Calendar of Events

Join the Blount County Shape Note Singers for a quarterly sing from the New Harp of Columbia.
No experience necessary. All are welcome to participate or listen and loaner books are available.

Thursday, September 3, at 6:30PM.
Asbury Place, Maryville
www.oldharp.org or 865 691 9506 (call to confirm).

The concert features Vance Thompson's Five Plus Six group performing music by Duke Ellington, Thelonius Monk, Billy Strayhorn, Louis Armstrong and even Dolly Parton. The event is free and the public is invited. "The group is high energy and a lot of fun," said Thompson, who both leads the band and plays trumpet. Five Plus Six comprises the Marble City 5 plus six additional horn players. The group's pianist, Keith Brown, is a Pellissippi State alumnus and faculty member. The event is free and the public is invited.

Hardin Valley Campus of Pellissippi State: 10915 Hardin Valley Road, Knoxville, TN 37932.
Information: 865-694-6405, www.pstcc.edu/arts

The 31st Annual Goodwill Vintage Fashion Show & Sale is a night of fun and fashion, guaranteed to sparkle, shine, impress and entertain! The show will featured hundreds of vintage and vintage-inspired modern looks, all of which can be found at your local Goodwill.
Thursday, September 3 in the Hilton - Downtown Knoxville.
Doors open at 6pm; Vintage Boutique Presale opens at 5pm.
Tickets for this event are $40 each or $375 for a table of ten and include a full-course dinner, entry to the show, and entry to the post-show sale. Tickets are limited and must be ordered in advance online at goodwillknoxville.org/vintage or by calling the Marketing Department at 865.588.8567.
Items featured on the runway will be available for sale in the Vintage Boutique immediately following the show. This sale will feature exclusive vintage merchandise including clothing, hats, shoes, coats, furs, formals and accessories, as well as many top name brands.
If you can't wait to get your hands on these great Vintage finds, Goodwill will host a pre-sale from 5:00 pm until 6:15 pm. Entry into the pre-sale is only $5 and early shopping guarantees the best selection of these hard-to-find men’s and women’s items.
Thursday, September 3 in the Hilton - Downtown Knoxville.
Doors open at 6pm; Vintage Boutique Presale opens at 5pm.

Proceeds from this event will fund Goodwill’s mission to provide vocational services and employment opportunities for people with barriers to employment. Learn more about Goodwill at goodwillknoxville.org.

With food, drink, giveaways and a chance to get to know the businesses and their owners.

There is parking in front of The Hive but you are also welcome to park in the Magpies & Holly's Corner Parking Lots.
The Hive, 854 N Central Ave, Knoxville, Tennessee 37917. https://www.facebook.com/thehiveknox

New York Times Notable author David Payne will read from his newly released memoir, "Barefoot to Avalon" (Atlantic 2015), at the Thursday, Sept. 3 program of the Knoxville Writers' Guild.
The event, which will be open to the public, will begin at 7 p.m. 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.

"Barefoot to Avalon" is the candid story of Payne's relationship with his brother, who died unexpectedly 15 years ago.

In addition to "Barefoot to Avalon," Payne, called "the most gifted American novelist of his generation" by "The Dallas Morning News," is the author of five novels. His first novel, "Confessions of a Taoist on Wall Street," published in 1984, received the Houghton Mifflin Literary Fellowship Award, became a Book-of-the-Month Club selection and was translated into several European languages. He is a founding faculty member in the MFA Creative Writing Program at Queens University of Charlotte.

Thursday, Sept. 3, at 7:00 PM at the Laurel Theater, 1538 Laurel Avenue. The building is handicapped accessible. The public is invited to attend. A $2 donation is requested at the door. www.knoxvillewritersguild.org

An exhibition of recent art in a variety of media by Carson-Newman faculty members Chad Airhart, Lisa Flanary, Heather Hartman, Julie Rabun, Raquel Roy, David Underwood, and Mark Wankel.

Opening reception with the artists: Tue Sep 1, 3-5 PM

At Carson-Newman University, Warren Art Building, corner of Branner & S. College Streets, Jefferson City, TN 37760. Gallery hours: M-F 8-4. www.cn.edu

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., Sept. 4. There will be complimentary refreshments along with jazz performed by Kelvin Walters.

Most of Gary Dagnan’s oil paintings are of the mountains, hills, lakes and structures of the East Tennessee area. He is inspired by the changing light and colors that come from distinctly different seasons of the South, explaining that he is more interested in the aesthetics of a scene than with documenting a specific place: “I want my paintings to express the emotional and spiritual connection that I have with nature,” he says. With his work in more than 400 private and public collections, the Jasper, TN, native has had 18 solo shows, and his works have been in many national, state and regional art shows throughout the United States. Larry Gabbard enjoys fast-firing techniques that create a rich variety of textures and colors on bisque clay. "I find the unexpected marks made when clay, heat, and smoke interact to be among the most intriguing and challenging of finishes to perfect and reproduce," he says. While most of his elegant pottery is wheel thrown, he seeks out alternative methods, among them raku, horse hair, saggar, obvara, and pit firing. The Cincinnati, OH, transplant began his pottery career after moving to Kingston in 1999. He attends workshops of well known potters as well as classes at renowned educational institutions to learn more and refine his skills.

Owned and operated by more than 60 professional regional artists, the Art Market Gallery is a few doors away from Mast General store and next to Downtown Grill & Brewery. Art Market Gallery, 422 S. Gay St, Knoxville, TN 37902. Hours: Tu-Th & Sa 11-6, Fri 11-9, Su 1-5. Information: 865-525-5265, www.artmarketgallery.net

Arrowmont invites the public to view Materialities: Contemporary Textile Arts, Surface Design Association's 1st International Juried Members’ Exhibition in the Sandra J. Blain Gallery. The exhibit showcases 67 artists, spanning a wide range of textile media, subject matter and presentations. Selected artists are from the US, Canada, Hungary, Iceland, France, Germany, Norway and the UK. A reception will be held Thursday, October 8th from 5-8pm. Admission is free and the community is encouraged to attend with their friends and family.

Materialities: Contemporary Textile Arts’ juror is Namita Gupta Wiggers, curator-at-large and Director of Critical Craft Forum. For a comprehensive print catalog, Wiggers selected 108 works from 91 artists that provide meaningful answers to the question: What do textiles/fibers and their associated processes offer artists that cannot be achieved in other media? The catalog includes full and detailed images, artist statements, and essays addressing the context and evolution of contemporary textile arts. Essay authors include curator Namita Gupta Wiggers, Arrowmont Program Director and fiber artist Nick DeFord, SDA Journal Editor Marci Rae McDade and indigo dye master Rowland Ricketts. Surface Design Association (SDA) is a non-profit textile arts organization founded in 1977. SDA promotes international awareness and appreciation of fiber, textiles & new materials. Members include artists, designers, educators, students, curators, gallery owners and textile enthusiasts from around the world. New members are invited to join at www.surfacedesign.org.

Gallery hours are Monday - Friday 9am - 5pm and Saturdays 10am - 4pm.
Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, 556 Parkway, Gatlinburg, TN 37738. Information: 865-436-5860, www.arrowmont.org

Change is in the air for Francis Henshall, who was recently fired and looking to make his mark. Circumstances find him suddenly working for not one, but two bosses. Faced with the distractions of a buxom bookkeeper, a self-important actor, and select members of the local criminal community, all the while fighting mounting mistaken identities and confusion, Francis goes out of his way to serve both his “guvnors” while keeping his moonlighting a secret. But how long can he keep them apart? Fast-paced and infectious, the hilarity is as boundless as Francis’ massive appetite.

Oak Ridge Playhouse, 227 Broadway, Oak Ridge, TN 37830. Information and tickets: 865-482-9999, www.orplayhouse.com

Photos by Paula Campbell in the Blackberry Farm Gallery

Seeing in Black-and-White consists of three series which rely on traditional black-and-white photography to explore contemporary themes. While the ‘re-contextualizing’ of image scraps from fashion locates the subject in the surreal world of fashion – the individual photographs break from the commercial intent and reference a personal narrative.

FREE EVENT

Clayton Center for the Arts: 502 East Lamar Alexander Parkway, Maryville, TN 37804. Information: 865-981-8590, www.ClaytonArtsCenter.com

The Ewing Gallery is excited to present a selection of works from our Permanent Collection. Come see some of the gems of our permanent collection, as well as recent acquisitions from the last 5 years. Join us Monday, August 24 from 4:30 - 7pm for an opening reception in the gallery. If you do not have a UT parking tag, please park across the street at Circle Park.

HOURS: M-F 10am - 5pm, Sunday: 1-4pm

Ewing Gallery, 1715 Volunteer Blvd on the UT campus, Knoxville, TN 37996. Information: 865-974-3200, www.ewing-gallery.utk.edu

Works by Pellissippi faculty member/artist Brian Jobe. Opening reception August 27, 4-7 PM.

Hardin Valley Campus of Pellissippi State: 10915 Hardin Valley Road, Knoxville, TN 37932. Bagwell Center Gallery hours: M-F 10-6:30. Information: 865-694-6405, www.pstcc.edu/arts