Category Archives: Art

L’Amour du Vin 2020: Back when we could have fun!

Posted on March 30, 2020 by Cynthia Moxley

It hasn’t been that long — it actually was just earlier this month — but it seems like an eternity ago. The Knoxville Museum of Art hosted what was one of the last big social occasions many Knoxvillians would attend: … Continue reading →

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Wine, food and ‘donuts behaving badly!’

Posted on March 24, 2020 by Cynthia Moxley

The Knoxville Museum of Art’s hugely successful L’Amour du Vin fundraiser has come and gone (more on that in a later post), but one of my favorite parts of the whole weekend every year is what’s called the “Artist’s Luncheon.” … Continue reading →

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‘The most important artist Knoxville ever produced’

Posted on February 14, 2020 by Cynthia Moxley

We are in full-on Beauford Delaney season here in Knoxville. And that’s a good thing. Because, according to David Butler, executive director of the Knoxville Museum of Art, the late Delaney is “by any standard, the most important artist Knoxville … Continue reading →

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Two Knoxville friends among top state artistic talent

Posted on October 29, 2019 by Cynthia Moxley

We went to the Governor’s Arts Awards in Nashville last week because we wanted to see our friends Charlie Daniel and Ashley Capps receive the high honor. And what we got during those two hours in Conservation Hall at the … Continue reading →

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People who live in glass houses

Posted on October 15, 2019 by Cynthia Moxley

I’m sure you’ve heard of the famous “glass house” built on a cliff in South Knoxville’s Lakemoor Hills neighborhood by longtime University of Tennessee architecture professor William Starke Shell. He donated it to the Knoxville Museum of Art when he … Continue reading →

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Five plays in five days — from the best to the bomb

Posted on May 31, 2019 by Cynthia Moxley

Five plays in five days. Picasso, Van Gogh, Magritte, Pollock, Warhol. A Liberty cruise. And enough food and drink to sink a battleship. That’s what Alan and I experienced last month when we joined other supporters of the Clarence Brown … Continue reading →

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KMA’s Artist’s Luncheon: a Friday of fabulousness

Posted on March 15, 2019 by Cynthia Moxley

While L’Amour du Vin would seem to be about wine, the whole long weekend really is about art. L’Amour du Vin, a wine dinner with a visiting chef, a visiting vintner and a visiting artist, is the single largest fundraiser … Continue reading →

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Celebrating a Knoxville artist who loved New York

Posted on August 27, 2018 by Cynthia Moxley

“Joseph Delaney: On the Move” is a little trip to the hurly-burly street life of New York City — and it’s right here near downtown Knoxville. Delaney, the younger brother of better known artist Beauford Delaney, was born in Knoxville … Continue reading →

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Knox chefs shine at Big Ears

Posted on March 30, 2018 by Cynthia Moxley

Of course, folks came to the Big Ears Festival, held last weekend in downtown Knoxville, for the music. And, this year in particular, for the films and poetry. But we had another great asset on display, as well: our food … Continue reading →

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L’Amour du Vin translates into success!

Posted on March 12, 2018 by Cynthia Moxley

If you run into anybody on the board or staff of the Knoxville Museum of Art, please forgive them if they seem a little giddy. They deserve to be because they are coming off the most successful L’Amour du Vin … Continue reading →

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