Calendar of Events

You are invited to the Opening Reception of the Sevierville Commons Art Council on Friday, June 3rd. Andrea Wilson will be the Featured Artist. There will also be artwork in the window display by other artists, and art students of Camille Barton Spires at
Art Studio of the Smokies.
This is the first event put on by the Sevierville Commons Arts Council. Come and see what the Council has planned for the future. If you can't make it to the Opening Reception, the exhibition is on view June 2nd through June 12th.
There will also be a drawing at the end of the Exhibition, to give away a framed reproduction of an Andrea Wilson painting, which you may sign up for at Courthouse Donuts any time during the Exhibition.
Courthouse Donuts
160 Court Avenue, Sevierville, TN 37862

Chelsea Bauer of Union Ave. Books and Amanda Goodwin Smith of Barnes & Noble will talk about the relationship between authors and bookstores.

The event, which will be open to the public, will begin at 7 p.m. in Central United Methodist Church's Fellowship Hall at 201 E. Third Ave. Attendees should enter off of the large parking lot behind the church. A $2 donation is requested at the door. The building is handicapped accessible. Info: www.KnoxvilleWritersGuild.org

Celebrate Marble City Opera's 3rd Birthday with a newly brewed MCO beer by Saw Works. At 708 E. Depot Ave.

Marble City Opera: 646-217-1580, www.marblecityopera.com

The public is invited to the Beck Cultural Exchange Center, 1927 Dandridge Avenue, on Thursday, June 2, 5:30-7:30pm to get an inside look at the emerging Beauford Delaney Project and learn more about exciting plans for the hometown celebration of a Knoxville cultural hero. At 6pm Beck Cultural Exchange Center President Rev. Reneé Kesler and Knoxville Museum of Art Curator Stephen Wicks will talk about Beauford Delaney’s life, art, and significance. The program is jointly sponsored by the Beck Cultural Exchange Center, the Knoxville Museum of Art, and the East Tennessee History Center.

The three institutions dedicated to aspects of Knoxville’s history and culture—the Beck Cultural Exchange Center, the East Tennessee History Center, Knoxville Museum of Art—are coordinating efforts to make Beauford Delaney better known in his hometown. Evolving plans call for placing historical markers to designate the birthplace of Beauford and his brother Joseph (also an artist) and other sites associated with their early training in Knoxville; to bring an exhibition of Beauford’s work from Paris to Knoxville; to conserve and exhibit recently acquired works by Beauford at the KMA; to create a curriculum unit about Beauford and Joseph Delaney and their importance; and to explore the restoration and possible adaptive reuse of the Delaney family home recently purchased by the Beck Cultural Exchange Center. Beauford’s work was recently featured in an exhibition at the East Tennessee History Center on the life and work of Knoxville artist Lloyd Branson, who was Beauford and Joseph’s first art teacher and mentor. The exhibition moves this summer to the Tennessee State Museum in Nashville.

Beauford lived his final decades abroad in Paris (he died there in 1979), but maintained close ties to Knoxville and family here throughout his life. His brother Joseph, also a distinguished artist, is perhaps better known locally than Beauford, because Joseph eventually returned to his hometown, where he died in 1991.

This event at the Beck Center is free and open to the public. To reserve a seat or for more information, contact ddbubose@knoxart.org or 865-934-2036.

Can you believe that we are celebrating 11 years of Knoxville Pridefest? We are preparing to kick off a month long of events starting with ART OUT IN THE CITY. There is a $10 cover, $5 for students with a valid student ID, which goes to help keep our Pride Festival FREE! With that $10 donation you'll get to feast your eyes on some amazing ART, as well as have some delicious food catered by Cocoa Moon Market Square & who could forget all of the beer and wine you'd like. Now that's what we call a deal.

(Please don't drink and drive) 18+ to enter, 21+ to drink. Tickets available the night of the event. Come OUT & join us for this fantastic event!

Hosted by Knoxville Pridefest. At The Standard Knoxville, 416 W Jackson Ave, Knoxville, Tennessee 37902. https://www.facebook.com/events/577055999111145/

Flossie McNabb, owner of Union Avenue Books, and staff member Chelsea Bauer will join Amanda Goodwin Smith, community business development manager of Barnes & Noble, in a panel discussion at the June 2 program of the Knoxville Writers' Guild. Learn from both an independent bookstore and an international book chain.

They will speak at 7 p.m. on Thursday, June 2, in the fellowship hall of Central United Methodist Church, 201 E. Third Ave. The event is open to the public with a suggested donation of $2 at the door. Attendees should enter off of the large parking lot behind the church. Accessible parking is available.

You can learn:
How bookstores pick which titles to order, which to feature, and which get face-outs
How royalties and returns fit in the picture
Can self-published work fit in the traditional bookstore?
What's the real impact of e-books and Amazon?
What a bookstore can and can't do for a writer
More about the mechanics of book selling
Whether you are a writer or a reader, you can be your bookstore's best partner!
For more information please visit www.knoxvillewritersguild.org.

This month's Hallway Gallery shows off the amazing collaboration of the artists Melissa Steele and Kate Sherill of Georgia. Bright, colorful, and enchanting- you won't want to miss out on seeing these beautiful works of art from now until the end of June.

More events at http://ijams.org/events/. 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

Recent works by ceramic artist Pat Herzog and Artist Diana Dee Sarkar will be on display. An opening reception for the featured artists will begin at 5:30 p.m., June 3; with complimentary refreshments and music performed by Kevin Walters.

Patricia Herzog – Pat has been working as a professional clay artist since 1978 after graduating from the University of Tennessee with a Master of Science Degree in Ceramics. Her recent work reflects her continued interest in color, decoration, texture and function. Her ceramic forms are inspired by her travels and Tennessee surroundings with an emphasis on animal imagery, universal patterns in nature, and the art of ancient cultures. She hopes her work portrays a sense of humaneness in this otherwise digital world.

Diana Dee Sarkar - During her 34 years as a physician with a busy medical practice, Diana Dee found time to paint. She liked to paint portraits and landscapes of the people and places she encountered doing volunteer medicine in third world countries because she wanted to share these experiences with her patients back home. Thus began her life in art. This versatile artist, who works in various mediums, enjoys painting landscapes which include people and animals. She remained a self-taught artist until 2005 until she decided to obtain an art education. She began studying oil painting at Woodstock School of Art with Hongnian Zhang, and figure oil painting with Nelson Shanks, Anthony Ryder, and Warren Chang. She also trained at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art. Diana completed her MFA in figure painting at the Academy of Art University in 2014. While at AAU, she has continued to study pastel landscape painting with Gil Dellinger, Susan Olgilvie, Kim Lordier, Lorenzo Chavez and Clark Mitchell.

Art Market Gallery, 422 S. Gay St, Knoxville, TN 37902. Hours: Tu-Th & Sa 11-6, Fri 11-9, Su 1-6. Information: 865-525-5265, www.artmarketgallery.net or www.Facebook.com/Art.Market.Gallery

Hosted by Community School of the Arts

The Side-By-Side Visual Arts Apprentice Program, now in its 20th year, pairs CSA students with professional artists in their studios for a period of four to six months each year. The stunning results will be displayed at Bennett Galleries & Company from May 31 - June 3, culminating in a Reception and Silent Auction on Friday, June 3, 5-8 PM. Admission is free, and catering will be provided by Echo. All proceeds from the silent auction benefit the Community School of the Arts.

The program is one of 50 Finalists across the country for the 2016 National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Awards, as selected by the President’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities and its partner agencies— the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the National Endowment for the Humanities. Side/By/Side is made possible through generous grants from Tennessee Arts Commission, East Tennessee Foundation, and the Bernau Family Foundation.

https://www.facebook.com/events/1026401034082228/

At Bennett Galleries and Company, 5308 Kingston Pike, Knoxville, TN 37919.
Community School of the Arts: 865-523-5684, www.csaknox.org

Hosted by Knox County Public Library. Join the Tennessee Stage Company to get hands-on learning about The Merry Wives of Windsor and King Lear!

o Wed, May 25 at 2:00 at Farragut
o Thurs, May 26 at 6:30 at Halls
o Thurs, June 2 at 11:00 at Bearden & 4:00 at Mascot
o Thurs, June 3 at 4:00 at South Knoxville
o Mon, June 6 at 2:00 at Carter
o Thurs, June 9 at 10:00 at Sequoyah & at 3:00 at Norwood
o Tues, June 14 at 2:00 at Karns
o Wed, June 15 at 3:00 at Lawson McGhee
o Thurs, June 16 at 11:00 at Powell
o Thurs, June 23 at 4:00 at Corryton

http://www.knoxlib.org/calendar-programs

In the Sandra J. Blain Gallery. A group exhibit showcasing work from over 100 skilled and talented instructors teaching at Arrowmont in 2016.

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

The Fountain Cty Art Center is proud to host the annual "Fountain City Art Guild's Spring Show and Sale". The
Guild now juries in both 2-D and 3-D artists. In addition to the Guild show, the Art Center is exhibiting a vibrant watercolor show with works by the students of Mary Baumgartner. The student show bears the same name as Mary's watercolor classes: "The Wonderful World of Watercolor."

The reception for both exhibits will be held from 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM Friday, May 20. Everyone is invited; no admission is charged. Light refreshments will be served.

Exhibit viewing hours: Tu, Th 9-5; W, F 10-5; Sat 9-1. Fountain City Art Center, 213 Hotel Ave, Knoxville, TN 37918. Information: 865-357-2787, http://www.fountaincityartcenter.com/