Calendar of Events

Opening Reception, Thursday, November 7, 5:30 - 7:30pm in the Ewing Gallery before the Artist in Residence Lecture at 7:30pm in room 109, A+A Building

The Ewing Gallery will be closed November 27 - December 1 for the Thanksgiving Holiday.

The Ewing Gallery is pleased to present AIR Retrospective an exhibition that showcases work from the Ewing Gallery permanent Collection by past UT School of Art Artists in Residence. We will also be exhibiting the AIR of UT Print Portfolio, a 3 portfolio suite of digital prints curated by UT School of Art Alumni, Wade Guyton, Meredyth Sparks, and Josh Smith. The AIR of UT Print Portfolio features work by many past Artists in Residents and alumni of UT. Several sculptural works and drawings by former UT School of Art painting professor, Michael Brakke will also be on display. Brakke, who passed away in 2010 was instrumental recruiting AIRs and developing the UT Artist in Residence program.

The Ewing Gallery of Art and Architecture at the University of Tennessee, 1715 Volunteer Boulevard
Art and Architecture Building, Knoxville, Tn 37996

Zoo Knoxville is paying it forward November 7-10, 2019, by offering $5 general admission tickets when guests bring a donation for Young-Williams Animal Center, Mission of Hope, the Humane Society of the Tennessee Valley or Knox County’s Office on Aging PAWS program.

General zoo admission tickets for ages four and up are $5 each and parking is free November 7-10, 2019, with a donated item for each ticket. To ensure a safe and pleasant experience for guests, a limited number of tickets are available for each day, and advance online purchase is required. Tickets can be purchased online at www.zooknoxville.org.

Items needed are non-perishable food item, hygiene item, new children’s toys, dog or cat food or new pet toys (no rawhide or bones). The donations help local non-profit organizations Mission of Hope, Young-Williams Animal Center, The Humane Society of the Tennessee Valley, and Knox County Office on Aging’s Knox PAWS program stock their pantries.

Zoo Knoxville, 3500 Knoxville Zoo Drive, Knoxville, TN 37914. Open every day except Christmas. Information: 865-637-5331, www.zooknoxville.org

We're excited to have music icon Emmylou Harris for the 2019 Stars on Stage Gala! This special event helps us raise funds for the preservation of our beloved theatre and free community programming. For the best way to lend your support, secure VIP tickets including a pre-show reception with a silent auction featuring autographed music memorabilia and unique experiences!

Tennessee Theatre, 604 S. Gay Street, Knoxville, TN 37902. For information/tickets: 865-684-1200, www.tennesseetheatre.com, www.ticketmaster.com

Primary PlayersPalooza!!!
November 7 @ 6:00 - 8:00 pm
A dinner theatre talent show, to help make our upcoming production of The Wizard of Oz as ahhhmazing as it can be!

Everett Hills Baptist Church
401 S Everett High Rd,
Maryville, TN 37804

http://primaryplayers.com/event/primary-playerspalooza/

Faculty and guest artist recital; Violin faculty member, Geoffrey Herd, is joined by cellist, Hannah Collins, and pianist Esther Park, for an evening of chamber music.
Natalie Haslam Music Center, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall
6pm

UT School of Music: Unless otherwise noted, concerts are FREE and open to the public. The Alumni Memorial Building located at 1408 Middle Drive on the UT campus. (The James R. Cox Auditorium is located in the Alumni Memorial Building.) The Natalie Haslam Music Center is located at 1741 Volunteer Blvd on the UT campus. *For individual or small group performances, please check the web site or call the day of the event for updates or cancellations: 865-974-5678, www.music.utk.edu/events

Smoky Mountain Blues Society & Barley's Maryville Present Dinner & Blues Concert:

LIZ MANDEVILLE & THE BLUE POINTS
Thursday, November 7, 7:00-10:00PM.

Chicago Blues Hall of Fame Artist and winner of the Windy City Blues Challenge, Liz Mandeville has a powerhouse voice and great songs (original & covers). She's a wiz on guitar & Louisiana Rub-board! Liz has Etta James' versatility, Tina Turner's showmanship, Bette Midler's vintage look and humor and Aretha's big, soulful alto. Her guitar playing borrows from Albert Collins, Hubert Sumlin, Lightnin Hopkins and Billy Gibbons. All of Liz's music feature her warmth and wit and are crafted from her personal experiences as much as from research into different eras and regional blues from the last century. A diminutive redhead, she grew up on a two-lane highway on the outskirts of Chicago in a haunted house. She brings to the stage a giant presence that's impossible to resist.. She and her band will get you up & dancing. These blues make you happy!

Thursday, November 7, 7:00-10:00PM. Doors open at 6 PM, Showtime 7 PM.
Tickets: $10 CASH, at the Door.
Barley's Maryville, 128 W Broadway Ave, Maryville, Tennessee 37801

Smoky Mountain Blues Society: http://smokymountainblues.org/wp/

Jody Sims is an artist, author, and radio producer. On November 7th, she will discuss how she created “The Authors Page" on WUOT, a program that honors Tennessee authors.

Ms. Sims will share how she selects authors for the show, her process for writing the scripts, and how learning about other authors has made her a better, more confident writer.

Click here for more information : https://www.wuot.org/programs/authors-page

Free to the public ($2 or more donation at the door helps the Guild keep on trucking).

Knoxville Writers’ Guild: Meetings take place at Central United Methodist Church's Fellowship Hall, 201 E. Third Avenue, Knoxville, TN 37917. Information: www.KnoxvilleWritersGuild.org

It’s back! We can’t wait to meet you in the Breezeway on Thursday, November 7 from 4-7PM for the fifth annual Soul of Creativity event. This is a great opportunity to start your holiday shopping by supporting local artists and the Children’s Hospital Palliative Care Program. This program supplies massage therapy, aromatherapy, art & music therapy to the children at the hospital going through life-changing surgeries & illnesses.

Local artists • Music • Beverages • Food • Community

We are excited to announce the participation of the following artists:
M. Blaisdell Gansley, Beth Meyer, Kat Itz, Jolie Gaston, Bethany Hallam, Elizabeth Alley, Janet Edkins, Cheri Pollack, Landis McMillan, Jan Asher, Becky Chaffee, Susan Bennett Lopez, Susan Arbital, Center for Peace, Karen Dwyer, Shelley Mangold, Beverly Hancock, Jen Beyt-Coffin, Chase Rainbolt

Knox Plaza, 4830 Kingston Pike
https://breezewayyoga.com/our-community/soul-of-creativity-art-and-yoga-event/

A Fortress and a Legacy: The Gift of a WWII Bombardier's True Story to the Daughter He Never Met | Lecture & Book Signing with J. Ross Greene

J. Ross Greene will discuss his book, A Fortress and a Legacy, which combines engaging dialogue and historical accuracy with the pathos of a family torn by war. The heart and soul of the story is an exchange of more than 1,000 letters between Knoxville native and B-17 bombardier Lt. Ross W. "Bud" Perrin and his bride, Thelma, who was both Miss Knoxville and a 1940 Miss America contestant. With his six-plus years of extensive research Greene has breathed new life into words scrawled on pages seven decades past, rendering them as relevant and compelling today as they were then. This captivating oral presentation has stirred the imagination and emotions of thousands of people across the U.S. and Europe. Book signing to follow.

The lecture is sponsored by the Gentry Griffey Funeral Chapel and is free and open to the public and will begin at noon at the East Tennessee History Center. Guests are invited to bring a "Brown Bag" lunch and enjoy the lecture. Soft drinks will be available.

East Tennessee History Center, 601 S. Gay Street, Knoxville. For more information on ETHS exhibitions, programs, or museum hours, call 865-215-8824 or visit the website at www.EastTNHistory.org.

The UT Arboretum Society will present an educational program about owls on Thursday, November 7, at 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. in the UT Arboretum Auditorium in Oak Ridge. This is a free program but pre-registration is required. Please note this is an indoor presentation; it is not a hike.

Park Ranger Monica Johnson of the Cumberland Mountain State Park will bring live owls to meet up close and personal. Johnson has over 17 years’ experience in the park system and she has been a park ranger for over 10 years. She will talk about owls and the educational raptor and rehabilitation program at Cumberland Mountain State Park. The event will help support the program to rescue and rehabilitate injured owls at the park. Donations are appreciated and welcome.

The program is free but attendance is limited to 100, so pre-registration is required. Please register with the number of people in your group. Go to http://utarboretumsociety.org/ click here or call 865-483-7277. Please make sure to include your contact information when registering. The program will be held indoors at the UT Arboretum Auditorium.

The School of Art at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, welcomes the community to attend a public lecture by Tracy Thomason, the fall 2019 painting + drawing artist-in-residence, at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, November 7.

Her lecture will be held in conjunction with the Ewing Gallery’s AIR Retrospective, an exhibition that showcases work from the Ewing Gallery permanent collection by past UT School of Art artists-in-residence.

The school's artist-in-residence program was initiated in 1982 to bring an artist to teach undergraduate- and graduate-level courses in the painting + drawing curriculum. The program has been highly successful in making a direct connection to the marketplace of ideas that surrounds art centers such as New York City, Chicago, and Los Angeles.

Thomason is a Brooklyn-based artist whose work has shown at the Marinaro Gallery, Teen Party, Cuevas Tilleard Gallery in New York City, Tiger Strikes Asteroid in Philadelphia, and Blyth Gallery in London. The New Yorker wrote, "though executed on linen, her spare and abstruse abstractions seem to be something other than paintings … Throughout, Thomason seems to be obeying her own strict, if secret, rules.”

https://art.utk.edu/artist-in-residence-lecture-tracy-thomason/

Special reception for the artists on Wed Nov 20, 5-7 PM - open to the public. Please join us!

The Arts & Culture Alliance presents an exhibit of painting, photography, woodwork, forged metal, jewelry, sculpture, and more by the fourteen visual artists who are recipients of an FY20 Ann and Steve Bailey Opportunity Grant. Artists in the exhibition include: Eleanor Aldrich, Lynda Best, Jurgen Dopatka, Derrick Freeman, Shannon Johnson, Marty McConnaughey, John Phillips, Sarah Pollock, Shawn Poynter, Chris Rohwer, Nancy Rowland-Engle, Derek White, Bryan Wilkerson, and Brandon Woods.

A part of the Arts & Heritage Fund, the Bailey Opportunity Grants provide financial and technical support to individual artists and small, professionally-oriented arts and culture organizations. The grants are designed to spur continued artistic and administrative growth in innovative, entrepreneurial artists and organizations at any stage in their development. These fourteen artists have utilized their collective $42,000+ for local, regional, and national workshops, studio time, technical equipment, and more.

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 Wednesday-Friday, November 27-29, for the Thanksgiving holiday. Information: (865) 523-7543 or www.knoxalliance.com.