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The Southern Skies Festival Offered a Day of Great Music and Fun

Knoxville Urban Guy·May 16, 2022

After two years of delays and dealing with the loss of headliner Blues Traveler (Leader John Popper down with COVID), the Dogwood Arts sponsored festival, with music curated by the Dirty Guv’nahs finally launched last Saturday....

Dogwood Arts Chalk Walk 2022 Returns to Downtown

Knoxville Urban Guy·April 4, 2022

After distanced events the previous two years, the Dogwood Arts Chalk Walk returned to downtown Knoxville. With a footprint that extended further down Market Street, the event was decompressed a bit from previous years. The crowd...

Paris Woodhull Adds Her Unique Style to a New Mural in Strong Alley

Knoxville Urban Guy·November 22, 2021

A new mural is underway in Strong Alley and should be completed this week. Dogwood Arts commissioned the mural by one of may favorite artists and favorite humans, Paris Woodhull. Mural work marks a shift for...

A Look at Recent Murals and Street Art

Knoxville Urban Guy·September 29, 2021

I thought it was a good time to catch up on some of the art that makes our downtown more interesting. One project just finished, while another one was finished some months ago, but I’ve never...

Art in Public Places Adds New Sculptures to Krutch Park

Knoxville Urban Guy·June 23, 2021

Last year, the early spring delivery of sculptures to Krutch Park as part of the Art in Public Places program was delayed due to complications resulting from the pandemic. Dogwood Arts Director Sherry Jenkins told me...

Pandemic Memorial Added to the World’s Fair Park

Knoxville Urban Guy·May 24, 2021

Knoxville has a new mural, located in the World’s Fair Park and painted by nationally acclaimed artist Kelsey Montague. Designed to commemorate those who were lost to COVID-19 and the suffering experienced by many, she said,...

Dogwood Arts: Evolving and Learning Through a Pandemic

Knoxville Urban Guy·March 11, 2021

I recently spoke with Sherry Jenkins, Executive Director of Dogwood Arts. I asked if she would take me through the last year at Dogwood Arts and speak to where the organization is after a year of...

“Much Love” in the Time of COVID

Knoxville Urban Guy·February 8, 2021

Many of our holidays and celebrations have, necessarily, been very different this year. As much as any other holiday, Valentines Day is about connections, expressions of love and usually time with a special person, if we...

New Option for Restaurants and New Art for the City

Knoxville Urban Guy·July 14, 2020

I’ve intended for three or four months to start a series about potential long-term changes which may come out of the necessity of our current pandemic. For the most part, trends that were already in place...

New Sculptures Added to Krutch Park

Knoxville Urban Guy·June 15, 2020

One of the initial complications of the COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent shut down was it all hit just about perfectly at the time we would normally see an influx of new sculptures to Krutch Park....

Dogwood Arts

The Southern Skies Festival Offered a Day of Great Music and Fun

Dogwood Arts Chalk Walk 2022 Returns to Downtown

Paris Woodhull Adds Her Unique Style to a New Mural in Strong Alley

A Look at Recent Murals and Street Art

Art in Public Places Adds New Sculptures to Krutch Park

Pandemic Memorial Added to the World’s Fair Park

Dogwood Arts: Evolving and Learning Through a Pandemic

“Much Love” in the Time of COVID

New Option for Restaurants and New Art for the City

New Sculptures Added to Krutch Park

Look What’s Returning! (More Than You Might Realize)

Whist Court Getting a Modern Makeover Adding to Development on Magnolia

One Downtown Business Closes and Another is Sold

Mood Ring Vintage Opens Today at 906 Sevier Avenue

Fly By Night Bringing the 70s to South Knoxville

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