center. The guest speaker is Andee Rudloff, Community Relations Manager, who will share the behind the scenes activities detailing how the Frist Center prepares exhibitions for the center.

The Frist Center For The Visual Arts is a non-profit art exhibition center with approximately 24,000 square feet of gallery space, dedicated to presenting the finest visual art from local, state, and regional artists, as well as major U.S. and international exhibitions. Tickets for this program are $12.00 per person and can be purchased at the PCAC, 451 Lakeview Drive (off Peavine), Fairfield Glade. You may, also, call 707-7249 to pay by credit card or for more information. Light refreshments will be served.

The Art Guild at Fairfield Glade is a not-for-profit ©(3) organization and an equal opportunity provider. Website: www.artguildfairfieldglade.net

WE INVITE YOU TO OUR SPRING INFORMATION SESSION!

K4 through Grade 12
Sunday, March 27, 2011 @ 1:15 pm in Ashe Cafeteria
Program

Lunch Provide by the Academy

Meet Academy Faculty & Administration

Special Music by TKA Students & Guided Tour

R.S.V.P. by March 25, 2011

Phone 865-573-8321

2nd annual juried photographic exhibition.
Opening Reception : March 26, 7—9 PM with a gallery talk at 6:30.

Oak Ridge Art Center, 201 Badger Avenue, Oak Ridge, TN 37830. Hours: Tuesday-Friday, 9AM-5PM; Saturday-Monday, 1-4PM. For information: 865-482-1441, www.oakridgeartcenter.org

A weekend of learning and musical celebration for violinists of all ages and levels. Special guests Oleh Krysa, Professor of Violin at the Eastman School of Music; and Kelvin Scott, maker of fine violins. See www.music.utk.edu/violinfestival for fees.
Alumni Memorial Bldg.


Unless otherwise noted, all UT School of Music concerts are FREE and open to the public, and are held in one of three performance halls in the Alumni Memorial Building located at 1408 Middle Drive, Knoxville 37996, on the campus of the University of Tennessee, next to Neyland Stadium. (The James R. Cox Auditorium is located in the Alumni Memorial Building.)

If you need additional information or assistance, call our publicity office at (865) 974-8935, or the School of Music office at (865) 974-3241.

March 25 - April 10, Thursday-Saturday, 8:00 PM; Sunday, 3:00 PM

A comic mystery play as part of Tennessee Stage Company’s New Play festival.
Advance reservations required? YES
How to obtain admission: 10 admissions are available each performance for $0.01 each. Please call TSC at 865-546-4280 to reserve tickets. Cut-off for purchasing Penny Performance tickets is 24 hours before show time.
Contact: Tom Parkhill, 865-546-4280, tennesseestage@bellsouth.net
Theatre Knoxville Downtown, 319 N. Gay Street, Knoxville, TN 37917 | www.tennesseestage.com

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

One of the oldest student competitions in the United States, the exhibit will feature juried artworks in all media. The exhibit will open with a reception and awards ceremony on Friday, March 25, from 7:00-9:00 pm. The reception, which is free and open to the public, will feature live music and food donated by Knoxville-area establishments.
Ewing Gallery, 1715 Volunteer Blvd, Knoxville, TN 37996. Hours: Monday: 10AM-8PM; Tuesday-Friday: 10AM-5PM; and Sunday: 1-4PM. For information: 865-974-3200, www.ewing-gallery.utk.edu

An exhibit of nature photography by Becca Childress will be on display in the Visitor Center at Ijams Nature Center. Childress is a graduate of Appalachian State University where she received a BS in technical photography. She is also a former CAC AmeriCorps member on the Earth Flag team at Ijams. “I had the good fortune of working for two environmental non-profits after graduating: Ijams Nature Center and RiverLink,” says Childress. “I learned and grew working as an environmental educator, and consider myself extremely fortunate. These experiences offered some great photo opportunities as well.” The photos are for sale with a portion of the proceeds going to the nature center.

Information: 865-577-4717, www.ijams.org

The Knoxville Watercolor Society will be showing their newest works in a Spring Show and Sale at the Knoxville Museum of Art's Community Gallery from March 18th to May 15th. On Sunday, March 20th an opening reception which is free to the public will take place from 2 to 4 PM. Refreshments will be served.

Call Wilda Clark at 865-588-6828 or the Museum at 865-525-6101 for more information. 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: 865-525-6101, www.knoxart.org

C. S. Lewis’s dramatic allegory of faith and sacrifice
comes to brilliant life on the stage of Children’s Theatre
of Knoxville.

Four children in a mysterious mansion find a gateway to
another world deep within an old wardrobe and discover
the wisdom of faith, honor, valor, and bravery during an
intense series of adventures featuring unicorns, elves,
dwarves, leopards, wraiths, and all the animals of the wood.

Reservations are strongly recommended for all CTK performances.

Children's Theatre of Knoxville, 800 Tyson St , Knoxville, TN 37917. For information: 865-599-5284, www.childrenstheatreknoxville.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