Calendar of Events

Opening Reception November 14, 6:30-8:00 PM - everyone welcome! The public is invited; no admission is charged.

Fountain City Art Center, 213 Hotel Ave, Knoxville, TN 37918. Hours: Tuesday & Thursday, 9AM-5PM; Wednesday & Friday, 10AM-5PM; 2nd and 3rd Saturdays, 9AM-1PM. Information: 865-357-2787, www.fountaincityartctr.com

Fountain City Art Center will present a show of photographs by Embry DuBose entitled "Men at Work". Opening Reception November 14, 6:30-8:00 PM - everyone welcome! The public is invited; no admission is charged.

Fountain City Art Center, 213 Hotel Ave, Knoxville, TN 37918. Hours: Tuesday & Thursday, 9AM-5PM; Wednesday & Friday, 10AM-5PM; 2nd and 3rd Saturdays, 9AM-1PM. Information: 865-357-2787, www.fountaincityartctr.com

Pellissippi State Community College hosts the world debut of “Server Alley,” a comedy/drama by playwright Alex Gherardi, in November.
Performance times are 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 14, 15, 21, and 22 and 2 p.m. on Nov. 16 and 23. The event takes place in the Clayton Performing Arts Center on the Hardin Valley Campus, 10915 Hardin Valley Road.

The play has a unique setup, in that audience members are seated on the stage near the actors. Seating is limited. Tickets are $12 for adults and $10 for seniors and students. Tickets are available at www.pstcc.edu/tickets.

The never-before-seen play examines the lives of an oft-seen but barely noticed group: the people who serve our food. “The story focuses on young people at a time of their lives when they are deciding what they want and who they want to be,” said Charles R. Miller, Theatre program coordinator and a professor of Liberal Arts. “The characters in this play ask themselves if their lives are really what they wish them to be, or if they want to take the chance on something that might be better.”

Alex Gherardi is executive director of CNY Shakespeare in Central New York and is an adjunct faculty member at Pellissippi State. A graduate of Rutgers University, he is now living in Knoxville. “We are so honored to show the world premiere of a play he wrote while in Knoxville,” said Miller. “Alex is hugely talented not only as a playwright but as a composer and an actor himself.”

“Server Alley” 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 series commemorates Pellissippi State’s 40th anniversary. For more information about The Arts at Pellissippi State, 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.

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Dale Wasserman is a powerful and thought provoking dramatic comedy set in a mental institution. It starts with the arrival of a charming rogue who arranges to serve a short sentence in an airy mental institution rather than a prison. He takes over the yard and leads others out of introversion, stages a revolt so that they can see the world series on television, and arranges a rollicking midnight party with liquor and chippies. He clashes with the head nurse, a fierce hard-liner, and is punished for his offenses. His final correction leaves him in a state he and the other inmates couldn’t imagine. Winner of the 2001 Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Revival. Will be presented at the Clayton Center for the Arts. Details TBA.

Foothills Community Players: P.O. Box 5645, Maryville, TN 37802, 865-712-6428, http://www.foothillscommunityplayers.com/

Attend a spectacular exhibit of fine crafts and holiday gift ideas at the 48th annual Fine Craft Show presented by the Foothills Craft Guild! The dates are Friday and Saturday, November 14 and 15, from 10 to 6 and Sunday, November 16, from 11 to 5 at the historic Jacob Building in Knoxville’s Chilhowee Park. Imagine being surrounded by over 175 booths of fabulous fine crafts made according to the highest standards of quality workmanship and representing the Tennessee region…woodwork, pottery, jewelry, glass, fiber arts, metalwork, sculpture, basketry, and more! What a perfect time to shop for unique gifts and support your local fine craft artisans!

For great fun, visit the Make It & Take It Crafts booth on Saturday and Sunday where all ages can explore the fun of doing small crafts projects like straw weaving or stamping greeting cards. There will also be daily Craft Demonstrations such as basketry, bead weaving, and woodworking. Best-selling author Dr. Bill Bass is a special guest for the Authors’ Corner and will be autographing books Sunday from 1 to 4 p.m. Other local authors include Bill Landry, Sam Venable, Chef Walter Lambert, Jim Johnston, Cinthia Stafford, and Lisa Soland. Admission is adults $8, seniors $7 (65+), and children 13 and under free.

Foothills Craft Guild: 865-470-0669, www.foothillscraftguild.org

Ronald and Lynda Nutt Theatre
Foothills Community Players present One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

A charming rogue contrives to serve a short sentence in an airy mental institution rather in a prison. This, he learns, was a mistake. He clashes with the head nurse, a fierce artinet. Quickly, he takes over the yard and accomplishes what the medical profession has been unable to do for twelve years; he makes a presumed deaf and dumb Indian talk. He leads others out of introversion, stages a revolt so that they can see the world series on television, and arranges a rollicking midnight party with liquor and chippies. For one offense, the head nurse has him submit to shock treatment. The party is too horrid for her and she forces him to submit to a final correction a frontal lobotomy.

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

November 13 - November 16, 2014
Haslam Family Flexible Theatre
MacBeth is the New Black

Shakespeare’s tragedy adapted by Jayne Morgan and Linda Marion MacBeth is the New Black is set in a girls' juvenile detention center in East Tennessee, where the young inmates grapple with the classic tale of magic, ambition and violence - and their own demons. Though the play is 90 percent Shakespeare, new material was added by the production’s director, Jayne Morgan, and Linda Parsons Marion, a local poet and playwright.
Filtering the universal themes of Macbeth – ambition, power and the consequences of our actions – through the psyches of the troubled young girls brings a new slant to a familiar story.
This is not your mother's Shakespeare.

Tickets are $10 for Adults
$7 for Students and Seniors

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

Color Refined features the abstract works of Beatrice Riese, Siri Berg,
Gabriele Evertz, Rella Stuart-Hunt, and Rachel Beach. Born outside of the
United States, each woman emigrated here for various reasons - love,
education, and to escape political turmoil. The women all chose New York as
their home, and their mature art careers developed and flourished in the
city. Color Refined focuses on each artist's utilization and exploration of
color and color theory as the main feature of her abstract work. This
exhibition also celebrates the creative accomplishments of immigrants who
enrich and contribute to American culture.

From November 10 - December 12 the Ewing Gallery will be exhibiting Color
Refined. We will have an opening reception for the exhibition on Monday,
November 10 from 5:30 - 7 PM in the Ewing Gallery. The artists will be
present. On Tuesday, November 11 at 3:30 PM, we will be hosting a panel
discussion with the artists of Color Refined in room 109 of UT's Art and
Architecture Building. The panel will be moderated by UT painting professor
Karla Wozniak. On Wednesday, November 12 at 7:30 PM in room 109 of the Art
and Architecture building Rachel Beach will be giving a lecture on her work.
Beach is a New York-based sculptor.

All events are free and open to the public. Free parking for all events is
available in Circle Park on Volunteer Boulevard.

Please note, the Ewing Gallery will close from November 26 - 30th in
observance of the Thanksgiving Holiday.

For questions, please contact the Ewing Gallery ewing@utk.edu
865-974-3200

Blackberry Gallery
Frank Martin Exhibit

Featuring the work of Frank Martin, associate professor at the University of Tennessee’s School of Art (ceramics).
Frank’s work has been exhibited in; The State of the Art 2008: National Biennial Ceramics Invitational at Parkland Art Gallery Champaign, IL, The Art of Tennessee at the Frist Center for the Visual Arts in Nashville. His works are in the collections of the Charles A. Wusum Museum of Fine Arts in Racine Wisconsin and the Schein-Joseph International Museum of Ceramic Art, New York.
The Last Friday Art Walk, organized by the Maryville Arts Coalition, is an event that celebrates the arts on the last Friday of every month in Historic Downtown Maryville. Free and open to the public.

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

The hills of Tennessee are alive with one-of-a-kind fine art pieces. These pieces will be displayed at the Plateau Creative Arts Center in Fairfield Glade. “Artist’s Attic” contains paintings, jewelry, photographs, prints, pottery, sculptures, and more. All items are priced under $100.

If you are looking for a change of décor for your home or a gift for the upcoming holidays, visit the PCAC!

Art Guild at Fairfield Glade at the Plateau Creative Arts Center, 451 Lakeview Drive, Fairfield Glade, TN 38558. Hours: M-Sat 9AM-4PM. Information: 931-707-7249, www.artguildfairfieldglade.net

New Work by Beth Meadows at The Village, 133 S. Gay St., Knoxville, TN

Opening Reception: Friday, 11/7/14
Show runs through 12/1/14

Contact: beth@bethmeadows.com or benhubbard@thevillagemg.com

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Two exhibits will kick off the holiday season at the Art Market Gallery. Sponsored by Clayton Bank, recent works by the gallery’s featured artists for November, acrylic painter George Rothery and functional artist Kathy Lovelace, both of Knoxville, will be on display, as well as a show of works by new members who were juried into the gallery during 2014.

An opening reception for these exhibitions will be held from 5:30 to 9 p.m., Nov. 7, during Downtown Knoxville’s monthly First Friday Art Walk, with complimentary refreshments and jazz and blues from the 1920s, ‘30s and ‘40s performed by Melanie and the Meltones.

George A. Rothery Jr. is known for his marine art. The University of Tennessee graduate owned galleries in Knoxville from 1958 to 1980, representing well known artists and selling some of his own small oils. Later he studied with Walter Hollis Stevens and, now, as a professional artist, he concentrates on acrylics and oils. He especially enjoys researching sea lore so that he can combine his keen interest in history with his love of art. Rothery’s paintings are in public and private collections coast to coast, and he belongs to Salmagundi Club (New York City), American Society of Marine Painters, and Tennessee Artists Association, among others. His website is www.Georgerothery.com.

Kathy Lovelace, who was born into an Air Force family, has drawn and made things with her hands since childhood. The longtime banker-turned-artist began her new career by creating an acrylic painting of a small-mouth bass to give to her husband, an avid fly-fisherman. She now specializes in the brook, brown and rainbow trout found in streams of the Great Smoky Mountains. Lovelace describes her work as “functional art” since her paintings are depicted on small furniture and home accessories which then are protected with multiple coats of polycrylic in order to make them safe to use without fear of damage. Her website is, fittingly, www.troutpainter.com.

Members recently juried in to the Art Market Gallery are: Diane Aldrich (Gatlinburg) 2D mixed media; Mary Saylor (Knoxville) papier-mache sculpture; Ron Smith (Dandridge) handmade pens; Lynda Best (Tellico Plains), Dede Christopher (Maryville), Inna Nasonova (Lenoir City), Chriss Hardy, Kate McCullough, and Bradford W. Smith (all of Knoxville), painting.

Owned and operated by 62 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., Monday through Saturday; 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday; 1 to 5 p.m., Sunday. The gallery is wheelchair accessible, and parking in nearby public garages 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.