Calendar of Events

Enjoy the work of skilled artisans and see pottery being made at this juried show with 40 booths. There will be hands-on demonstrations by John Fulwood, the featured guest potter, special firings by Joe Frank McKee, 30 potters booths, a children’s tent, music, and good food.

www.smokymountains.org/pottery-festival.html
http://www.smokymountains.org, http://www.smokymountainfestivals.org or call Jeanie Hilten at the Visitors Center at 865-448-6134 or 800-525-6834)

Artistic Dance Unlimited Dance Company presents: Putting on the Ritz in the Ronald and Lynda Nutt Theatre

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

The Museum garden will provide a living demonstration of vegetables typically grown in pioneer Appalachia.
In a real‐life demonstration of “farm to table,” the Museum restaurant will feature garden vegetables on the daily menu.
Visitors will receive an educational brochure highlighting farm implements
throughout the Museum. Signs will highlight cider presses, corn grinders,
an M‐30 tractor, farm wagons, butter churns, plows, harrows and rakes, scythes, an
“underground dairy” or root cellar, bee hive, cantilever barn, and numerous other agriculture‐related artifacts and structures throughout the Museum.

Museum of Appalachia, 2819 Andersonville Hwy., Clinton, TN 37716 (16 miles north of Knoxville at I-75, exit 122, then one mile east). Open every day except Thanksgiving and Christmas. Information: 865-494-7680, www.museumofappalachia.org

Art Market Gallery of Knoxville is pleased to present an exhibit of recent works by Nelson Ziegler of Sevierville and Steve Smith of Mascot.

Nelson Ziegler, of Sevierville, is a nationally recognized, award-winning watercolorist and a graduate of The Art Institute of Boston and Northwestern Academy of Watercolor.

Steve Smith, of Mascot, creates incredibly detailed and intricate wood carvings, primarily of fish.

A First Friday Reception for the exhibit is planned for June 3 from 5:30-9 pm with complimentary refreshments and live music.

Member owned and operated by over 60 regional artists, Art Market Gallery is located at 422 South Gay Street in downtown Knoxville. Gallery hours are Tuesday-Saturday, 11am-6pm & Sunday 1-5 pm. For more information, call 865-525-5265, visit artmarketgallery.net or join us on facebook: facebook.com/Art.Market.Gallery

Allowing guests to meet some of the zoo's favorite animals. Go behind-the-scenes to meet rhinos, giraffes, penguins, or tortoises. Have the opportunity to feed or even touch the animal. You'll also get to meet the animal's keeper and take a souvenir photo of you and your new friend! 10 person limit per session; $20 per person.

Tortoise Time - Saturdays at 11:00 AM
Penguin Party - Saturdays at 1:00 PM
Giraffe Gathering - Saturdays and Sundays at 2:30 PM

Knoxville Zoo, 3500 Knoxville Zoo Drive, Knoxville, TN 37914. Open every day except Christmas. Information: 865-637-5331, www.knoxville-zoo.org

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

A popular Imagination Library book takes the stage!
Knox County Public Library is pleased to welcome Dollywood’s Imagination Playhouse featuring the Penguin Players as they delight audiences of all ages with a musical adaptation of Otis by Loren Long. The show is free and open to the public.

The show premieres at the 7th annual Children’s Festival of Reading on Saturday, May 21st, in downtown Knoxville’s World’s Fair Park. Joining the performers will be amazing authors, illustrators, storytellers, other stage productions, a mad science experiment area, a bouncy house and even a hayride—and over 12,000 people expected to kick off a summer of literary fun! It’s the perfect way to kick off summer reading at the Library. From there, the show hits the road, visiting nearly every corner of Knox County.

Touring Schedule:
Saturday, May 21, 10:00 a.m. at World's Fair Park Amphitheatre
Monday, May 23, 3:00 p.m. at Howard Pinkston Branch Library
Tuesday, May 24, 10:30 a.m. at Murphy Branch Library
Wednesday, May 25, 10:30 a.m. at Cedar Bluff Branch Library
Wednesday, May 25, 3:30 p.m. at North Knoxville Branch Library
Thursday, May 26, 3:00 p.m. at Norwood Branch Library
Friday, May 27, 10:30 a.m. at Powell Branch Library
Saturday, May 28, 11:00 a.m. at Lawson McGhee Library
Saturday, May 28, 3:30 p.m. at Burlington Branch Library
Tuesday, May 31, 3:00 p.m. at Carter Branch Library
Wednesday, June 1, 11:00 a.m. at Karns Branch Library
Wednesday, June 1, 4:00 p.m. at Farragut Branch Library
Thursday, June 2, 11:00 a.m. at Bearden Branch Library
Thursday, June 2, 3:30 p.m. at Halls Branch Library
Friday, June 3, 10:30 at Fountain City Branch Library
Saturday, June 4, 3:00 p.m. at Sequoyah Branch Library

Knox County Public Library: http://knoxrooms.sirsi.net/rooms/portal/page/10111_Features_and_Events

http://knoxrooms.sirsi.net/rooms/portal/page/10111_Features_and_Events

Learn how to capture a perfect garden photograph while enjoying an early morning walk through the gardens. A member of our staff will lead an hour-long walk focusing on the best lighting and garden location during that particular walk. This event is a unique opportunity to have time with fellow photographers and garden lovers while having some serious photography time in the garden. Photography walks will be held every third Friday: May 20, June 17, July 15 and August 19. Walks begin at 7:30 a.m. and depart from the Friendship Plaza at the entrance to the Gardens.

We are excited to have a variety of monthly walks. Walks are rain or shine, and will be cancelled only in the event of dangerous lightening. All walks are FREE and meet at the entrance to the Gardens. (Advance registration appreciated, but not required.)

Thirty local artists have graciously volunteered to create beautiful works of art on 55-gallon rain barrels to help the Water Quality Form raise awareness about water conservation and water pollution. 87 unique rain barrels and been created and through their sale, education and conservation efforts will be funded.
On display at at the Museum of Art and online.
You can have access to the website with the following link:
http://www.drygap.com/rdbo/2011/index.html

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

Featuring nineteenth century Tennessee-made earthenware and stoneware
Tennessee Turned: Earthenware and Stoneware Made in East Tennessee 1800-1900 is a major exhibition of nineteenth-century pots made in East Tennessee. This once-in-a-lifetime grouping of more than 200 distinctive regional pieces will make for an unforgettable exploration of this chapter of Tennessee history.
“This pottery, of which we are justifiably proud, provides a unique link in the continuum of the American potting tradition as it spread across the United States.”

The exhibit will explore all aspects of nineteenth-century pottery production in East Tennessee, as well as featuring comparative examples from other parts of the state. Visitors will learn how to “read” a pot, how a pot was made in the nineteenth-century, the difference between earthenware and stoneware, and the importance of pottery for households.

On Friday, June 3, ETHS will host the Smoky Mountain Pottery Festival at the History Center for an opening reception, pottery demonstrations, and a viewing of the Tennessee Turned exhibit. Two special “Pottery Day” events to be held June 25 and September 17 will invite the public to bring in pottery objects they may have in their families for possible identification and to be documented photographically for historical purposes.

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

Get involved in a research project and learn from wildlife biologists and ecologists. Ijams is conducting two biological species inventories to determine species of various taxonomic groups on the new Ross Marble site. Inventories will establish a baseline survey of different classes of organisms, including fungi, plants, insects, fishes, herbs, birds and mammals.

The BioBlitzes will take place from dawn to dusk. Children are welcome to attend but may only be able to participate in select activities. Registration is required. Please e-mail Laura Marsh at laurakmarsh@gmail.com or call 577-4717 ext. 27.

Opening Reception: May 14, 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