Tuesday Arts Miscellany: Concerts on the Square, May’s First Friday, Gallery Openings

May First Friday is this week. Although a few galleries are listed below, most all  have openings and/or receptions from 5:00 to 9:00PM. Time to explore.

Free Concerts on Market Square Begin TONIGHT!

It’s the merry month of May and time for evening Concerts on the Square from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM. It’s Jazz Tuesdays in May, June & September — Every Third Thursday through September offers a variety of music genres.

Jazz Tuesdays Line-up

May 3: Sam Adams Quartet
May 10: Eric Reed
May 17: Karns Highschool Jazz Band: 5:30-6:30 p.m. and Jack Roben Trio 7 p.m.-9 p.m.
May 24: Greg Tardy Quartet
May 31: Mark Boling Trio
June 7: Greg Tardy Quartet
June 14: Taber Gable Trio
June 21: Ken Brown Quintet
June 28: Margherita Fava Trio

Variety Thursdays

May 19 – The Coveralls
June 16 – Evelyn Jack & Soule4
July 21 – K-Town Music
August 18 – Mike Snodgrass Band
September 15 – Dirty Grass Soul

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Emporium Center – May Exhibitions

The shows listed below open on May 6 and continue through May 28.
The opening night free reception with the artists is Friday, May 6, from 5:00-9:00 PM and features music inside the Emporium by Variego3 and Knoxville Gay Men’s Chorus.

Regular Emporium gallery hours:  Monday-Friday, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM and Saturday, 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM. For more information, please visit www.knoxalliance.com or call (865) 523-7543.
Emporium Center, 100 S. Gay Street, Downtown Knoxville

•  Denise K. Cumming and Mike C. Berry: Motion, Time and Light 
Motion, Time & Light is a two-person exhibition of new works by Knoxville artists Denise K. Cumming and Mike C. Berry and includes long exposure photography, paintings and drawings that expressively highlight the surrounding landscape, cityscape and skies.

•  Four Artist TN: From this Point
Four Tennessee-based artists—Mike Martino, Emily McGrew, Susan McGrew and Randy Purcell—took inspiration from natural landscapes that led them into abstractions in different media.

•  Sam Stapleton: Hidden Dimensions
Stapleton’s Hidden Dimensions reflects a quest for new dimensions in his signature abstract flower photography using the power of digital processing to reimagine the original images.

•  Timothy Bridges – Fiber Works
This new exhibition features a collection of scarves, pillows, jewelry, and apparel all of which are based on traditional quilt patterns reimagined in a contemporary way.

•  TN Voices: Behind the Mask – Unmasking Mental Health
An exhibition of theatrical mask images designed by 20 youth and young adults in Tennessee to raise awareness about what is really going on behind the mask and to promote acceptance of mental health issues.

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