Calendar of Events

October 5: First Friday at Blount Mansion, featuring the historic newspapers we have in our collection on special display. Begins at 5 pm. Light refreshments.

October 13: Big Brothers, Big Sister BIG KnoxVenture Race. Blount Mansion will be a stop during the race.

October 27 and 29: Ghost and Ghouls. A haunted tour around downtown Knoxville put on by the Blount Mansion.

November 7: Blount Mansion and the Knoxville Garden Club will be co-hosting a lecture by the White House florist at the Blount Mansion

December 8: Open House with Christmas Decorations by the Knoxville Garden Club

Blount Mansion, 200 W. Hill Avenue, Knoxville, TN 37902. Information: 865-525-2375, www.blountmansion.org

The Arts & Culture Alliance is pleased to present a new exhibition of finger-printed portraits by Knoxville artist and UT graduate Dena Honea, opening Friday, October 5, at 5:00 PM on the north side of the Balcony at the Emporium Center in Knoxville. Honea will display eight recent portraits including infants and celebrities, and she welcomes requests for commissions.

Born in Two Rivers, Wisconsin, Dena Honea has always had varied interests; everything from drawing and dancing to dirt bikes catches her attention. During her senior year in high school, she first thought of a way to tie her eclectic interests together: design. She attended the University of Wisconsin at Green Bay to pursue a degree in environmental design and later transferred to the University of Tennessee, where she graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Graphic Design. During the past few years, Honea has focused the majority of her time on finger-printed portraits. Her unique portraits are made by prints alone, using her fingers as the paintbrush. No pencils, erasers, or paintbrushes are ever picked up. “This form of art is very personal, considering I am using the one thing that identifies me alone,” says Honea. “I am always in direct contact with the paper, which can be very sentimental.” For more information on Honea’s finger-printed portraits, or to request information on a commission, please visit www.finger-printed.com.

“Finger-printed” will be displayed in the Balcony at the Emporium Center, 100 S. Gay Street. Gallery hours are Monday-Friday 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM with additional hours on Saturday, October 6, 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 Arts & Culture Alliance is pleased to present a new exhibition of pastels, oils, and sculptures by regional artists Kath Girdler Engler and Suzanne Jack entitled “Cultivated Form”. Kath Girdler Engler gathers and repurposes items in order to create human form through her sculptures and wall hangings, and Suzanne Jack paints with energetic brush marks and strong areas of color to reflect the human spirit. Both artists’ works hinge around time, cultivated perceptions, and adaptation. The exhibition will be displayed at the Emporium Center in downtown Knoxville from October 5-26, 2012, and an opening reception will take place as part of First Friday activities on October 5 from 5:00-9:00 PM.

Kath Girdler Engler is a well known sculptor in the Southeastern United States. As the child of a veteran antique dealer and restorer, she was raised to value the old, broken and discarded items that now are often re-purposed in her sculpture. She uses a paper pulp mixture to encrust figurative forms with natural items such as stones, barnacles, bones and vine as well as man made items that have been altered by sun, wind and water. “I collect the ephemera and fragments of our (my) recent past to enrich and texture my sculptures,” says Engler. Her work is in numerous public and private collections and has been exhibited in Italy, France, Japan and New Zealand. Engler is the Creator and Director of “Run With Art” camps for children and is Artist-in-Residence at the Children's Medical Center in Augusta, Georgia. Engler is currently represented at the Mason Murer Gallery in Atlanta. For more information on Kath Girdler Engler, please visit www.kagesculpture.com.

Suzanne Jack works in pastel, oil, and acrylic and currently shows her art at The Art Market Gallery in Knoxville. “Planting the seeds of the future, going out on a limb, and putting down roots are daily reminders of our connection to nature,” says Suzanne Jack. “I am inspired and rejuvenated by nature. My artwork uses luminous light, a vivid color palette, and dynamic energy.” Published in The Pastel Journal, "State of Mind: Artistry of Tennessee" calendar, Knoxville Cityview and Homes & Living magazines, Jack has won regional and national awards. Her artwork has been purchased by private collectors and corporations such as BlueCross BlueShield, Tennessee Valley Authority, Gaylord Opryland, Home Federal Bank, and Corporate Interiors. She has a B.S. in Art Education from Ohio State University and an M.S. in Education from the University of Tennessee. Jack’s community affiliations include Leadership Knoxville 2013 and the Dogwood Arts Festival. For more information on Suzanne Jack, visit www.suzannejack.com.

“Cultivated Form” will be displayed at the Emporium Center, 100 S. Gay Street, from October 5-26, 2012. An opening reception will take place as part of First Friday activities on October 5 from 5:00-9:00 PM with complimentary hors d’oeuvres. Gallery hours are Monday-Friday 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM with additional hours on Saturday, October 6, 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 Arts & Culture Alliance is pleased to present a new exhibition of hand-built lace pottery by Lahla Deakins of Burning Fork Studio, opening Friday, October 5, at 5:00 PM in the display case of the Emporium Center in Knoxville. Deakins combines intricate lace patterns with simple forms to make variety of functional ware, from tumblers and serving dishes to picture frames and jewelry. Lahla Deakins, a native of Johnson City, began taking pottery classes at the University of Tennessee as a journalism student, and instantly fell in love. After working as a copy editor and later receiving her Masters of Liberal Studies at East Tennessee State University, she decided to turn her artistic passion into a business, creating Burning Fork Studio in late 2010. The studio is located at West Jackson Workshops, 514 W. Jackson Ave., Suite 103, where Deakins creates her pottery and offers classes, workshops, and pottery parties for students age 4-adult.

“I’m inspired by vintage china patterns as well as sleek, modern forms, and I’ve always been drawn to rich textures,” says Deakins. “I love experimenting with pressing different types and patterns of lace into the clay—each one gives a piece an entirely unique personality.” Deakins uses lace she has collected from thrift shops, a local bridal shop’s scrap bin, and her own wedding dress, which inspired her to offer bridal lace special orders. Customers can bring her lace from their own wedding dress (or other keepsake lace) to have a custom vase, picture frame, or other piece designed. For more information about lessons and special orders, visit www.burningforkstudio.com.

Deakins’ pottery will be displayed at the Emporium Center, 100 S. Gay Street, from October 5-26, 2012. An opening reception will take place as part of First Friday activities on October 5 from 5:00-9:00 PM with complimentary hors d’oeuvres. Gallery hours are Monday-Friday 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM with additional hours on Saturday, October 6, 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 Arts & Culture Alliance is pleased to present a new exhibition of colorful oils and drawings by Monroe County artist Denny Morelock entitled “Dreamscapes, An Altered Reality”, on display in the Balcony at the Emporium Center in downtown Knoxville from October 5-26, 2012.

Born in upper east Tennessee in the small historic town of Rogersville, Denny Morelock recognized his love for drawing at a young age when he began copying schematic drawings he found in books. In high school, he studied art under the direction of Donald Hilton, an accomplished artist and teacher. In Hilton’s classes, Morelock was able to explore multiple media and showed talent in 2- and 3-D objects of art; he also learned to work with charcoal, pastels, graphite, watercolor and clay sculpting. Morelock studied oil painting at the University of Tennessee with Walter Stevens and Carl Sublett and studied printmaking with Byron McKeeby. Walter Stevens became his mentor and inspired Morelock’s work, praised his insights, and challenged his creativity.

“Dreamscapes, An Altered Reality” will be on display at the Emporium Center, 100 S. Gay Street, from October 5-26, 2012. An opening reception will take place as part of First Friday activities on October 5 from 5:00-9:00 PM with complimentary hors d’oeuvres. Gallery hours are Monday-Friday 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM with additional hours on Saturday, October 6, 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.

At the CENTER FOR CREATIVE MINDS, 23 Emory Place, Knoxville, TN 37917
Featured mixed media from Knoxville area artists.
Opening Reception October 5: 6:00-10:00 pm
Awards Ceremony: October 12
Live Performances: October 5, 12, 19: 6:00-9:00

Vintage footage is captivating no matter the subject. But when East Tennessee herself is major character, local audiences are in for a delightful treat. The Tennessee Archive of Moving Image and Sound, East Tennessee Historical Society, and the Knox County Public Library's McClung Historical Collection are partnering to present a free monthly film series on First Fridays displaying the rare, and often unique, local moving images collected and preserved at the East Tennessee History Center. Also featured in the series will be a variety of art exhibitions by local East Tennessee artists Amy Campbell, Diana Rogers, and Laramie Payne. All programs are held at the East Tennessee History Center and are free to the public.

October 5, 2012 from 6-9 pm:
The Lost Films of Walther Barth , 1927-1940
The Dr. Walther Barth Collection of 16mm home movies feature some of the most unusual and interesting footage found at the Tennessee Archive of Moving Image and Sound. Barth, a German native, began making 16mm home movies in 1927, capturing life in Germany and Europe before the rise of the Nazi regime.

Excerpts screened will include haunting fragments of home life in German villages and cities, swinging Berlin during the 1920s, a secretly-filmed 1930 Nazi march, intriguing and beautiful photographic studies of Dr. Barth’s girlfriends, the only known 1930s-era color footage of the environmentally disastrous Ducktown, Tennessee copper plants, rare 1930s aerial views of downtown Knoxville, and a 1934 trip to Gatlinburg, Tennessee.

Art Exhibit: “ The Primal Eye”, Laramie Payne, Knoxville artist
Knoxville-based artist Laramie Payne’s exhibit “The Primal Eye” perfectly reflects, and accentuates, the sometimes-dark mysterious mood and atmosphere of the Barth footage. Her stark black and white drawings focus on vision, memory, and the original lens, the primal eye of the imagination where all images internal and external take shape. Payne explores how individual vision can shape the ordinary into something at once both familiar and unknown, chilling and moving.

East Tennessee Historical Society, 601 S. Gay Street, Knoxville, TN 37902. Museum hours: Monday-Friday: 9AM-4PM; Saturday: 10AM-4PM; Sunday: 1-5PM. Library: Monday-Tuesday: 9AM-8:30PM; Wednesday-Friday: 9AM-5:30PM; Saturday: 9AM-5PM; Sunday 1-5PM. Information: 865-215-8824, www.easttnhistory.org

On the first Friday of every month, downtown is happening! Art openings from the 100 block of Gay Street into Market Square offer an enjoyable gallery walk downtown. Market Square District members offer performances, food specials and sales to celebrate the vibrancy of our downtown area.

Information: http://www.knoxvillefirstfriday.com or 865-523-7543

Carpetbag Theatre has a black box theatre in the Emporium where we host an open mic event called CAFE NOIR every FIRST FRIDAY. The public can sign up at 7:00pm to share musical, theatrical, and dancing talents.

In Suite 114 of the Emporium Center, 100 S. Gay Street, Knoxville. The Carpetbag Theatre: 865-544-0447, www.carpetbagtheatre.org

After a sold out performance last season with the Southern Fried Chicks and patrons clamoring for an encore, Etta May is back with her “White Trash Diary”.

The Clayton Center for the Arts is located on the Maryville College campus, 502 East Lamar Alexander Parkway, Maryville, TN 37804. Info: 865-981-8590, www.ClaytonArtsCenter.com

Please join us on First Friday, October 5, from 5:00-9:00 p.m.
as we celebrate new exhibitions and local artists at the Emporium Center
100 S. Gay Street, in downtown Knoxville
www.theemporiumcenter.com

Hosted by the Arts & Culture Alliance

Please join us on First Friday, October 5, from 5:00-9:00 p.m.
as we celebrate new exhibitions and local artists at the Emporium Center
100 S. Gay Street, in downtown Knoxville
www.theemporiumcenter.com

Hosted by the Arts & Culture Alliance