Calendar of Events

2012 Tennessee Valley Fair – September 7-16, 2012

Featured events include: MC Hammer – $15, Friday, September 7 – 8 PM
Fairest of the Fair Pageant – $5, Saturday, September 9 – 7 PM
Southern Drawl Band – FREE, Sunday, September 9 at 6 PM
Brad Blackwell – FREE, Sunday, September 9 at 7 PM
Stephen Hunley – FREE, Sunday, September 9 at 8 PM
Kip Moore – $8, Monday, September 10 – 8 PM
Josh Thompson – $5, Tuesday, September 11 – 8 PM
Easton Corbin – $10, Proudly Sponsored by the Tennessee Education Lottery
Wednesday, September 12 – 8 PM
David Nail – $8, Thursday, September 13 – 8 PM
Night Ranger – $10, Friday, September 14 – 8 PM
Con Hunley – $5, Saturday, September 15 – 8 PM
Sawyer Brown – $15, Sunday, September 16 – 8 PM

Tickets go on sale Wednesday, June 6 at 10 AM at www.TNValleyFair.org or by calling (865) 215-1482. Admission tickets will also be available at a discounted rate for a limited time.

The Tennessee Valley Fair is one of the state’s largest multi-day events attracting nearly 140,000 people each year. The 93rd annual fair begins the Friday after Labor Day, September 7-16. Known for its innovative exhibits, livestock shows, concert series, action sports, exciting rides and a variety of unique fun foods, the Tennessee Valley Fair offers tremendous family entertainment at a great value. The Fair is also proud to present nightly fireworks sponsored by the Tennessee Education Lottery. For more information, please visit www.tnvalleyfair.org or call (865) 215-1470.

Come and Get It at the Tennessee Valley Fair, September 7-16. In 2012, the Fair is gearing up to debut a variety of unique new attractions, contests and exhibits for East Tennesseans to enjoy:

Local Artist Spotlight – Sunday, September 9 – 6 PM
Experience some of East Tennessee’s best up & coming musicians free with your paid fair admission.
Don’t Miss: Brad Blackwell, Stephen Hunley and Southern Drawl Band

Einstein Simplified Comedy Improv – Friday, September 14 – 6 PM
Einstein Simplified has been entertaining Knoxville and surrounding areas since 1994. Don’t miss this free family friendly night of laughs.

Paul Bunyan Lumberjack Show – September 7-16 – Multiple Daily Showtimes
Truly a giant in family entertainment, this action-packed lumberjack show features log rolling, log rolling dogs, chopping, sawing, axe throwing, dragster chainsaw, tree climbing and much more!

Football Free-For-All! – Wednesday, September 12 – 7 PM
Experience the thrill of football in a whole new way – derby style! Watch as “Tennessee” & “Florida” battle it out in our Action Sports arena. This family-friendly event is a fun way to get pumped for the upcoming SEC matchup on Sept 15. Wear your team colors and come out to support your team!

Texas Roadhouse: “How to Create Legendary Ribs” – Saturday, September 15 – 6 PM
Learn how they create their signature ribs! Free live cooking demonstration on our Culinary Arts Stage.

“Best of” Concessionaire Fair Food Contest - Friday, September 7 – (Judging will occur pre-Fair)
Ever wonder who has the best corn dog, funnel cake and candy apple at the fair? In 2012, we’ll showcase the best food the fair has to offer. Winning concessionaires will display a “Best of the Tennessee Valley Fair” banner.

Pink Day Hoe Down – Sunday, September 9 – 3 PM (Paint the Fair Pink Day)
Line dance to help stomp out breast cancer! Rock your best cowgirl/cowboy couture and boot scoot with the Texas Roadhouse line dance team! Donation requested to participate – all proceeds benefit Susan G. Komen for the Cure, Knoxville Affiliate.. No sign-up required, just show up & boot scoot!

The 94th annual Tennessee Valley Fair is scheduled for September 6-15, 2013.

Tennessee Valley Fair
P.O. Box 6066
Knoxville, TN 37914
P: 865-215-1473

Website: http://www.tnvalleyfair.org

September 4-30, Art Market Gallery of Knoxville is pleased to present an exhibit of recent works by Mary Ann Valvoda of Loudon and Jen Hamilton of Knoxville.

Award-winning watercolorist Mary Ann Valvoda will be exhibiting a collection of her recent works. Mary Ann studied at the Cleveland Institute of Art and is a Signature Member of the Ohio and Tennessee Watercolor Societies as well at the Knoxville and Southern Watercolor Societies. In her more recent works, she is "excited about using pigments to flow across the paper, yet trying to maintain control of the final appearance of the painting." She has works in private collections throughout the US.

Artist Jen Hamilton creates her mixed media sculptures from recycled objects such as bicycle parts, dismantled electronics, colored wire and found scraps of metal and plastic. She says that she really enjoys "reusing objects from the the waste stream, and transforming them into objects of value and desire."

A First Friday Reception for the exhibit is planned for September 8th from 5:30-9 pm with complimentary refreshments and live music performed by violinist Elise Van Patten.

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

The District Gallery is pleased to present Equine Spirit, a collection of horse-inspired fine art and craft. The exhibit seeks to convey the essence of the horse through various media and includes the work of established gallery artists and introduces new artists to the gallery.

Current gallery artists were called to step beyond their comfort zone while embracing the equine theme. Artists who rose to this challenge include Donna Conliffe, Gary Dagnan, Ruth Koh, Jane Schmidt and others. Additionally, we are thrilled to introduce the work of veteran equine artists Dan Addington, Nan Jacobsohn, Mase Lucas and Rachael McCampbell.

A portion of the show proceeds will benefit Horse Haven of Tennessee, a nonprofit rescue operation for abused and neglected equine. For more information about Horse Haven of Tennessee, please visit their website at www.horsehaventn.org.

Equine Spirit will run September 4-29, with an artist reception Friday, Sept. 14 from 5:30-9 p.m. The reception will feature live music by the Dirty Dougs.
865-200-4452, 5113 Kingston Pike, Knoxville, TN 37919.

An exhibit comprised of photographs by Diane Fox and collages by Deb Shmerler inspired by their travels.
Reception: Friday September 14, 2012 6:00 to 7:30 p.m.
Artists’ Talks at 6:30 p.m.

Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church, 2931 Kingston Pike
Gallery Hours: Monday - Thursday, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m., Friday, 9 a.m. – 4:30 p.m., Sunday, 9 a.m. – 12 p.m.

The Town of Farragut Arts Council presents Sherby Jones as the featured artist for September and October. Her work is on display in specially designed cases on the second floor of the rotunda in the Farragut Town Hall.

A University of Tennessee graduate, Jones has an extensive background in theatre and education. She has produced and directed many theatrical performances at venues such as the Clarence Brown Theatre and formed a drama club at Pellissippi State Technical Community College. She has served on the boards of many Knoxville organizations, including the Foothills Craft Guild and currently the Candoro Marble Museum. From 2002-07, Jones owned and operated the Mountain Laurel Gallery at The Candy Factory, later relocated to the Candoro Marble Museum. The gallery featured much of her work, as well as that of other local and regional artists and craftsmen. She considers her greatest artistic honor to have been in 1993 when her angel was chosen to top First Lady Hillary Clinton's Blue Room Christmas tree at the White House. As part of the Clinton's celebration of the Year of the American Craftsman, artists around the nation were encouraged to send angel themed decorations for the White House.

For more information about this exhibit or to access a Featured Artist of the Month application, please contact Lauren Cox at lauren.cox@townoffarragut.org or 966-7057 or visit www.townoffarragut.org (Departments, Parks & Leisure Services, Arts & Culture). The Farragut Town Hall is open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and is located at 11408 Municipal Center Drive directly across from the Farragut Branch Post Office.

Friday 8/31
Silent Old Mountain
The Grits and Soul Band

Saturday 9/1
Grassroots Gringos WestWend

Monday 9/3
Jonny Monster Band

Tuesday 9/4
Water Liars
Emily Burdette

Wednesday 9/5
John Francis
Dustin Sellers

Thursday 9/6
Dead Tree String Band
Stephanie Day

Friday 9/7
Kenny Owens
Annabelle's Curse

Saturday 9/8
Chelle Rose
Shiny and the Spoon

Monday 9/10
Contraversial
Keegan McInroe

Tuesday 9/11
Phil Lee
Lachlan Bryan

Wednesday 9/12
Jessica Campbell and Heather Morgan
Old North State

Thursday 9/13
MilkDrive
As Girls Go

Friday 9/14
Jackstraw
Redeye

Saturday 9/15
The Fustics
Old Rusty Mandolin

12:00 noon at Knoxville Visitor Center, 301 South Gay St. 37902.

Following the highly successful run of Amadeus in 2010, the Clarence Brown Theatre and the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra will collaborate once again on the Tony Award winning musical Sweeney Todd at the Clarence Brown Theatre. Starring Dale Dickey, directed by Calvin MacLean with musical direction provide by maestro Lucas Richman, the Sondheim musical tells the story of Benjamin Barker, a London barber wrongly transported to an overseas penal colony so a corrupt judge could seduce his young wife. Returning to London after 15 years, he changes his name to Sweeney Todd and joins forces with Mrs. Lovett, the proprietress of the meat pie shop underneath his former tonsorial parlor. As Sweeney prepares for the moment he can exact his revenge on the judge, Mrs. Lovett puts his murderous rehearsals to good culinary use. Soon, the customers begin lining up in droves for Mrs. Lovett’s new, wondrously tasty meat pies while the dregs of London line up for a close shave, compliments of Sweeney Todd.

Clarence Brown Theatre / Carousel Theatre, 1714 Andy Holt Ave on the UT campus, Knoxville, TN 37996. For information: 865-974-5161, www.clarencebrowntheatre.com. For tickets: 865-974-5161, 865-656-4444, www.knoxvilletickets.com

Pellissippi State Community College and the Tennessee Consortium for International Studies will host a special traveling art exhibit from Mexico Aug. 27-Sept. 12. With the presentation of “Masks of Michoacán,” this will be the fourth year the college and TnCIS have worked with the Ministry of Culture of Michoacán to bring an international art exhibit to East Tennessee.

TnCIS, whose headquarters are at Pellissippi State, and the Ministry of Culture of Michoacán, a Mexican state, are sponsoring the exhibit. TnCIS is dedicated to making international education and cultural understanding a central goal of higher education in Tennessee. The consortium offers study abroad opportunities to college students throughout the state.

The Michoacán collection, which includes 40 wooden masks from the Mask Museum in the Centro Cultural Antiguo Colegio Jesuita in Pátzcuaro, brings to life the attitudes and values of those whose culture the pieces represent. According to early chroniclers and historians, Mesoamerican cultures used masks in rituals and indigenous ceremonies. The masks were made in a variety of shapes, sizes, and colors and were used in secular and religious celebrations, dances, and pantomimes.

The exhibit is free and open to the public. Group tours from schools, art classes or artist groups are welcome and may be arranged with advance notice. An opening reception, which is free and open to the public, is scheduled for Monday, Aug. 27, at 3:15 p.m. in Pellissippi State’s Bagwell Center for Media and Art lobby.

“Masks of Michoacán” is one of the events that make up Pellissippi State’s new arts series, “The Arts at Pellissippi State.” The series brings to the community cultural activities ranging from music and theatre to international celebrations, lectures and the fine arts.

Exhibit hours are Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. The showing is in the Bagwell Center gallery at the Hardin Valley Campus.

For additional information or to schedule a group tour, contact Linnette Legg at (865) 539-7064 or llegg@pstcc.edu. To request accommodations for a disability, contact the executive director of Human Resources at (865) 694-6607 or humanresources@pstcc.edu.

Additional information about TnCIS is available at www.tncis.org. For more about Pellissippi State, visit www.pstcc.edu or call (865) 694-6400.

Featuring Joshua Dudley Greer/Andrew Scott Ross/Mark Bradley-Shoup

The three artists selected for this year’s exhibition have a common interest in referencing the urban environment, the boundaries along which nature and civilization intersect, and the way in which ordinary images can serve as metaphors for complex realities.

Contemporary Focus is the KMA’s annual exhibition series designed to serve as a vital means of recognizing, supporting and documenting the development of contemporary art in East Tennessee. Each year, the exhibition series features the work of artists who are living and making art in this region, and who are exploring issues relevant to the larger world of contemporary art.

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

Now through September 29th, an exhibit of works by the artist-members of Art Market Gallery of Knoxville will be on display in the Denso Gallery in the main Clayton Art Center Building. The exhibit features two- and three-dimensional artworks in various mediums: painting/drawing, clay, wood, fiber, jewelry, photography, metal, and glass. A Reception during the Last Friday Art Walk is planned for both August 31st and September 28th from 5:30-8:30 pm and the public is invited. The exhibit may also be viewed during Clayton Center's normal operating hours Monday-Friday, 10-6 and during special events at the center. Clayton Art Center is located at 502 E. Lamar Alexander Parkway in Maryville. Phone 865-981-8590 or visit claytonartscenter.com