Artwork by Victoria May
July 5–26, 2024 @ Knoxville Arts & Culture Alliance
As part of a special First Friday Block Party sponsored by the Arts & Culture Alliance and City of Knoxville, the Alliance opens five new exhibitions at the Emporium Center in downtown Knoxville Friday, July 5. A free event featuring the artists both inside the Emporium and out takes place from 5-9 p.m. Additionally, the night features live music with Pistol Creek Catch of the Day outside along the 100 Block of Gay Street, which will be open to pedestrians only from 4-10 p.m.between Jackson and Vine avenues. The Emporium's inside exhibitions continue from July 5-26, 2024.
Knoxville Photo 2024in the lower gallery
The Arts & Culture Alliance presents the 12th annual Knoxville Photo juried exhibition featuring selected works from 39 artists throughout the region. The exhibition encompasses photographs depicting all subjects and genres, including streetscapes, cityscapes, landscapes, environmental portraiture, portraits, abstractsand more. Michelle Burdine served as juror for the exhibition and viewed more than 361 images to select the exhibition. She holds a Master of Fine Arts in Studio Art from Ohio State University and a Master of Humanities from Wright State University. She is currently Assistant Professor of Art at Centre College in Danville, Kentucku.
The following artists’ works will be shown:
+ Valentino Constantinou of Pasadena, California
+ Bonnie Cooper of Asheville, North Carolina
+ Sam Hill of Matthews, North Carolina
+ Mandy Wilson of Charleston, Tennessee
+ Marc Ward of Dandridge, Tennessee
+ Colleen J. Hefferen of Gatlinburg, Tennessee
+ Adam J. Trabold of Johnson City, Tennessee
+ Melinda Adams, Sandra Ange, David Boruff, Michelle Carr, Barbara Bolton Cornett, David W. Denton, Stefan Dopatka, Katharine Emlen, Taryn Ferro, Marianne Gansley, Elena Ganusova, Gary Heatherly, Andreas Koschan, David G. Liles, Ezra Purdy, Julie L. Rabun, Sean Sparbanie, Clay Thurston, Kurt Weiss, Owen H. Weston, Katie Wood, Tonya Wade Wunder, and Steve Zigler of Knoxville, Tennessee
+ David Hardin and Dan Podsobinski of Loudon, Tennessee
+ Yvonne Dalschen and Kelli Thompson of Oak Ridge, Tennessee
+ Julie Oglesby and Nicholas Russell of Seymour, Tennessee
+ Amanda Long of Signal Mountain, Tennessee
+ David Gilliam of Walland, Tennessee
+ James Meldrum of Beloit, Wisconsin
Over $1,000 in cash awards areannounced at the opening at 5:30 p.m. For information on past Knoxville Photo exhibitions, visithttps://www.knoxalliance.com/knoxville-photo.
Tennessee Artists Association: Annual Juried Showin the upper gallery
This new, juried exhibition celebrates Tennessee Artist’s Association 52nd anniversary as the area’s oldest member-supported arts organization. Tennessee Artists Association is a volunteer organization created by artists for artists of all levels and abilities. The purpose is threefold: to provide for fellowship and encouragement by associating with other artists; to assist in the development of art skills through monthly meetings, programs, workshops and classes; to develop a market by collaborating in shows of our artwork in exhibits throughout Tennessee. They will announce numerous cash and other awards at the opening at 6p.m.
TAA began in 1972 and continues to meet monthly at Westminster Presbyterian Church in Knoxville. These meetings are free and open to anyone and include practical art demonstrations, discussions, and opportunities for individual artists to get involved in learning, community and shows.
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Cara Rose: Variations on a Themein the display case
Cara Rose is a ceramic artist working in a small home studio as Adobe Rose Works in Oak Ridge. Her pieces are a dance between function and whimsy. She often creates using a pottery wheel and hand builds and alters pots after they are formed. Her pottery is often highly decorated, utilizing underglazes and colored slips for sgraffito and mishima embellishment. She also uses newsprint underglaze transfers and has experimented with water etching in some of her work.
She has a B.A. from the University of Michigan and an M.S. from the University of Tennessee. After years in Information Technology, she retired from the Y-12 National Security Complex as a technical writer/editor. She has also played organ at church for more than 35 years. Rose is a juried (and board) member of Foothills Craft Guild, Oak Ridge Art Center, Mountain Potters Network, and Locally Grown Gallery in Oak Ridge. Her work is also available in the Knoxville Museum of Art Gift Shop.
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Victoria May: Abstracts & Fantasies — Selected Workson the North Wall
Victoria May is an artist who works in painting, mixed media, charcoaland photography. Mark making, textures, vintage ephemeraand focused color are important elements in her artwork. In most primary works, she often incorporates found objects and recyclable materials to mixed media pieces that form an abstracted figurative language. May responds to the materials she has collected and enjoys creating atmospheric and textural scenes. She is also a visual art educator who loves to share the art making process with her students.
She says, "This exhibition includes pieces I have worked on for the last year; I have experimented with different ways of working in materials I had never previously done. I enjoy trying new textures and adding marks in the abstracts and collaged floral pieces, which eventually led me to incorporating more found and personally created images and photographs. The finished pieces are dreamy, fantastical landscapes, some of which remind me of my travels, while others have become their own invented worlds – a new fantasyland. Flowers emerging from these structures are still revealing their meaning, which could be love, friendshipand passion. In traditional art, flowers have represented religious or spiritual themes and represent the beauty of nature in general. By having these flowers emerge from the dwellings, they may represent a spiritual and visual imagery of rebirth and of sharing beauty back to the worlds in which they exist.
"These works are a culmination of the progress so far of this artist finding her visual voice again. I hope you enjoy them as much as I did in making them."
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Kara Lockmiller: Women in Rockin the Atrium
She says, "A vast array of colors in my mind – that’s what I see when I listen to music. I have synesthesia. Simply put, I see different colors based on the music I hear. There is a kinship between color and music – both can say what words cannot. I paint because there are no words to describe the way music makes me feel. I am a Pop Art artist painting in clear tonal contrasts with varying shapes and strong lines. After drawing a portrait, I add acrylic colors and mediums according to what I see and hear. The paintings come together like puzzle pieces as I focus on the shapes of the shadows and highlights. Painting has allowed me to address iconic events, cultural shifts, body confidence and the intimate lives of songwriters, delving deep into everything from the Women’s Rights movement and to the madness behind Pink Floyd’s founder Syd Barrett."
Kara Lockmiller is a regionally exhibiting artist living in Knoxville. Recent solo shows include rek Gallery in Atlanta, Art Market Gallery in Knoxville and John C. Hodges Library on the University of Tennessee campus. Lockmiller was chosen to join eight other artists worldwide in creating the first ever Banjo All-Star Premium Trading Cards. She has also participated in many art shows/festivals such as Dogwood Arts Festival, Knoxville; Artsclamation hosted by Peninsula Behavioral Health in Knoxville; and Artsplosure in Raleigh, North Carolina. In 2020, Lockmiller garnered the virtual public vote at Dogwood Arts Festival. She also brought home Artist of the Year from the Fun With Friends community in 2021. Lockmiller regularly donates her work to charity auctions such as St. Joseph School, Friends of the Smokies, and Lakeshore Community Action Program. Before becoming a working artist, Lockmiller was an award-winning journalist at The Daily Times in Maryville. She was also a board member of the Society for Professional Journalists.
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The exhibitions areon display at the Emporium Center, 100 S. Gay Street, Knoxville, Tennessee. The Emporium is open to the public Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Emporium will be closedThursday, July 4 for the holiday. Most of the works on exhibition will be for sale and may be purchased by visiting in person or the online shop athttps://www.knoxalliance.store. For more information, seewww.knoxalliance.comor call (865) 523-7543.
Category: Exhibits