Calendar of Events

Paulk & Co
515 Williams Street

Come peruse a gallery of artwork created by talented local students. Each piece will be priced based on materials, time, and scale, much like a professional artist.

You are also encouraged to bid on artwork of an array of mediums created by local professional artists.

http://knoxvillebuddingcreativity.com/

Where: Relix Variety Theater, 1208 N. Central Street in Happy Holler

Date: Friday, April 3rd, 2015

Time: Doors open at 5:30pm. Performances from 6pm to 9pm.

Admission: The event is free, however, a $5 donation is suggested.

For More Information Call 865.256.2469

Beaumont Magnet Academy is so excited to announce the details of our 3rd Annual Beaumont Rocks Concert!

Beaumont Rocks is Beaumont Magnet Academy's flagship fundraiser, which aims to make arts education at the Academy exceptional. The funds raised are used to purchase modern sound equipment, musical instruments, an etching press, easels and more.

Last year's Beaumont Rocks concert made an immediate impact on all our students. Beaumont is a high poverty school and the proceeds from last year's fundraiser made arts education a reality for these families. Students do better when school is engaging, and the arts encourage a fun learning environment!

Beaumont Rocks will feature student performances by Latin Music Ensemble, The Pinklets and The Hat Trick. The Wild Things will headline the event.

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The Pinklets
Student performances feature students who have come together at Beaumont. Beaumont Rocks welcomes back The Pinklets who played their inagural gig at the first Beaumont Rocks. Since their debut, the Pinklets have performed at Dogwood Arts Festival, Vestival, WDVX, the Girl's Rock Academy and Planet Exchange. The Pinklets are a 4-piece original pop rock band. Their members are three sisters and their best friend who met at Beaumont Elementary.

The Hat Trick
The Hat Trick was formed in late 2014 and features Ian Scott on guitar and vocals, Jackson Novinger on bass and James Wimmer on drums. James has been playing his drums – named Chuzzle Fuzz- for over a year, and counts John Bonham as his favorite drummer. Ian has been playing his guitar – Quincy Vin Hoover - for 6 months, and cites Bono and John Lennon as his inspirations on guitar. And Jackson has been thumping his bass, Jessica, for a year. While they disagree on their reasons for rocking out – James wants to be famous, Ian wants to inspire people and Jackson just loves Rock N' Roll – they all agree that their first album will definitely be named “Maybe”.

The Wild Things
The Wild Things are a 4-piece rock and roll outfit from Knoxville, TN. The Wild Things will bring The Beatles, 60s pop and raucousness to the concert.

Celebrate the first Friday of Spring with WDVX! Host Nelson Gullett sets the stage by inviting the best Americana acts to perform, chat, and get comfortable. On Friday, April 3, East Tennessee's Own Americana and Roots act Guy Marshall returns to First Friday Live to perform songs from their upcoming album on the Knoxville Visitor Center stage. Tune in online, on the air, or in person at 7 pm!

WDVX, 301 S. Gay Street, Knoxville, TN 37902. Information: 865-544-1029, www.wdvx.com

Many artists are left with the same question, "I can create it, but how do I sell it?" In this panel with local artists, musicians, and creatives we'll discuss different opportunities for monetizing your creations and how to make a living as an artist. Beer and pizza are provided, be sure to bring your business cards! At Knoxville Entrepreneur Center in Market Square. Panelists include Enoch Elwell, Marcus Hall, Lisa Gifford Mueller, and Preston Farabow. Free.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/first-friday-fanfare-business-for-artists-tickets-16205357661

April 3rd at the International Arts & Entertainment Center. The address of the new facility is 748 N 4th Avenue Knoxville, Tennessee 37917. This event will be an official Open House/Fundraiser, kicking off First Friday's International Drum Circle facilitated by Obayana "Oba" Ajanaku. Come out and enjoy the rhythms and sounds of drums and percussion. There will be refreshments, handcrafted international goods, and much more. Bring the family and enjoy the open House/First Friday event with fun, fellowship and fundraising.

FOR MORE INFO CONTACT: Instructor: Takia Faniyi at 865-951-7439
Website: https://sites.google.com/site/inifafineartsacademy/home
Email: ifaa2012@gmail.com

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

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