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Sponsors’ Event: ‘partiest’ part of L’Amour du Vin!

Posted on March 17, 2022 by Cynthia Moxley

Each day of the three-day event that is the L’Amour du Vin fundraiser for the Knoxville Museum of Art is unique. The Artist’s Luncheon, described in the previous post, is all about meeting the featured artist and learning about his … Continue reading →

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Gordon Cheung’s artwork: thought-provoking, beautiful and lucrative for Knoxville Museum of Art

Posted on March 14, 2022 by Cynthia Moxley

The featured artist of this year’s L’Amour du Vin fundraiser for the Knoxville Museum of Art was Gordon Cheung. Guests got the opportunity to meet him and view a PowerPoint retrospective of his work earlier this month at the Artist’s … Continue reading →

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Love — and a new engagement ring — were in the air!

Posted on March 8, 2022 by Cynthia Moxley

The event is called “L’Amour du Vin” and it’s in its 19th year as the major annual fundraiser for the Knoxville Museum of Art. It means “for the love of wine” in French. But this past weekend, it translated to … Continue reading →

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Marble City Market: vast array of choices (and fun!)

Posted on November 8, 2021 by Cynthia Moxley

If you can’t find something you like at the newly opened Marble City Market in Regas Square, you aren’t hungry! More than 300 folks showed up last Wednesday for the preview party for the new food hall, which features 11 … Continue reading →

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Knoxville Museum of Art’s ‘Kickoff to Summer’ still holds title of most fun fundraiser in town: Here’s why!

Posted on July 1, 2021 by Cynthia Moxley

I have always said that the most fun fundraiser of the year is the Knoxville Museum of Art’s Kickoff to Summer party. It was a little late this year, as many events have been, due to COVID cancellations and the … Continue reading →

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Knoxville Museum of Art Guild celebrates its surprisingly successful year with wrap-up luncheon

Posted on May 27, 2021 by Cynthia Moxley

Much like the Knoxville Symphony League, the Knoxville Museum of Art Guild celebrated a stunningly successful fundraising season with a festive luncheon last week. Held in the Ann and Steve Bailey Hall at the museum, the event also featured three … Continue reading →

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Warm memories of last dinner at Blackberry Farm

Posted on April 30, 2020 by Cynthia Moxley

When news came yesterday that Blackberry Farm and Blackberry Mountain will reopen on May 14, it made me wistful for the last dinner we had there. It was for the sponsors of the Knoxville Museum of Art’s annual L’Amour du … Continue reading →

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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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Opera airs anguish and artistry of Beauford Delaney

Posted on March 3, 2020 by Cynthia Moxley

The season of Beauford Delaney continues in Knoxville, this time with a gripping locally produced opera performed by the Marble City Opera last Friday and Saturday to a full house at Beck Cultural Exchange Center. The one-hour world premiere tells … Continue reading →

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