Calendar of Events

Clayton Center for the Arts will have free Swing Dancing on the Plaza Monday, June 10 and 24 from 6:30-9:30 PM. Live dance music will be provided by Ensemble Swing Time.

In recent years there has been resurgence of interest in Swing Music and Swing Dance. Ensemble Swing Time allows fans to return to the musical joys and romance that filled the airwaves -- to those ballrooms, nightclubs, college gyms and theaters in which the great bands played. For those who weren't there, they hope to provide a real feeling of the era and its music.

Ensemble Swing Time has been a favorite at the Clayton Center for the Arts, playing to enthusiastic and full crowds in the Summer Music and Cozy Winter Nights Music Series.

Recent works by fiber artist Pat Delashmit and painter Gary Dagnan will be featured during the month of June at the Art Market Gallery in downtown Knoxville.

Pat Delashmit of Maryville has been weaving for more than 25 years and sees endless possibilities with this medium.
Her inspiration comes from East Tennessee’s landscape, a love of the ocean and seashore, and seasonal changes, weather, even the light of day.

Gary Dagnan has been a landscape painter for more than 40 years. He has won numerous awards and his art is represented in many private, corporate and public collections, among them the TVA, Ruby Tuesday and the Hunter Museum of Art in Chattanooga. The body of work to be displayed in this exhibit is a series of recent paintings entitled “Woodlands.”

A First Friday opening reception for the exhibits is planned for 5:30 to 9 p.m., Friday, June 7, with complimentary refreshments and acoustic, folk and blues music on guitar or banjo by Crispy Watkins. Many member artists will be on hand to meet and mingle with visitors.

Member owned and operated by more than 60 professional regional artists, 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 Knoxville Watercolor Society will celebrate its 50th Anniversary with a show of works at the UT Downtown Gallery. This exhibit will not only highlight works of current members but will also exhibit works by former members who were instrumental in founding the organization, promoting its growth and in expanding the appreciation of aqueous media as a significant art form through their efforts and accomplishments. To commemorate this history, a part of the show will comprised paintings by twelve former members: Robert Birdwell, Richard Clarke, Kermit "Buck" Ewing, George Galloway, Martha Godwin, Arlene Goff, David Joyner, Josephine Mayo, Margaret Scanlan, Walter "Holly" Stevens, Carl Sublett and Betsy Worden.

At the First Friday opening reception on June 7th from 5 to 9 PM, the group will give a tribute to its charter members who founded KWS in 1963, the past presidents who lead the organization over this period and honorary members who have distinguished themselves both through their artistic accomplishments and their service. Light refreshments will be served.

The UT Downtown Gallery is located at 106 S. Gay St. in downtown Knoxville. Gallery hours are 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Wednesday-Friday, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday. There is no admission charge

Reception: Friday, June 7, 5-9pm. Free admission and the public is welcome.
10AM - 3PM. Information: 865-673-0802, http://web.utk.edu/~downtown

The Arts & Culture Alliance is pleased to present a new exhibition featuring over 40 colorful clay paintings by Knoxville artist Regina Renee Turner entitled “Love & Peace: Expressions of the Bible”. To create her clay paintings, Turner drips the paint onto canvas, rarely using any tools in the process. The cracked clay paints lend a feeling of antiquity, and the vibrant colors draw the viewer.

“Love & Peace” by Regina Renee Turner will be on display at the Emporium Center, 100 S. Gay Street, from June 7-28, 2013. An opening reception will take place as part of First Friday activities on June 7 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, June 8, 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 featuring selections from the Association for Visual Arts’ Juried Members Exhibition, featuring original art by over 20 professional and emerging artists in the Chattanooga area, including painting, etching, mixed media, sculpture, drawing, photography, and more. The exhibition will be displayed at the Emporium Center in downtown Knoxville from June 7-28, 2013, and an opening reception will take place as part of First Friday activities on June 7 from 5:00-9:00 PM with complimentary chocolate fondue provided by The Melting Pot.

For the first time in its organizational history, the Arts & Culture Alliance of Greater Knoxville proudly partners with the Association for Visual Arts (AVA) in Chattanooga for the purpose of promoting local artists within each community. In January and February of 2013, AVA displayed a selection of work by seventeen Knoxville-area artists in their gallery space at 30 Frazier Avenue on the Tennessee River. In exchange, the Alliance now presents this exhibition of works by AVA members at the Emporium.

The exhibition will be on display at the Emporium Center, 100 S. Gay Street, from June 7-28, 2013. An opening reception will take place as part of First Friday activities on June 7 from 5:00-9:00 PM. Gallery hours are Monday-Friday 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM with additional hours on Saturday, June 8, 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.

Also on display in the Emporium during the same time frame:
"Love & Peace: Expressions of the Bible" by Regina Turner
Quilts by Kit Hoefer
Functional and sculptural works in clay by Gray Bearden
Selections from "Presence" by Kelly Hider

The Tennessee Valley Players is proudly presenting the Rodgers & Hammerstein's musical, "South Pacific" this June. Set in an island paradise during World War II, two parallel love stories are threatened by the dangers of prejudice and war. Nellie, a spunky nurse from Arkansas, falls in love with a mature French planter, Emile. Nellie learns that the mother of his children was an island native and, unable to turn her back on the prejudices with which she was raised, refuses Emile’s proposal of marriage. Meanwhile, the strapping Lt. Joe Cable denies himself the fulfillment of a future with an innocent Tonkinese girl with whom he’s fallen in love out of the same fears that haunt Nellie. When Emile is recruited to accompany Joe on a dangerous mission that claims Joe’s life, Nellie realizes that life is too short not to seize her own chance for happiness, thus confronting and conquering her prejudices.

Performances are June 7-23 - Fridays & Saturdays at 7:30 PM and Sundays at 3:00 PM.
www.tennesseevalleyplayers.org

Children (and adults) all over the world have identified with Babe, who must find his way in a complicated world, represented by Farmer Hoggett’s busy farm. This book was the also the basis of the 1995 film Babe, which was nominated for seven Academy Awards.
Like many young pigs, Babe has been separated from his parents and finds himself at Farmer Hoggett’s property, where the farm is abuzz with activity. There are sheep, roosters, dogs, turkeys, cats, and other animals around, and all of them seem to have a job, or “purpose” as Babe puts it. Except Babe himself. Farmer Hoggett’s wife, however, has a “purpose” in mind for Babe: Christmas dinner! Babe wants to fit in on the farm, but he also wants to achieve a better destiny for himself. With the help of a motherly sheep-dog named Fly, Babe may just achieve his goal of finding a new “purpose.” As the Grand Champion Sheep Dog Trials grow nearer, Babe dreams of being something no animal has ever been: a Sheep-Pig. Babe’s hard work and spirit of cooperation have touched readers’ hearts around the world, having been translated into over fifteen languages and adapted into an Oscar-winning film. Babe, The Sheep-Pig is a perfect play to open our new theatre, thanks to the heartfelt direction of Caroline King and the animal-inspired choreography by Jennie Cunic. The play is performed by 18 talented young actors, from ages 6 to 14.

COMPLETE PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE:
Friday 6/7 at 7 PM, Saturday 6/8 at 1 PM & 5 PM, Sunday 6/9 at 3 PM
Thursday 6/13 at 7 PM, Friday 6/14 at 7 PM, Saturday 6/15 at 1 PM & 5 PM, Sunday 6/16 at 3 PM
Thursday 6/20 at 7 PM, Friday 6/21 at 7 PM, Saturday 6/22 at 1 PM & 5 PM

Knoxville Children's Theatre, 800 Tyson Street, Knoxville, TN 37917. Information: 865-599-5284, www.childrenstheatreknoxville.com. Reservations: tickets@childrenstheatreknoxville.com

Pivotal Moments in Civil War East Tennessee. View rare, important documents and artifacts, recounting pivotal moments in East Tennessee Civil War history, on loan from private and public collections, including Tennessee State Library and Archives, Tennessee State Museum, Andrew Johnson National Historic Site, Abraham Lincoln Museum and Library and Calvin M. McClung Historical Collection.

Wednesday, July 24, 12 Noon. Brown Bag Lecture: "That Vile Serpent, Brownlow! That Vain Historian Ramsey!" a dramatic reading by David Madden, author of Civil War novel Sharpshooter.

Wednesday, August 7, 12 Noon. Brown Bag Lecture:"Old Tennessee is a Good a Country as We Want", Black Southerners in the Union Army, 1863-1866, Paul Coker, Ph.D., lecturer, University of Tennessee.

Sunday, August 11, 2:00 PM, Film and Discussion: "Steven Spielberg, Historian? Emancipating Lincoln" a screening of Lincoln (2012) with comments by William E. Hardy, Ph.D., adjunct professor, Lincoln Memorial University.

601 S. Gay Street, Knoxville.
Hours: Monday-Friday 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; Saturday 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; Sunday 1-5 p.m. www.eastTNhistory.org
865-215-8830

With guide commentary for U.S. citizens (10 years and up) with photo identification. This Public Bus Tour, which highlights the history of Oak Ridge and the history of science and technology at Y-12, Oak Ridge National Laboratory and K-25 Site, is offered Monday - Friday, once a day, except government holidays July 4 & 5. Bus Tour registration begins at 9 am, when AMSE opens. AMSE admission includes the DOE Facilities Public Bus Tour, when visitors complete the Registration Sheet upon entering AMSE. Bus Tour begins loading at 11:45 am, bus departs at 12 noon and returns to AMSE at 3 pm. Seating is limited. Some restrictions apply. Off-the-bus stops include the Y-12 New Hope Center; Bethel Valley Church and Graphite Reactor, both at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the K-25 Overlook. Tour also includes a drive by of the Spallation Neutron Source facility at ORNL.

American Museum of Science & Energy, 300 S. Tulane Avenue, Oak Ridge, TN 37830. Hours: Monday-Saturday 9AM-5PM; Sunday 1-5PM. Information: 865-576-3200, www.amse.org

At the Goldie Mayfield Gallery at the E.G. Fisher Library, Athens, TN 37303

Awards will be presented at a reception for family and friends of the artists as well as interested community members on Sunday, June 2 at 2:30 PM in the Community Room of the E.G. Fisher Library in Athens.

The exhibition includes works by artists within a 75-mile radius of Athens; media may include painting, drawing, photography, collage, sculpture, or pastel. The juror for this year's exhibit is Elaine Davis.

For more information: 423-333-5388

The Knoxville Film & Music Festival is set to kick off on June 1. The festival, which spans 15 days from June 1 - 15, will feature over 80 bands, 7 feature films, and 40 short films. It will take place in nearly a dozen different downtown venues. The festival has been recognized by Mayor Rogero and June 1 will now be the Knoxville Film & Music Festival Day throughout the city of Knoxville.

The music events run from June 1 - 9 and will feature three outdoor concerts, a showcase from local recording label Dracula Horse Records, an evening of jazz co-produced with the Knoxville Jazz Festival and the outdoor fundraiser for Tour for the Cure known as Knox Gives. Musical acts ranging from hip hop to jazz, EDM to heavy metal and all points in between will be featured. Headliners include Those Darlins, On My Honor, Flux Pavilion, Sons of Fathers, and The Kingston Springs.

The film events kick off on June 10 with panel discussions hosted by Women in Film Knoxville. Other film events include two evenings of Films that Rock, a series devoted to the fusion of music and film with films like Big Easy Express and Shut Up and Play the Hits, an evening of Horror Rock Operas co-produced with the Knoxville Horror Festival, and a very special screening of the documentary Hollywood to Dollywood where 20% of the box office proceeds will be donated to Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library.

Short films will be the focus of the Competitive Video Music Awards and the Knoxville 24 Hour Film Festival. June 13 is the screening and awards show for the Competitive Video Music Awards, a competition pairing bands and filmmakers for the ultimate music video experience. The festival will conclude with the 4th Annual Knoxville 24 Hour Film Festival, a screening of 30 films created by local filmmakers in a 24 hour time period. The evening kicks off on the Red Carpet of the Historic Bijou Theatre and concludes with a special Awards Ceremony after the last film screening of the evening.

The festival will also feature a one hour radio show during the music portion of the festival, June 3-7 on 106.1 the River, from 8-9pm. Special performances and interviews will be streamed live throughout the festival on www.knoxvillefilms.com. The Knoxville Film and Music Festival will have an indie authenticity and southern charm that is sure to win the hearts of festival goers, musicians, and filmmakers alike. This year will be the start of a new tradition in Knoxville that promises to bring film, music, and fun to the downtown area for years to come. Times and locations with be announced. For more information or to purchase tickets go to www.knoxvillefilms.com. Week long passes start at $25.00, individual event ticket prices will vary. www.KnoxTIX.com

The District Gallery presents:
Ebb and Flow: New Work by Nancy Lloyd-Hooker and Cal Breed

May 31 - June 29, 2013
Opening: Friday, May 31, 5:30-8 p.m.

The District Gallery is pleased to present Ebb and Flow: New Work by Nancy Lloyd-Hooker and Cal Breed. This exhibit brings together the work of two artists, both greatly influenced by the landscape around them. Oil painter Nancy Lloyd-Hooker and glass artist Cal Breed constantly visit the past in their works, evolve them into something new and experimental, and revisit the past again. It is this ebb and flow--in the ideas behind the works and in the creative process itself--that drives the aesthetic vision of these artists.

An opening reception will be held on Friday, May 31 from 5:30-8 p.m. The show continues through June 29.
Open Monday-Friday 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. & Saturday 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

The District Gallery & Framery | 5113 Kingston Pike | Knoxville | TN | 37919
865.200.4452 | www.thedistrictgallery.com