Listing info:
There’s a lot of artists and venues thinking I’m catching their listing info on their blog, on their facebook postings, etc. Don’t count on me seeing them. To get your listing onto this website, you MUST use either the contact form, or send an email to the address set up specifically for the listings. You can find further info on how to get this done at this LINK It is the ONLY way you’ll get a listing put up on the site. Since I’m doing this without charging anyone for doing it, please make this easier for me by submitting your listings via email or the contact form. All the info gets sent into a special folder so that I don’t miss it in the ton of daily email I get.
Don’t see a listing?
If you don’t see a listing, I couldn’t find it when I updated this for this month. Check here sometime on First Friday, a lot of places don’t send me updates until the last minute, so pop in here before you head out for the latest updates. You’ll find their phone number and links to their web site in the listing below, so you can check to see if they’ve got more recent info on their own site. Not sure what to expect on First Friday? Here’s a little sample from Knoxville Tourism & Sports – httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rR5lbAZj54
On with this month’s openings!
2 Many Pixels
130 W. Jackson Avenue, Suite 201 Knoxville
On First Friday May 4th., “2 Many Pixels” photo gallery is proud to present “STREETWISE-Knoxville”. The work of 4 photographers who intimately captured the streets of Knoxville from the mid-1960′s to the present. The show will remain on the walls of the gallery throughout the months of May and June. This exhibit is presented in collaboration with the KMA-Knoxville Museum of Art- “STREETWISE-Masters of the 60′s” feature show.
Hope to see you all for the opening on Friday night, from 6pm to 9:30pm:
501 Arthur
501 Arthur St., Knoxville (865) 951- 2523 Website
8 Shooters Studio
1201 Central Street, Knoxville (865) 545-4408 Website
A1 Lab Arts
Center for Creative Minds, at 23 Emory Place Knoxville Website
Art Gallery of Knoxville / Copy Shop
317 Gay Street Knoxville (865) 595- 4401 Website
Art Market Gallery
422 S. Gay Street Knoxville (865) 525-5265 Website
Art Market Galley of Knoxville is pleased to present an exhibit of recent works by T.P. Dunn of Kingston and Carol Pritcher of Knoxville.
Artist T. P. Dunn, who studied art at UT, will be exhibiting a collection of recent drawings rendered in pencil and charcoal. Throughout his career, Dunn has been involved in both the commercial and fine art worlds. Feeling that there is nothing more inspirational or interesting than the human form, his focus is on figurative subject matter.
Fiber Artist Carol Pritcher will be exhibiting a collection of hand-woven rugs made from fabric strips and a byproduct of sock manufacturing. Pritcher has been an artist-member of Art Market Gallery for over 25 years where she primarily displays woven clothing items. She teaches weaving at the Appalachian Arts Craft Center.
A First Friday Reception for the exhibit is planned for May 4 from 5:30-9 pm with complimentary refreshments and live music.
Belleze Salon and Spa
6209 Kingston Pike Knoxville (865) 558-8424 Website
Birdhouse Laboratories
800 N. 4th Ave Knoxville Website
Black Market Clothing
23 Market Square, Knoxville (865) 258-8448
Bliss
24 Market Square, Knoxville (865) 329 8868 Website
Bliss Home
29 Market Square Knoxville (865) 673-6711 Website
Blount Mansion
200 W Hill Ave Knoxville (865) 525-2375 Website
Cafe Pita
2121 Cumberland Ave. Knoxville (684-5477) Website
Casa Hora @ The Emporium
100 S. Gay Street, Suite 109, Knoxville (865) 335-3358 Website
Cocoa Moon Fusion Grill/Koi
19 Market Square Knoxville (865) 521 3888
Coffee and Chocolate
327 Union Avenue Knoxville (865) 688-9244 Website
Community Television of Knoxville
808 State Street Knoxville (865) 215-4350 Website
Downtown Grind
418 S. Gay Street , Knoxville (865) 524-4747
East Tennessee Historical Society
601 S. Gay Street, Knoxville (865) 216-8824 Website
East Tennessee Community Design Center & Knoxville Downtown Design Studio
500 S. Gay Street Knoxville Mobile (865) 603-3988 Office (865) 525-9945 Website
Emporium Center for Arts & Culture / Arts and Culture Alliance / The Balcony Gallery
100 S. Gay Street Knoxville (865) 523-7543 Website
Emporium Center
The Arts & Culture Alliance is pleased to present a new exhibition by the Merleville Watercolor Society entitled “Merleville Watercolor Society Hangs It Up”, featuring original watercolors and oils by 15 local artists. The exhibition will be displayed at the Emporium Center in downtown Knoxville from May 4-25, 2012. An opening reception will take place as part of First Friday activities on May 4 from 5:00-9:00 PM.
The Merleville Watercolor Society first formed in 2007 when a small, eager group of art enthusiasts met at the home of Merle Hancox-Stair in Maryville. Merle, a seasoned artist, and Kay Alexander, a budding artist, had previously met at a workshop in Boone, North Carolina and discussed the idea of a painting group with whom to improve their watercolors and to encourage one another to develop their individual style. Over the past five years, this initial group of seven artists has grown to include fifteen members:
Kay Alexander (Dandridge)
Elaine Brekke (Knoxville)
Lil Clinard (Tellico Village)
Merle Hancox-Stair (Maryville)
Mary Holley (Knoxville)
Betty Kirkland (Farragut)
Bonita Malone (Loudon County)
Roy and Kate McCullough (Knoxville)
Larry and Helen O’Connor (Knoxville)
Rob and Jane Pearce (Knoxville)
Doris Prichard (Knoxville)
Linda Stutzenberger (Farragut)
The first priority of Merleville Watercolor Society is to “leave your ego at the door”. At the bi-weekly meetings, artists work on their own paintings and solicit advice and critiques from fellow members. They share new techniques learned at workshops attended by group members and occasionally attend workshops as a group or meet at specific locations for plein air painting sessions. Most members have studied under well-known artists at workshops in Tennessee and other states; upon their return, they show work produced during those sessions and answer questions about what they’ve learned that could be helpful to fellow members. “Encouragement is a big part of what we do,” says artist Jane Pearce. “We’ve watched each other mature and improve dramatically since the group first convened.” For more information about the Society, please contact Kay Alexander at ralexander05@comcast.net.
Ewing Gallery
1715 Volunteer Blvd. Knoxville (865) 974-3200 Website
Fluorescent Gallery
627 N. Central Knoxville (865) 522-1752 Website
Gallery 1010
113 South Gay Street Knoxville Website
Hanson Gallery
5607 Kingston Pike Knoxville p (865) 584-6097 Website
Indigo
327 Union Avenue Knoxville (865) 525-8788 Website
Ironwood Studios
119 Jennings Avenue Knoxville (865) 405-0777 Website
John Black Photography
501 Union Ave. Knoxville (865) 522-1715 Website
Julie Apple Handbags
121 Gay Street Knoxville (865) 235-1252 Website
Kate Moore Creative / Jennie Andrews Photography
123 S Gay Suite B Knoxville (865) 951-8416 Kate Moore Website Jennie Andrews Website
Knoxville Arts and Fine Crafts Center
1127B Broadway Ave. Knoxville (865) 523-1401
Knoxville Museum of Art
1060 World’s Fair Park Knoxville (865) 525-6101 Website
Knoxville Visitor Center
301 Gay Street Knoxville (800) 727-8045 Website
Lox Salon
103 W. Jackson Knoxville Website
Maplehurst Inn
800 W. Hill Avenue, Knoxville (865) 803-6215
Midtown Arts Center
513 Cooper Street (865) 406-7885
Morelock Music
411 S. Gay Street Knoxville (865) 766-5192 Website
Old City Java
109 S. Central Avenue Knoxville (865) 523-9817 Website
Oodles Uncorked
18 Market Square Knoxville (865) 521-0600 Website
Organized Play
221 Cumberland Avenue Knoxville (865) 521-0690 Website
Preservation Pub
28 Market Square Knoxville (865) 524-2224 Website
Rala
323 Union Avenue Knoxville (865) 525-7888 Website
Remedy Coffee
125 W. Jackson Ave. Knoxville Website
Rita’s Italian Ice
Market Square, Knoxville
Salon Visage
11 Market Square Knoxville (865) 694-4000
Tennessee Archive of Moving Image and Sound
Located at the East Tennessee History Center, Knoxville (865) 215- 8856
TAMIS First Friday Film Series. From the Vaults: Iconic Moving Images of East Tennessee - Sponsored by Metro Pulse
The Tennessee Archive of Moving Image and Sound presents a free monthly First Friday film series displaying the rare, and often unique, local moving images collected and preserved at the East Tennessee History Center
Contact: Bradley Reeves, Louisa Trott tamis33@gmail.com
May 4, 2012
7 pm – 9 pm
No admission fee
An evening devoted to the lost art of the silent film, featuring vintage short subjects, a rare example of Knoxville-native Clarence Brown’s early work. And in true silent cinema fashion, pianist Steve Radford will accompany the film with an original score!
The Goose Woman (Universal, 1925)
Director: Clarence Brown
Live music accompanied by pianist Steve Radford
Shorts:
Dizzy Daisy (Educational, 1926) – rare silent comedy featuring Louise Fazenda,
The Thieving Hand (1908)
Comicalamities (1928), featuring Felix the Cat
Introduction by historian Jack Neely
Acclaimed by critics and silent film historians as one of Clarence Brown’s early and artistic achievements, The Goose Woman depicts Louise Dresser as a famous opera singer who loses her voice when her son is born, so she drowns her sorrows in drink. Murderous complications involving her son ensue!
Tennessee Valley Bikes
214 W. Magnolia, Knoxville Website
The Fortunate Traveler
119 S. Central Street Bldg. 2 Knoxville (865) 474-1098 Website
Tomato Head
12 Market Square, Knoxville – (865) 637-4067 Website
Recent works with a new twist from Brian Pittman will be on view at the downtown Knoxville Tomato Head from April 7th through May 4th.
Unarmed Merchants
129 S. Gay Street Knoxville (865) 549-5769 Website
URBhana
115 S. Gay Street (865) 525-7381 Website
University of Tennessee University Center Concourse Gallery sponsored by the Visual Arts Committee
1502 West Cumberland Ave. Knoxville Call Meghan Terry at 865-974-5455 for more information or visit activities.utk.edu for a full list of VAC events.
UT Alumni Exhibit: Mixed media
UT Downtown Gallery
106 S. Gay Street Knoxville (865) 673-0802 WebSite
Yee- Haw Industries
413 S. Gay Street Knoxville (865) 522-1812 Website
Listing info:
There’s a lot of artists and venues thinking I’m catching their listing info on their blog, on their facebook postings, etc. Don’t count on me seeing them. To get your listing onto this website, you MUST use either the contact form, or send an email to the address set up specifically for the listings. You can find further info on how to get this done at this LINK It is the ONLY way you’ll get a listing put up on the site. Since I’m doing this without charging anyone for doing it, please make this easier for me by submitting your listings via email or the contact form. All the info gets sent into a special folder so that I don’t miss it in the ton of daily email I get.
Don’t see a listing?
If you don’t see a listing, I couldn’t find it when I updated this for this month. Check here sometime on First Friday, a lot of places don’t send me updates until the last minute, so pop in here before you head out for the latest updates. You’ll find their phone number and links to their web site in the listing below, so you can check to see if they’ve got more recent info on their own site.
Special Event- Earth Fest
Come find out why the 2012 Earth Fest thinks that being green makes sense during this month’s First Friday event! Keep Knoxville Beautiful will be hosting a promotional event for this year’s Earth Fest which will feature local artists’ works, free food, and appearances from Dr. Destruction and Mother Earth! The KKB offices are located on the beautiful 100 Block of Gay St. in the basement of the Emporium. For more information on Earth Fest, please go to the website for Knox Earth Fest.
On with this month’s openings!
11 Café
122 S. Gay St. Knoxville (VOL) 851-8150 Website
First Friday Concert Event - 11 Café welcomes you to its third First Friday concert event of the year. Jen Parker & Red-Handed will play from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. inside 11 Café. Tickets are on sale for $15 and include all you can drink beer on tap.
Artist on display- Kit Hoefer, showing painted canvases ranging in size from 8 x10 inches to 36 x 24 inch
Artist Bio – 11 Café would like to thank Kit Hoefer for displaying her fun and talented works of art. Hoefer’s colors are used to express feelings about a subject, rather than to simply describe it. She paints with her emotions and intellect, tapping into a more expressive and powerful use of colors. The rich colors, outlines, and dramatic brush strokes recall both Expressionist and Fauvist traditions. Colors are intensified full of spirit, to interpret nature and submit it to the spirit of the picture.
Hoefer is from East Tennessee. She has exhibited locally for over ten years in the Knoxville metropolitan area. All art is for sale. Visit her very own website for samples of what might be hanging up in 11 Café.
Artist - Catherine Cummings displays professionally framed portraits and landscapes made from oils, water colors, and pastels.
11 Café thanks Catherine Cummings for displaying her lovely and talented works of art. Catherine grew up in Charleston, SC and graduated from the College of Charleston with a Bachelor of Arts degree as a studio art major. One of the contributing factors to her early love of art was her father’s great passion for original oil paintings, which he collected and displayed at home. Cummings paints portraits and landscapes with oils, water colors, or pastels. She currently lives by the Smoky Mountains in East Tennessee which is where she gets most of her visual inspiration. It is Catherine’s desire to reflect in her work the beauty of what God has created whether it is found in nature or the exquisite tones found in the faces of people.
2 Many Pixels
130 W. Jackson Avenue, Suite 201 Knoxville
501 Arthur
501 Arthur St., Knoxville (865) 951- 2523 Website
8 Shooters Studio
1201 Central Street, Knoxville (865) 545-4408 Website
A1 Lab Arts
Center for Creative Minds, at 23 Emory Place Knoxville Website
Art Gallery of Knoxville / Copy Shop
317 Gay Street Knoxville (865) 595- 4401 Website
Art Market Gallery
422 S. Gay Street Knoxville (865) 525-5265 Website
Art Market Galley of Knoxville is pleased to present an exhibit of recent works by Marilyn Avery Turner and Morgan Fitch, both of Knoxville.
Marilyn Avery Turner, who holds a BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design, will be exhibiting a collection of her recent monoprint/Chine-colle works. Created with oil-based inks on rice paper, these hand-pulled prints are one-of-a-kind artworks, each of which required multiple passes through a press to achieve the finished print.
Sculptor Morgan Fitch welds various metal found objects together to create whimsical animal and humanoid forms. He’s delighted when observers of his sculpture find humor in it and appreciates their efforts to identify the multitude of old tools and utensils incorporated into his works.
A First Friday Reception for the exhibit is planned for April 6 from 5:30-9 pm with complimentary refreshments and live music.
Annual Members Auction April 6-15th. A Dogwood Arts Festival Featured Event, this silent auction gives gallery visitors the opportunity to bid on original artworks by gallery artists for a chance to buy them at a fraction of their value. Approximately 40-50 items will be available for bidding.
The public is invited to a First Friday Reception on April 6 from 5:30-9 pm with complimentary refreshments and live music. This will be the first day of bidding on auction items and the reception offers the opportunity for the public to meet many of the gallery’s member-artists as well.
Belleze Salon and Spa
6209 Kingston Pike Knoxville (865) 558-8424 Website
Birdhouse Laboratories
800 N. 4th Ave Knoxville Website
Black Market Clothing
23 Market Square, Knoxville (865) 258-8448
Bliss
24 Market Square, Knoxville (865) 329 8868 Website
Bliss Home
29 Market Square Knoxville (865) 673-6711 Website
Blount Mansion
200 W Hill Ave Knoxville (865) 525-2375 Website
Cafe Pita
2121 Cumberland Ave. Knoxville (684-5477) Website
Casa Hora @ The Emporium
100 S. Gay Street, Suite 109, Knoxville (865) 335-3358 Website
Cocoa Moon Fusion Grill/Koi
19 Market Square Knoxville (865) 521 3888
Coffee and Chocolate
327 Union Avenue Knoxville (865) 688-9244 Website
Community Television of Knoxville
808 State Street Knoxville (865) 215-4350 Website
Downtown Grind
418 S. Gay Street , Knoxville (865) 524-4747
East Tennessee Historical Society
601 S. Gay Street, Knoxville (865) 216-8824 Website
The East Tennessee History Museum will open up at 5:30 on First Friday and no admission will be charged.
The Tennessee Archive of Moving Image and Sound, the East Tennessee Historical Society, and the Calvin M. McClung Historical Collection of the Knox County Public Library are partnering up to present a free, monthly First Friday film series entitled, “From the Vaults: Iconic Moving Images of East Tennessee.
“‘I Open My Mouth and Let ‘er Fly’: The Pappy ‘Gube’ Beaver Story” is the second installment in the First Friday series and will include a live musical by Marvin Russell, Wade Hill and the Hillians, with a special appearance by the Hogman!
The April 6, 2012, screening marks the world premier “‘I Open My Mouth and Let ‘er Fly’: The Pappy ‘Gube’ Beaver Story,” produced by indie filmmakers Dwight Swanson and Robert Salyer and featuring the story behind the life and times of long-time Knoxville preacher Parlan “Pappy Gube” Beaver. Beaver, now 92 years old, formerly worked with grocer and country music impresario Cas Walker and has been on local radio airwaves for over 70 years. Chet Atkins’ first commercial recordings were made with Beaver for Capitol Records during the late 1940s.
Join Americana music roots musicians Marvin Russell, Wade Hill, and the legendary Hogman for a program of live ole-time music and vintage film clips celebrating the life and career of East Tennessee’s own Pappy “Gube” Beaver! Also featured will be an art exhibit by Amy Campbell.
Art Exhibit: “Music & Culture Folks of East, Tennessee”, Amy Campbell, Maryville artist
Maryville-based artist Amy Campbell’s exhibit “Music & Culture, East, Tennessee folk portraits” portrays in a simple and direct style her love and respect of present and historic folks of our region. Portraits include Chet Adkins, Pappy “Gube’ Beaver, The Reverend and Mrs. J. Bazzel Mull, Wade Hill, Cas Walker and many more. For more information about her art, please visit: http://www.TennesseeFolkArt.com
East Tennessee Community Design Center & Knoxville Downtown Design Studio
500 S. Gay Street Knoxville Mobile (865) 603-3988 Office (865) 525-9945Website
Emporium Center for Arts & Culture / Arts and Culture Alliance / The Balcony Gallery
100 S. Gay Street Knoxville (865) 523-7543 Website
Ewing Gallery 1715 Volunteer Blvd. Knoxville (865) 974-3200 Website
Fluorescent Gallery
627 N. Central Knoxville (865) 522-1752 Website
Gallery 1010
113 South Gay Street Knoxville Website
Gallery 133
133 South Gay St. Knoxville
Drop by from 6-9pm for beverages, snacks, and music by Gregory Tarrants.
Featured Artists:
Dawn Denton Hawkins (paintings)
Tina Brunetti (paintings)
David Watson (jewelry)
Sorista Tary (paintings)
Curtis Wilson (paintings and mixed media)
Dianna Kilgore (paintings)
Andrew Tituskin (photography)
Rucker Wells (paintings, sculpture, jewelry)
Cinda Costner (photography)
Lisa Smith Glenn (jewelry)
Cody Swaggerty (graphic arts)
Carrie Bostwick (paintings)
BJ Hilton Hitchcock (paintings)
Jess Wathen (mixed media)
Chris Cornett (paintings)
*Prints available for purchase on most artworks shown.
Hanson Gallery
5607 Kingston Pike Knoxville p (865) 584-6097 Website
Indigo
327 Union Avenue Knoxville (865) 525-8788 Website
Ironwood Studios
119 Jennings Avenue Knoxville (865) 405-0777 Website
John Black Photography
501 Union Ave. Knoxville (865) 522-1715 Website
Julie Apple Handbags
121 Gay Street Knoxville (865) 235-1252 Website
Kate Moore Creative / Jennie Andrews Photography
123 S Gay Suite B Knoxville (865) 951-8416 Kate Moore Website Jennie Andrews Website
Knoxville Arts and Fine Crafts Center1127B Broadway Ave. Knoxville (865) 523-1401
Knoxville Museum of Art
1060 World’s Fair Park Knoxville (865) 525-6101 Website
Knox ivi
17 Market Square, Knoxville Website
Knoxville Visitor Center
301 Gay Street Knoxville (800) 727-8045 Website
Lox Salon
103 W. Jackson Knoxville Website
Maplehurst Inn
800W. Hill Avenue, Knoxville (865) 803-6215
Lunchbox Restaurant in the Bank East Building
Market Street, Knoxville
On display are 33 pieces, tracing a variety of themes and treatments by artist Medha Karandikar. The show is already up, please drop by on First Friday, April 6th, during the opening reception, 5-8 pm.
Midtown Arts Center
513 Cooper Street (865) 406-7885
Morelock Music
411 S. Gay Street Knoxville (865) 766-5192 Website
Old City Java
109 S. Central Avenue Knoxville (865) 523-9817 Website
Oodles Uncorked
18 Market Square Knoxville (865) 521-0600 Website
Organized Play
221 Cumberland Avenue Knoxville (865) 521-0690 Website
Preservation Pub
28 Market Square Knoxville (865) 524-2224 Website
Rala
323 Union Avenue Knoxville (865) 525-7888 Website
Regal Downtown West 8
1640 Downtown West Blvd. Knoxville (865) 712-9224 Website
We’ll have the artwork of Karen Krogh on display this first Friday, a selection of Captured Images.
Remedy Coffee
125 W. Jackson Ave. Knoxville Website
Rita’s Italian Ice
Market Square, Knoxville
Salon Visage
11 Market Square Knoxville (865) 694-4000
Tennessee Valley Bikes
214 W. Magnolia, Knoxville Website
The District Framery and Gallery
5113 Kingston Pike, Suite A, Knoxville (865) 200-4452 Website
Featuring cityscape and landscape oil paintings by Knoxville artist Joe Parrott and ceramic “souls” by Asheville artist Cassie Ryalls
The Fortunate Traveler
119 S. Central Street Bldg. 2 Knoxville (865) 474-1098 Website
Tomato Head
12 Market Square, Knoxville – (865) 637-4067Website
Unarmed Merchants
129 S. Gay Street Knoxville (865) 549-5769 Website
URBhana
115 S. Gay Street (865) 525-7381 Website
University of Tennessee University Center Concourse Gallery sponsored by the Visual Arts Committee
1502 West Cumberland Ave. Knoxville Call Meghan Terry at 865-974-5455 for more information or visit activities.utk.edu for a full list of VAC events.
Post Secret: UT student post secrets. http://www.postsecret.com/
UT Downtown Gallery
106 S. Gay Street Knoxville (865) 673-0802 WebSite
Yee- Haw Industries
413 S. Gay Street Knoxville (865) 522-1812 Website
Listing info:
There’s a lot of artists and venues thinking I’m catching their listing info on their blog, on their facebook postings, etc. Don’t count on me seeing them. To get your listing onto this website, you MUST use either the contact form, or send an email to the address set up specifically for the listings. You can find further info on how to get this done at this LINK It is the ONLY way you’ll get a listing put up on the site. Since I’m doing this without charging anyone for doing it, please make this easier for me by submitting your listings via email or the contact form. All the info gets sent into a special folder so that I don’t miss it in the ton of daily email I get.
Don’t see a listing?
If you don’t see a listing, I couldn’t find it when I updated this for this month. Check here sometime on First Friday, a lot of places don’t send me updates until the last minute, so pop in here before you head out for the latest updates. You’ll find their phone number and links to their web site in the listing below, so you can check to see if they’ve got more recent info on their own site. Not sure what to expect on First Friday? Here’s a little sample from Knoxville Tourism & Sports – httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rR5lbAZj54
On with this month’s openings!
2 Many Pixels
130 W. Jackson Avenue, Suite 201 Knoxville
Our photo gallery is proud to present the work of David Habercom. The artist will be displaying 2 different photo essays:
“The missionary journals”, a photographic account of the disappearance of the Rev. Theron K. Lucas from Little Pigeon in 1920.
“Under the bridge”, a collection of dignified portraits of those who do not have a home with a true focus on human beauty.
501 Arthur
501 Arthur St., Knoxville (865) 951- 2523 Website
8 Shooters Studio
1201 Central Street, Knoxville (865) 545-4408 Website
A1 Lab Arts
Center for Creative Minds, at 23 Emory Place Knoxville Website
Art Gallery of Knoxville / Copy Shop
317 Gay Street Knoxville (865) 595- 4401 Website
Art Market Gallery
422 S. Gay Street Knoxville (865) 525-5265 Website
(2/17/12, Knoxville)-February 28-March 31, Art Market Galley of Knoxville is pleased to present an exhibit of recent works by Kristine Taylor and Jonathan Howe, both of Knoxville.
Artist Kristine Taylor creates unique, one-of-a-kind and limited edition art jewelry using a blend of polymer clay and traditional jewelry materials including stones, pearls, glass, metals and fibers. She is a member of several regional craft guilds and has participated in many regional art shows.
Painter of Jonathan Howe is an award-wining landscape, still-life and portrait artist. His passion lies in the intimate details that form a true likeness in oil portraits and the subtle lighting of rolling landscapes. In addition to painting, Howe works in many other fields of art including drawing, photography, graphic design and carving.
A First Friday Reception for the exhibit is planned for March 2 from 5:30-9 pm with complimentary refreshments and live music.
Belleze Salon and Spa
6209 Kingston Pike Knoxville (865) 558-8424 Website
Birdhouse Laboratories
800 N. 4th Ave Knoxville Website
Black Market Clothing
23 Market Square, Knoxville (865) 258-8448
Bliss
24 Market Square, Knoxville (865) 329 8868 Website
Bliss Home
29 Market Square Knoxville (865) 673-6711 Website
Bliss Home, 29 Market Square Knoxville (865) 673-6711, will be hosting the photography of Brian Murray(bmurrayphoto.shutterfly.com). The series is of the Smoky Mountains and reception will be from 6 to 9 pm March 2.
Blount Mansion
200 W Hill Ave Knoxville (865) 525-2375 Website
Cafe Pita
2121 Cumberland Ave. Knoxville (684-5477) Website
Casa Hora @ The Emporium
100 S. Gay Street, Suite 109, Knoxville (865) 335-3358 Website
Cocoa Moon Fusion Grill/Koi
19 Market Square Knoxville (865) 521 3888
Coffee and Chocolate
327 Union Avenue Knoxville (865) 688-9244 Website
Community Television of Knoxville
808 State Street Knoxville (865) 215-4350 Website
Downtown Grind
418 S. Gay Street , Knoxville (865) 524-4747
East Tennessee Historical Society
601 S. Gay Street, Knoxville (865) 216-8824 Website
East Tennessee Community Design Center & Knoxville Downtown Design Studio
500 S. Gay Street Knoxville Mobile (865) 603-3988 Office (865) 525-9945Website
Emporium Center for Arts & Culture / Arts and Culture Alliance / The Balcony Gallery
100 S. Gay Street Knoxville (865) 523-7543 Website
Arts & Culture Alliance Presents “War of the Lawn Ornaments” by Alan Finch and Denise Stewart-Sanabria
The Arts & Culture Alliance is pleased to present a new exhibition entitled “War of the Lawn Ornaments”, an investigative, interactive exhibit by local artists Alan Finch and Denise Stewart-Sanabria. The exhibition will be displayed in the Balcony at the Emporium Center in downtown Knoxville from March 2-30, 2012 with an opening reception as part of First Friday activities on March 2 from 5:00-9:00 PM.
Show Statement
Five thousand years ago, in Mesopotamia, marble sculptures of giant bunnies and the god Enlil stood before a rural stone house. Not really. Or did they? Yard art has surely been around for a long time in the gardens of countless cultures in both divine and tasteless form. In our own country it has ranged from the spiritual to the tacky to the offensive. Who made these concrete icons originally? What was their motivation? Why do people persist in buying certain statues that seem to celebrate shameful moments in our country’s history? Are frogs really that cute? Why do only Catholics put Madonnas in their yards, but Protestants like St. Francis in their gardens? Do little boys really urinate into giant shells?
Last year, Clinton artist Alan Finch stumbled upon a remote find of almost Pompeian magnitude. Though never covered in volcanic ash, and in fact still in business, it had the air of a lost time and culture. It needed the kind of anthropological investigation only artists can manage. He contacted Knoxville artist Denise Stewart-Sanabria and proposed a collaborative project: the “War of the Lawn Ornaments”. Using mainly alternative photo processes, such as lomography, pinhole, and I-pad images, they documented the undisclosed site, adding dioramas and found object installations to fully capture the depth of the experience. Warning: This is an investigative exhibit containing images that made the artists cringe and occasionally declare “WTF”?
This exhibit is being exuberantly funded by The Society for the Preservation of Lawn Art, which is located in another undisclosed location in the Greater Appalachia region.
About the Artists
Native Oak Ridger, Alan Finch, has been active in the East Tennessee arts community for over 25 years. His paintings, sculpture, and photography have been included in numerous local, regional, and national exhibitions. Finch founded two art groups, Group W and Kaleidoscope, and he has curated exhibitions across the state. He will be guest curator for a Kaleidoscope show at the Oak Ridge Art Center next March. Alan and his wife Darlene live in Clinton. For more information on Alan Finch, visit www.saatchionline.com/buy-art?query=alan+finch.
Denise Stewart-Sanabria was born in Massachusetts and received her BFA in Painting from the University of Massachusetts/Amherst. She has lived in Knoxville since 1986. Sanabria paints both hyper-realist “portraits” of everything from produce to subversive jelly donuts, and full-scale, cut-out charcoal on plywood portraits of contemporary people that she uses to create conceptual installations. Recent exhibits include: “Continuare: The Figurative Tradition in Contemporary Art” at Ewing Gallery at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville; the 55th Mid-States Art Exhibition, Evansville Museum of Art, Evansville, IN; “Quantum Confusion” at Appalachian Center for Craft at Tennessee Tech, Smithville, TN; “The American Still Life: Yesterday and Today”, The Bascom, Highlands, NC; “In the Flesh”, Target Gallery, Torpedo Factory, Alexandria, VA; and the “26th Tallahassee International”, at the Florida State Museum of Fine Arts. Stewart-Sanabria also writes exhibit reviews for Number, an independent arts journal from Memphis, Art Papers, and Art Now Nashville. For more information on Denise Stewart-Sanabria, visit www.stewart-sanabria.com.
“War of the Lawn Ornaments” will be displayed in the Balcony at the Emporium Center, 100 S. Gay Street. Gallery hours are Monday-Friday 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM with additional hours on Saturday, March 3, from 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM. For more information, please contact the Arts & Culture Alliance at (865) 523-7543, or visit the Web site at www.knoxalliance.com.
Arts & Culture Alliance Presents “Fine Craft in March” on March 2 & 3
(02/17/2012/Knoxville) – The Arts & Culture Alliance and Foothills Craft Guild proudly present “Fine Craft in March,” a showcase and sale of works by Foothills Craft Guild Members, March 2-3 at the Emporium Center. This show highlights the handmade, original work of 26 East Tennessee craft artists working in a variety of media including: fiber, wood, glass, jewelry, clay, photography, natural materials, soap, and mixed media. The Emporium gallery provides an ideal environment in which to view the work and meet the artists.
The Show hours are: Friday, March 2, 9:00 AM – 9:00 PM and Saturday, March 3, 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM. Admission is free. A public reception takes place on Friday, March 2, from 5:00-9:00 PM as part of First Friday activities in downtown Knoxville.
The exhibition and sale serves as a preview of the 46th Annual Fine Craft Fair to be held in November 2012 at the Jacob Building in Chilhowee Park. Chartered in 1968, the Foothills Craft Guild is the oldest artisan’s guild in Tennessee. Membership includes over 240 craft artists residing in Tennessee who have been accepted to the Guild through a rigorous jury process for high standards of workmanship, design, and originality. For more information on the Guild, visit www.foothillscraftguild.org.
Arts & Culture Alliance Presents “Elements: Human and Natural”
(02/20/2012/Knoxville) – The Arts & Culture Alliance is pleased to present “Elements: Human and Natural”, a new exhibition of photographs by local artist Jeff Tidwell, opening Friday, March 2, at 5:00 PM on the north side of the Balcony at the Emporium Center in Knoxville. This exhibition reflects Tidwell’s desire to capture the basic elements, such as light, water and earth, as well as human elements: the way people behave, the things people make, and the emotional connection to those things.
Jeff Tidwell has been involved in photography for over 40 years and learned the craft from his father who taught photography at Webb School of Knoxville. Tidwell has worked with 35mm, medium format, and digital photography. In addition to fine art photography, he has captured images of weddings and parties as well as Black and White photo reproduction. He currently runs Tidwellimages Photography and offers digital studio portraiture. For more information on Jeff Tidwell, and to view galleries of his work, visit www.tidwellimages.zenfolio.com.
“Elements: Human and Natural” will be displayed in the Balcony at the Emporium Center, 100 S. Gay Street, from March 2-30, 2011. An opening reception will take place as part of First Friday activities on March 2 from 5:00-9:00 PM with complimentary hors d’oeuvres. Gallery hours are Monday-Friday 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM with additional hours on Saturday, March 3, from 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM.
Ewing Gallery
1715 Volunteer Blvd. Knoxville (865) 974-3200 Website
Fluorescent Gallery
627 N. Central Knoxville (865) 522-1752 Website
Gallery 1010
113 South Gay Street Knoxville Website
Hanson Gallery
5607 Kingston Pike Knoxville p (865) 584-6097 Website
Indigo
327 Union Avenue Knoxville (865) 525-8788 Website
Ironwood Studios
119 Jennings Avenue Knoxville (865) 405-0777 Website
John Black Photography
501 Union Ave. Knoxville (865) 522-1715 Website
Julie Apple Handbags
121 Gay Street Knoxville (865) 235-1252 Website
Kate Moore Creative / Jennie Andrews Photography
123 S Gay Suite B Knoxville (865) 951-8416 Kate Moore Website Jennie Andrews Website
Knoxville Arts and Fine Crafts Center
1127B Broadway Ave. Knoxville (865) 523-1401
Knoxville Museum of Art
1060 World’s Fair Park Knoxville (865) 525-6101 Website
Knox ivi
17 Market Square, Knoxville Website
Knoxville Chamber of Commerce
17 Market Square, Knoxville
Tennessee Artists Association will have a reception Friday, March 2, 2012 at 7:00 pm to share the work of some of our members. The reception will be at the Knoxville Chamber of Commerce, 17 Market Square, Knoxville, Tn 37902. Please join us for a glass of wine and to meet the artists.
Tennessee Artists Association is a volunteer organization comprized of artists of all levels of ability. Residents of Tennessee who are 18 years of age or older are elegible for membership.
Our Website
Contact: Steve Black 865-966-9083 steve.black@tds.net
Knoxville Visitor Center
301 Gay Street Knoxville (800) 727-8045 Website
Lox Salon
103 W. Jackson Knoxville Website
Maplehurst Inn800 W. Hill Avenue, Knoxville (865) 803-6215
Midtown Arts Center
513 Cooper Street (865) 406-7885
Morelock Music
411 S. Gay Street Knoxville (865) 766-5192 Website
Old City Java
109 S. Central Avenue Knoxville (865) 523-9817 Website
Oodles Uncorked
18 Market Square Knoxville (865) 521-0600 Website
Organized Play
221 Cumberland Avenue Knoxville (865) 521-0690 Website
Preservation Pub
28 Market Square Knoxville (865) 524-2224 Website
Rala
323 Union Avenue Knoxville (865) 525-7888 Website
Remedy Coffee
125 W. Jackson Ave. Knoxville Website
Rita’s Italian Ice
Market Square, Knoxville
Salon Visage
11 Market Square Knoxville (865) 694-4000
Tennessee Valley Bikes
214 W. Magnolia, Knoxville Website
The Fortunate Traveler
119 S. Central Street Bldg. 2 Knoxville (865) 474-1098 Website
Tomato Head
12 Market Square, Knoxville – (865) 637-4067 Website
“Preserving Watermelon Country” art exhibit at The Tomato Head
The strange narrative paintings of Julie Armbruster return to Knoxville this Spring! On Saturday March 3rd, Julie Armbruster will install her newest work at The Tomato Head in downtown Knoxville located at 12 Market Square. Focusing on work from the Professor Wunderbar series, Preserving Watermelon Country, illustrates the story of a large-headed, white cat, Professor Wunderbar. A reluctant heroine, Wunderbar uses her intuitive powers and self-help idealism to help preserve the diversity of her community. In the story, Professor Wunderbar befriends some unusual creatures, battles an army of mind-altered kittens, and attains some incredible powers.
The newest work reveals some interesting twists that are sure to peak your curiosity. The show will be on display at The Tomato Head in downtown Knoxville until April 7th and then moves to the Maryville Tomato Head from April 7th- May 6th. A closing artist reception will be held Saturday May 5th from 3:30-5:30pm at the Maryville Tomato Head restaurant. At the reception, Armbruster will share some fantastic pizza and she will have her limited edition books relating the story, as well as a selection of prints and art gifts.
Julie Armbruster’s work has evolved to include much more intricate compositions and details and narrative threads. Her work is often realized through automatic drawing and then refined through layered rendering and delicate outlining. The landscapes seem oddly familiar. The world rendered in the paintings is set at a distance from the viewer with the addition of the resin surface and illustrative style. The shine and saturation of color give the work an inviting pull. The viewer is further entranced by the complexity of emotions conveyed by the characters that are often faced with some sort of weighty decision or traumatic occurrence. The narratives are realized through anthropomorphic characters that seem bewildered and internal. Her stories are both funny and dark and typically lack a straightforward resolution.
Julie Armbruster’s work can be seen on her website www.JulieArmbruster.net and in her hometown of Asheville, NC at the Woolworth Walk and her River Arts District Studio.
Julie Armbruster has been exhibited in solo and group exhibitions in galleries throughout the East Coast and Abroad, including the School of Architecture in Venice Italy, 80 Washington Square Gallery in New York, and Rebus Works in Raleigh, North Carolina. Often seeking shows in alternative spaces, her work has been exhibited in skate shops, bars, music venues, restaurants, and record shops. Julie Armbruster was born in Voorhees, NJ in 1979 and has lived in New York most of her life. She received a Masters in Painting from New York University in 2003 and has studied abroad in Italy and Germany. Following Graduate school, she moved to Asheville, NC and maintains an art studio in The Wedge in River Arts District.
Unarmed Merchants
129 S. Gay Street Knoxville (865) 549-5769 Website
URBhana
115 S. Gay Street (865) 525-7381 Website
For March’s First Friday from 6-9pm! URBhana, has partnered with the Fort Loudoun Lake Association (www.fllake.org ) for a fundraiser featuring local artist, Cynthia Markert’s (www.cynthiamarkert.com), paintings. Proceeds from the sales of Cynthia’s artwork will go to support this essential local organization, The Fort Loudoun Lake Association. This event is free and open to the public. For more information call 865-525-7381.
University of Tennessee University Center Concourse Gallery sponsored by the Visual Arts Committee
1502 West Cumberland Ave. Knoxville Call Meghan Terry at 865-974-5455 for more information or visit activities.utk.edu for a full list of VAC events.
Fibers Studio-Fibers and mixed media. http://www.tntech.edu/craftcenter/fibersstudio/
UT Downtown Gallery
106 S. Gay Street Knoxville (865) 673-0802 WebSite
Yee- Haw Industries
413 S. Gay Street Knoxville (865) 522-1812 Website
Listing info:
There’s a lot of artists and venues thinking I’m catching their listing info on their blog, on their facebook postings, etc. Don’t count on me seeing them. To get your listing onto this website, you MUST use either the contact form, or send an email to the address set up specifically for the listings. You can find further info on how to get this done at this LINK. It is the ONLY way you’ll get a listing put up on the site. Since I’m doing this without charging anyone for doing it, please make this easier for me by submitting your listings via email or the contact form. All the info gets sent into a special folder so that I don’t miss it in the ton of daily email I get.
Don’t see a listing?
If you don’t see a listing, I couldn’t find it when I updated this for this month. Check here sometime on First Friday, a lot of places don’t send me updates until the last minute, so pop in here before you head out for the latest updates. You’ll find their phone number and links to their web site in the listing below, so you can check to see if they’ve got more recent info on their own site.
On with this month’s openings!
2 Many Pixels
130 W. Jackson Avenue, Suite 201 Knoxville
Our photo retrospective (best photographers of the year 2011) will remain on the walls through February 2012.
Join us on First Friday February 3rd to enjoy great photography, good company and free wine…
Each of the 7 photographers selected are showing about 10 images of their amazing work, giving all of you a chance to enjoy their artistic vision one more time… and may be bring home one of these.
The exhibit showcases:
“POPCORN, a story of white lightning in black and white” by Andy Armstrong
“Foggy dreams of fashion” by Jameykay Young
“Innocent casualties of war in Uganda” by Heather McClintock
“Scar tissue, an exploration of abandoned spaces” by Mark L. Malloy
“South-East Asian itineraries” by Natasha Scheuerman
“Arcane photography and simple images” by Kat Bike
“Pieces of me” by Scott W. Lee
All the photos are for sale, gallery archival prints, signed and numbered by the artist.
Hope to see you all for the opening on Friday night, February 3rd, 6pm to 9:30pm.
The photos will remain on the walls throughout the month of February.
“2 Many Pixels”130 West Jackson avenue, suite 201Knoxville, TN 37902
The gallery is open weekdays 10 am to 5 pm and after hours or weekends by appointment at 917 532 4913 or patrice@2manypixelsphoto.com
501 Arthur
501 Arthur St., Knoxville (865) 951- 2523 Website
8 Shooters Studio
1201 Central Street, Knoxville (865) 545-4408 Website
A1 Lab Arts
Center for Creative Minds, at 23 Emory Place Knoxville Website
Art Gallery of Knoxville / Copy Shop
317 Gay Street Knoxville (865) 595- 4401 Website
Art Market Gallery
422 S. Gay Street Knoxville (865) 525-5265 Website
February 1-26, Art Market Galley of Knoxville is pleased to present the exhibit: “Great Art with a HeArt.”
“Great Art with a HeArt” is a Valentine and love-themed exhibit featuring both 2-D and 3-D artworks created by the gallery’s member-artists.
A First Friday Reception for the exhibit is planned for February 3rd from 5:30-9 pm with complimentary refreshments and live music.
Belleze Salon and Spa
6209 Kingston Pike Knoxville (865) 558-8424 Website
BirdhouseLaboratories
800 N. 4th Ave Knoxville Website
Black Market Clothing
23 Market Square, Knoxville (865) 258-8448
Bliss
24 Market Square, Knoxville (865) 329 8868 Website
Bliss Home
29 Market Square Knoxville (865) 673-6711 Website
Blount Mansion
200 W Hill Ave Knoxville (865) 525-2375 Website
Cafe Pita
2121 Cumberland Ave. Knoxville (684-5477) Website
Casa Hora @ The Emporium
100 S. Gay Street, Suite 109, Knoxville (865) 335-3358 Website
Cocoa Moon Fusion Grill/Koi
19 Market Square Knoxville (865) 521 3888
Coffee and Chocolate
327 Union Avenue Knoxville (865) 688-9244 Website
Community Television of Knoxville
808 State Street Knoxville (865) 215-4350 Website
Downtown Grind
418 S. Gay Street , Knoxville (865) 524-4747
East Tennessee Historical Society
601 S. Gay Street, Knoxville (865) 216-8824 Website
East Tennessee Community Design Center & Knoxville Downtown Design Studio
500 S. Gay Street Knoxville Mobile (865) 603-3988 Office (865) 525-9945Website
Emporium Center for Arts & Culture / Arts and Culture Alliance / The Balcony Gallery
100 S. Gay Street Knoxville (865) 523-7543 Website
Arts & Culture Alliance Presents “Forward” by Pellissippi State Studio Art Faculty
The Arts & Culture Alliance is pleased to present a new exhibition entitled “Forward” featuring the work of the Studio Art faculty at Pellissippi State Community College. The theme of “Forward” implies “toward or at a place, point, or time in advance; onward; ahead: to move forward; from this day forward; to look forward.” The exhibition features work by Randy Arnold, Jennifer Brickey, Jim Darrow, Brian Jobe, Anne Kinggard, Jeff Lockett, Alison Oakes, Herb Rieth, and Mike Rose and will be displayed in the Balcony at the Emporium Center in downtown Knoxville from February 3-24, 2012 with an opening reception as part of First Friday activities on February 3 from 5:00-9:00 PM.
The Studio Art faculty at Pellissippi State Community College include:
Randy Arnold – In a narrative that weaves provocative and conventional paradoxes, I attempt to illuminate the psyche of a world, conflicted between a natural order and egocentric ethos.
Jennifer Brickey – From intervals of disarray to obsessively tidy, my compositions are a direct metaphor for my own experience with nesting. Like the Rubik’s cube, I am enthralled by an indescribable method of organization and placement.
Jim Darrow – I am a Christian Artist and constantly observe the world from that point of view. I don’t have a secular world view; I have an eternal view of infinity.
Brian Jobe – My primary concerns are repetition, sequential inevitability, and public interaction.
Anne Kinggard – I am fascinated with imagery that does not evoke and/or impart an immediate visual conclusion. What lies behind and beyond the initial facade? What was first cause?
Jeff Lockett – I try to make objects whose elements attract because of distant familiarity and repulse at the same time. The work draws on references to the human form as seen under a microscope while at the same time touching on malignancy, mitosis and reproduction.
Alison Oakes – By showing our skin’s vulnerabilities, our fragile permeable barrier between the world and our insides, I am seeking to subvert the representations of humans in the fashion/advertising world and to show the flaw in beauty and the beauty in the flaw.
Herb Rieth – Building myth, memory and meaning is one of the themes I have been exploring with my recent work. The interaction of fabric, cartoon imagery and lately, photography all coalesce to plumb narrative notions.
Mike Rose – Mike Rose works primarily with forged steel and cast metals. Often utilizing a functional format for his pieces the objects are embellished with zoomorphic imagery.
Pellissippi State offers a comprehensive range of studio courses in painting, drawing, design, printmaking, ceramics, and sculpture in a studio setting under the guidance of practicing professional artists. For more information on the Visual Arts program, visit www.pstcc.edu/departments/VisualArts.
“Forward” will be displayed in the Balcony at the Emporium Center, 100 S. Gay Street. Gallery hours are Monday-Friday 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM with additional hours on Saturday, February 4, from 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM. For more information, please contact the Arts & Culture Alliance at (865) 523-7543, or visit the Web site at www.knoxalliance.com.
Arts & Culture Alliance Presents “If Not Now, When?”
The Arts & Culture Alliance is pleased to present a new exhibition by artists Jake Livesay and Victor Schmidt entitled “If Not Now, When?”. Jake Livesay of Knoxville will show acrylic paintings, and Victor Schmidt of Nashville will display forged steel and brass sculptures. The simple saying “If not now, when?” reflects the artists’ desire to draw attention and enjoyment to their work in the present moment. The exhibition will be displayed at the Emporium Center in downtown Knoxville from February 3-24, 2012 with an opening reception as part of First Friday activities on February 3 from 5:00-9:00 PM.
Jake Livesay has lived in all four time zones of the United States as well as one in Europe; one of the few identifiable products of his waning wanderlust. He moved to Tennessee in 2005 to finish graduate school in Applied Physics; he has since settled into a life and career as a nuclear non-proliferation researcher at Oak Ridge National Lab. He shares one son, Yuma, with Tovah Greenwood. Livesay tries to paint what he would like to see: colorful, obscure, intricate objects; animals; rhythms; thoughts; and wild guesses. “I hope my technique catches up to my vision of things,” he says. “In the meantime I will try not to allow my ineptitudes to become impediments toward finer expression.” For more information, visit http://jakelivesay.blogspot.com.
Victor Schmidt has worked for nearly 40 years as a craftsman-metalsmith in media ranging from small sculptures and drawings to silver jewelry pieces to cast bronze. He studied iron forging with Patrick Boutillier at the Beaux-Arts School in Aix-en-Provence, France; he later studied with Sylvain Hairy and Luc Bonneau concentrating on sculpture and bronze casting at the Beaux-Arts School of Dijon. He lived in New York City for over 25 years, developing sculptural concepts and perfecting metal sculpting techniques while teaching metalworking at Pratt Institute. His work has shown in galleries and juried exhibitions throughout the Southeast and New York and appears in many private collections. “The world of objects can be as mysterious as the world of ideas,” he says. “I try to create a harmony, a bonding where the idea and the object become consenting and inspired partners. The more I work, the closer I feel I am getting to images that need no words and sculptures that need no explanation.” Schmidt now resides in Nashville where he works on metal sculpture full-time. For more information, visit www.victorschmidtsculpture.com.
“If Not Now, When?” will be on display at the Emporium Center, 100 S. Gay Street. Gallery hours are Monday-Friday 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM with additional hours on Saturday, February 4, from 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM. For more information, please contact the Arts & Culture Alliance at (865) 523-7543, or visit the Web site at www.knoxalliance.com.
Ewing Gallery
1715 Volunteer Blvd. Knoxville (865) 974-3200 Website
Fluorescent Gallery
627 N. Central Knoxville (865) 522-1752 Website
Gallery 1010
113 South Gay Street Knoxville Website
Hanson Gallery
5607 Kingston Pike Knoxville p (865) 584-6097 Website
Indigo
327 Union Avenue Knoxville (865) 525-8788 Website
Ironwood Studios
119 Jennings Avenue Knoxville (865) 405-0777 Website
John Black Photography
501 Union Ave. Knoxville (865) 522-1715 Website
Julie Apple Handbags
121 Gay Street Knoxville (865) 235-1252 Website
Kate Moore Creative / Jennie Andrews Photography
123 S Gay Suite B Knoxville (865) 951-8416 Kate Moore Website Jennie Andrews Website
Knoxville Arts and Fine Crafts Center
1127B Broadway Ave. Knoxville (865) 523-1401
Knoxville Museum of Art
1060 World’s Fair Park Knoxville (865) 525-6101 Website
Knox ivi
17 Market Square, Knoxville Website
Knoxville Visitor Center
301 Gay Street Knoxville (800) 727-8045 Website
Come see Knoxville through Brian McDaniel’s lens. Brian McDaniel will be showcasing his Knoxville Calendars as well as larger prints of the city for First Friday. 2/3/2012- 6-8pm
Lox Salon
103 W. Jackson Knoxville Website
Maplehurst Inn
800 W. Hill Avenue, Knoxville (865) 803-6215
Midtown Arts Center
513 Cooper Street (865) 406-7885
Morelock Music
411 S. Gay Street Knoxville (865) 766-5192 Website
Old City Java
109 S. Central Avenue Knoxville (865) 523-9817 Website
Oodles Uncorked
18 Market Square Knoxville (865) 521-0600 Website
Organized Play
221 Cumberland Avenue Knoxville (865) 521-0690 Website
Preservation Pub
28 Market Square Knoxville (865) 524-2224 Website
Rala
323 Union Avenue Knoxville (865) 525-7888 Website
Remedy Coffee
125 W. Jackson Ave. Knoxville Website
Rita’s Italian Ice
Market Square, Knoxville
Salon Visage
11 Market Square Knoxville (865) 694-4000
Tennessee Valley Bikes
214 W. Magnolia, Knoxville Website
The Fortunate Traveler
119 S. Central Street Bldg. 2 Knoxville (865) 474-1098 Website
Tomato Head
12 Market Square, Knoxville – (865) 637-4067 Website
Christopher Gurney will be on view at the Knoxville Tomato Head Restaurant (12 Market Square) from February 4th through March 2nd, 2012. He will display at the Maryville Tomato Head from March 4th through April 7th, 2012.
Unarmed Merchants
129 S. Gay Street Knoxville (865) 549-5769 Website
Union Avenue Books
Join us for a reception for our February artist Stephanie Untz on Friday, Feb.3 from 5-8 pm.
URBhana
115 S. Gay Street (865) 525-7381 WeUniversity of Tennessee University Center Concourse Gallery sponsored by the Visual Arts Committee
1502 West Cumberland Ave. Knoxville Call Meghan Terry at 865-974-5455 for more information or visit activities.utk.edu for a full list of VAC events.
This month will feature an Interactive Poetry Exhibit.
UT Downtown Gallery
106 S. Gay Street Knoxville (865) 673-0802 WebSite
Yee- Haw Industries
413 S. Gay Street Knoxville (865) 522-1812 Website
There’s a new venue in town!
A new venue is joining First Friday’s- Gallery 133, located at 133 South Gay Street. They’ve got quite a few artists on display, and will soon be offering space for artists to hold classes. For details, stop in and say hi.
Listing info:
There’s a lot of artists and venues thinking I’m catching their listing info on their blog, on their facebook postings, etc. Don’t count on me seeing them. To get your listing onto this website, you MUST use either the contact form, or send an email to the address set up specifically for the listings. You can find further info on how to get this done at this LINK It is the ONLY way you’ll get a listing put up on the site. Since I’m doing this without charging anyone for doing it, please make this easier for me by submitting your listings via email or the contact form. All the info gets sent into a special folder so that I don’t miss it in the ton of daily email I get.
Don’t see a listing?
If you don’t see a listing, I couldn’t find it when I updated this for this month. Check here sometime on First Friday, a lot of places don’t send me updates until the last minute, so pop in here before you head out for the latest updates. You’ll find their phone number and links to their web site in the listing below, so you can check to see if they’ve got more recent info on their own site.
On with this month’s openings!
11 Cafe
122A South Gay St
Artwork by Betsy Hobkirk will be on display. Artist Website
2 Many Pixels
130 W. Jackson Avenue, Suite 201 Knoxville
Our 2011 photo retrospective (best photographers of the year) will remain on the walls through January and February.
Join us on First Friday January 6th to enjoy great photography, good company and free wine…
Each of the 7 photographers selected are showing about 10 images of their amazing work, giving all of you a chance to enjoy their artistic vision one more time… and may be bring home one of these.
The exhibit showcases:
“POPCORN, a story of white lightning in black and white” by Andy Armstrong
“Foggy dreams of fashion” by Jameykay Young
“Innocent casualties of war in Uganda” by Heather McClintock
“Scar tissue, an exploration of abandoned spaces” by Mark L. Malloy
“South-East Asian itineraries” by Natasha Scheuerman
“Arcane photography and simple images” by Kat Bike
“Pieces of me” by Scott W. Lee
All the photos are for sale, gallery archival prints, signed and numbered by the artist.
Hope to see you all for the opening on Friday night, January 6th, 6pm to 9:30pm.
The photos will remain on the walls throughout the months of January and February.
501 Arthur
501 Arthur St., Knoxville (865) 951- 2523 Website
8 Shooters Studio
1201 Central Street, Knoxville (865) 545-4408 Website
A1 Lab Arts
Center for Creative Minds, at 23 Emory Place Knoxville Website
Art Gallery of Knoxville / Copy Shop
317 Gay Street Knoxville (865) 595- 4401 Website
Art Market Gallery
422 S. Gay Street Knoxville (865) 525-5265 Website
January 2-29, Art Market Galley of Knoxville is pleased to present an exhibit of recent works by Nelson Ziegler of Sevierville and Hollie LaRue of Maryville.
Nelson Ziegler, a graduate of the Art Institute of Boston, will be exhibiting a collection of his wood turned works. An accomplished painter for over thirty years, he has been turning wood since 1994 and merges his turning and painting skills into his wood works by carving and painting the surface of his wood turned pieces.
Hollie LaRue, who holds a BFA from ETSU, will be exhibiting a collection of her paintings, which are minimalist compositions rendered in Encaustic, one of the oldest forms of painting. She creates her paintings by layering multiple coats of beeswax (which she procures from local beekeepers) with acrylic resins and oil paints. Ms. LaRue also teaches art in the Knox County school system.
A First Friday Reception for the exhibit is planned for January 6 from 5:30-9 pm with complimentary refreshments and live music.
Belleze Salon and Spa
6209 Kingston Pike Knoxville (865) 558-8424 Website
Birdhouse Laboratories
800 N. 4th Ave Knoxville Website
Black Market Clothing
23 Market Square, Knoxville (865) 258-8448
Bliss
24 Market Square, Knoxville (865) 329 8868 Website
Bliss Home
29 Market Square Knoxville (865) 673-6711 Website
Blount Mansion
200 W Hill Ave Knoxville (865) 525-2375 Website
Cafe Pita
2121 Cumberland Ave. Knoxville (684-5477) Website
Casa Hora @ The Emporium
100 S. Gay Street, Suite 109, Knoxville (865) 335-3358 Website
Cocoa Moon Fusion Grill/Koi
19 Market Square Knoxville (865) 521 3888
Coffee and Chocolate
327 Union Avenue Knoxville (865) 688-9244 Website
Community Television of Knoxville
808 State Street Knoxville (865) 215-4350 Website
Coolato Gelato
524 S Gay Street, Knoxville
Mike C Berry’s artwork is on display. We have a live trio every First Friday Blues Jass & a little Country
Downtown Grind
418 S. Gay Street , Knoxville (865) 524-4747
Downtown Regal West 8
1640 Downtown West Boulevard, Knoxville
January featured artist: S.Graham Baker Artist Website
East Tennessee Historical Society
601 S. Gay Street, Knoxville (865) 216-8824 Website
East Tennessee Community Design Center & Knoxville Downtown Design Studio
500 S. Gay Street Knoxville Mobile (865) 603-3988 Office (865) 525-9945Website
Emporium Center for Arts & Culture / Arts and Culture Alliance / The Balcony Gallery
100 S. Gay Street Knoxville (865) 523-7543 Website
The Arts & Culture Alliance is pleased to present a new group exhibition opening Friday, January 6, at 5:00 PM in the Balcony of the Emporium Center featuring seven regional artists:
Pamela Neal Almeling (Knoxville) – Contemporary abstract impressionist paintings; http://penstudio.carbonmade.com
Terrie Boruff-Yeatts (Knoxville) – Oil paintings that revisit the characters of Alice in Wonderland; www.terrieyeatts.com
Tony Henson (Kingsport) – Abstract paintings that express emotion through liquid color, movement, and texture; www.tonyhensonart.com
Chuck Jensen (Crossville) – Large, abstract paintings featuring vibrant acrylic colors; www.chuckswoodstock.com
Barry McManus (Louisville) – Serious, humorous, and varied photographic tryptichs.
Sue Messer (Dandridge) – Oil, watercolor and acrylic works featuring the Great Smoky Mountains; www.suesfineart.com
Jalyn B. Weston (Sweetwater) – A depiction of the dreams of a future paleontologist.
The group exhibition will be displayed in the Balcony at the Emporium Center, 100 S. Gay Street, from January 6-27, 2011. An opening reception will take place as part of First Friday activities on January 6 from 5:00-9:00 PM with complimentary hors d’oeuvres. Gallery hours are Monday-Friday 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM with additional hours on Saturday, January 7, from 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM.
Ewing Gallery
1715 Volunteer Blvd. Knoxville (865) 974-3200 Website
Fluorescent Gallery
627 N. Central Knoxville (865) 522-1752 Website
Gallery 1010
113 South Gay Street Knoxville Website
Gallery 133
133 South Gay Street Knoxville (865) 405-4143 Website
Gallery 133 will host the artists openings on Friday, from 5-9pm.
Chris Cornett Oil paintings and acrylic work
I am a Modern, Post-Modern, Abstract/Expressionistic, Painter working primarily with oils. I believe that my work is the coalescence of my view of the world through a reflective artistic lens which represents the memories and present thoughts of my cumulative being. My work should be viewed in a way that allows the viewer to interpret and apply their own perspectives to the work in a way that one would view any new personal discovery. The artwork should then be allowed to transcend beyond the visual and in part become dependent upon the abstract interaction of the work created and the viewer’s interpretation by the concurrent manner of their own introspective processes.
Dawn Hawkins Artist Website
I am a local artist that is inspired by sunsets, landscapes, Coastals, and an array of trees, which saturate my very existence… My looking glass.
My true passion is working with acrylic mediums with a touch of watercolor to create very unique and surprising results. As I paint, I engulf myself within my subject as if I were actually an intrinsic part of the landscape.
To me, art is a synthesis of my personal feeling. The change of light from daybreak to dusk with the stroke of color is serenity. My goal is to provide a personal journey to anyone who sees my work.
Lisa Gifford Mueller - Sassy Glass Studio One-of-a-kind fused glass art Website
Lisa Gifford Mueller creates one-of-a-kind fused glass art that is typically both decorative and functional. Custom creations are a specialty and new processes and techniques are a passion.
Also on display is Callie Konane Richards, Hannali Green, Kelly Jones, Jerry Riffey, Kitty Brooks, Josh Jordan, Paige Ridley, Leminade Queen, and Sorista Tary
Hanson Gallery
5607 Kingston Pike Knoxville p (865) 584-6097 Website
Indigo
327 Union Avenue Knoxville (865) 525-8788 Website
Ironwood Studios
119 Jennings Avenue Knoxville (865) 405-0777 Website
John Black Photography
501 Union Ave. Knoxville (865) 522-1715 Website
Julie Apple Handbags
121 Gay Street Knoxville (865) 235-1252 Website
On display this month is artwork by Thaddeus George. Thaddeus R. George is a self-taught artist that is a native of Springfield, Ohio. He started painting at a young age and renewed his interested about five years ago. His primary style is abstract in acrylics. Painting for him is a spiritual release and his voice ton the world. His paintings express his many moods, thoughts and emotions. George currently resides in Knoxville and has had the privilege to share his craft in venues all over east Tennessee.
Kate Moore Creative / Jennie Andrews Photography
123 S Gay Suite B Knoxville (865) 951-8416 Kate Moore Website Jennie Andrews Website
Knoxville Arts and Fine Crafts Center
1127B Broadway Ave. Knoxville (865) 523-1401
Knoxville Museum of Art
1060 World’s Fair Park Knoxville (865) 525-6101 Website
Knox ivi
17 Market Square, Knoxville Website
Knoxville Visitor Center
301 Gay Street Knoxville (800) 727-8045 Website
Lox Salon
103 W. Jackson Knoxville Website
Maplehurst Inn
800 W. Hill Avenue, Knoxville (865) 803-6215
Midtown Arts Center
513 Cooper Street (865) 406-7885
Morelock Music
411 S. Gay Street Knoxville (865) 766-5192 Website
Old City Java
109 S. Central Avenue Knoxville (865) 523-9817 Website
Oodles Uncorked
18 Market Square Knoxville (865) 521-0600 Website
Organized Play
221 Cumberland Avenue Knoxville (865) 521-0690 Website
Pilot Light - Bonanza Jellybean
Small original local artworks, knick-backs and vintage attire, all housed in a red nineteen fifties camper. We will be parked outside the pilot light in the old city.
Preservation Pub
28 Market Square Knoxville (865) 524-2224 Website
Rala
323 Union Avenue Knoxville (865) 525-7888 Website
Remedy Coffee
125 W. Jackson Ave. Knoxville Website
Rita’s Italian Ice
Market Square, Knoxville
Salon Visage
11 Market Square Knoxville (865) 694-4000
Swagger
32 Market Square
Swagger on Market Square. Lifted Lab presents: Sunday Morning from Columbia, SC, displaying “future-vintage” style wheat paste collage pieces. This artist is also a music producer and will be playing a DJ set mixed with his own music. DJ Wigs will also provide a live DJ set. The opening for First Friday starts at 7:00pm. Artist Website
The Tennessee Theatre
604 South Gay Street Knoxville Website
The Tennessee Theatre is opening its doors during Knoxville’s First Friday celebration from 5-9 p.m. on Jan. 6 to celebrate the atmosphere and culture of downtown and the role the Tennessee Theatre plays in its revitalization. The celebration in the lobby of the theatre will include live music, artwork by Mike Berry, wine tasting, food, a caricature artist and backstage tours of the theatre.
Artwork by Mike Berry: Mike’s work consists of colorful and vibrant cityscapes and landscapes, often bending and twisting the perspective in his compositions. In 2009, Mike was voted the Best Visual Artist of East Tennessee by The Knoxville News Sentinel Readers Poll. Mike will be bringing artwork with a downtown theme as well as other selected works. Artist Website
Tennessee Valley Bikes
214 W. Magnolia, Knoxville Website
The Fortunate Traveler
119 S. Central Street Bldg. 2 Knoxville (865) 474-1098 Website
Tomato Head
12 Market Square, Knoxville – (865) 637-4067 Website
“Days of Wine and Roses” – exhibit of oil paintings with vivid rose petals, colorful wine bottles, sparkling goblets, and Italian scenes. Now that I’m retired from my day job of nursing, I take time to smell the roses and kick back with a glass of wine. You paint what you love and I love flowers, crystal, and Italian vinos which inspired these pieces. Carol Jones will be on view at the Knoxville Tomato Head Restaurant from January 7, 2012 through February 3rd, 2012.
Unarmed Merchants
129 S. Gay Street Knoxville (865) 549-5769 Website
URBhana
115 S. Gay Street (865) 525-7381 Website
University of Tennessee University Center Concourse Gallery sponsored by the Visual Arts Committee
1502 West Cumberland Ave. Knoxville Call Meghan Terry at 865-974-5455 for more information or visit activities.utk.edu for a full list of VAC events.
Phoenix: mixed media art and literary journal exhibit. http://diglib.lib.utk.edu/phoenix/main.php
UT Downtown Gallery
106 S. Gay Street Knoxville (865) 673-0802 WebSite
Yee- Haw Industries
413 S. Gay Street Knoxville (865) 522-1812 Website
Listing info:
There’s a lot of artists and venues thinking I’m catching their listing info on their blog, on their facebook postings, etc. Don’t count on me seeing them. To get your listing onto this website, you MUST use either the contact form, or send an email to the address set up specifically for the listings. You can find further info on how to get this done at this LINK It is the ONLY way you’ll get a listing put up on the site. Since I’m doing this without charging anyone for doing it, please make this easier for me by submitting your listings via email or the contact form. All the info gets sent into a special folder so that I don’t miss it in the ton of daily email I get.
Don’t see a listing?
If you don’t see a listing, I couldn’t find it when I updated this for this month. Check here sometime on First Friday, a lot of places don’t send me updates until the last minute, so pop in here before you head out for the latest updates. You’ll find their phone number and links to their web site in the listing below, so you can check to see if they’ve got more recent info on their own site. Not sure what to expect on First Friday? Here’s a little sample from Knoxville Tourism & Sports – httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rR5lbAZj54
On with this month’s openings!
2 Many Pixels
130 W. Jackson Avenue, Suite 201 Knoxville
On December 2nd (First Friday), “2 Many Pixels” photo gallery is proud to present a retrospective of the best photographers of the year 2011:
Each of the 7 photographers selected will be showing about 10 images of their amazing work, giving all of you a chance to enjoy their artistic vision one more time… and may be bring home one of these as a perfect Holiday present.
The exhibit will showcase:
“POPCORN, a story of white lightning in black and white” by Andy Armstrong
“Foggy dreams of fashion” by Jameykay Young
“Innocent casualties of war in Uganda” by Heather McClintock
“Scar tissue, an exploration of abandoned spaces” by Mark L. Malloy
“South-East Asian itineraries” by Natasha Scheuerman
“Arcane photography and simple images” by Kat Bike
“Pieces of me” by Scott W. Lee
All the photos will be for sale, gallery archival prints, signed and numbered by the artist.
Hope to see you all for the opening on Friday night, December 2nd, 6pm to 9:30pm.
The photos will remain on the walls throughout the month of December.
31 Bistro (formerly La Costa)
31 Market Square (865) 566-0275
Brian Murray’s photos will be on display. New York 94′ is the title of the exhibit. It is a series of photos of New York in the winter of 1994. Artist Website
501 Arthur
501 Arthur St., Knoxville (865) 951- 2523 Website
8 Shooters Studio
1201 Central Street, Knoxville (865) 545-4408 Website
A1 Lab Arts
Center for Creative Minds, at 23 Emory Place Knoxville Website
Art Market Gallery
422 S. Gay Street Knoxville (865) 525-5265 Website
December 1-31, Art Market Gallery of Knoxville is pleased to present an exhibit of recent works by Harriet Howell of Rutledge and Kathy Holland of Oak Ridge.
Harriet Howell, who holds a BFA from UT’s College of Art is an accomplished pastel and watermedia painter who will be exhibiting a collection of her painted silk scarves. Her painting, whether on paper or silk, uses color and movement to capture the emotional content of the landscape. She says that “painting scarves allows me to play with color and natural shapes and then turn the art into something wearable. What fun!” Harriet also teaches classes in experimental watermedia and pastel landscape drawing.
Kathy Holland, who holds a BFA in painting and printmaking from Virginia Commonwealth University, will be exhibiting a collection of her oil paintings and colored pencil drawings. She has participated in multiple juried national and international exhibitions and solo shows and her work can be found in collections in the US, Canada, New Zealand and Uruguay. In addition to maintaining an active studio practice, she also teaches painting and drawing and has recently completed illustrations for a children’s book currently in publication.
A First Friday Reception for the exhibit is planned for December 2 from 5:30-9 pm with complimentary refreshments and live music.
Belleze Salon and Spa
6209 Kingston Pike Knoxville (865) 558-8424 Website
BirdhouseLaboratories
800 N. 4th Ave Knoxville Website
Black Market Clothing
23 Market Square, Knoxville (865) 258-8448
Bliss
24 Market Square, Knoxville (865) 329 8868 Website
Bliss Home
29 Market Square Knoxville (865) 673-6711 Website
Blount Mansion
200 W Hill Ave Knoxville (865) 525-2375 Website
Cafe Pita
2121 Cumberland Ave. Knoxville (684-5477) Website
Casa Hora @ The Emporium
100 S. Gay Street, Suite 109, Knoxville (865) 335-3358 Website
Chop Shop Hair Studio
1206 North Central Street, Knoxville (865) 525-4240 Website
Robmat Butler, a graduate of The University of Tennessee’s MFA program in sculpture, lives and works in Knoxville, TN. He received a BFA in Studio Arts with a minor in Art History from The University of South Florida. In addition to being the preparator at The Knoxville Museum of Art, Robmat is an active contemporary artist, whose work has been shown both nationally and internationally. His work has, most recently, been included in Miami’s Art Basel and featured in The Brevard Art Museum’s show Naval Gazing. Butler also works as a freelance fabricator while pursuing an interest in curating local and regional art events. Artist Website Robmat Butler’s work will be showing at the Chop Shop Hair Studio through January 2012.
Cocoa Moon Fusion Grill/Koi
19 Market Square Knoxville (865) 521 3888
Coffee and Chocolate
327 Union Avenue Knoxville (865) 688-9244 Website
Community Television of Knoxville
808 State Street Knoxville (865) 215-4350 Website
Downtown Grind
418 S. Gay Street , Knoxville (865) 524-4747
East Tennessee Historical Society
601 S. Gay Street, Knoxville (865) 216-8824 Website
East Tennessee Community Design Center & Knoxville Downtown Design Studio
500 S. Gay Street Knoxville Mobile (865) 603-3988 Office (865) 525-9945Website
Emporium Center for Arts & Culture / Arts and Culture Alliance / The Balcony Gallery
100 S. Gay Street Knoxville (865) 523-7543 Website Ewing Gallery 1715 Volunteer Blvd. Knoxville (865) 974-3200 Website
Fluorescent Gallery
627 N. Central Knoxville (865) 522-1752 Website
Gallery 1010
113 South Gay Street Knoxville Website
Hanson Gallery
5607 Kingston Pike Knoxville p (865) 584-6097 Website
Indigo
327 Union Avenue Knoxville (865) 525-8788 Website
Ironwood Studios
119 Jennings Avenue Knoxville (865) 405-0777 Website
John Black Photography
501 Union Ave. Knoxville (865) 522-1715 Website
Julie Apple Handbags
121 Gay Street Knoxville (865) 235-1252 Website
Kate Moore Creative / Jennie Andrews Photography
123 S Gay Suite B Knoxville (865) 951-8416 Kate Moore Website Jennie Andrews Website Knoxville Arts and Fine Crafts Center1127B Broadway Ave. Knoxville (865) 523-1401
Knoxville Museum of Art
1060 World’s Fair Park Knoxville (865) 525-6101 Website
Knox ivi
17 Market Square, Knoxville Website
Knoxville Visitor Center
301 Gay Street Knoxville (800) 727-8045 Website
Lox Salon
103 W. Jackson Knoxville Website Maplehurst Inn800 W. Hill Avenue, Knoxville (865) 803-6215
Midtown Arts Center
513 Cooper Street (865) 406-7885
Morelock Music
411 S. Gay Street Knoxville (865) 766-5192 Website
Old City Java
109 S. Central Avenue Knoxville (865) 523-9817 Website
Oodles Uncorked
18 Market Square Knoxville (865) 521-0600 Website
Organized Play
221 Cumberland Avenue Knoxville (865) 521-0690 Website
Preservation Pub
28 Market Square Knoxville (865) 524-2224 Website
Rala
323 Union Avenue Knoxville (865) 525-7888 Website
Remedy Coffee
125 W. Jackson Ave. Knoxville Website
Rita’s Italian Ice
Market Square, Knoxville
Salon Visage
11 Market Square Knoxville (865) 694-4000
Tennessee Valley Bikes
214 W. Magnolia, Knoxville Website The Fortunate Traveler 119 S. Central Street Bldg. 2 Knoxville (865) 474-1098 Website
Tomato Head
12 Market Square, Knoxville – (865) 637-4067 Website
An exhibit of paintings by Sloane Baker Tillman will be on view at the Knoxville Tomato Head Restaurant from December 3, 2011 through January 6th, 2012. Artist Website
Unarmed Merchants
129 S. Gay Street Knoxville (865) 549-5769 Website
URBhana
115 S. Gay Street (865) 525-7381 Website
University of Tennessee University Center Concourse Gallery sponsored by the Visual Arts Committee
1502 West Cumberland Ave. Knoxville Call Meghan Terry at 865-974-5455 for more information or visit activities.utk.edu for a full list of VAC events.
Looking Back on 50 Years: mixed media exhibit representing 50 years of African American Achievement on Campus http://achieve.utk.edu/
UT Downtown Gallery
106 S. Gay Street Knoxville (865) 673-0802 WebSite
Yee- Haw Industries
413 S. Gay Street Knoxville (865) 522-1812 Website
Listing info:
There’s a lot of artists and venues thinking I’m catching their listing info on their blog, on their facebook postings, etc. Don’t count on me seeing them. To get your listing onto this website, you MUST use either the contact form, or send an email to the address set up specifically for the listings. You can find further info on how to get this done at this LINK It is the ONLY way you’ll get a listing put up on the site. Since I’m doing this without charging anyone for doing it, please make this easier for me by submitting your listings via email or the contact form. All the info gets sent into a special folder so that I don’t miss it in the ton of daily email I get.
Don’t see a listing?
If you don’t see a listing, I couldn’t find it when I updated this for this month. Check here sometime on First Friday, a lot of places don’t send me updates until the last minute, so pop in here before you head out for the latest updates. You’ll find their phone number and links to their web site in the listing below, so you can check to see if they’ve got more recent info on their own site.
On with this month’s openings!
501 Arthur
501 Arthur St., Knoxville (865) 951- 2523 Website
8 Shooters Studio
1201 Central Street, Knoxville (865) 545-4408 Website
A1 Lab Arts
201 Randolph Street (Old City) Knoxville Website
Ansley Design Fab
900 Stone Street Knoxville Website
We plan to have an open house this Friday. Will have furniture designs on display among other odd’s and ends.
Art Market Gallery
422 S. Gay Street Knoxville (865) 525-5265 Website
Art Market Gallery of Knoxville is pleased to present an exhibit of recent works by Lil Clinard of Loudon and Elaine Fronczek of Knoxville.
Award-winning watercolor and acrylic painter Lil Clinard strives to express her response to the natural world through brush stroke, texture, color, light and composition rather than the control of photographic detail. A member of several watercolor societies and art guilds, her work is in corporate and private collections throughout the southeast.
Fiber artist Elaine Fronczek fashions clothing and home décor items from unique fabrics that she creates through a process called wet felting, a method that dates back over 8000 years that she often combines with the more modern technique of needle felting. Her creations are inspired by the works of mid-century and contemporary artists and fabric designers.
A First Friday Reception for the exhibit is planned for November 4 from 5:30-9 pm with complimentary refreshments and live music.
Belleze Salon and Spa
6209 Kingston Pike Knoxville (865) 558-8424 Website
Birdhouse Laboratories
800 N. 4th Ave Knoxville Website
Black Market Clothing
23 Market Square, Knoxville (865) 258-8448
Bliss
24 Market Square, Knoxville (865) 329 8868 Website
Bliss Home
29 Market Square Knoxville (865) 673-6711 Website
Bliss Home is excited to feature Briena Harmening for November First Friday. Please join us for a reception at Bliss Home, 29 Market Square, from 6-9p.m., Friday November 4.
Harmening will show her beautiful artwork collection, inspired by confinement, made of beautiful fabric pieces, combining screen-printing, painting and sewing. Harmening resides and works in Knoxville, Tennessee. She is a 2010 MFA graduate from the University of Tennessee, a member of 17th Street Studios and Work Horse Artist Collective. By utilizing mediums such as painting, sculpture, and video performance her work addresses identity and autobiography. She currently teaches Introductory, Advanced, and IB Art at West High School.
Blount Mansion
200 W Hill Ave Knoxville (865) 525-2375 Website
Cafe Pita
2121 Cumberland Ave. Knoxville (684-5477) Website
Casa Hora @ The Emporium
100 S. Gay Street, Suite 109, Knoxville (865) 335-3358 Website
Chop Shop Hair Studio
1206 N. Central St. Knoxville Website
Cocoa Moon Fusion Grill/Koi
19 Market Square Knoxville (865) 521 3888
Coffee and Chocolate
327 Union Avenue Knoxville (865) 688-9244 Website
Community Television of Knoxville
808 State Street Knoxville (865) 215-4350 Website
Downtown Grind
418 S. Gay Street , Knoxville (865) 524-4747
East Tennessee Historical Society
601 S. Gay Street, Knoxville (865) 216-8824 Website
“Bleeding Kansas” A Brown Bag Lecture by Ed Bearrs – Wednesday, November 9 at noon
National Park Service Chief Historian Emeritus Ed Bearrs will discuss the strong pro- and anti-slavery divisions that formed around Kansas’s admission into the Union as a free or slave state. The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 led to a rush of new residents for Kansas, as citizens from pro-slavery Missouri and abolitionists from New England and other free states flooded Kansas to influence the decision, among them the fiery abolitionist John Brown and his five sons. Bearrs will emphasize the Kansas experience in the context of events leading to the Civil War and tell the dramatic stories of the individuals on both sides caught up in the melee.
The Brown Bag Lecture series is a program of the East Tennessee Historical Society and is sponsored by 21st Mortgage. The lecture is free and open to the public. Guests are invited to bring a lunch. Drinks will be available.
East Tennessee Community Design Center & Knoxville Downtown Design Studio
500 S. Gay Street Knoxville Mobile (865) 603-3988 Office (865) 525-9945 Website
Emporium Center for Arts & Culture / Arts and Culture Alliance / The Balcony Gallery
100 S. Gay Street Knoxville (865) 523-7543 Website
The East Tennessee Woodworkers Guild and the Arts & Culture Alliance present the 16th Master Woodworkers Show, November 4-6, at the Emporium Center. This biennial juried show highlights the handcrafted works of 35 craftspeople and artists of East Tennessee and the surrounding region and features many types of woodwork, from traditional to whimsical, including fine furniture, cabinetry, turning, sculpture and marquetry. The Emporium gallery provides an ideal environment in which to view the work and meet the artists.
The Show hours are: Friday, November 4, 5:00-9:00 PM; Saturday, November 5, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM; and Sunday, November 6, 12:00-5:00 PM. Admission is free. A public reception takes place on Friday, November 4, from 5:00-9:00 PM as part of First Friday activities in downtown Knoxville.
Among the participants in this year’s show are the following notable artisans:Craig Nutt, Brian Boggs, and Curtis Buchanan. The 16th Master Woodworkers Show will be displayed at the Emporium Center, 100 S. Gay Street (corner of Gay/Jackson) in downtown Knoxville.
Ewing Gallery
1715 Volunteer Blvd. Knoxville (865) 974-3200 Website
Fluorescent Gallery
627 N. Central Knoxville (865) 522-1752 Website
Gallery 1010
113 South Gay Street Knoxville Website
Hanson Gallery
5607 Kingston Pike Knoxville p (865) 584-6097 Website
Indigo
327 Union Avenue Knoxville (865) 525-8788 Website
Ironwood Studios
119 Jennings Avenue Knoxville (865) 405-0777 Website
John Black Photography
501 Union Ave. Knoxville (865) 522-1715 Website
Julie Apple Handbags
121 Gay Street Knoxville (865) 235-1252 Website
JulieApple welcomes Bran Rogers. Please join us for an artist’s reception from 6 o’clock to 9 o’clock. Bran Rogers is a Knoxville artist who works with everything from illustration to puppets.
He can usually be found walking around downtown thinking about what used to stand in all those parking lots.
He is inspired by Halloween, the smell of old books and people who are more talented than their cellphones.
Kate Moore Creative / Jennie Andrews Photography
123 S Gay Suite B Knoxville (865) 951-8416
Kate Moore Website
Jennie Andrews Website
Knoxville Arts and Fine Crafts Center
1127B Broadway Ave. Knoxville (865) 523-1401
Knoxville Museum of Art
1060 World’s Fair Park Knoxville (865) 525-6101 Website
Knox ivi
17 Market Square, Knoxville Website
Knoxville Visitor Center
301 Gay Street Knoxville (800) 727-8045 Website
First Friday Artist – Sarah Brobst will be at the Knoxville Visitor Center on Friday, November 4th from 4 to 8 pm, showcasing her beautiful works of “upcycled” jewelry pieces. When she is not working with children at Ijams Nature Center in South Knoxville, she is hard at work creating recycled jewelry for her 3-year-old business, Designs by Sarah Brobst. Stop by and see her this Friday!
La Costa
31 Market Square, Knoxville
Local photographer Brian Murray will have architectural scenes of historic Knoxville on display from November and runs through December, with new work being displayed in December. Artist’s Website
Lox Salon
103 W. Jackson Knoxville Website
Mixed Media by Carly Baskette
Maplehurst Inn
800 W. Hill Avenue, Knoxville (865) 803-6215
Midtown Arts Center
513 Cooper Street between downtown Knoxville and downtown north. (865) 406-7885
Morelock Music
411 S. Gay Street Knoxville (865) 766-5192 Website
Old City Java
109 S. Central Avenue Knoxville (865) 523-9817 Website
Oodles Uncorked
18 Market Square Knoxville (865) 521-0600 Website
Organized Play
221 Cumberland Avenue Knoxville (865) 521-0690 Website
Preservation Pub
28 Market Square Knoxville (865) 524-2224 Website
Rala
323 Union Avenue Knoxville (865) 525-7888 Website
This First Friday, come to Rala to see work by long time member and supporter of the Knoxville arts community, Brian Pittman. Brian’s cathedral drawings have inspired conversation and wonder all around town, earning him respect as a local artist and architect. This November, we are lucky enough to be showing a collection of those very cathedrals.
We are also pleased to be having a pre sale of brand new, hand-printed cathedral prints! Hop on down to to Rala, meet the artist, and grab up your own hand-drawn or hand-printed cathedral!
Remedy Coffee
125 W. Jackson Ave. Knoxville Website
Rita’s Italian Ice
Market Square, Knoxville
Studio Visage
11 Market Square Knoxville (865) 694-4000
Featuring Jill Sanders, UT art director this First Friday at Studio Visage!
Swagger
32 Market Square, Knoxville
Event: “These Funky Masks”
Date: November 4, 2011
Time: 6:30 PM – 9:00 PM
Music: DJ Wigs
Lifted Lab, a creative collective with ties across the nation, has teamed with Bearden Middle School art students to present an art show reflecting cultural diversity. Students were given the assignment to create a mask by cutting and layering colored paper, using inspiration of different lifestyles.
“These funky masks reflect various cultures all over the world. This is because we learned in class that many different cultures all over the world have masks of some sort. Bearden Middle School has one of the most diverse student populations in East Tennessee, so perhaps the variety of influences in the masks reflects this.”
For November’s First Friday, Lifted Lab will host an art show at Swagger in Market Square with a selection of the students’ masks. This art opening will be accompanied by a live DJ and refreshments. This event will give students the experience of exhibiting their work just as established artists do, interacting with their local community, and celebrating their creativity. The art will remain on display until December 1, 2011.
Tennessee Archive of Moving Image and Sound
East Tennessee History Center, Knoxville (865) 215-8856
Attention classic movie fans, literary buffs, and history buffs!
The Knox County Library, McClung Historical Collection, and the Tennessee Archive of Moving Image and Sound are partnering up to celebrate the library’s 125th anniversary! The First Friday, November 4rth event will feature a tour of “underground Knoxville”, a short documentary about the history of the Knoxville library, rare film footage from Knoxville’s past, and a film screening of the 1963 Paramount feature ALL THE WAY HOME, based on James Agee’s novel “A Death in the Family”. All the Way Home was filmed on-location in and around Knoxville, and premiered at the Tennessee Theatre in 1963.
First Friday screenings, November 4, 2011
Location: 110 South Gay Street, Knoxville, Tn 37902
Times: 6:30 pm – 9:30 pm
No admission charge
6:30 pm: “Underground Knoxville” Tours
The screening venue will be held within a building situated in what has been described as “underground Knoxville”. Visitors are welcome to take a tour along the original underground sidewalk, and perhaps view portions of buildings long ago hidden from view when the 100 block of Gay Street was raised during the early part of the 20th century.
Screening times:
7 pm: Vintage footage of the 100 block of Gay Street, 1930s-1950s (Harold’s Deli, WNOX performers, etc)
7:30 pm: Short documentary video on the history of the Knox County Library
7:45 pm: Rare archival newsfilm and home movie footage depicting behind the scenes Knoxville location shooting for ALL THE WAY HOME in Fort Sanders, and the 1963 premier of the film at the Tennessee Theater.
8:00 pm: 16mm screening of the 1963 Paramount Feature ALL THE WAY HOME, based on James Agee’s Pulitzer prize winning novel “A Death in the Family”.
The Fortunate Traveler
119 S. Central Street Bldg. 2, (In the Old City beside the Crown and Goose) Knoxville (865) 474-1098 Website
Tomato Head
12 Market Square, Knoxville – (865) 637-4067 Website
Unarmed Merchants
129 S. Gay Street Knoxville (865) 549-5769 Website
URBhana
115 S. Gay Street (865) 525-7381 Website
University of Tennessee University Center Concourse Gallery sponsored by the Visual Arts Committee
1502 West Cumberland Ave. Knoxville Call Meghan Terry at 865-974-5455 for more information or visit activities.utk.edu for a full list of VAC events.
Chris Scarborough- mixed media http://scarboy.net/
UT Downtown Gallery
106 S. Gay Street Knoxville (865) 673-0802 WebSite
Yee- Haw Industries
413 S. Gay Street Knoxville (865) 522-1812 Website
Listing info:
There’s a lot of artists and venues thinking I’m catching their listing info on their blog, on their facebook postings, etc. Don’t count on me seeing them. To get your listing onto this website, you MUST use either the contact form, or send an email to the address set up specifically for the listings. You can find further info on how to get this done at this LINK It is the ONLY way you’ll get a listing put up on the site. Since I’m doing this without charging anyone for doing it, please make this easier for me by submitting your listings via email or the contact form. All the info gets sent into a special folder so that I don’t miss it in the ton of daily email I get.
Don’t see a listing?
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Listing info:
There’s a lot of artists and venues thinking I’m catching their listing info on their blog, on their facebook postings, etc. Don’t count on me seeing them. To get your listing onto this website, you MUST use either the contact form, or send an email to the address set up specifically for the listings. You can find further info on how to get this done at this LINK It is the ONLY way you’ll get a listing put up on the site. Since I’m doing this without charging anyone for doing it, please make this easier for me by submitting your listings via email or the contact form. All the info gets sent into a special folder so that I don’t miss it in the ton of daily email I get.
Don’t see a listing?
If you don’t see a listing, I couldn’t find it when I updated this for this month. Check here sometime on First Friday, a lot of places don’t send me updates until the last minute, so pop in here before you head out for the latest updates. You’ll find their phone number and links to their web site in the listing below, so you can check to see if they’ve got more recent info on their own site.
On with this month’s openings!
2 Many Pixels
130 west Jackson avenue, suite 201 Knoxville Website
On First Friday September 2nd, after 6 pm, 2 Many Pixels gallery presents the images of photographer and cinematographer Marl Lawrence Malloy. “Scar Tissue” is an exploration of abandoned spaces, a focus driven emotional path through vanished touchstones.
Mark’s photographs have been exhibited worldwide including the Museum of Modern Art in New York. All the photos will be for sale in very limited editions, all signed by the artist. The gallery is open weekdays and after hours or weekends by special appointment at 917 532 4913
501 Arthur
501 Arthur St., Knoxville (865) 951- 2523 Website
8 Shooters Studio
1201 Central Street, Knoxville (865) 545-4408 Website
A1 Lab Arts
201 Randolph Street (Old City) Knoxville Website
Art Gallery of Knoxville / Copy Shop
317 Gay Street Knoxville (865) 595- 4401 Website
Art Market Gallery
422 S. Gay Street Knoxville (865) 525-5265 Website
September 1-25, Art Market Gallery of Knoxville is pleased to present an exhibit of recent works by Gordon Fowler of Knoxville and Pat Delashmit of Maryville.
Gordon Fowler is a wood artist who creates heirloom-quality bowls, platters and hollow forms using a woodturning lathe. Inspired by the symmetry and symbolism of circles, his primary focus is functional pieces, his favorite being the salad bowl: “Something that looks great on your countertop, feels wonderful when you pick it up and makes a dandy serving piece for your food; with a little care, it should last for generations.”
Pat Delashmit is a fiber artist who creates woven tapestries, soft sculpture and mixed media pieces. Her primary focus is tapestry, and the inspiration for many these pieces is the East Tennessee landscape. She says, “The changing seasons, weather and light of each day are images that inspire me.” She works from photographs as well as scenes remembered or imagined.
A First Friday Reception for the exhibit is planned for September 2 from 5:30-9 pm with complimentary refreshments and live music.
Sculptor Morgan Fitch welds various metal found objects together to create whimsical animal and humanoid forms. He’s delighted when observers of his sculpture find humor in it and appreciates their efforts to identify the multitude of old tools and utensils incorporated into his works.
Artist Bob Conliffe creates colorful, sometimes dream-like images using digital photography and image enhancing techniques. These photo illustrations are created starting with his own digital photographs which he then enhances with digital brushwork, color manipulation and other devices.
A First Friday Reception for the exhibit is planned for October 7 from 5:30-9 pm with complimentary refreshments and live music. This exhibit also marks the opening of the gallery’s New Members Show.
Belleze Salon and Spa
6209 Kingston Pike Knoxville (865) 558-8424 Website
Birdhouse Laboratories
800 N. 4th Ave Knoxville Website
Black Market Clothing
23 Market Square, Knoxville (865) 258-8448
Bliss
24 Market Square, Knoxville (865) 329 8868 Website
Bliss Home and Art
29 Market Square Knoxville (865) 673-6711 Website
Bliss Home features Todd Witcher for First Friday, the reception is from 6 to 9 p.m.
Witcher is executive director for Discover Life in America. DLIA is a small non-profit organization based in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Its goal is to learn of all the species that call the Smokies their home and share the information with scientists and the public. For this month, Witcher will display his beautiful photographs of “The Ferns of the Smokies.” A high-resolution collection of new scientific findings where every detail can be seen.
Blount Mansion
200 W Hill Ave Knoxville (865) 525-2375 Website
Cafe Pita
2121 Cumberland Ave. Knoxville (684-5477) Website
Casa Hora @ The Emporium
100 S. Gay Street, Suite 109, Knoxville (865) 335-3358 Website
HoLa Hora Latina is pleased to present “Frutos Latinos II”, an exhibition by Hispanic artists that live and work in the United States, particularly in the southeast region and the Knoxville area. The exhibition is hosted by the Arts & Culture Alliance at the Emporium Center and is on display in conjunction with Hispanic Heritage month in Knoxville and HOLA Festival on September 24. The exhibition opens Friday, September 2, at 5:00 PM in the main gallery of the Emporium Center. Fourteen artists will showcase works in the following media: oil, pastel, watercolor, acrylic, collage, and more. These artists will also display small works at the Knoxville Museum of Art, opening September 15.
This exhibition shows the diversity of media and style produced by contemporary Hispanic artists who explore what it means to now live and work in the United States. The artists included in the exhibition are: Tony Caiza (Ecuador); Rafael Casco (Honduras); Valeria Eiler (Chile); Astrid Galindo (Mexico); Jorge Gómez del Campo (Mexico); Stella C. Martin (Colombia); Aida Reyes (El Salvador); Dina Ruta (Argentina); Patricia Tinajero (Ecuador); Loren Velázquez (Puerto Rico); Eugenio Wade (Argentina); Patty Wade (Argentina); Ruth Chang White (Perú); and Jorge Yances (Colombia).
“Frutos Latinos II” will be displayed in the main gallery of the Emporium Center, 100 S. Gay Street, from September 2-30, 2011. An opening reception will take place as part of First Friday activities on September 2 from 5:00-9:00 PM with complimentary hors d’oeuvres and wine. Gallery hours are Monday-Friday 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM. Please note, the Emporium will be closed on Monday, September 5, for the holiday.
Chop Shop Hair Studio
1206 N. Central St. Knoxville Website
Cocoa Moon Fusion Grill/Koi
19 Market Square Knoxville (865) 521 3888
Coffee and Chocolate
327 Union Avenue Knoxville (865) 688-9244 Website
Community Television of Knoxville
808 State Street Knoxville (865) 215-4350 Website
Downtown Grind
418 S. Gay Street , Knoxville (865) 524-4747
East Tennessee Historical Society
601 S. Gay Street, Knoxville (865) 216-8824 Website
East Tennessee Community Design Center & Knoxville Downtown Design Studio
500 S. Gay Street Knoxville Mobile (865) 603-3988 Office (865) 525-9945 Website
Emporium Center for Arts & Culture / Arts and Culture Alliance / The Balcony Gallery
100 S. Gay Street Knoxville (865) 523-7543 Website
The Arts & Culture Alliance is pleased to present “In Absence”, an exhibition of new works by Brandon Woods, Emporium Center Artist-in-Residence from April – September 2011. This solo exhibition catalogs the six months of Woods’ residency and includes oil paintings and photography. Woods’ work explores the imagery of abandoned buildings, portraying them as symptoms of a consumer-driven culture. Brandon Woods was born in 1987 in Knoxville. He received his B.F.A. at Middle Tennessee State University. He is an award-winning artist, most recently receiving a Personal Development Support grant from the Tennessee Arts Commission. For more information, visit his web site at www.brandonwoodsart.com. “In Absence” will be displayed in the Balcony.
Ewing Gallery
1715 Volunteer Blvd. Knoxville (865) 974-3200 Website
Fluorescent Gallery
627 N. Central Knoxville (865) 522-1752 Website
Gallery 1010
113 South Gay Street Knoxville Website
Hanson Gallery
5607 Kingston Pike Knoxville p (865) 584-6097 Website
Indigo
327 Union Avenue Knoxville (865) 525-8788 Website
Ironwood Studios
119 Jennings Avenue Knoxville (865) 405-0777 Website
John Black Photography
501 Union Ave. Knoxville (865) 522-1715 Website
Julie Apple Handbags
121 Gay Street Knoxville (865) 235-1252 Website
5:30PM-9PM. Meet and greet September’s Exhibiting Artist Wendy Warren while enjoying refreshments and her FUN 2-D pieces that literally LIGHT up the Room. Wendy Warren studied at The University of Tennessee. There she explored drawing, sculpture, painting, 2-D design, printmaking and ceramics. She went on to study advanced technical methods, which enable her to create works from all available technological forms. Wendy has found a balance using her very capable hands and technical mind to design and build functional art.
Kate Moore Creative / Jennie Andrews Photography
Kate Moore Website Jennie Andrews Website 123 S Gay Suite B Knoxville (865) 951-8416
Knoxville Arts and Fine Crafts Center
1127B Broadway Ave. Knoxville (865) 523-1401
Knoxville Museum of Art
1060 World’s Fair Park Knoxville (865) 525-6101 Website
Knox ivi
17 Market Square, Knoxville Website
Knoxville Visitor Center
301 Gay Street Knoxville (800) 727-8045 Website
Lox Salon
103 W. Jackson Knoxville Website
Robmat Butler installation Artist Website
Maplehurst Inn
800 W. Hill Avenue, Knoxville (865) 803-6215
Midtown Arts Center
513 Cooper Street between downtown Knoxville and downtown north. (865) 406-7885
Morelock Music
411 S. Gay Street Knoxville (865) 766-5192 Website
Old City Java
109 S. Central Avenue Knoxville (865) 523-9817 Website
The Oliver Hotel
407 Union Ave. Knoxville (865) 521.0050 Website
On display this month are paintings by Andriy Halashyn and photography by Andrew Stephen Cebulka.
Oodles Uncorked
18 Market Square Knoxville (865) 521-0600 Website
Organized Play
221 Cumberland Avenue Knoxville (865) 521-0690 Website
Preservation Pub
28 Market Square Knoxville (865) 524-2224 Website
Rala
323 Union Avenue Knoxville (865) 525-7888 Website
Regal Cinema Art Downtown West 8
1640 Downtown West Blvd. Knoxville (865) 693-6327 Website
Artist: Karen Basile
Over the past thirty years or more, I have experienced different phases of creative and artistic growth in my works. This growth has come not out of schooling or formal education in the arts, but through the soul. As such, I have learned to master the essence of what it is I want to capture in my paintings and other works. It is this essence that has enabled me to have the privilege of displaying my paintings alongside distinguished and notable artists in the Bay Area and in Reno, Nevada.
My paintings have been exhibited in One Man Shows such as Contra Costa County Fairs, Delta Art Gallery in Antioch, and Bret Harte Boardwalk in Oakland. Other exhibits have included the Gilbert Fine Arts Gallery and Cory Gallery in San Francisco, the New York Landing Gallery, Golden Gallery of Oakland and New Masters Gallery in Concord. My works are also featured regularly at the Delta Art Gallery.
My paintings are in oils, acrylics and gouaches covering a variety of subjects. They can be found in permanent collections and have received awards in juried shows.
As a native Bay Area resident, born and raised in Pittsburg, I have enjoyed being a member of the Delta Art Association and participating in many local artist shows.
Remedy Coffee
125 W. Jackson Ave. Knoxville Website
Rita’s Italian Ice
Market Square, Knoxville
Salon Visage
11 Market Square Knoxville (865) 694-4000
The Fortunate Traveler
119 S. Central Street Bldg. 2, (In the Old City beside the Crown and Goose) Knoxville (865) 474-1098 Website
Tomato Head
12 Market Square, Knoxville – (865) 637-4067 Website
Artifacts, Artscapes and Organics, an exhibits of photographs by Terri Swaggerty will be on view from September 3rd through September 30th, 2011.
This exhibit is a collection of eclectic images with an overall Southern Flavor. It’s a photographic Art Journal of the past 18 months. All I had to do was look… to find Art… around every corner.
Unarmed Merchants
129 S. Gay Street Knoxville (865) 549-5769 Website
URBhana
115 S. Gay Street (865) 525-7381 Website
UT Downtown Gallery
106 S. Gay Street Knoxville (865) 673-0802 WebSite
Yee- Haw Industries
413 S. Gay Street Knoxville (865) 522-1812 Website
Listing info:
There’s a lot of artists and venues thinking I’m catching their listing info on their blog, on their facebook postings, etc. Don’t count on me seeing them. To get your listing onto this website, you MUST use either the contact form, or send an email to the address set up specifically for the listings. You can find further info on how to get this done at this LINK. It is the ONLY way you’ll get a listing put up on the site. Since I’m doing this without charging anyone for doing it, please make this easier for me by submitting your listings via email or the contact form. All the info gets sent into a special folder so that I don’t miss it in the ton of daily email I get.
Don’t see a listing?
If you don’t see a listing, I couldn’t find it when I updated this for this month. Check here sometime on First Friday, a lot of places don’t send me updates until the last minute, so pop in here before you head out for the latest updates. You’ll find their phone number and links to their web site in the listing below, so you can check to see if they’ve got more recent info on their own site. Not sure what to expect on First Friday? Here’s a little sample from Knoxville Tourism & Sports. LINK
On with this month’s openings!
2 Many Pixels
130 W. Jackson Avenue, Suite 201 Knoxville
501 Arthur
501 Arthur St., Knoxville (865) 951- 2523 Website
8 Shooters Studio
1201 Central Street, Knoxville (865) 545-4408 Website
A1 Lab Arts
201 Randolph Street (Old City) Knoxville Website
Art Gallery of Knoxville / Copy Shop
317 Gay Street Knoxville (865) 595- 4401 Website
Art Market Gallery
422 S. Gay Street Knoxville (865) 525-5265 Website
Art Market Gallery of Knoxville is pleased to present an exhibit of recent works by Jay Hollopeter of Tazewell and Kathy Seely of Oliver Springs.
Jay Hollopeter, who holds a BA in Studio and Commercial Art from Southwestern Oklahoma State University, creates vividly colored, whimsical paintings that include three-dimensional elements. He says, “My paintings come from a long time passion for humor, color and simplicity. I strive for art that is approachable, humorous, slightly biting and subversive all at the same time.” In addition to paining, Jay is an accomplished graphic designer and illustrator.
Kathy Seely creates unique mixed-media jewelry and beaded sculpture. Using a range of materials, from metal pieces that she fabricates to stones, old buttons, vintage glass and tiny glass beads, she employs a multitude of beading and jewelry skills to craft her works. She says, “I seek to find new and unexpected ways to combine the beautiful, the mundane and the unusual into very wearable and very special pieces of jewelry that invoke a personal relationship between the object and the wearer.” Kathy has exhibited nationally and has works in many public and private collections and her art has been published in numerous books and magazines.
A First Friday Reception for the exhibit is planned for August 5 from 5:30-9 pm with complimentary refreshments and live music performed by Grayson Dagnan.
During the month of August, the Art Market Gallery of Knoxville will offer two special exhibits in conjunction with this year’s East Tennessee History Fair, which will be presented by the East Tennessee
Historical Society on August 20th.
“Who, What, Where in East Tennessee” is an interactive exhibit opening August 5th at the gallery. It will feature artworks in a variety of mediums, with each representing either a prominent person, event or place in East Tennessee. This exhibit invites visitors to guess who, what or where is portrayed in each of the artworks and to enter their guesses for a chance to win a $50 gift certificate to the gallery. The winner will be announced on Sunday, August 21.
A second exhibit, “Reflections of an American Tragedy,” a collection of Civil War paintings and limited-edition canvas giclees by award-winning artist Marie Merritt, will be on display in the lobby of the Art Market Gallery August 2-28. Marie has a deep fascination with history, especially the Civil War. She says of these paintings, “Although a controversial and tumultuous time in our nation’s history, those hardships and strife shaped much of who we are today: people of faith, character and strength. I seek to tell those stories with understanding and honor.”
The gallery will host an opening reception with light refreshments and live music for these exhibits on Friday, August 5th from 5:30-9:00pm. This reception will also mark the opening of the gallery’s August featured member-artists exhibits, paintings by Jay Hollopeter and jewelry by Kathy Seely.
Member owned and operated by over 60 regional artists, Art Market Gallery is located at 422 South Gay Street in Knoxville next to the Downtown Grill & Brewery. Gallery hours are Tuesday-Saturday, 11 am-6 pm & Sunday 1-5 pm.
Belleze Salon and Spa
6209 Kingston Pike Knoxville (865) 558-8424 Website
Birdhouse Laboratories
800 N. 4th Ave Knoxville Website
Black Market Clothing
23 Market Square, Knoxville (865) 258-8448
Bliss
24 Market Square, Knoxville (865) 329 8868 Website
Bliss Home
29 Market Square Knoxville (865) 673-6711 Website
Bliss Home will feature Ryan Blair for First Friday. A reception will be held at Bliss Home, 29 Market Square, from 6 to 9 p.m. on Friday, August 5.
His inspiration comes from the imagery of Tennessee. Living in the foothills of East Tennessee provides some of the best shapes and colors to mirror in his work. He pulls from adventures such as exploring the local mountain sides, streams or paddling his canoe.
His art will be featured beginning August 5 and remain through the month.
Blount Mansion
200 W Hill Ave Knoxville (865) 525-2375 Website
Cafe Pita
2121 Cumberland Ave. Knoxville (684-5477) Website
Casa Hora @ The Emporium
100 S. Gay Street, Suite 109, Knoxville (865) 335-3358 Website
Chop Shop Hair Studio
1206 N. Central St. Knoxville Website
Anna Waychoff is on display this month, tattoo style, low brow kinda stuff, liquid acrylic on paper.
August 5th 7pm till ?
Anna is a local tattooer at Saint Tattoo where she has been for the past 9 years. She has been tattooing for 13 years and has been experimenting with different media including watercolor painting and liquid acrylic throughout her career.
Cocoa Moon Fusion Grill/Koi
19 Market Square Knoxville (865) 521 3888
Coffee and Chocolate
327 Union Avenue Knoxville (865) 688-9244 Website
Community Television of Knoxville
808 State Street Knoxville (865) 215-4350 Website
Downtown Grind
418 S. Gay Street , Knoxville (865) 524-4747
East Tennessee Historical Society
601 S. Gay Street, Knoxville (865) 216-8824 Website
First Friday at the East Tennessee History Center Features Award Winning National History Day Projects, Friday, August 5 from 6:15-8:30 p.m.
Come out for First Friday at the History Center and enjoy winning National History Day (NHD) documentaries and a live performance, presented by the students who created them. Projects cover topics such as the Confederate spy Belle Boyd’s role in women’s history, and the Sevier County mission work of minister and physician Robert F. Thomas from Pittman Center, and Ms. Evelyn Bishop, influential director of the Pi Beta Phi Settlement School in Gatlinburg. Also featured will be Lauren Collins of Jefferson County who recently won first place in the nation for her documentary “Eminent Domain: Private Tragedies for the Public Good.”
Also enjoy the exhibits at the Museum of East Tennessee History including the feature exhibition Tennessee Turned, which will remain open from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. with free admission.
First Friday is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be provided by Club LeConte, a member of the Club Corp Family.
East Tennessee Community Design Center & Knoxville Downtown Design Studio
500 S. Gay Street Knoxville Mobile (865) 603-3988 Office (865) 525-9945 Website
Emporium Center for Arts & Culture / Arts and Culture Alliance / The Balcony Gallery
100 S. Gay Street Knoxville (865) 523-7543 Website
The Tennessee Reiki Connection is pleased to present “Enlightenment”, A Metaphysical, Spiritual and Energy Art Show and Holistic Fair hosted by the Arts & Culture Alliance at the Emporium Center, opening Friday, August 5, at 5:00 PM in the main gallery of the Emporium Center. Twenty artists will showcase works in the following media: encaustic, steel, clay, mixed media, acrylic, watercolor, colored pencil, photography, digital art, and more as juried by Mark Hall, Professor of Art at Maryville College. All works were created within the past two years and will be available for purchase.
The mission of the Tennessee Reiki Connection is to promote Reiki within their communities and to be a resource and support for Reiki Practitioners of all lineages and schools. For more information on TRC, visit www.tennesseereikiconnection.com
The First Friday reception on August 5 will feature holistic healers demonstrating their healing modality free of charge, drumming, belly dancing, acoustic guitar, and more. Demonstrators include: Rhama – Center for Healing Arts Cooperative, owned by Denise Bates and Steve Frampton of Quantum Matters; Arlene Riddick – Certified Australian Bush Flower Essence Practitioner; Dr. Kate Flynn D.C. – Chiropractor, Wellness and Intuitive Life Style Coaching; Prasad Robert Hutter – Certified Acupuncturist; Theresa Richardson – Intuitive Healer, Reiki Master Teacher, Crystal workshops, and Intuitive Readings; Charlaine Hood MSW, LMSW, LAPSW – Owner of Vibrantly Alive Consulting, Intuitive healer, Leadership Training; Carole Truelove – Usui Reiki Master Teacher, Karuna Reiki Master and founder of Tennessee Reiki Connection; Shawn Kincaid – Past Life Regression IAPLT, Reiki Master Teacher IARP; Pamela Nine, PhD – Professional Intuitive Counselor, Medium, owner of Nine Wellness Centre; Belly Dance by Jaia McClure, Director of Ananda Dance Co., and acoustic guitar and vocals by Dixie.
“Enlightenment” will be displayed in the main gallery of the Emporium Center, 100 S. Gay Street, from August 5-26, 2011. An opening reception will take place as part of First Friday activities on August 5 from 5:00-9:00 PM with complimentary hors d’oeuvres. Gallery hours are Monday-Friday 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM with additional hours on Saturday, August 6, from 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM. For more information, please contact the Arts & Culture Alliance
The Arts & Culture Alliance is pleased to present a new exhibition of more than 40 watercolors, oils, and acrylics by the O’Connor Senior Center Painters entitled “Painted Memories”, opening Friday, August 5, at 5:00 PM in the Balcony of the Emporium Center. Twelve artists from the O’Connor Painters will display work in this exhibition.
Each Wednesday, the O’Connor Painters meet at the O’Connor Senior Center to learn, work, and share under the tutelage of local artist Ann Birdwell, who teaches watercolors, oils, and acrylics. For several of the O’Connor Painters, attending class and seeing their work come to life from a blank canvas is the fulfillment of a lifelong dream. Others have come to class to refine their technique and to learn from Ms. Birdwell while sharing life experiences with the group. Fall painting classes at the O’Connor Senior Center will begin on Wednesday, September 7, and continue for 10 weeks. Please call 865-523-1135 for class information and to register.
Mercy Gold and East Tennessee Personal Care Service are joining the O’Connor Senior Center in sponsoring the O’Connor Painters exhibition.
“Painted Memories” will be displayed in the Balcony at the Emporium Center, 100 S. Gay Street, from August 5-26, 2011. An opening reception will take place as part of First Friday activities on August 5 from 5:00-9:00 PM with complimentary hors d’oeuvres. Gallery hours are Monday-Friday 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM with additional hours on Saturday, August 6, from 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM. For more information, please contact the Arts & Culture Alliance at (865) 523-7543 or visit www.knoxalliance.com
The Arts & Culture Alliance is pleased to present a new exhibition of mixed media works by local artist Diana Rogers entitled “A Day in the Life: Observations & Obsessions”, opening Friday, August 5, at 5:00 PM on the north side of the Balcony at the Emporium Center. The exhibition is essentially a public diary of current events, popular culture, and personal nostalgia that have served as sources of inspiration to Rogers, whose nearly 30 works will include watercolor, acrylic, pencil, and India ink. “In much the same way that a Facebook user posts status updates to a profile to create a personal news feed, the pieces in this exhibition became a way for me to document my day-to-day life and catalog my personal interests,” says Rogers. “Social media influenced both my choice of subject matter and the manner in which I presented the work.”
Knoxville native Diana Rogers is a graduate of Mars Hill College in North Carolina and holds a BA in Studio Art and English. In addition, she has furthered her studies in a variety of subjects, including drawing, photography and printmaking at Penland School of Crafts, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, and Shakerag. Rogers operates a shop on Etsy.com where she sells small prints, paper goods, and the occasional piece of original art. She also maintains a blog where she chronicles her artistic endeavors, baking exploits, gardening misadventures, and keeps track of the movies and television shows she watches. Locally, Rogers has exhibited at Tomato Head, Bliss Home, Marble Slab Creamery, and The Birdhouse. For more information on Diana Rogers, visit her web site at www.howlwithme.com .
“A Day in the Life: Observations & Obsessions” will be displayed in the Balcony at the Emporium Center, 100 S. Gay Street, from August 5-26, 2011. An opening reception will take place as part of First Friday activities on August 5 from 5:00-9:00 PM with complimentary hors d’oeuvres. Gallery hours are Monday-Friday 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM with additional hours on Saturday, August 6, from 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM. For more information, please contact the Arts & Culture Alliance at (865) 523-7543 or visit www.knoxalliance.com
Ewing Gallery
1715 Volunteer Blvd. Knoxville (865) 974-3200 Website
Fluorescent Gallery
627 N. Central Knoxville (865) 522-1752 Website
Gallery 1010
113 South Gay Street Knoxville Website
Hanson Gallery
5607 Kingston Pike Knoxville p (865) 584-6097 Website
Indigo
327 Union Avenue Knoxville (865) 525-8788 Website
Ironwood Studios
119 Jennings Avenue Knoxville (865) 405-0777 Website
John Black Photography
501 Union Ave. Knoxville (865) 522-1715 Website
Julie Apple Handbags
121 Gay Street Knoxville (865) 235-1252 Website
JulieApple is happy to introduce Katie Walberg. Walberg’s work illustrates how our trash takes on a life of it’s own. Here at JulieApple we believe in completing the cycle with recycling! We think highly of what we cast off and reclaim it as the Repreve fabrics we use.
Kate Moore Creative / Jennie Andrews Photography
123 S Gay Suite B Knoxville (865) 951-8416
Kate Moore Website
Jennie Andrews Website
Knoxville Arts and Fine Crafts Center
1127B Broadway Ave. Knoxville (865) 523-1401
Knoxville Museum of Art
1060 World’s Fair Park Knoxville (865) 525-6101 Website
Knox ivi
17 Market Square, Knoxville Website
Knoxivi’s First Friday shindig is also a reception for artist Lisa Gale, whose large-scale superhero portraits grace the studio walls.
Brent Thompson and Lauren Lazarus host “11 at 7,” welcoming guests into Knoxivi’s Market Square studio for snacks, libations and a performance by The Gentleman Conspiracy. The show will be broadcast live online at www.knoxivi.com/eleven and archived on the site for future viewing.
Come down to 17 Market Square on August 5 to experience the sights and sounds of Knoxville’s only web studio.
Knoxville Visitor Center
301 Gay Street Knoxville (800) 727-8045 Website
First Friday Artist, Misha (Dr. Michael Householder) Friday, August 4 from 4-9pm
Stop in for a moment to see his beautiful photos of our wonderful, vibrant city.
Knoxville Visitor Services proudly carries a line of Misha’s beautiful single note cards and artwork…starting at only $4.75!
Misha was born February 3, 1955 in Knoxville Over the years he has been a Pastor, Bible College professor, and is now traveling internationally as a Missionary and leadership trainer/coach. His passion is to capture an authentic record of what he sees and experience with minimal, or no computer manipulation. Misha is a Russian name for mike that he acquired while serving in Russia with his wife, Jacque.
To view Misha’s full line of work: www.photosbymishahouse.ifp3.com
Lox Salon
103 W. Jackson Knoxville Website
Paintings by Ashley Addair Artist Website
Maplehurst Inn
800 W. Hill Avenue, Knoxville (865) 803-6215
Midtown Arts Center
513 Cooper Street between downtown Knoxville and downtown north. (865) 406-7885
Morelock Music
411 S. Gay Street Knoxville (865) 766-5192 Website
Old City Java
109 S. Central Avenue Knoxville (865) 523-9817 Website
Oodles Uncorked
18 Market Square Knoxville (865) 521-0600 Website
Organized Play
221 Cumberland Avenue Knoxville (865) 521-0690 Website
Preservation Pub
28 Market Square Knoxville (865) 524-2224 Website
Rala
323 Union Avenue Knoxville (865) 525-7888 Website
DRUGTOWN is an illustration and photographic collaborative duo comprised of local artists/designers Daniel Maw and Jarred Elrod that takes the firm of a blog. For their exhibition at Rala, they will showcase an assortment of original prints and screenprinted T-shirts that represent their most recent creative output to date.
Remedy Coffee
125 W. Jackson Ave. Knoxville Website
Rita’s Italian Ice
Market Square, Knoxville
Salon Visage
11 Market Square Knoxville (865) 694-4000
The Fortunate Traveler
119 S. Central Street Bldg. 2, (In the Old City beside the Crown and Goose) Knoxville (865) 474-1098 Website
Tomato Head
12 Market Square, Knoxville – (865) 637-4067 Website
Jarrod Justice will be on view at the downtown Knoxville Tomato Head from August 6th through September 2nd. He will then exhibit at the Maryville location from September 4th through October 1st. For more information, please contact the artist at paintings@jarrodjustice.com.
Jarrod lives with his wife Jennifer and two sons in Knoxville, TN. The last ten years he has painted mainly for friends and family, but recently his colorful acrylic paintings have joined the local art scene in Knoxville.
With so many horribly grotesque images in the art world today, he aims to fill the canvas with joyful colors and freedom. Through his abstract paintings, Jarrod dialogues with the viewer – about truth, faith, and reality. You can look at images of his recent works at: jarrodjustice.com
Unarmed Merchants
129 S. Gay Street Knoxville (865) 549-5769 Website
URBhana
115 S. Gay Street (865) 525-7381 Website
6-9pm Kelle Jolly is an artist, actress, designer, educator and musician. She has created all of her life. “My earliest memories are of cutting up my baby clothes, to make doll clothes.”, she says. Kelle enjoys using her hands to manipulate fabric, especially.
In 2011, she was awarded the EMERGING ARTIST AWARD by the Dogwood Arts Festival for her line of wearable art “SUSHI DRESSES”. Finding ways to combine her talents of designing, sewing and performing keep her motivated. Kelle says, “I want my memories to documented through the art I create.”
UT Downtown Gallery
106 S. Gay Street Knoxville (865) 673-0802 WebSite
Yee- Haw Industries
413 S. Gay Street Knoxville (865) 522-1812 Website