Calendar of Events

Altars by Hector Saldivar, Juan Carlos Martin Trejo, and Adriana Caloca. Paper marche sculptures by Hector Saldivar. Masks by Stephen Hicks and Angel Luna. Day of the Dead Costume and Makeup contest. Sugar skull decorating demonstration by Alex Villalpando (taking orders for Sugar skulls through HoLa). New this year -- day of the dead costume and make up contest!

HoLa Hora Latina: 865-335-3358, www.holafestival.org

The Arts & Culture Alliance is pleased to present a new exhibition of works by clients of Open Arms Care’s Flying Brushes program entitled “Obstacle Luminance”. The exhibition includes paintings and will be displayed in the Balcony of the Emporium Center. A public reception will take place on Friday, November 15, from 5:00-7:00 PM.

Art therapy is often the only way out of a marginalized life in which barriers of intellectual and physical disabilities are compounded by institutional and social stigma; a stigma that further confines already hampered personalities, making them seem beyond connection, almost infantile, vegetative, lost. Inside a limited set of mind/body connections are unlimited possibilities.

One painting will take anywhere from two to eight hours to complete, sometimes spanning numerous days. The result is absolutely breathtaking. This artwork proves that men, women and children whose physical or intellectual spectrum is narrower than most exude their own luminance just the same. Or better.

“Obstacle Luminance”. is on display November 8-26, 2013 at the Emporium Center, 100 S. Gay Street, downtown Knoxville. Exhibition hours are Monday-Friday, 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM and Saturday, 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.

Beginning on November 1st, the gallery at the Plateau Creative Arts Center (PCAC) will feature art in the theme of City Scapes. The public is invited to the PCAC gallery to view original artwork in the form of oil, watercolor, acrylic, pastels, colored pencil, photography, mixed media, pottery, sculpture, and jewelry, created by Art Guild members.
In addition to viewing this fine art work, visitors also learn about the many art classes available during the month, and depending on the day and time, may view a class in session, or watch the open painting, beading, or figure drawing sessions that take place in the studio. The gallery is also the perfect place to shop for a reasonably priced gift of art.
The PCAC is open Monday through Friday 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM and Saturday and Sunday 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM. Located at 451 Lakeview Drive (off Peavine), the gallery is handicapped accessible. The Art Guild at Fairfield Glade is a not-for-profit organization and an equal opportunity

RECEPTION Friday, Nov. 1, 5-9PM
LECTURE Friday, November 1, 12:15PM - 1:15PM | room 111 of Art + Architecture Bldg.

AAA 75TH ANNIVERSARY PRINT PORTFOLIO
Daniel G. Hill, Assistant Professor of Studio Methods, School of Art, Media, and Technology at Parsons in New York, will be giving a lecture on digital printmaking in conjunction with the American Abstract Artists 75th Anniversary Print Portfolio on display at the UT Downtown Gallery. Mr. Hill is was also the project director for this portfolio. The 75th anniversary portfolio is the first digitally printed portfolio released by the AAA.

The UT Downtown Gallery is please to present the 75th Anniversary American Abstract Artists Print Portfolio, a exhibition consisting of 48 archival digital prints. AAA published its first portfolio in 1937. It consisted of 30 lithographs and, in lieu of a catalog, accompanied the group's first exhibition, which was held at the Squibb Gallery in New York City. In addition to that first portfolio and this 75th Anniversary portfolio, only two others have been published—one commemorating the organization's 50th anniversary, and one for the 60th. All prints are 9.75" x 12.75"

The School of Art at the University of Tennessee takes great pride in the excellence of its printmaking program, so we are excited to host this portfolio, which breaks new ground with its technical production. Printed digitally instead of using a more time-honored method of printmaking, the 75th Anniversary Portfolio seeks to move not only its members, but also printmaking and contemporary art forward into this era of rapid technological change.

This is the first digitally produced portfolio published by American Abstract Artists. All past portfolios–1937, 1987, 1997–were produced using various forms of lithography and means of transferring image to plate. Unlike traditional printmaking, the digital inkjet process does not involve a physical matrix from which ink is transferred to paper. This marks both a technical and a conceptual shift in printmaking. Our choice of the medium situates this portfolio squarely in the current century and is an indication of the group's forward momentum.

The artists were asked to provide a digital file meeting predetermined specifications, yet no restrictions were placed on how the file could be created. The digital process enabled a wide variety of approaches that include abstract and documentary photography, scanning of flat-work made expressly for the project, digital compositing and image manipulation, as well as the use of vector-based software and hand-coded algorithms. The results are as varied as the artists' individual sensibilities.

Please join us for this opening reception. All events are free and open to the public. 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

“The Robber Bridegroom” is a rousing, bawdy Southern fairy tale set in 18th-century Mississippi. The play tells the story of Rosamund, the only daughter of the richest planter in the county, and her courting by rascally robber Jamie Lockhart. Affairs go awry by way of an unconventional case of double-mistaken identity, compounded by the machinations of an evil stepmother intent on Rosamund’s demise, a pea-brained henchman and a hostile talking head in a trunk. The play includes one of the first genuine bluegrass scores ever heard in a Broadway musical, giving this unusual tale a distinctive sound reminiscent of the Natchez Trace Band. “The Robber Bridegroom” book and lyrics are by Alfred Uhry, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of “Driving Miss Daisy.” The story is based on a 1942 novella of the same name by Eudora Welty.

Pellissippi State presents “The Royal Bridegroom” at 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, Nov. 1-2 and 8-9. Additional performances are set for 2 p.m. Sundays, Nov. 3 and 10. For more information, call (865) 694-6400.

The East Tennessee Woodworkers Guild and the Arts & Culture Alliance present the 17th Master Woodworkers Show, November 1-3, at the Emporium Center. This biennial juried show highlights the handcrafted works of 33 craftspeople and artists of East Tennessee and the surrounding region and features many types of woodwork, from traditional to whimsical, including fine furniture, cabinetry, turning, sculpture and marquetry. The Emporium gallery provides an ideal environment in which to view the work and meet the artists.

The Show hours are: Friday, November 1, 4:00-9:00 PM; Saturday, November 2, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM; and Sunday, November 3, 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM. Admission is free. A public reception takes place on Friday, November 1, from 5:00-9:00 PM as part of First Friday activities in downtown Knoxville. Other demonstrations and talks are as follows:

Saturday, November 2
11:00 AM - Brian Horais of Knoxville, TN - Off Axis Turning
12:00 PM - Tim Hintz of Smithville, TN - Chair Making
1:00 PM - Alf Sharp of Woodbury, TN - Guided walk through the Show; Bowtie Carving
3:00 PM - Sabiha Mujtaba of Clarkston, GA - Design Process
4:00 PM - Yann Giguere of Salem, VA - Japanese Hand Planes

Sunday, November 3
12:00 PM - Brian Boggs of Asheville, NC - The Soul of a Chair
1:00 PM - East Tennessee Woodworkers Guild presents Show Awards
2:00 PM - Chris Hedges of Knoxville, TN - Hand Cut Dovetails
3:00 PM - Ronald Young of Chattanooga, TN - String Inlay

“We’ve got a great show for 2013,” says Scott DeWaard, Show Director. “Since it only happens every other year, we are adding talks and demonstrations from the makers. If you love fine handmade furniture and want to know more about what sets it apart, this is the show for you.”

For interviews or more information, contact Scott DeWaard, Show Director, at (865) 681-4798 or etwgmws@gmail.com.

The 17th Master Woodworkers Show will be displayed at the Emporium Center, 100 S. Gay Street (corner of Gay/Jackson) in downtown Knoxville. For more information, please contact the Arts & Culture Alliance at (865) 523-7543 or visit www.knoxalliance.com. To join an information e-mail list, visit www.masterwoodworkers.org.

Community Television of Knoxville (CTV), in partnership with the Arts & Culture Alliance, is proud to present Live! from First Friday, a live remote broadcast during First Friday receptions in downtown Knoxville. For the first time, CTV has the ability to do extended live shoots, so they are using this new opportunity to focus on local non-profit galleries (including the Emporium Center, the University of Tennessee Downtown Gallery, and Art Market Gallery). Live! from First Friday will include preview of the exhibitions and artwork, music from the jazz jam sessions in the Black Box at the Emporium, interviews with artists, musicians, and gallery preparators, and patrons enjoying the receptions. Following a successful pilot run during the August receptions, CTV will broadcast on subsequent First Fridays: November 1, and December 6. The public may view a live stream on First Fridays at www.ctvknox.org, and it is also available on iPhones and iPads. The program is re-aired on the following Saturday afternoon at 2:00 PM.

CTV aims to keep the citizens informed of events and activities around Knoxville. Since 1975, CTV has provided media production facilities to the residents of Knoxville & Knox County for non-commercial use. Accessible to more than 100,000 cable TV subscribers throughout Knoxville & Knox County (and millions more throughout the world via the Internet), the channel serves a wide constituency, including community residents, local government agencies, nonprofit organizations and other community groups. For more information, visit www.ctvknox.org.

Cantakerous novelist Charles Condomine is haunted by the ghost of his late first wife, the clever and insistent Elvira who is called up by a visiting "happy medium", one Madame Arcati. As the (worldly and un-) personalities clash, Charles' current wife Ruth is accidentally killed, "passes over", joins Elvira and the two "blithe spirits" haunt the hapless Charles into perpetuity.

Tickets are $18 for adults and $15 for seniors and students. Group rates are available. Come dressed in costume for the Halloween show and get in for $10!

Clayton Center for the Arts: 502 East Lamar Alexander Parkway, Maryville, TN 37804. Tickets are available at the Clayton Center Box Office M-F 10AM-6PM or by phone or online: 865-981-8590, www.ClaytonArtsCenter.com

Bill Landry, voice, host, narrator, and co-producer of The Heartland Series, will be the guest speaker to kick-off the 2013 Sevier County Public Library System (SCPLS) Rel & Wilma Maples History & Genealogy Center 2013 Genealogy Conference: “Stories Granny Told.” Bill will start the conference session on Friday, November 1 at 12:00PM with the topic, “Tying the Stories Granny Told into Research for Family Histories.” The 2013 Genealogy Conference runs from Thursday, October 31 – Saturday, November 2. The Genealogy Conference, “Stories Granny Told,” focuses on how stories and the storytelling craft preserve and honor family histories and support genealogical research.

The “Stories Granny Told” Conference includes a Ghost Tour Pre-conference on Thursday, October 31 at 2:00PM at the new city gazebo on Bruce Street in Sevierville. The Ghost Tour is hosted by Sevier County Historian, Carroll McMahan, and a variety of ghost characters. Seating is very limited and the public is invited and encouraged to bring seating or blankets on which to sit for the stories. In case of inclement weather, the Ghost Tour will be at the King Family Library at the same time.

Other guest speakers include:
· Veta King: Conducting & Preserving Oral Histories
· Ruth Carr Miller: The Story of Aunt Liddy Carr
· Mike Maples: Old Home Places & Other Fascinating Finds in Big Greenbrier, Great Smoky Mountains National Park
· Ted Olson, ETSU – Old Time Smoky Mountain Music
· Smoky Mountain Storytellers Janice Brooks-Headrick, Susan Fulbright and Theresa Williams & Friends

The registration fee for the entire conference will be $30.00. For one day (November 1 or 2), the fee will be $20.00 per person. For complete details on the Sevier County Public Library System Genealogy Conference, please call(865)365.1432 or contact Tim Fisher at tfisher@sevierlibrary.org or Theresa Williams at twilliams@sevierlibrary.org.

Flying Anvil Theatre is betting that Knoxville theatre audiences are ready for something a little... different. Their next production is VENUS IN FUR by David Ives, a play the New York Times called "good, kinky fun." Flying Anvil Theatre's Executive Producer Staci Swedeen says the play is "smart, sexy and laugh-out-loud funny, but also sneaks in some serious ideas about sex, power and gender roles." The show was an off-Broadway sensation in 2010 before moving to Broadway the following year and picking up a Tony nomination for “Best Play.”

VENUS IN FUR opens with a cynical playwright lamenting the lack of talent in the actresses he has auditioned for his new play based on an erotic novel. Ditzy actress Vanda arrives two hours late. Sparks and punch lines fly, but underneath the humor something wicked and dangerous bubbles to surface. It builds to a punch-in-the-gut ending you'll never see coming.
"This play is definitely an adult comic-thriller," says Swedeen, a playwright herself. "The content and language is for mature audiences. But there's also a lot of comedy to be mined in the issue of dominance and submission between the sexes. Sort of 50 Shades of Grey with laughs." Local actors Carolyn Corley and J.D. Sizemore will portray Vanda and the playwright, Thomas. Flying Anvil Theatre Artistic Director Jayne Morgan will direct VENUS IN FUR.

This production marks the first time Flying Anvil Theatre will produce a show in a downtown space currently being renovated by Hatcher Hill at 525 N. Gay Street. The City of Knoxville is giving a facelift to the entire block, with new lighting, curb cuts and trees to match the rest of Gay Street.

VENUS IN FUR will open with a 'pay-what-you-want' preview on October 30, a $20 preview on Halloween ($15 if you come in costume!) and a $35 Gala opening on Friday, November 1st. Other performances are November 2 and 3, November 7-10 and 14-17. Evening shows are at 7:30 PM, Sunday matinee at 2:00. Admission for these performances is $25. Reserve and purchase tickets through KnoxTIX at www.knoxtix.com or by calling 865-523-7521. Tickets are also available at the door.

Flying Anvil Theatre's mission is to present provocative theatre of the highest professional quality by staging plays that entertain, inspire, and engage the audience. For more information go to www.flyinganviltheatre.com

Opening reception Mon, Oct 28, 6:30-7:30 PM
At the Art & Architecture Building, Gallery 103
http://www.brianjobe.com

1715 Volunteer Blvd on the UT campus, Knoxville, TN 37996. Information: brian.r.jobe@gmail.com

Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts is pleased to present Surface: Selections from Arrowmont's Permanent Collection. The exhibition features 62 works by 61 artists of national reputation, and presents an opportunity to see many spectacular art and craft objects rarely on display to the public. The human need for expressing one's self through the making of images and symbols is evident throughout time and has manifested itself in an array of different forms and a plethora of artistic media. Whether applying paint to canvas, ink to paper, thread to fiber, texture to metal or glaze to clay, the adding, resisting, subtracting or a combination of those approaches to a material is the focus of this exhibition. Inspired by three surface forums (clay, fiber, and metals) taking place at Arrowmont in January 2014, these works from our permanent collection represent the different ways artists handle the surface of their chosen medium and express themselves through the objects they create. All art communicates and it all begins with a mark on a surface.

"We chose these particular pieces because of their exploration and manipulation of extremely varied surfaces, and their diversity of materials and content,” says Stefanie Gerber Darr, Arrowmont Gallery Manager. “Curating, conserving and exhibiting Arrowmont’s fantastic—and constantly growing—permanent collection is one of the truly great things the school provides for this region. We are always pleased by these opportunities to share it, and to invite our neighbors and visitors to be enriched by it here with us.”

Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, 556 Parkway, Gatlinburg, TN 37738. Information: 865-436-5860, www.arrowmont.org