Calendar of Events

Barrelhouse presents the First Friday Event series, offering a free live concert every first Friday of the month! Unwind with us every Friday all spring and summer long!

FRIDAY, MAY 6, 2022 AT 7 PM
The mesmerizing Jillian Babb and the Desert Sirens will perform at Barrelhouse! Bellydancing, firework, and who knows what else! If you love dance, don't miss these beautiful performers!

621 Lamar St Knoxville, TN
https://www.facebook.com/events/390807142856413/

Join us for a First Friday Art Show on May 6th as we welcome artist Michelle Gore to the Bottom! Born and raised in Chattanooga, Michelle decided to pursue visual arts at the age of 8. With only encouragement and no formal training, Michlle continued her passion for art in college with a major in Studio Art and minor in Education. Through a difficult journey, Michelle graduated in 2013 and began teaching Visual Art to primary school students.

While teaching, she held her first solo exhibition titled, "#THETVMADEMEDOIT", recieved a master's degree in Cirriculum and Instruction, and began to develop rigorous art cirricula centered on students of color. Currently, Michelle lives in Nashville, TN where she continues to create and sale art, teach private art lessons, and provide other visual art services.

The Bottom, 2340 E Magnolia Ave, Knoxville, TN 37917. Information: thebottomknox@gmail.com, 865-444-5915 or www.thebottomknox.com/

$50.00
7:30 PM - 10:00 PM EDT
854 N Central Street, Knoxville, TN 37902

Join us at Jacks for a Mother's Day Candle Class! Candle instruction and materials will be by Moon Child Candle Co. Each ticket includes materials for one candle, access to the mimosa/juice bar with Magpies cupcakes, and a private shopping experience with a mother's day discount because moms deserve it all!! This class is perfect for a mom's night out, mom and friends, or even mom and her kiddos who are old enough to stay up past ten*. Bring other snacks or drinks as you wish, as our kitchen and espresso bar close at 6:45.

Create your own wooden wick soy candle with six scents to choose from or mix and match! Tom Bell with Moon Child Candle will also be giving instructions on how to include pressed dried flowers into your candles.

**Although this is an evening event, children old enough to mix and pour their own candles are welcome! Mimosas are 21+ but we will have plenty of non alcoholic options and sweets in the event mom wants to partake in the class with her children who are under 21.
https://jacks-of-knoxville.square.site/product/mother-s-day-candle-class-ticket/1152

Ace Edewards again leads Scruffy City Orchestra, Knoxville’s other orchestra, for an energetic 2022 spring concert featuring a program of ”Orchestral Treats” as part of the Cathedral Concert Series at the Cathedral of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus. The event features the orchestra’s 2022 Concerto Competition Adult Winner Salina Fang performing Violin Concerto, Op. 47: I. Allegro Moderato by Jean Sibelius.

Other “treats” on the program include William Tell Overture by Gioachino Rossini; The Bamboula: Rhapsodic Dance, Op. 75 by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor; The Planets, Op. 32: IV. Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity by Gustav Holst, and Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36: I. Andante sostenuto by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. See www.scruffycityorchestra.com or www.shcathedral.org/cathedral-concert-series for more information.

WHEN: Friday, May 6, 2022 at 8:00-9:30 p.m.
WHERE: The Cathedral of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, 711 S. Northshore Drive, Knoxville, TN
ADMISSION: Free (donations welcome)

May 6 @ 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Join Able Trade for the monthly First Friday Gallery Event this time featuring the ceramic works of Sam Chumley!

Sam sees pottery as a medium that is familiar and approachable cross culturally, and therefore provides a solid platform to express ideas to an audience. The imagery he utilize references the stylistic elements of traditional tattoos with dense, vivid tones and bold lines.

Sam has a MFA from Ball State University a BFA in ceramics from Indiana University Southeast and a BA in writing from Indiana University Southeast.

https://weareabletrade.com/event/gallery-night-featuring-sam-chumley/

Able Trade, 203 W Jackson Ave, Knoxville, TN 37902. Information: https://weareabletrade.com/ or www.instagram.com/abletradeknox/

Please join us as the fourteen artists of West Fifth open their studios for YOU to visit. Tour the studios. View the artwork on display. Enjoy a little wine!

First Friday, May 6th, 5:30–8:30pm, 211 West Fifth Ave.
https://www.instagram.com/westfifthstudios/
http://westfifthstudios.com/

On Friday, May 6, 2022 at 11:00 am, there will be a public unveiling ceremony on the grounds of the recently established University of Tennessee/GATOP Arboretum & Education Center (UTGA&EC) celebrating a new landmark sculpture, designed by noted Chicago-based artist Edra Soto, located at 2631 Riverside Drive, Knoxville, TN 37914.

Two and a half years in the making, Graft Knoxville, sited at the former Morrow’s Quarry (located on the western portion of the UTGA&EC) consists of three interrelated Corten steel bench modules and includes three polished white marble benches, cut from an abandoned block from the quarry site. Soto’s sculpture incorporates the geometric designs of iron Rejas screens popular throughout her native Puerto Rico.

Soto’s internationally recognized work is transformative. Her use of the Rejas form is at once expansive and personal in scale. Throughout the course of her work, Soto has engaged the public through many architectural interventions. For Graft Knoxville, she responded to the rolling topography of the sculpture site with a work that anticipates visitors and offers a space of contemplative rest.

Edra Soto’s Graft Knoxville project was organized and curated by Tri-Star Arts.

Tri-Star Arts initiatives include a gallery space and artist studios at the historic Candoro Marble Building, Current Art Fund grants, state-wide exhibition projects, a speaker series, digital content, the 2023 Tennessee Triennial, and the LocateArts.org web resource.

Follow Tri-Star Arts on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook.
#TRISTARARTS
www.tristararts.org

Come join us as we Read Around the World at Safety City! There will be free, hands-on and physical learning activities.

Roll & Read is geared specifically for children 5 years old and younger, and their families. The goal of the Parents as Teachers’ event is to promote literacy and make learning fun for preschoolers and their parents. Admission, parking and all activities at the event are free.

*Parents- you will need a ticket for you and your children*
No Bikes or Scooters

Fri, May 6, 2022
10:00 AM – 12:00 PM EDT
Safety City, 165 S Concord Street, Knoxville, TN 37919
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/roll-read-reading-around-the-world-tickets-260266392787

Taps & Tunes on the Corner live at Visit Knoxville
May 6 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Ben McLaughlin is an Americana artist, producer and engineer from Omaha, NE. A musical lovechild of Neil Young, the Grateful Dead and Blake Mills, McLaughlin serves tender melodies, poetic lyrics, heartfelt stories and tasteful guitar playing. Currently based out of Knoxville, TN, he is over a decade into his cosmic sonic journey and recording his first full-length LP at Red Moon Sound Studio.

https://wdvx.com/event/taps-tunes-on-the-corner-live-at-visit-knoxville-5-6-ben-mclaughlin/

WDVX, 301 S. Gay Street, Knoxville, TN 37902. Information: 865-544-1029, www.wdvx.com

Celebrate the second First Friday of the Arrowmont Gallery in Knoxville with more works from Arrowmont artists and community members. The gallery will also be previewing artists who are involved in The Starry Night event on May 20, Arrowmont's premier spring event with a fine art and craft auction, good food, wines, and dancing under the stars to a live band. We look forward to seeing you!

https://www.arrowmont.org/visit/galleries/

The Arrowmont Gallery in Knoxville, 110 S. Gay Street, Knoxville, TN 37902. Information: 865-436-5860, www.arrowmont.org

Join us on First Friday from 5pm-8pm for the opening of our new exhibit featuring local student artists in a competition for the Astrid Galindo Artistic Scholarship.

This scholarship honors a dear friend of HoLa and Mexican-American artist, Astrid Galindo.

Vote for your favorite artwork!

HoLa Hora Latina, 100 S. Gay Street, Suite 112, Knoxville, TN 37902. Information: 865-335-3358, www.holahoralatina.org or www.Facebook.com/HoLaHoraLatina

casahola@holafestival.org

The public is invited to a special exhibit by the Knoxville Watercolor Society at the Art Center from May 6 to June 1 in addition to art exhibited by the Art Guild’s members. The show opening is May 5, 5:00-7:00 pm at the Art Center, which is always free and open to the public.

Formed in 1963, the Knoxville Watercolor Society has a long history of gathering artists to learn, develop, show and teach this beautiful art form to the community. Their work has been displayed in various venues throughout Tennessee, including Nashville, Morristown, Fountain City, and of course, multiple venues in Knoxville. Several members have exhibited in other watercolor shows as well, consistently winning regional, state and national awards.

Watercolor painting has a fascinating history, with its roots in cave drawings dating back to paleolithic Europe, with color being extracted from plants and accented with the charcoal tips of burnt wood. Upon the development of papyrus (paper), watercolor was used to create exquisite highlighting in manuscripts from early Egypt. For centuries, artists made their own paints and closely guarded their formulas and techniques . The Renaissance period saw a large surge in watercolor art. Mass manufacturing of simple watercolors started in the 1800’s and was often one of the early art forms taught to school children. Many of us can recall the Prang brand sets of watercolors that children coveted. Today, many people still think of watercolor as pastel and soft edged, but it can also be more hard edged and vibrant, eliciting a variety of emotional responses and appealing to a wide range of art appreciators.

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