Calendar of Events

West Virginia native, Karen Shaw, is Artist of the Month during July at the Plateau Creative Arts Center, 451 Lakeview Drive (off Peavine). Karen is proficient in colored pencil along with other mediums such as watercolor, printmaking, graphite pencil and jewelry. Shaw has won several art awards over the last few years including one Best of Show, and her work hangs in family and friends’ homes from California to Italy.

Plateau Creative Arts Center, 451 Lakeview Drive, Fairfield Glade, TN 38558. Hours: M-F 9AM-4PM; Saturday-Sunday 1-4PM. Information: 931-707-7249; www.artguildfairfieldglade.net

Support Knoxville's own Hard Knox Rollergirls!

At the Knoxville Civic Coliseum, 500 Howard Baker Ave. 6/29, 7/13, 7/27, 8/10, 8/24, 9/7, 9/21. Whistle blows at 6:00PM.
Tickets for sale at Coliseum box office or Knoxville Tickets. All dates Double Headers!
www.hardknoxrollergirls.com or 865 272 WHIP (9774).

8th Annual Fountain City Art Center Annual Open Show - a spectacular array of area artists’ talents. This exhibit includes pottery, amazing decorative gourds, a handmade book, a leather and fossil sculpture, oils, watercolors, pastels, graphite pencil drawings, fused glass, and many mixed media pieces.

Exhibit Reception - June 28, 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

At the Museum of East Tennessee History through August 7. The exhibit provided by the Y-12 History Center, has appeared at a number of prominent venues, most recently at the National Archives and Records Administration's Southeast Region branch in Atlanta. The photographs, many by the Manhattan Project official photographer Ed Westcott, give visitors a firsthand look at life in the Secret City, the war effort, the Cold War, and ongoing research and technology.

The exhibition is open and free to the public.

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

Art and science are intertwined in Nikon Small World as the photomicrographs showcase the delicate balance between outstanding scientific technique and exquisite artistic quality. "We are proud that this competition is able to demonstrate the true power of scientific imaging and its relevance to both the scientific communities as well as the general public," explains Eric Flem, Communications Manager, Nikon Instruments.

First place winners Dr. Jennifer Peters and Dr. Michael Taylor of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, partnered to capture the image highlighting their research of the blood brain barrier in a live zebrafish embryo, which is believed to be the first-ever image showing the formation for the blood-brain barrier in a live animal. The top five images in Nikon Small World include: the blood-brain barrier in a live zebrafish embryo; Live newborn lynx spiderlings; Human bone cancer (osteosarcoma) showing actin filaments (purple), mitochondria (yellow) and DNA (blue); Drosophila melanogaster visual system halfway through pupal development, showing retina (gold), photoreceptor axons (blue), and brain (green); and Cacoxenite (mineral) from La Paloma Mine, Spain.

This year's judges were comprised of top science and media industry experts: Daniel Evanko, Editor, Nature Methods; Martha Harbison, Senior Editor, Popular Science; Dr. Robert D. Goldman, Stephen Walter Ranson Professor and Chair, Department of Cell and Molecular Biology at Northwestern University and Liza A. Pon, Ph.D., Professor of Pathology and Cell Biology and Director, Confocal and Specialized Microscopy Shared Resource, Columbia University.

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

Abstract Works from the Ewing Gallery Permanent Collection
June 12 - July 12, 2013

Ewing Gallery Summer Hours: closed: Saturday, Sunday, and Monday
open: Tuesday - Friday 1pm - 5pm and by special request

In its brief history, the Ewing Gallery of Art & Architecture at The University of Tennessee has strived to acquire works of art and architecture for the educational benefits of our students and faculty and for the enrichment of the Knoxville and East Tennessee communities.

This summer the Ewing Gallery will be organizing a permanent collection exhibition focusing on our abstract art.

Abstract works from the permanent collection will be on display from June 12 - July 12.

Ewing Gallery of Art & Architecture, 1715 Volunteer Boulevard, Knoxville, TN 37996
865.974.3200
www.ewing-gallery.utk.edu

The Athens Area Council for the Arts is pleased to present “Not Just a Snapshot, photography by Sheila Silvus Chesanow”, on exhibit from June 10 – July 25, 2013, at The Arts Center, 320 North White Street, Athens, Tennessee.

The photographs in this exhibit represent a series of locales in which a lonesome tree, an abandoned building, or a junked car in the back woods may evoke unexpected feelings and thoughts in the viewer. The artist hopes her photographs will cause the viewer to appreciate the beauty found in everyday scenes when one slows down to take a closer look.

The public is invited to meet the artist at an opening reception at The Arts Center, Friday, June 14, 2013 from 5:30 – 7:00 p.m. Light refreshments will be served.
Following the reception, two duos of local musicians will perform acoustic sets in a coffee-house style concert, “Soft Sounds for a Summer’s Eve.” Featuring Andrew Kimball and Lindsey Nunley of Athens and Ally and Ashley Clark of Decatur , with Adam Klinker on percussion and special guest Emmy McKenzie, the show will include light hors d’oeuvres and a cash bar. Tickets are $10 in advance or at the door. The concert is sponsored by Hiwassee Builders Supply, Inc.

The Arts Center is open Monday through Friday from 10:00 a.m. till 5:00 p.m. Admission is free. For more information or directions, call The Arts Center at 423-745-8781, or visit the website at www.athensartscouncil.org.

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

Blue Star Museum admission program to AMSE begins Memorial Day, May 30, 2013 through Labor Day, September 2, 2013. Free AMSE Admission available to active-duty military ID holder and five immediate family members. Active duty military include Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, Coast Guard, active duty National Guard and active duty Reserve members. Must show active duty military ID for free admission.

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

Original paintings, sculptures, and graphics by artists from the world over celebrate the timeless appeal of birds through fresh, artistic interpretations.

McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture, 1327 Circle Park Dr on the UT campus, Knoxville, TN 37996. Hours: Monday-Saturday, 9AM-5PM; Sunday, 1-5PM. Information: 865-974-2144, http://mcclungmuseum.utk.edu

In an extraordinary exhibit, Lens and Brush: The Visual Textures of East Tennessee, acclaimed watercolor artist Sandy Brown elucidates illusions of texture in Jim Caldwell’s breathtaking photographs of the environs of eastern Tennessee. Two artists, working in different mediums; one artist finding inspiration through his love of the land and the other artist finding inspiration in her ability to reinterpret texture, structure and light transitions.

An opening reception for the exhibit will be held on Tuesday, May 14th from 1:00 to 3:00 PM.

522 West Madison Avenue, Athens, TN 37303. Information: 423-745-0329