Calendar of Events

Hey, Y’all,
Mark your calendar and plan to be in Union County, Tennessee, the first Saturday in October and plan on just Fiddlin’ Around!

Union County’s 14th Annual Heritage Festival will be Saturday, October 6, 2018,
“Fiddlin” Around” in Maynardville, Tennessee, 10:00am – 4:00pm.
The Festival is a FREE family and pet friendly event!

Free Parking and Free Admission
Ride the free shuttle to all venues.

Check this site for updates. http://unioncountyheritagefestival.com/

Got a great idea for a t-shirt or another printing project you've been wanting to tackle? Then come to the A1 Lab Arts on Saturday Oct. 6 and take part in another amazing screen printing workshop! We'll teach you how to make a screen printing frames with your own personalized image on it that you get to keep so you can use it forever after. No previous experience required and all necessary materials will be provided **except** for whatever you want to print on (so bring your own blank t-shirts, posters, etc). The workshop costs $30.

A1LabArts, 23 Emory Pl, Knoxville, Tennessee 37917
https://www.facebook.com/events/1924886287813152/

Saturday, October 6 at 11 AM – 4 PM
World's Fair Park Dr SW, Knoxville, TN 37916,
The Great Llama Race is a foot race in which local celebrities are paired with a Knoxville school and a llama provided by Southeast Llama Rescue. The race will be run in heats, with the final heat determining 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners. The winning schools will win a percentage of funds raised to go to a project of their choice. Southeast Llama Rescue will also receive a percentage of funds raised, with the remainder going to Casa de Sara, a non-profit that provides education and opportunities for at-risk children and families in both Latin America and the greater Knoxville area.

Other activities will be going on throughout the day in addition to the main race. These include vendors, food, entertainers, music, crafts and games, a children’s section, interaction with llamas, and more! The 2018 event will also have a 5k for the second year! The Great Llama Race 5k Human Edition will start and end at World’s Fair Park, and is open to runners of any age who want to participate.The fourth annual Great Llama Race will be held in the fall of 2018 in Knoxville, TN. The event takes place from 11 AM until 4 PM. For more information please visit thegreatllamarace.com.

Saturday, October 6, 11;00am-6:00pm, St. James will host St. Jimmy's Fast Fest to help provide continued support of our neighborhood ministries. There will be a silent auction, a marketplace, kids' activities and church tours.

St. James Episcopal Church, 1101 Broadway, 37917. 865-523-5687 or www.stjamesknox.org.

Knoxville's Oldest Beer Festival

2:00-6:00 pm with VIP Entry at 1:00 pm
At Knoxville Civic Coliseum Plaza
ALL proceeds benefit Community Shares

What began as a gathering of a few dedicated micro-brewers has grown into one of the Southeast’s largest and longest-running beer events. Come for the huge selection of hard to find beers, stay for the great music and local food- this year at a new location, at the Civic Coliseum Plaza in Downtown Knoxville!

General Admission Ticket: Unlimited Samples from over 45 local, regional and national craft breweries.

VIP Ticket: Admission to the event one hour before the rest of the public, access to the VIP tent with snacks, seating and private restrooms, commemorative gift and unlimited samples from over 45 local, regional, national craft breweries.

Designated Driver Ticket: Access to the event and unlimited access to non-alcoholic beverages.
https://www.knoxvillebrewersjam.com/

The Ewing Gallery is pleased to partner with UTK Sculpture and the Mid South Sculpture Alliance Conference to present the work of 25 alumni of the UT Sculpture program.

Curated by UT Alumnus Bill FitzGibbons (1972), who will give a juror's talk during the closing reception.

The Ewing Gallery will be open M-F 10am - 5PM and will have extended hours until 7:30PM on Thursday nights. We are open from 1-4PM on Sundays. Ewing Gallery, 1715 Volunteer Blvd on the UT campus, Knoxville, TN 37996. Information: 865-974-3200, www.ewing-gallery.utk.edu

In conjunction with the Mid-South Sculpture Alliance Conference, 8 art spaces in North Knoxville will be open to the public between 6-8 pm on Saturday October 6. Mighty Mud Studios, Ironwood Studios, Striped Light Letterpress, Fluorescent Gallery, A1 Lab Arts, Salvage Shop, 618 Studios, C for Courtside

https://www.facebook.com/events/410176086180896/
https://www.midsouthsculpture.org/page-1075238

Opening: October 5th from 6PM-9PM (the show will be up through the end of November.)

Chris McAdoo is a painter, printmaker, and designer living in East Tennessee. His work has been featured in numerous exhibitions, collections, and publications around the country and he has been an active studio artist for nearly twenty years.

In addition to having work on display, Chris will be painting live during the opening! All are welcome to come and watch, and Chris is happy to talk with folks as the process unfolds.

“My most recent series focuses on memory (or the lack thereof) and the significance that we attach to objects and places, particularly when we take them out of their original context. My work is an extension of my own experiences growing up in the south and a comment on my connections that give me a visceral reaction to the past rather than simple nostalgia. While the paintings speak to me in a very particular way, I would much rather suggest a narrative to the viewer than to lay it all on the table.”

Ongoing Show: Blanket Fort Studios---Kendra Barth (of Blanket Fort) produces funky ceramic pieces. Working out of her studio here in Knoxville, she uses a unique style to evoke wonder in her pieces. "I created this studio to share my love of naive wonder and storytelling."

Rala, 112 W. Jackson Ave, Knoxville, TN 37902. Phone: (865) 525-7888
Instagram: @ShopRala
https://shoprala.com/

Enjoy the Opening Reception of the Artful Wonder Fall Art Show from 5-7 PM on Fri October 5.

This special reception is scheduled on the regular monthly “Fun and Wine Friday” reception date. Participants can view the show entries and watch the presentation of ribbons and cash awards to the winning artists. Hors d'oeuvres, wine, and other beverages will be available. The reception is free and open to the public.

Art Guild at Fairfield Glade at the Plateau Creative Arts Center, 451 Lakeview Drive, Fairfield Glade, TN 38558. Hours: M-Sa 9-4. Information: 931-707-7249, www.artguildfairfieldglade.net

Recent works by artist Fran Thie and potter Larry Gabbard will be featured throughout October at the Art Market Gallery. An opening reception for the artists, including complimentary refreshments and live music performed by Harold Nagge, will begin at 5:30 p.m. on October 5th, during Downtown Knoxville’s monthly First Friday Art Walk. The show will highlight Fran Thie's pastel and watermedia works, and Larry Gabbard's fast-fired clay pottery.
The Art Market Gallery is also happy to welcome four new members in painting/drawing—Carole Quin, Kara Lockmiller, Pebbie Mott and Linn Stilwell—whose work will be on display beginning October 1st.

Fran Thie: Fran is an established pastel and watermedia artist whose work reflects her love of creative writing and literature by presenting sensitive, impressionistic and expressive interpretations of nature in both landscape and abstract paintings. Through intuitive use of color and texture, she strives to transform an ordinary scene into a special place where both drama and serenity can co-exist. Fran paints in both pastel and watermedia, but her primary specialty is pastel. By first preparing an underpainting in acrylic or watercolor, she lays a foundation for visual depth and richness, which she then overlays with pastel. While many of her works have been painted on location, she often begins the painting from a photograph or sketch in her studio, then puts the resource material aside and completes the painting by intuitively reacting to the painting surface. Her works, whether representational or abstract, always have their foundation in the world of nature.

Larry Gabbard: Larry began his pottery career after moving to Kingston, TN in 1999, and training initially at the Oak Ridge Art Center (ORAC). Most of his pottery is wheel thrown; he seeks out unique, alternative kilns and firing techniques (e.g., raku, horse hair, saggar, obvara, and pit firing). Larry attends workshops of well-known potters throughout the Southeast, studying and applying their unique techniques. He has attended classes at John Campbell Folk School in Brasstown, NC; Hambidge Center for Creative Arts at Rabun Gap, GA; Mudfire Gallery, Decatur, GA; and the ORAC in Oak Ridge, TN. Larry enjoys fast-firing techniques which create a rich variety of textures and colors on bisque clay. He finds the unexpected marks made when clay, heat, and smoke interact to be among the most intriguing and challenging of finishes to perfect and reproduce.

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

“BeDazzled”—a special show featuring the Art Market Gallery’s five jewelry artisans—will be on display in the Art Market Gallery throughout October. This show is being held in conjunction with Tennessee Craft Week (October 5th–14th), celebrating our local craft artists. Please join us for this special event; you will “be dazzled” by the work of Roger Kroll, Jennifer Lindsay, Nancy Rowland-Engle, Lynn Straka, and Kristine Taylor.

Roger Kroll: The intention of Roger’s jewelry and metal art is to create a functional art form. His goal is to continually explore form, shape, color and texture, incorporating the vast pallet of techniques and materials available to the precious metal artist.

Jennifer Lindsay: Jennifer gets her inspiration from everywhere-architecture, gardens and historical customs. She fashions one-of-a-kind jewelry pieces using various beading techniques, imported seed beads, focal beads, semi-precious stones, or crystals.

Nancy Rowland-Engle: Nancy is a metalsmith who enjoys the creative process of designing and producing jewelry using silver, copper, and brass. Her work incorporates organic forms and geometric shapes. Most pieces have an industrial feel but come to look the way they do naturally. The shapes, the elements, and the organic forms all come from nature.

Lynn Straka: Lynn wants to bring joy to the wearer with her mixed-media jewelry. She uses sterling silver, copper and bronze with semi-precious stone accents. Her designs are influenced by nature, and may evoke a memory, affirm a belief, or be an extension of the wearer’s personality.

Kristine Taylor: Kristine is inspired by good design and beautiful color, using polymer clay and traditional jewelry materials, such as metal, fibers, stones and pearls, to create unique and limited edition pieces of jewelry. Her current work blends contemporary and ancient forms with abstract images.

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

The District Gallery is pleased to present Clark Stewart: Aquamata, opening Friday, October 5.

Following his 2015 automobile series, Automata, Clark Stewart returns with Aquamata: a series of sculptural art boats inspired by a century of speed boating and the evolution of its vessels. Like the cars which were intended as maquetes for full-scale vehicles to cruise urban boulevards for the pleasure of onlookers, the boats are similarly conceived to cruise urban waterfronts for the pleasure of viewers. After many years of maintaining his own antique wooden cabin cruiser here on the Tennessee lakes, Stewart brings his restoration and woodworking skills together with a captivating aesthetic imagination and thorough investigation of classic yachts, speed boats, and racing hydroplanes.

Please join us for a special evening of fun and fantasy boats on Friday, October 5 from 5-8 p.m. Meet the artist and enjoy connecting with fellow boating enthusiasts. The show will be on display in the gallery through October 27.

The District Gallery, 5113 Kingston Pike, Knoxville, TN 37919. Hours: M-F 10-5:30, Sa 10-4. Information: 865-200-4452, www.TheDistrictGallery.com