Calendar of Events

The Arts & Culture Alliance is pleased to present “From the Expansive to the Intricate,” a new exhibition featuring large and small scale works by Kathy Holland of Oak Ridge and Althea Murphy-Price of Knoxville. Holland will exhibit landscape paintings of New Zealand and Southern Appalachia, and Murphy-Price will exhibit alternate processes of drawing, printmaking, and fibers-based sculpture. The exhibition’s title reflects the range of subject matter as both artists explore the concepts of attraction and distortion in their work: Kathy Holland’s paintings portray extraordinary geographic terrains, defined by travel and translated through photography and memory, and Althea Murphy-Price’s work examines how artificial, manufactured hair can be a beautifying embellishment and symbol of personal expression. The exhibition will be displayed in the Emporium Center from August 2-30, 2013. A public reception will take place on Friday, August 2, from 5:00-9:00 PM with complimentary hors d’oeuvres and chocolate fondue from the Melting Pot.

“From the Expansive to the Intricate” is on display August 2-30, 2013 at the Emporium Center, 100 S. Gay Street, downtown Knoxville. Exhibition hours are Monday-Friday, 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM with additional hours on Saturday, August 3, 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM. For more information, please contact the Arts & Culture Alliance at (865) 523-7543, or visit our Web site at www.knoxalliance.com.

UTK School of Art, MFA Class of 1993 Exhibition
First Friday Opening Reception August 2, 5 - 9pm
Closing Reception, August 23, 5 -- 9pm

This exhibition features the work of 14 MFA artists from the UTK School of Art Class of 1993. Artist's will be displaying work that is current or important in their journey in fine arts over the last 20 years. The UT MFA program attracts students from different regions of the United States as exemplified in this exhibition, which include artists from Mississippi, Florida, Minnesota, New York, Michigan, Kentucky and Tennessee.

Artists included in the exhibition;
Scott Palmer -- Ceramics
Annette Bongers - Ceramics
Melody Reeves -- Printmaking
Rob Tarbell -- Painting
Eric Fracassi -- Sculpture
David Deitrick -- Graphic Design
Eric Smith -- Graphic Design
Joel House -- Sculpture
Melanie McLaughlin -- Graphic Design
Kris Rehring Jones -- Graphic Design
Debi Henry Danielson -- Painting
Brad Cantrell -- Ceramics
Laurie Robichaux -- Ceramics
Earl Watson -- Graphic Design

UT Downtown Gallery, 106 S. Gay St, Knoxville, TN 37902. Hours: Wednesday-Friday: 11AM - 6PM; Saturday: 10AM - 3PM. Information: 865-673-0802, http://web.utk.edu/~downtown

Tennessee Educational Enrichment

Knoxville Museum of Art, 1050 World's Fair Park Dr, Knoxville, TN 37916. Hours: Tuesday-Saturday, 10AM-5PM; Sunday, 1-5PM. Information: 865-525-6101, www.knoxart.org

This pioneering exhibition will present an underappreciated side to the work of Thornton Dial, Sr. (b. 1928), an artist best known and celebrated for his large scale, multi-media assemblages dealing with a wide range of charged social and political themes. Since the early 1990s, Dial has also produced a rich body of lyrical works on paper, often engaged with themes of gender and human relationships. This exhibition focuses on the very earliest of those drawings, a group of 50 sheets with Dial’s characteristic and broadly coherent iconography of women, fish, birds,
roosters, and tigers, rendered in a variety of media. Organized by the Ackland Art Museum, University of North Carolina.

Knoxville Museum of Art, 1050 World's Fair Park Dr, Knoxville, TN 37916. Hours: Tuesday-Saturday, 10AM-5PM; Sunday, 1-5PM. Information: 865-525-6101, www.knoxart.org

On First Friday July 5th., “2 Many Pixels” photo gallery is proud to present a collection of photographs by artist and 6 times Ilford Prize winner JACQUES GAUTREAU.

This exhibit explores the full extent of the photographic language, composition, colors, textures, shadows and offers a voyage through the most subtle and genuine emotions.
The photographs are all for sale, gallery archival prints, signed and numbered by the artists.
Hope to see you all for the opening on Friday night, July 5th., 6pm to 9:30pm.
The photos will remain on the walls through the months of July and August.
"2 Many Pixels"130 West Jackson avenue, suite 201, Knoxville, TN 37902
The gallery is open weekdays 10 am to 5 pm and after hours or weekends by appointment or chance... at 917 532 4913 or patrice@2manypixelsphoto.com

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).

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

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

The Market Square Farmers' Market opens for the 10th season! Hours are Wednesday from 11a.m. to 2p.m. and Saturday from 9a.m. to 2p.m.

The Market Square Farmers' Market is an open-air farmers'™ market located on Market Square in the heart of downtown Knoxville. Everything at the MSFM is grown or made by the vendor in the East Tennessee region. Products vary by the seasons and include produce, eggs, honey, herbs, free-range meat, bread, baked goods, salsas, coffee and artisan crafts. With interactive fountains, delicious local food and entertainment, the MSFM is a perfect family destination. For events, please visit the events page on this website.

Free parking is available in the Market Square, Locust St. and State St. Garages, and at meters, on Saturdays. Parking is $1 per hour on Wednesdays in all three garages. All KAT transit routes serving the Knoxville Station Transit Center are a few convenient walking blocks from Market Square. And fare-free KAT trolleys also provide nearby service. Visit www.katbus.com for more information.

On the Saturdays before Christmas each December, many of our vendors return for our annual Market Square Holiday Market. The peak growing season may be over, but many root crops, hearty greens, hydroponic vegetables, meat, eggs, dairy and more can still be found from noon-3pm. From noon-7pm, craft and artisan food vendors will be set up along Market Street to provide all your holiday shopping needs.

The market is located on historic Market Square in downtown Knoxville. http://marketsquarefarmersmarket.org