Calendar of Events

County Fair-1963
by Mike Everett
in the Haslam Family Flexible Theatre

The Fair comes to Blount County!
Mur Ruth, Sur Lou and Muley return! If you loved "Hillbilly Homecoming", "Holey Rollers" and "Rest Home" you can't miss "Blount County Fair-1963" and catch up with the characters you have grown to love. What would make Mur Ruth and Sur Lou dress up like clowns? Remember the "hootchie-koochie" girls of the fair? The pageants? Take another trip back to a simpler time as the fair comes to Blount County via Mike Everett's imagination.
Directed by David Dwyer
Tickets: $14

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

Over the better part of a decade, Shovels & Rope have taken the less is more approach, cutting unnecessary frills from their songs, not to mention the very way they live their musical lives. There’s no backing off or backing down on Swimmin’ Time, the duo’s much-anticipated sophomore album that brims with the confidence, energy and sinew of a band that’s accustomed to treating their career as a marathon, rather than a sprint.

Bijou Theatre, 803 S. Gay Street, Knoxville, TN 37902. Information/tickets: 865-522-0832, www.knoxbijou.com, www.ticketmaster.com

The Town of Farragut Arts Council presents Elaine Marcel-Culbert as the featured artist for October and November. Located at the Farragut Town Hall, her exhibit features a variety of her paintings.

A Kansas City, Mo. native, Marcel-Culbert has studied drawing and painting for over 30 years under numerous professional artists as well as in the more formal settings of university art courses, art center programs and museum classes. An award winning artist, she is co-founder of The Artists' Studio and Gallery, a private studio and gallery in Oak Ridge (372 East Tennessee Avenue). Many of Marcel-Culbert's works are held in private collections and can be viewed at The Artists' Studio and Gallery or online at www.elainemarcel-culbert.com.

Each month, the work of an artist or group of artists is featured in specially designed cases on the second floor of the rotunda in the Farragut Town Hall. For more information about this exhibit or to access a Featured Artist of the Month application, please contact Lauren Cox at lauren.cox@townoffarragut.org or 966-7057 or visit www.townoffarragut.org/artsandculture.

The Farragut Town Hall is open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and is located at 11408 Municipal Center Drive directly across from the Farragut Branch Post Office.

Wine & Canvas: the painting class with cocktails!

Mimi's Cafe
10/07
Grey Owl

RJ's Courtyard
10/13
Rolling Landscape

Surin of Thailand
10/14
Colorful Glasses

Doc's American Grille
10/15
We're Number One!

Don Pablo's
10/18
On Golden Pond

Armada
10/23
Green Fairy

Original Copper Cellar
10/28
Purple Meadow

Naples
10/29
Harvest Moon

Wine & Canvas: Knoxville, TN, 865-356-9179, www.wineandcanvas.com

The works of many of Pellissippi State Community College’s Art faculty are featured in an exhibit that kicks off Oct. 6. The display is in the gallery of the Bagwell Center for Media and Art on the Hardin Valley Campus, 10915 Hardin Valley Road. Gallery hours are Monday-Friday, 10 a.m.-6:30 p.m.

“This exhibit showcases the current work of our four full-time faculty members as well as several of our adjunct faculty members, so it’s a department-wide show,” said Jeff Lockett, professor and Art program coordinator. “We’ll have two-dimensional and three-dimensional art featuring both abstract and representational work. “The Bagwell Gallery is wonderful for showcasing the work of local and regional artists, as well as the work of our talented students and our faculty.”

The Faculty Art Exhibit is one of the events that make up Pellissippi State’s arts series, The Arts at Pellissippi State. The series brings to the community cultural activities ranging from music and theatre to international celebrations, lectures, and the fine arts. This year, the arts series celebrates Pellissippi State’s 40th anniversary. For more information, visit www.pstcc.edu/arts or call (865) 694-6400. To request accommodations for a disability, contact the executive director of Human Resources at (865) 694-6607 or humanresources@pstcc.edu.

Pellissippi State: 10915 Hardin Valley Road, Knoxville, TN 37932. Information: 865-694-6405, www.pstcc.edu

The Barbara West Portrait Group will showcase an exhibition of their work in October at the Farragut Town Hall. The group's namesake, Barbara West, was an artist who shared her hospitality and home with fellow artists. Living in California for many years, she relocated to Knoxville in 2002. West was the founding member of the Pastel Society of San Diego.

The Barbara West Portrait Group meets twice a week to draw and paint. More information is available on Facebook at The Barbara West Portrait Group and by calling 865-675-6339.

Monday, Oct. 6 - Friday, Oct. 17, 2014 - During regular Town Hall hours: Monday - Friday, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Reception: Tuesday, Oct. 7, 5 - 6 p.m.

Farragut Town Hall, 11408 Municipal Center Drive (across from the Farragut Branch Post Office). The art show is free and open to the public. For more information, please contact Lauren Cox, special events and program coordinator, at lauren.cox@townoffarragut.org or 966-7057.

The exhibit, Made in Tennessee: Manufacturing Milestones, at the Museum of East Tennessee History through April 4, chronicles the history of manufacturing and manufacturers in Tennessee over the past two-and a-half centuries. A companion student K-12 curriculum has been developed and is available for teachers and students. As with all exhibitions and programs developed by the East Tennessee Historical Society and the Museum of East Tennessee History, Made in Tennessee features a “grassroots” approach, turning to communities and individuals across the state for help in identifying content and artifacts.

The exhibition begins at the workstation of Knoxville Glove Company employee Margaret Newcomb, who personally sewed more than 10,800,000 industrial gloves from 1953-2013. Visitors are invited to “clock in and out” using a time card and an authentic time clock and will enjoy more than 80 artifacts of iconic Tennessee products, from Jack Daniels to JFG coffee to an Alladdin/Stanley thermos to an employee-signed hood of a Volkswagen. The perimeter of the exhibit includes 20 “Did You Know?” facts about manufacturing in Tennessee, such as did you know that Mastercraft, the world’s largest producer of ski, wakeboard, and luxury performance power boats, built their first ski boat in a two-stall horse barn in Maryville in 1968? Visitors will encounter other surprising facts: Did you know that in 1810, there were 14,000 registered distillers in the state, producing some 25.5 million gallons a year? Intriguing is the fact that by 1980, the Marathon was the only car that had been produced completely in the state, yet by 2010, Tennessee was the “#1 state in car manufacturing strength.” Following its run at the Museum of East Tennessee History, Knoxville, the exhibit will be made available to museums across the state through 2017.

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

Black Box Theater
Friday October 3rd, 2014
6:00 PM

Cumberland Hispanic Festival
Cumberland Playhouse
Saturday October 18th, 2014
3:00 PM


Black Box Theater
Friday November 7th, 2014
6:00 PM


Black Box Theater
Friday December 4th, 2014
6:00 PM

International Festival Children Museum
February 21st, 2015
AM

Pasión Flamenca: 865-202-0740, www.flamencowestknox.com

Opening Reception October 3, 6:30-8:00 PM - everyone welcome!
Details TBA

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

Inna Nasonova, who paints in oils, and fiber artist Elaine Fronczek, both of Knoxville, are the Art Market Gallery’s featured artists for October. Their recent works will be on exhibit at The Art Market Gallery through Nov. 2, with an opening reception to be held from 5:30 to 9 p.m., Friday, Oct. 3, during the monthly First Friday Art Walk in downtown Knoxville. At the opening reception visitors may enjoy complimentary refreshments and live music performed by Living Room Roots.

Owned and operated by about 60 professional regional artists, the Art Market Gallery, at 422 South Gay St., is a few doors from Mast General Store and next to Downtown Grill & Brewery. Hours are 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday; 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday; 1 to 5 p.m., Sunday. The gallery is wheelchair accessible, and parking in the abutting garage and on the street is free on weekends and after 6 p.m. weekdays. For more information, call 865-525-5265, or visit artmarketgallery.net, or facebook.com/Art.Market.Gallery.

"Where Water Used to Be" a small show of work by Jean Hess in the display case in the Emporium.

Artist Statement: Jean Hess
Water is a precious resource that is threatened in so many ways. Pollution, diversion, waste -- the water of the earth needs protection. We all know that large communities like the Anasazi of the Southwest left their homes because water sources disappeared. The "Remote Sensing" series of collage paintings references the trope of aerial imaging -- used in archeology to identify traces of ancient habitations -- to create patterns suggesting ancient settlements abandoned because of lost water resources.

I like the idea of a remote vantage point -- removed, impartial -- from which to view very emotional issues. That and the overall haze of filtered light suggest my own personal preference for viewing from a distance. This is a very oblique way of making a political statement, and that suits me because I would prefer to make attractive, compelling images rather than depict negative things.

This show, "Where Water Used to Be," continues the "Remote Sensing" work and expands upon it with small sculptures, assdemblages and collections of detritus from the imagined settlements that were abandoned when water ran out. These are whimsical, hard to explain fully, as though they are the sorts of things archeologists refer to as "problematic forms." I like to imagine that some of them are sympathetic magic implements for conjuring water, or holding on to water resources that may be dwindling.

For my collage paintings I experiment with various techniques and materials to create a compelling surface, looking for simplicity and a hazy overall atmosphere. Imagery typically appears to float on the surface. I use multiple [often 30-40] layers of clear resin in between thin scrims of paint with collage elements, graphite lines or pressed flowers; this creates a refractive surface that lets light enter and bounce back. I work in series that address particular issues and feelings, and yet most of my paintings end up looking like aerial landscapes or else water surfaces. Sometimes one melds into the other and that is meaningful because if the work is "about" anything at all it is about the beauty and vulnerability of the natural world.

The artifacts are all constructed from found objects that I have been hoarding for a long time. They have in common a connection to water, if only in my imagination.

Emporium Center, 100 S. Gay Street. Gallery hours are Monday-Friday 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM and Saturday 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM. Additional special hours are posted at www.theemporiumcenter.com/visit.html. For more information, please contact the Arts & Culture Alliance at (865) 523-7543, or visit the Web site at www.knoxalliance.com.

The Arts & Culture Alliance is pleased to present a new exhibition by the Tennessee Artists Association (TAA) entitled “The Fall Juried Show: 40th Anniversary”, featuring original art by over 60 Tennessee artists including oils, watercolors, acrylics, pastels, photography, and mixed media. The exhibition will be displayed at the Emporium Center in downtown Knoxville from October 3 - November 1, 2014. An opening reception will take place as part of First Friday activities on October 3 from 5:00-9:00 PM, and awards for the show will be given at 6:00 PM. “This is TAA’s fifth show at the Emporium Center, and we are very excited about the opportunity to present the breadth and quality of Tennessee artists’ works represented by our members,” said Barbara Finch, exhibition chair. The First Friday reception also features music by Tapestry in the gallery as well as music and dance performances by Pasión Flamenca from 6:00-6:30 PM and a Jazz Jam Session hosted by Vance Thompson and Friends from 7:00-9:00 PM in the Black Box Theatre.

Founded in 1974, the Tennessee Artists Association (TAA) is a civic organization of fine artists with 66 current members. TAA encourages each individual artist to grow and develop through fellowship with other artists, educational programs, opportunities to exhibit and sell art, and to serve the community through classes. TAA hosts an exhibition of new artwork every three months at the Knoxville Chamber of Commerce on Market Square. Membership in TAA is open to anyone eighteen years and older who is a resident of the state of Tennessee. Dues are currently $50 for single membership, $60 for family and $15 for students. Meetings are held on the third Tuesday of the month at 7:00 PM at Westminster Presbyterian Church, 6500 Northshore Drive, which include a business meeting, a program, and a time of fellowship and refreshments. Guests are welcome to attend. For more information, visit www.tnartists.org.

As sponsors of the show, FastFrame, Jerry’s Artarama, The Town Framery, Franklin Gallery, Cheap Joe’s and CMI Moulding have made it possible to provide awards and recognition to the artists.

“The Fall Juried Show: 40th Anniversary” will be on display at the Emporium Center, 100 S. Gay Street. Gallery hours are Monday-Friday 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM and Saturday 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM. Additional special hours are posted at www.theemporiumcenter.com/visit.html. For more information, please contact the Arts & Culture Alliance at (865) 523-7543, or visit the Web site at www.knoxalliance.com.