Calendar of Events
Thursday, January 5, 2023
Pivot Point Gallery: Carol Robin King
Category: Exhibitions, visual art and Free event
We will host our final Guest Artist Opening for the fall season. Come meet guest artist Carol Robin King and see her spectacular watercolor works and her one-of-a-kind plaster reliefs. Carol was the one of two winners selected from the annual TN Artist Association Annual Show. Come pick your favorite pieces and make them yours today!
Please join us for the Show Opening Thursday, Nov. 17 from 5 - 7pm.
Pivot Point Gallery, 15 Emory Place, Knoxville, TN 37917. Information: 865-248-0050, www.pivotpointgallery.com
Tri-Star Arts: Greetings From Vestal II and Filtered
Category: Exhibitions, visual art and Fine Crafts
GREETINGS FROM VESTAL II FEAT. LISA FLANARY (STUDIO A), RACHEL SEVIER DALLERY (STUDIO B), ASHLEY PACE (STUDIO C), RISA HRICOVSKY (STUDIO D)
Tri-Star Arts is pleased to share about the current exhibition in their main gallery at the historic Candoro Marble Building. A group group show, Greetings From Vestal II, composed of multimedia works by the Tri-Star Arts studio artists currently working in the Candoro Marble Building - featuring Lisa Flanary (Studio A), Rachel Sevier Dallery (Studio B), Ashley Pace (Studio C), Risa Hricovsky (Studio D) - opened on Friday, November 11, 2022, and will run through Saturday, January 14, 2023. A public reception will be held on Friday, December 2, 2022 from 5:00- 8:00 pm with artist studios open to visitors.
FILTERED BY ASHTON LUDDEN
Tri-Star Arts is pleased to share about the current exhibition in their Golden Chain Gallery project space located at the historic Candoro Marble Building. Filtered by Ashton Ludden of Knoxville, TN opened Friday, November 11, 2022 and will run through Saturday, January 14, 20223. This show has been installed within the unique architectural space of a steep wooden stairwell. A public reception will be held on Friday, December 2, 2022 from 5:00- 8:00 pm with the artist in attendance.
Tri-Star Arts at Candoro Marble Building, 4450 Candora Drive, Knoxville, TN 37920. Hours: Tu-Sa 11-5. Information: https://tristararts.org/visit
Abstracts on Display: Jen Sterling
Category: Exhibitions, visual art and Free event
"Abstracts on Display" will host a rotating series of abstract artists from around the country. Jen Sterling is the inaugural artist!
Artist's Statement: I can feel an entire shift in my thinking and my emotions when viewing a strikingly bold and colorful piece of art. The goal of my work is to inspire energy and excitement from within. These images are meant to make you feel strong and powerful — to burst into your morning with a zing, to prod you into action when you reach your midday lull, and/or to invigorate your senses after a long day. Ideally, my art evokes a reaction and reminds you that life is for feeling and stretching, and living.
JEN STERLING is an abstract painter based in Annapolis, MD. Her work inspires energy and excitement in homes and workspaces. She works large and small and adores commissions. For more info visit www.jensterling.com and follow @jensterlingart on Instagram.
555 W Jackson Ave, Knoxville, TN 37902
Our pop-up gallery is hosted by the marketing agency Morris Creative Group in their lovely downtown building. The gallery is accessible during business hours Monday through Friday. At all other times, work can be viewed through the large front windows. Access to brokers and the design trade can also be arranged by appointment.
Professional Photographers of East Tennessee: Photo Expo
Category: Exhibitions, visual art and Free event
The Professional Photographers of East Tennessee is exhibiting fine art photography at The Gallery in Rarity Bay. The Photo Expo features the works of some of East Tennessee’s best known fine art photographers and a few lesser known emerging photo artists. The Expo includes the work 18 different photographers and over 50 fine art prints. The theme, “Show Us Your Best” has resulted in an exhibit that includes a wide range of photographic styles, image sizes and topics.
The Photo Expo opened November 4 and will continue until January 7, 2023. The Artists’ Reception takes place is on December 4 from 2 PM to 4 PM. The reception is free and open to the public.
The Gallery in Rarity Bay is located in the Community Activity Center (CAC) in Rarity Bay . The CAC is the 2nd building on the right as you drive into Rarity Bay (before you reach the Gate). The Address for Rarity Bay is 150 Rarity Bay Blvd., Vonore, TN 37885.
Take 1-75 south or Route 11 south to Route 72 and turn left onto Route 72. Continue on Route 72 past the Tellico Village sign. A couple miles past the Tellico Village sign, on your left will be the Rarity Bay entrance. Turn left onto Rarity Bay Blvd.
UT School of Art: Byron McKeeby’s Legacy: Prints by his Students
Category: Exhibitions, visual art and Free event
Where: Printmaking Showcase Gallery, UTK Art and Architecture Building, second floor
Curator: Sydney Juhl, Art History Major
Byron McKeeby (1936-1984) was an American printmaker known for his lithographs. Aside from being a widely acknowledged and exhibited artist, McKeeby taught printmaking at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville from the fall of 1965 until 1984. He laid the foundations for the printmaking program at the university and his legacy lives on today.
UT School of Art: 1715 Volunteer Blvd, Knoxville, TN 37996. Information: 865-974-3200, https://art.utk.edu/
Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts: Collaborative New Canons
Category: Exhibitions, visual art and Fine Crafts
SELECTIONS FROM ARROWMONT SCHOOL OF ARTS AND CRAFTS’ PERMANENT COLLECTION
OCTOBER 24, 2022 – JANUARY 9, 2023 | SANDRA J. BLAIN GALLERIES
Beginning with its founding in 1912, Arrowmont has always provided fertile grounds for growth. As the Pi Beta Phi Settlement School, Gatlinburg’s community came together to teach one another different handicraft techniques and traditions. This practice of knowledge sharing laid the foundation for the craft school that exists today. Never static, Arrowmont continues to evolve to better facilitate artistic exchange. It first developed its signature summer workshop program in 1945, which opened Arrowmont’s doors to artists and makers who resided outside Gatlinburg, Tennessee, and later creating Arrowmont’s Artists-in-Residence Program in 1991. This Artist-in-Residence Program offered early career artists with studio space, facilities, and access to the constantly shifting environment of artists, craftspeople, makers, and enthusiasts that comprises the Arrowmont community. Initially conceptualized around bringing together artists working in distinct craft categories, the Artist-in-Residence Program has recently expanded to promote multi- and interdisciplinary craft regardless of medium, thereby widening the perspectives, experiences, and creative explorations brought to Arrowmont’s campus.
The works in this exhibition highlight Arrowmont’s two distinct but interconnected goals: the promotion of individual artistic exploration and the development of community through collective, creative expression. For over a century, artists have converged in this specific place to practice, to make, to experiment, to play. Relatedly, the works on display range from donated workshop demonstrations and projects to works from professional artists who have connections to Arrowmont—past instructors, students, and staff. Arrowmont’s campus has proven to be the epicenter of a specific development of artistic exchange. Arrowmont is site-specific, a historic and cultural landmark nestled in the wooded hillside; Arrowmont is also conceptual, shaped by individual experiences and the legacies of its storied past. Diverse communities have shaped Arrowmont as Arrowmont—as site, as concept—has, in turn, shaped communities. Together, across time and medium, Arrowmont has carved its own body of principles, rules, standards, and norms, crafting past negotiations that continue in the present and will last into the future.
Curated by Kelli Fisher, the 2022-23 Kenneth R. Trapp Craft Assistant/Curatorial Fellow.
Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, 556 Parkway, Gatlinburg, TN 37738. Information: 865-436-5860, https://www.arrowmont.org