Calendar of Events

Dennis Sabo, a Loudon, TN resident, is an internationally honored photographer specializing in contemporary abstract, landscape, and seascape photography. His award-winning work has appeared in various publications, television, the Internet and institutions. among them National Geographic, NOVA, PBS, and Blue Planet.

His exhibit, titled “Meadows and Mountains,” will be on display from April 1 to June 30th at Rarity Bay Community Center, Vonore, TN. The main exhibit hall is accessible Monday through Friday, 9AM to 4 PM which displays 12 of his pieces. Visitors should call ahead if they want to see the entire exhibit to assure that the conference room is not occupied with an event.

For more information, directions, or to check exhibit availability contact the Community Center at 423-884-3800
Viewing on weekends by special arrangements can be made by contacting Becky Kosalac at 423-884-3614 or Jean Porter at 423-744-4166.

East Tennessee Art Educator Exhibition curated by John Ashworth. Student Art Exhibition curated by Flowerree McDonough.

A Program Of Knoxville's Dogwood Arts, at Clayton Center for the Arts, 502E. Lamar Alexander Pkwy, Maryville, TN 37804

Opening Reception: Thursday, April 2, 5:00-9:00 with awards at 7:00 PM
Gallery hours: Monday-Friday, 10:00am-6:00pm. Also: Saturday, April 11, 12:00-5:00pm
Free to the public!
Dogwood Arts: 865-637-4561 www.dogwoodarts.com

4/2: Shoreline, 6:00 - 9:00 PM
Hurricane Grill & Wings - 319 Lovell Rd, Knoxville, TN 37934

4/9: Starry Night in Knoxville **Give from the Heart with Art** - The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, 6:00 - 9:00 PM
Club LeConte - 800 S. Gay St, Knoxville, TN 37929

4/13: Blossom Sunrise, 6:00 - 9:00 PM
Chuy's - 9235 Kingston Pike, Knoxville, TN 37922

4/14: Birch Trees, 6:00 - 9:00 PM
Mimi's Cafe - 10945 Parkside Drive, Knoxville, TN 37922

4/21: Love Anchor, 6:00 - 9:00 PM
Dead End BBQ - Maryville - 527 West Broadway Ave., Maryville, TN 37801

4/22: Spring Blooms, 6:00 - 9:00 PM
Calhoun's - Turkey Creek - 625 Turkey Cove Ln, Knoxville, TN 37934

4/23: Dogwoods, 6:00 - 9:00 PM
Original Copper Cellar - 1807 Cumberland Ave, Knoxville, TN 37916

4/26: Wine and Fruit, 5:00 - 8:00 PM
Mind Yer P's & Q's - Farragut - 12744 Kingston Pike Suite 104, Knoxville, TN 37934

4/27: Old World Wine, 6:00 - 9:00 PM
Uncorked - 18-20 Market Square, Knoxville, TN 37902

Wine & Canvas: Knoxville, TN, 865-356-9179, http://www.wineandcanvas.com/knoxville-tn.html

Holy Week and Easter Celebration, Maundy Thursday, April 2, 7:15PM.
Maundy Thursday Service with Choral Masterworks by the Parish Adult Choir.
Everyone welcome!
900 Henley St, Knoxville, TN 37902
(865) 524-3048

Spring UT Jazz Big Band Concert
Thursday, April 2, 2015 at 8:00 p.m.
Sandra G.Powell Recital Hall, Natalie L. Haslam Music Center

UT School of Music: Unless otherwise noted, concerts are FREE and open to the public. The Alumni Memorial Building located at 1408 Middle Drive on the UT campus. (The James R. Cox Auditorium is located in the Alumni Memorial Building.) The Natalie Haslam Music Center is located at 1741 Volunteer Blvd on the UT campus.
*For individual or small group performances, please check the web site or call the day of the event for updates or cancellations: 865-974-5678, www.music.utk.edu/events

In celebration of National Poetry Month, the Knoxville Writers' Guild will feature award-winning poets Connie Jordan Green and Art Stewart during its April program.

The event, which will be open to the public, will begin at 7 p.m., Thursday, April 2 at the Laurel Theater, at the corner of Laurel Avenue and 16th Streets (in Fort Sanders). A $2 donation is requested at the door. The building is handicapped accessible. Additional parking is available at Redeemer Church of Knoxville, 1642 Highland Ave.

Stewart, who specializes in "science flavored poetry," will read from his newest book, "From Where We Came."

In addition, "I will talk eclectically about eccentricity and structure as factors that writers of every genre can use to encourage their habits of writing," he said.

Green will read poems from her upcoming collection titled "Household Inventory," which received the Brick Road Poetry Press Award, during the program. She'll also share about the making of the collection.

Stewart and Green both have been recognized by the East Tennessee Writers Hall of Fame. He is a 2013 inductee into the hall of fame, and she has received a Lifetime Achievement Award. She teaches for the Oak Ridge Institute for Continued Learning, and her weekly column for the "Loudon County News Herald" is in its 36th year. Stewart worked at Oak Ridge National Laboratory as an ecologist and ecotoxicologist before becoming a science education program manager for Oak Ridge Associated Universities.

Books from both poets will be available for purchase at the program. Additional information about KWG can be found at www.KnoxvilleWritersGuild.org. A Facebook event page has been created at www.facebook.com/events/1414672865504182.

Laurel Theater, 1538 Laurel Ave., Knoxville, TN
(865) 386-0805 or www.knoxvillewritersguild.org.

Knox County Public Library's Books Sandwiched In Series: Mark Campen, City Councilman and Executive Director of the Tennessee Chapter of the Isaak Walton League of America will discuss Gaining Ground: A Story Of Farmers' Markets, Local Food, And Saving The Family Farm by Forrest Pritchard.

Wednesday, June 17, noon - 1:00 pm.

In the East Tennessee History Center auditorium, 601 S. Gay Street. For more information, call Emily Ellis at 865-215-8754 or email eellis@knoxlib.org.

New exhibit/sale portraying the beauty of the spring through the eyes of artists, Theresa Shelton, Tom Bluemlein, Jim Gray, Sharon Shaver, and 2015 Dogwood Arts Poster artist Judy Sinclair.

Liz-Beth Fine Art Inc., 7240 Kingston Pike #136, Knoxville, TN 37919
www.liz-beth.com

Kevin Kao, Thomas Wharton, Alexandra Kirtley, Raluca Iancu

Reception, Tuesday March 31 5-7PM in the Ewing Gallery.

In partial fulfillment of their graduation requirements, students pursuing the Master of Fine Arts (MFA) degree are required to mount a solo exhibition of work, and to defend their work during an oral examination in front of a faculty committee. Due to the number of graduate students enrolled in the UT School of Art, these exhibitions generally take the form of small groups of students presenting concurrent solo exhibitions in the gallery space.

The Ewing Gallery of Art and Architecture at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville
1715 Volunteer Boulevard, Art and Architecture Building, Knoxville, TN 37996
http://www.ewing-gallery.utk.edu/

Arrowmont invites the public to view A Naturally Picked Stacked Attraction of Glitz, the final exhibition from current Arrowmont Artists-in-Residence. The Exhibition is on display in the Sandra J. Blain Gallery from March 30th – May 9th 2015.

The opening reception is Friday, April 10th from 7-9pm, and is free and open to the public. The community is encouraged to attend with their friends and family.

The exhibit showcases sculpture, video art, installations, and interactive work made by Artist-in-Residence F.E. Toan, Amy Masters, Hunter Creel, Matthew Dercole and Nicholas Stawinski.

This cumulative exhibition features the work made during the artists’ eleven- month residency at Arrowmont, and will include wall-scaling squirrels, 200 candleholders creating an illuminated labyrinth, some bulbous funk, and the world’s largest rag rug. The Arrowmont Artists-in-Residence Program was established in 1991. The program provides early career, self-directed artists time, space and support to experiment and develop a new body of work in a creative supportive community environment.

Matthew Dercole received his MFA in ceramics with minors in metalsmithing and drawing from the University of Iowa. Dercole has participated in previous artist residencies at the Lux Center for the Arts and at Lillstreet Art Center. Dercole’s emotional and sometimes disturbing sculptures incorporate illustrational and narrative qualities, reflecting the viewers’ own psychological complexities.

Amy Master’s tactile work utilizes fiber-based sculpture, installation, and performance to investigate memory and storytelling. Her “rugs” at once become zoomorphic, biological, and nostalgic. Masters received her MFA in Fibers from Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts at Arizona State University, and has also completed residencies at the Wassaic Art Project and at Pyramid Atlantic Art Center.

Hunter Creel received his BFA in metalsmithing from Southern Illinois University of Edwardsville in 2012, and has also completed at residency at Craft Alliance in St. Louis, MO. Creel creates futuristic hollow-ware forms which become individual characters, suggesting personality and disposition through subtle gestures.

Nicholas Stawinski is an artist, furniture designer, and fourth-generation upholsterer. He earned his MFA from the University of Wisconson-Madison in 2014, and was featured in the July, 2012 issue of American Craft magazine. His totemic, upholstered forms pay homage to his families trade, as well as contort in unfamiliar and playful ways, subverting their traditional function.

F.E. Toan works with fiber and traditional metalsmithing techniques to create seductive structures and systems that both restrict and facilitate touch. Toan received his BFA from Virginia Commonwealth University in 2012, and helped found and manage the Mule Barn Craft Studio in Richmond, VA.

Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, 556 Parkway, Gatlinburg, TN 37738. Information: 865-436-5860, www.arrowmont.org

March 30-April 17
This exhibit incorporates a cross-section of media: drawings, paintings, watercolors, sculptures, ceramics, blacksmithing, as well as 2D and 3D designs, all by Pellissippi State’s Art students.
Bagwell Center for Media and Art
Pellissippi State Community College
10915 Hardin Valley Road, Knoxville 37933
www.pstcc.edu/arts

This year’s Design Week has a myriad of wonderful events. From student-focused events, to hands-on workshopping in letterpress, we have an array of activities for one and all. Here’s a brief break down of events:

Monday, March 30: Film Screening
On opening night, we will be showing the documentary Finding Vivian Maier. If the weather is nice, we’ll be showing it outside.
At Ijams Nature Center
Doors open at 6:30PM
Cost: $5
Savory and Sweet Food Truck will be in attendance!

Tuesday, March 31: Letterpress Workshop at Striped Light
For Design Week 2015, AIGA Knoxville is happy to announce a partnership with Striped Light! They will be holding a specially themed class, targeted to our members. Learn to set a small composition using wood and metal type while exploring what generates your creative spark. Each participant in this action-packed class will leave with their own portfolio consisting of pieces from every participant in the workshop. There are limited spaces, so sign up quick!
At Striped Light with Bryan Baker (formerly of Yee-Haw Letterpress)
Morning Session: 10:00 AM – 1:30 PM (REGISTER)
Afternoon Session: 2:00 PM – 5:30 PM (REGISTER)
AIGA member cost: $50 | non-member cost: $65
Limited availability!

Wednesday, April 1: Panel Discussion night
We’ll be back at Ijams Nature Center on Wednesday evening. Tonight’s event will be a panel discussion night. Our three topics, of which we will have professionals and experts in the subsequent fields, are: UI v UX / App Development v Mobile Web; Hand Illustrating In A Digital World; Project Management and Process Improvement. Each panel will last approximately 30 minutes, with a 10 minute break in between.
At Ijams Nature Center
Cost: $5
Doors open: 6:30 PM
Program start: 7:30 PM

Thursday, April 2: Creative Spark powered by PechaKucha
Again, at Ijams Nature Center (and outside if the weather permits), we’ll be channeling the PechaKucha format with a grouping of eight speakers. Set to speak are Jack Neely, Beth Meadows, Anna Marie Rogers, Jessie Williams, Carl Gombert, Kirk Eddlemon, and the architecture firm Smee + Busby.
At Ijams Nature Center
Cost: $5
Doors open: 6:30 PM
Program start: 7:30 PM
Poutine Mobile Food Truck will be in attendance!

Friday, April 3: Design Week 2015: Budding Creativity – An Art Benefit
We’re going out with a bang! We have partnered with AAF (AdFed) Knoxville, and will be holding a First Friday exhibit at Paulk + Co. This is a benefit to raise money for a school’s underprivileged art program, and the Sam Littleton scholarship. We will have both student and professional art. The student art ranges from little children, all the way up through college-aged kids. The professional’s art will be a silent auction. We will show the art in a gallery format at Paulk & Co. We’ll then sell the pieces, and 100% of the money will go to the school and scholarship. Any overhead for that evening will be covered be AIGA, AAF, and our sponsors.
At Paulk & Co.
Cost: Free! But please feel free to donate to the cause and purchase art!
Doors open: 5:00 PM
For more information, visit knoxvillebuddingcreativity.com

https://knoxville.aiga.org/