Calendar of Events

WITH RICK DWORSKY, FRED NEWMAN, AND SARAH JAROSZ

Take a trip to Lake Wobegon and join A Prairie Home Companion founder Garrison Keillor for a night of music, storytelling, and more!

Tennessee Theatre, 604 S. Gay Street, Knoxville, TN 37902. For information/tickets: 865-684-1200, www.tennesseetheatre.com, www.ticketmaster.com

Thursday, August 13th at 6 pm Book signing with Miranda Richmond Mouillot author of A Fifty Year Silence: Love, War, and a Ruined House in France

Union Ave Books, 517 Union Avenue, Knoxville, TN 37902. Information: 865-951-2180, www.unionavebooks.com

East Tennessee History Center
Military Genealogy
August 22 at 1:00 - 3:00 p.m.

Access records on the Revolutionary War, War of 1812, Civil War and World War 1. Access to service records, pension records, bounty land records, battle records, regimental histories, burials, obituaries, descendants of the veterans, loyalist records. Participants should bring names of servicemen. Register now at 215-8809.

East Tennessee Historical Society, 601 S. Gay Street, Knoxville, TN 37902. Museum hours: Monday-Friday: 9AM-4PM, Saturday: 10AM-4PM, Sunday: 1-5PM. Library: Monday-Tuesday: 9AM-8:30PM, Wednesday-Friday: 9AM-5:30PM, Saturday: 9AM-5PM, Sunday 1-5PM. Information: 865-215-8824, www.easttnhistory.org

Using the vivid hues of her native India, Medha Karandikar brings her sensibilities as a poet and writer to her paintings. She has been inspired by the folk art of Western India in her latest collections. With over 60 pieces on view, the exhibit showcases three distinct styles of work in acrylic, colored pencil, and mixed media.

The Rose Center, 442 West Second North St., Morristown, TN, 37814. Hours: M-F 9-5. Information: 423-581-4330, www.rosecenter.org or www.facebook.com/rosecenter

Come enjoy cool drinks and have an outstanding time painting with us at some of the new venues we've booked this coming month. We have some beautiful new paintings to create with you and we're also expanding beyond Knoxville and are excited to paint with new friends in the surrounding area. We look forward to seeing you in class!

Also, we've had such a positive response to our special 10 person minimum for Private events, that we are extending this special in August as well. August dates are already booking so be sure to call us and get your one of a kind paint party on the calendar!

Tuesday, 8/11, 6 - 9 pm
Cades Cove at Barley's - Maryville

Saturday, 8/15, 6 - 9pm
A Whale of a Tale at Elvira's Cafe - Sevierville

Sunday, 8/16, 2 - 4pm
Cookies and Canvas, Ta-Dah at The Basement Community Art Studio

Tuesday, 8/18, 6 - 9pm
Get Them Gators at Downtown Grill and Brewery

Wednesday, 8/19, 6 - 9pm
Love Anchor at Calhoun's - Pigeon Forge

Thursday, 8/20, 6 - 9pm
Psychedelic Seascape at Baneberry Golf and Resort

Friday, 8/21, 6 - 9pm
I Love Wine and Art at Tennessee Valley Winery - Loudon

Saturday, 8/22, 6 - 9pm
Camping Out at Buffalo Mountain Grill - Oak Ridge

Monday, 8/24, 6 - 9pm
No Problem at Uncorked Knoxville

Thursday, 8/27, 6 - 9pm
Midnight Moon at Original Copper Cellar

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

Bliss Home is pleased to present The Lake House, by Knoxville artist, Kate Moore, for August and September First Fridays! Bliss Home, located at 29 Market Square, will host an opening reception on Friday, August 7th from 6pm to 9pm and September 5th, 2014 6pm to 9pm. Complimentary treats from Wild Love Bakehouse will be provided.

Starting with a simple love for crayons, Kate decided from a young age she needed to build her life around art. Kate grew into an artist by exploring different mediums, and dabbling in painting and drawing, until she found her own voice as an artist in graphic design. From custom wedding invitations to small business branding, Kate has spent the last seven years perfecting her graphic design skills at her studio, Kate Moore Creative, located on the 100 block of Gay Street. Kate's exhibit, The Lake House, celebrates the gorgeous lakes, rivers and mountains of East Tennessee which make her appreciate her home.

Purchase Kate's art and you are providing ONE MEAL to a hungry tummy in East Tennessee, through the efforts of Second Harvest Food Bank. Kate is so excited to be a part of something so wonderful, and she hopes her art brings fun and happiness the world. Artist's Website: www.livelovestudio.com

marketing@shopinbliss.com, shopinbliss.com, 865.394.6951

For the month of August, we will be proudly letting our nerd flag fly with local artist, Jon Pemberton!

A resident of Maryville, Jon makes wildly creative pop culture art work, featuring icons such as Nick Cage, Loretta Lynn (yeah, girl!), Ira Glass, and even Admiral Ackbar.
A self-proclaimed nerd, Jon says "I used to hide the fact that I may or may not be a geek, but I have come to understand that being a geek means that you are passionate about something to an extreme point. These are images of my passion, and I accept that."

We love his creative repurposing, such as turning a vintage suit case into a mini bar or a skate deck into wall art. His use of a variety of materials makes his work even more special!
Come on down Friday August, 7th starting at 6pm!
RALA
323 Union Ave
Knoxville, TN 37902

Two outstanding Latino artists will exhibit their paintings at the Casa Hola Gallery in the Emporium Center during August. The title of the exhibit is Latin/Abstracts.

Featured artist Rosalina Tipton was born in São Paulo, Brazil, and raised in the capital city of Brasilia. She comes from a large artistic family and began her art work in grade school which eventually lead her to earn a degree in Fine Arts. As a former resident of Connecticut, Tipton studied under very prominent New England artists and also served on the boards of various art councils. She received training from Connecticut’s Institute for Community Leadership and has been sponsored by the Connecticut Commission on the Arts. Tipton’s work reflects inspiration from her travels and the organic shapes found in nature. She primarily works with oils and mixed media on canvas and wood. Some of her works on exhibit will reflect the culture of her native land Brazil. For this special exhibit at Casa HoLa, Rosalina Tipton will present paintings that reflect nature along with two portraits. Also featured in this exhibit will be artist Michael Giles, assistant professor of art at Lincoln Memorial University, who was born in Venezuela and immigrated to the US as a young child. He studied painting and drawing at Ohio State University and also studied at Edith Cowan University in Australia. Giles received his Masters of Fine Arts from the University of Tennessee and his paintings and drawings have been exhibited across the nation. His works have dealt with personal and political issues. Giles’s current paintings explore the way in which perceptions of patterns of text can be used as a starting point for visual representations of an artwork.

A reception for the artists and to unveil the new exhibit is planned for August 7th from 5:00 PM-9:00 PM. Jazz Pianist Curtis Tipton will be entertaining the public. HoLa Hora Latina, 100 S. Gay Street, Suite 112, Knoxville, TN 37902. Gallery hours: Tuesday-Friday, 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Information: 865-335-3358, www.holafestival.org

The Arts & Culture Alliance is pleased to present a new exhibition entitled MAP! featuring the works Jennifer Brickey, Nick DeFord, Marcia Goldenstein, and Tony Sobota. Curated by Jennifer Brickey, MAP! groups the “map-making” work of these four like-minded, post-modernist artists. A map depicts geography and represents space, real or imagined, past or present, without regard to context or scale. Maps are, in fact, estimations for true geographic conditions. “The map is place,” says Brickey. “Our sense of place: real, observed, or imagined.” MAP! will be displayed in the Balcony gallery of the Emporium Center from August 7-28, 2015. A public reception will take place as part of First Friday activities on Friday, August 7, from 5:00-9:00 PM and features a Jazz Jam Session hosted by Vance Thompson & Friends from 7:00-8:45 PM in the Black Box Theatre. Complimentary hors d’oeuvres will be available and chocolate fondue will be provided by the Melting Pot of Knoxville.

MAP! is on display August 7-28, 2015 at the Emporium Center, 100 S. Gay Street, downtown Knoxville. Exhibition hours are Monday-Friday, 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM. Additional special hours are posted at www.theemporiumcenter.com/visit.html. For more information, please contact the Arts & Culture Alliance at (865) 523-7543, or visit the Web site at www.knoxalliance.com.

The Arts & Culture Alliance and the ETSU Slocumb Galleries are pleased to present a new exhibition entitled “Further East” by the faculty and staff of the Department of Art & Design at East Tennessee State University. “Further East” features contemporary work in various media by Johnson City-area artists David Dixon, M. Wayne Dyer, Mira Gerard, Travis Graves, Mindy Herrin, Amanda Hood, Vanessa Mayoraz, Patricia Mink, Catherine Murray, Peter Pawlowicz, Kelly Celeste Porter, Kevin Reaves, Andrew Scott Ross, Katie Sheffield, Ralph Slatton, Mike Smith, and Dawn Marie Tipton and will be displayed at the Emporium Center in downtown Knoxville.

An opening reception will take place on Friday, August 7, from 5:00-9:00 PM and features a Jazz Jam Session hosted by Vance Thompson and Friends from 7:00-8:45 PM in the Black Box Theatre. Complimentary hors d’oeuvres will be available and chocolate fondue will be provided by the Melting Pot of Knoxville.

For the third year in a row, the Arts & Culture Alliance is proud to partner with a community-based art gallery in the Southeast for the purpose of promoting local artists within each community. In June, the Tipton Gallery displayed a selection of work by 35 Knoxville-area artists in their gallery space at 126 Spring Street in downtown Johnson City. In exchange, the Alliance now presents this exhibition of works by ETSU faculty and staff at the Emporium. “Similar to the Alliance, the Tipton Gallery promotes and supports regional artists through rotating exhibitions and educational opportunities for the community,” says Liza Zenni, Executive Director of the Arts & Culture Alliance. “While many of our artist members are well known here in the Knoxville area, we wanted Johnson City to be exposed to their work, and we look forward to Johnson City artists receiving extra exposure here in Knoxville.”

The works chosen to travel to Knoxville include the evocative figurative paintings by Department of Art & Design chair Mira Gerard, whose work recently showed in the New American Paintings #118, as well as mixed media paintings by Amanda Hood, Dawn Marie Tipton, and new graphic design faculty Kelly Celeste Porter. Digital work by fellow graphic design faculty David Dixon and M. Wayne Dyer, as well as work in typography by art historian Peter Pawlowicz and photographs of civil war re-enactors by Katie Sheffield, are juxtaposed with hand drawn work by extended media artist Vanessa Mayoraz, paper-cut installations by Andrew Scott Ross, and prints by Ralph Slatton. Also featured in the exhibition are encaustic works by Catherine Murray, former chair and key organizer for the installation of public sculptures in downtown Johnson City. 3-D works in the exhibition include work by Dogwood Festival awardee Mindy Herrin, metalsmith Kevin Reaves, and environmental bronze sculptures by Travis Graves. A layered quilt by nationally renowned fiber artist Patricia Mink and the Appalachian rural landscape captured by prominent photographer, USA Fellow and Tennessee Arts Commission awardee Mike Smith, complete the exhibition that represents the diversity of art practice in the Johnson City area in Northeast TN region, just further east of Knoxville.

The Art Galleries under the Department of Art & Design at the ETSU College of Arts and Sciences promote the understanding and appreciation of visual arts in support of the academic experience and the cultural development surrounding communities. Their mission is to provide venues for and access to contemporary art by organizing innovative exhibitions that promote artistic excellence, diversity, collaborations and creative thinking. For more information, please visit http://www.etsu.edu/cas/art/slocumb or contact Karlota I. Contreras-Koterbay, Director of Slocumb Galleries, at (423) 483-3179 or contrera@etsu.edu.

“Further East” will be on display at the Emporium Center, 100 S. Gay Street. Gallery hours are Monday-Friday 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM and select Sundays 3:30-6:30 PM. Additional special hours are posted at www.theemporiumcenter.com/visit.html. For more information, please contact the Arts & Culture Alliance at (865) 523-7543, or visit the Web site at www.knoxalliance.com.

Reception, Friday August 7, 5-9PM

Join us First Friday for an exhibition of paintings inspired by the poetry of local doctor, Humayun Kabir. Dr. Kabir's poetry has been transformed into image by Bangladeshi artist, Mostafiz Karigar. Dr. Kabir will be present at the reception, and will give readings of his poetry at 6:30 and 8:00pm. Please join us!

FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. UT Downtown Gallery, 106 S. Gay St, Knoxville, TN 37902. Hours: Wednesday-Friday: 11AM - 6PM, Saturday: 10AM - 3PM. Information: 865-673-0802, http://web.utk.edu/~downtown

Audiences are invited to enjoy this year’s concerts at 7 p.m. on every Thursday evening from August 6 through September 3. The concerts, sponsored by the Blount County Friends of the Library, will be held indoors in the air-conditioned climate of the library and are free and open to the public. The performers will be:

o August 6, “The Classic Q Band” – This classic rock band, new to the area, is comprised of founder Quincy Follweiler (vocals and guitar), Jamie Moore (vocals, acoustic guitar and percussion), Barry Cochran (bass guitar) and John DiCrosta (drums).

o August 13, “Ebony & Ivory” – Monte Stephens, 12-time Grammy awards contender and president of Freedom Records, and Janice Brown (who sang at President Reagan’s inauguration and was recipient of a gold album for duet album “Rough Side of the Mountain” with F. C. Barnes ) will present a concert of gospel and popular songs.

o August 20, “Pistol Creek Catch of the Day.” – Local band favorites Edward Harper, Carl Gombert, Bill Cabage and David Rasnake present high-energy Americana to delight all audiences.

o August 27, “The Outdoor Sisters and Ryan Worden” – As the Outdoor Sisters (Loretta Howard, Barbara Woods and Mattie Forester) harmonize to present Native American songs, Loretta Howard will explain the purpose of the music. Ryan Worden, a Native American cultural educator, crafter and dancer, will perform a Native American dance demonstration and demonstrate some songs as well as describe regalia and lifestyle.

o September 3, “Knoxville Opera Company 2015-16 Season Preview” – Maestro Brian Salesky, Executive Director and Conductor, will be the guest speaker and accompanist for two Knoxville Opera artists, Linda Barnett and Peter Johnson, who will preview the coming season’s operas: Boito’s Mefistofele, Humperdinck’s Hansel and Gretel and Puccini’s Tosca.

At Blount County Public Library, 508 N. Cusick Street, Maryville, TN. Information: 865-982-0981, www.blountlibrary.org