Calendar of Events

A public reception will take place on Friday, May 5, from 5:00-9:00 PM to which the public is invited to meet the artists and view the artwork. The First Friday reception also features music and dance by Pasión Flamenca (led by Lucia Andronescu) in the Black Box at 6:00 PM and new music by the Domino quartet (Mike Baggetta – electric guitar; Keith Brown – drums; Jon Hamar – double bass; and Jorge Variego – composition, electronics and clarinets) at 8:00 PM.

Artist Julie Fawn Boisseau-Craig works in porcelain and glass primarily but utilizes metals and wood as necessary to create her sculptural, wearable and or functional pieces. Her studio, Wild Pony Studio, is located in Rockford. She also works in hot glass at the Jackson County Green Energy Park in Dillsboro, North Carolina. She has shown nationally and participated in and taught many workshops and demonstrations. Boisseau-Craig received her MFA in 2012 and taught Introduction to Visual Art, 3D Art, Drawing and Ceramics at Western Carolina University. She also taught Drawing and Ceramics at Southwestern Community College in North Carolina. She was also an artist assistant to Tennessee-based glass artist Richard Jolley.

Her work directly responds to the contradictions and complexities of life. She strives to create beauty out of chaos. “I believe my work to be an ethereal commentary on the complicated fragility and contradictions of everyday life,” Boisseau-Craig says. For more information, please visit http://www.wildponystudio.com/.

On display at the Emporium Center, 100 S. Gay Street, in downtown Knoxville. Exhibition hours are Monday-Friday, 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM. Please note, the Emporium will be closed on Monday, May 29, for the holiday. For more information, please contact the Arts & Culture Alliance at (865) 523-7543, or visit the Web site at www.knoxalliance.com.

A public reception will take place on Friday, May 5, from 5:00-9:00 PM to which the public is invited to meet the artists and view the artwork. The First Friday reception also features music and dance by Pasión Flamenca (led by Lucia Andronescu) in the Black Box at 6:00 PM and new music by the Domino quartet (Mike Baggetta – electric guitar; Keith Brown – drums; Jon Hamar – double bass; and Jorge Variego – composition, electronics and clarinets) at 8:00 PM.

Heather Huebner was born in Euclid, OH and grew up in a suburb east of Cleveland. Her body of work is creating abstracted memories and/or thoughts of landscapes into paintings, influenced by growing up on Lake Erie. She is a graduate of The Cleveland Institute of Art with a Bachelors of Fine Arts focused in painting and is currently working in Knoxville.

“The first half of my work was done by using fluid materials and allowing them to dry over time, letting nature take its course upon the pigments,” says Huebner. “The process in which they are created – pouring onto the canvas – has the same effect as the fluidness of bodies of water on land or on a shoreline. Just as a puddle may sit for days and eventually evaporate, leaving some sediment behind, so too do these pigments. In viewing this body of work, one starts to question how those sediments were left behind. Were they an accident or were they intentional? For me, these marks create a personal connection to experiences I’ve had in the past. A unique mark or color or texture invokes the imagery of a landscape in my memory.” The second half of Huebner’s work is fantasy. The shapes and colors and compositions have been determined by a feeling of unknowing and are structured on ideas of what could be rather than what she has seen in the past. For more information, please visit http://heatherhuebner.weebly.com/.

On display at the Emporium Center, 100 S. Gay Street, in downtown Knoxville. Exhibition hours are Monday-Friday, 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM. Please note, the Emporium will be closed on Monday, May 29, for the holiday. For more information, please contact the Arts & Culture Alliance at (865) 523-7543, or visit the Web site at www.knoxalliance.com.

A public reception will take place on Friday, May 5, from 5:00-9:00 PM to which the public is invited to meet the artists and view the artwork. The First Friday reception also features music and dance by Pasión Flamenca (led by Lucia Andronescu) in the Black Box at 6:00 PM and new music by the Domino quartet (Mike Baggetta – electric guitar; Keith Brown – drums; Jon Hamar – double bass; and Jorge Variego – composition, electronics and clarinets) at 8:00 PM.

“Save yourselves from inquiring about the art’s potential of increasing your self-awareness or revealing any aspects of the human condition,” says Stephen Spidell. “My latest body of work exists merely for your aesthetic pleasure.” His charcoal and pastel drawings abstract human hair to create close-ups and landscapes. The emotive marks create waves and undulations that replicate the dynamism of the tress while contriving contrasts of value and texture.

Stephen Spidell currently resides in his hometown of Knoxville. His art education started at age seven when he trained under Janice Fancher, and he received his Associate of Arts in Studio Art from Pellissippi State. He is mainly known for his charcoal abstractions of hair, but he continues to indulge in other media including graphite, pen and ink, and pastel; his other subject matter includes botany and the human figure.

On display at the Emporium Center, 100 S. Gay Street, in downtown Knoxville. Exhibition hours are Monday-Friday, 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM. Please note, the Emporium will be closed on Monday, May 29, for the holiday. For more information, please contact the Arts & Culture Alliance at (865) 523-7543, or visit the Web site at www.knoxalliance.com.

The Balcony gallery and Casa HoLa (Suite 112) in the Emporium Center will host two exhibitions which celebrate the life of Luis Velázquez, a beloved member of the Hispanic community.

On Friday May 5 at 5:00 PM, before viewing the exhibits, the public is invited to attend a brief presentation of the HoLa 2017 Luis Velázquez Scholarship in the Emporium's Black Box theatre. The scholarship will be presented by HoLa president, Pedro Tomás and committee members María Clark (chair), Loida Velázquez, Terra Clofteller and Angela Masini to a high school senior selected through a competitive process. The name of the recipient will be announced at the ceremony.

From 5:45PM until 9:00PM, both exhibits will be open for viewing. A Retrospective of the artistic production of Mr. Velázquez including 30 of his paintings and paintings by two of his grandchildren is curated by Dina Ruta and will take place in the Balcony Gallery. “Celebrating Luis - a Life Well-lived”, on display in Casa HoLa, consists of original pieces by Silvia Calzadilla, Rafael Casco, Antuco Chicaiza, Susana Esrequis, Delia Flores Astrid Galindo, Irene Hernández, Katie Miller, Dina Ruta, and Héctor Saldívar. Curated by Angela Masini, the Casa HoLa exhibit celebrates the life and the art of Mr. Velázquez through pieces in acrylic, clay, mixed media and fabric. Both exhibits continue through the month of May during the Emporium regular hours.

Casa HoLa, 100 S. Gay Street, Suite 112, Knoxville, TN 37902. Viewing hours are MWF from 1-5pm. For additional information contact Angela Masini at angiemasini@gmail.com or Loida Velázquez at 865-951-9254.

Including work by Austin Riddle, Maia Leppo, Heather Ashworth, Grant Benoit, Nick DeFord, Jackson Martin, Lisa D. Line, John Phillips, Peggy Schmid, John McMillan, Katie Grove, and Erin Castellan.

VIP event: May 4th, 4-5:30pm
Opening Reception: May 5, 5:30-8:30pm
Art DeTour Event: May 6, 10-5 and May 7, 12-5

At the Dogwood Arts' office, 123 W. Jackson Ave. Knoxville, TN. Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts information: 865-436-5860, www.arrowmont.org

The Basement Community Art Studio will be partnering with Plum Print for an exciting opportunity to archive your child's art! Plum Print digitizes your child's art work and creates beautiful bound books from their art as well as other fun gift items. These bound books are a fun way to save your child's art work without the bulk and storage of saving each individual piece of art!

For this partnership The Basement Community Art Studio will be hosting an art collection event. They will collect your child's art and ship it to Plum Print for you! Plum Print will then digitize the art and send you a proof prior to completing your order.

By participating in this event Plum Print has offered you a $25 discount on your first book order! Plus they will be donating 10% of the total sales to The Basement Community Art Studio which will go directly to our scholarship program. The scholarship program will help children attend the many art programs at the studio, including summer camps, after school art classes, and open Studio sessions!

Opening reception Friday May 5th from 6-8 p.m
Come see sample books, enjoy refreshments, and check out the art studio during the First Friday Art Walk! While you are here enjoy a fun family friendly craft, refreshments, and find out more about or summer programs! Drop off times: May 5th-12. Art Will be shipped to Plum Print Monday May 15th.

The Basement Community Art Studio, 105 W. Jackson Avenue, Knoxville, TN 37902. Information: 865-333-5262. http://www.thebasementartstudio.com/2017/04/introducing-plum-print.html

Photography by Daniel Taylor and Paper Mache Mixed Media Sculpture by Mary Saylor. Daniel Taylor is a self-taught artist who enjoys "Street Photography" or casual photos of everyday life. He also likes to shoot black and white photos of jazz artists on stage. Mary Saylor has a love of all animals and creates playful sculptures that are whimsical and humorous in nature.

Westminister Presbyterian Church, 6500 S Northshore Dr, Knoxville, TN 37919. Hours: M-F 9-4. Info: (865) 584-3957 or www.wpcknox.org

Stop by to see May's exhibit by Kristy Keel-Blackmon, the artist behind Oak Roots Creative, whose beautiful nature photographs and abstract paintings showcase her attention to detail! http://www.oakrootscreative.com/

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

Exhibit: Oil & Water Do Mix
paintings and wood turnings by Nelson Ziegler

Hours: M-F, 9-5
Reception: Sunday, May 7, 2-4pm

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

Opening reception April 21 from 6 to 7:30 p.m.; artists’ talks at 6:30 p.m.

COMMA (COMe Make Art) is a plein air art group that has met weekly in the summer at University of Tennessee Gardens since 2004. Founders were art teachers Gay Nell Gray and Cheri Jorgenson. They are joined in this exhibit by members and retired art teachers Judy Jorden, Shelley Mangold and Owen Weston; current art teachers Caitlyn Seidler and Jackie Wright; and teaching artist Nancy Campbell. COMMA members' artwork is either created in or inspired by images from the gardens. Each artist works in a preferred medium, whether color pencil, pastel, watercolor, acrylics, photography, clay or mixed media. Some work is created on site in the gardens, and some is created in the studio using sketches or images from the gardens. The artists are inspired by the beauty and diversity of the UT Gardens and the friendship and camaraderie they share.

Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church, 2931 Kingston Pike, Knoxville, TN 37919. Gallery hours: M-Th 10-5, Su 10-1. Information: 865-523-4176, www.tvuuc.org

Instructor Kay List has found that although there are many fun art classes available, and they are certainly worth the enjoyment they bring to the participants, some budding artists are more serious about learning to paint and desire a more comprehensive class. Serious is also FUN! Kay’s "Beginning Drawing and Painting" class is designed just for you. For adults and High School students. The goal of the class is to bring the student to the point where he/she has enough beginning skills to continue working and practicing thereby improving their skills over time. Maximum class size is 6 students. $150 for six 2-hour classes.
CLASS SCHEDULE FOR 2017:

(Thursday evenings 7-9 PM): April 20 – May 25
June 8 – July 13
August 3 – September 7
September 21 – October 26

(Monday evenings 7-9 PM): June 5 – July 10
July 17 – August 21
September 18 – October 23

About Kay List: Kay majored in art at a 2-year college in California in 1963 and 1964. While married and raising 2 children Kay continued to paint, practicing her skills. In 2001 Kay began to paint on a consistent basis building a body of work before opening Envision Art Gallery in 2015. Kay currently is concentrating on showing and selling her work and starting oil painting classes. She was accepted into the November 2016 Artsclamation! Exhibition, is a member of the Arts and Culture Alliance of Knoxville and 2017 President of Tennessee Art Association in Knoxville TN. A new studio has been constructed for the purposes of continuing her work and hosting her art classes.

At 4050 Sutherland Ave, Knoxville, TN 37919 in the Bearden Art District. Website: www.kaylistart.com; www.envisionartgallery.com. Phone: 865-742-1882

Theme : South of the River, Live, Work, Play
We seek to recognize local South of the River Artist, and while preference will be given to South Knoxville Artists, all local artists are welcome to apply. The show will Open April 16th with a reception May 12th 5-8 p.m. for Vestival, and officially end on May 13th. Approximately 25 – 35 pieces will be selected for display in the historic marble showrooms.

Candoro Marble Arts & Heritage Center, 4450 Candora Drive, Knoxville, TN 37920. Information: 865-577-0078, www.candoromarble.org