Calendar of Events

"Homenaje a la Mujer" ("Tribute to Women")
A series of paintings by Argentine native, Dina Ruta, featuring prominent historical and contemporary women. The Pop Art style of her work reflects the influence of the years spent in Pittsburgh prior to moving to Tennessee; the selection of women speaks to Ms. Ruta’s appreciation of women’s accomplishments in diverse endeavors. Madres de Plaza de Mayo: First Lady, Michelle Obama, The Mayor of Knoxville, Madeline Rogero, Mira Ryczke Kimmelman, Pat Summitt, Helen Ashe and Ellen Turner, Rosa Parks, Sonia Sotomayor, Rigoberta Menchu, President Dilma Riusseff, President Cristina Fernández, President Michelle Bachelet, Eva Peron, Tita Merello, Mary Cassatt, Dr. Mary Dawson, Hillary Clinton

Opening March 7, 5-9 PM
HoLa Hora Latina, 100 S. Gay Street, Suite 109, Knoxville, TN 37902. Info: 865-335-3358, www.holafestival.org

67th Annual Student Art Competition, Jurors' Lectures, and Opening Reception

Begun in 1947 by C. Kermit Ewing, founder of The University of Tennessee School of Art, the annual student exhibition has become one of the oldest competitions in the country and one of the highlights of the Ewing Gallery's exhibition season. This competition has been an outlet for UT's talented students for 67 years, wherein countless works of art of every form and medium have been displayed and applauded by The University and Knoxville community.

The selection of a student art exhibition is a challenging but meaningful task, and we are grateful for this year's jurors: John Pearson and Pamela Jorden (Fine Arts), and Michael Hendrix(Graphic Design), and Angela Ho (Academic Papers).

Our opening reception will be on Friday, March 7 from 6-8PM at the Ewing Gallery. Awards for the Student Art Competition will be announced at 7PM. Please join us earlier in the week for our exciting Juror lectures!

LECTURES
Monday March 3, 5:30PM
room 109 A+A Building
Michael Hendrix

Tuesday March 4, 7:30PM
room 109 A+A Building
John Pearson and Pamela Jorden

GALLERY HOURS: M: 10AM - 5PM, T: 10 AM - 5PM, W 10AM - 5PM, TR: 10AM-5PM , F: 10AM - 5PM, SUN: 1-4PM
Ewing Gallery, 1715 Volunteer Blvd on the UT campus, Knoxville, TN 37996. Information: 865-974-3200, www.ewing-gallery.utk.edu

Artxtravaganza Art Show and sale. Featured artist, Vicki Sawyer, and works by more than 70 acclaimed artists.

Hosted by Webb School of Knoxville and held at Webb's Lee Athletic Center.
Free admission, open to the public.
March 7, 1:00-7:00PM, March 8, 10:00AM-6:30PM, March 9, 11:00AM-4:00PM
www.artxtravaganza.org

Written and Directed by Emily Queen
Presented by Alpha Psi Omega
In this gender-bending comedy, six women sing, dance, and act their way through the high points of Greek Mythology. This spoof crams all the Greek characters you know and love into 90 minutes of fun. Tickets are $10 for Adults, $7 for Seniors and Students. Maryville College Faculty, Staff, and Students are free.
For more information please visit www.claytonartscenter.com
Call the Clayton Center Box Office for ticket information (865) 981-8590

STOMP, March 7 & 8, 2014

The Cultural Attractions Committee, Central Program Council, Tennessee Theatre, and AC Entertainment are proud to present Stomp! Friday, March 7, 2014 at the Tennessee Theatre at 8:00PM and Saturday, March 8, 2014 at 2:00PM and 8:00PM

STOMP is explosive, inventive, provocative, witty, and utterly unique—an unforgettable experience for audiences of all ages. The international percussion sensation has garnered armfuls of awards and rave reviews and has appeared on numerous national television shows. The eight-member troupe uses everything but conventional percussion instruments – matchboxes, wooden poles, brooms, garbage cans, Zippo lighters, hubcaps – to fill the stage with magnificent rhythms. Year after year, audiences worldwide keep coming back for more of this pulse-pounding electrifying show. As the Boston Globe says, “If you haven’t seen STOMP, GO! If you have seen it, take someone and share the pleasure!” STOMP. See what all the noise is about.

In addition to buying tickets at the Central Ticket Office in the University Center on campus and at the Tennessee Theatre box office, they can be purchased online! The website is http://knoxvilletickets.com/. UT-K Student tickets are $5.00. To purchase a student ticket, click on the ‘Student’ tab at the top of the website after clicking to buy tickets for this event. General admission tickets are $77.00, $67.00, $52.00, and $37.00 plus applicable service fees.

For more information or to arrange disability accommodations please contact the Office of Student Activities at 865-974-5455.
Tennessee Theatre, 604 S. Gay Street, Knoxville, TN 37902. For information: 865-684-1200, www.tennesseetheatre.com.

Alcoa/Maryville, TN: Guitarist Steve Kaufman, the three-time winner of the
National Flatpicking Championships, will offer a Intermediate/Advanced
Flatpicking Guitar workshop in Alcoa/Maryville, March 7-8, 2014. The
workshop is to be held at MainStay Suites, 361 Fountain View Circle, Alcoa,
TN on March 7-8 2014.
Special room rates available call Teagan at MainStay Suites 865-379-7799

The two-day, intermediate/advanced guitar workshop will be on Friday, March
7, 2014 from 7:00 pm-9:00 pm and on Saturday, March 8, 2014 from 9:30 am
-3:30 pm We will work on new chords and rhythm patterns, picking techniques
and crosspicking, fiddle tunes, figuring out the fingerboard, improvising
and much more. It is recommended that you attend at least one of Steve's All
Level workshops or the Beginner's Workshop for some of the techniques
required for this workshop.

The fee for the intermediate/advanced flatpicking workshop is $90 per
person. A non-refundable deposit of $45 is required to hold a space, with
the remainder due the day of the workshop. Pre-registration required.
Seating is limited.

This year's workshop slots and concert tickets are going fast, so make your
reservations now. Call Steve's office 865-982-3808 or email
steve@flatpik.com

Join WDVX every First Friday at the Knoxville Visitor Center for a live broadcast! Join your host Nelson Gullett Friday, March 7th at 7pm live at the Knoxville Visitor Center or on the radio air waves at 89.9 and 102.9 and online at wdvx.com. Knoxville Americana band The Lonetones will perform on March's First Friday Live. For more information about The Lonetones, visit their website at http://www.thelonetones.com/

WDVX, 301 S. Gay Street, Knoxville, TN 37902. Information: 865-544-1029, www.wdvx.com

African American Appalachian Arts, Inc., (AAAA, Inc.) at the Downtown African American Gallery will be hosting a First Friday and Open House. In honor of Women’s History Month during March the Downtown African American Art will be presenting a Visual Exhibition of local Artist Jacqueline Holloway. AAAA will host an Open House to share upcoming details and information about KUUMBA Festival as well.

Info: 865-217-6786, kuumbafest@gmail.com

March 6-22, 2015
New Play Festival performed by the Tennessee Stage Company.

Theatre Knoxville Downtown
319 North Gay Street, KNoxville
865 544 1999 or email: info@theatreknoxville.com
www.theatreknoxville.com

The UT School of Art is pleased to announce that Pablo Helguera, Director of Adult and Academic Programs at the Museum of Modern Art in New York will present two lectures on campus:

Thursday March 6, 7:30pm: lecture on the artist’s work in Art and Architecture Room 109
Friday March 7: 1:00-2:00pm, lecture “Contemporary Art in Latin America,” Hodges Library Auditorium

Born in Mexico City in 1971, Pablo Helguera is an internationally recognized artist and curator. He has shown his work in various biennials such as the 8th Havana Biennial, San Juan's Poly-graphic Triennial and PERFORMA 05, New York's first performance art biennial. He has exhibited at the Museo del Barrio in New York, an institution that holds some of his primary works in its permanent collection. He also has also exhibited at the Shedhalle in Zurich, PS1 in New York, MCA Chicago, IFA Bonn, Metropolitan Museum in Tokio, MALBA in Buenos Aires, Ex-Teresa in Mexico City, Sculpture Center, Bronx Museum, and others, as well as in Zagreb, Berlin, Athens, Ljubljana, São Paulo, Bogotá, Chicago, and others. His work has been reviewed by the New York Times, Art in America, Artforum, and Flash Art, among others. Helguera has organized nearly 500 public programs. He has been the co director of the international forum of contemporary art experts in ARCO, Madrid (2003-05), and was director of the 5th SITAC in Mexico City in 2005 (Symposium of Contemporary Art Theory). He has also been juror of the biennials of Guatemala, Costa Rica, and the national contemporary art competition of San Juan. He is the author of four books Endingness (2005), Las Brujas de Tepoztlán (2007), The Pablo Helguera Manual of Contemporary Art Style (Spanish edition, 2005; English edition 2007), and the novel The Boy Inside the Letter (2007). His website is: http://pablohelguera.net.

Helguera’s visit is sponsored by the UT School of Art and Ready for the World. Web: http://art.utk.edu/printmaking/visiting_artists/visart.html

Save the date!
March 6th at 8:00PM and March 7th at 2:00PM - Full length Cinderella at the Tennessee Theater.

Community leaders, musicians and volunteers are joining together beginning March 5 to help listener supported radio station WDVX raise funds to keep the station on the air. “WDVX relies on listener support for the ongoing expenses of running a community radio station. Every donation, no matter the size, is a vote to keep WDVX on the air and reminds us that we are a valued contributor to Knoxville and our region’s thriving music and arts scene,” says WDVX Board President Rosa Mar.

The drive, which concludes Friday, March 14, features live performances nearly every day and welcomes in-person donations from the community at these shows. The Blue Plate Special, WDVX’s Monday through Friday free mid-day show,is scheduled to have performances by Jenna & Her Cool Friends, Audrey Auld, Joshua Daniel from The New Familiars, Driftwood, and others. On Friday night, March 7, First Friday Live on the Knoxville Visitor Center Stage features live music by The Lonetones. Knoxville native Paul Brewster will perform on Monday, March 10 at 7 p.m. for the station’s Tennessee Shines Radio Show. Notable guest hosts, including local TV personalities, will appear throughout the drive to ask for support for the 200 watt radio station, which started broadcasting in 1997 from a 14-foot camping trailer. East Tennessee Quiver, a show hosted by film and audio archivist Bradley Reeves airing Thursdays at 10 p.m., has scheduled MetroPulse music writer Eric Dawson along with guest Jerre Haskew, an original member of early 1960s Knoxville Folk group THE CUMBERLAND TRIO. The trio's lost 1964 LP has just been released. On March 13, the guests on East Tennessee Quiver are longtime Knoxville singers and stars of the local STARTIME TV show Kathy Hill and Curtis Young. On Saturday, March 29, Blue Mother Tupelo and other artists anchor a day long party at the WDVX studio inside the Knoxville Visitor Center where donors may pay their pledge, pick up a thank you gift, and enjoy music and other surprises.

As with past fund drives, the station has assembled a one-of-a-kind collection of live performance as a thank you gift for donors. The “Fund Drive Thumb Drive” includes grassroots artists such as Jim Lauderdale, St. Paul & the Broken Bones, Dom Flemons from Carolina Chocolate Drops, Valerie June and others. Vintage tracks donated by the Tennessee Archive of Moving Image and Sound of the Knox County Library are also part of the project. Donors to the Fund Drive are automatically entered to win the Ultimate Festival Package, a collection of the area’s top festivals happening through September 2014. Donations are not required to be entered into the drawing. More details can be found at www.WDVX.com. Listeners can make their pledges by calling the station at (865) 544-1029 or toll-free at 1-866-946-9389. Pledges can also be made at any time, securely, quickly and conveniently at WDVX.com. Volunteers are armed with pen and paper, ready to take calls. Donations may also be made in person at the WDVX studio the Knoxville Visitor Center, 301 S. Gay Street during normal business hours. WDVX’s contributions to the community include free live concerts nearly every day, programming variety, the ability to provide performance space and air play for up and coming local artists. The station can be heard in Knoxville and surrounding areas on the radio at 89.9 or 102.9 or online at www.wdvx.com.