Calendar of Events

Join Knoxville Square Dance with Allison Williams and Friends in our third month of traditonaal squares and circles, waltzes, two steps and other social dances. No special training or equipment required - all dances will be taught and called.
Thursday, Noov. 10 and Thursday Dec. 8.
$5 JCA members, $7 general admission. Laurel Theater at 16th and Laurel.
8:00 PM, beginners lessons at 7:30.
www.jubileearts.org

An exhibit featuring the paintings of Sally Ham Govan and Hannah Holder will be on display at the Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church.

November 6, 2011 through January 6, 2012
Opening reception Friday, November 11, from 6 to 7:30 p.m.; artists' talks at 7 p.m.
Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church Gallery
2931 Kingston Pike, Knoxville, TN 37918
Free and open to the public

Sally Ham Govan: "Recent Works" and Hannah Holder: "Variations in Symmetry"
Free and open to the public - Opening reception Friday, November 11, from 6 to 7:30 p.m.; artists' talks at 7 p.m.

Sally Ham Govan - Recent Works
Sally received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of Tennessee. She has worked as a graphic designer, mostly in publication and website design. She is currently a publication designer, editor, and webmaster for Middle Tennessee State University’s Business and Economic Research Center. She is also working on a Master of Fine Arts degree in a limited residency program through the University of Hartford.

Hannah Holder - Variations in Symmetry
A Knoxville native, Hannah Holder received her first formal art training as an undergraduate at Wheaton College (IL), where she took courses in art history, drawing, graphic design, painting, ceramics, printmaking, and calligraphy (with Timothy Botts through the College of Dupage). Since 2003 Ms. Holder has worked part-time as a freelance artist, taking diverse commissions here in Knoxville; in Dayton, TN; in Littleton, CO; and in Christchurch, New Zealand.

Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church Gallery, 2931 Kingston Pike, Knoxville, TN 37918. www.tvuuc.org

You are cordially Invited to
An Opening Reception Sunday, November 6th, 2011 2:00 – 4:00 pm.
WAXING POETIC JUSTICE

Encaustic Paintings by NERANZA NOEL BLOUNT
with Poetry Reading by Kay Newton and Friends from the Knoxville Writers Guild 4:00 - 4:30 PM and Beekeeping Exhibit in adjacent gallery by Andy Marathe.

To wax is an ancient term that means to grow as in a waxing moon. Waxing poetic means to become increasingly expressive in an eloquent manner. Poetic justice often involves a twist of fate with either a reward for a virtue or punishment for a vice.

Using beeswax in the form of encaustic involves building up layers of visual expression, ultimately communicating our relationship to the honeybee. Depending on how well we treat this complicated creature will determine whether our own fate is punished or rewarded. If we continue to pollute our environment our future will not be pretty. However, if we pay attention to our ecological footprint, we can create a paradise for all.

Exhibits run November 6-23, 2011.
Rose Center and Council for the Arts
442 West Second North Street
Morristown, TN 37814

Red Line Gallery will be hosting a group invitational (curated by Lara Dann) exploring the mysterious art of dream interpretation entitled "Small Hidden Doors" featuring works by Charles Keiger, Elizabeth Foster, Sarah Kaufman, Lara Dann & Fang Ling Lee.

In this show a group of artists describes their dreams in word and in images. The dual representation is designed to provide both the contrast and connection of the written description and the visual representation of a dream vision to offer the viewer a twofold experience into what Jung called "the deepest and most intimate sanctum of the soul."

The Artist Reception will be on Saturday, November 5th from 7-9pm & the show will hang through the end of November. Red Line Gallery is located at 11519 Kingston Pike, Knoxville, TN 37934 (Campbell Station & Kingston Pike). Phone: 865.288.0277 Website: www.redlinegallery.net The event is free. Wine will be served with Hors D’oeuvres provided by Season’s Cafe.

An exhibition of selections from the School’s Permanent Collection features objects representative of work by current and former instructors.

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

Historians have long mulled over the big and small questions surrounding the American Civil War. Scholars and enthusiasts alike look at the 1860s from every angle and still come up with new theories and ideas. As part of a four month sesquicentennial celebration of the Civil War and Abraham Lincoln’s presidency, Knox County Public Library invites the public to join in a free five-part reading and discussion series called “Let’s Talk About It: Making Sense of the American Civil War.” The library is one of 65 public libraries nationwide receiving grants to host the book discussion series developed by the American Library Association and the National Endowment for the Humanities.

The Library has multiple copies available for check out of each of the three books being discussed. Attendees are encouraged to bring a bag lunch as well as an appetite for meaningful discussion. All programs begin at noon and occur in the East Tennessee History Center Auditorium, 601 South Gay Street , Knoxville , Tennessee , 37902 :

November 2 at 12 PM, March (2005), by Geraldine Brooks

November 23 at 12 PM, Selections from America’s War: Talking about the Civil War and Emancipation on their 150th Anniversaries (2011), by Edward L. Ayers

January 4 at 12:00 PM, Selections from America’s War: Talking about the Civil War and Emancipation on their 150th Anniversaries (2011), by Edward L. Ayers

January 25 at 12:00 PM, Crossroads of Freedom: Antietam (2002), by James McPherson

February 22 at 12:00 PM, Selections from America’s War: Talking about the Civil War and Emancipation on their 150th Anniversaries (2011), by Edward L. Ayers

For more information about the series please visit www.knoxlib.org/lincoln or contact Mary Pom Claiborne, 865-215-8767.

November 1 - Dec. 30 "NOISE!" a traveling exhibition, features 10 interactive exhibits that take a playful look at the physics of sound waves, as well as how music and sound affects out mood. Appropriate for students in K-8. AMSE Second Level.

The American Museum of Science and Energy, located at 300 South Tulane Avenue in Oak Ridge, is open Monday through Saturday from 9 am - 5 pm and Sunday 1 - 5 pm. Admission is Adults $5, Seniors (65+) $4, Students (6 - 17) $3 and Children (5 and under) free. Group rates are available for 20 or more with advance reservations. For more information on AMSE memberships, exhibits, programs, and special events, go to www.amse.org. To schedule a group visit, call AMSE at (865) 576-3200.

November 1 - Dec. 4 "Notable Trees of Tennessee" a photography exhibit of 36 trees selected by the Tennessee Urban Forestry Council. The trees photographed include different species, a cross section of both rural and urban locations throughout the state, and a mix of historic and live trees. Examples of leaf venation and cross section of tree species are displayed. AMSE Lobby

The American Museum of Science and Energy, located at 300 South Tulane Avenue in Oak Ridge, is open Monday through Saturday from 9 am - 5 pm and Sunday 1 - 5 pm. Admission is Adults $5, Seniors (65+) $4, Students (6 - 17) $3 and Children (5 and under) free. Group rates are available for 20 or more with advance reservations. For more information on AMSE memberships, exhibits, programs, and special events, go to www.amse.org. To schedule a group visit, call AMSE at (865) 576-3200.

Jean Hess presents works “Surface Calm” at Clayton Center for the Arts Blackberry Gallery. “Surface Calm” uses surface as a surprise factor. Hess builds up 30-40 layers of resin, paint and phosphorescent dust. According to the artist, “ The depth of the layers hels refract light up from lower layers so there is a kind of glow that one could not achieve with a single layer.” Themes in the artists’ work include geometric patterns inspired by her gandfather’s fabric designs, a lifelong interest in botanical structure of flowers and plants, old family documents such as old school textbooks. To the artist, the issue of meaning involves the artists’ belief set, what the work of art is about and the viewer’s response. “Because of these three very different takes on works of art and their place in the social dialogue, it is very hard for me to claim that my own work has the same meaning to me as another. ….So the show title “Surface Calm” means one thing to me and perhaps many other things to viewers. “ says Hess.

The Blackberry Farm Gallery at Clayton Center for the Arts is one of two art galleries open to the public daily from 10 am to 5 pm. Clayton Center for the Arts: 502 East Lamar Alexander Parkway, Maryville, TN 37804. Info: 865-981-8590, www.ClaytonArtsCenter.com

November 1-27 Art Market Gallery of Knoxville is
pleased to present an exhibit of recent works by Lil Clinard of Loudon and
Elaine Fronczek of Knoxville.

Award-winning watercolor and acrylic painter Lil Clinard strives to express
her response to the natural world through brush stroke, texture, color,
light and composition rather than the control of photographic detail.
Fiber artist Elaine Fronczek fashions clothing and home décor items from
unique fabrics that she creates through a process called wet felting, a
method that dates back over 8000 years that she often combines with the more
modern technique of needle felting.

A First Friday Reception for the exhibit is planned for November 4 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 Knoxville next to the Downtown Grill &
Brewery. Gallery hours are Tuesday-Saturday, 11 am-6 pm & Sunday 1-5 pm.
For more information, call 865-525-5265, visit artmarketgallery.net or join
us on facebook: facebook.com/Art.Market.Gal

The Knoxville Watercolor Society will have a fall showing of mixed media works by its members at the Cherokee Mills from October 18th to November 29th. Cherokee Mills is located at 2200 Sutherland Ave. Known to Knoxville residents as Cherokee Mills in the early 1900's, the space is now a distinct campus style office complex with a large atrium where the KWS will exhibit its newest works. The building is open from 9 AM to 5 PM Monday through Friday. For more information about the show, you may contact Mary Ann Valvoda at 408-0737.