Calendar of Events

Featuring new selections on loan from a private collection and Selections from the Permanent Collection. Featuring International Artists including Henri Matisse, Edouard Manet, Salvador Dali and many others. And in the Foyer Gallery, New Nativities by Local Artists and Mary - Mortal and Divine - Manifests the Feminine.

Opening Reception: Monday Evening, November 17, from 4:30 to 6:30 PM
The event is free and open to the public. Bring your friends and family!

Oak Ridge Art Center * 201 Badger Avenue * Oak Ridge, (865) 482-1441 or http://www.oakridgeartcenter.org/

We invite the public to visit the Sandra J. Blain Galleries to see an exhibit draped in history, color, and texture. Whether used for utilitarian or decorative purposes textiles have been a part of the human experience since the dawn of civilization. They can provide warmth and comfort, illustrate social status, adorn and insulate living and other physical spaces, or be used for the carrying and storage of items. Textiles are still imperative for all of these reasons yet they have also become regarded as an art form. Through the hands of artists textile techniques have been used in innovative and conceptual ways. Arrowmont has conducted workshops in an array of textile and fiber topics since its beginning in the late 1960s, and throughout the years has amassed a variety of works from past instructors, studio assistants, and resident artists in myriad techniques for its permanent collection.

"This selection of textiles from Arrowmont's permanent collection hints at the scope of work in all craft media preserved at Arrowmont. Visitors will enjoy this exhibition for its historical significance and for the beauty of the works," said Executive Director, Bill May. On display is a selection that illustrate textile arts’ journey over the last several decades. Weaving, tapestry, embroidery, dying, felting, printing, sewing, quilting, knotting, macramé, and basketry techniques are represented. While many of these works push the boundaries of what textiles are they all pay homage to the past while paving the way for an even more inventive future.

Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts enriches lives by developing aesthetic appreciation and fostering self-expression with hands-on experiences in a variety of media, classes, conferences and seminars. On the leading edge of arts education, Arrowmont utilizes contemporary and fine arts techniques to build upon traditional arts and crafts.

Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, 556 Parkway, Gatlinburg, TN 37738
The Gallery is open Monday – Friday 8:30 AM – 5:00 PM and Saturday 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM. Tours are available by reservation, and can be arranged by calling 865-436-5860.
www.arrowmont.org

I'd like to invite you to come out to my fall Kiln Opening sale! This is the second firing of my newly remodeled wood fired kiln and I've filled it with a huge selection of pots and many new designs of animal sculptures, plus old favorites like crows and rabbits. I'll start unloading the kiln at 10 a.m. on Saturday. You never know what surprises you will see coming out! Bring all your friends for a fun day out and get some early holiday shopping done - handcrafted pottery makes a great gift.

Kiln opening dates:
Saturday, November 15th, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Sunday, November 16th, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

My studio and kiln are located at 6319 Tazewell Pike, Knoxville, TN 37918

Follow me on Facebook at: http://www.facebook.com/peterrosepottery; Website: http://peterroseceramics.com

2014 Tennessee Football. UT vs. Kentucky home game in Knoxville, TN.

Neyland Stadium: 1235 Phillip Fulmer Way, Knoxville, TN 37916, www.utsports.com

On November 15 UT plays against Kentucky. But before the game the College of Arts and Sciences presents the Pregame Showcase, featuring David M. Jenkins, Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry. The title of his talk is “Expanding the Synthetic Toolbox for Pharmaceuticals”

The Pregame Showcase is a public lecture series scheduled two hours before each home football game at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. The program features 30-minute presentations by all-star faculty from the College of Arts and Sciences on topics related to their field of expertise, followed by a 10- to 15-minute question-and-answer period. The carefully timed programs allow football fans to have plenty of time to enjoy the lecture and still get to the stadium by kickoff.
Football games attract a larger and more diverse audience to campus than any other single activity, and everyone is welcome to attend the Pregame Showcase, including fans from the opposing teams.
The Pregame Showcase starts 2 hours before kickoff in the University Center Ballroom (Room 213) and is free and open to the public. A reception for our guests will follow the program.
http://www.higherground.utk.edu/pregame-showcase/

Featuring musicians Tom Norris, David Hickman, John Wade, and Andy LeGrande. Original music. $10 for adults, $5 students at door.

213 Hotel Rd, Knoxville, TN 37918
(865) 357-2787, www.fountaincityartctr.com

The Fountain City Art Center will host the LeGrand Music Studio Concert, "Fresh Music,"at 7:00PM On November 15.

213 Hotel Rd, Knoxville, TN 37918
(865) 357-2787, www.fountaincityartctr.com

TELLABRATION SSS! 2014 A Worldwide Celebration of Storytelling
Stories that entertain and inspire, for Adults and Children who listen like Grown-ups.

Blount County Library, in the Rotunda, 508 Cusick St., Maryville, 2 pm Tellers; Shirley Nicholson, Jim Eastin, Jennifer Alldredge, Janice Brooks-Headrick FREE! But we can take donations

www.smokymountaintellers.org

Saturday November 15 2014 at the Birdhouse in Knoxville

The Billy Widgets (Knoxville) http://www.reverbnation.com/thebillywidgets
Birds With Fleas (Chattanooga) http://www.birdswithfleas.com/
Dendera Bloodbath (Atlanta) http://www.denderabloodbath.com
The Light Speed Heart (Knoxville) http://www.reverbnation.com/thelightspeedheart

$5 suggested donation.

Birdhouse Gallery, 800 N 4th Avenue, Knoxville, TN 37917.

Sundress Academy for the Arts will host a table reading of Widows of Whitechaple, an original play by Amy Sayre Baptista, which tells the infamous story of the Jack the Ripper murders from the perspective of his victims.

The reading will be casual, and attendees are invited to stay after for a mixer and meet and greet with the readers. Light refreshments will be provided, but guests are encouraged to bring snacks and drinks to share.

The play features six characters: one is Jack the Ripper himself and the rest the ghosts of five of his victims. Please contact Adam Crandall at adamcrandall91@gmail.com if you are interested in reading for one of the characters.

Character List
PERCIVAL PENNYROYAL: 53, male, “JACK THE RIPPER” aficionado and tour guide, middle class English accent.
POLLY NICHOLS: 43,first ghost, cockney accent.
ANNIE CHAPMAN: 47, second ghost, suffered from consumption in life, cockney accent.
ELIZABETH STRIDE: 45, third ghost, Swedish inflected English.
CATHERINE EDDOWES:46, fourth ghost, cockney accent.
MARY JANE KELLY: 25, fifth ghost, Irish accent.

The event will take place at the Sundress Academy for the Arts’ home at Firefly Farms, located at 195 Tobby Hollow Ln, Knoxville TN 37830. The reading will be held on Saturday, November 15th from 7PM to 10PM.
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This group of incredibly talented musicians is devoted to performing the music of the late musician and composer Frank Zappa. Dweezil Zappa, his oldest son, leads the tribute act and carries on the Zappa legacy for fans and newcomers alike.

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

Opening reception Nov. 14 from 6 to 7:30 p.m.; artists’ talks at 6:30 p.m.

Free and open to the public

Karin Lubart presents “Standing on the Shoulders of Giants: Classical Portraiture” - Since the 1700’s artists have copied masterpieces in the galleries of the Louvre. Karin’s opportunity to participate in this time-honored tradition enormously enriched her training as an artist. To recreate a masterpiece brings one very close to the Master. She says that standing only three feet from the masterpiece, studying and recreating it was truly a gift. Working from life or photographs, Karin’s straightforward, sensitive style of painting emphasizes her ability to recreate her subject’s persona on canvas. Karin Kretschmann Lubart received her BFA from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, majoring in Communication Arts. She continued to enrich her academic foundation at the Art Students League of New York, studying with John Howard Sanden, Nelson Shanks and Jack Faragasso. With over 25 years of experience as a professional illustrator, Karin has worked for many major corporations, publishers and advertising agencies. Her passion for portrait art was born out of her career as an illustrator. Karin nurtured her passion by joining the copyist program of the Louvre and Musee D’Orsay in Paris and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. She currently resides in Maryville, thankful and blessed to be continuing her portrait art.

Diana Dee Sarker - she hopes her artwork kindles empathy for abused, neglected or unnecessarily killed animals. Many of the portrayed animals are horses that either have been rescued or work in some line of service. The people in the paintings are the folks who have taken in these animals or who train them for service. For example: the painting of the farmer Willis and his donkey George. Willis volunteers for the National Peaceful Valley Donkey Rescue Organization and has many donkeys on his farm that he cares for while they wait to be adopted. George was found almost starved to death. Willis took him home and nourished him back to health. During her 34 years as a physician with a busy medical practice, Diana Dee found time to paint portraits and landscapes of the people and places she encountered doing volunteer medicine in third world countries. She wanted to share these wonderful experiences with her patients back home. This was her beginning in a life of art. She remained a self-taught artist until 2005, when she decided to obtain an art education. This began by studying oil painting at Woodstock School of Art with Hongnian Zhang, and figure oil painting with Nelson Shanks, Anthony Ryder, and Warren Chang. Also, she trained at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art. She received her MFA in figure painting at the Academy of Art University in 2014. While at AAU, she continued to study pastel landscape painting with Gil Dellinger, Susan Olgilvie, and Clark Mitchell. The Art Market Gallery and the Arts and Culture Alliance in Knoxville, TN and the Olde Concord Gallery in Concord, TN represent her pastels, oil paintings and watercolors. www.DianaDeeArt.com

Where: Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church Gallery
2931 Kingston Pike, Knoxville, TN 37918