Calendar of Events

At Next Level Brewing Company, 700 North Broadway, Knoxville, TN 37917

Knoxville songwriters, musicians, and singers--come play a song! Come try out your new songs and creative works-in-progress, connect with other Knoxville creatives, and enjoy a tasty brew from Next Level Brewing.

Signups start at 6pm. Open mic from 7-9pm. 1st and 3rd Tuesday of each month.
Feb 1, Feb 15, Mar 1, Mar 15, Apr 5, Apr 19, May 3, May 17, Jun 7

Hosted by Travis Tench of Tinca Tinca: https://linktr.ee/TincaTinca

As a bonus, anyone who performs has a chance to win the "lottery tip jar," at the end of the night!
https://www.facebook.com/events/491771298963920/

The Dream Deferred
A print portfolio inspired by a poem by Langston Hughes

Printmaking Showcase Gallery
Art and Architecture Building, 2nd Floor Gallery outside of Room 241
1715 Volunteer Boulevard, Knoxville, TN 37996
https://calendar.utk.edu/event/the_dream_deferred_exhibition#.YhO7XujMLct

With Alan M. Jones (Theophilus) and Xavier Maurice Jones

In the Blackberry Farm Gallery, hours M-F 10-5

Reception Fri Feb 25, 6-8 PM
Masks are required in all galleries

Clayton Center for the Arts: 502 East Lamar Alexander Parkway, Maryville, TN 37804. Information: 865-981-8590, www.ClaytonArtsCenter.com

The first TAA exhibition of 2022 and the kickoff for our 50th Anniversary is the exhibition at the
Clayton Center for the Arts in Maryville. The theme is “Celebrating 50 Years of Art”.
https://tnartists.org/

The show runs from February 1 thru February 27, 2022.
Reception is from 6:00-8:00 PM on Friday, February 25.

Clayton Center for the Arts, Maryville College: 502 East Lamar Alexander Parkway, Maryville, TN 37804. Information: 865-981-8590, www.ClaytonArtsCenter.com

Art Guild at Fairfield Glade: February Classes & Happenings
Tue Feb 1, 10-12: Wire-Wrapped Heart Pendant & Bead Necklace with Susan Smathers, $30
Tue Feb 8, 15, 22, 1-4: Paint Some Snow with Debbie Toney, $120
Tue Feb 15, 9:30: Monthly Members Meeting
Tue Feb 15, 12-2: Artist Peer Review and Discussion Group, with Jack Retterer, $20
Wed Feb 16, 1-4: Chain Maille Jewelry: “Irish Twist Bracelet” with George Gallant, $75
Wed Feb 23, 12-2: Life Drawing, with Dena Whitener, $5
Located at 451 Lakeview Drive in Fairfield Glade (off Peavine Road). 931-707-7249 or www.artguildfairfieldglade.net

Mean Girls - Feb. 1-6 (7 performances)

Direct from Broadway, MEAN GIRLS is the hilarious hit musical from book writer TINA FEY (“30 Rock), composer JEFF RICHMOND (“Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt”), lyricist NELL BENJAMIN (Legally Blonde) and director CASEY NICHOLAW (The Book of Mormon). The story of a naïve newbie who falls prey to a trio of lionized frenemies, MEAN GIRLS “delivers with immense energy, a wicked sense of humor and joyful inside-jokery.” USA Today says, “We’ll let you in on a little secret, because we’re such good friends: GET YOUR TICKETS NOW!”

https://www.tennesseetheatre.com/broadway-at-the-tennessee/2021-2022-season/

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

Faculty Recital: Jennifer D’Agostino with Jeanine Wilkinson and Eileen Downey

The UT School of Music's own Jennifer D'Agostino presents a recital, accompanied by Jeanine Wilkinson and Eileen Downey, with works for voice, cello, and piano.

February 1 at 6 p.m.
Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, Natalie L. Haslam Music Center

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. In-person events that take place in the Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, or the James R. Cox Auditorium, also have livestream options. So if you're not able to be with us in-person for those events, you can still join: https://music.utk.edu/events/live.php

*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

Interested in learning more about Boys & Girls Clubs of the Tennessee Valley? Join us for a Behind the Blue Doors Tour at our Regal Teen Center Club, 967 Irwin Street, Knoxville.

Upcoming Tour dates | 4–5pm:

Tuesday, February 1
Wednesday, February 9
Thursday, February 24

RSVP to rwclay@bgctnv.org
https://bgctnv.org/

Global Asias: Contemporary Asian and Asian American Art from the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation

Drawn from the exceptional and diverse collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and his family foundation, Global Asias examines the cosmopolitan, playful, and subtly subversive characteristics of contemporary Asian and Asian American art. The exhibition highlights the work of fifteen artists of Asian heritage who draw on a rich array of motifs, techniques, and cultural motivations to construct diverse “Asias” in a modern global context.

Organized by the Palmer Museum of Art in conjunction with the Jordan Schnitzer Family Foundation, the exhibition is divided into three thematic sections. “Exuberant Forms” features work that has the potential to reshape conventional views of abstract art—its composition, palette, materiality as well as its cultural implications, expanding and complicating the canonical narrative of abstraction. “Moving Stories” brings together powerful prints and mixed-media works that reflect on the experiences of migration, both within Asia and beyond. The artists in this section map their own diasporic trajectories, literally and metaphorically, and the art compels the viewer to move and to respond to the shifting socio-political realities of time and place. “Asias Reinvented” highlights two- and three-dimensional works that transform styles and techniques of traditional Asian arts in alignment with the vibes of the contemporary and the cosmopolitan. Combined, the works in Global Asias suggest the plurality and fluidity of “Asia” as cultural construct and creative practice. The exhibition is guest curated by Chang Tan, Assistant Professor of Art History and Asian Studies at Penn State.

Knoxville Museum of Art, 1050 World's Fair Park Dr, Knoxville, TN 37916. Tuesday-Saturday 10 am-5pm, Sunday 1-5 pm, closed Mondays. Information: 865-525-6101, https://knoxart.org/

All media - including oils, acrylics, watercolors, pastels, drawings, sculpture in any medium, jewelry, collage, printmaking, photography and digital media—will be included!

Reception will be from 6:30pm - 8:00pm (masks required) and cash awards will be announced on Friday, January 28th at at 7:00pm.

Fountain City Art Center, 213 Hotel Ave, Knoxville, TN 37918. Gallery hours: Tuesday through Thursday from 9:30am - 4pm. Information: 865-357-2787, www.fountaincityartcenter.com

Ewing Gallery of Art + Architecture, UT Campus

The Ewing Gallery at the Art and Architecture Building is hosting, A Serious Look at the Funnies: 100 Years of Comics beginning January 24 through February 28, 2022. The exhibit examines 100 years of comics and comic history in America. Showcasing political cartoons, underground comics, graphic novels, and daily strips, this exhibition borrows from the collection of Denis Kitchen, cartoonist, publisher, and founder of the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, and from the University of Tennessee Special Collections.

These examples span 100+ years of comic history with the earliest work dating from 1906 and the most recent work dating from 2019. Noted artists from Denis Kitchen’s collection are Robert Crumb, Harvey Kurtzman, Peter Poplaski, Trina Robbins, Al Capp, Will Eisner, Richard “Grass” Green, and Ernie Bushmiller. Additional artists include Stacey Robinson, John Jennings, Brad Kahlhamer, Paolo Rivera, and Joseph Delaney as well as artists whose work is being shown at the other two galleries.

The Ewing Gallery is located at 1715 Volunteer Boulevard on the UT Campus. Gallery hours are 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, and Friday, 10 a.m.-7:30pm Wednesday and Thursday, and 1-4pm on Sundays There is no admission charge. Visit the gallery’s web site (https://ewing-gallery.utk.edu/) or on Facebook for more information. The gallery can be reached directly at 865-974-3200.

RE-IMAGINING MLK JR. AVENUE - COMMUNITY COLLABORATIVE CHARRETTE IS LOOKING FOR TEAMS TO JOIN IN

Our Community Collaborative Charrette is back and this time focusing on a piece of Martin Luther King, Jr. Avenue in East Knoxville.

It will begin on January 24th and run through February 24th, but you must contact us if interested by Friday, January 21st. Local architecture firms are encouraged to participate, though you don't have to be an architect to form a team.

https://communitydc.org/2022-community-collaborative-charrette-starts-january-24th/

East Tennessee Community Design Center, 1300 N. Broadway, Knoxville, TN 37917. Information: 865-525-9945, www.communitydc.org