Calendar of Events

I Love Juice Bar is pleased to present a local Knoxville artist, Bethany Stahl, and her Mehndi-inspired artwork. This collection highlights the natural beauty and chaos in our life and is meant to make people really slow down and relax. Juice Bar will also be presenting a portion of Stahl's Tennessee Wildlife collection. https://www.facebook.com/stahllination/

I Love Juice Bar will have a contest for guests to enter in for a free gift! All works are for sale and may be purchased through the close of the exhibition.

Juice Bar - Market Square, 2 Market Square, Knoxville, Tennessee 37902.
https://www.facebook.com/events/369489836811984/

This is a new body of work that is beginning to explore our relationship with the environment and how it could potentially shape our future. The work is influenced by thoughts of nostalgia and place, human consumption and its implications, and what the consequences of our behaviors might be. The dioramas imagine a fragmented, desolate future after the collapse of technology and civilization. They are visions of what remains, how we may adapt and how we could rebuild from the leftovers.

Robmat Butler, a graduate of The University of Tennessee’s MFA program in sculpture, lives and works in Knoxville, TN. He received a BFA in Studio Arts with a minor in Art History from The University of South Florida. In addition to being the preparator at The Knoxville Museum of Art, Robmat is an active contemporary artist, whose work has been shown both nationally and internationally. His work has, most recently, been included in Miami’s Art Basel and featured in The Foosaner Art Museum’s show Naval Gazing. Robmat also collaborates with Barron Hall as The Art Team, building site specific, large scale installations. Butler also works as a freelance fabricator while pursuing an interest in curating local and regional art events.

The Central Collective, 923 N. Central Street, Knoxville, TN 37917. Information: 865-236-1590, info@thecentralcollective.com, www.thecentralcollective.com

Please join Nourish Knoxville on Friday, March 2, 2018 for our third annual fundraising dinner. The menu will be a celebration of the winter harvest in East Tennessee, featuring locally sourced ingredients prepared by Knox Mason and Emilia Chef Matt Gallaher and crew. In addition to a delicious meal, the evening will feature a photo booth provided by Shawn Poynter Photography! Guests will be provided with a link and password to an online gallery after the event.

Attire: Festive Cocktail
* Water, coffee, and a selection of wine will be provided.
* Vegetarian and/or gluten-free option available by request.
* Parking will be available in the parking lot directly across the street from the Standard.
* Follow Nourish Knoxville on Instagram & Twitter (nourishknox) and share your photos of the event with us using the hashtag #NKwinterwarmer2018
https://nourishknoxvillewinterwarmer.brownpapertickets.com/

After searching high and low, Friends of Literacy has discovered Knoxville’s most good looking, well-versed, and multi-talented men. Most importantly these men are single! They've put their boyish reservations aside for the good of a greater cause: fighting illiteracy in Knox County. Each bachelor is paired with a unique date package which has been donated by area businesses. So, all of you single ladies, put your money where your heart is and attend this one of a kind event on March 2nd. This year’s bachelors range in age from 23-63 so there is someone for everybody!

General Admission doors open at 7:30 pm and Auction begins at 8:00 pm. VIP Champagne Reception begins at 6:30 pm where you will have an opportunity to meet and mingle with the bachelors one on one before they hit the stage. Come join Friends of Literacy, along with Emcee Erin Donovan of Visit Knoxville and Auctioneer Dino Cartwright of WVLT as they flaunt this year’s cream of the crop!

Tickets are on sale now! General Admission Tickets are $50 in advance and $60 at the door. Includes food and cash bar before the auction. Doors open at 7:30 PM. Auction begins at 8:00 PM.

VIP Tickets are $75. Includes hors d'oeuvres, complimentary champagne, mingling with bachelors at the VIP Champagne Reception, as well as auction VIP seating. VIP Champagne Reception begins at 6:30 PM.

At The Mill & Mine, 227 West Depot Avenue, Knoxville, Tennessee 37917. https://www.facebook.com/events/431876343896522/

At Clarence Brown Theatre

Come see The University of Tennessee's largest student run organization, BOSS Dance Company, as they put on their annual Spring Showcase! This show will have contemporary, jazz, hip hop, tap, and so much more! Shows will be on March 1st, 2nd, and 3rd, at 8 p.m. at the Clarence Brown Theatre on the UTK campus, 1714 Andy Holt Ave, Knoxville, Tennessee 37916.

Tickets are $5 for UTK students and $13 for the general public. For any questions regarding tickets or the show, please contact dance@utk.edu. Tickets: https://buy.knoxvilletickets.com/online/default.asp?doWork::WScontent::loadArticle=Load&BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::article_id=D3B915AA-A286-4073-998A-6361D7F49BE6&BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::context_id=B3DA8A17-2312-4F15-8FB5-97F4101EC13B

Sylvia, written by A.R. Gurney, is an innovative modern comedy about a marriage and a dog. A rescued mutt becomes a bone of contention between a husband and wife moving in different directions. After a series of hilarious and touching complications, Greg and Kate learn to compromise and Sylvia becomes a valued part of their lives.

The play was an off-Broadway hit, with critics calling it ‘delicious and dizzy’ and ‘howlingly funny.”

Flying Anvil Theatre’s production stars Krisha Brook as Sylvia, with Mitch Moore, Terry Colquitt Bowen and Rollin Prince rounding out the cast. The show is directed by Charlotte Headrick, a UT alumna who recently retired from Oregon State University. “This is a role I’ve been dying to play,” Krisha Brook says. “It’s funny and touching and if you’ve ever loved a dog, you will love this show!”

Sylvia has two previews, Wednesday, Feb 28 (Pay What You Can) and Thursday, March 1. The Opening Night Party on March 2 includes a reception with the cast after the show. Tickets can be purchased online or reserved via telephone. Flying Anvil Theatre, 1300 Rocky Hill Road, Knoxville. Information: 865-357-1309, www.flyinganviltheatre.com

Details TBA!

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

By: christopher oscar peña

Transcending 20th-century notions of race and culture, peña’s work succeeds in simultaneously touching our hearts, stimulating our minds, and examining our society. Tony Award-winning playwright David Henry Hwang

In this CBT-commissioned World Premiere, Cris returns to a place he once used to know, only to find a world he no longer recognizes. As he connects with a new stranger tasked to show him around town, an unexpected spark challenges all of Cris' preconceived notions. the strangers is a modern day reimagining of Thornton Wilder's Our Town, depicting a contemporary American world thrown into chaos.
This production contains adult content and language.

Carousel Theatre, 1714 Andy Holt Ave on the UT campus, Knoxville, TN 37996. For information: 865-974-5161, www.clarencebrowntheatre.com. For tickets: 865-974-5161, 865-656-4444, www.knoxvilletickets.com

We have a full event calendar that grows by the day!

Monday - Singer/songwriter night (open sign-up)
Tuesday - Open mic night (open sign-up)
Wed through Sun - Various Americana/Folk artists from Knoxville and across the country

The Troubadour Roadhouse and Performance Hall located in Bearden, 4705 Old Kingston Pike, Knoxville, TN 37919
Information: 865-851-8650, www.troubadourroadhouse.com
www.facebook.com/troubadourroadhouse

Part of the 2017-18 "Best of Theatre Knoxville Downtown" Season!

By John Cariani. "On a cold, clear moonless night in the middle of winter, all is not quite what it seems in the remote, mythical town of Almost, Maine. As the northern lights hover in the star-filled sky above, Almost's residents find themselves falling in and out of love in unexpected and often hilarious ways. Knees are bruised. Hearts are broken. But the bruises heal, and the hearts mend - almost - in this delightful midwinter night's dream."

Almost, Maine is based on the fictional "unorganized" town of the same name in Maine. It is comprised of 9 short vignettes centered around the exploration of love and loss, and what happens to ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances. As the play is about love, it involves a lot of kissing. Actors should be comfortable with the possibility of being cast in one of those roles.

"A whimsical approach to the joys and perils of romance. Magical happenings bloom beneath the snowdrifts."
– The New York Times

Theatre Knoxville Downtown, 319 North Gay Street, Knoxville, TN 37917. Information & tickets: 865-544-1999, www.theatreknoxville.com

Reception to be held March 16, 2018 from 5-7pm.

Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts announces Haiku / by Hand, a dual exhibition of works by Nicole Jacquard and Harlan W. Butt displayed in the Geoffrey A. Wolpert Gallery.

Nicole Jacquard explores themes of memory, ornamentation, and the souvenir through her mixed-media jewelry work. She uses materials such as upcycled fabrics, thread, enamel and a variety of metals to reference the dichotomy of the handmade versus the mass-produced. Jacquard questions how an object with one supposed purpose can transcend its own function when nostalgia and personal meanings are attached.

Harlan W. Butt combines vessels with poetry as a way to explore humankind’s relationship with the natural world. His vessels, made from copper, silver, bronze and brass, reflect the sensory experience of the natural landscape. Butt conveys the beauty and mystery found in nature through his use of plant and animal imagery with a keen attention to color texture. The vessels are accompanied by haikus written by Butt, which record the unique human experience of being fully present in the wilderness.

Together, the works of Jacquard and Butt create a compelling dialog about what we choose to take away from our individual experiences. Be it a tangible memento with which we project a specific memory of place, or the memory itself, used as inspiration to create something new.
Nicole Jacquard is currently Area Head and an Associate Professor at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana and was the President of the Society of North American Goldsmiths from 2015-2017. She received her first MFA from the University of Michigan in 1991, and her second in 1995 while on a Fullbright Scholarship to Australia at RMIT University in Melbourne. In 2004, Nicole returned to RMIT and completed her Ph.D. in Fine Arts. Nicole was awarded a second 2017-2018 Fullbright Scholarship to Scotland. See more of Jacquard’s work on her website, www.nicolejacquard.com.

Harlan W. Butt maintains a studio in the San Juan Mountains of Colorado. He has been creating work for over 40 years in metals and enamel, specializing in vessels. Harlan was a Regents Professor of Art at the University of North Texas, where he retired in 2017 after teaching for 40 years. He served as Artist-in-Residence at Denali National Park in 2010 and at the Grand Canyon in 2014. He will be an Artist-in-Residence at Acadia National Park in the summer of 2018. See more of Harlan’s work on his website, harlanwbutt.com.

Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, 556 Parkway, Gatlinburg, TN 37738. Gallery hours are Monday – Friday 9:00 am – 5:00 pm and Saturday 10:00 am – 4:00 pm. Information: 865-436-5860, www.arrowmont.org

In 2015, Chicago collectors Helen and Russell Novak made the single largest and most important gift of art to the KMA’s contemporary print collection in the museum’s history. Press Ahead: Contemporary Prints Gifted by Helen and Russell Novak represents the official unveiling of this remarkable gift. The exhibition features 38 works by leading contemporary artists from around the world including Roger Brown, John Buck, Christo, Lesley Dill, Jim Dine, Helen Frankenthaler, Red Grooms, Sol LeWitt, and Barbara Takenaga William T. Wiley, and by younger artists such as Brad Brown, Enrique Chagoya, Tom Huck, Jiha Moon, and Hans Schabus. Some artists are leading printmakers while others work primarily in other media, but became interested in collaborating with master printers in order to realize their ideas in print-based formats. The KMA’s selection includes great examples of each artist’s work, prints produced in small editions, and those representing a broad range of printmaking techniques and formats (including sculptural and book format prints).

The Novak’s collection includes thousands of contemporary prints acquired over a period of more than 30 years. The collection is noteworthy for its size and breadth, and because of Russell Novak’s close ties to such prominent master printers Jack Lemon and Bud Shark, who run two of the country’s premier print studios—Landfall Press and Shark’s Ink, respectively. Each year, Lemon and Shark would send the Novaks limited edition print portfolios, out of which the couple selected certain prints to be matted and framed for display. The collection has grown to a point at which framed works fill the walls of their home and of Russell’s corporate office space housing the accounting firm of Novak/Costello.

The Novaks chose to donate works to the KMA rather than area Chicago museums for several reasons. First, they became interested in the KMA thanks to Helen’s childhood friend, Knoxville educator Marilyn Liberman, who introduced Helen to the KMA. Marilyn also alerted the KMA about the Novaks and their collection, especially after learning that Helen had expressed interest in placing portions of the collection with suitable museums. The Novaks soon realized their gift to the KMA could eventually become a centerpiece for the museum’s works on paper collection. Their interest in placing the works at the KMA was heightened by the museum’s long association with contemporary printmaking (Dulin Gallery’s print competition ran from the early 1960s until the late 1980s), and the presence in Knoxville of the UTK School of Art’s Printmaking Program (ranked #2 in the country in 2017 by U.S. News & World Report). In this way, Press Ahead celebrates the Novak’s generosity, and underscores the important role of their gift in enabling KMA visitors to explore contemporary printmaking and the exciting range of expressive possibilities and technical approaches it encompasses.

For a full listing of the Novak’s gifts, please go to http://www.knoxart.org/info/files/Novak-collection-gift-2015.pdf

Knoxville Museum of Art, 1050 World's Fair Park Dr, Knoxville, TN 37916. Hours: Tuesday-Saturday, 10AM-5PM, Sunday, 1-5PM. Information: 865-525-6101, www.knoxart.org