Calendar of Events

An opening reception will be held on Friday, August 30 from 5:30-9 p.m.

The District Gallery is pleased to present a retrospective show for Lisa Kurtz, exhibiting a selection of her work from 1977-2013. The show is presented in honor of the artist’s mother, Mary Angela Guarneschelli Kurtz and will benefit Alzheimer’s Tennessee. Lisa Kurtz has been a functional potter for 36 years. She received a Masters Degree in clay from The University of Louisville and has been an exhibiting member of many professional juried art guilds, boards, galleries and artist associations. Her clay work has been exhibited and collected across the U.S. and internationally. Lisa throws and hand builds her pieces and often combines the two to produce functional pottery. Her textural work emphasizes the malleable qualities of clay, and most of her pieces are altered while still wet to highlight the intrinsic beauty of the clay itself. Lisa mixes her own glazes as opposed to using commercial glazes, which adds a unique depth and quality to the work. According to Lisa, “I am happy to put on this show in honor of my mom, Mary Angela Guarneschelli Kurtz, who has had Alzheimer’s for about seven years now. She was the first person to teach me about self promotion of my art and always my constant supporter in the arts.”

The District Gallery, 5113 Kingston Pike, Knoxville, TN 37919. Hours: Mon-Fri 10-5:30, Sat 10-4. Information: 865-200-4452, www.TheDistrictGallery.com

Steve Kaufman - Three-time national flatpicking (guitar) champion

All the concerts begin at 7:00 pm and are presented in the Heritage Center’s covered outdoor amphitheater with a scenic view of the mountains and sunset. The series is presented by Boyd’s Jig & Reel. Admission to the concerts is $5.00 and may be purchased at the door. Admission is free to all “Sunset Music Series” concerts for members of the Great Smoky Mountain Heritage Center. Annual memberships to the Heritage Center may be purchased at the concerts for $15 per individual or $25 per family. Food and non-alcoholic beverages are available at the concession stand.

Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center, 3/4 mile east of traffic light at the Highway 321 and 73 intersection towards the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Townsend, TN. Hours: Monday-Saturday, 10AM-5PM. Information: 865-448-0044, www.gsmheritagecenter.org

The Last Friday Art Walk is a recurring event to celebrate the arts on the last Friday of every month in Downtown Maryville. What's unique about it is that it's not just galleries participating. It's also businesses like boutiques, retail stores, restaurants, theaters, music halls and coffee shops. Each participating business hosts a "featured artist," this includes all disciplines of art; visual arts, performance artists, actors, writers, dancers, musicians, etc. New artists and new art are required each month, which gives the community a new experience each time they come.

Featuring work by artist Bill Womac at Boyd Thomas Clothing, 227 W. Broadway Ave., Maryville, TN 37801

In downtown Maryville; http://maryvilleartwalk.com

Pellissippi State Community College hosts the paintings and mixed media pieces of local artist and educator Marcia Goldenstein in “Everything In Between” Aug. 28-Sept. 19 on the Hardin Valley Campus.

“Everything In Between” opens Wednesday, Aug. 28, in the gallery of the Bagwell Center for Media and Art and closes with a reception that takes place 4-7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 19. Normal gallery hours are 10 a.m.-6:30 p.m. Monday-Friday.

The Goldenstein show features mixed media and oil paintings that put a new twist on familiar images. The exhibit will include a series of more traditional landscapes, dominated by the sky and painted with oil on linen, as well as a new series of mixed media paintings, featuring acrylic and colored pencils, on paper maps.

Goldenstein earned a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Nebraska in 1973. She has been at UT since 1976. A few of her more recent exhibits include showings in “Art in the Airport” at McGhee Tyson Airport in 2012 and 2013 and in “Artscapes” at the Knoxville Museum of Art in 2011 and 2010.

The closing reception Sept. 19 will be a good opportunity for visitors and students to ask questions of Goldenstein.

For additional information about the exhibit or “The Arts at Pellissippi State,” call (865) 694-6400 or visit www.pstcc.edu/arts. To request accommodations for a disability, contact the executive director of Human Resources at (865) 694-6607 or humanresources@pstcc.edu.

Join us for an Artists Reception Friday August 30 from 5:00pm until 9:00pm. Light refreshments will be served
The UT Downtown Gallery will host an short exhibition (4 days) of the incoming class of 2016 graduate students. The exhibition includes, printmaking, painting, drawings, sculpture, video, and installations. These sixteen artists have chosen UTK School of Art as their home for the next three years to complete their Masters studies. The exhibition highlights their current work and their artistic accomplishments prior to arriving at UT. Artists included in the exhibition are; Tatiana Potts-Printmaking, Kelsey Stephenson-Printmaking, Ed Miller- Ceramics, B.J. Alumbaugh-Printmaking, Karl Schwiesow-Sculpture, Katherine Farley-Transmedia Design, Shannon Herron-Transmedia Design, Kent McQuilkin- Transmedia Design, Keely Snook- Printmaking, Jade Hoyer- Printmaking, Takuya Maeda- Drawing & Painting, Martin Lang- Transmedia Design, Carlos Cantalapiedra Vaquero- Transmedia Design, Peter Cotroneo- Drawing & Painting, Allan J. Masterson- Ceramics, and Natalie Petrosky- Painting.

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

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Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts and The National Basketry Organization (NBO) are pleased to present All Things Considered VII, a biennial juried and invitational exhibition. The show is comprised of 44 baskets—14 included by invitation and 30 included by jury. The show features benchmarks in excellence in traditional and sculptural basketry that demonstrate superior technique, and original concept and design. This traveling exhibition is comprised of baskets of the highest caliber, craftsmanship and technical ability, which speaks to intricacy of expression, intimacy of design, visual excitement and communication that highlight tradition and stretch the imaginations of the viewer to new insights of the scope basketry in the 21st century.

Artists included in the exhibition are: Linda Allen, Sally Anaya, Dona Anderson, Pamela Becker, Lanny Bergner, Danielle Bodine, Lauren Bristol, Clay Burnette, Ann Coddington Rast, Donna Crispin, Sharon Dugan, David Dusina, Kathey Ervin, Sue Fedenia, George Fitzpartick, John Garrett, Polly Jacobs Giacchina, Jennifer Heller Zurick, Lissa Hunter, Christine Joy, JoAnn Kelly Catsos, Nancy Koenigsberg, Katherine Lewis, Jennifer Liston Dykema, Kari Lonning, Dorothy McGuinness, Nathalie Meibach, Marilyn Moore, Kathryn Rousso, Ann Coddington-Rast, Lois Russell, Amanda Salm, , Josh Simpson, Nadine Spier, Jo Stealey, Polly Adams Sutton, Elizabeth Whyte Schulze, Matt Tommey, Don Weeke, Peggy Wiedeman, Peggie Wilcox, and Nanette Wood.

As a complement to the cutting edge basketry on exhibit in All Things Considered VII, Arrowmont will display a variety of historic baskets from the school’s permanent collection. Many nearly 100 years old, these baskets are examples of those produced by the cottage industry that helped support mountain families around the time Pi Beta Phi Settlement School—which has evolved to become Arrowmont—was first founded in Gatlinburg.

Open Monday - Friday 8:30 am to 5:00 pm. Please call for Holiday and Weekend hours. Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, 556 Parkway, Gatlinburg, TN 37738. Information: 865-436-5860, www.arrowmont.org

A show with works by former Knox County art instructors: Charles “Chico” Osten, Suzanne Jack, Sue W. Lane, Christine Harness, Judy Jorden, Rikki Taylor, and Owen Weston. Rikki specializes in some of the best decorative pottery anywhere in the United States. The rest of the magnificent seven will be showing works in oils, watercolors, mixed media, and in Owen’s case, stunning nature photography.

Simultaneously showing at the Art Center will be transparent watercolors by the art students of Mary Baumgartner’s Wonderful World of Watercolor and handmade books by the students of Bob Meadows.

Exhibit Reception - August 16, 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

The Art Market Gallery will present a special memorial exhibition in celebration of East Tennessee’s history and in conjunction with the East Tennessee History Center’s History Fair on August 17. This show will display several works by Patricia Sprouls, who passed away in 2011 at the age of 90. One of the first members of the Art Market, she was well known in the Knoxville area for creating complex but delicate watercolor and pen-and-ink paintings illustrating local historic buildings replete with people of that time period.

Patricia Sprouls was born in The Bronx, NY, moving for health reasons to the Isle of Capri with her mother and sister as a young child. She spoke four languages: English, Spanish at home and German and Italian while in Italy. She remained fluent in Italian into her later years. A lifelong fine-art career began under her mother’s tutelage. She was awarded "Best Foreign Art Student" in all of Italy, winning a full four-year scholarship to the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Naples. Trapped there during World War II, and surviving their apartment’s bombing in an air raid shelter, Patricia and her family never gave up hope and were able to return to the United States in 1947. She married in 1948, raised a family in New Jersey, and continued her art career. She exhibited in New York City, and in New Jersey, where she was president of the state chapter of the American Artists Professional League, a board member of that national organization, and a past instructor at the Ridgewood Art Institute of New Jersey, considered one of the nation’s best community art associations. Also serving on the board of the Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club in New York City, Patricia Sprouls was one of the first women to become a member of the exclusive and prestigious Salmagundi Club in New York City, the nation’s oldest art club. She exhibited in many national shows and had several solo shows in the metropolitan area. Moving with her husband Joe to Tennessee and settling in Norris in 1987, she continued painting with local art groups and, five years after its establishment for the 1982 World’s Fair, was juried into The Art Market Gallery, where her work was shown for more than 20 years.

Art Market Gallery, 422 S. Gay St, Knoxville, TN 37902. Hours: Tuesday-Saturday 11AM-6PM; Sunday 1-5PM. Information: 865-525-5265, www.artmarketgallery.net

The play is a fun and rollicking adaptation of the classic novel by Mark Twain. When Tom and his best friend Huck witness a violent crime committed by Injun Joe, they flee their hometown of St. Petersburg, Missouri and hide out on an island in the Mississippi River. Injun Joe escapes capture by the authorities, and the boys fear for their safety. How Tom and Huck become heroes after a thrilling chase in the caves below town is a thrilling and funny ride to the final curtain.

Friday 8/16 at 7 PM, Saturday 8/17 at 1 PM & 5 PM, Sunday 8/18 at 3 PM
Thursday 8/22 at 7 PM, Friday 8/23 at 7 PM, Saturday 8/24 at 1 PM & 5 PM, Sunday 8/25 at 3 PM
Thursday 8/29 at 7 PM, Friday 8/30 at 7 PM, Saturday 8/31 at 1 PM & 5 PM

TICKET PRICES: $12. SPECIAL RATE: Any adult & Child entering together = $10 each

Knoxville Children's Theatre, 109 E. Churchwell Avenue, Knoxville, TN 37917. Information: 865-599-5284, www.childrenstheatreknoxville.com. Reservations: tickets@childrenstheatreknoxville.com

People's Choice Exhibit at the Denso Gallery
Reception on September 27, 5-8 PM

Clayton Center for the Arts: 502 East Lamar Alexander Parkway, Maryville, TN 37804.
865-981-8590, www.ClaytonArtsCenter.com

Javier began photography years ago as a hobby; however, it quickly turned into a passion that he has pursued with ambition and talent. Much of Javier's work draws inspiration from nature, showcasing the beauty and wonder in a world that often goes by unnoticed. His photography has been featured at The Frist Center, Palette Gallery, Fire Hall Gallery, Williamson County Library, Cheekwood Museum, Knoxville Museum of Art, and other group shows throughout Nashville.

Gallery hours: M-F 10-5. HoLa Hora Latina: 865-335-3358, www.holafestival.org