Calendar of Events

Recent works by ceramic artist Lisa Kurtz and photographer Dennis Sabo will be on display March 29, 2016 through April 30 at the Art Market Gallery. An opening reception for the featured artists will begin at 5:30 p.m., April 1; with complimentary refreshments and music performed by Matt Tillery.

Lisa Kurtz has been a functional potter for over 37 years. An award winning ceramic artist, she is a clay professor at Cleveland State in Cleveland, Tn., where she teaches hand building and wheel throwing. After getting her Masters Degree in clay at the University of Louisville, Lisa set up her first studio in the eclectic Highlands neighborhood in Louisville, Ky. and named her business Highland Pottery. She has been an exhibiting member of many professional guilds, boards and galleries. Her work has been featured and is shown in galleries and juried fine arts and craft shows across the US and is in many private collections nationally and internationally. Lisa throws and hand builds her clay pieces and often integrates the two methods to create her functional pottery, sculpture and clay wall art.

Dennis Sabo is an internationally honored photographer specializing in contemporary abstract, landscape, and seascape photography. His award-winning work has appeared in various publications and institutions, among them National Geographic, NOVA, PBS, Canon, Hilton Hotels and the Anthology of Appalachian Photographers. Autumn in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park is a wonderful time to be in the park and Dennis’s photography has transcended that seasonal experience into a magical fairytale of color, light, textures, and patterns. His interpretation is further refined by his choice of medium and processing; preserving images by infusing dyes directly into specially coated aluminum sheets. These metal prints reveal vibrant colors with breathtaking luminescence while maintaining archival quality.

The Art Market Gallery is a unique gallery in Knoxville because it is owned and operated by more than 60 of the best professional artists in our regional area. It is located at 422 South Gay St. and is conveniently located just a few doors away from Mast General Store and next to Downtown Grill & Brewery. Hours are 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday and Saturday; 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday; and 1 to 6 p.m. Sunday. The gallery is wheelchair accessible. Parking is in the abutting garage and on the street and is free on weekends and after 6 p.m. weekdays. For more information call 865-525-5265 or visit artmarketgallery.net or Facebook.com/Art.Market.Gallery.

Southern Appalachia is rich in history and natural beauty, so the Blount County Public Library is hosting a series of four programs that will emphasize the natural history, indigenous peoples, European immigration, and the resultant culture and social history of our area.

March 29 - The second lecture of this Southern Appalachian Studies series will on will cover the indigenous peoples of the area going back to the first inhabitants through the 1700’s, focusing on how the environment enabled people to live and thrive in this area.

April 18 - The third lecture will discuss what happened when Europeans began moving into the area and encountered the Native Americans.

May 23 - The fourth lecture will concentrate on the resulting culture of the Southern Appalachians which some folks call “hillbilly”.

Free and open to the public. Blount County Public Library, 508 N. Cusick Street, Maryville, TN. Information: 865-982-0981, www.blountlibrary.org

This exhibit incorporates a cross-section of media: drawings, paintings, watercolors, sculptures, ceramics, blacksmithing and 2D and 3D designs, all by Pellissippi State art students.

Pellissippi State Community College students will be featured in the annual Juried Student Art Exhibition. Some the artwork on display will be for sale. "The exhibit will include student works from a variety of media: drawing, painting, two-dimensional and three-dimensional design and ceramics," said Jennifer Brickey, associate professor in Liberal Arts. "This is my favorite show. It truly represents the work created here during art classes, and it showcases the talent of our students."

The opening reception and awards ceremony for the participating students will be held from 3-5 p.m. March 28. Awards will be announced at 4 p.m. The reception also is open to the community as a chance to meet the artists or purchase artwork.

The Juried Student Art Exhibition is juried by Pellissippi State's art faculty. The grand prize for the show is the "purchase award," in which Pellissippi State purchases a student's piece for the college's permanent collection. The award is worth up to $500. Other awards include $25 gift cards to Jerry's Artarama, given to four runners-up.

The exhibit is free. Hardin Valley Campus of Pellissippi State: 10915 Hardin Valley Road, Knoxville, TN 37932. Bagwell Center Gallery hours: M-F 10-6:30. Information: 865-694-6405, www.pstcc.edu/arts

Monday, March 28 - Film Screening: Made You Look
As more of our lives are synced with the cloud, what will become of the tactile objects we hold dear? “Made You Look” is a fast-paced documentary that follows the prospering DIY scene emerging in the UK during this hyper digital age.
Ironwood Studios, 119 Jennings Avenue, Knoxville, TN 37917
Doors open at 6:00 PM, Film begins at 7:30 PM, Admission: $10 - Food Truck will be available.

Tuesday, March 29 - InstaMeetup and Scavenger Hunt
Love Instagram and scavenger hunts? Grab your smart phone and meet us on the stage at Market Square for a scavenger hunt that will move through downtown and the Old City. Prizes for the most items collected!
Market Square Stage, Instructions and start at 6:00 PM, Should last approximately one hour.

Wednesday, March 30 - Workshop Wednesday
+ Letterpress Workshops - Back by popular demand, learn how to letterpress with Bryan Baker! Each participant will take home a unique piece of their own.
Striped Light, 107 Bearden Place, Knoxville, TN 37917
First class: 10:00 AM, Second class: 2:00 PM, Admission: $60 (each)
+ Brush Lettering with Katherine Michalik - Learn the art of brush lettering, and impress your friends on Instagram! Supplies will be provided.
The Hive, 854 N Central Street, Knoxville, TN 37917
Doors open at 6:00 PM, Workshop begins at 6:30 PM, Admission: $60
+ Design Thinking with Bryan Garvey - Using tenets of Design Thinking, work in teams to ideate and prototype physical solutions to a problem, using only meager supplies available. Working with your hands and against the clock, you will learn the value of doing, as well as the peril of assumptions. You will then return to your own design life ready to slay your next project!
The Central Collective, 923 N Central Street, Knoxville, TN 37917
Doors open at 6:00 PM, Workshop begins at 6:30 PM, Admission: $35

Thursday, March 31 - PechaKucha
20 Slides–20 Seconds. Grab a beer and watch Knoxville creatives share what makes them tick.
The Crafty Bastard, 6 Emory Place, Knoxville, TN 37917
Doors open at 6:00 PM, Presentations begins at 7:15 PM, Admission: $5, Food Truck will be available.

Divining by Kelsey Stephenson, MFA candidate
Collaborative sound by Alex Gray and Ryan Stennes

Divining examines the dual relationship present between place and inhabitants. As people live within a specific place, it forms or changes their perspective and identity; similarly, people have a high degree of impact on both urban and more natural spaces. Kelsey's work examines these ideas further using the language of printmaking to create a large-scale immersive installation, including collaborative efforts on the accompanying soundscape with students Alex Gray and Ryan Stennes, both currently in the music program at the University of Tennessee.

MFA Thesis Exhibition with Opening Reception, March 24 at 6:00 p.m.

Gallery hours: Mon-Wed & Fri 10-5, Thurs 10-7:30, Sun 1-4.

Ewing Gallery, 1715 Volunteer Blvd on the UT campus, Knoxville, TN 37996. Information: 865-974-3200, www.ewing-gallery.utk.edu

Knoxville Area Transit has a new photography exhibit which features 23 of its bus operators along with a little story about them. The images are on display in the Community Room at the Knoxville Station.

301 Church Avenue Knoxville, TN 37915. Viewing hours would be Monday – Friday, 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Information: bbrill@katbus.com or www.katbus.com

Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts is exhibiting works by Nelson Ziegler – Spring Wildflower Pilgrimage “Artist of the Year.” The Pilgrimage is a five-day event, April 19-23, hosted by the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The event offers 144 professionally guided walks and presentations held in the Park and Mills Conference Center in Gatlinburg. The exhibit showcases Ziegler's oil paintings depicting landscapes and familiar locations within the Great Smoky Mountains and wood turned vessels. Nelson’s work is on view March 16 – April 24, 2016 in the Geoffrey A. Wolpert Gallery at Arrowmont. The closing reception is Wednesday, April 20th, 5:30 – 7 pm, during the Spring Wildflower Pilgrimage. Admission is free and the community is encouraged to attend with their friends and family. Gallery hours are Monday – Friday 9am – 5pm and Saturday 10am – 4pm.

Nelson Ziegler is a graduate of The Art Institute of Boston and Northwestern Academy of Watercolor. He has won several awards for painting and woodturning, regionally and nationally including the Gold Medal for watercolor at the American Artists Professional League and Honorable Mention in The Artist’s Magazine annual competition. Nelson’s work has been featured in numerous juried exhibitions in New York including Allied Artists, Salmagundi Club, Knickerbocker Artists, National Arts Club, Hudson Valley Arts Association, Adirondack National Watercolor Exhibition, Faces of America and Academic Artists Association. Other exhibitions include Springfield Arts League, Springfield, MA, Guild of Boston Artists, Copley Society, Boston, MA and North Shore Arts Association, Gloucester, MA. For more information about Nelson and his work, visit www.nelsonzieglerstudio.com.

Gallery hours are Monday - Friday 9am - 5pm and Saturday 10am - 4pm. Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, 556 Parkway, Gatlinburg, TN 37738. Information: 865-436-5860, www.arrowmont.org

Moby-Dick is arguably the greatest literary masterpiece of 19th century America, and its author, Herman Melville (1819-1891) is one of most imaginative and influential of American storytellers. This March, Knox County Public Library is pleased to partner with UTK’s College of Arts and Sciences, department of Modern Foreign Languages and Literature to present "Melville Madness." This discussion is part of UTK’s Melville Festival to be held April 7-8.

Facilitated by Dr. Dawn Coleman in conjunction with UT’s semi-annual AuthorFest series, the public is invited to take part in a guided discussion of Moby-Dick at Lawson McGhee Library, 500 W. Church Ave from 6:30-8:00 p.m. on March 15, 22, & 29. Light refreshments will be served.

Narrated by a sailor named Ishmael, the epic tale recounts the obsessive quest of Ahab, captain of the whaler Pequod, for revenge on the white whale Moby Dick, which on a previous voyage destroyed his ship and severed his leg at the knee.

Dawn Coleman, the facilitator, is Associate Professor of English at the University of Tennessee. Author of Preaching and the Rise of the American Novel, she specializes in nineteenth-century American literature and has written and taught extensively on the writings of Herman Melville. She is the book review editor for Leviathan: A Journal of Melville Studies, a contributing scholar for Melville’s Marginalia Online, and a research associate with the Melville Electronic Library. She is also co-organizing the Melville Festival at UT this April. She has read Moby-Dick more times than she can count and is transported each time.

Melville Festival is a university and community celebration of the writing of Herman Melville (1819-1891), one of most imaginative and influential of American storytellers. In fiction from Typee to Moby-Dick to Billy Budd, Melville spoke to humanity's most pressing philosophical, ethical, religious, and social questions.

6:30-8:00PM on March 15, 22, & 29
Lawson McGhee Library, 500 W. Church Ave.
http://english.utk.edu/melville/

The Town of Farragut Arts Council presents artist Marianne Gansley as the featured artist for March. Located at the Farragut Town Hall, the exhibit highlights jewelry made with a variety of vintage items such as buttons, clock parts, typewriter keys and other vintage pieces.

Gansley began making jewelry 11 years ago after inheriting her French grandmother's button collection. After playing around with these antique pieces, she decided to give them new life by creating wearable art. Her inspiration for these upcycled pieces came from the earth-friendly lifestyle that she has been accustomed to living. Gansley soon found that she could incorporate other vintage objects into different types of jewelry. Gansley's latest work can be viewed on her Facebook page at facebook.com/littlesunshinejewelry.

Each month, the work of an artist or group of artists is featured in specially designed cases on the second floor of the rotunda in the Farragut Town Hall. For more information about this exhibit or to access a Featured Artist of the Month application, please contact Lauren Cox at lcox@townoffarragut.org or 966-7057 or visit www.townoffarragut.org/artsandculture.

The Farragut Town Hall is open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and is located at 11408 Municipal Center Drive directly across from the Farragut Branch Post Office.

Bliss Home is pleased to present new artwork by Knoxville artist, Lindsey Teague, for April's First Friday! Bliss Home, located at 29 Market Square, will host an opening reception on Friday, April 1st from 6pm to 9pm. Complimentary treats from Wild Love Bakehouse will be provided and Lindsey's art will be featured for the month of April.

Lindsey Teague graduated from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville with a BFA in Graphic Design in 2009. She is a freelance graphic designer with over 7 years of experience in the design field. She has worked with clients on every level from billion dollar corporations to first time small business owners. She volunteers her photography skills, which have been awarded by AIGA, by teaching inner city children photography workshop classes. She gives back to her community and various non-profit organizations by donating art, design work, and photography. She uses her spare time to refine her fine art work which has been showcased in over 12 First Fridays in the Knoxville area and will be presented in the Dogwood Arts Festival this spring.

Lindsey's April exhibit is inspired by what is meaningful in her life such as the people, places, and the history of this scruffy little city by the river. Lindsey's art process begins with taking photographs then she vectors the images down and prints them on wood boards. Along with an interesting texture, the wood carries an organic tone which is representative of the surrounding natural landscape. Each board is stained with an acrylic based paint to add a little vibrancy and contrast.

Bliss Home, 29 Market Square, Knoxville, TN 37902. Information: 865-329-8868, www.shopinbliss.com

Opening reception on Fri, Mar 4, 6:30-8:00 PM. Free and open to the public.

The Fountain City Art Center is proud to announce that it will be hosting a 'double feature" exhibit throughout the month of March. The general public is welcome to attend the opening reception for "The Knoxville Book Arts Guild and Southern Appalachian Nature Photography." The pairing in this exhibit of exquisite and clever handmade books with high quality professional nature photography has become an early spring tradition at the Art Center, allowing the viewers to enjoy both 3-D works of art as well as 2-D works in one outstanding collection. Most of the books can be purchased from the artists; inquiries about purchasing the framed and matted photos may also be made throughout the exhibit and will be passed on to the photographers. The handmade book exhibit has been organized by FCAC art instructor and board member Bob Meadows and Book Guild member Cheryl Prose. The photography exhibit has been made possible through the efforts of FCAC Board member Dr. Holland Rowe.

Exhibit viewing hours: Tu-Th 9-5; F 10-5; Sat 9-1. Fountain City Art Center, 213 Hotel Ave, Knoxville, TN 37918. Information: 865-357-2787, www.fountaincityartctr.com

Cherry Blossom Wine Glasses - Mar 4th - 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM - Melting Pot - Gatlinburg
**Cookies and Canvas** Easter Bunny - Mar 6th - 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM - Golden Corral - Sevierville
Yellow Bird - Mar 9th - 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM - Quaker Steak and Lube - Sevierville
Belk - Ladies night - March 10th - three mini-classes, an hour each, starting at 6pm for only $10 per painter per class.
Tennessee Theater at Night - Mar 12th - 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM - Saw Works Brewing Co.
5 Wine Bottles - Mar 14th - 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM - The Orangery
Emerald Island Castle - Mar 15th - 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM - Mind Yer P's & Q's
Two Lillies - Mar 16th - 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM - Le Noir Restaurant - Lenoir City
A Magical Night - Mar 21st - 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM - Gibby's Dining & Drinks
Easter Lily - Mar 22nd - 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM - Gavino's Pizzeria and Restaurant
Starry Night in Knoxville - Mar 23rd - 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM - Carolina Ale House
Psychedelic Seascape - Mar 24th - 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM - Tellico Village Yacht Club - Loudon
Sunset in the Smokies - Mar 29th - 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM - TGIFriday's - Sevierville
Super Moon - Mar 31st - 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM - Casual Pint - Farragut

Classes are $35 unless otherwise noted. Wine & Canvas: Knoxville, TN, 865-356-9179, http://www.wineandcanvas.com/knoxville-tn.html