Calendar of Events
Thursday, September 21, 2023
UT Gardens: Fanciful Foxes Art Auction
Category: Exhibitions, visual art, Fundraisers and Science, nature
Enhance your home garden with utterly unique fox-themed pieces by bidding in the online auction of our Fanciful Foxes exhibit! Around 80 works in total were created by local artists of all ages as part of our annual Art in the Gardens project. Bidding is open now and will close on Tuesday, October 3, at 5pm! You can preview the pieces in person at the UT Gardens, Knoxville until October 3. https://events.handbid.com/auctions/2023-art-in-the-gardens
Local amateur and professional artists donated their time and talent to artistically interpret this year’s theme with a fun and creative design. Teen/adult artists were given a large 3-D plywood fox to embellish using media of their choice. Again this year, we invited younger artists to participate by decorating either a fox head or a tree silhouette. Works have been on display throughout the Gardens for visitors to enjoy all summer. These unique art pieces will now be sold during this on-line auction with all proceeds benefiting the UT Gardens, Knoxville. This annual project was designed to promote community participation and foster artist collaboration as well as raise awareness and support for the Gardens. Our choice of a fox theme this year sought to bring a focus on urban wildlife and the need to protect them and their habitats from encroachment.
Winning bidders can pick up their item(s) during our Fall Plant Sale on Friday, October 6 (from 4-7 pm) or Saturday, October 7 (from 9 am - 2 pm). Payment can be made by credit card on Handbid or by cash or check at time of pickup.
Sponsors for the exhibit were Jerry's Artarama, Bench Dog Work Shop, UT Biosystems Engineering Machining and Fabrication Shop, Ed Dudrick, and the UT Wildlife and Fisheries Society. We are grateful to our sponsors and to our project artists!
https://utgardens.tennessee.edu/locations/knoxville/special-events-knoxville/art-in-the-garden/
Goodwill Industries: 13th Annual Goodwill Golf Classic
Category: Festivals, special events and Fundraisers
Goodwill Industries will hold its 13th Annual Goodwill Golf Classic tournament
featuring UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEAD BASEBALL COACH TONY VITELLO on September 21st at Three Ridges Golf Course in Knoxville, named one of Golf Digest’s “Best Places to Play.”
Golfers can look forward to a fun day of golf to include 18 holes of golf with cart, lunch and refreshments throughout the event. Tournament check in and lunch will begin at 11:30 a.m. with a shotgun start at 1 p.m.
Following golf, the event will conclude with an awards presentation with complimentary food. Golf foursomes are $550, single players are $150. The top three teams will be awarded prizes and there will be a $10,000 Hole-In-One Cash Contest along with other contest opportunities.
Goodwill Industries is a 501c3 non-profit organization committed to changing lives and strengthening families by helping people reach their full potential through community-relevant job training, work experiences, and career services. Proceeds from the event will support our mission.
Contact Cindy Dodson 865.806.6982, Eventbrite https://rb.gy/o7eyc or email marketingteam@gwiktn.org for more information or to register. Golf registration is open.
Goodwill Industries - Knoxville, https://www.gwiktn.org/
