Calendar of Events

Artist Trading Card sessions resume at the John T. O’Connor Center, 611 Winona St., Knoxville on Monday, September 23, 1:00-2:00 pm. Artist Trading Cards are 2 1/2” X 3 1/2” cards made of any medium to trade with other artists. ATCs build relationships, encourage artistic experimentation, and provide motivation to produce artwork in a low-risk, high-reward setting.

Tim Wiegenstein leads regular ATC meetups on the fourth Monday of each month at the O’Connor Center, and sessions are open to anyone. The sessions are free and no experience is required. Refreshments will be available. Wiegenstein is a Creative Aging Teaching Artist for the Tennessee Arts Commission and his biography can be found on their website at https://tnartscommission.org/creative-aging-teaching-roster/timothy-wiegenstein/.

For more information, contact Tim Wiegenstein at twiegenstein@gmail.com or the O’Connor Center at (865) 523-1135.

The UT Creative Writing Program is excited to present an evening with actor, screenwriter, and author Tracy Dawson. The event will take place September 23 at 7pm in the Lindsey Young Auditorium of John C. Hodges Library. The event is free and open to the public.

Tracy Dawson is an award-winning actor, screenwriter and author. Her book, Let Me Be Frank: A Book About Women Who Dressed Like Men to Do Shit They Weren’t Supposed to Do, came out in 2022 from HarperCollins.

Tracy began her career on the alternative comedy stages of Toronto, and as a mainstage performer at The Second City. In 2009 Tracy's play, them & us, was produced by the prestigious Theatre Passe Muraille in Toronto. That same year she won an emerging TV writer award at the Banff World Television Festival. She was both a writer and lead actor on the Canadian sitcom Call Me Fitz and won both the Gemini Award and the Canadian Screen Award for Best Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for her work opposite Jason Priestley on that show.

Tracy has worked as a writer on several American and Canadian television series and she has sold and developed several of her own TV projects on both sides of the border. She is currently working on the screen adaptation of her book and developing a feature film project with actress Vicky Krieps (Phantom Thread). She is a regular screenwriting mentor at CineStory in Idyllwild and an invited mentor at Nostos Screenwriting Retreat in Tuscany, Italy. She recently traveled to Luxembourg to present a masterclass talk at the 2024 Luxembourg Film Festival. Tracy was born in Ottawa, Canada, and currently lives in Los Angeles with her life partner Isaac, who is a dog.

Information: chebert3@utk.edu

Willkommen to Schulz Brau! Oktoberfest is our biggest festival of the year here at our Brewery and Biergarten! Meticulous planning goes into creating this special 2-week celebration of Bavarian culture. We proudly follow Munich traditions to offer our guests an authentic and fun experience. Prost!

BARREL-TAPPING CEREMONY
21.SEPT – 5AM-9AM
TICKET SALES TBA

https://knoxvilleoktoberfest.com/

Welcome to Sanger Ships LLC and our two Columbus replica ships - our original Niña, the most historically accurate replica of a Columbus Ship ever built, and our newer Pinta.

The Niña is a replica of the ship on which Columbus sailed across the Atlantic on his three voyages of discovery to the new world beginning in 1492. Columbus sailed the tiny ship over 25,000 miles. That ship was last heard of in 1501, but the new Niña has a different mission. We are a floating museum, and we visit ports all over the Western Hemisphere.

Pinta was recently built in Brazil to accompany the Nina on all of her travels. She is a larger version of the archetypal caravel and offers larger deck space for walk-aboard tours and has a 40 ft air conditioned main cabin down below with seating. Pinta is available for private parties and charters.

Both The Niña and Pinta will be touring together as a new and enhanced ‘sailing museum’, for the purpose of educating the public and school children on the ‘caravel’, a Portuguese ship used by Columbus and many early explorers to discover the world.

http://www.ninapinta.org/schedule.html
At Calhoun's On The River, 400 Neyland Dr, Knoxville, TN 37902

BY MOLLY SMITH METZLER
THE LAB THEATRE

Acclaimed writer Molly Smith Metzler ('Shameless', 'Orange is the New Black', and 'Maid') brings us a new comedy about the challenges of parenthood. This heart-warming comedy finds divergent young mothers strike up a friendship during precious nap time. The comedy takes a sharp and honest look at the power of female friendship, the paradox of working motherhood, and the effects that economic and social class has on parenthood in America. 'Cry it Out' captures the audience with laughs, a little rage and the bonds of early parenthood.

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

Hola Hora Latina is proud to present Frutos Latinos, an art show competition celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month and highlighting talented artists in our community. Local Hispanic/Latinx artists will showcase their artwork to celebrate their cultures and traditions. Top 3 winners will be announced at our gala event on September 17th.

For more information contact, enrique.cruz@holafestival.org

https://holahoralatina.org/current-exhibit/
https://www.facebook.com/share/cq3AHVaASuH33WFe/
HoLa Hora Latina: 865-335-3358

Knoxville Museum of Art, 1050 World's Fair Park, Knoxville, TN 37916. Hours: Tu-Sa 10-5, Su 1-5. Information: 865-525-6101, www.knoxart.org

In celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, the Clayton Center for the Arts proudly presents the solo exhibition of Latina portrait artist and Maryville College alumna Saray Taylor-Roman.

Join us for an unforgettable visual journey through movement, motherhood, and creativity as you explore evocative and award-winning portrait photography.

A reception celebrating Saray and her work will be held on Friday, October 4th from 5-8pm in the CCA Galleries.

On display for viewing M-F 9-5 and during special events at Clayton Center for the Arts, 502 East Lamar Alexander Parkway, Maryville, TN 37804. Information/tickets: 865-981-8590, www.ClaytonArtsCenter.com

Thornton Wilder's Pulitzer Prize winning play - A story about the mystery of life and what we make it.

River & Rail Theatre, 111 State Street, Knoxville, TN 37902. Information: 865-407-0727, www.riverandrailtheatre.com

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

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

Instagram @whereiamukraine
www.koloHUB.com
https://uafirstaid.com/en/

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.