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  Website

501 Arthur

501 Arthur St., Knoxville (865) 951- 2523  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

Belleze Salon and Spa

6209 Kingston Pike Knoxville (865) 558-8424  Website

Birdhouse Laboratories

800 N. 4th Ave Knoxville  Website

Bliss

24 Market Square, Knoxville (865) 329 8868  Website

Bliss Home

29 Market Square Knoxville (865) 673-6711  Website

Opening Reception: Friday, June 7th, 2013 6pm to 9pm

Bliss Home is pleased to present Knoxville artist, Kate Moore, for June’s First Friday. Bliss Home, located at 29 Market Square, will host an opening reception on Friday, June 7th from 6pm to 9pm. Complimentary Steamboat Sandwiches will be provided and Kate’s art will be featured for the whole month of June.

Starting with a simple love for crayons, Kate Moore decided from a young age she needed to build her life around art. Kate grew into an artist by exploring different mediums, and dabbling in painting and drawing, until she found her own voice as an artist in graphic design. From custom wedding invitations to small business branding, Kate has spent the last five years perfecting her graphic design skills at her studio, Kate Moore Creative, located on the 100 block of Gay Street.

Kate strives to create a balance between the digital and artistic sides of graphic design. Kate’s June exhibit illustrates this balance by showing how these two ideas go hand in hand. Design is art and art is design. You can see more of her work on the Kate’s website

Blount Mansion

200 W Hill Ave Knoxville (865) 525-2375  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

Creativity Center

13 Emory Place, Knoxville  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

Ewing Gallery

1715 Volunteer Blvd. Knoxville (865) 974-3200  Website

Ironwood Studios

119 Jennings Avenue Knoxville (865) 405-0777  Website

John Black Photography

501 Union Ave. Knoxville (865) 522-1715  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 Website

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

131 South Central Street 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) 693-6327

Remedy Coffee

125 W. Jackson Ave. Knoxville Website

Rita’s Italian Ice

26 Market Square Southwest, Knoxville

Rococo Boutique

2 Market Square, Knoxville (865) 971-1006 Website

Salon Visage

11 Market Square Knoxville (865) 694-4000

Technology Cooperative

130 W. Jackson Ave. Suite 101 Knoxville  Website

Tennessee Archive of Moving Image and sound @ East Tennessee History Center

601 South Gay Street Knoxville Contact: Bradley Reeves, Louisa Trott (865-215-8856) Website

Tennessee Valley Bikes

214 W. Magnolia, Knoxville Website

The Tree and Vine

439 Union Avenue • Off Market Square • Knoxville  (865) 985.0524  Website

Tomato Head

12 Market Square, Knoxville – (865) 637-4067 Website

URBhana

115 S. Gay Street (865) 525-7381  Website

Wing Zone

2121 Cumberland Ave. Knoxville (684-5477)  Website

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  Website

Opening is from 6pm to 9:30pm. “2 Many Pixels” photo gallery is proud to present a collection of photographs by young artist Jake Wheeler. The work (more than 50 large format images) depicts urban decay and the distress of individuals coping with adversity. The images are mounted on reclaimed plywood, emphasizing a sense of deterioration.

The photographs are all for sale, gallery archival prints, signed and numbered by the artists.  The photos will remain on the walls through the months of May and June.  The gallery is open weekdays 10 am to 5 pm and after hours or weekends by appointment.

501 Arthur

501 Arthur St., Knoxville (865) 951- 2523  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

The Art Market Gallery of Knoxville will present an exhibit of recent works by two featured artists for May. Animal artist Victoria Simmons is displaying recent paintings with a focus on bird themes, and furniture-maker Stan Fronczek will show his carefully crafted furniture. Both are Knoxville residents.

Victoria Simmons’ award-winning animal paintings, juried into regional and national shows, are in private collections throughout the United States and abroad, among them commissioned works for actress Andie MacDowell. Displaying her work at the Tennessee Valley Hunt opening meet also has become a fall tradition. For the past three years, this lifelong birdwatcher and recipient of two artist grants has concentrated on painting birds.

“I have spent most of my life creating images from nature,” Simmons says. “After more than 50 years of creating art, the natural world continues to call out to me, and animals still speak to my soul.”

Stan Fronczek is a contemporary-furniture designer who creates his works using both domestic and exotic types of wood, and with painstaking attention to fine craftsmanship. Through the years the scope of his unique works has included cabinets, rockers, tables, benches, mirrors and fun accessories.

His primary inspiration is drawn from Mid-Century and Asian styles that share his vision as well as those prized elements of clean, crisp line. The success of a completed work by Fronczek then rests with his adhering to an imperative of the principles of design: “It’s extremely important that balance and proportion of materials make the finished piece of furniture speak for itself,” he explains.

A First Friday opening reception for the exhibits is planned for 5:30 to 9 p.m., Friday, May 3, with complimentary refreshments and live music by Sunshine Station, a folk and bluegrass band. Many member artists will be on hand to meet and mingle with visitors.

Belleze Salon and Spa

6209 Kingston Pike Knoxville (865) 558-8424  Website

Birdhouse Laboratories

800 N. 4th Ave Knoxville  Website

Bliss

24 Market Square, Knoxville (865) 329 8868  Website

Bliss Home

29 Market Square Knoxville (865) 673-6711  Website

Bliss Home is pleased to present Knoxville artist, Jill Sanders, for May’s First Friday. Bliss Home, located at 29 Market Square, will host an opening reception on Friday, May 3rd from 6pm to 9pm. Complimentary snacks will be provided and Jill’s art will remain for the month of May.

Jill pulls on her experience as a wood printmaker and graphic designer to create art that features richly colored patterns and natural materials. Jill describes her art as ‘narrative scenes with objects and figures, richly layered with patterns and embellished with bits of typography’. Jill is often inspired by her dreams and the places she has seen, which gives her art ‘rich sensibility’.

Blount Mansion

200 W Hill Ave Knoxville (865) 525-2375  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

Creativity Center

13 Emory Place, Knoxville  Website

This month we will be featuring our newest student artwork, including printmaking, sculpture, and drawings! Join us from 5:30 to 7:30 for a free art activity and snacks!

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

Please join us on First Friday, May 3, from 5:00-9:00 p.m. as we celebrate new exhibitions and regional artists at the Emporium Center.

Recent Works by Coral Grace Turner and Marilyn Avery TurnerMay 3-31, 2013 in the Balcony

The Arts & Culture Alliance is pleased to present a new exhibition featuring needlepoint pillows by Coral Grace Turner and monoprint/chine collés by Marilyn Avery Turner.

Coral Grace Turner received a Master of Fine Art in Fibers from Arizona State University and a Bachelor of Fine Art in Sculpture from the Rhode Island School of Design. Coral will display a series of new needlepoint pillows in which she utilizes images of hands creating animal shadow puppets. www.coralgraceturner.com

Originally from New York City, Marilyn Avery Turner received her Bachelor of Fine Art from the Rhode Island School of Design in 1966. She taught art classes for more than 20 years in a variety of settings and has been involved with The Art Market Gallery in Knoxville since its inception 30 years ago. Marilyn uses drawings and statuary from early Mexican cultures to reflect her abiding attraction to the country where she spent an impressionable part of her childhood.

Wroclaw Faculty of Graphic Arts and Media Art Exhibition

May 3-31, 2013 in the Emporium

The Arts & Culture Alliance is pleased to present a new exhibition featuring contemporary Polish printmaking and media art at the Emporium Center in downtown Knoxville from May 3-31, 2013. Artists in the exhibition include professors, tutors and students with the Faculty of Graphic Arts and Media Art from the Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Art and Design in Wroclaw, Poland. An opening reception will take place as part of First Friday activities on May 3 from 5:00-9:00 PM with complimentary hors d’oeuvres. Students from the University of Tennessee Print Club will demonstrate screenprinting and relief printing during the May 3 reception.

The exhibition provides a comprehensive overview of a variety of printmaking techniques (mezzotint, etching, dry-point, linocut, screenprint, lithograph, digital print) and sources of inspiration employed by the professors and tutors of the Printmaking Department. Additionally, festival, theatrical and social posters by tutors and students of the Graphic Designing Department are represented plus media art from the Media Art Department. The Wroclaw Faculty of Graphic Arts and Media Art Exhibition is a part of a Celebration of Polish Culture and the First Polish Constitution.

Clay Sculptures by Pamela Brown Broockman

May 3-31, 2013 in the display case

Pamela Brown Broockman is a native of Kentucky with roots in Tennessee where she has resided for the past 21 years. She is a freelance artist working mostly in oil and acrylics. For the past couple of years she has experimented with polymer clay; combining her love of nature and fantasy art to create a menagerie of unique mermaid and faerie sculptures. Her “Mermaid in a Bottle” creations are distinctly unique in that the mermaids are displayed in a special liquid to enhance their nautical-fantasy appeal.

Jam Session hosted by Vance Thompson and Friends in the Black Box at the Emporium

7:00-9:00 PM:

Vance Thompson, director of the Knoxville Jazz Orchestra, coordinates this jazz jam session. At the April session, ten different musicians came and sat in — from (local saxophone great) Will Boyd to high school students. “It’s really important to have young musicians play with more experienced musicians,” says Vance. “I really want this to be a true jam session.”

Ewing Gallery

1715 Volunteer Blvd. Knoxville (865) 974-3200  Website

Gallery 133

Come over to Sanders place on 514 w Jackson avenue just down the road from the Emporium and Gay Street!! It will be a Fantabulous time with this beautiful NEW space and amazing artists of all sorts! Music, Poetry, WINE, and tremendous Artwork from the Gallery 133 crew! You know how much fun we always have so come down and be a part of an exceedingly original Knoxville!!

Art by Gallery 133 Artists

Music by Alexia Pantanizopoulos and Très Daugherty

Poetry by Black Atticus and Lane Shuler and Courageous!

Here’s the performance schedule:

600-700 — Alexia and Très

700-730 — Black Atticus

730-800 — Alexia and Très

800-830 — Lane Shuler & Courageous!

Ironwood Studios

119 Jennings Avenue Knoxville (865) 405-0777  Website

John Black Photography

501 Union Ave. Knoxville (865) 522-1715  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 Entrepreneur Center

17 Market Square, Ste. 101 Knoxville (865) 282-4322 Website

Knoxville Entrepreneur Center (KEC) is open! We had our ribbon cutting and grand opening April 5, 2013, and will be hosting KEC’s First Friday Fanfare event each month, KEC’s First Friday Fanfare is tailored toward entrepreneurs, people interested in starting and growing their own business, and folks that support growing local businesses. Our goal is that each program will contain a healthy helping of education that is useful for entrepreneurs, highlighting our entrepreneur rock stars, social opportunities, community and cultural information, and entertainment.

Our schedule for this Friday, May 3 is:

3:00 p.m. “How Do You Know You Are In Business” Workshop

3:30 p.m.  Entrepreneur Spotlight: Hit the indoor KEC putting green with Brett Burdick of Brex Golf. Try out the innovative putter that he has developed.

4:00 p.m. KEC Social/Cultural/Community Hour. Enjoy an educational, informative and entertaining tour of Market Square with Laura Stills of Knoxville Walking Tours.

4:30 p.m.  Happy Hour at KEC. Munchies and beer for all!

5:30 p.m.  Head out and enjoy all of the First Friday festivities in downtown Knoxville–great dining, local artists, diverse shopping, and fabulous entertainment for the whole crew.

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 Website

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

131 South Central Street Knoxville  (865) 521-0690  Website

Preservation Pub

28 Market Square Knoxville  (865) 524-2224  Website

Funky Catsterz Fine Art Exhibit

By Mandy Stoller

https://www.facebook.com/FunkyCatsterz

20% of ALL sales will be donated to Redeeming Hope Ministries:

Jon Eaton

Joey English

Kelley McRae

Channing & Quinn

Rala

323 Union Avenue Knoxville (865) 525-7888  Website

Regal Downtown West 8

1640 Downtown West Blvd. Knoxville  (865) 693-6327

Remedy Coffee

125 W. Jackson Ave. Knoxville Website

Rita’s Italian Ice

26 Market Square Southwest, Knoxville

Rococo Boutique

2 Market Square, Knoxville (865) 971-1006 Website

Salon Visage

11 Market Square Knoxville (865) 694-4000

Technology Cooperative

130 W. Jackson Ave. Suite 101 Knoxville  Website

We are holding a bazaar for the next First Friday (May 3rd) to encourage local artists who have handmade wares to come and set up in there and sell.

Tennessee Archive of Moving Image and sound @ East Tennessee History Center

601 South Gay Street Knoxville Contact: Bradley Reeves, Louisa Trott (865-215-8856) Website

Tennessee Valley Bikes

214 W. Magnolia, Knoxville Website

The Tree and Vine

439 Union Avenue • Off Market Square • Knoxville  (865) 985.0524  Website

Tomato Head

12 Market Square, Knoxville – (865) 637-4067 Website

Everything Connects: Recent paintings by Jessica Payne will be on view at the downtown Knoxville Tomato Head on Market Square from May 4th through May 31st.

Inspired by color and nature, my latest large and vibrant paintings use extensive layering, leaving portals to previous layers which connect the landscapes of the familiar to the infinite. www.JessicaPayneArt.com

URBhana

115 S. Gay Street (865) 525-7381  Website

Wing Zone

2121 Cumberland Ave. Knoxville (684-5477)  Website

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  Website

2 Many Pixels photo gallery is proud to present “What She Saw”, a beautiful mosaic of images by 3 young women and Knoxville photographers: Shelby Gordon, Erika Smith and Rachel Vykukal. This exhibit is an exploration of the female sensitivity and its transcription through the photographic medium.

The photographs are all for sale, gallery archival prints, signed and numbered by the artists.

Hope to see you all for the opening on Friday night, April 5th., 6pm to 9:30pm.

The photos will remain on the walls through the month of April.

The gallery is open weekdays 10 am to 5 pm and after hours or weekends by appointment or chance

501 Arthur

501 Arthur St., Knoxville (865) 951- 2523  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

The Art Market Gallery of Knoxville will present two exhibits in April: a show of recent works by painter/printmaker Gay Davis Bryant and wood-turner Janis Proffitt, both of Knoxville, and the annual Members Silent Auction, which is a Dogwood Arts Festival Featured Event.

Gay Bryant has worked as a studio artist for the last 20 years and teaches regionally. A retired community college professor, her works depict nature, architecture, and events of everyday life. While celebrating traditional skills and craftsmanship, Gay brings the viewer into familiar scenes of East Tennessee’s rich landscape through use of relief-printmaking techniques such as woodcuts, linoleum block and composite materials, and in her watercolor and acrylic paintings. The featured body of work for this show is called “Gatherings.”

Woodworking has been in Janis Proffitt’s family for several generations, dating to Sevier County’s first settlers. Janis grew up helping and honing newly learned skills in her father’s woodshop, and later teaching herself pyrography (wood burning) which she incorporated into her wood-turnings. Featured on WBIR’s “The Heartland Series,” her work blends traditional Appalachia turning with contemporary design. She has worked as a fulltime craft artist with her sister for more than 20 years in their Dad’s old woodshop in the mountains of Pittman-Center.

A First Friday opening reception for the exhibits is planned for 5:30 to 9 p.m., Friday, April 5, with complimentary refreshments and live folk and “new grass” music on guitar and ukelele by Molly Rochelson. The reception also opens bidding on a large variety of works by gallery artists and artisans for the annual Members Silent Auction, which will run April 5 – 28.

Belleze Salon and Spa

6209 Kingston Pike Knoxville (865) 558-8424  Website

Birdhouse Laboratories

800 N. 4th Ave Knoxville  Website

Progressive artist Roger Gregg will be displaying month-long at the Birdhouse,April 5th, starting with a First Friday event, at 5:00pm until 10:30pm, and immediately followed by FIRST FRIDAY MIDNIGHT from 10:30pm until 1:00 am.

Paintings of the Lyrical Abstraction style, assemblage, and abstract photography will be featured, and information on the emergent philosophy of Arts, called “Theorism”.

Bliss Home

29 Market Square Knoxville (865) 673-6711  Website

Bliss Home is pleased to present Nature’s Splash of Colors, an exhibit by international award winning photographer Dennis Sabo. Nature’s Splash of Colors is an interpretation of the “growing interest and concern for our environmental impact and fragile ecosystems”. Each photo is taken of natural, common subjects which are refined into an interpretive collage of color, motion and textures.

Dennis Sabo hails from Loudon, Tennessee where he specializes in contemporary fine art abstract, landscape and seascape photography. Dennis’ photography has been featured in a variety of books and magazines, like Blue Planet, Living Southern Style and Ocean Conservancy.

Join Bliss Home for an abstract take on nature’s beauty!

Blount Mansion

200 W Hill Ave Knoxville (865) 525-2375  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

Creativity Center

13 Emory Place, Knoxville

This month we will be featuring our latest student artwork, including origami, drawings, and paintings! Join us from 5:30 to 7:30 for a free art activity and snacks!

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

Please join us on First Friday, April 5, from 5:00-9:00 p.m. as we celebrate a new exhibition and regional artists at the Emporium Center.

Dogwood Arts Festival Regional Fine Arts Exhibition

April 5-26, 2013

The finest progressive artists of our region are showcasing their work in the Dogwood Arts Festival Regional Fine Art Exhibition on display throughout the Emporium.

This dynamic, annual exhibition of fine art encompasses all styles and genres and features 86 works by 69 emerging and established artists from seven states. Selected works were chosen from nearly 500 submissions by juror David J. Reyes for exhibition.

Gallery hours are Monday-Friday, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM with additional hours on Saturday, April 6, 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM.

For additional information on the Emporium, call (865) 523-7543 or visit www.theemporiumcenter.com

Friday, April 5, 7:00-9:00 PM in the Black Box at the Emporium

Jam Session hosted by Vance Thompson and Friends

Friday, April 5 – Art on the Block

Artists, musicians, neighbors, fun – you can find it all on the 100 Block of Gay Street in Knoxville!

Enjoy artists in action and live music on the sidewalks. From 6:00-7:30 PM, aerial dancers will perform in the Emporium courtyard; from 7:30-10:00 PM, drummers, dancers, hoopers, fire spinners and other street performers will perform in Summitt Hill Park. More information here.

Ewing Gallery

1715 Volunteer Blvd. Knoxville (865) 974-3200  Website

Ironwood Studios

119 Jennings Avenue Knoxville (865) 405-0777  Website

John Black Photography

501 Union Ave. Knoxville (865) 522-1715  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 Website

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

131 South Central Street Knoxville  (865) 521-0690  Website

Preservation Pub

28 Market Square Knoxville  (865) 524-2224  Website

Rhythm & Blooms FREE Concert on Mkt Sq!

8pm Charles Walker & the Dynamites/

6pm Flowtribe/ 5pm Aftah Party

8pm FREE in the Speakeasy:

Sidecar Symposium

(vaudevillian Speakeasean)

10pm Big-Time Funk Night in the Smokeasy:

Soulfinger / Deep Green

Rala

323 Union Avenue Knoxville (865) 525-7888  Website

Regal Downtown West 8

1640 Downtown West Blvd. Knoxville  (865) 693-6327

Remedy Coffee

125 W. Jackson Ave. Knoxville Website

Rita’s Italian Ice

26 Market Square Southwest, Knoxville

Rococo Boutique

2 Market Square, Knoxville (865) 971-1006 Website

We are doing a competition between the local high schools to promote a high school artist. The winner will be featured as our First Friday artist and get their work displayed at the boutique.

Salon Visage

11 Market Square Knoxville (865) 694-4000

Tennessee Archive of Moving Image and sound @ East Tennessee History Center

601 South Gay Street Knoxville Contact: Bradley Reeves, Louisa Trott (865-215-8856) Website

Tennessee Valley Bikes

214 W. Magnolia, Knoxville Website

The Tree and Vine

439 Union Avenue • Off Market Square • Knoxville  (865) 985.0524  Website

Tomato Head

12 Market Square, Knoxville – (865) 637-4067 Website

Brandon Rogers will be on view at the downtown Knoxville Tomato Head on Market Square from April 6th through May 3rd, 2013. The artist will exhibit at the West Knoxville Gallery location on May 5th through May 31st, 2013

Sloane Baker Tillman will be on view at The Gallery Tomato Head from April 7th through May 4th, 2013.

URBhana

115 S. Gay Street (865) 525-7381  Website

First Friday, 5-9PM

Sponsored by EarthFest 2013 and in promotion of this year’s event on April 20 at Pellissippi State Community College’s Hardin Valley Campus.

Artwork by Cynthia Markert and Wendy Williams. In addition, photographs of nature taken by West Valley Middle School students and rain barrels painted by Hardin Valley Academy students will be available to purchase.

Music by Thomas Smith and Amanda Kinney from “An Atlas to Follow”, new and upcoming band from Birmingham, AL, Knoxville, TN, and Sylva NC. Their song “Be Kind to Boston” is a finalist in the 2012 International Songwriting Competition. Music will be from 6:30-8PM.

Free refreshments including adult beverages for those over 21.

Wing Zone

2121 Cumberland Ave. Knoxville (684-5477)  Website

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  Website

2 Many Pixels photo gallery is proud to present “What She Saw”, a beautiful mosaic of images by 3 young women and Knoxville photographers. This exhibit is an exploration of the female sensitivity and its transcription through the photographic medium.  The photographs are all for sale, gallery archival prints, signed and numbered by the artists.

Hope to see you all for the opening on Friday night, March 1st, 6pm to 9:30pm.

The photos will remain on the walls throughout the months of March and April.

501 Arthur

501 Arthur St., Knoxville (865) 951- 2523  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

Belleze Salon and Spa

6209 Kingston Pike Knoxville (865) 558-8424  Website

Birdhouse Laboratories

800 N. 4th Ave Knoxville  Website

Bliss

24 Market Square, Knoxville (865) 329 8868  Website

Bliss Home

29 Market Square Knoxville (865) 673-6711  Website

Bliss Home is pleased to present In the Style of, a project by West High School’s photography class. Lead by teacher Kat Furnari, each student began the semester constructing their own pinhole camera, then were given the freedom to explore a photography style and research a photographer of their choosing. Each student’s research inspired magnificent prints which will be shown at Bliss Home for March’s First Friday.

Kat Furnari received her Bachelors in Media Arts and Masters in Education from the University of Tennessee. Kat has taught traditional black and white film processes in her Photography class at West High School for seven years. In the Style of is an art show debut for her students.

Meet Kat, and her class of talented photographers, at Bliss Home for March’s First Friday!

Blount Mansion

200 W Hill Ave Knoxville (865) 525-2375  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

 March Brushstrokes: Tennessee Artists Association Juried Show

The Arts & Culture Alliance is pleased to present a new exhibition featuring original art by over 40 Tennessee artists including oils, watercolors, acrylics, pastels, photography, and mixed media. Founded in 1974, The Tennessee Artists Association (TAA) is a civic organization of fine artists with 62 current members. TAA encourages each individual artist to grow and develop through fellowship with other artists, educational programs, opportunities to exhibit and sell art, and to serve the community through classes. TAA hosts an exhibition of new artwork every three months at the Knoxville Chamber of Commerce on Market Square and at the University of Phoenix campus on Sherrill Boulevard. Membership in TAA is open to anyone eighteen years and older who is a resident of the state of Tennessee. Meetings are held on the third Tuesday of the month at 7:00 PM at Westminster Presbyterian Church, 6500 Northshore Drive, which include a business meeting, a program, and a time of fellowship and refreshments. Guests are welcome to attend.

“Body Language” Exhibition

The Arts & Culture Alliance is pleased to present a new exhibition featuring drawings of the human figure by nearly 25 local artists. The juried exhibition includes charcoal, pastels, pencils, inks, watercolors, oil paints, digital imaging on computer tablets, clay, and more and is coordinated by the Knoxville Monday Night Life Drawing Group. The exhibition includes artwork created directly from life-drawing sessions that occur each week in the Emporium’s Annex. The life-drawing models pose from five to 60 minutes or longer, providing for a variance in the exhibition from gestural drawings to more developed works. The Knoxville Monday Night Life Drawing Group started informally in late 2005 by Clark Stewart, a retired UT Art Professor.

The group now meets in the Emporium’s Annex on Monday nights from 6:30-9:30 PM where artist Bobbie Crews continues to host weekly life-drawing sessions. Artists work side by side on short gestural sketches to warm up and then work into the longer evening poses enabling them to create more finished works of art. The poses are timed, and the models are very professional.

Gourd Assemblages by Olive B. “Lolly” Durant

The challenge of fitting things together and engineering a “good fit” is what sparks my imagination. I build, assemble, create, visualize, organize and problem solve situations as they arise. My inspirations come intuitively as I begin to put together an assemblage. I am fascinated by the intricacies of nature: color, form, texture, line, shape and the binding of the spider’s silken threads. The binding of objects entwines my thoughts, as my hands strive to create compositions that attract the eye and cause the viewer to pause, contemplate and then move on with a refreshed feeling.

 Works by Antuco Chicaiza in Casa HoLa, Suite 109

Antuco Chicaiza’s paintings poetically document his life: his family and friends, his travels and relocations, and his cultural identities and political beliefs. Like a layered visual diary, his works gather evidence of the events and forces that have effected him deeply. Chicaiza’s early charcoal drawings and paintings drew upon his childhood memories of the lives of Indians in Ecuador. These works were representational in style and emphasized both social injustice and the peoples’ strength and pride. Later, his work described his own journey, reflecting in his words, “any injustice or prejudices I was affected by.” Chicaiza’s subjects range from the challenges and rewards of family, to cultural heritage, to social and political issues. In his most recent work, photographs have been melded with painted passages and advertising images with a free-floating, collage-like approach. Hosted by HoLa Hora Latina. For more information: www.antucochicaiza.com.

Ewing Gallery

1715 Volunteer Blvd. Knoxville (865) 974-3200  Website

Gallery at Main Street - First Baptist Church of Knoxville

510 W. Main Street Knoxville (865) 546-9661 Website

Ironwood Studios

119 Jennings Avenue Knoxville (865) 405-0777  Website

John Black Photography

501 Union Ave. Knoxville (865) 522-1715  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 / WDVX

301 Gay Street Knoxville (800) 727-8045  Website

Stop in First Fridays for LIVE music- First Friday in March we’ll be featuring performances by Black Cadillacs and Swampcandy

Lox Salon

103 W. Jackson Knoxville Website

Maplehurst Inn

800 W. Hill Avenue, Knoxville  (865) 803-6215 Website

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

131 South Central Street 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) 693-6327

Remedy Coffee

125 W. Jackson Ave. Knoxville Website

Rita’s Italian Ice

26 Market Square Southwest, Knoxville

Rococo Boutique

2 Market Square, Knoxville (865) 971-1006 Website

Maddie Lane, a local artist and photographer will be opening tonight, from 6:30-9:00 and we will have snacks/cookies.

Salon Visage

11 Market Square Knoxville (865) 694-4000

Tennessee Archive of Moving Image and sound @ East Tennessee History Center

601 South Gay Street Knoxville Contact: Bradley Reeves, Louisa Trott (865-215-8856) Website

Tennessee Valley Bikes

214 W. Magnolia, Knoxville Website

The Tree and Vine

439 Union Avenue • Off Market Square • Knoxville  (865) 985.0524  Website

Tomato Head

12 Market Square, Knoxville – (865) 637-4067 Website

Sloane Baker Tillman, legally blind artist painting from a wheelchair. Exhibition Title- “Visions from the blind”

Expressionist Art – Acrylic on Canvas. 20% donated to Human Animal Bond in Tennessee – HABIT

“Visions from the Blind” an exhibit of paintings by Sloane Baker Tillman will be on view at the Market Square Tomato Head Restaurant from March 2nd, 2013 through April 5th.

URBhana

115 S. Gay Street (865) 525-7381  Website

Wing Zone

2121 Cumberland Ave. Knoxville (684-5477)  Website

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.

There’s a couple of  new venues, opening this First Friday

Creativity Central

13 Emory Place, Knoxville  (865) 236-0870 Website
See the full listing below for further information.

Vacuum Shop Studios

1326 Broadway Website
See the full listing below for further information.

2 Many Pixels

130 W. Jackson Avenue, Suite 201 Knoxville  Website

On February 1st, “2 Many Pixels” photo gallery is proud to present a retrospective of the best photographers of the year 2012:

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 last time.

The exhibit will showcase:

David Habercom and his poignant photographs of homeless people

John May and his reportage on wrestling in East Tennessee

Julie Oglesby and her colorful vision of the streets of Knoxville

Janine Hill and her amazing captures of skydivers

Martin Klima and his powerful study of our neighborhoods

Lauren Lee and her intuitive snapshots of reality

Jimmy Chiarella and his “portraits” of wild animals

All the photos are for sale, gallery archival prints, signed and numbered by the artists.  Hope to see you all for the opening on Friday night, February1st, 6pm to 9:30pm.

The photos will remain on the walls throughout the month of February.

501 Arthur

501 Arthur St., Knoxville (865) 951- 2523  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

The Art Market Gallery of Knoxville will feature an exhibit of recent works by two artists recently juried into the gallery, Kory Kiker and Katie White. Each uses a medium of expression in a distinctive manner.

Working in his father’s furniture refinishing shop at age 14 sparked Texas-born Kory Kiker’s creative interest in wood art and he soon won first prize in a wood-carving contest. Today, he “paints” with wood and loves to challenge himself to create new, thought-provoking ideas through an intricate process called intarsia. This is a style of pictorial inlay using a mosaic of wood pieces in their natural, unstained hues.

Katie White’s porcelain sculptures are created using both hand-building and carving techniques. With nature a frequent source of inspiration since her years growing up on a farm in Illinois, this show features stylized versions of seed and egg shapes, each with the potential to blossom into something more intricate and beautiful. Often she contrasts the smooth translucence of porcelain with clay in its original raw state.

A First Friday opening reception for the exhibit is planned for 5:30 to 9 p.m., Friday, Feb. 1, with complimentary refreshments and live music: jazz, soul and fusion performed by saxophonist Marquis McGee.

Belleze Salon and Spa

6209 Kingston Pike Knoxville (865) 558-8424  Website

Birdhouse Laboratories

800 N. 4th Ave Knoxville  Website

Bliss

24 Market Square, Knoxville (865) 329 8868  Website

Bliss Home

29 Market Square Knoxville (865) 673-6711  Website

Due to the positive response of his photography, BLISS HOME has invited Phil Savage back for more First Friday Fun as our featured artist in February! A reception will be held Friday, February 1st at 29 Market Square from 6pm to 9pm.

“During January, we saw art lovers from all over Knoxville gravitate towards Phil’s work, because it showed a different side of familiar sites around Knoxville.” notes Cherie Piercy Lead Bliss Home Design Consultant.

Phil Savage was born in Mexico City and has traveled all around the world. Phil’s experiences from traveling have helped him hone his ability to ‘turn the ordinary into the extraordinary’. Phil loves to explore the endless possibilities that photography has to offer, by embracing black and white photos with hand-tinted touches. Phil’s First Friday exhibit aims to challenge viewers to rediscover the beauty and complexities that can be found all around Knoxville.

Blount Mansion

200 W Hill Ave Knoxville (865) 525-2375  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

Creativity Central

13 Emory Place, Knoxville  (865) 236-0870 Website

We are a new place, and we will be featuring children’s art for future First Fridays. February is our opening month, so we’d like to get the word out and have a few future artists come out! We will have refreshments of course.

First Friday hours: 5-8 pm

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 its National Juried Exhibition of 2013, a new exhibition featuring selected works from 24 artists in the Southeast region. The National Juried Exhibition was developed in 2006 to provide a forum for local artists to compete on a national scale and display their highest quality work. The exhibition encompasses all styles and genres from both emerging and established artists and will be displayed in the Emporium Center from February 1-22, 2013. A public reception will take place on Friday, February 1, from 5:00-9:00 PM with a brief awards ceremony at 6:00 PM in which $1,000 in cash awards will be announced.

The reception on Friday, February 1, is free and open to the public, and complimentary hors d’oeuvres will be served. The National Juried Exhibition of 2013 is on display February 1-22, 2013 at the Emporium Center, 100 S. Gay Street, downtown Knoxville. Exhibition hours are Monday-Friday, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM with additional hours on Saturday, February 2, 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM. For more information, please contact the Arts & Culture Alliance at (865) 523-7543, or visit our Web site at www.knoxalliance.com.

Ewing Gallery

1715 Volunteer Blvd. Knoxville (865) 974-3200  Website

Gallery at Main Street - First Baptist Church of Knoxville

510 W. Main Street Knoxville (865) 546-9661 Website

Ironwood Studios

119 Jennings Avenue Knoxville (865) 405-0777  Website

John Black Photography

501 Union Ave. Knoxville (865) 522-1715  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 Website

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

131 South Central Street 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) 693-6327

Remedy Coffee

125 W. Jackson Ave. Knoxville Website

Rita’s Italian Ice

26 Market Square Southwest, Knoxville

Rococo Boutique

2 Market Square, Knoxville (865) 971-1006 Website

Salon Visage

11 Market Square Knoxville (865) 694-4000

Tennessee Archive of Moving Image and sound @ East Tennessee History Center

601 South Gay Street Knoxville Contact: Bradley Reeves, Louisa Trott (865-215-8856) Website

Tennessee Valley Bikes

214 W. Magnolia, Knoxville Website

The District Gallery and Framery

5113 Kingston Pike Knoxville Website

Please join us for First Friday February 1, 5-8 p.m. for a champagne reception featuring:

Julia Britell Jewelry (show continues through the 22nd)

V Chocolates

Donna Gordon Glass

The Tree and Vine

439 Union Avenue • Off Market Square • Knoxville  (865) 985.0524  Website

Tomato Head

12 Market Square, Knoxville – (865) 637-4067 Website

Dawn Hawkins will be on view at the downtown Knoxville Tomato Head from February 2nd through March 1st, 2013.

My passion from childhood has always been drawing and painting. Growing up I traveled the world due to my father being in the military. This intensified my passion for painting by the intriguing amount of different landscapes that I encountered. The awe inspiring trees, coastal, and sunsets were a constant inspiration. I also have a huge obsession for Dragonflies I want to share with the world.

At the age of 15, my family settled in Knoxville, TN. My desire for art continued all during high school. Although I have not had any formal training since, I have a natural gift and love for painting.

I have worked with numerous mediums, but find myself most comfortable and passionate about acrylics and watercolors. My most recent endeavors include canvas painting and large scale murals in private homes and businesses. My most recent work is my series of dragonflies, their grace and beauty is amazing, one to be shared with the world.

URBhana

115 S. Gay Street (865) 525-7381  Website

Vacuum Shop Studios

1326 Broadway Knoxville Website

Open Studio Night!  Please join us from 7-10 to inaugurate our new space.

This First Friday, February 1, The Vacuum Shop Studios will be having their first open studio night. The Vacuum Shop Studios are home to eight artists:

Eleanor Aldrich

Briena Harmening

Guen Montgomery,

Emmy Lingscheit

Rachel Principe

Chelsie Nunn

Kelly Hider

Jessie Van der Laan

Wing Zone

2121 Cumberland Ave. Knoxville (684-5477)  Website

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

501 Arthur

501 Arthur St., Knoxville (865) 951- 2523  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

ART MARKET GALLERY 30th ANNIVERSARY EXHIBIT AND RECEPTION

January 2-27, Art Market Gallery of Knoxville is pleased to present a special 30th Anniversary Exhibit. This exhibit will feature artworks by nine active and inactive artist-members that are among the earliest or original members of the Art Market Gallery.

From its establishment 30 years ago as an adjunct of the former Dulin Gallery of Art, Art Market Gallery has become one of the longest-standing cooperative artist groups in the Southeast and boasts the largest selection of local and regional art and fine craft in Knoxville. The gallery shows and sells only original, one-of-a- kind artworks in a historic space located on Gay Street in downtown Knoxville. All of the gallery’s active members are involved in the operation of the gallery.

Artists participating in the 30th Anniversary Exhibit are: Hugh Bailey (Clay), Mary Ann Aken (Painting), B.J. Clark (Painting/Mixed Media), Alice Clayton (Painting), Fran Henley (Painting), Patricia Herzog (Clay), Emilia Picket (Mixed Media), Carol Pritcher (Fiber) and Marilyn Avery Turner (Painting).

A First Friday Reception for the exhibit is planned for January 4 from 5:30-9 pm with complimentary refreshments and live jazz music performed by saxophonist Marquis McGee..

Belleze Salon and Spa

6209 Kingston Pike Knoxville (865) 558-8424  Website

Birdhouse Laboratories

800 N. 4th Ave Knoxville  Website

Bliss

24 Market Square, Knoxville (865) 329 8868  Website

Bliss Home

29 Market Square Knoxville (865) 673-6711  Website

Opening Reception: Friday, January 4, 2012 6pm to 9pm

Bliss Home is proud to present Phil Savage for January’s First Friday. A reception will be held Friday, January 4th at 29 Market Square from 6pm to 9pm.

Phil Savage was born in Mexico City and has traveled all around the world, which has helped him hone his ability to ‘turn the ordinary into the extraordinary’. Phil loves to explore the endless possibilities that photography has to offer, by embracing black and white photos with hand-tinted touches. Phil’s First Friday exhibit, aims to challenge viewers to rediscover the beauty and complexities that can be found all around Knoxville.

Blount Mansion

200 W Hill Ave Knoxville (865) 525-2375  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

Ewing Gallery

1715 Volunteer Blvd. Knoxville (865) 974-3200  Website

Gallery at Main Street - First Baptist Church of Knoxville

510 W. Main Street Knoxville (865) 546-9661 Website

Ironwood Studios

119 Jennings Avenue Knoxville (865) 405-0777  Website

John Black Photography

501 Union Ave. Knoxville (865) 522-1715  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

Latitude 35

16 Market Square Southwest Knoxville (865) 566-0721 Website

On display are Smoky Mountains, South Carolina low country, and Knoxville at night prints by Sean Sparbanie. There are prints on canvas, aluminum, and traditionally framed. Artist website

 Lox Salon

103 W. Jackson Knoxville Website

Maplehurst Inn

800 W. Hill Avenue, Knoxville  (865) 803-6215 Website

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

131 South Central Street Knoxville  (865) 521-0690  Website

Preservation Pub

28 Market Square Knoxville  (865) 524-2224  Website

Rala

323 Union Avenue Knoxville (865) 525-7888  Website

Red Chair Architects

220 W Jackson Avenue, Suite 106, Knoxville (865) 633 – 9058 Website

On January 4th, Red Chair Architect’s will open its doors during First Friday to celebrate their one-year anniversary as a firm. We hope you will be able to join us in our celebration and tour our downtown office. The firm is happy to present pottery stylings from the women of Terra Madre as well as music from local jazz band the Wesley Lunsford Trio that evening! The reception will be held from 6:00-8:00pm.

Terra Madre is an eclectic group of female artists with diverse approaches to clay. They feature pottery stylings in functional, sculptural, traditional, contemporary, whimsical and the sublime. Some of their work will be available for purchase.

The Wesley Lunsford Trio has been recognized by Metropulse as one of the Best Local Jazz Bands in the city.

Regal Downtown West 8

1640 Downtown West Blvd. Knoxville  (865) 693-6327

Remedy Coffee

125 W. Jackson Ave. Knoxville Website

Rita’s Italian Ice

26 Market Square Southwest, Knoxville

Rococo Boutique

2 Market Square, Knoxville (865) 971-1006 Website

Salon Visage

11 Market Square Knoxville (865) 694-4000

Tennessee Archive of Moving Image and sound @ East Tennessee History Center

601 South Gay Street Knoxville Contact: Bradley Reeves, Louisa Trott (865-215-8856) Website

Tennessee Valley Bikes

214 W. Magnolia, Knoxville Website

The Tree and Vine

439 Union Avenue • Off Market Square • Knoxville  (865) 985.0524  Website

Tomato Head

12 Market Square, Knoxville – (865) 637-4067 Website

Photographs by Leigh Cooper will be on view at the Tomato Head Restaurant on Market Square from January 5th through February 1st, 2013.

This show provides an overview of my initial exploration in photography: B/W and color, digital and film, composed and spontaneous. I am most inspired when I am not looking for a photographic opportunity, but come across something I find to have interesting juxtaposition or unique elements.

URBhana

115 S. Gay Street (865) 525-7381  Website

Wing Zone

2121 Cumberland Ave. Knoxville (684-5477)  Website

First Friday Map!!!!!

It’s been here all along, I just spent a real long day revamping  it. PLEASE contact me with additions, deletions,  or corrections.  Here you go- KnoxvilleFirst Friday.comGoogle Map.

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.

CHRISTMAS PARADE INFORMATION

Please note the parade closures: Police will close Howard Baker at 5:00 PM for the parade to begin assembling. The parade will step off at 6:45 PM, and KPD will close off Gay Street at 6:30 PM. The parade route is: Howard Baker continued onto Church, Church to Gay, Gay to Jackson, straight down Jackson and disassemble at the parking lot past Barleys. There will be Temporary No Parking on Gay Street between Church & Jackson and on Jackson Ave between Gay and Campbell Ave. between 4:30-9:30 PM.

 Stop in and say goodbye

Sadly, gallery 133 will soon be nothing more than a fond memory after this First Friday. They’re having to close their doors, so stop in this First Friday and say goodbye, and wish them well.

 On with this month’s openings!

2 Many Pixels

130 W. Jackson Avenue, Suite 201 Knoxville

On December 7th (First Friday), “2 Many Pixels” photo gallery is proud to present a retrospective of the best photographers of the year 2012:

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:

David Habercom and his poignant photographs of homeless people

John May and his reportage on wrestling in East Tennessee

Julie Oglesby and her colorful vision of the streets of Knoxville

Janine Hill and her amazing captures of skydivers

Martin Klima and his powerful study of our neighborhoods

Lauren Lee and her intuitive snapshots of reality

Jimmy Chiarella and his “portraits” of wild animals

All the photos are for sale, gallery archival prints, signed and numbered by the artists.

Hope to see you all for the opening on Friday night, December 7th, 6pm to 9:30pm.

The photos will remain on the walls throughout the months of December, 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

December 4-30, Art Market Gallery of Knoxville is pleased to present an exhibit of recent works by Eric Gebhart and Elaine Barnes.

Eric Gebhart is a nature and landscape photographer who draws much of his inspiration from the Smoky Mountains. To him, photography is about connecting with nature and sharing all that it has to offer through the images it allows him to create. His hope is that his work will inspire viewers to have a greater awareness of our responsibility to protect the environment.

Elaine Barnes will be exhibiting a collection of her recent works in clay. She says that, for her, the creative process is about joy: the joy of learning, joy in being able to spend time doing what she loves to do and hopefully, joy that she brings to others with her work. Elaine has exhibited in numerous juried exhibitions and several galleries.

A First Friday Reception for the exhibit is planned for December 7th from 5:30-9 pm with complimentary refreshments and live music.

Continuing in the month of December, the gallery will offer artisan-made ornaments for sale to benefit the Community School of the Arts, a non-profit program that provides free instruction in music, visual arts, modern dance and drama to children from underserved areas of Knox county.

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 proud to present Jennifer Simpson for December’s First Friday. A reception will be held Friday, December 7 at 29 Market Square from 6pm to 9pm.

Jennifer Simpson is a Knoxville based artist who uses a unique mixed media process to create one-of-a-kind art which captures her childhood recollections and current daydreams.Jennifer’s art aims to evoke the inner-child in all of us, while getting the viewer to bring forth memories of a simpler, happier time.

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

The Arts & Culture Alliance presents its 2012 Members Show, the largest annual exhibition of local artists in the Greater Knoxville area.

The fresh mix of two- and three-dimensional works created within the last two years encompasses a wide variety of media such as oil, acrylic, watercolor, pastel, mixed media, photography, fine craft, sculpture, ceramics, fiber, and more from local artists who are all members of the Arts & Culture Alliance.

The opening reception will feature music by Pistol Creek Catch of the Day (featuring Alliance member Carl Gombert).

Join us for chocolate fondue from the Melting Pot and other holiday sweets.

Awards will be distributed at 6:00 PM.

Stick around for the Christmas parade down Gay Street at 6:45 PM!

**Please note the parade closures: Police will close Howard Baker at 5:00 PM for the parade to begin assembling. The parade will step off at 6:45 PM, and KPD will close off Gay Street at 6:30 PM. The parade route is: Howard Baker continued onto Church, Church to Gay, Gay to Jackson, straight down Jackson and disassemble at the parking lot past Barleys. There will be Temporary No Parking on Gay Street between Church & Jackson and on Jackson Ave between Gay and Campbell Ave. between 4:30-9:30 PM.

Pottery Demonstration by Bill Capshaw in Studio 105

Join Bill Capshaw as he throws pottery in the studio and displays recent works for sale. Capshaw is a ceramic artist and instructor serving as Pottery Studio Chair of the Oak Ridge Art Center in Tennessee. He earned a BFA and MFA from East Tennessee State University, concentrating in ceramics and printing processes. He has received many awards, but his reward is simply producing his work, primarily concentrating on raku. His interests encompass woodfire, crystalline, pit, reduction, oxidation, and the various other branches of processes associated with raku.

Ewing Gallery

1715 Volunteer Blvd. Knoxville (865) 974-3200  Website

Fluorescent Gallery

627 N. Central Knoxville (865) 522-1752  Website

Gallery at Main Street- First Baptist Church of Knoxville

510 W. Main Avenue Knoxville (865) 546-9661 Website

Gallery 133

133 S. Gay St. Knoxville

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

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

131 South Central Street 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) 693-6327

Remedy Coffee

125 W. Jackson Ave. Knoxville Website

Rita’s Italian Ice

Market Square, Knoxville

Rococo Boutique

2 Market Square, Knoxville (865) 971-1006 Website

Salon Visage

11 Market Square Knoxville (865) 694-4000

Tennessee Archive of Moving Image and sound @ East Tennessee History Center

601 South Gay Street Knoxville Contact: Bradley Reeves, Louisa Trott (865-215-8856)

Tennessee Valley Bikes

214 W. Magnolia, Knoxville Website

The Tree and Vine

439 Union Avenue • Off Market Square • Knoxville  (865) 985.0524  Website

The District Gallery & Framery

5113 Kingston Pike Knoxville (865) 200-4452 Website

First Friday  5-8 p.m. Featuring new work by Joe Parrott

Tomato Head

12 Market Square, Knoxville – (865) 637-4067 Website

Recent works by Beth Meadows will be on view at the Knoxville Tomato Head Restaurant from December 1st through January 4th. Beth’s work will hang at the new West Knoxville Gallery Shopping Center, 7240 Kingston Pike, from January 6th through February 2nd, 2013.   For more information, please contact the artist at beth@bethmeadows.com.

URBhana

115 S. Gay Street (865) 525-7381  Website

UT Downtown Gallery

106 S. Gay Street Knoxville (865) 673-0802  WebSite

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

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

Come celebrate Day of the Dead with us and come in costume! OUR HOURS WILL BE A LITTLE DIFFERENT: 7-11 PM. we will have artwork, performances by Biz’Cirque , food drink, fun and prizes!

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 Lisa Kurtz and Joe Parrott, both of Knoxville.

Lisa Kurtz, who holds a BA and MA in Ceramics from the University of Louisville, will be exhibiting a collection of her recent works in clay. Her pieces, made with white stoneware clay, are a fusion of traditional forms with contemporary touches and are completely functional. Lisa is a member of several regional craft guilds.

Joe Parrott, an award-winning cityscape and landscape painter, renders his subject matter masterfully in oils in a thick, impasto style. The lights, shadows and reflections that he observes in the landscape are what inspire him to paint. His works are in many public and private collections.

A First Friday Reception for the exhibit is planned for November 2nd from 5:30-9 pm with complimentary refreshments and live music.

In November and December, the gallery will offer artisan-made ornaments for sale to benefit the Community School of the Arts, a non-profit program that provides free instruction in music, visual arts, modern dance and drama to children from underserved areas of Knox county.

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

The Arts & Culture Alliance is pleased to present two new exhibitions of paintings by local artists Marcia Goldenstein and Jean Hess in the Balcony at the Emporium Center. Goldenstein’s exhibition, entitled “Collection/Re-Collection”, is an installation project that transformed the results of her father’s decades-long extensive collection of stone tools and other artifacts into paint. Hess’s exhibition, entitled “Place”, is a series of collage paintings addressing various issues related to a sense of location in the universe, ranging from memory and reflection to orientation to fear and uncertainty.

For more information on Marcia Goldenstein, visit www.marciagoldenstein.com

For more information on Jean Hess, visit www.jeanhess.com

A new exhibition of charcoal pencil, pastel, and digital works by Sally Ham Govan and marble sculptures by Bill Cook, Jr.

For more information on Sally Ham Govan, please visit www.sallygovan.com

For more information on Bill Cook, Jr., please visit www.billcookjr.com

“Alleged Posthumous Writings” presents themes on the anxiety and allure of both domesticity and divination. Talking boards (the Ouija board being the most well-known example) are functional art objects that rely upon belief to activate their utilitarian aspect. They are maps that only work when you believe you know where you have been and where you are going. The desire to reach out into the unknown and bring back a hint of what is there is prevalent not only in occult divination but also the kitsch and decorum of tourist souvenirs and homemade aesthetics. Both objects are common, almost banal, but transform into highly potent artifacts when brought into the intimate domestic space of the home.

For more information on Nick DeFord, please visit www.nickdeford.com.

Photography by Julie Oglesby

The images I capture have spoken to me, a whisper in that moment which moved me to snap the shutter. IF, just for a moment, you can hear the music, smell the rain, feel compassion, or sense the mood, I have accomplished what I had hoped as a photographer. I not only experienced the moment, but now so are you…

For more information on Julie Oglesby, please visit http://julieoglesby.wix.com/julieoglesby

Ewing Gallery

1715 Volunteer Blvd. Knoxville (865) 974-3200  Website

Fluorescent Gallery

627 N. Central Knoxville (865) 522-1752  Website

Gallery at Main Street- First Baptist Church of Knoxville

510 W. Main Avenue Knoxville (865) 546-9661 Website

Gallery 133

133 S. Gay St. Knoxville

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

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

131 South Central Street 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) 693-6327

Remedy Coffee

125 W. Jackson Ave. Knoxville Website

Rita’s Italian Ice

Market Square, Knoxville

Rococo Boutique

2 Market Square, Knoxville (865) 971-1006 Website

Salon Visage

11 Market Square Knoxville (865) 694-4000

Tennessee Archive of Moving Image and sound @ East Tennessee History Center

601 South Gay Street Knoxville Contact: Bradley Reeves, Louisa Trott (865-215-8856)

Tennessee Valley Bikes

214 W. Magnolia, Knoxville Website

The Tree and Vine

439 Union Avenue • Off Market Square • Knoxville  (865) 985.0524  Website

Tomato Head

12 Market Square, Knoxville – (865) 637-4067 Website

Paintings by Jessica Payne will be on view at the downtown Knoxville Tomato Head Restaurant from November 3rd through November 30, 2012.

URBhana

115 S. Gay Street (865) 525-7381  Website

UT Downtown Gallery

106 S. Gay Street Knoxville (865) 673-0802  WebSite

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.

You won’t want to miss these two live shows this First Friday!

The Womack Family Band

My good friends, The Womack Family Band, will be playing First Friday. The WDVX First Friday live broadcast October 5th features The Womack Family Band. You can be part of the audience at the Knoxville Visitor Center! The live show is 7 til 8 on air. Nelson will be your host.

Knoxville Visitor Center on the corner of Gay Street and Summit Hill Drive in Downtown Knoxville. Website

After THIS show, you can mosey over to Morelock Music @ 411 South Gay Street, Singer/songwriter Crispy Watkins will open the show at 8PM, followed by The Womack Family Band in the second show of the night.

 On with this month’s openings!

2 Many Pixels

130 W. Jackson Avenue, Suite 201 Knoxville

Friday October 5th, “2 Many Pixels” photo gallery is proud to present:  Jimmy Chiarella, Wildlife Photography, opening night runs  from 6pm to 9:30pm.  This exhibit will be running through the month of October.

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 Gallery of Knoxville is pleased to present an exhibit of recent works by George Rothery and Kathy Lovelace, both of Knoxville.

Painter George Rothery will be exhibiting a collection of his recent works. A marine artist who concentrates in oils and acrylics, Rothery creates paintings inspired by the South Carolina coast and a nearly lifelong love of the water, sailing and racing. His work can be found in many public and private collections and has been exhibited nationally.

Artist Kathy Lovelace will exhibit a collection of small furniture and home accessory pieces which she has painted to create functional works of art. The Brook, Rainbow and Brown trout found in the streams of the Great Smoky Mountains are the subject matter for her works. Lovelace covers each painting with 10 layers of clear protective acrylic to make them completely functional and durable.

A First Friday Reception for the exhibit is planned for October 5th 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 hosting a double feature for October’s First Friday, from 6pm to 9pm! Peyton Ritchie and Melissa Johnson are teaming up to bring viewers an interesting contrast: embossed abstract art and portraits by a figurative artist.

Peyton Ritchie is currently working on her BFA at Belmont University, where she uses her art to ‘explore the contours and hues of the human body’. Peyton’s preferred medium is acrylic and oil to create figurative art, which is an ‘extension of herself’. Peyton is most excited to share her self portrait with the Knoxville art community, which is a reflection of her personal complexities and color theory.

Melissa Johnson is an Art and Art History instructor in Cleveland, TN, who is also working on her Second Certification of Special Education at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. In addition to Peyton’s unveiling, Melissa will reveal her latest creation: Embossed Abstractions. Experimenting with the back of the canvas, Melissa applied thick acrylic paint which dried and pushed through to the front of the canvas. On the front of the canvas, Melissa painted clear gesso which accentuates the texture created on the backside.

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

The Arts & Culture Alliance is pleased to present a new exhibition of finger-printed portraits by Knoxville artist and UT graduate Dena Honea, opening Friday, October 5, at 5:00 PM on the north side of the Balcony at the Emporium Center in Knoxville. Honea will display eight recent portraits including infants and celebrities, and she welcomes requests for commissions.

Born in Two Rivers, Wisconsin, Dena Honea has always had varied interests; everything from drawing and dancing to dirt bikes catches her attention. During her senior year in high school, she first thought of a way to tie her eclectic interests together: design. She attended the University of Wisconsin at Green Bay to pursue a degree in environmental design and later transferred to the University of Tennessee, where she graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Graphic Design. During the past few years, Honea has focused the majority of her time on finger-printed portraits. Her unique portraits are made by prints alone, using her fingers as the paintbrush. No pencils, erasers, or paintbrushes are ever picked up. “This form of art is very personal, considering I am using the one thing that identifies me alone,” says Honea. “I am always in direct contact with the paper, which can be very sentimental.” For more information on Honea’s finger-printed portraits, or to request information on a commission, please visit www.finger-printed.com.

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The Arts & Culture Alliance is pleased to present a new exhibition of hand-built lace pottery by Lahla Deakins of Burning Fork Studio, opening Friday, October 5, at 5:00 PM in the display case of the Emporium Center in Knoxville. Deakins combines intricate lace patterns with simple forms to make variety of functional ware, from tumblers and serving dishes to picture frames and jewelry.

Lahla Deakins, a native of Johnson City, began taking pottery classes at the University of Tennessee as a journalism student, and instantly fell in love. After working as a copy editor and later receiving her Masters of Liberal Studies at East Tennessee State University, she decided to turn her artistic passion into a business, creating Burning Fork Studio in late 2010. The studio is located at West Jackson Workshops, 514 W. Jackson Ave., Suite 103, where Deakins creates her pottery and offers classes, workshops, and pottery parties for students age 4-adult.

“I’m inspired by vintage china patterns as well as sleek, modern forms, and I’ve always been drawn to rich textures,” says Deakins. “I love experimenting with pressing different types and patterns of lace into the clay—each one gives a piece an entirely unique personality.” Deakins uses lace she has collected from thrift shops, a local bridal shop’s scrap bin, and her own wedding dress, which inspired her to offer bridal lace special orders. Customers can bring her lace from their own wedding dress (or other keepsake lace) to have a custom vase, picture frame, or other piece designed. For more information about lessons and special orders, visit www.burningforkstudio.com.

Deakins’ pottery will be displayed at the Emporium Center, 100 S. Gay Street, from October 5-26, 2012. An opening reception will take place as part of First Friday activities on October 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, October 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.

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The Arts & Culture Alliance is pleased to announce the second of a new monthly series featuring artists showcasing their work and discussing their inspirations and processes. The series, entitled “Time Well Spent: Inspiration at Lunch”, is free and open to the public, and guests are invited to bring a “Brown Bag” lunch. The interactive presentations will begin at 12:00 PM at the Emporium Center, 100 S. Gay Street, in downtown Knoxville. Parking is available at metered spots on the Gay Street viaduct or in the parking lot on Jackson Avenue caddy-corner from the Emporium.

The next presentation in the series takes place on Wednesday, October 17, from 12:00-1:00 PM with Sweetwater multimedia/fiber artist Geri Forkner. Forkner will demonstrate how to make felt and welcomes participants in the process.

Geri Forkner is a weaver and felt maker who enjoys saving materials from the global scrapheap. Like many women in her generation, her grandmother taught the girls in her family the “usual” fiber processes. “My place in the family was the craftsperson,” says Forkner. “My older sister was the artist. My engineer father insisted crafts was not a good enough career so I settled on being the only female in engineering class.” Many years of raising children, teaching, and making “one of everything” have given Forkner the expertise to make beautiful things. She also now has the confidence to comment on social issues using skills polished along the way. Geri Forkner creates felted and woven works of art from her studio in Sweetwater. Forkner regularly teaches fiber arts classes regionally, nationally, and internationally to both children and adults, is the recipient of an Artists-In-The-Schools grant, and is the dynamic force behind Tennessee Presents Textiles, a fashion show comprising the works of both up-and-coming and seasoned fiber artists. A member of the Southern Highland Craft Guild, Geri cherishes the old traditions and skills while using fibers in innovative ways to push the boundaries of weaving. For more information on Geri Forkner, visit www.weavingschool.wordpress.com and www.weavingschool.com.

Upcoming presentations in the “Time Well Spent” series (Wednesdays at 12:00 PM):

November 14 – Marcia Goldenstein & Jean Hess, painting/collage; discussion of their exhibition in the Emporium

December 12 – Ann Lacava, jewelry

January 16 – Fritz Massaquoi, fiber/weaving

February 13 – Dennis Sabo, photography

March 13 – Bobbie Crews, painting; discussion of exhibition in the Emporium

Ewing Gallery

1715 Volunteer Blvd. Knoxville (865) 974-3200  Website

Fluorescent Gallery

627 N. Central Knoxville (865) 522-1752  Website

Gallery at Main Street- First Baptist Church of Knoxville

510 W. Main Avenue Knoxville (865) 546-9661 Website

Gallery 133

133 S. Gay St. Knoxville

Artist’s work on display this month are:

Amanda Zimmer

Barry Byrd

Chris Cornett

Chryseis Dawn Patterson

Dianna Kilgore

Doctor Sid

Hannah Green

Josh Jordan

Kitty Brooks

Mark Gunnar Quist

Nicole Carnival

Ricky Davis (TRD)

Rucker Wells

Sam Artman

Starr Cline

Tori McCammon

Wendy Warren

We will have a live band providing background/ambiance music on First Friday!!!!! Ayça Yayman on oboe, Alexia Pantanizopoulos on cello, and Tres’ Dog Knight on various instruments. They play as parts of Norwegian Wood.  Ayça plays oboe with the Knoxville Symphony and Alexia plays cello with the Johnson City Symphony.

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

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

Marc Nelson Denim

206 Randolph, Knoxville

Jewelry Designer Alicia Marie will be displaying  her stunning  jewelry for this First Friday. It’s going to be on display for one night only, so make sure to stop by opening night.
Artist’s websites: Alicia Marie Designs  Facebook

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

131 South Central Street 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) 693-6327

Remedy Coffee

125 W. Jackson Ave. Knoxville Website

Rita’s Italian Ice

26 Market Square, Knoxville

Local artist, Leann Vineyard Cooper will have her beautiful artwork on display at Rita’s Italian Ice at 26 Market Square for First Friday. Come view her drawings. Most are with graphite, a few are mixed media.

Rococo Boutique

2 Market Square, Knoxville (865) 971-1006 Website

Salon Visage

11 Market Square Knoxville (865) 694-4000

Tennessee Archive of Moving Image and sound @ East Tennessee History Center

601 South Gay Street Knoxville Contact: Bradley Reeves, Louisa Trott (865-215-8856)

A Celebration Of the Highlander Center’s 80th Birthday -Art and Photography Exhibits: 6 pm -7 pm

Live Music Performance and Film Screening: 6 pm – 9 pm  No admission fee

Now in it’s 80th year, the Tennessee-based Highlander Research and Education Center has long championed significant movements for justice, including fights for civil and labor rights, and the struggle to protect communities from the ravages of strip-mining and toxic waste dumping. Join TAMIS and Highlander for an evening of art, film, and music celebrating the center’s artistic and civil rights heritage!

 Art and Photography Exhibits:

Mindy Kieren, local Knoxville Artist: Kieren presents a mixed-media art exhibit

consisting of homegrown art and sculpture.

Highlander Photography Exhibit: Selected photographic works from the Highlander Collection on-display in the auditorium

Live Music Performances:

WestWend: Americana-country duo Wendy Crowe and Jonathon Maness perform music showcasing examples of original songwriting and beautiful duet harmony.

The Carawan Family, with Marquez Ryhne: Join stylist Marguez Ryhne, along with folk music legends Guy, Candie, and Evan Carawan for a musical roundtable session of acoustic folk songs as played and sung at the Highlander Center through the years. Guy Carawan is partially credited with introducing the anthem “We Shall Overcome” to the American Civil Rights Movement.

 You Got To Move: Stories of Change in the South (1985)

A Film by Lucie Massie Phenix

Lucie Massie Phenix’s classic 1985 documentary You Got To Move was inspired by the filmmaker’s experiences at Tennessee’s world-renowned Highlander Research and Education Center. The film captures the spirit of a place that has helped people unite at a grassroots level, and tells the stories of how ordinary people discovered the courage and ability to confront reality and change it for the better.

Still powerful and moving 27 years after its original release, You Got To Move incorporates a wide selection of rare archival film footage, folk music performances, and oral history interviews that tell the story of the civil rights movement and coal mine union labor strikes in the south.

Tennessee Valley Bikes

214 W. Magnolia, Knoxville Website

The Tree and Vine

439 Union Avenue • Off Market Square • Knoxville  (865) 985.0524  Website

Tomato Head

12 Market Square, Knoxville – (865) 637-4067 Website

Recent works by Dennis Sabo will be on view at the Tomato Head Restaurant in downtown Knoxville from October 6th through November 2nd, 2012.

Nature’s Color Splash

Recent works from nature and the urban environment. Dennis says, “I challenge myself to capture common subjects that are often overlooked and then refine the photograph into an impressionistic piece of art; an interpretive collage of colors, motion, and textures.”  http://www.dsabophoto.com

URBhana

115 S. Gay Street (865) 525-7381  Website

UT Downtown Gallery

106 S. Gay Street Knoxville (865) 673-0802  WebSite

WDVX Radio

Knoxville Visitor Center on the corner of Gay Street and Summit Hill Drive in Downtown Knoxville. Website

The WDVX First Friday live broadcast October 5th features The Womack Family Band. You can be part of the audience at the Knoxville Visitor Center! The live show is 7 til 8 on air. Nelson will be your host.

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.

I’ve got a show still going on in a brand new venue- The Tree and Vine

There’s a cool new venue that recently opened up, it’s a Olive Oil and Balsamic Vinegar tasting shop. Yeah, I had no idea either until today when I set up my artwork there this afternoon. Chances are, you’ve never had real, honest to goodness Olive Oil. After what I tasted today, I know that I’ve never had the real deal. The real stuff is incredible tasting. Same with Balsamic Vinegar, it’s glorious. They’ve got all sorts of tasty things there, infused with all sorts of things like fruits and herbs. Anyway, you need to pop in and take a taste of their goodies, they’ll bottle it right on the spot for you.  Oh, the reason I’m mentioning it is I’ve got a show there for August, and will run through part of September. I’ve got prints large and small, priced for any budget. See the listing just below, found under The Tree And Vine.

 On with this month’s openings!

2 Many Pixels

130 W. Jackson Avenue, Suite 201 Knoxville

Wildlife Photography by Jimmy Chiarella

Hope to see you all for the opening on First Friday September 7th., from 6pm to 9:30pm:

This exhibit will be running through the months of September and October.

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

On display are recent works by Mary Ann Valvoda of Loudon and Jen Hamilton of Knoxville.

Award-winning watercolorist Mary Ann Valvoda will be exhibiting a collection of her recent works. Mary Ann studied at the Cleveland Institute of Art and is a Signature Member of the Ohio and Tennessee Watercolor Societies as well at the Knoxville and Southern Watercolor Societies. In her more recent works, she is “excited about using pigments to flow across the paper, yet trying to maintain control of the final appearance of the painting.” She has works in private collections throughout the US.

Artist Jen Hamilton creates her mixed media sculptures from recycled objects such as bicycle parts, dismantled electronics, colored wire and found scraps of metal and plastic. She says that she really enjoys “reusing objects from the the waste stream, and transforming them into objects of value and desire.”

A First Friday Reception for the exhibit is planned for September 8th from 5:30-9 pm with complimentary refreshments and live music performed by violinist Elise Van Patten.

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

Due to the positive response to her work, BLISS HOME has invited Beth Meadows back for more First Friday Fun as our featured artist in September!

“We’re thrilled by the tremendous reaction that Beth’s show received at its unveiling and throughout the month. We wanted to extend her exhibit so more Knoxvillians can experience her art,” notes Bliss Home Lead Design Consultant, Cherie Piercy.

Bliss Home will host a reception to reveal Beth’s new additions to her exhibit at 29 Market Square, from 6 to 9 p.m., Friday, September 7.

Beth’s position as the Architectural Salvage Coordinator for Knox Heritage has provided her with plenty of historic building material, which is Beth’s preferred medium. Beth uses her art to exemplify the connection between old and new trends, and to invite the viewer to think about what defines something as classic. For September First Friday, art appreciators will view selected pieces from her esteemed Mason Jar Exhibit, which are hand-painted with acrylic on slate roof tiles or salvaged wood. Beth will also feature a few pieces, one of which is inspired by women’s fashion, and is constructed of salvaged windows and lace.

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

Arts & Culture Alliance Presents Three New Exhibitions at the Emporium Center this First Friday!

The Artists of Fairfield Glade

A new exhibition by the Art Guild of Fairfield Glade featuring original oil, watercolor, pastel, colored pencil, acrylic, pottery, photography, mixed media, sculpture, jewelry, and more by nearly 35 regional artists. The Guild’s mission is to present art through education, exhibitions, and participation in community outreach events; and to provide needed, meaningful services and educational resources to meet the needs of Cumberland County residents, visitors, students, and local artists through its student scholarship program, art library, workshops, special events, and volunteer opportunities: www.artguildfairfieldglade.net.

“Artwork Gone Wild”

A new exhibition of watercolor-based artwork by animal artists from the Knoxville Zoo. Many animals at the zoo are trained by their keepers to paint in the traditional sense, using brushes and/or fingers, including chimpanzees, gorillas, and elephants. Many more paint by walking over or stamping the canvas in a variety of colors. These paw painters include lions, tigers, meerkats, bears, Komodo dragon, penguins, and many other animals. The proceeds from this product help support the enrichment program at Knoxville Zoo: www.knoxville-zoo.org.

“Looking at the Dark” by Alex Merchant

A new exhibition by Knoxville artist Alex Merchant, who recently spent time in India interviewing artists who identify themselves as Dalit-the historically disenfranchised group of the Indian caste system. Through a series of video interviews, artists and activists give a look into their art practices, their family life, and their communities. Merchant’s exhibition will feature video and photography captured in the artists’ communities.

Artscapes Auction Preview

Items from the Knoxville Museum of Art on display in the case of the mezzanine. Don’t miss Artscapes 2012! www.knoxart.org

Ewing Gallery

1715 Volunteer Blvd. Knoxville (865) 974-3200  Website

Fluorescent Gallery

627 N. Central Knoxville (865) 522-1752  Website

Gallery at Main Street- First Baptist Church of Knoxville

510 W. Main Avenue Knoxville (865) 546-9661 Website

This month we’re featuring 12 regional artists at our September 7th wildlife art exhibition.

Art featured includes watercolors, oils, acrylics, and woodcarvings. Everyone is welcome. FREE refreshments.

Gallery 133

133 S. Gay St. Knoxville

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

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

Come by the Knoxville Visitor Center for First Friday, September 7th, from 5pm-8pm to check out Gayla Seal’s lovely collection! Her work features Knoxville’s beautiful landscapes on coasters, notecards, magnets, and portraits.

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

First Friday Benefit for the Birdhouse Community Space  from 7-10 p.m. on September 7th.

Local artists have been redecorating ornamental birdhouses in their own styles — we’re going to auction those off and have some fun in the meantime. Music, art & some weird stuff, promise!

Music by Sunshine Station. Free admission but donations appreciated. All proceeds go toward the preservation, renovation and viable operation of the Birdhouse (also known as the 4th and Gill Neighborhood Center).

Old City Java

109 S. Central Avenue Knoxville (865) 523-9817   Website

Oodles Uncorked

18 Market Square Knoxville (865) 521-0600  Website

Organized Play

131 South Central Street 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) 693-6327

Remedy Coffee

125 W. Jackson Ave. Knoxville Website

Rita’s Italian Ice

26 Market Square, Knoxville

Local artist, Leann Vineyard Cooper will have her beautiful artwork on display. Most are with graphite, a few are mixed media.

Rococo Boutique

2 Market Square, Knoxville (865) 971-1006 Website

Salon Visage

11 Market Square Knoxville (865) 694-4000

Tennessee Archive of Moving Image and sound @ East Tennessee History Center

601 South Gay Street Knoxville Contact: Bradley Reeves, Louisa Trott (865-215-8856)

Tennessee Valley Bikes

214 W. Magnolia, Knoxville Website

The Tree and Vine

439 Union Avenue • Off Market Square • Knoxville  (865) 985.0524  Website

Tomato Head

12 Market Square, Knoxville – (865) 637-4067 Website

Paintings by Ruth Allen will be on view at the downtown Knoxville Tomato Head restaurant from September 1st through October 5th, 2012.

Ruth Allen is a self taught artist living and working in Athens, Ga. she has had a life long fascination with art and shiny objects, dogs (particularly one named Owen), cats, birds, people, relationships and flowers and tries to express this with paint, ink and paper on canvas and sometimes wood.

For more information, please contact the artist at 100tinybluebirds@gmail.com.

URBhana

115 S. Gay Street (865) 525-7381  Website

UT Downtown Gallery

106 S. Gay Street Knoxville (865) 673-0802  WebSite