Calendar of Events

September 10– Melanie Storie, Historian & Author, “Mountains Turned to Sepulchers – The Civil War and East Tennessee”

The Knoxville Civil War Roundtable is a organization dedicated to remembering and studying the Civil War in East Tennessee. Meetings are held a Buddy's Banquet Hall (5806 Kingston Pike). A dinner buffet is served at 7 p.m. Cost is $15.00 for members and $17.00 for nonmembers. Reservations must be made or cancelled not later than 11 a.m. on the day before the meeting. Call (865) 671-9001 to make or cancel reservations.

A guest speaker, normally an author, educator, or historian of national prominence in his or her field, speaks for approximately one hour, on some aspect of the American Civil War. This address is followed by a brief question and discussion period. Cost (for those not dining) is $3.00 for members and $5.00 for nonmembers.

The normal schedule of events at each meeting is as follows:
7:00 p.m. - Buffet Dinner
7:45 p.m. - Roundtable Business
8:00 p.m. - Speaker + Questions/Discussion
9:15 p.m. - Adjournment

https://kcwrtorg.wordpress.com/

Big Ears presents Marc Ribot with Shazad Ismaily Tuesday, September 10, 8:00 PM at Regas Square Events (333 W. Depot Ave., Knoxville, TN). Doors open at 7:00 PM.

Big Ears presents a very special presentation of Marc Ribot in duo with Shahzad Ismaily performing selections from “Songs of Resistance,” eleven politically charged tracks released in September 2018. The collection blends Civil Rights and WWII resistance songs with Ribot’s original compositions, aiming to channel the spirit of past movements for today’s struggles. Ribot’s work embodies ambition, passion, and fury, addressing social turmoil and challenges of today’s political climate.

Songs of Resistance in duo (Marc Ribot, joined by multi-instrumentalist Shahzad Ismaily) use radical rearrangements of some of the material from the 2018 Anti- release as a jumping off point plus new material, improvisation and…whatever else reaps urgency.

Songs of Resistance Duo are in it for the long haul…not “protest song” per se…but an approach to the history of resistance songs that resists the cliched dysfunction of our present, and performs the freedom we demand from the future.

Tickets at: https://bigearsfestival.frontgatetickets.com/event/xptc1xvcdmu9r7vs

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Patti LaBelle, Tuesday, September 10, 7:00 PM at the Tennessee Theatre.

Tickets at: https://www.ticketmaster.com/event/1B0060D9A0DF3575

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

Tuesday, September 10th, 9:30-11:00 a.m.

Come explore our temporary exhibition with us! We will learn about different artists and their styles, examine the power of art to evoke emotions, and craft our own take-home artwork.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mcclung-museum-2024-25-enhanced-homeschool-tickets-955412242737

McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture, 1327 Circle Park Dr on the UT campus, Knoxville, TN 37996. Hours: Tu-Sa 9-5. Information: 865-974-2144, https://mcclungmuseum.utk.edu/

Lecture - Direct from Nature: Interdisciplinary exploration of 19th century art captures environmental change
Tuesday, September 10, 2024 5:30 pm

Understanding forests of the past helps us to understand current forest ecosystems and how they may change in the future. In this talk ecologist, Dana Warren, forest pathologist, David Shaw, and art historian, Harper Loeb, demonstrate how collaboration between art historians and scientists can unpack the complexities and potential opportunities that 19th century landscape art has to capture and quantify environmental change in eastern forests.

Historic landscape paintings are a potential treasure trove of information about the past with images that include early color depictions of forest and stream environments. However, the use of these images in ecological research has been hampered by questions of image validity: How truly accurate are the images portrayed in these paintings? Shaw, Loeb, and Warren present the results of an interdisciplinary project applying methods and knowledge from the humanities and from ecological sciences to answer this question.

McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture, 1327 Circle Park Dr on the UT campus, Knoxville, TN 37996. Hours: Tu-Sa 9-5. Information: 865-974-2144, https://mcclungmuseum.utk.edu/

Tuesday, September 10 at 6:00 p.m. at Maple Hall, 414 S. Gay Street

We recently made an informal call for good-quality photographs of Knoxville within living memory, especially in the 1970s, which until recently seemed elusive. Archivist Zachary Keith with the Knox County Archives answered that call when he turned up a trove of striking photographs, mostly of downtown, featuring lots of scenes that may surprise you, including the demolition of the Empire Building—the Market Street office building that was one of the largest buildings ever demolished downtown—the long-gone hotels and commercial buildings of Wall Avenue torn down for the TVA Towers project, and several businesses we haven’t quite forgotten.

Please join us for this free program. This is definitely a program not to miss. And if you’re of a certain age, you might even recognize yourself on the sidewalk. Food and drinks available for purchase.

Knoxville History Project: 865-300-4559, www.Knoxvillehistoryproject.org

Reception: September 6th / 5-8PM
October 4th / 5-8PM
Details TBA

Dogwood Arts, 123 W. Jackson Ave, Knoxville, TN 37902. Information: 865-637-4561, www.dogwoodarts.com

First Friday Reception: September 6th, 5:30 - 9 pm

Linda Sullivan, Clay
Linda developed a special interest in glaze chemistry and development while receiving her Master of Fine Arts degree in Studio Ceramics at Northern Illinois University. She continues to experiment with glazes, including crystalline glazes, which are some of the most difficult for achieving successful results. Linda states that the process for creating crystalline work is challenging and requires exacting conditions to ensure that crystals form – appropriate clay body, refined forms, fluid glazes with specific chemical ingredients, correct thickness of glaze, and complex firing and cooling kiln cycles. After the kiln reaches peak temperature, a computerized schedule controls the specific points and durations at which the temperature is held steady to encourage crystal formation. Coloring oxides in the glaze determine the resulting colors. Just as in nature when all conditions are perfect, crystals develop and grow, resulting in uniquely glazed pieces that differ from one another and cannot be duplicated.

Jack Retterer, Photography
Jack Retterer is a photographer and poet in East Tennessee. His work has been on display in numerous venues including the Emporium Art Gallery in Knoxville, the “Arts in the Airport” exposition at the McGee Tyson airport, the Knoxville Mayor’s office and the Knox County Mayor’s office. He has taught photography at Benedictine University in Naperville, Illinois. He currently teaches “Fine Art Photography at the University of Tennessee, and has also served on the boards of artist and photography associations in Tennessee and Illinois. Jack’s present and past professional affiliations and memberships include: Professional Photographers of America, Professional Photographer of East Tennessee, Tennessee Artists Association, Knoxville Arts and Culture Alliance, Juried member of the Art Market Gallery, Art Guild of Fairfield Glade, Tellico Village Art Guild, Foothills Craft Guild, and The Tennessee Poetry Society.

Art Market Gallery, 422 S. Gay St, Knoxville, TN 37902. Hours: Tu-Sa 11-6, Su 1-6. Information: 865-525-5265, www.artmarketgallery.net, www.Facebook.com/ArtMarketGallery

The Arts & Culture Alliance is pleased to present six new exhibitions at the Emporium Center in downtown Knoxville opening on Friday, September 6, from 5:00-9:00 PM. As part of a special First Friday Block Party sponsored by the Alliance and City of Knoxville, the free gathering with exhibiting artists will also feature nearly 20 artist vendors and live music with Fountain City Ramblers along the 100 Block of Gay Street, which will be open to pedestrians only from 4-10 PM between Jackson and Vine avenues.

Based on seventeenth-century Dutch and Flemish still life paintings, I took inspiration to update my artistic process by studying the past through the sub-genre of vanitas and memento mori paintings. Vanitas is a still life artwork which includes various symbolic objects designed to remind the viewer of their mortality and of the worthlessness of worldly goods and pleasures. A memento mori is an artwork designed to remind the viewer of their mortality and of the shortness and fragility of human life. Every aspect of the picture has symbolism and language, some evident and common, some obscure. These pictures are all studio still life setups, photographed digitally. The permanence of our ideas and identities, whether in art or in life, are a vanity of mind.

David Gorley is an East Tennessee artist with a BFA in Fine Arts from East Tennessee State University. He challenges himself to explore photography’s various techniques and styles to create cohesive, succinct showings of bodies of work. He has used various formats of film and digital cameras over the years. He loves to remind viewers of our rich history of art and how a particular genre in a particular time period can still be relevant to expand upon today. His work has shown throughout East Tennessee and Southwest Virginia. www.davidgorley.com

The Emporium Center is located at 100 S. Gay Street, Knoxville, TN 37902. Gallery hours are M-F 9-5 and Sat 10-1. For more information, please see www.knoxalliance.com or call (865) 523-7543.

The Arts & Culture Alliance is pleased to present six new exhibitions at the Emporium Center in downtown Knoxville opening on Friday, September 6, from 5:00-9:00 PM. As part of a special First Friday Block Party sponsored by the Alliance and City of Knoxville, the free gathering with exhibiting artists will also feature nearly 20 artist vendors and live music with Fountain City Ramblers along the 100 Block of Gay Street, which will be open to pedestrians only from 4-10 PM between Jackson and Vine avenues.

This new collection of ceramic mosaics features geoscience investigations and discoveries in a broader context to enhance scientific understanding about natural processes among the public. In this exhibition, Anna Szynkiewicz presents artistic visualizations of geological settings investigated by the Curiosity, Spirit and Opportunity rovers on Mars as well as emphasizes the significance of clay use through time for water transport and purification. She has included mosaics made with help of University of Tennessee students who used imagination to express their knowledge gained in various Geoscience courses. The ceramic mosaics feature a variety of exciting career opportunities offered by Geoscience, including environmental, geology, water, and planetary fields.

Anna Szynkiewicz is an associate professor of geoscience in Earth & Planetary Sciences Department, University of Tennessee. She teaches geology and environmental science courses and conducts geochemical research in volcanic and desert areas on Earth that are believed to be analogous to the planet Mars. She is also a member of Mighty Mud, where she makes ceramic Martian rovers and mosaics featuring scientific topics taught in her classes and researched with her students.

The Emporium Center is located at 100 S. Gay Street, Knoxville, TN 37902. Gallery hours are M-F 9-5 and Sat 10-1. For more information, please see www.knoxalliance.com or call (865) 523-7543.

The Arts & Culture Alliance is pleased to present six new exhibitions at the Emporium Center in downtown Knoxville opening on Friday, September 6, from 5:00-9:00 PM. As part of a special First Friday Block Party sponsored by the Alliance and City of Knoxville, the free gathering with exhibiting artists will also feature nearly 20 artist vendors and live music with Fountain City Ramblers along the 100 Block of Gay Street, which will be open to pedestrians only from 4-10 PM between Jackson and Vine avenues.

Where I Am is a series of etchings and linocuts created in Kyiv, Ukraine during the summer of 2022. This period marked the time immediately after the initial shock of Russia's unprovoked and unjust full-scale invasion of Ukraine had passed, allowing for the first meaningful reflections to emerge. During this time, millions of Ukrainians sought refuge abroad, grappling with the loss of their homeland. The artists behind the Where I Am project are members of the Antresola Art Studio, which has been active for over a decade at the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy in Ukraine. This studio fosters collaboration between younger and older generations of artists, including Ігор Цикура (Ihor Tsykura) and Інна Любич (Inna Liubych), who created pieces for the exhibit. The entire series was created for charity, with all proceeds from the sale of the artworks going toward providing medical equipment for the Ukrainian service members, facilitated through the Ukrainian charitable organization UA First Aid. Where I Am has previously exhibited in Kyiv, Ukraine; Tallinn, Estonia; and Athens, Ohio (USA). This local exhibition is presented by koloHUB, a Knoxville-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to helping and improving the lives of war-impacted people and animals in Ukraine.

Home as a phenomenon, as a concrete object, is blurred in the twilight of the uncertain modern world. The tragic experience that millions of Ukrainians are currently experiencing prompts them to search for a new meaning of the very concept of “my home.” The project Where I Am is an attempt to capture fragments of semantic constructions (or delusions? or desperate dreams?) that, as a result of pressure from the savage and arrogant bureaucratic worlds, have not yet been able to form something coherent. The work of creating a new, comprehensible picture of the world from these elements is difficult and long, but it cannot be avoided.

Ігор Цикура (Ihor Tsykura) was born in the Donetsk region in 1965. He grew up in the southern part of the Kherson region and moved to Kyiv in the mid-90s as a “free artist.” Since 2001, he has been the head of the Antresola Art Studio: https://www.facebook.com/igor.tsikura. Інна Любич (Inna Liubych) was born in the Vinnytsia region in 1991. She studied in Kyiv, where she currently resides and works as a psychologist at the Center for Mental Health at the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy. Liubych is the author of the painting project "Alexithymia of Space" (2019) and the co-author of the graphic projects "Where Am I?" (2023) and "Mystical Space" (2023): https://www.facebook.com/innoms

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www.koloHUB.com
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The Emporium Center is located at 100 S. Gay Street, Knoxville, TN 37902. Gallery hours are M-F 9-5 and Sat 10-1. For more information, please see www.knoxalliance.com or call (865) 523-7543.

The Arts & Culture Alliance is pleased to present six new exhibitions at the Emporium Center in downtown Knoxville opening on Friday, September 6, from 5:00-9:00 PM. As part of a special First Friday Block Party sponsored by the Alliance and City of Knoxville, the free gathering with exhibiting artists will also feature nearly 20 artist vendors and live music with Fountain City Ramblers along the 100 Block of Gay Street, which will be open to pedestrians only from 4-10 PM between Jackson and Vine avenues.

Charles McTyere Parker III: Attention Deficit: collected works 2021-2024
Attention Deficit highlights the artist’s working process where projects move in multiple directions as focus abruptly shifts and works remain ever in flux. Over varied subject matter, cohesiveness develops through experimentation with a wide range of materials and found objects. Themes of isolation, anxiety, memory, death, decay and self-assessment merge with surreal and abstracted formal concepts like windows, doors and landscapes, providing an introspective dreamlike experience for the viewer. This exhibition is dedicated to the artist’s son, Jude, and the memory of his own father, Charles McTyere Parker, Jr. “Charlie” (1942 - 2023).

Charles McTyere Parker III, born in 1982, is a Memphis native now living and working in Knoxville for the past two years. A self-taught artist, with his only formal training being as an actor (performing on stage and in independent film productions), he has incorporated artmaking by hand to expand his creative output. Working with several medium, including paint, film photography, collage, found objects and repurposed materials, Parker’s work serves as a means of conveyance and documentation of his place in the world.

The Emporium Center is located at 100 S. Gay Street, Knoxville, TN 37902. Gallery hours are M-F 9-5 and Sat 10-1. For more information, please see www.knoxalliance.com or call (865) 523-7543.