Calendar of Events

The Athens Area Council for the Arts announces A Very Good Place to Art featuring paintings, drawings, and pottery by students and instructors of AACA visual arts classes. The work can be viewed at The Arts Center, 320 North White Street, Athens, Tennessee, from June 23 – July 31, 2014.

This exhibit gives local art students and their instructors an opportunity to show what they have created as a part of art classes at The Arts Center.

The opening reception is Friday, June 27 from 5:30 – 6:30 p.m. The reception will include light refreshments and is free and open to the public.

Athens Area Council for the Arts: 320 North White Street, Athens, TN, 37303. Info: 423-745-8781, www.athensartscouncil.org

Come swing with us at The Plaza at Clayton Center for the Arts Monday nights in June! Ensemble Swing Time Band will perform each Monday. Young or old, experienced or novice, let's dance!

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

Archaeokids: Exploring Ancient Art and Archaeology, is a McClung Museum Summer Camp that focuses on archaeology and the art of ancient Native Americans and ancient Egyptians. It is open to rising fourth, fifth, and sixth graders. It lasts five days, three hours per day, for one week.

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

Discover the hidden treasure in you and others at the Pirates of ETTAC Summer Camp.
Three days filled with accessible literature, music, technology, art with Alice Carroll, a treasure hunt, map-making, and ADVENTURE!
June 23-25, 2014. 9:30AM-1:00PM.

For anyone 6-15 with or without a disability. Open to first 20 people who register. $10 per person, financial assistance available.
Contact Shaynie Gray at 865 219 0130 for more information.
ETTAC, 116 Childress Street, Knoxville, 37920. www.ettac.org

June 23: Jim Hurst & Roberto Dalla Vecchia + Wordplay guest poet Dawn Coppock

Guitarist Jim Hurst has played and sung with Trisha Yearwood, Sara Evans, and Claire Lynch, in whose Front Porch String Band he met Missy Raines. Their duo collaborations received critical acclaim and garnered them IBMA Guitar and Bass Player of the Year for 2001 and 2002. His unique picking style and mastery of bluegrass guitar wows audiences and is revered by both novice guitar players and his musical peers.

Tennessee Shines is a weekly radio show performed live for an in-studio audience at the Knoxville Visitor Center Mondays at 7pm and broadcast live on WDVX FM and WDVX.com. Hosts are Bob Deck and Paige Travis. Tickets are $10, free for students with valid ID and children ages 14 and under. Tickets are available in advance at the WDVX Blue Plate Special, noon weekdays and Saturdays at the Knoxville Visitor Center, or at the door beginning at 6 p.m. on the night of the show. For more information, visit WDVX.com.

Information: 865-544-1029, www.wdvx.com, http://www.tennesseeshines.com

Join author George Ella Lyon for the grand opening of this unique exhibit on June 15 from 2-5 at the East Tennessee History Center.

More than 50 books are available to touch, read, and explore. The exhibit also includes representative clothes and toys from Appalachia, music, and hands on activities that bring the subject to life for kids of all ages. Exhibit runs June 16 - September 14.

East Tennessee Historical Society, 601 S. Gay Street, Knoxville, TN 37902. Museum hours: Monday-Friday: 9AM-4PM, Saturday: 10AM-4PM, Sunday: 1-5PM. Library: Monday-Tuesday: 9AM-8:30PM, Wednesday-Friday: 9AM-5:30PM, Saturday: 9AM-5PM, Sunday 1-5PM. Information: 865-215-8824, www.easttnhistory.org

The McClung Museum is the University of Tennessee’s museum, and in that sense, has been the recipient of the varied objects that alumni have gifted to the University. Among those gifts is a significant grouping of American and European art, representative of major artistic movements from impressionism, to modernism, to neo-plasticism. Indeed, the studied taste of a handful of collectors has not only helped form the backbone of the McClung Museum’s art collection, but has also shaped the history of the museum itself. This exhibit—which features around fifty paintings, sculptures, and works on paper—explores the work of American and European artists, and the influence that art patrons and collectors have had on the McClung Museum.

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

June 14, 2014 through August 31, 2014!

Like many university museums, the McClung Museum has been gifted a wide variety of art since it opened its doors fifty years ago. From Matisse to East Tennensee artists, and from nineteenth century society portraits to twentieth century abstract art, these approximately 50 paintings, sculptures, and works on paper reflect collector’s tastes, and how history has shaped culture and art over time.
The McClung Museum is open to the public and admission is free.

The McClung Museum is located at 1327 Circle Park Drive on the UT campus.
Monday through Saturday: 9:00 a.m.­–5:00 p.m. Sunday: 1:00–5:00 p.m.

“Nikon Small World” is a traveling exhibit of 20 award winning photomicrographs featuring science subjects on the nano scale. See the unseen. AMSE Lobby.

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

“Clinton Engineer Works (CEW) Real Estate Maps” detail the property boundaries before acquisition by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The exhibit consists of 13 maps, one index map, and maps of segments A-K and O. An indexed listing of landowners associated with the properties is also available. AMSE Lobby.

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

Features artifacts from various branches of the military and numerous wars, including the Korean War, Vietnam War, World War I and II, and Desert Storm.

The Farragut Folklife Museum Committee will host a special reception on Veteran's Day - the final day of the exhibit - from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. in the museum. Local veterans are invited to attend to be honored, view the exhibit and enjoy light refreshments.

Farragut Folklife Museum, 11408 Municipal Center Dr, Farragut, TN 37934. Hours: Monday-Friday, 10AM-4:30 PM. Information: 865-966-7057, www.townoffarragut.org

The Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center's announced it's new Summer Family Program that will run Monday through Friday now through early August.

June 23rd – June 27th Nature Week
Monday, June 23rd: River Rock Face Painting
Tuesday, June 24th: Fly Fishing
Wednesday, June 25th: Appalachian Bear Rescue
Thursday, June 26th & Friday, June 27th: Guest(s) from the Great Smoky Mountains Institute at Tremont will bring hands-on, educational activities.

June 30th – July 3rd Townsend Week
Monday, June 30th: Build a Cabin
Tuesday, July 1st: Archaeology Day – The Townsend Dig
Wednesday, July 2nd: School Day in the Church
Thursday, July 3rd: Service Day (10:00 AM - 12:00 PM)

July 7th – July 11th Hunt Like a Native American Week
Monday, July 7th: Make the Mask of Your Clan
Tuesday, July 8th: Chunkey
Wednesday, July 9th: Atlatl
Thursday, July 10th: Blow Gun
Friday, July 11th: TBD

July 14th – 18th Garden Week
Monday, July 14th – Thursday, July 17th: Farmer in the Cove
Friday, July 18th: TBD

July 21st – July 25th Move like a Pioneer Week
Monday, July 21st: Load a Wagon
Tuesday, July 22nd: Build a Cabin
Wednesday, July 23rd: TBD
Thursday, July 24th: TBD
Friday, July 25th: TBD

July 28th – August 1st Around the House
Monday, July 28th: Children’s Chores
Tuesday, July 29th: Broom Making Demonstration (Tentative)
Wednesday, July 30th: Make a Quilt Square
Thursday, July 31st: Cook like a Pioneer
Friday, August 1st: Butter Making

August 4th – August 8th Art Week
Monday, August 4th: Nature Art
Tuesday, August 5th: Paint a Mountain Scene
Wednesday, August 6th: Photography
Thursday, August 7th & Friday, August 8th: TBD

August 11th – August 15th Music Week
Monday, August 11th: Drums
Tuesday, August 12th: Dulcimers
Wednesday, August 13th: Flute Day
Thursday, August 14th: Make an Instrument
Friday, August 15th: TBD

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