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DECember 2007
Photos from the Emporium Holiday Extravaganza!
More than 2,000 people visited the Emporium Holiday Extravaganza! this past Friday and Saturday. Thank you to all who came and supported the work of 25 local artists!
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Jacques Gautreau's photography |
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Marion Randolph's woodturning |
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Cadman & Cummins woodworking |
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Musical group Liz & Tim of Norris |
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Brandt Womack's pottery |
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Knoxville Writer's Guild |
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David Klieman's oil paintings |
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Music of Mountain Breeze Quartet |
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Kathy Holland's paintings |
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A view inside the Emporium |
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Bernardina Loukota's pastels |
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Viewing Karen Plum's jewelry |
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String quartet from the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra |
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Woodwork of Jim McNutt |
Emporium Holiday Extravaganza, December 7-8, 2007
HOURS: Friday, December 7, 11am-9pm and
Saturday, December 8, 10am-5pm. Admission is FREE.
Parking is FREE in the Jackson Avenue lot (caddy-corner from the Emporium), and at metered spots on Saturday. Parking meters on the Gay Street bridge will be unavailable during the Santa Claus parade on Friday evening. Click here for directions and parking areas.
Shop for unique holiday gift items from local artists and museum gift shops, including:
* Barking Dogs of Knoxville - painting and photography
* Booder Barnes of Knoxville - small ceramic animal figures
* Hallah John Paul Boltik of Knoxville - original fine art of varying sizes, original painted ornaments
* Karen Briggs of Corryton - wheel thrown and hand built pottery, garden and functional
* Cadman & Cummins Studios of New Market - small sculptures, home accessories, gift items, handcrafted pens, and yard ornaments
* Cindy Day of Knoxville - watercolor prints and originals of nature and wildlife
* Janet Edkins of Knoxville - Japanese ink paintings and prints, hand-painted glassware and ceramics in sumie style
* Jacques Gautreau of Knoxville - black and white photographs of Knoxville
* Carolyn Hanson of Oak Ridge - polymer clay statues and figurines
* Kathy Holland of Oak Ridge - framed paintings and drawings
* David Klieman of Knoxville - oil paintings and charcoal drawings
* Ann Lacava of Powell - artist-designed and handmade pure silver and chain mail jewelry
* Wes & Dina Loukota of Knoxville - pastel painting, woodturning
* Shadow May of Chattanooga - wheel thrown pottery
* Jim McNutt of Knoxville - woodworking
* Renae Ogle of Knoxville - beaded jewelry with semi-precious stones and photography
* Karen Plum of Oak Ridge - handmade designer jewelry
* Olga Rader and Moema Furtado of Knoxville - watercolors, small oils, clay jewelry, magnets, and dolls
* Marion Randolph of Oak Ridge - woodturning
* Kathy Seely of Oliver Springs - bead and mixed media jewelry
* Brandt Womack of Knoxville - handmade stoneware pottery
* Back Room Gallery - holiday trinkets, brush animals, ornaments, and decorator items
* Knoxville Symphony Orchestra – tickets and gift certificates
* Knoxville Writer's Guild - books published by the Guild and members
* McClung Museum gift shop - various Christmas items, jewelry, toys, other museum-related items
* Culture Cash gift certificates, redeemable with more than twenty of Knoxville’s arts and culture organizations
... and others!
The Alliance invites the public and downtown workers to anticipate the WIVK Santa Claus Parade by browsing the merchandise of artists on Friday, December 7, beginning at 11am, with traditional and contemporary folk songs by Liz McGeachy and Tim Marema of Norris. The Extravaganza continues until 9pm as part of “First Friday” downtown with live entertainment by a string quartet of the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra, sweet treats, and warm drinks. On Saturday, December 8, from 10am-5pm, the Emporium Center again hosts a variety of festive activities including music by the Mountain Breeze Quartet.
Many thanks to WOEZ 88.3 FM for their support, who will provide live onsite broadcasts and holiday music.
For artists:
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Arts & Culture Alliance National Juried Exhibition of 2007
The Arts & Culture Alliance is pleased to present its National Juried Exhibition of 2007, a new exhibition featuring selected artwork from 30 artists in Tennessee and surrounding states. The Arts & Culture Alliance National Juried Exhibition was developed to provide a forum for local artists to compete on a national scale and display their highest quality work. The selected art features both traditional and non-traditional work and will be exhibited at the Arts & Culture Alliance’s Emporium Center Gallery from December 14, 2007 - January 11, 2008. An awards ceremony and public reception will take place on Friday, January 4, 5-9pm at the Emporium Center as part of First Friday activities in downtown Knoxville.
"Forbidden Lantern" (digital photograph) by Jeffrey L. Palmer
The following artists will be shown:
* Doug Christman of Loudon - digital photograph
* B. J. Clark of Knoxville - acrylic
* Bobbie Crews of Knoxville - watercolor and mixed media
* Lee H. Davis of Etowah, NC - mixed media
* Genie Even of Knoxville - watercolor
* Eileen Gamey of Oak Ridge - digital photograph
* Jeff Gamey of Oak Ridge - digital photograph
* Judi Gaston of Knoxville - hand-weaving
* Rachel Gibson of Gatlinburg - xerography transfer
* Joyce Gralak of Knoxville - wax and found objects
* Travis Graves of Elizabethon - cast bronze
* Philip J. Hoffman of Knoxville - rubber and steel
* Mary Louise Hunt of Gatlinburg - pastel and charcoal
* Suzanne Jack of Knoxville - pastel
* Shaurya Kumar of Bowling Green, OH - lithograph
* Bernardina Loukota of Knoxville - pastel
* Chris McAdoo of Knoxville - charcoal on paper
* Roy McCullough of Knoxville - oil
* Don Moore of Salisbury, NC - oil
* Michael Murphy of Morristown - photograph
* Jeffrey L. Palmer of Knoxville - digital photograph
* Steve Parrott of Jackson - photograph
* Virginia Pendergrass of Brevard, NC - oil
* Richard Pratt of Knoxville - acrylic
* Marion Randolph of Oak Ridge - wood
* Skip Rohde of Mars Hill, NC - oil
* Michael G. Russell of Athens - steel sculpture
* Denise Stewart-Sanabria - charcoal on wood
* Marilyn Avery Turner of Knoxville - monoprint
* Michael Wessel of Savannah, GA - photograph
The juror, Nandini Makrandi Jestice, holds a joint position as Curator of Contemporary Art at the Hunter Museum of American Art in Chattanooga and Assistant Professor of Art History at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. Prizes include $1,400 in cash awards as well as future exhibition opportunities. Award winners will be announced on Monday, December 10.
"Ascension" (hackberry wood) by Marion Randolph
The reception on Friday, January 4, from 5-9pm, is free and open to the public, and complimentary hors d’oeuvres will be served. The National Juried Exhibition of 2007 is on exhibit December 14, 2007 - January 11, 2008 at the Arts & Culture Alliance’s Emporium Center, 100 S. Gay Street, downtown Knoxville. Exhibit hours are Monday-Friday, 9am-5pm (with additional hours on Saturday, January 5, 11am-3pm). The Emporium will be closed Monday, December 24, 2007 through Tuesday, January 1, 2008. For more information, please contact the Arts & Culture Alliance at (865) 523-7543.
The Arts & Culture Alliance National Juried Exhibition is sponsored by the Arts & Culture Alliance of Greater Knoxville and receives financial assistance from the Tennessee Arts Commission, a state agency, and the City of Knoxville.
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