Calendar of Events

The Townsend Artisan Guild, Great Smoky Mountain Heritage Center and Blount Partnership are presenting the fourth annual Smoky Mountain Fiber Arts Festival at the Heritage Center in Townsend Tennessee. This festival is an interactive fiber arts event ranging from the source of the fiber to finished products. Activities include animal exhibitions and spinning fur into fiber, educational demonstrations of fiber processes, hands-on projects for children and adults, classes and workshops, fiber arts market of competed fiber goods and fiber arts supplies, and information about local fiber activities, businesses, and instructional resources. Further information is available on www.smokymountainfiberartsfestival.org.

In April the Knoxville Choral Society will join with the KSO to perform Verdi’s Requiem, Messa da Requiem. Under the direction of Maestro Lucas Richman.

Performed at the Historic Tennessee Theatre, 604 S. Gay Street, Knoxville, TN 37902. For information and tickets: 865-291-3310, www.knoxvillesymphony.com

The popular and free music concert series hosted by Pellissippi State Community College throughout the academic year presents five more performances for the 2012-13 season. Concerts in the series include offerings ranging from instrumental ensembles to choral performances to jazz/bluegrass “jams.”

All performances in the series are offered at no charge. However, donations are welcome at the door for the Pellissippi State Foundation on behalf of the Music Scholarship Fund.

Concerts take place in the Clayton Performing Arts Center on the Hardin Valley Campus in Knoxville. Plenty of free parking is available. Early arrival at the performances is suggested for the best seating.

The remaining performances in the 2012-13 Pellissippi State Music Concert Series are:

April 18, 7 p.m.—Instrumental Concert

May 2, 7 p.m.—Spring Choral Concert

For additional information about the Music Concert Series or The Arts at Pellissippi State, visit www.pstcc.edu/arts or call (865) 694-6400.

18 April 2013
1st Annual Bijou Theatre Awards
U.S. Cellular Stage at the Bijou Theatre, Knoxville TN

Katherine Dohan and Alanna Stewart, two young, self-taught filmmakers from Memphis, Tennessee, are heading out on a cross-country tour this month, spanning three weeks and over a dozen towns. The Birdhouse will host an exclusive screening of their movie, What I Love About Concrete, on Thursday, April 18 at 7:30pm.

A homespun high school fairy tale screwball comedy six years in the making, What I Love About Concrete follows Molly Whuppie on her quest to revive a magical dead swan, all the while navigating the absurdities of high school history projects and abstinence-only sex-education. Armed with only a shoestring budget, a grand vision, and an off-kilter sense of humor, Dohan and Stewart turned to homemade special effects, original music, puppetry, and an eclectic cast of community actors to realize their uncanny take on the classic heroine’s journey.

The two young women drew inspiration from folk tales and mythology, as well as their experiences as teenagers in Memphis, for their original script. Says Dohan, “It may seem like some of the scenes in this movie are far-fetched, but actually most of them are based on real experiences! Especially the sex-ed classes and the strange nooks and crannies of the city, which teenagers happen to find themselves in.”

Dohan and Stewart became friends behind a shared music stand in the oboe section of the middle school band in 2000. They soon recognized a shared sense of humor and cockeyed view of the world, and began collaborating on humorous short videos and Shakespeare parodies, featuring Alanna’s sister and Concrete star, Morgan Rose Stewart, in the lead.

What I Love About Concrete will screen at 7:30pm on Thursday, April 18 followed by a Q+A session with the directors. For more information, visit www.birdhouseknoxville.com or www.whatiloveaboutconcrete.com
Filmmaker Contact: Alanna Stewart / childrenarehere@gmail.com / 901.493.8900
Venue Contact: William Isom / birdhouse.knoxville@gmail.com

MFA Thesis Exhibition: Neil Ward and Shelly O'Barr
April 17 - April 19, 2013
RECEPTION, Friday, April 19, 2013, 6-9pm
GALLERY HOURS: Wed - Fri 11-6PM, Sat 10-3PM

The best of local humor returns in Forbidden Knoxville Goes Psycho - a musical satire of all things Knoxvegas. Flying Anvil Theatre presents this no-holds-barred cabaret skewering the foibles and follies of naughty local newsmakers and politicians using songs from Carly Rae Jepsen to Elvis to Broadway.
Stacey Campfield? Check. UT Frat boys' unusual drinking habits? Check.TVA, local news casts, wine in grocery stores? They're all covered.

The show is produced by Flying Anvil Theatre's Executive Director Staci Swedeen and musical directed by Christopher Hamblin. Rounding out the cast are Dana Wham, Krisha Newport, Jim Richardson and Bill Howard.
Forbidden Knoxville Goes Psycho runs Friday and Saturday, April 12 and 13, Friday April 19 and Friday and Saturday, April 26 and 27. All shows are at 10 PM. Tickets are $15 at the door. Big Fatty's is located at 5005 Kingston Pike. Seating is limited and reservations can be made by calling (865) 219-8317.

Farragut and feeder schools
Exhibit Reception - April 19, 6:30-8:00 PM

Fountain City Art Center, 213 Hotel Ave, Knoxville, TN 37918. Hours: Tuesday & Thursday, 9AM-5PM; Wednesday & Friday, 10AM-5PM; Saturday, 9AM-1PM. Information: 865-357-2787, www.fountaincityartctr.com

Bliss Home is pleased to present Nature's Splash of Colors, an exhibit by international award winning photographer, Dennis Sabo. Nature's Splash of Colors is an interpretation of the "growing interest and concern for our environmental impact and fragile ecosystems". Each photo is taken of natural, common subjects which are refined into an interpretive collage of color, motion and textures.

Dennis Sabo hails from Loudon, Tennessee where he specializes in contemporary fine art abstract, landscape and seascape photography. Dennis' photography has been featured in a variety of books and magazines, like Blue Planet, Living Southern Style and Ocean Conservancy.

Bliss Home 29 Market Square Knoxville, TN 37902
Friday, April 5th, 2013 through the end of the month
Opening Reception: Friday, April 5th, 2013 6pm to 9pm. Complimentary snacks and drinks will be served.

The Art Market Gallery of Knoxville will present two exhibits in April: a show of recent works by painter/printmaker Gay Davis Bryant and wood-turner Janis Proffitt, both of Knoxville, and the annual Members Silent Auction, which is a Dogwood Arts Festival Featured Event.

A First Friday opening reception for the exhibits is planned for 5:30 to 9 p.m., Friday, April 5, with complimentary refreshments and live folk and “new grass” music on guitar and ukelele by Molly Rochelson. The reception also opens bidding on a large variety of works by gallery artists and artisans for the annual Members Silent Auction, which will run April 5 – 28.

The Art Market Gallery is located at 422 South Gay St., next to the Downtown Grill & Brewery, and a few doors away from Mast General Store. Hours are 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday through Saturday, and 1 to 5 p.m., Sunday. The gallery is handicapped accessible. For more information, call 865-525-5265, or visit artmarketgallery.net, or facebook.com/Art.Market.Gallery.

The Annual Members Silent Auction at the Art Market Gallery will be held April 5-28. This Dogwood Arts Festival Featured Event allows visitors to bid on original artworks by the gallery’s 60 professional artists for a chance to buy them at a fraction of their value. Some 60 items, running the gamut from paintings to pottery, will be available for bidding. This year, in response to requests by patrons, the auction will take place during a longer period of time than in the past.

The first day of bidding on auction items coincides with the monthly First Friday Reception from 5:30 to 9 p.m. April 5, to which the public is invited. The reception also gives the public an opportunity to meet many of the gallery’s artists as well as enjoy the complimentary refreshments and live music.

Member owned and operated by more than 60 regional artists, the Art Market Gallery has been a cultural icon in Knoxville for 30 years. The handicapped-accessible gallery is situated at 422 S. Gay St., next to the downtown Grill & Brewery and a few doors down from Mast General Store. Gallery hours are 11a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, and 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday. For more information, call 865-525-5265, visit artmarketgallery.net, or facebook.com/Art.Market.Gallery.

Exhibition title: “Find your match, enjoy your prize”
What could define the traits most likely to lead to relationship success? Could certain characteristics predict compatibility and lead too more satisfying relationships with objects? Color, form, material and the intervention of the artist hand-thought that transform the common objects into an art object have the power to achieve this goal.

Patricia Tinajero's installation allows visitors to be matched with compatible object with which they are likely to enjoy a long-term relationship. The Compatibility Matching System to find compatible long-term relationships between objects and people are based on individual taste. The installation matches every day and art objects with individuals those want to be matched on the site.

HoLa Hora Latina, Emporium Building, 100 S. Gay St. Suite 109, Knoxville, TN
Friday, April 05, 2013 from 5 to 9 pm - Opening Reception
Info: 865-335-3358, www.holafestival.org