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JuLY 2008
Arts & Culture Alliance Presents All Taxa Biodiversity Inventory The Arts & Culture Alliance is pleased to present a new exhibition of 20 photographs featuring Discover Life in America’s All Taxa Biodiversity Inventory. The show will be exhibited in the upper gallery of the Emporium Center for Arts & Culture in downtown Knoxville from July 7-25. Exhibit hours are Monday-Friday, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
"Yellow Fringed Orchid" Discover Life in America (DLIA) is involved in a quest to identify and understand all the species of life within an 800-square-mile ecosystem in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. DLIA researchers seek knowledge about the components, abundance, and diversity of life, from spiders in the soil to slime molds in the forest canopy. The primary tool of DLIA is the All Taxa Biodiversity Inventory (ATBI) which brings scientists from around the world to inventory the estimated 100,000 species of living organisms in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The project develops checklists, reports, maps, databases, and natural history profiles that describe the biology of this rich landscape to a wide audience. DLIA’s mission is to help the ATBI identify and develop resources and partnerships to conduct the inventory and related educational activities. The All Taxa Biodiversity Inventory is one of the world's biggest and most ambitious science projects, aiming to decipher the mysteries of the Smokies' intricate ecosystem by finding and cataloging every species of plant, animal and microorganism in the park. Since species collecting began in 1998, the ATBI has uncovered 877 species new to science, as well as 5,251 species that are newly documented to exist in the Smokies. The ATBI project involves hundreds of "citizen scientists", or volunteers, to collect specimens for the scientists to analyze, keeping the project cost-effective. In 2002, Southern Living named ATBI "The World's Biggest Science Project." By completing this comprehensive inventory of species, The National Park Service managers are able to use this basic knowledge in their critical decision-making. ATBI data will allow intelligent decision-making as to which site, species, and natural processes are the most important in prioritizing actions to protect park biodiversity. To learn more about Discover Life in America and the ATBI project, visit www.dlia.org. The ATBI is supported by funding from The National Park Service through Friends of the Smokies and the Great Smoky Mountains Association.
Arts & Culture Alliance Presents 31st Biennial Exhibition of Tennessee Watercolor Society The Arts & Culture Alliance is pleased to present the 2008 Tennessee Watercolor Society Biennial Exhibition, the 31st statewide juried exhibition showcasing representational and experimental paintings in watermedia by some of the most prominent artists from across the state. Sixty paintings from over 200 entries were selected for the exhibit by the juror, internationally known artist Cheng-Khee Chee, including 17 artists from the East Tennessee area. The show will be exhibited at the Emporium Center for Arts & Culture in downtown Knoxville from June 6 - July 25, 2008. The selected entries are original works in water-based media and completed during the past three years. An opening reception will take place as part of First Friday activities downtown on June 6 from 5:00 - 9:00 PM. Click here to view images from Knoxville exhibitors. The Exhibition 2008 Co-chairs are Harriet Howell of Rutledge and Kay Yazdi of Oak Ridge. **PLEASE NOTE** The Emporium will be closed Friday, July 4. It will be open Saturday, July 5, 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM.
"Reaching into Dawn" by Harriet Howell Knoxville area artists represented in the exhibit include Barbara Carter, B.J. Clark, Connie Cliff, Tom Eckert, Francie Entz, Genie Even, Russell Fox, Dot Galloway, Fran Henley, Harriet Howell, Brenda Mills, Mary Secrist, Laurie Szilvagyi, Mary Ann Valvoda, Le Voss, Kay Yazdi, and Nelson Ziegler. The exhibition is dedicated to the memory of nationally-known University of Tennessee art professor Carl Sublett, who died earlier this year. The exhibition juror, Cheng-Khee Chee, will present a free watercolor demonstration at the Emporium on Sunday, June 1, 2:00 - 3:00 PM. Cheng-Khee was born in 1934 in Fengting, China, and received a B.A. from Nanyang University in Singapore and a Masters in Library Sciences at the University of Minnesota-Minneapolis. In 1979, Cheng-Khee started teaching watercolor painting at the University of Minnesota, where he became Associate Professor of Art in 1988. He has been represented in numerous national juried exhibitions and captured over 140 honors, including the American Watercolor Society Silver Medal, Allied Artists of America Gold Medal, and Knickerbocker Artists USA Grand Award Gold Medal and purchase Prize for Excellence.
"Interior - Boathouse" by Nelson Zielger On Saturday, June 7, there will be a TnWS meeting at 10:30am; a demonstration of new acrylic paints by Jerry’s Artarama from 11:00 – 11:30 AM; and the exhibition awards reception from 1:30 - 4:00 PM. These events are free to the public and will be held at the Emporium Center. The reception on Friday, June 6, from 5:00-9:00 PM, is free and open to the public, and features complimentary hors d’oeuvres. The 2008 Tennessee Watercolor Society Biennial Exhibition is on exhibit June 6 - July 25 at the Emporium Center, 100 S. Gay Street, downtown Knoxville. Exhibit hours are Monday-Friday, 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM. About the Tennessee Watercolor Society
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