Knoxville First Friday

A note from your host-

If you don’t see a listing, I couldn’t find it when I updated this for this month. Sadly, only a handful of people send me the info for the artist on display each month,  so there’s a lot of  places listed here without the full information. I’m a one man show, and can only dedicated so much time a month to do these updates. If you see a place listed here without any information, and you find they have someone on display this month, mention to the venue that they need to contact me every month with the artist’s name and other info. I can only do so much.

Check here sometime on First Friday, a lot of places don’t send me updates until the last minute, so pop in here before you head out for the latest updates. You’ll find their phone number and  links to their web site in the listing below, so you can check to see if they’ve got more recent info on their own site. Not sure what to expect on First Friday? Here’s a little sample from Knoxville Tourism & Sports

A new gallery has opened- Red Line Gallery!

The arts here have grown a little more- Red Line Gallery in Farragut has opened recently, it’s located at 11519 Kingston Pike Knoxville, TN  37934  -  865.288.0277  Red Line Gallery Website
I stopped in and met Natalie and looked around, it’s a beautiful gallery, well lit, and it’s filled with some great art. They’re not hosting openings for first Friday yet, but wanted to let you know they’re open, and to welcome to them to the ever growing art scene here in Knoxville.

A new venue!

Regal Cinema Art Downtown West 8 has joined First Friday, their listing information is below- stop in and welcome them to First Friday!

On with this month’s openings!

501 Arthur

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

8 Shooters Studio

1201 Central Street, Knoxville  (865) 545-4408  Website

A1 Lab Arts

201 Randolph Street (Old City) Knoxville  Website

Abode

15 Market Square Knoxville (865) 523-5090   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

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 and Art

29 Market Square Knoxville (865) 673-6711  Website

“Simple Subjects” by Starr Cline will be on view at Home Bliss at 29 Market Square during the month of August. A reception for the artist will be held at Home Bliss during downtown Knoxville’s First Friday event, August 6, from 5pm-9pm. Artist’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

Coffee and Chocolate

327 Union Avenue Knoxville (865) 688-9244

Community Television of Knoxville

808 State Street Knoxville (865) 215-4350  Website

CTV’s August 2010 First Friday event will feature the Knoxville Writers’ Guild, a local non-profit organization dedicated to promoting writing and creativity in the Knoxville community through education, public events and workshops to help writers create and share their work. Join us as Knoxville Writers’ Guild members read their poetry and stories and answer questions about their work. 5-7pm.

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 featuring oils and acrylics by the South Knoxville Senior (SKS) Painters from August 11-27, 2010 in the Balcony at the Emporium Center in downtown Knoxville.

The SKS Painters started out at the newly opened South Knoxville Senior Center in October 2007 when Mary Harris volunteered to teach a painting class. Harris, a Knox County native and Powell High graduate, is a self-taught artist who taught oil painting for sixteen years at Vance-Granville Community College in Louisburg, NC. What started out with just one senior citizen has now expanded to an overflowing class and the creation of the “SKS” Painters. While most had never painted before, each had a strong desire and a wish to learn to paint when they retired. With growing fellowship, the class meets every Wednesday for the lessons in putting paint to canvas, etc. Although they are working with different media and different applications on varied surfaces, the class mostly paints in acrylics. Several of the SKS Painters have now experienced the pleasure of having their work not only appreciated but also purchased, and several artists have been commissioned by individuals to paint landscapes, portraits, and historical sites. Along with learning to paint, they have applied their life-learned skills in marketing, social networking, woodworking, photography and computer technology in their art endeavors. These artists have developed their own style and favorite things to paint.

Ewing Gallery

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

Fluorescent Gallery

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

Gallery 1010

113 South Gay Street Knoxville  Website

Hanson Gallery

5607 Kingston Pike Knoxville p (865) 584-6097  Web Site

Indigo

327 Union Avenue Knoxville (865) 525-8788  Website

Ironwood Studios

119 Jennings Avenue Knoxville (865) 405-0777  Website

Julie Apple Handbags

121 Gay Street Knoxville  (865) 235-1252  Website

Knoxville Arts and Fine Crafts Center

1127B Broadway Ave. Knoxville (865) 523-1401

Knoxville Museum of Art

1060 World’s Fair Park Knoxville (865) 525-6101  Website

Knox ivi

17 Market Square, Knoxville  Website (17 Market Square is located directly beneath The Chamber of Commerce.)

Knoxville Visitor Center

301 Gay Street Knoxville (800) 727-8045  Website

UT student Katy Smith will have her artwork on display from 6:30pm-8pm.

Lox Salon

127 S Central Knoxville Website

Maplehurst Inn

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

Midtown Arts Center

513 Cooper Street between downtown Knoxville and downtown north. (865) 406-7885

Morelock Music

403 S. Gay Street Knoxville  (865) 766-5192  Website

Old City Java

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

Organized Play

221 Cumberland Avenue Knoxville (865) 521-0690 Website (Organized play is in the former spot of the Deka Bakari gallery.)

Regal Cinema Downtown West 8

Regal Cinema Downtown West 8 #103 1640 Downtown West Blvd. Knoxville  (865) 693-6327

We are going to be hosting our first First Friday event, featuring artist Rachel Shoemaker.

View artwork and register to win free movie passes from 5PM -- 8PM

Remedy Coffee

125 W. Jackson Ave. Knoxville Website

The Fortunate Traveler

119 S. Central Street Bldg. 2, (In the Old City beside the Crown and Goose) Knoxville (865) 474-1098  Website

The Gathering Place at Regas

318 North Gay Street, Knoxville (865)637-3427  Website

Tomato Head

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

Various photographs by Zachary Jones will be on view at the downtown Knoxville Tomato Head Restaurant from August 7th through September 3rd, 2010. He will exhibit at the Maryville Tomato Head from September 5th through October 2nd, 2010.

Description: A small collection of film and digital prints of things I have found interesting and/or ascetically pleasing.

Statement: I’m not sure I consider myself to be an artist, therefore I like this quote by Edgar Degas: “Art is not what you see, but what you make others see.”

Unarmed Merchants

129 S. Gay Street Knoxville (865) 549-5769  Website

URBhana

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

URBhana is proud to have local painter Alison Oakes show her work for our August 6th First Friday. 6pm-9:00pm

Join us for wine, food, stunning artwork and beautiful Kirtan music from M.K. Anand. Admission is free.

” My paintings are about the nature of beauty. They are contradictions of beauty, a dichotomy of seduction and repulsion, natural and artificial, exposed and covered. I intend for the images I paint to both seduce and unsettle viewers.” Artist’s website.

UT Downtown Gallery

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

Vagabondia

27 Market Square Knoxville (865) 525-4842   Website

Yee- Haw Industries

413 S. Gay Street Knoxville (865) 522-1812  Website

A note from your host-

If you don’t see a listing, I couldn’t find it when I updated this for this month. Check here sometime on First Friday, a lot of places don’t send me updates until the last minute, so pop in here before you head out for the latest updates. You’ll find their phone number and  links to their web site in the listing below, so you can check to see if they’ve got more recent info on their own site. Not sure what to expect on First Friday? Here’s a little sample from Knoxville Tourism & Sports --

On with this month’s openings!

501 Arthur

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

8 Shooters Studio

1201 Central Street, Knoxville  (865) 545-4408  Website

A1 Lab Arts

201 Randolph Street (Old City) Knoxville  Website

Abode

15 Market Square Knoxville (865) 523-5090   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

June 29-July 31, Art Market Gallery of Knoxville will spotlight the work of the following member artists: paintings by Sandra Abraham and Four for Fiber, a group exhibit featuring the works of Pat Delashmit, Elaine Fronczek, Harriet Howell and Carol Pritcher.

The gallery will host a First Friday Reception for the Featured Artists on July 2 from 5:30-9 p.m. with light refreshments and live music performed by Wes Lunsford, playing jazz and blues.

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 and Art

29 Market Square Knoxville (865) 673-6711  Website

Recent works by Alan Finch will be on view at Bliss Home, 29 Market Square, for the month of July. A reception will be held for the artist during downtown Knoxville’s First Friday, July 2nd, from 5-9pm.  For more information, please contact the artist at alanfinch@comcast.net

Biography

Visual Artist and independent curator, Alan Finch, has shown sculpture, mixed media, painting, video, and photography in numerous local, regional and national juried shows and invitationals.

He is the founder of Group W and Kaleidoscope. His photography was recently included in ArtScapes at the KMA, Arts in the Airport, and Through the Lens at the Oak Ridge Art Center.

His current digital photography focuses on the abstract in nature.

Finding the beautiful and strange hidden in plain sight is what these photographs are about.

The photographs exhibited here were taken at Saint Joseph Peninsula in Florida, Honey Creek Trail in the Big South Fork, and Norris Dam State Park this year.

Artist Statement

I try to capture a rhythm of light that is a reflection corresponding to the color contrasts that come about by finding composition in minute settings.

The use of pigment before the image is captured adds a depth to the organic space that becomes abstract and at times painterly.

Whatever the medium, ideally, a transformation occurs and reveals something unnoticed before in the artwork. I find working in wilderness and natural areas the most condusive to this process, where the mobility of nature is reflected in the photograph.

A process that is primal and integral to nature itself.

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

Coffee and Chocolate

327 Union Avenue Knoxville (865) 688-9244

Community Television of Knoxville

808 State Street Knoxville (865) 215-4350  Website

Join us for our next “First Friday” event at CTV on July 2 (5 pm -- 7 pm) to listen and watch story teller Tommy Oaks tell some tales. He was the first person in the world (as far as we know) to receive a Master’s Degree in Storytelling from East Tennessee State University. He also holds a Doctorate from the University of Tennessee. A Minister and Storyteller, Tommy spends most of his time traveling and telling.

Downtown Grind

418 S. Gay Street , Knoxville (865) 524-4747

East Tennessee Historical Society

601 S. Gay Street, Knoxville (865) 216-8824  Website

First Friday at the East Tennessee History Center -- July 2, 2010 from 5:00 – 8:00 p.m.

The East Tennessee Historical Society is proud to announce a new partnership with Club LeConte to present First Friday events in downtown Knoxville at the East Tennessee History Center located at 601 S. Gay St. On Friday, July 2, 2010, the History Center will be open to the public from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. with refreshments provided by Club LeConte and free tours of the Museum of East Tennessee History available to visitors. Guests will have the opportunity to visit the Museum’s signature exhibition, Voices of the Land – The People of East Tennessee and the current feature exhibition, Vanishing Appalachia, which has now been extended through October 3, 2010.

At 6:30 p.m. on July 2, a special presentation will be given for the First Friday visitors by the Vanishing Appalachia photographer Don Dudenbostel and field recordist Tom Jester. Dudenbostel and Jester will share the entertaining behind-the-scenes stories they encountered along the way while working on the Vanishing Appalachia project and they will explain why Jester sometimes asked, “Dudenbostel, what have you got me into now?” The presentation is free and open to the pubic.

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 “A Celebration of Color: New Works by Larry S. Cole”

The Arts & Culture Alliance is pleased to present “A Celebration of Color”, an exhibition featuring new oils, acrylics, and watercolors by Larry S. Cole. Cole’s eclectic works range from realism to the abstract and reflect the use of an intensely colorful palette. The exhibition will be displayed at the Emporium Center in downtown Knoxville from July 2-30, 2010, and an opening reception will take place as part of First Friday activities on July 2 from 5:00-9:00 PM.

Larry S. Cole is a Knoxville native who has had a life-long interest in painting. Although primarily self-taught, he studied art at the University of Tennessee and was influenced by the works of Andrew Wyeth and local artists Carl Sublett and Xavier Ironside. “Artists want observers’ senses to be drawn to their works, and they employ various techniques to create that connection,” says Cole. “I try to develop that relationship primarily through color. Light falling on a face or landscape continually transforms the mood of that subject as the light’s intensity strengthens and wanes. I try to capture those colors in a way that invites the observer into an emotional bond with the subject.” Cole’s painting subjects range from interesting people he meets to settings in Greece, Italy, the Eastern U.S. seacoast, and his native South. “I feel a sense of adventure with each new work I undertake,” says Cole. “Starting a painting is like embarking on an exciting voyage, one in which I always make new discoveries. I agree with Pablo Picasso who said, ‘Art washes from the soul, the dust of everyday life’.”

In addition to the works displayed in his gallery, Cole also paints commissioned works for private and corporate collectors. In the last year, he has begun participating in regional exhibitions and competitions. His painting “April Showers” was selected as a finalist in the 2009 Dogwood Arts Festival Limited Edition Print competition. He was a juried participant in the 2009 Artsclamation! (Fort Sanders Foundation benefit and exhibition), and Artsclamation! subsequently chose his works for their 2010 and 2011 benefit calendars. For more information, visit Cole’s studio at The Gallery House, 4016 Sutherland Avenue, in Knoxville. Artist Website

“A Celebration of Color” will be on display from July 2-30, 2010 at the Emporium Center, 100 S. Gay Street. An opening reception will take place as part of First Friday activities on July 2 from 5:00-9:00 PM. The Emporium Center is located at 100 S. Gay Street, Knoxville, TN 37902. Gallery hours are Monday-Friday, 9:00 AM -- 5:00 PM with additional hours on Saturday, July 3, from 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM. Please note, the Emporium will be closed on Monday, July 5.

The Arts & Culture Alliance is pleased to present a new exhibition entitled “Forms and Figures”, featuring work by seven artists:

Alan Finch (Knoxville, TN) – Finch is a visual artist and independent curator whose current digital photography focuses on the abstract in nature. www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/photographers/?inc=details&id=116603

Kathy Frankford (Morristown, TN) -- Frankford is a visual artist with landscape and natural happenings as the focus of her photography series. http://fineartamerica.com/profiles/kathy-frankford.html

Carl Hill (Knoxville, TN) – Hill is a landscape/nature/travel photographer whose current panoramic photography emphasizes the forms and structures of the horizon.

Scott Lee (Knoxville, TN) – Lee is a film director/producer/artist and photographer. His “Dirty Bride Series” is a photographic conceptual set that includes six images of a woman dressed in a bridal gown. www.35degreesnorth.com

Ross Mol (Clinton, TN) – Mol’s main interest in photography is getting “the shot” with as little editing as possible.

Carole Usdan (Florida/North Carolina) – Carol is a fine arts photographer using a photographic dialogue to describe the ubiquitous push and pull among solitude, alienation and intimacy. www.usdanphoto.com

Dennis Usdan (Florida/North Carolina) – Dennis is a fine arts photographer and retired lawyer focusing on the clarification of observed details. www.usdanphoto.com

“Forms and Figures” will be on display in the Balcony at the Emporium Center in downtown Knoxville from July 2-30, 2010. An opening reception will take place as part of First Friday activities on July 2 from 5:00-9:00 PM. The Emporium Center is located at 100 S. Gay Street, Knoxville, TN 37902. Gallery hours are Monday-Friday, 9:00 AM -- 5:00 PM with additional hours on Saturday, July 3, from 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM. Please note, the Emporium will be closed on Monday, July 5. For more information, call (865) 523-7543 or visit www.knoxalliance.com.

Ewing Gallery

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

Fluorescent Gallery

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

Gallery 1010

113 South Gay Street Knoxville  Website

Gypsy Hands Healing Arts Center

701 North Central Avenue, Knoxville  (865) 522-5829  Website

Mixed Media artwork by Heather Finney. Artist’s website

Hanson Gallery

5607 Kingston Pike Knoxville p (865) 584-6097  Web Site

Indigo

327 Union Avenue Knoxville (865) 525-8788  Website

Ironwood Studios

119 Jennings Avenue Knoxville (865) 405-0777  Website

Julie Apple Handbags

121 Gay Street Knoxville  (865) 235-1252  Website

Knoxville Arts and Fine Crafts Center

1127B Broadway Ave. Knoxville (865) 523-1401

Knoxville Museum of Art

1060 World’s Fair Park Knoxville (865) 525-6101  Website

Knox ivi

17 Market Square, Knoxville  Website (17 Market Square is located directly beneath The Chamber of Commerce.)

Knoxville Visitor Center

301 Gay Street Knoxville (800) 727-8045  Website

Uniquely Kid’s Friday

On the 3rd Friday of each month from 11:30am -- 1:00pm the Knoxville Visitor Center will host UNIQUELY KID’S FRIDAY!  (July 16th ~ 11:30-1:00pm)

Uniquely Kid’s Friday will include coloring pages, games, visits from “Spherit” AND with the purchase of an adult beverage, you will receive a kids beverage FREE!

Upcoming Uniquely Fridays

July 2nd -- Sherri Underwood with her handmade baskets from 10am-2pm

July 9th -- Darlene Bakos promoting the American Quilter’s Society

Ferd’s First Friday at the Knoxville Visitor Center -- July 2 , 2010

Enjoy Ferd’s First Friday with live, on-air performances from top secret special guests from 6:30pm-8:00pm on the Knoxville Visitor Center Performance stage!

Sherri Underwood will also be joining us to display and sell her handmade baskets from 6:30pm-8pm.

Free two-hour visitor parking located next door to the Knoxville Visitor Center (301 S. Gay Street)

Lox Salon

127 S Central Knoxville Website

Maplehurst Inn

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

Midtown Arts Center

513 Cooper Street between downtown Knoxville and downtown north. (865) 406-7885

Morelock Music

403 S. Gay Street Knoxville  (865) 766-5192  Website

Old City Java

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

Organized Play

221 Cumberland Avenue Knoxville (865) 521-0690 Website (Organized play is in the former spot of the Deka Bakari gallery.)

Remedy Coffee

125 W. Jackson Ave. Knoxville Website

The Fortunate Traveler

119 S. Central Street Bldg. 2, (In the Old City beside the Crown and Goose) Knoxville (865) 474-1098  Website

The Gathering Place at Regas

318 North Gay Street, Knoxville (865)637-3427  Website

Artists on display for First Friday:Terri Adkinson, George Allen, Bruce Busey, Julie Carroll, Dawn Hawkins, Tom McDaniel, David Pease, Lisa Wade, Christopher Yeatts, Miranda Yeatts, Terrie Boruff Yeatts

The Tomato Head

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

Recent works by Jarrod Justice will be on view at the downtown Knoxville Tomato Head Restaurant on Market Square from July 3rd through August 6th and at the Maryville location from August 8 through September 4th.

For more information, please contact the artist at paintings@jarrodjustice.com or visit his website.

July’s First Friday will be the final day for viewing,”Nature in Color,” an exhibit of paintings by Knoxville-based artist, Julie Bernal. Stop in and take a gander as part of your First Friday experience. On Saturday, July 3rd, Bernal’s exhibit will move to the Maryville location of The Tomato Head and a new show, recent works by Jarrod Justice, will be on display in Knoxville through August 6th.

Holiday Hours -- The Tomato Head will be closed on Sunday, July 4, to celebrate the holiday.

Unarmed Merchants

129 S. Gay Street Knoxville (865) 549-5769  Website

URBhana

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

This Friday, URBhana will be celebrating the anniversary of our Grand Opening! Back by popular demand, the band Radio Harvest will provide the music for the evening, while artist Thomas Bell will be displaying some of his work.

This will certainly be a party you won’t want to miss, so be sure to swing by and check it out! We are so excited to be celebrating our first year of business, and we want you to come join the fun!

UT Downtown Gallery

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

Vagabondia

27 Market Square Knoxville (865) 525-4842   Website

Yee- Haw Industries

413 S. Gay Street Knoxville (865) 522-1812  Website