Calendar of Events

The East Tennessee Historical Society and the Tennessee State Museum are pleased to announce that the Tennessee Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission’s official traveling exhibition, Common People in Uncommon Times, will be on view at the Museum of East Tennessee History through January 13, 2013.

This pictorial narrative represents a diverse array of personalities--Confederate soldiers, Union sympathizers, African-Americans, gallant women-- whose sagas illustrate a land divided. The saga of personal struggle and endurance during the Civil War is presented on 10 graphic panels taken from the State Museum’s collection of photographs and artifacts from the era, as well as from other collections across the state. Each panel portrays a different theme: Confederate leaders, Union leaders, African-Americans, civilian home front, common soldiers, war on the water, reconstruction and commemoration.

The exhibition commemorates the 150th anniversary of the Civil Will and is accompanied by a tie-in exhibit, In Death Not Divided: Civil War Tombstones and the Stories They Tell, organized by the East Tennessee Historical Society.

From bridge burners to hangings, heroes to villains, grand monuments to simple stones, In Death Not Divided: Civil War Tombstones and the Stories They Tell is an intensely personal look at East Tennessee's Civil War experience.

November 2--January 13. Monday--Friday, 9 a.m.-4p.m., Saturday, 10 a.m.-4p.m., Sunday 1-5p.m.
Museum of East Tennessee History, 601 S. Gay Street, Knoxville

Circle Modern Dance Classes
Circle classes are continuing on with a great new lineup of teachers coming in ready to have a fun time in the dance studio.

**Note NO classes on 11/21 & 11/25. Have a Happy Thanksgiving.**
Wednesdays 6:00-7:30pm Contemporary Modern Dance Technique with Morgan Fleming
Wednesdays 7:30-9:00pm Adult Open Level Ballet taught by Mary Alford
Sundays 3:00-4:30pm Open Level Modern Dance Technique with TBD
Sundays 4:30-6:00pm Improvisation Techniques with Mary Alford
As a reminder class pricing will remains:
$5 per class (first class free)
$50 Unlimited Classes July-December 2012*
*If you have purchased an unlimited pass in 2011 and have not already registered for the new year, please renew if you plan to attend this way in 2012.

Please check out our website:http://www.circlemoderndance.com and Like us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/CircleModernDance! Follow us on Twitter too! @CircleModern

The Arts & Culture Alliance is pleased to present a new exhibition of works by Nick DeFord entitled “Alleged Posthumous Writings”, opening Friday, November 2, at 5:00 PM on the north side of the Balcony at the Emporium Center in Knoxville. Nick DeFord is an artist and educator from Knoxville. He received his MFA from Arizona State University and his BFA from the University of Tennessee. His work has been exhibited nationally, with recent exhibitions at the Knoxville Museum of Art and the Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts in New Jersey. His work has also appeared recently in Elephant Magazine and Strange Attractors: Investigations in Non-Humanoid Extraterrestrial Sexualities. He has previously taught at both Arizona State University and the University of Tennessee and recently became the Program Manager for Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts.

“Alleged Posthumous Writings” will be displayed in the Balcony at the Emporium Center, 100 S. Gay Street, from November 2-30, 2012. An opening reception will take place as part of First Friday activities on November 2 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, November 3, from 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM. Please note, the Emporium will be closed November 22-23 for the holiday. 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 drawings and sculptures by local artists Sally Ham Govan and Bill Cook, Jr. entitled “Drawn and Carved”. Govan’s charcoal pencil, pastel, and digital works will be displayed with Cook’s marble sculptures at the Emporium Center in downtown Knoxville from November 2-30, 2012, and an opening reception will take place as part of First Friday activities on November 2 from 5:00-9:00 PM.

Sally Ham Govan has an MFA in illustration from the University of Hartford and a BFA in drawing and graphic design from the University of Tennessee. She currently designs and edits websites and publications at Middle Tennessee State University.

As one of six children, Bill Cook, Jr. grew up in the foothills of East Tennessee. As a young child, he took up wood carving with a pocket knife and could often be found creating small carvings from the plentiful cedar wood on the family farm. He attended the University of Tennessee and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1995. It was there that he discovered sculpting in clay and in the late 1990s, he started to use marble as a sculptural medium.

“Drawn and Carved” will be displayed at the Emporium Center, 100 S. Gay Street, from November 2-30, 2012. An opening reception will take place as part of First Friday activities on November 2 from 5:00-9:00 PM with complimentary hors d’oeuvres and wine. Gallery hours are Monday-Friday 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM with additional hours on Saturday, November 3, from 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM. Please note, the Emporium will be closed November 22-23 for the holiday. For more information, please contact the Arts & Culture Alliance at (865) 523-7543 or visit www.knoxalliance.com.

Based on A True Story
Chris Miner, Matthew Garrison & Yeon Jin Kim
UT Downtown Gallery
November 2 – 21
Reception Friday November 2, from 5 - 9 pm

UT Downtown Gallery will behosting during the month of Novemeber, the exhibition: BASED ON A TRUE STORY.
The artists in “Based on a True Story” use narrative in their work in a variety of ways.

Chris Miner`s videos include autobiographical fragments, ruminative monologues, family history, dramatic events, and sometimes allegorical or iconic elements.

Matthew Garrison`s videos also complicate the issue of the real and the fictional, combining, for example documentary footage from the Iraq war with sequences from D.W. Griffiths films.

Yeon Jin Kim makes scroll drawings hundreds of feet long and builds models and sets out of common household materials, which she then films to make narrative videos.

Please join us for a reception and meet these artists, Friday night November 2 from 5:00pm until 9:00pm. Admission is free and open to the public.

Gallery hours are Wed- Fri 11-6 and Sat 10-3.

"2 X 20" works by Kentucky's finest working folk artists on display November 1 -February 2, 2013 at the Kentucky Folk Art Center 102 West First Street, Morehead, KY 40351,
(606) 783 2204. www.kyfolkart.org

"The Old Geezer's Christmas", Dick Whitson, artist.
Union Avenue Books, 517 Union Avenue, Knoxville, TN 37902.
Reception First Friday, 6:00 - 8:00 PM, Friday November 2.
Artwork will be on display November through December.

Browse through our collection of salvaged architectural pieces susch as doors and hardware, wood flooring, pedestal sinks, light fixtures and more.

Thursdays (excluding Thanksgiving) in November and December 1:00-5:00 PM.
Knox Heritage Office, 1300 N. Broadway.

November 1-25, Art Market Gallery of Knoxville is pleased to present an exhibit of recent works by Lisa Kurtz and Joe Parrott, both of Knoxville.

Lisa Kurtz, who holds a BA and MA in Ceramics from the University of Louisville, will be exhibiting a collection of her recent works in clay. Her pieces, made with white stoneware clay, are a fusion of traditional forms with contemporary touches and are completely functional. Lisa is a member of several regional craft guilds.

Joe Parrott, an award-winning cityscape and landscape painter, renders his subject matter masterfully in oils in a thick, impasto style. The lights, shadows and reflections that he observes in the landscape are what inspire him to paint. His works are in many public and private collections.

A First Friday Reception for the exhibit is planned for November 2nd 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 a 422 South Gay Street in Knoxville next to the Downtown Grill & Brewery. Gallery hours are Monday-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

Janusz Kapusta
November 1 - 14, 2012
Reception: November 11, 2-4pm, Ewing Gallery.
Lecture: November 12, 5:30pm, rm 109 Art and Architecture Building.

Gallery Hours: Monday through Friday 11:30AM-5:00PM, closed Saturday and Sunday.

Ewing Gallery of Art & Architecture
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
1715 Volunteer Blvd.
Knoxville, TN 37996-2410
ph: 865.974.3200

Janusz Kapusta, an acclaimed Polish artist who lives in New York City, will lecture on his work, which will be presented as an exhibition in the Ewing Gallery. The lecture and exhibition is jointly sponsored by the College of Architecture and Design, the School of Art, and the Marek Maria Pienkowski Foundation.

Rhapsody in K-Dron will be a two and three dimensional installation, featuring a model of the K-Dron. The K-Dron is the geometrical form defined by its complexity and subtly. Discovered by Janusz Kapusta in 1985 and patented in 1987, the name K-Dron originates from K, the 11th letter of the alphabet, and GK-EDRON, the Greek word for surface.
This exhibition is held in honor of Polish Independence Day on November 11th.
Ewing Gallery: November 1 - November 14, 2012

RECEPTION: Sunday November 11, 2012
Ewing Gallery, 2-4PM
LECTURE: Monday, November 12, 2012, 5:30pm
room 109 A+A Building
GALLERY HOURS:
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday: 10AM - 5PM
Thursday: 10AM-5PM and 6:30 - 8:30PM
Friday: 10AM - 5PM
Sunday: 1-4PM

The Tennessee Valley Players invites you to "My Way: A Tribute to the Music of Frank Sinatra", directed by Edmund Bolt with musical direction by Trey Daugherty. The tribute will include favorite Sinatra tunes, such as “Fly Me To The Moon,” “I’ve Got You Under My Skin,” and “The Lady Is A Tramp”, sung in a cabaret style setting.

Performances are Thursday November 1 at 7:30 PM, Friday November 2 at 7:30 PM, Sunday November 4 at 3:00 PM, Thursday November 8 at 7:30 pm, Friday November 9 at 7:30 PM and Sunday November 11 at 3:00PM at the Great Hall of St. John's Cathedral in downtown Knoxville on the corner of Cumberland and Walnut. Park and enter in back from Church Street.

Tickets are $15 per person and cash, checks and credit cards are accepted.
Light refreshments are provided

More information at www.tennesseevalleyplayers.org or call (865) 584-8173.