Where There Is Fire
(Today’s article is by recurring guest writer Luke Frazier) Painted murals are a public pleasure, and downtown Knoxville has some great ones. Of course Strong Alley leads the way, and the variety found there entices repeat...
Art in the City
New Fort Kid Mural by Dustin Durham Makes Debut (And It’s Interactive!)
On a chilly, gray November day in Knoxville, a splash of vibrant color officially debuted. Local muralist and designer Dustin Durham introduced a new interactive mural covering the wall along Fort Kid and, importantly, the sidewalk....
Dogwood Arts Chalk Walk 2018
It’s sort of stunning, once these events start rolling, just how rapidly they tick off. It’s hard for me to believe we are well on our way through Festival Season. Last weekend, as I noted in...
Art in Public Places Adds New Sculptures to Downtown Knoxville
Each year around this time new outdoor sculptures arrive in Knoxville and most of the older ones disappear. It’s a rotating exhibition mounted by Dogwood Arts and Art in Public Places. The effort is headed by...
Have You Seen This?
There’s such an accumulation of little changes around downtown it’s virtually impossible to notice, let alone document, them all. Some are very big and others are more like small details that make the city a bit...
Downtown Art Wraps by the Knoxville History Project Appear Around the City
This past summer as the Urban Clan drove around the wild west, we stopped over in Missoula, Montana. I snapped a photo though the car window as I drove (don’t do this at home, children) of...
Important Murals Restored, Music History Mural Returns
There’s been a lot of action going on in the Old City recently. The streets – first Central and now Jackson – remain in a state of upheaval that will result in buried and modernized utilities,...
Painting With a Twist: New Business Comes to the Arts District
121 S. Gay Street will soon be the home to Downtown Central Painting with a Twist. A fun painting experience for artists or non-artists, Painting With a Twist classes typically run a couple of hours and...
Brian Jobe and “Right Angle Reply (Tall Grasses)”
I first heard of artist Brian R. Jobe at the most recent Pecha Kucha. I’d like to say that I immediately understood what he was up to and recognized his genius but, honestly, that didn’t come...
A Tale of Country Music Park and Two 200 Blocks
Last week a public meeting was held on the future of the sliver of city park at Summit and Gay. It’s generally talked about in terms of the missing 200 block of Gay Street. There were...