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December 1–15, 2023 @ Emporium Center for Arts & Culture
KNOXVILLE, TN:The Arts & Culture Alliance presents its 2023 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, fiberand more from regional artists who are all individual members of the Arts & Culture Alliance, which serves and supports a diverse community of artists, arts organizationsand cultural institutions. Membership is open to all, and information may be found atwww.knoxalliance.com/join-renew.
A free celebration with the artists takes place Friday, Dec. 1, from 5-9:00 p.m. The 50th Annual WIVK Christmas Parade starts at 7 p.m. along Gay Street and passes in front of the Emporium.
"If you really want to give your mind a break and have a fun time seeing every kind of perspective in nearly every kind of media, don't miss this exhibition," says Liza Zenni, executive director of the Arts & Culture Alliance. "Just wandering through it will give you a lift."
Individual members of the Alliance participate locally and regionally in gallery exhibitions, art festivals, sculpture trails, weekend shows, studio toursand public murals. Some Alliance members are full-time artists, while others have day jobs and create on evenings and weekends. Some members include art professors with the University of Tennessee-Knoxville, Carson-Newman University, Maryville College, Pellissippi State, Roane Stateand Walters State. Others are teachers within Knox and surrounding counties’ elementary, middle and high schools. Some Alliance members teach classes privately or through community classes with the Appalachian Arts Craft Center, Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts, Fountain City Art Center, Knoxville Arts & Fine Crafts Center, Knoxville Museum of Art, Mighty Mud, and Oak Ridge Art Center. Many of the artists have working studios in their own homes, while some are part of studio collectives such as 17th Street Studios, Broadway Studios & Gallery, The Emporium, Mighty Mud, Relay Ridge, Sunday Studios, and West Fifth Studios.
The 2023 Members Show will be on display throughout the Emporium Center, 100 S. Gay Street, in downtown Knoxville from Dec. 1-15. Most of the works are for sale and may be purchased through the close of the exhibition by visiting in person or via the online shop atwww.knoxalliance.store. The Emporium is open to the public Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. — 5p.m. and Saturday, Dec. 2 & 9, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.The Emporium will be closed Dec. 18 – Jan. 1 for maintenance and the holidays.For more information, seewww.knoxalliance.comor call (865) 523-7543.
Category: Exhibits