Calendar of Events
Saturday, March 8, 2025
ArtXtravaganza 2025
Category: Exhibitions, visual art, Festivals, special events, Free event and Fundraisers
Featured Artists for 2025 is acrylic artist Ryan Blair of Knoxville
Saturday, March 8: 10 a.m.-7 p.m.
Saturday, March 8: Reception 5 p.m.-7 p.m.
Sunday, March 9: 11 a.m.-4 p.m.
Follow the signs to the Lee Athletic Center on the Webb School of Knoxville campus.
ARTXTRAVAGANZA is Webb School’s annual art sale that showcases original artworks by nearly 65 acclaimed artists and offers affordable works for everyone – from fine art, handcrafted jewelry, and pottery to glassworks, sculptures, and metal art. This three-day event is held on the Webb School of Knoxville campus in West Knoxville. Now in its 22nd year, ArtXtravaganza has become one of the premier art shows in the Southeast, and has helped to further the careers of prominent artists. ArtXtravaganza showcases the amazing range and diversity of artistic talent in the region and beyond, and helps establish Knoxville as a community aligned with the arts. Also on exhibit are works by Webb Lower, Middle, and Upper School students.
Proceeds from ArtXtravaganza support Webb School of Knoxville’s visual and performing arts. A hallmark of Webb's arts education is the school's Artist-In-Residence program. This four-to-six-week on-campus teaching and learning experience features nationally and internationally acclaimed artists. It provides Webb students with a view into the real world of art by exposing them to professional artists, their work, and their perspectives, and inspires students to explore their own creative abilities. Additionally, a portion of the proceeds from this year's ArtXtravaganza will go to fund a one-year scholarship for a student at Knoxville's Community School of the Arts.
Knoxville Symphony Orchestra: Celtic Spirit featuring Eileen Ivers
Category: Music
Thermal Label Warehouse/The Shaw Family Pops Series
Saturday, March 8, 2025, at 8:00 p.m.
Knoxville Civic Auditorium
Virtuoso fiddler Eileen Ivers (“charisma and technique to burn” – The Boston Globe) ignites the Celtic Spirit through music, song, and dance in a concert event celebrating the emotional journey of the Irish immigrant.
Knoxville Symphony Orchestra: 865-291-3310, www.knoxvillesymphony.com
Bijou Theatre: Marty Stuart & His Fabulous Superlatives
Category: Music
Marty Stuart & His Fabulous Superlatives, Saturday March 8, 2025, 8:00 PM at the Bijou Theatre.
Tickets at: https://www.ticketmaster.com/event/1B006151FE5A8197
Bijou Theatre, 803 S. Gay Street, Knoxville, TN 37902. Information/tickets: 865-522-0832, https://knoxbijou.org/
Knoxville Museum of Art: States of Becoming
Category: Exhibitions, visual art, Free event and Kids, family
States of Becoming examines the dynamic forces of relocation, resettling, and assimilation that shape the artistic practices of a group of contemporary artists of African descent working in the United States. The exhibition is inspired by curator Fitsum Shebeshe’s 2016 move from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to Baltimore, and subsequent firsthand experience with cultural assimilation. Organized by Independent Curators International.
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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. Admission and parking are free.