Calendar of Events

Saturday, September 16, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Morristown at Downtown on the Green and Farmers Market

Artists, crafters, and visual and performing artists to showcase, display, sell, and demonstrate their arts, crafts, and talents at the 17th Annual Arts In The Park. Arts In The Park is a one-day annual celebration of visual arts—two-dimensional fine art, fine quality crafts, artistic photography, and sculpture—and performing arts for Morristown Art Association Members and local artists, crafters, and visual and performing artists to showcase, display, sell, and demonstrate their arts, crafts, and talents.

Take a walk around the park and see fine arts and crafts for sale and watch many of these artists demonstrating their art or craft. You may even get a chance to have Mike Everidge draw your portrait as a caricature; sit down with Jim Palmer for a painting lesson, watch Dan Gibson and Mike Sandlock perform their painting magic; ask Jim Hodge how he makes stained glass art and Frances Maynard about her paintings on wood with broken glass. Helen Lowe, an area well-known artist who had a gallery in Gatlinburg will have her oil paintings displayed. Sign up for a private lesson from Katy Johnson, an acrylic painter from New Market; hear stories from Don Britton, poet, storyteller, and fine artist; enjoy works of art from Annie Stoltz; plus visit numerous other artists and crafters with jewelry, clay sculptures, and Indian leather medicine bags.

Adding to the festival’s appeal are exciting live performances headlining Mitch Smith, guest performing artist, a Morristown composer and musician; Uwe Romeike; Connection Project; Brixton McKenzie; and other performances throughout the day on the main stage; plus, Princesses roaming around the park,

“Try Your Hand At Art,” painting with watercolor or pastel and using sidewalk chalk art. Student artists from Morristown East and West High Schools and several non-profit groups will participate in the event and will have art, hands-on children’s art activities, and face painting. Grab a cup of coffee or lemonade and enjoy great food from food trucks on the tracks. Admission is FREE.

This 17th Annual Arts In The Park is an event of the Morristown Art Association, Morristown Parks and Recreation, and Rose Center Council for the Arts. For additional information, please contact Peggy Brewer, Coordinator, at pbrewer@charter.net or call 423-312-8325; Jennifer Gentry, Parks and Recreation, 423-586-0260; or visit www.morristownart.org.

Our dance party this month will be Saturday, September 16th at Broadway Academy of Performing Arts. This party is going to be Disney themed, and we’re going all out. Costumes are encouraged, but not required, so please come in your best interpretation of any Disney inspired costume you would like. (Marvel, Star Wars, etc. all count). The cost will be $15 per person. Water and light snacks are provided.

We will also be having a special guest instructor: JW Becker of Champion Ballroom Center will be teaching an introductory Viennese Waltz group class. If you have some partner dance experience, please join us promptly at 6pm for the group class. In addition, Emily will be teaching our regular all levels group class, and those with no experience are welcome to join that class.

The dance party will start at 7pm and end at 9pm. If you have a Facebook account, be sure to RSVP and share on Facebook. You do not have to RSVP to attend our parties, and you do not need a partner. https://www.facebook.com/events/2057716344583288/

Taryn of Aw, Snap Photography will also be joining us to document the evening in pictures and video.

Finally, after the party is over, at 9:15pm we will be hosting a very special 18+ Disney themed Burlesque show! This show is included in your admission, but you must be over 18 to attend this show. It will be emceed by the one and only Big Gay James, featuring some of our amazing local burlesque performers, including: Danger Angel, Rhoda Dairyheir, Anne Atomick, and Ivy Aphrodyte!

THE PUNK ROCK FLEA MARKET KNOXVILLE is back again at the Mill and Mine! 12 NOON to 10pm! We’ve got the street closed down, over 150 badass in theme vendors, non stop music, food trucks, brews and all of your friends! Punk Rock Flea Market Knoxville is $5 entry and all ages. Folks 12 and under are free entry with parents. Bring ID for 21+ wristband.

MUSIC by:
SICK THOUGHTS (New Orleans) - 9 pm
SKULL CULT (Indianapolis) - 8 pm
SPLLIT (New Orleans) - 7:15 pm
HYDRONE (Columbus) - 6:30 pm
SEIZE AND DESIST (Memphis) - 5:45 pm
DATA UNKNOWN (Indianapolis) - 5 pm
UTOPIA (Knox) - 4:15 pm
RAT PUNCH (Knox) - 3:30 pm
LAN LINE (Knox) - 2:45 pm
HORCERER (Knox) - 2 pm
DUCK BUTTER (Knox) - 1:15 pm
OLD MAN FUCK YOU (Knox) - 12:30 pm

https://www.facebook.com/events/550490873710750/

“Sleeping Beauty,” adapted by KCT Founder Zack Allen, is based on the timeless fairy tale by Charles Perrault. Allen’s adaptation reboots the classic story amidst the color and pageantry of Baroque era France. The happy life of Briar-Rose is interrupted by a curse from one of the Seven Wise Sisters of Fountainbleau, sending the girl into a deep sleep. Can an ancient wizard and a young soldier come to her rescue with some magic of their own?

Performed Thu-Sun at various times: https://knoxvillechildrenstheatre.com/tc-events/sleeping-beauty/

Knoxville Children's Theatre, 109 E. Churchwell Avenue, Knoxville, TN 37917. Information: 865-208-3677, www.knoxvillechildrenstheatre.com

Opening reception: Friday September 15 5-7 pm and open Saturday, September 16 10 am-1 pm

Collage and Assemblage of found objects

Gallery 1010, 100 S. Gay Street, Suite 113 (temporary), Knoxville, TN 37902. Information: https://gallery1010.utk.edu/

Including work by Anna Boothe, Ashley Benton, Josh Copus, Eric Pardue, Tommie Rush, Andrew Saftel, Marty McConnaughey, the Estate of Roger Luebke, and many others!

Bennett, 5308 Kingston Pike, Knoxville, TN 37919. Hours: M-Sa 10-5:30. Information: 865-584-6791, https://bennetthome.com/

Get ready for 10 fun-filled, action-packed days full of your fair favorites: concerts, rides, food, competitions, and more! See https://www.tnvalleyfair.org/events for all details.

Concert calendar:
Friday, Sept. 8, 8:00 PM
38 Special

Sunday, Sept. 10, 8:00 PM
KC and The Sunshine Band

Tuesday, Sept. 12, 8:00 PM
Travis Tritt

Thursday, Sept. 14, 8:00 PM
T-Pain

865-2151-471 or https://www.tnvalleyfair.org/

Featuring varied works by current faculty: Heather Hartman Folks, Matthew Jessie, Julie L. Rabun, Jennifer Stoneking-Stewart, and David Underwood.

Opens Thu Sep 7, 3-5 PM and closes Sat Oct 28, 9:30 AM - 12

The Michael Alvis Art 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

By Agatha Christie
Clarence Brown Theatre
September 6 – 24, 2023

The story you are about to witness is one of romance and tragedy, primal murder, and the urge for revenge! Wax your mustache and hop on board the Orient Express for a ride you won’t soon forget! A snowdrift has halted the train in its tracks…with a killer onboard. Over the next 48 hours, Hercule Poirot must find the villain before he or she strikes again. Back by popular demand!

Clarence Brown Theatre, 1714 Andy Holt Ave on the UT campus, Knoxville, TN 37996. For information/tickets: 865-974-5161, www.clarencebrowntheatre.com

Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, 556 Parkway, Gatlinburg, TN 37738. Information: 865-436-5860, https://www.arrowmont.org/visit/galleries/exhibition-schedule/

RECEPTION: Friday September 8th, 5-7pm
https://art.utk.edu/printmaking-faculty-present-retrospect-exhibit/

“RETRoSPECT” surveys recent and past works by UT Printmaking faculty members Beauvais Lyons, Althea Murphy-Price and Koichi Yamamoto, as well as 2D Printmaking Technician Elysia Mann. Included in the exhibition are both traditional print processes, from engravings and intaglios, to screenprints and lithographs, as well as experimental uses of print media. The UT Printmaking program is consistent ranked among the top graduate programs in the United States. It has a long-standing exchange program with the Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Art and Design in Wrocław, Poland. The exhibition is free and open to the public, and is a project of the Marek Maria Pienkowski Foundation. For more information on the UTK Printmaking Program, see: https://art.utk.edu/printmaking/

Pienkow Art Gallery, 7417 Kingston Pike Knoxville, TN 37919
Hours: Mon-Fri 8-5 and Sat 8-11

Opening Night, September 1, First Friday, 5 - 8pm

Please join us for the unveiling of our new exhibition, Metamorphosis, which features creations suspended on the precipice of blossoming—encapsulating hibernation, transformation, and rebirth. At 6:00 pm, Hungarian artist Eszter Bornemisza will give a gallery talk about her mixed media fiber works. Dress Code: Exquisite Autumn Colors with Gold Accessories

Metamorphosis is a familiar occurrence in nature, as the changing seasons bring leaves from vibrant greens to the subdued, regal hues of ochre, amber, and earth tones. Nature evolves silently before one's eyes, a constant process of metamorphosis. Like a breath held in anticipation, the moment before transition is pregnant with possibility and quiet vitality. The very change itself holds an extraordinary power– energetic hope and new life. These works, made with raw materials, are suspended on the precipice of blossoming, encapsulating hibernation, transformation, and rebirth.

FEATURED ARTISTS:
Eszter Bornemisza
Alke Reeh
Martha Rieger

Lilienthal Gallery, 23 Emory Place, Knoxville, TN 37917. Information: 865-200-4401, https://lilienthalgallery.com