The downtown Knoxville live performance venues—the Tennessee and Bijou Theatres—have announced new entry requirements for audiences attending shows and concerts, effective immediately. If you currently have tickets, or will be purchasing tickets, to a concert in these spaces, you will be required to show proof of a completed Covid-19 vaccination series OR a negative Covid-19 test within the last three days. Masks will be required inside the venues. See yesterday’s article for more information.
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Minton Sparks – Open Casket
Flying Anvil Theatre
Poet and storyteller Minton Sparks, pulling the curtain on the rhythms and reality of smalltown southern life, brings her current show Open Casket to Flying Anvil Theatre for four performances this week. Sparks show is accompanied by acoustic guitarist John Jackson.
Thursday – Saturday, August 26-28, at 7:30 PM
Sunday, August 29, at 2:00 PM
Flying Anvil Theatre, 1300 Rocky Hill Road
info@flyinganviltheatre.com
(865) 357-1309
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UT Downtown Gallery
A limited-time exhibition of the work of the UT School of Art MFA class of 2024 is being offered at the UT Downtown Gallery.
Exhibiting students are:
Casey Wolhar – Time-Based Art
Haleigh Eicher – Ceramics
Abby Hedley – Sculpture
Griffin Allman – Painting + Drawing
Landin Eldridge – Painting + Drawing
Saloni Parekh – Painting + Drawing
Megan Wolfkill – Painting + Drawing
Gino Castellanos – Printmaking
Anthony Huang – Printmaking
Chloe Wack – Printmaking
Wednesday, August 25, thru Saturday, August 28
Reception on Friday, August 27, from 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM
UT Downtown Gallery, 106 S. Gay Street.
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Knoxville Museum of Art
Organized by the Mint Museum of Charlotte, North Carolina, and currently at the Knoxville Museum of Art, Under Construction: Collage from The Mint Museum focuses on the art of collage, the assembly of a visual piece from materials of different types and origins.
This show consists of over 70 works by more than 30 artists, focusing on the legacy and influence that Charlotte native Romare Bearden has had on the recent stylistic growth of the medium of collage and on familiar figures in 20th Century art such as Sam Gilliam, Man Ray, Robert Rauschenberg, and James Rosenquist.
Along with the exhibition, the museum will also host Kolaj LIVE Knoxville. From Friday, November 5th, to Sunday, November 7th, 2021, artists, curators, and writers will gather for a weekend of collage making, slideshows, exhibition visits, and storytelling that deepen our understanding of collage and its place in 20th and 21st Century art.
Under Construction: Collage from The Mint Museum will continue at the KMA through November 7, 2021. Visitors should keep in mind that the museum has returned to its full hours of operation: Tuesday – Saturday 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM and Sunday, 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM. The museum is closed on Mondays.
Knoxville Museum of Art
1050 World’s Fair Park
Admission and parking are free.
Website: www.knoxart.org.
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August exhibitions in galleries end this week.
Last week to catch The Hobbit at Knoxville Children’s Theatre.
I applaud the decision to require proof of vaccination or recent test. My concern is how the venues will handle the very cumbersome procedure of trying to discern the content of hundreds of those very small and usually hand-written proof-of-vaccination cards.