Calendar of Events

Opening Reception: First Friday July 1, 5:00–9:00 p.m.
2011 marks the 150-year anniversary of the beginning of the American Civil War. On view will be 41 paintings, which document the important battles of the Civil War including Gettysburg, Chattanooga, Vicksburg, Shiloh, Chickamauga, and Knoxville among others. The paintings are mixed media collage--part graphics with watercolor and colored pencil merging in the background that portray the realism and tragedy of the Civil War. LeFevre objectively documented each battle and he avoided revealing any personal preference he may have had for the Union or the Confederacy.

Richard LeFevre taught graphic design and illustration courses at The University of Tennessee for 33 years and was the first graphic design faculty member hired by the Department of Art. He continued his professional career while teaching at UT. One of his most enduring interests was the history of the Civil War. He served as President of the Knoxville Civil War Roundtable and was an activeCivil War reenactment soldier. Richard LeFevre died in 2000 and bequeathed this collection to UT’s Ewing Gallery of Art and Architecture.

UT Downtown Gallery, 106 S. Gay St, Knoxville, TN 37902. Hours: Wednesday-Friday: 11AM - 6PM; Saturday: 10AM - 3PM. Information: 865-673-0802, http://web.utk.edu/~downtown

“Personal Perspective,” features art created by local artists with developmental disabilities and physical limitations who have utilized groundbreaking techniques to express themselves on canvas. Approximately 25 acrylic paintings by 12 local artists will be on display in the Clayton Center’s Denso Community Gallery.The artists will host a reception in the gallery on July 14th from 6-8 p.m.
The artists are clients at Open Arms Care, a nonprofit organization in Knoxville that provides intermediate care facility services and an array of residential services for adults and children diagnosed with mental retardation and developmental disabilities in the state of Tennessee.

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

Art Market Gallery of Knoxville is pleased to present an exhibit of recent works by Marjorie Horne and Lisa Kurtz, both of Knoxville.

Marjorie Horne is a member of several watercolor and colored pencil societies, her work has been exhibited internationally and an award-winning watercolor and colored pencil artist. Influenced by a variety of subject matter, including landscapes, cityscapes, nature studies, florals and figures, recurrent themes in her works are transparent and reflective surfaces which are affected and enhanced by their environments.
Lisa Kurtz creates functional wheel-thrown and hand-built ceramic wares out of white stoneware clay. While many of her pieces begin as traditional forms, she alters them to give them playful, inviting personalities and further enhances them with splashes of colored glazes. A member of several craft guilds, she exhibits in a number of group shows each year.

A First Friday Reception for the exhibit is planned for July 1 from 5:30-9 pm with complimentary refreshments and live music.

Art Market Gallery, 422 S. Gay St, Knoxville, TN 37902. Hours: Tuesday-Saturday 11AM-6PM; Sunday 1-5PM. For information: 865-525-5265, www.artmarketgallery.net

Haunting and beautiful photography by local artist and activist, William Isom.
Artist statement: "Traditionally working in photography to express the impressions of my environment, I'm aiming to continue my themes of the considered obsolete and discarded. Expressing this through textured materials encountered on backroads intrigues me. I hope to infect the viewer with my blurred glimpses and meditative moments found just east of town."
50% of all sales will go to benefit the Neighborhood Center at 800 North 4th Ave and Gill Street (formerly The Birdhouse). First Friday reception: 6-9 PM

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

Unarmed Merchants is honored to have the paintings of Cynthia Markert & Asa McEwan for the month of July. This will also be the final month that Unarmed Merchants will be open in its current capacity. I am very grateful for the opportunity that I have had for almost 4 years now. So help me celebrate a good time with these two wonderful artists - at an awesome gallery in the best city I have ever called home. Not to mention there will be plenty of refreshments, fun, surprises and free stuff.

Unarmed Merchants, 129 S. Gay Street, Knoxville, TN 37902. Information: 865-549-5769, http://www.allknox.com/businesses/4

The Arts & Culture Alliance is pleased to present a new exhibition of 2-D works by the Fountain City Art Guild entitled “Summer Solstice Show” in the main gallery of the Emporium Center.

An opening reception will take place as part of First Friday activities on July 1 from 5:00-9:00 PM with complimentary hors d’oeuvres and wine. Gallery hours are Monday-Friday 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM. For more information, please contact the Arts & Culture Alliance at (865) 523-7543 or visit www.knoxalliance.com. For more information, visit www.fountaincityartguild.com.

The Arts & Culture Alliance is pleased to present a new exhibition opening Friday, July 1, at 5:00 PM in the Balcony of the Emporium Center featuring seven local artists:

+ Terrie Boruff-Yeatts (Knoxville, TN) - A contemporary and whimsical view on the subject matter that surrounds our everyday life - www.terrieyeatts.com

+ Stephen Brayfield (Knoxville, TN) - Watercolor paintings depicting life in and around the southern Appalachian and Blue Ridge Mountains - www.brayart.com

+ Regina L. Garner (Maryville, TN) - Digital photography

+ Chuck Jensen (Crossville, TN) - Contemporary portraits of people making changes on the American Landscape - www.chuckswoodstock.com

+ Terri Jordan (Clarksville, TN) - A suite of oil paintings based on the artist/muse Suzanne Valadon

+ Dawn Kunkel (Knoxville, TN) - Mixed media works

+ Linda A. Waterhouse (Maryville, TN) - An assemblage of colorful faces and instruments in Black & White digital photography - www.lawaterhousephotography.com

The group exhibition will be displayed in the Balcony at the Emporium Center, 100 S. Gay Street. An opening reception will take place as part of First Friday activities on July 1 from 5:00-9:00 PM with complimentary hors d’oeuvres. Gallery hours are Monday-Friday 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM. For more information, please contact the Arts & Culture Alliance at (865) 523-7543 or visit www.knoxalliance.com.

Classic movies to be shown this summer:
June 24: "North By Northwest" with Cary Grant and Eva Marie Saint
July 8 & 10: "The Sound of Music"
August 5 & 7: "Some Like It Hot"
August 13 & 14: "Gone with the Wind"
August 19: "West Side Story"

Tennessee Theatre, 604 S. Gay Street, Knoxville, TN 37902. For information: 865-684-1200, www.tennesseetheatre.com. For tickets: 865-684-1200, 865-656-4444, www.knoxvilletickets.com

Alive After Five is an early Friday evening program of live music which takes place in the casually elegant atmosphere of the museum’s Great Hall and features dancing, food from a variety of area restaurants/caterers, two cash bars, and free freshly popped popcorn. The art galleries are open during the show, and there’s even a licensed therapeutic masseuse/masseur available for chair massages. Unless otherwise noted, prices are: $8 general admission, $4 museum members and college students with ID.

June 24 – Kirk Fleta Band - Bluesy folk-rock
July 8 – Soulfinger - Soul, funk and blues
July 15 – John Myers Band - Soul, gospel and roots music
July 22 – Carib Sounds Steel Band - Tropical island music ($9 / $5)
July 29 – Crawdaddy - Blues and rock
August 5 – The King Bees - Blues
August 12 – Blue Mother Tupelo - Southern soul and bluesy rock

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

Reception June 17, 6:30-8:30 PM

213 Hotel Ave, Knoxville, TN 37918. Hours: Tuesday & Thursday, 9AM-5PM; Wednesday & Friday, 10AM-5PM; Saturday, 9AM-1PM. For information: 865-357-2787, www.fountaincityart.org

Korean artist Kwang-Young Chun (b. 1944) began work on his series of Aggregations in the 1990s. Today, he is recognized internationally for these sculptural forms. The basis of his work is individual, triangular, Styrofoam shapes. Individually, these shapes are minuscule. Taken together, however, their visual impact is immense. This concept of the aggregate is what drives Chun’s work.

The Styrofoam shapes are covered in Korean mulberry paper. In Korea, the paper is a mainstay and has many utilitarian uses from floor and window coverings to candy and medicinal wrappers. It also resonates with personal meaning for the artist, who recalls trips to an herbalist as a small child. Medicines wrapped in mulberry paper hung from the ceiling of the shop, the paper protecting the contents from dampness and insects.

Chun uses pages recycled from old books to cover the geometric forms. These pages are covered in Korean and Chinese characters, adding another layer of cultural and personal meaning. He hand ties the paper over each shape, twisting pages into string to complete the wrapping. In this way Chun is able to integrate traditional materials into a contemporary context.

There will be an exhibition preview party Thursday, June 9, 2011 from 5:30-7:30pm.
Curated by Susan Moldenhauer. Funded in part by the National Advisory Board of the UW Art Museum and the Wyoming Arts Council through the National Endowment for the Arts and the Wyoming State Legislature.

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

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.