Calendar of Events

Hi-de-ho, Dear Cresthill Cinema Club Members – and Future Members!
Get this, hep cats: our next program will be taking place on Friday, September 4 at 8 PM, we'll be concluding our Second World War tribute with the rarely-shown musical extravaganza, Follow the Boys (1944).

During World War II, most of the major film studios produced all-star morale boosters, boasting a string of marvelous tunes, performed by top artists of the day – and held together by the slimmest of plots. Follow the Boys follows that blueprint, as it tells the story of Tony West, an ex-vaudevillian dancer who becomes a Hollywood star through his association with dancer Gloria Vance. Tony marries Gloria and goes on to help form the Hollywood Victory Committee, an organization that will bring entertainment to troops stationed all over the world.

George Raft and Vera Zorina portray Tony and Gloria. Appearing as themselves is an astonishing array of showbiz greats, doing the songs and routines that made them famous.

Our location: The spacious clubhouse of the Windover Apartments. The journey there will take you to Cheshire Drive (off Kingston Pike, near the Olive Garden); going down Cheshire, turn right at the Windover Apartments sign, then go to the third parking lot on your right, next to the pool. There, the building that houses the clubhouse and offices of the Windover will be just a few steps away!

I sure as heck hope you'll be trucking on down to the Cresthill Cinema Club on September 4, 8:00PM.
301 Cheshire Dr, Knoxville, TN 37919

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 new work in a creative supportive community environment of 160 rotating visiting workshop artists/instructors and hundreds of students. Each year, five artists working in different media are selected to participate in the 11-month program, which begins in mid-June and continues through late May of the following year. Processed will showcase the work of Arrowmont's current artists-in-residence, Charlie Ryland, Julia Gartrell, Skye Livingston, Drew Davis Johnson, and Sarah Rachel Brown. This exhibit will provide insight into the artists' inspiration and process, as well as include finished work in a variety of media including woodworking, fiber art, metalsmithing, ceramics, and mixed media. More information about the residency program and the artists themselves can be found at: http://www.arrowmont.org/artists-in-residence

At Antique Space, 1324 Broadway, Knoxville TN 37917. Information: 865-436-5860, www.arrowmont.org

Opening on First Friday at UnCorked, 28 Market Square in downtown Knoxville: (865) 524-2224

Kesha "Kiki" Broyhill has been painting for only four years. Not professionally trained, rather intuitively naturalistic in approach, her work defies categorization. It is for this reason there is a freshness and lack of contrivance in every nuanced brushstroke. Born and raised in East Tennessee, Kesha served in the United States Armed Forces. Most of Kesha's pieces are for sale. http://www.keshabroyhill.com

Held at Saw Works Brewing Company (708 E. Depot Ave). Admission is free.

Join us for another First Friday comedy show, the crowds and the laughs keep getting bigger and bigger. Enjoy some great beer while you listen to some of the nation's top comics. NO CHARGE because Saw Works Brewery loves you! September's comedy show includes two of Chicago's top rising comics, Dave Losso and Alex Kumin. Adding to the laughs are the local comedic talents of Tyler Sonnichsen and John Andrew Miller.

A little bit about the featured artists:
Dave Losso was born & raised and currently lives in Chicago, IL but enjoys doing stand-up just about anywhere. Sometimes this means performing in living rooms, the Orlando Indie Comedy Festival, bowling alleys, the Cape Fear Comedy Festival, sex shops, the Madison Comedy Festival and even comic book stores. His tireless DIY work ethic has landed him all over the country and sharing the stage with such acts as Kyle Kinane, Ari Shaffir, Ben Kronberg, Sean Patton, Jared Logan and Ian Karmel. He’s also been featured on Hindsight with Dan Van Kirk, Arguments & Grievances, in the Chicago Tribune and appeared in the pilot Hidden America with Jonah Ray. Back home, he produces the critically acclaimed showcases The Yeah Buddy Awesome Time Comedy Show and Best Night Ever and served as a staff writer for The Whiskey Journal Live at The Lincoln Lodge. The 1988 film Die Hard is based on his life.

Alex Kumin's bold and socially conscious standup delights crowds across the city of Chicago and around the US. She is a cast member of the longest running independent standup comedy showcase in the country, The Lincoln Lodge, and is one of the fastest rising comedians in the city. She has opened for Kyle Kinane, Todd Barry and Jen Kirkman, and has appeared in Accidental Comedy Fest, Limestone Comedy Festival and The Chicago Comedy Expo. She was highlighted in Chicago magazine as a comedian with "unapologetic honesty" and tackles heavy hitting social issues, ranging from gender inequality to thigh chaffing. https://www.facebook.com/events/1669586783263289/

"We are talking now of summer evenings in Knoxville, Tennessee, in the time I lived there so successfully disguised to myself as a child." So begins the famous short piece entitled "Knoxville: Summer of 1915" by James Agee. This year marks the centennial of his reminisced summer of yore. Please join us on September 4 at the East Tennessee History Center for a commemoration of this centennial with an evening of vintage film and local photography celebrating the literary legacy of one of East Tennessee's own, James Rufus Agee.

6:00 PM: Photography Exhibit: Knoxville in 1915 - An exhibition of vintage photography from the Jim Thompson Collection at the Calvin M. McClung Historical Collection; Curated by Steve Cotham

7:00 PM: Film Screenings - Agee Lost and Found / Introduction by Paul Brown, author of an upcoming book on the filming of the 1963 Paramount film All The Way Home. A compilation of unique footage featuring the local filming and Knoxville premier of the Paramount film "All the Way Home." Plus, see footage of Agee's Fort Sanders boyhood home, and home movies filmed on-location by Knoxville residents.
- All the Way Home (Paramount, 1963) / Introduction by Michael Kearney, featured co-star of All the Way Home. Director: Alex Segal; Starring Jean Simmons, Robert Preston, John Cullum, Michael Kearney, and a cast of Knoxville extras. A rare 16mm screening of the hard-to-see 1963 film partially shot in Knoxville, and based on James Agee's autobiographical Pulitzer Prize winning novel "A Death in the Family."

www.knoxlib.org

Please join us for an exhibition curated by Sara Blair McNally & Doona Headrick Moore of found images. A collection of other people's memories. Moments in time captured with a click of a button. One night only!

At the Center for Creative Minds, 23 Emory Place, Knoxville TN 37917. Info: www.A1LabArts.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