Calendar of Events

“Hello Spring” is the theme for the annual Spring Art Show at the Plateau Creative Arts Center, 451 Lakeview Drive (off Peavine), Fairfield Glade.This Art Guild show will open with a reception for the community on April 10 from 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm.

New, colorful, creative art will greet you at the PCAC. An abundance of paintings, jewelry, pottery, photography, and sculpture will be displayed. Refreshments will be served.The Art Show lasts until Wednesday, April 29. Regular gallery hours are 9:00 am - 4:00 pm Monday through Saturday. Don’t miss it!

Food, music and festivities will fill the evening as Pellissippi State Community College celebrates diversity at its eighth annual Festival of Cultures Friday, April 10.

The event is 4-8:30 p.m. in the College Center on the Hardin Valley Campus, 10915 Hardin Valley Road. The Festival of Cultures is free to attend. The community is invited.

At the Festival of Cultures, attendees will receive a Festival Passport booklet. As they browse cultural booths and exhibits, they’ll receive stickers representing various countries to place in their passports.

The event features performances by the Carib Sounds Steel Band, Caribbean Dancers of Atlanta, Chinese Dancers of Atlanta and Hardin Valley Thunder, Pellissippi State’s student bluegrass ensemble.

Additionally, the Festival of Cultures offers children’s activities such as balloon art, glitter tattoos and face painting, a magic show, exhibits from Pellissippi State’s own international students, and international food.

Festival of Cultures is one of the events that make up the college’s arts and culture 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 commemorates Pellissippi State’s 40th anniversary.

For more information on the festival and other arts series events, 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.

Join us from 5-8pm on Friday April 10th at Armada in the Old City with celebrity bartenders from WVLT and lots of Jolly Hour specials on drinks and appetizers.
All bar tips go to Artistic Spectrum's programs and you can ask for a special non-alcoholic version of many of their delicious cocktails.

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Knox County Public Library’s Tennessee Archive of Moving Image and Sound proudly presents Jubilee! A tribute to Guy and Candie Carawan on Friday, April 10, at 5:30 pm at the East Tennessee History Center at 601 South Gay Street. Admission is free.

Guy Carawan came to Tennessee in 1959 to become music director for the Highlander Folk School, then located in Monteagle, TN. Shortly after arriving, he introduced a song called “We Shall Overcome” to a group of college students. The song became the anthem of the Civil Rights movement.

At another Highlander workshop, he met and married Candie Anderson who was an exchange student at Fisk University in Nashville. The early years of their marriage were spent on the front lines of the Civil Rights movement and documenting the culture of the people who lived on Johns Island, off the coast of South Carolina.

In the 1970s, the Highlander Center relocated to New Market and turned its attention to the issues facing Appalachia. The Carawans moved to New Market as well, raising a family, conducting workshops, playing at festivals, and preserving the music and culture of the region. Through it all they maintained a performance schedule that took them around the world.

Jubilee! schedule of events:
​5:30 pm: Museum of East Tennessee History opens free to the pubic

6:00 pm: Photography exhibit: “The People of Johns Island, South Carolina” features the works of Robert Yellin. Yellin’s work captures an African-American community that comes alive through photographs from the 1966 book Ain’t You Got a Right to the Tree of Life? by Guy and Candie Carawan.

7:00 pm: Live Music in the Carawan Tradition
Freedom songs, Appalachian, and gospel music performed by Carawan family and friends including The Carpetbag Singers, Evan Carawan and the Celtic Collaborators, Nancy Brennan Strange, Dan Gammon, Steve Horton, and George Reynolds.

8:00 pm: Video treasures from the vaults:

The Telling Takes Me Home (2005): A special 10th anniversary screening of Heather Carawan’s moving documentary that integrates her own reflections on growing up in a rich musical and political landscape with her parents' views on race relations, community organizing, and the sustaining power of song.

Carawan Lost and Found: A selection of rare footage from the Tennessee Archive of Moving Image & Sound archives, including clips from an obscure 1965 CBS documentary entitled John’s Island, forgotten live performances, and never-before-seen raw footage from the WBIR-TV Heartland Series!

Youth Theatre Workshop, in coordination with Athens Community Theatre, presents You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown (revised) in the Sue E. Trotter Black Box Theater at The Arts Center in Athens, TN. Directed by Kendra Johnson, with musical direction by Mike Dannel, accompaniment by Brittany Duggan, and choreography by Tyler Peaden. ACT’s Youth Theatre Workshop spring musical is a light-hearted romp through an average day in the life of Charlie Brown. Made of little vignettes – from Valentine’s Day to baseball season, from wild optimism to utter despair – the show follows Charlie and his gang of human and non-human friends from a bright uncertain morning to a hopeful starlit evening. You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown (revised) is based on the comic strip “Peanuts” by Charles M. Schultz, with book and music by Clark Gesner, this production has additional dialogue by Michael Mayer and additional lyrics by Andrew Lippa.

Performances are April 9, 10, 11, 16, 17, and 18 at 7:30 PM and March 12 and 19 at 2:00 PM. Tickets for all performances are $15 for adults, $8 for students.

Athens Area Council for the Arts: 320 North White Street, Athens, TN, 37303. Info: 423-745-8781, www.athensartscouncil.org

Legacy Weekend focuses in-depth on the rich history and culture of the region. It is is a unique weekend at Arrowmont, offering traditional craft workshops, storytellers, music, social gatherings, a gallery opening, and hikes in the Smokies. The event begins Thursday with dinner, a welcome and introductions – and the adventure continues through 2:00 pm Sunday.

Workshops are offered in Wood, Weaving, Textiles/Surface Design, Basketmaking, Painting, Photography, Clay, Broommaking, and Nature Studies. Recognized for their artistry, Legacy Weekend instructors guide you in experiencing the rich traditions of Appalachia.

Expand your knowledge of the arts and culture of Appalachia by participating in one of the following traditional workshops:

Mark St. Leger – Rocking Weekend, Turned Boxes
Spend a unique weekend turning and exploring the possibilities of turning on the bias, with small lidded boxes. You can expect to learn not only basic box making techniques, but also a range of shapes and new ideas to incorporate into your box making. An assortment of dry woods will be used to create the turned boxes. Sharpening and customizing tools to fit our needs will also be covered. Bring your imagination and sense of humor for a fantastic weekend. Basic turning skills are helpful.

John Phillips – Appalachian Banjo Making
In this workshop students will be recreating a style of banjos commonly built in the Appalachian Mountain region of East Tennessee, Western North Carolina and Southern Virginia from the 1850's and beyond. You will learn about traditions in banjo history and construction, stretching skins, inlay work and adornment. Everyone is encouraged to make their instrument truly unique through the use of inlay, carving, staining and burning personal significance into the piece. Open to all skill levels.

Jeanne Brady - Personal Memories on Cloth: This workshop is about exploring and creating a personal interpretation of printing repeat designs on cotton fabrics using vibrantly colored thickened dyes. Students will learn the process of carving and printing linoleum and traditional wood blocks to create repeating patterns. Students will explore techniques to write and print text with metal type set, allowing the designs and the personal "story" to unfold on the fabric. Stitch embellishment will be introduced. Students will leave with a keepsake memory on cloth. Open to all levels.

Frances Fox – Traditional Mountain Weaving:
Students will be immersed in 1930s overshot weaving culture from the Pi Beta Phi Arrowcraft cottage weaving industry. Learn the basics of overshot weaving by weaving a set of guest towels. Students will enjoy visuals and stories of historical local weaving, visit a local heritage museum, and view the Arrowmont archival weaving collection. Participants will gain an understanding of traditional overshot weaving and develop skills required for further projects. Students should be able to wrap a loom.

Mary W. Thompson – Cherokee Baskets:
This workshop will focus on the familiarity of selecting and harvesting materials: splitting, stripping, scraping and trimming splits. Gathering root dyes to prepare materials for weaving consumes most of the time and the majority of work involved in basketry. Students will gain an appreciation and value the traditional artwork of Cherokee basketry and will weave their own piece of art. Prior experience is useful, but all skill levels are welcome.

Lenton Williams - Appalachian Style Broommaking:
In this workshop, students will make small hand tied brooms and brushes in the Appalachian style, including small cob web brooms, hearth or RV brooms and various types of practical whisk brooms. Students will use natural broom corn and natural handles provided by the instructor. Students will also learn to make a beautiful shaker style dustpan; a necessary item for every kitchen and shop. Students can work at a pace commensurate with the number of brooms desired. Students will experience some fun along the way and leave the course with the equipment necessary to start making brooms at home. Broom corn can be irritating to bare skin for some people so wear long pants and long sleeved shirts. Open to all skill levels.

Bobbie Crews – Painting Reflections, Light and Magic
Explore the extraordinary in everyday life and take your painting skills to a new level. Students will find the magic in the everyday and transfer those ideas onto canvas. It's about focusing on the unexpected, then capturing it with light and energy. You will learn to bring to life the exceptional qualities that make an exciting and engaging painting jump off the canvas. Students will also learn the intricacies of layering and bring out the reflections and glow of light in faces and other objects. This class is for students with intermediate or higher painting skills; drawing skills very helpful.

John DiGiacomo – Creative Photography
Enhancing students' technical and creative skills will be our goal during this workshop. Emphasizing landscape and nature photography students will cover topics including the creative use of wide angle, the makings of a strong composition, creating successful panoramic and HDR images, and more. Students experience one-on-one instruction and an interactive critique session. Expect short walks over moderate terrain while carrying gear. A digital camera, laptop and processing software required.

Joel Zachry – Nature Studies in Spring
What better season than spring to enjoy the wonders of landscape, plant life and animal activity in the Smokies? Your biologist instructor will share many "show and tell" examples of nature's treasures and participants will take short informative hikes in the neighboring park. You will take home a new-found knowledge of emerging flowers and leafing trees and useful skills for detecting animal inhabitants. Students will gain confidence in avoiding and handling wildlife encounters, and perhaps most importantly, leave with new friends. Open to all skill levels.

Brian Nettles – Wheel Thrown Pottery
In this fast pace pottery making class students will learn the rich history of "turning" pottery on the wheel. Students will explore all aspects of what it takes to make functional pottery: centering clay on the wheel, pulling cylinders, and making bowls, cups and vases. You will bisque, glaze and fire (burning) the pottery you will make in class. Conversations about traditional and historical pottery of the Appalachian region will complement the week's activities. Open to all skill levels.

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

Experience the Dogwood Trails the lean, green way – take a walk, run, or bike ride and observe nature’s wonders up close. A founding tradition of Dogwood Arts, the nationally-recognized Dogwood Trails are a must-see!

Dogwood Arts: 865-637-4561 www.dogwoodarts.com

Many people consider Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy​ to be one of the world's greatest novels. Published in 1877 against the backdrop of Russian high society and its frequent hypocrisy, Tolstoy explores themes of love, selfishness, family, and how to lead the best possible life.

Often masterpieces such as Anna Karenina can be intimidating. Knox County Public Library is pleased to partner with the University of Tennessee's Department of Modern Languages to present Tuesdays with Tolstoy throughout April to encourage readers to try Tolstoy's classic story of passion. Everyone is invited to read along and join the discussion.

UTK Russian literature student, Erika Knowles, under the guidance of her major professor, Dr. Stephen Blackwell, will facilitate a four-part study of Anna Karenina at Lawson McGhee Library from 6:00-7:30 p.m. starting on Tuesday, April 7 and continuing on April 14, 21, and 28. Each week, participants will read a section of the book, which they will discuss at the Library. Registration is encouraged at http://www.knoxlib.org/Tolstoy.

Tuesdays with Tolstoy is held in conjunction with the UTK's Leo Tolstoy Festival, which takes place April 23-25 . More information is available at http://mfll.utk.edu/tolstoy/. Dr. Blackwell began the Leo Tolstoy Festival as part of a bigger series called the Great Author Festival.

Many copies of Anna Karenina are available for check out at the Knox County Public Library.
Knox County Public Library: 500 West Church Avenue, Knoxville, TN 37902. Information: 865-215-8750, www.knoxlib.org

April 04, 2015 IJAMS BIRDING SERIES: Birding & Breakfast
April 04, 2015 PEG'S KITCHEN: Breakfast is Served
April 04, 2015 ANIMAL PROGRAM: Ijams Creature Feature
April 04, 2015 ANIMAL PROGRAM: Ijams Nature Center
April 04, 2015 URBAN WILDERNESS: Hike the South Loop
April 04, 2015 ANIMAL PROGRAM: Ijams Creature Feature
April 05, 2015 VISITOR CENTER CLOSED
April 11, 2015 ANIMAL PROGRAM: Ijams Creature Feature
April 11, 2015 ANIMAL PROGRAM: Ijams Nature Center
April 11, 2015 ANIMAL PROGRAM: Ijams Creature Feature
April 11, 2015 SPECIAL EVENT: 26th annual River Rescue
April 18, 2015 PUBLIC PROGRAM: Wagging Walk
April 18, 2015 SPECIAL EVENT: Spring Plant Festival
April 18, 2015 ANIMAL PROGRAM: Ijams Creature Feature
April 18, 2015 ANIMAL PROGRAM: Ijams Nature Center
April 18, 2015 ANIMAL PROGRAM: Ijams Creature Feature
April 25, 2015 PEG'S KITCHEN: Breakfast is Served
April 25, 2015 ANIMAL PROGRAM: Ijams Creature Feature
April 25, 2015 ANIMAL PROGRAM: Ijams Nature Center
April 25, 2015 ANIMAL PROGRAM: Ijams Creature Feature

Ijams Nature Center, 2915 Island Home Ave, Knoxville, TN 37920. Hours: Grounds and trails open during daylight hours. Call for Visitor Center hours. Information: 865-577-4717, www.ijams.org

Where: Downtown Knoxville and McGhee Tyson Airport
When: April 4, 2014-March 20, 2015
How Much: Free

Art comes in all shapes and sizes. We invite you to experience some of the larger variety with Art in Public Places, an annual event featuring large-scale outdoor sculptures in Knoxville’s downtown public spaces and also at McGhee Tyson Airport. These larger scale pieces are thought provoking and awe-inspiring.

By displaying these works outdoors, we celebrate not only the art of sculpture but Knoxville’s natural beauty during this year-round outdoor exhibition.

The exhibition presently on view, an interesting and inspirational collection of works by sculptors from across the nation, was selected and awarded by noted sculptor Kenneth M. Thompson. Kenneth holds a Master of Liberal Studies in Sculpture from the University of Toledo and a Bachelor of Fine Arts in painting from Siena Heights College, in Adrian, MI. While many of his sculptures are in Ohio and Michigan, Thompson’s work can be seen in other states. He has done 41 pieces of public sculpture across the country. Ken has been making sculpture for over thirty years out of his car-dealership-turned-studio in Blissfield, Michigan. From this facility he operates Flatlanders Sculpture Supply and Art Galleries as well as Midwest Sculpture Initiative, which provides exhibitions that feature outdoor sculpture. Fourteen shows are planned for next year, he says. He also serves or has served on numerous arts-oriented boards.

The Art in Public Places Knoxville program, the 2015-2016 year being its 9th is a featured presentation of Dogwood Arts in partnership with the City of Knoxville Public Art Committee. The 2014-2015 Art in Public Places Knoxville Co-Chairs are Bart Watkins and Jason Brown.

To purchase a sculpture, please call [865] 637.4561.

Dogwood Arts: 865-637-4561 www.dogwoodarts.com

Tracey Crocker, co-owner and artist extraordinaire of Wine and Canvas Knoxville is proud to announce her first "1st Friday" show in Knoxville. Her pieces will be on exhibit at Uncorked on Market Square starting Friday April 3rd throughout the end of the month! Uncorked in Market Square, 18 Market Square, Knoxville. Info: (865) 521-0600

Recent works by Marilyn Avery Turner and Gray Bearden, both of Knoxville, will be on display during the month of April at the Art Market Gallery. An opening reception for the featured artists will be held during Downtown Knoxville’s monthly First Friday Art Walk beginning at 5:30 p.m. April 3, with complimentary refreshments and live music performed by Living Room Roots. In addition, works for the gallery’s annual Silent Auction, the cooperative’s only fundraiser, will be on exhibit through March 29 and ready to bid on.

Marilyn Avery Turner received a BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design. Her mediums at the time were painting and collage, but since then she has concentrated on printmaking, specifically monoprinting and screen printing, and taught art for more than 20 years in a variety of settings. The New York City native has been associated with the Art Market Gallery since its inception in 1982 but has also exhibited her work in solo and group shows and in juried exhibitions throughout the United States. Her works have received awards in many of those exhibitions and are in numerous private collections. This show features the monoprint and chine-colle, a special printmaking technique using images she prints as collage elements.

Gray Bearden is a ceramic artist who creates two distinct bodies of work: functional tabletop ware and sculptural wall pieces. Though they serve different purposes, the two bodies of work share the same distinct features of pattern texture and detail. all of her work is hand-built by manipulating flat slabs of white stoneware clay into various forms, texturing where appropriate with found and created objects. Color is achieved through use of multiple glaze and underglaze techniques. Gray turned to ceramics after a lengthy corporate career, honing her skills at Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts and college-level art classes. A member of Foothills Craft Guild and Terra Madre, she has exhibited widely during the last 13 years.

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., on Tuesday through Thursday and Saturday; 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Friday; and 1 to 5 p.m., on 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.