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Jo Sandman Exhibit at Knoxville Museum of Art

Knoxville Urban Guy·October 8, 2024

(Ed. Note: Today’s article is by contributing writer Matt Hollingsworth.) Four times a year, the Knoxville Museum of Art hosts a new exhibit, and now through November 10th, guests can explore the abstract art of Jo...

“Tools as Art: Work & Play” at the KMA

Knoxville Urban Guy·May 28, 2024

(Today’s article is by recurring guest writer and relatively recent Knoxville transplant Luke Frazier.) Expectations are a wicked curse, and the way they get wrapped up in the past is a big part of the problem....

A Room Full of Delaneys

Knoxville Urban Guy·January 22, 2024

(Today’s article is by recurring guest writer Luke Frazier) Sometimes I’ll be reading a book and suddenly wonder if I care enough to continue. If I forge ahead anyway, very occasionally I’m rewarded with a sentence...

A Conversation with David Butler, Retiring KMA Executive Director

Knoxville Urban Guy·December 21, 2023

While younger and new residents to the city may assume that the Knoxville Museum of Art has always been as much a part of the fabric of the city as it is today, the truth is...

Knoxville Museum of Art Debuts New Exhibit and Plans Changes to Higher Ground Exhibit

Heather Ryerson·July 18, 2023

My first introduction to the Knoxville Museum of Art was in February 2020, before the world shut down. My husband had just finished the Intro to Knoxville class. We viewed a video that showed the process...

Fort Kid Planning Session Reveals Rifts, Input Solicited

Knoxville Urban Guy·March 13, 2020

The first of the planned community input sessions regarding the design of the new version of Fort Kid was held at the Knoxville Museum of Art before what might come to pass as a large group...

Beauford Delaney, James Baldwin and Knoxville’s Jim Crow Era Reconsidered

Knoxville Urban Guy·March 5, 2020

There are two must-see exhibitions currently open to the public in Knoxville centered around Beauford Delaney, James Baldwin, and the years after the civil war, leading up to recent history. “Beauford Delaney and James Baldwin: Through...

En Plein Air: Artists recreate Knoxville Scenes

Knoxville Urban Guy·May 7, 2019

A couple of weeks ago, you might have noticed artists spread around Market Square painting the scene before them. You might have encountered some of these same artists at any number of locations in the Knoxville...

An Art History Scavenger Hunt in the City

Knoxville Urban Guy·February 20, 2018

A lot of us have found ourselves in similar predicaments in recent days: An extra child or two is lurking about underfoot when they, by all rights, should be at school. Whether because of ice, snow,...

Downtown Art Wraps by the Knoxville History Project Appear Around the City

Knoxville Urban Guy·September 14, 2017

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...

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Knoxville Museum of Art

Jo Sandman Exhibit at Knoxville Museum of Art

“Tools as Art: Work & Play” at the KMA

A Room Full of Delaneys

A Conversation with David Butler, Retiring KMA Executive Director

Knoxville Museum of Art Debuts New Exhibit and Plans Changes to Higher Ground Exhibit

Fort Kid Planning Session Reveals Rifts, Input Solicited

Beauford Delaney, James Baldwin and Knoxville’s Jim Crow Era Reconsidered

En Plein Air: Artists recreate Knoxville Scenes

An Art History Scavenger Hunt in the City

Downtown Art Wraps by the Knoxville History Project Appear Around the City

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