Calendar of Events

SMALL WORKS EXHIBIT BENEFITING BRIDGE REFUGEE SERVICES
JUNE 20 AND JULY 1 -2, 2011
Opening Reception: Friday, JUNE 20, 5:00–8:00 p.m.

Please join us for an exhibition of small works by local & regional artists in the studio of Mike C. Berry (Suite 111) located in the Emporium building at 100 South Gay Street in downtown Knoxville on June 20 from 5pm until 8pm. This event is free and open to the public. A portion of the sales will go to support the Bridge Refugee Services of Knoxville.

The exhibit will be on display June 20 AND First Friday July 1 & Sat July 2.

Bridge is the refugee resettlement agency for East Tennessee, and continues to case manage the families until they are eligible to apply for U. S. citizenship. Over the last 20 years, we have resettled more than 1,500 families from Bosnia, Burundi, Congo, Kosovo, Iran, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Sudan, Ukraine, Viet Nam and many other countries. Bridge shepherds the family through the first six months of their new lives and provides services to ensure that the new arrivals' living conditions are safe and sanitary; that the families are in good health and that they have access to medical care; that all children over the age of five are enrolled in school; that the adults have fair and full employment; and that the family has sufficient information to make the cultural adjustment

For more info please contact: Mike at 865-591-7528
THE EMPORIUM CENTER | 100 S. Gay St. | Knoxville, TN
(corner of S. Gay St. & W.Jackson Ave)
*If you have a piece of artworkthat you would like to include please call

The Incredible Steve Kaufman's Concert Series in the Ronald and Lynda Nutt Theatre
Tickets are $15 per evening
Line up:
June 13: Steve Kaufman, Eddie Pennington, Mike Clemmer, roberto Dala Vecchia, Jeff Scroggins

June 14: Laura Boosinger and Josh Goforth,TJ Wheeler, Jim Hurst, Joe Collins, Hiwassee Ridge Revisited

June 15: Stacy Phillips, Rusty Holloway, Steve Baughman, Tyler Grant

June 16: Chris Proctor, Robin Kessinger, Marcy Marxer, Keith Yoder and Friends

June 17: Kathy Chiavola, Eddie Pennington, Steve Kaufman and the Week's Cast

June 20: Gary Davis, Barry Mitterhoff, Ivan Rosenberg, Mike Clemmer, Jim Hurst, Mike Witcher

June 21: The Kruger Brothers, Dan Crary, Hiwassee Ridge Revisited, Andrew Collins

June 22: Beppe Gambetta, Mike Kaufman, Alan Bibey, Janet Davis, Kathy Chiavola, Jeff Scroggins

June 23: Don Stirnberg, Stacy Phillips, Mark Cosgrove, David Harvey, Casey Henry, Keith Yoder and Friends

June 24: Emory Lester, David Harvey, Adam Masters, Steve Kaufman and the Week's Cast

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

Learn about the plants and animals that come out in the evening! Wear your walking shoes and let us guide you and your family through the Gardens during twilight.
Meet the Flowers - Tuesday, June 7, 6:30 p.m.
Explore your Senses - Tuesday, July 5, 6:30 p.m.
Taste Buds - Tuesday, August 2, 6:30 p.m.
Going on a Bug Hunt - Tuesday, September 6, 6:30 p.m.

The 70 photographs presented in this stunning exhibition are drawn from the recent book, Sudan: The Land and the People, written by U.S. Ambassador Timothy Carney ( the last ambassador to Sudan) and his wife and collaborator, journalist Victoria Butler. Award-winning photographer Michael Freeman spent over two years compiling extraordinary images of the rich ethnic, cultural and geographical diversity of Africa’s largest country. Bordered by nine nations, Sudan holds the key to regional stability and prosperity. It has long had the potential to be the engine of economic development for the whole of northeastern Africa. Sudan’s wealth lies not only in its plentiful natural resources, but in its ethnic and cultural heritage.

For millennia, immigrants and invaders from the Mediterranean and the Middle East have come together and blended with African ethnic groups to produce peoples of great beauty who share a turbulent past and rich cultural heritage. Armed conflict, drought and famine have plagued Sudan since its independence in 1956.

McClung Museum, 1327 Circle Park Dr, Knoxville, TN 37996. Hours: Monday-Saturday, 9AM-5PM; Sunday, 1-5PM. For information: 865-974-2144, http://mcclungmuseum.utk.edu

"NIKON SMALL WORLD" traveling exhibition of 20 award winning photomicrographs that allow the museum visitor to see the unseen. Dynamic images at the intersection of science and art show the beauty and complexity of life as seen through a light microscope. AMSE Lobby.

American Museum of Science & Energy, 300 S. Tulane Avenue, Oak Ridge, TN 37830. Hours: Monday-Saturday 9AM-5PM; Sunday 1-5PM. For information: 865-576-3200, www.amse.org

Come out, check out, and bid on over 90 photos of beautiful and creative images, painted on the chests of amazing women!

It's the 3rd Annual Support the Tatas Fundraiser!!

The auction starts at 6pm and bidding closes at 8:30pm. The highest bid wins, and the proceeds go to a local breast cancer survivor.

Only CASH or CHECK will be accepted. Bidding starts at $45/photo

Join us for wine, snacks, Bellydancing and awesome photos!

If you can't make it Friday, the images will be available for viewing all month at URBhana.

URBhana, 115 S. Gay Street, Knoxville, TN 37902. For information: 865-951-5454, www.urbhana.com

A very serious exhibition featuring work/play by nine emerging and established international artists. Show curated by Hali Maltsberger.
Works by: Thane Lund, Giorgio Sadotti, Kevin Van Aelst, Sean Naftel, Brian Nigus, Kiernan Dunn, Beka Peralta, Hali Maltsberger, Joshua Jobb.

Opening Reception June 3, 2011 6-10 PM

8 Shooters Studio, 1202 Central, Knoxville, TN 37919
Information: www.a1labarts.org

The Arts & Culture Alliance and Knox Heritage are pleased to present a new exhibition of twelve photographs by local artists as part of Knox Heritage’s Fifth Annual Art & Architecture Tour.

The Art & Architecture Tour Photographs will be displayed on the north side of the Balcony at the Emporium Center, 100 S. Gay Street, from June 3-24, 2011. An opening reception will take place as part of First Friday activities on June 3 from 5:00-9:00 PM with hors d’oeuvres. Gallery hours are Monday-Friday 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM with additional hours on Saturday, June 4, 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM. For more information, please contact the Arts & Culture Alliance at (865) 523-7543 or visit www.knoxalliance.com.

“Expressions & Impressions” is a new exhibition of paintings by local artists Rickey A. Beene and Maya Simonson entitled “Expressions & Impressions”, in the main gallery of the Emporium Center. Rickey A. Beene of Petros showcases acrylic paintings of the faces of the community with whom he has lived and worked during his lifetime; Maya Simonson of Morristown displays watercolor paintings of children that reflect a feeling of playfulness, naiveté, and ignorance within the characters and their surroundings. These artists’ works combine to create an insightful and colorful exhibition about the everyday joys and struggles of people of all ages.

An opening reception will take place as part of First Friday activities on June 3 from 5:00-9:00 PM with complimentary hors d’oeuvres and chocolate fondue from the Melting Pot. Gallery hours are Monday-Friday 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM with additional hours on Saturday, June 4, from 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM. For more information, please contact the Arts & Culture Alliance at (865) 523-7543 or visit www.knoxalliance.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

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

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.)