Artscapes is a wonderful art sale benefiting the Knoxville Museum of Art. But it’s also one of the best opportunities around to purchase beautiful original jewelry and art for your home, office or for gifts. (It’s almost the season, you know.)
Artscapes itself is a black tie optional auction and dinner to be held Friday at the museum. Silent auction is at 6:30 p.m., with dinner and a live auction at 8:30. On Saturday, you can return to the museum for an art fair from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. So, you see, there really is no excuse not to pick up some great finds this weekend.
To give you a little taste of what’s available, I attended the Artscapes Preview Brunch this past Sunday and saw some awesome pieces. In fact, so many offerings were sold at the preview that museum folks were scrambling to assemble new items to offer Friday. So, the items on this blog post are only scratching the surface of what’s available.
And here are some photos of my favorite things. The Knoxville Museum of Art is trying to raise money to purchase a kiln for its children’s art classes. To that end, the museum commissioned art teachers to help children at several schools and organizations produce usable pottery plates to be sold for $35 at the preview brunch and the art fair this Saturday. I no sooner laid eyes on them, than I grabbed up eight different plates to purchase. All mine had animals on them! I just love them.
So, if you are as charmed by these plates as I am, drop by the art fair at the museum this Saturday from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. and pick up a few.
Finally, a big thanks to the folks at Harley Davidson, who are the presenting sponsors of all of Artscapes.