Calendar of Events

A free reception with the artists will take place on Friday, November 5, from 5:00-9:00 PM and features local musicians Abby Fisher, Nicholas Eric Horner, Domino Ensemble, Frou-Frou Foxes, and Tinca Tinca.

Olive Oliver seeks to explore the depths of abstract landscape painting. He uses an expressive style that involves bold colors, detailed lines, and texture. The subject he expounds upon is nature, specifically pertaining to the beauty of Tennessee landscapes and other places with awe-inspiring elevations and majestic valleys. His color choice draws from his own ancestral history: he is African American, and his ancestors have historical ties to the Congo, Benin Togo and the Ivory Coast, as well as parts of Eastern Europe and Ireland. Although he has not traveled to those places, he appreciates all the experiences that have brought him to this day and age, displaying a knowledge of self that is visible in each painting.

Olive Oliver is a self-taught abstract artist from Nashville, Tennessee. He is 28 years old and approaching his third year of painting. He is currently a resident of Knoxville, having moved here to experience the beauty of East Tennessee.

www.hymynameisoliveoliver.com
www.facebook.com/hymynameisoliveoliver

The exhibitions are on display at the Emporium Center, 100 S. Gay Street, in downtown Knoxville. The Emporium is open to the public Monday-Friday, 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM and Saturday, 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM. Please note, the Emporium will be closed Wednesday-Saturday, November 24-27, for the holidays. For more information, please see www.knoxalliance.com or call (865) 523-7543.

A free reception with the artists will take place on Friday, November 5, from 5:00-9:00 PM and features local musicians Abby Fisher, Nicholas Eric Horner, Domino Ensemble, Frou-Frou Foxes, and Tinca Tinca.

Martyn Strange (b. 1992) is a multimedia artist, musician, and writer who works primarily in painting, drawing, and prose writing. He has self-produced three albums of music under various monikers and has performed with numerous bands all over the U.S. He has also self-published three volumes of poetry as well as an illustrated zine, and has written several treatments and scripts for film and television. His first show of paintings opened at Bloom in Bristol, TN in May 2021.

My work examines the expanding relationships among celebrity, technology, social media, and advertising. It explores how certain images, phrases, colors, and ideas stay in our minds, often on a loop. Aesthetically, this is achieved through a pop art lens, in a style I have self-dubbed “New American Pop”, which reflects the flat, plastic sea of content that surrounds us day to day and embeds itself in our consciousness via social media and the internet. The images are replicated from print ads, Instagram, Pinterest, and Google searches. The phrases paired with them come from a variety of places: song lyrics, overheard conversation, commonly repeated sayings, or internet slang. The words are meant to represent the dissonance in the messaging of advertising and its repetitive nature, as well as impose new meanings on the images. My work is very much informed by the history of pop art and references the likes of Warhol, Ruscha, and Rauschenberg. I use primarily acrylics and gouache on primed wooden panels.

Instagram: @iammartynstrange

The exhibitions are on display at the Emporium Center, 100 S. Gay Street, in downtown Knoxville. The Emporium is open to the public Monday-Friday, 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM and Saturday, 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM. Please note, the Emporium will be closed Wednesday-Saturday, November 24-27, for the holidays. For more information, please see www.knoxalliance.com or call (865) 523-7543.

A free reception with the artists will take place on Friday, November 5, from 5:00-9:00 PM and features local musicians Abby Fisher, Nicholas Eric Horner, Domino Ensemble, Frou-Frou Foxes, and Tinca Tinca.

The Arts & Culture Alliance presents an exhibit of painting, photography, woodwork, forged metal, jewelry, sculpture, and more by 20 of the individual artists who are recipients of an FY22 Ann and Steve Bailey Opportunity Grant.
Artists in the exhibition include: Sarazen AnYin, Julie Belcher, Mike C. Berry, Karen Bertollini, Yvonne Dalschen, Amy Evans, Abby Fisher, Betsy Hobkirk, Risa Hricovsky, Linda King, Kathleen A. Kinney, Andreas Koschan, Megan Lingerfelt, Sarah Moore, Brigid Oesterling, Roberta Smashey, Alex Smith, Ben Smith, Joanna Warren and Brandon Woods.
In addition, the First Friday reception features music by Abby Fisher, Nicholas Eric Horner, Domino Ensemble, Frou-Frou Foxes, and Tinca Tinca, who are also Bailey Opportunity grantees.

For more information these artists, please visit www.knoxalliance.com/baileyartists.

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. Throughout the next eight months, the 31 individual artists will utilize their collective $100,000 for local, regional, and national workshops, studio time, technical equipment, and more.

The exhibitions are on display at the Emporium Center, 100 S. Gay Street, in downtown Knoxville. The Emporium is open to the public Monday-Friday, 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM and Saturday, 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM. Please note, the Emporium will be closed Wednesday-Saturday, November 24-27, for the holidays. For more information, please see www.knoxalliance.com or call (865) 523-7543.

A free reception with the artists will take place on Friday, November 5, from 5:00-9:00 PM and features local musicians Abby Fisher, Nicholas Eric Horner, Domino Ensemble, Frou-Frou Foxes, and Tinca Tinca.

Three Women! is a new exhibition featuring work by three local artists who have long been friends, supporting one another as they each explored and grew their individual creative expression. The women all share the same spiritual path and, to one extent or another, also embrace a similar underlying visual consciousness which has led them to explore imagery that includes unique alternative perspectives. Marcia Athens embraces her internal dialogue which then arrives as vibrant imagery that invites the viewer to look within; Anne Kinggard sees unique connections between improbable objects, sometimes whimsical, causing the viewer to reconsider their own viewpoint; and Lennie Robertson sees the constant changing world and the small beauties that most frequently miss.

Marcia Athens
I work for the thrill of capturing an enchanting visual setting without the familiar locating markers. For me, it is the moment when we arrive at the extreme edges of awareness that the mystery and excitement of creating emerges. Through the intuitive process of moving paint and cold wax, planes and backdrops appear and disappear. It is in this place of both above and below that I intuitively find my way to a captured, enigmatic, sense of place.
All works have been painted in 2020 and 2021 during the Covid isolation and are oil and cold wax on wooden cradled panels.
www.marciaathens.com

Anne Kinggard
When I began to establish myself as a serious artist in the 1970's, I did a series of pieces that incorporated Florida skies and cloud formations approached from a very atypical perspective, not traditional realism. Ultimately I was labeled a Mystical Realist by art critics and my fellow artists alike. My work on that series evolved into various iterations that have continued to inform my pictorial content from a unique and different perspective for the past 50+ years.
For this exhibit, I decided to revisit the "sky" as the primary focus in a series of paintings. There is not an intent to embrace the standard traditional blue sky, but rather, my skies are torn, taped, folded, zipped, layered, occasionally moody, dark, and in one instance extraterrestrial. My fascination with paper airplanes reintroduces itself and becomes a primary image in several paintings, as do clothes pins and clocks.
www.annekinggard.com

Lennie Robertson
I traveled for two weeks with a photographer friend this summer through Missouri, Oklahoma, Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, Montana, South Dakota, Iowa, Illinois, and Kentucky before returning to Tennessee, and most images in the show are from these travels. My images are focused on small segments of the natural and man-made pieces of our world as they degrade and change. Rust always catches my eye.
I am drawn to the art created by the inherently changing qualities of human-made objects. Capturing the imperfect and delicate magic which occurs as nature slowly remakes and breaks down human creations. My photographic imagery therefore finds its greatest expression in the timelessness found in all things. To a certain extent, my photography reflects the Japanese philosophy of Wabi-Sabi – nothing lasts, nothing is finished, and nothing is perfect.
www.lennierobertson.com

The exhibitions are on display at the Emporium Center, 100 S. Gay Street, in downtown Knoxville. The Emporium is open to the public Monday-Friday, 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM and Saturday, 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM. Please note, the Emporium will be closed Wednesday-Saturday, November 24-27, for the holidays. For more information, please see www.knoxalliance.com or call (865) 523-7543.

Join us in celebrating El Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) with local artist Héctor Saldivar at Casa HoLa during our November First Friday event inside the Emporium for the Arts, November 5th, 5pm-9pm!

El Día de los Muertos is a celebration that has been practiced for thousands of years in which families and communities gather to honor those who have passed away.

Modern-day Día de los Muertos celebrations derive from a combination of indigenous and Catholic traditions and take place from November 1st through November 2nd. Typically, families gather to create ofrendas, or altars, honoring their lost loved ones with various objects of significance, visit their grave sites, share stories and memories of the departed, and host a meal together to connect with their lost ones, families, and communities.

During our Day of the Dead celebration, Mr. Saldivar's collection of clay and papier-mache calaveras (skulls) and catrines (skeletons) will be on display, the winners of the UT Spanish Students' altar decorating contest will be presented, and tamales, sugar skulls, and pan de muerto will be on sale. A free and educational art activity for children will be available during First Friday and throughout the month of November. The exhibit will be made available online at www.holahoralatina.org.

Casa HoLa is located inside the Emporium for the Arts on the bottom floor in Suite 112 at 100 S. Gay St., Knoxville, TN 37902. Current office hours are weekdays from 9am – 5pm. Follow us on Facebook and Instagram @HoLaHoraLatina and Twitter @CasaHoLa for updates on upcoming exhibits.

A group show, Greetings From Vestal, composed of multimedia works by the Tri-Star Arts studio artists working in the Candoro Marble Building – featuring Rachel Sevier Dallery, Casey Fletcher, Jillian Hirsch, Risa Hricovsky, Jing Qin, and Alissa Walls – remains on view in the Main Gallery and will run through Saturday, November 20, 2021. A public reception will also be held on Friday, November 5 from 5:00- 8:00 pm with all artist studios open to visitors.

These exhibitions will be open to the public alongside iconic spaces within the Candoro Marble Building (located in the Vestal neighborhood of Knoxville). The use of masks and social distancing is encouraged.

Candoro Marble Building, 4450 Candora Drive, Knoxville, TN 37920. Hours: Tue-Sat 11-5. Information: https://tristararts.org/visit

http://www.klockmillerart.com
I am a chromesthete which means I see a vast array of real colors in my mind when I listen to music. I like to think of it as my own personal light show. My goal for each portrait is to let you glimpse music and musicians the way I do. There is a kinship between color and music – both can say what words can not.

I paint in shadowed hues using the grisaille technique. After sketching out my musician in a grayscale underpainting, I add opaque and translucent acrylic colors according to what I see when I listen to their music. They come together like puzzle pieces on my canvas. I DO NOT use editing software or trace my portraits. They are hand drawn according to their highlights and shadows.

I began painting for others in 2017 as an outlet to share all the mesmerizing colors I see. While I can remember the lyrics to almost any song I’ve ever heard, I am most fascinated by the people who pen them.

My 10+ years as a journalist and graphic artist left me with a great understanding of design principles as they relate to color.

I think Wassily Kandinsky said it best: “Lend your ears to music, open your eyes to painting and … stop thinking. Just ask yourself whether the work has enabled you to walk about into a hitherto unknown world. If the answer is yes, what more do you want?”

John C. Hodges Library, 1015 Volunteer Blvd, Knoxville, TN 37996

On display in the indoor art hallway (just past the lobby as you enter the visitor’s center).

From November 19th-28th , you can walk the Universal trail to view an outdoor art exhibition as well.

Reception to celebrate both indoor & outdoor portions of the show will be held on Sunday, Nov 21st
at Ijams Nature Center from 3-5 pm

Ijams Nature Center
2915 Island Home Ave, Knoxville, TN 37920
https://www.a1labarts.com/event/ingressegress-an-a1labarts-exhibition-at-ijams-nature-center/

Homecoming Reception: Saturday, October 30, 9:30 AM - 12 PM

New and recent artwork in a variety of media by our current C-N Art Department faculty members: Lisa Flanary, Heather Hartman Folks, Gretchen Long, Julie Rabun, and David Underwood.

Omega Gallery at Carson-Newman University, Warren Art Building, corner of Branner & Ken Sparks Way, Jefferson City, TN 37760. Gallery hours: M-F 8-4. Information: 865-471-4985, www.cn.edu

The Tennessee Watercolor Society celebrates 50 years of educating, elevating and encouraging watercolor artists in this exhibit of extraordinary works. https://tnws.org/

Join us at the reception on Fri Oct 29, 5-7 PM to view the unique paintings and meet exhibiting artists, many of whom are top award winners. Featuring watermedia paintings of East TN artists!

Due to the recent rapid local spread of COVID-19, masks are now required for all museum visitors, regardless of vaccination status. Visitors are asked to check in HERE before their arrival to ensure that maximum capacity is not exceeded. Admission is ALWAYS FREE!

Knoxville Museum of Art, 1050 World's Fair Park Dr, Knoxville, TN 37916. Hours: Tu-Sa 10-5, Su 1-5. Information: 865-525-6101, www.knoxart.org

For the past twelve years, the Arts & Culture Alliance of Greater Knoxville and the Metropolitan Knoxville Airport Authority (McGhee Tyson Airport) have partnered to present a biannual exhibition entitled “Arts in the Airport”. This juried exhibition was developed to allow regional artists to compete and display work in the most visited site in the area. The selected art features contemporary 2- and 3-dimensional artwork.

View and purchase artworks at https://www.knoxalliance.store/product-category/airport

www.knoxalliance.com/arts-in-the-airport

OLD TIME JAM, TUESDAYS AT 6.30PM, HOSTED BY SARAH PIRKLE
This strings only* session is the sound of the Appalachian legacy that richly indwells the soul and soil of Knoxville. The musicians sit together and pick and strum familiar tunes on fiddles, guitars, and bass. We play Old Time fiddle tunes mostly, everyone jams at once and there are no breaks. Open to all lovers and players of music. We welcome dancers but please no tap shoes, as it can interfere with the session. No need to build up the courage to join in, just grab an instrument off the wall and take a seat.
*No percussion instruments please.

IRISH SESSION, 1ST AND 3RD THURSDAYS AT 7.15PM
From the low central valleys to the high coastal mountains, music fills the pubs of Ireland. Guitar, harp, bodhran, flute, accordion, and dulcimer are the celtic sounds of old that combine to create a traditional and lively atmosphere every other Thursday night. Musicians play to enjoy and to preserve the cultural heritage that the Scots-Irish brought to America generations ago. Come and listen or join in! (Thanks Jason for the video!)

SCOTTISH SESSION, 2ND AND 4TH THURSDAYS AT 7.15PM
A proud tradition, Scots love nothing more than music and drink. The drink is strong and the music is steeped in the history of the green highlands and rocky cliffs. Whether lyrics or no lyrics, every song tells a story. The hills of East Tennessee are a home away from home for this style. Pull up a chair to listen or play along every other Thursday night.

BLUEGRASS JAM, FIRST AND FOURTH SUNDAY OF EVERY MONTH AT 3 P.M., HOSTED BY PERRY COOPER
It’s true that Bluegrass has roots in traditional English, Scottish, and Irish ballads and dance tunes. That’s why the Bluegrass Jam Session is a great fit for the Jig and Reel crowd. Come listen to acoustic string instruments as one or more instruments take their turn playing melody and improvising around it. As one instrument plays melody, the others will perform accompaniment. It’s an improvised jam session for all you pickers and grinners out there.

CELTIC JAM FOR BEGINNERS, SECOND SUNDAY OF EVERY MONTH AT 3 P.M., HOSTED BY TIM WORMAN
This session is your chance to enjoy traditional Celtic tunes at a slower pace. Learn as you play alongside host Tim Worman. He is there to guide the group of beginners as they take in the folk music traditions of the Celtic people of Western Europe. Let yourself get swept up in years of living tradition and hear songs that celebrate life by the sea. All are welcome to Celtic Jam for Beginners. Don’t be afraid to join in on the fun!

SCOTTISH COUNTRY DANCE, THIRD SUNDAYS AT 3PM, HOSTED BY CYNTHIA WEST
Dancing is just as important as the music in the Scottish tradition, and upbeat rhythms make for great foot-stomping. Those that are more experienced can even present a well-practiced jig or reel! Whether you are watching or dancing, 3rd Sundays at Boyd’s are overflowing with energy and fun.

*Jams/Sessions are currently limited to the number of players, so you must contact the session leader in advance if you are interested in playing. If you need assistance reaching them, you can email us at info@jigandreel.com, and we can connect you.*

101 S Central St, Knoxville, TN 37902, www.jigandreel.com, Phone: (865) 247-7066