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

Abode is pleased to feature our very own Art Director  Mary Van Vleet for the month of August!

Her current work has been focused on the rejuvenating of salvaged pieces of furniture and home accent pieces. The goal with this work has been to find a wide range of pieces and give each one a new life by bringing them up to date with current styles and trends in home decor. The work as a whole is quite eclectic while still possessing a since of thoughtfulness in each piece.

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

Enjoy refreshments and live traditional Appalachian music by Clark Miller and Darryll Acuff at Art Market Gallery’s First Friday reception on August 6 from 5:30-9 pm. Unique wood carvings by Steve Smith and paintings and drawings by award-winning artist Marjorie Horne will be featured at the gallery.

Also in August, the gallery will present Knoxville Then and Now, featuring artworks with a Knoxville theme amongst the vast selection of original art and fine crafts.

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

“First Friday” at the East Tennessee History Center 5-8 p.m., August 6, 2010

“First Friday” at the East Tennessee Historical Society on August 6 will feature the art of Knoxville artist Josephine Carmichael Mayo. Scenes of the Great Smoky Mountains, the countryside of East Tennessee, and portraits are among her works to be exhibited. Her career began with pastels and chalk portraits of children and grew to include water color and oils. Sharpening her skill under the tutelage of Jim Gray, she taught “Art for Mission” classes at the Second Presbyterian Church for 27 years. Josephine is the wife of Claxton Mayo, whose grandfather started the Mayo Seed business in Knoxville in 1878.

Mrs. Mayo will be at the East Tennessee History Center with her work from 5-8 p.m. The public is invited to attend, and there is no admission charge for the event. Club LeConte is the official sponsor for the monthly series. For information, see http://www.eastTNhistory.org

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.

The Arts & Culture Alliance collected more than 2,500 votes from the general public, individual members of the Alliance, and a panel of jurors to select artwork for the Top Choice Exhibition. Top Choice features recent 2-D and 3-D works by 27 artists from Tennessee, Alabama, Kentucky, and Ohio. Winner-take-all awards will be given to the three pieces attracting the most cash “votes” before 8:00 PM that evening. The exhibition will be displayed in the main Emporium gallery from August 6-27, and the opening reception features chocolate fondue from The Melting Pot.

The Alliance is pleased to host its second annual Consignment Sale for which artists and members of the Alliance provided new and gently used artwork, antiques, and other eclectic items. This very unique consignment sale takes place in The Balcony at the Emporium on Friday, August 6, from 5:00-9:00 PM as part of First Friday celebrations. The public is invited to peruse and purchase items from local artists, former gallery owners, and art enthusiasts including framed original artwork, antiques, small artsy bric-a-brac, handmade items, fine crafts, and jewelry. One-third of all sales benefit the Arts & Culture Alliance. Some items may still be available for purchase during our additional hours on Saturday, August 7, 11:00 AM -- 3:00 PM.

Ewing Gallery

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

Fluorescent Gallery

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

Gallery 1010

113 South Gay Street Knoxville  Website

Hanson Gallery

5607 Kingston Pike Knoxville p (865) 584-6097  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.

Ferd’s First Friday at the Knoxville Visitor Center –

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

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

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