Calendar of Events

The Knoxville Museum of Art presents Art by the Kids, For the Kids in the KMA Education Gallery. The exhibition showcases artworks created by the oncology and hematology patients of East Tennessee Children’s Hospital. Organized by University of Tennessee Dance Marathon, the exhibition is part of a year-long effort to raise funds and awareness for the fight against pediatric cancer and other blood diseases. UTK’s Dance Marathon specifically benefits the oncology and hematology patients at East Tennessee Children’s Hospital. For more information please visit activities.utk.edu/dance-marathon.

Knoxville Museum of Art, 1050 World's Fair Park Dr, Knoxville, TN 37916. Hours: Tuesday-Saturday, 10AM-5PM; Sunday, 1-5PM. For information: 865-525-6101, www.knoxart.org

1st through 3rd Grades. Have you ever heard an Indigo Bunting sing or a chipmunk chip? Have you ever felt the bark of a sycamore tree or the leaves from a beech tree? Join us and we explore the natural world using our five senses, and yes, we will even be using our taste buds! To register for camps contact Jennifer Roder: 865-577-4717, ext. 130 or jroder@ijams.org

Ijams Nature Center, 2915 Island Home Ave, Knoxville, TN 37920. Hours: Grounds and trails open during daylight hours. Visitor Center: Monday: by appointment only for tour groups and school trips; Tuesday-Saturday: 9AM-5PM; Sunday: 1-5PM (March 1 - November 30). Information: www.ijams.org

Please join us for an afternoon of refreshments and fine art! Meet the artist, Wendy West, and see her show, “Then and Now: A Retrospective,” featuring her work in glass, pottery, and pastels at the Townsend Artisan Gallery from 4 to 6 pm on Saturday, August 13.

Townsend Artisan Gallery, 7277 E. Lamar Alexander Parkway, Townsend, TN 37882. Information: 865-448-8018, www.townsendartisangallery.com

The Ewing Gallery of Art & Architecture at The University of Tennessee announces its current summer exhibition, About Architecture. This exhibit is comprised of works from the large permanent collectionthat incorporate issues and aspects of architecture, whether it is historical, contemporary, fictional, or for documentation purposes. Some of the works on display have not been shown before. A sample of artists selected include Roy Lichtenstein, Walker Evans, Edward Westcott, and Joseph Delaney. This exhibition is free and open to public. Summer Hours until August 16, 2011: Tuesday-Thursday, 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM; Friday 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM. Ewing Gallery, 1715 Volunteer Blvd, Knoxville, TN 37996. For information: 865-974-3200, www.ewing-gallery.utk.edu

The Playhouse kicks off its 2011-2012 season with the joyous, fast paced musical comedy "Hairspray." Turn back the clock to 1960's Baltimore when big-hearted, big-haired Tracy Turnblad dances her way onto the Corny Collins Show. With her discovery of a brand new sound comes new friends, new obstacles, and bigger hair. Can Tracy get past her fabulously snobby nemisis, integrate the television show, and snatch the boy of her dreams without mussing her hair? Get your tickets to find out!

Oak Ridge Playhouse, 227 Broadway, Oak Ridge, TN 37830. Information and tickets: 865-482-9999, www.orplayhouse.com

The 36th Annual Gatlinburg Craftsmen’s Fair
Voted one of the South’s most popular summer events, Gatlinburg readies itself for the 36th Annual Gatlinburg Craftsmen’s Fair. Over 180 craftspeople will be exhibiting and demonstrating their crafts at the Gatlinburg Convention Center this July 15 through 24. During these dates the Gatlinburg Convention Center transforms into an enormous multi-level community of craftspeople from all over the U.S. The 36th Annual Gatlinburg Craftsmen’s Fair will host some of the country’s finest artists and craftsmen that offer their unique art for sale.

Hours are 10am to 6pm daily and 10am to 5pm on Sundays. Music shows are 12, 2 and 4pm daily 12 and 2pm on Sundays and are included in the admission cost ($6 for Adults and children 12 and under free. Group rates available). For additional information call 865/436-7479 or visit our website at www.craftsmenfair.com

Free and open to the public with an opening reception Friday, July 15, from 6 to 7:30 p.m.; artists' talks at 7 p.m.

Carl Gombert, "Order" - Carl Gombert was born in Brimfield, Ohio in 1959. He started taking painting lessons at the age of 14 with money he earned delivering newspapers. He earned a BFA in Drawing from the University of Akron and an MFA in Painting from Kent State University. He worked as a stagehand before pursuing a Ph.D. in Interdisciplinary Fine Arts at Texas Tech University. He has exhibited in more than 150 shows throughout the country, and since 1993 has taught painting, drawing and art history at Maryville College in Tennessee.

Ricky Beene, "Salt of the Earth: The Petros Portraits"
Ricky Beene is a painter from Petros, Tennessee, a small town situated in the Cumberland Mountains. A native Appalachian and teacher by training, Ricky is a self-taught artist who works primarily in acrylics on gessoed hardboard. He has had previous exhibits at Carson Newman College, the Oak Ridge Art Center, and the Emporium Center in Knoxville. "For the last ten years I have been painting portraits of people from my home town in a series called Salt of the Earth:The Petros Portraits. These paintings, currently numbering near 150, depict a large cross-section of the people who live in Petros. I also have been working on a smaller series of brushed ink drawings that are called The Wide-Spot Suite. Together all these pieces represent a single vision of the people of our town. There is a shared bravery and trust poured into the making of these portraits, and I hope that they show something of the struggles and joys of life in a small Appalachian town".

Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church, 2931 Kingston Pike, Knoxville, TN 37919. Gallery hours: Monday-Thursday 9AM-5PM; Friday 9AM-4:30PM; Sunday 9AM-1PM. Information: 865-523-4176, www.tvuuc.org

Art Exhibit/Artist Reception - Opening: Friday, July 8, 7-9pm - Refreshments provided
Don't Miss This Salt Lake City Artist's Knoxville Debut!

Red Line Gallery, 11519 Kingston Pike, Knoxville, TN 37934. Hours: Tuesday-Friday: 11AM-6PM, Saturday 12-4PM. Information: 865-288-0277, www.redlinegallery.net

Recent photographs by Paul Lee

Gallery talk: Friday, July 15, 6:00 PM
Last Friday Art Walk reception: July 29, 6:00-9:00 PM

In the Blackberry Farm Gallery of the Clayton Center for the Arts: 502 East Lamar Alexander Parkway, Maryville, TN 37804. Hours: M-F 10-5. Information: 865-981-8590, www.ClaytonArtsCenter.com

“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