Knoxville Museum of Art

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The Knoxville Museum of Art collects, exhibits, and interprets outstanding works by artists of regional, national, and international significance; provides diverse audiences with opportunities for learning and personal growth; and serves as a community gathering and celebration place. The museum is strongly committed to providing experiences that enable people to enjoy and value the visual arts as an expression of the best of a civilized society. The KMA’s landmark facility, designed by renowned architect Edward Larrabee Barnes and opened to the public in 1990, overlooks World’s Fair Park in downtown Knoxville. For more on the museum and its exhibitions and other programs, go to www.knoxart.org.

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Learning
# Episodes
74 episodes
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TV-UN

Episodes of Knoxville Museum of Art

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  Higher Ground: A Century of the Visual Arts in E...
  
  Patricia Rutenberg is the author of Justice in the Valley, a history of the federal courts in East Tennessee. Since receiving her doctorate, she has served as the founding director of the Tennessee Presidents Trust and research assistant professor at the University of Tennessee Knoxville, chair of the history department at the Webb School of Knoxville, as a lecturer at area colleges, and is now executive director of Blount Mansion. Rutenberg's talk will offer and in-depth look a Catherine Wile...
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    Apr 24, 2012
  - Runtime
    
    38:15
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  Paintbrush for Hire, The American Odyssey of Jam...
  
  Dr. Frederick C. Moffatt talks about James and Emma Cameron at the Knoxville Museum of Art's Dine and Discover Program. 10-5-2011.
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    Mar 20, 2012
  - Runtime
    
    50:24
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  Robert Booker speaks about Knoxville teacher, po...
  
  Ruth Cobb Brice (1899-1972) was born in Knoxville, TN. She was an elementary school teacher, published poet, and a self taught artist. This is her story through the eyes of Knoxville native, Robert Booker.
  - Release date
    
    Dec 7, 2011
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    33:03
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  Lindsay Mican Morgan, Thorne Miniature Rooms Lec...
  
  Lindsay Mican Morgan, curator of the Thorne Miniature Rooms at the Art Institute of Chicago, Dine & Discover lecture at the Knoxville Museum of Art, August 3, 2011. Ms. Morgan's lecture is supported in part by the Virginia M. Raskin Docent Enrichment Fund and Laura and Jason Bales. The restoration of the Thorne Rooms at the Knoxville Museum of Art has been made possible by the generous support of Sherri Lee, in honor of Mrs. McAfee Lee. http://www.knoxart.org
  - Release date
    
    Aug 9, 2011
  - Runtime
    
    50:49
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  Jack Neely, Dine & Discover
  
  Jack Neely, Dine & Discover lecture at the Knoxville Museum of Art, July 6, 2011
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    Jul 7, 2011
  - Runtime
    
    01:02:31
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  Ai Weiwei Discussion
  
  University of Tennessee Scholars Suzanne Wright and Mark Pitner explore the work of Chinese artist Ai Weiwei at the Knoxville Museum of Art
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    May 26, 2011
  - Runtime
    
    57:00
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  Valerie Cassel Oliver, Sarah Jane Hardrath Krame...
  
  Valerie Cassel Oliver, Sarah Jane Hardrath Kramer Lecture 2011 Valerie Cassel Oliver, is senior curator at the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston. Cassel Oliver has organized numerous solo and group exhibitions including the acclaimed Double Consciousness: Black Conceptual Art Since 1970 (2005), Black/Light/White Noise: Sound and Light in Contemporary Art (2007), and, with Dr. Andrea Barnwell Brownlee, Cinema Remixed and Reloaded: Black Women Artists and the Moving Image (2008/09). Prior to her ...
  - Release date
    
    Apr 25, 2011
  - Runtime
    
    50:29
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  Steve Cotham on East Tennessee Artists
  
  Steve Cotham on 19th Century East Tennessee Artists. Lecture at the Knoxville Museum of Art, April 6, 2011. Steve Cotham is the manager of the McClung Historical Collection located in the East Tennessee History Center in downtown Knoxville. Cotham holds three academic degrees from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, including advanced degrees in history and library science.
  - Release date
    
    Apr 7, 2011
  - Runtime
    
    53:50
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  Xiaoze Xie, Gallery Tour
  
  Exhibition curator Dan Mills talks about the exhibition "Xiaoze Xie: Amplified Moments" at the Knoxville Museum of Art
  - Release date
    
    Mar 15, 2011
  - Runtime
    
    01:25:00
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  Xiaoze Xie, Artist Lecture
  
  Xiaoze Xie talks about his work and the exhibition "Xiaoze Xie: Amplified Moments" at the Knoxville Museum of Art
  - Release date
    
    Mar 15, 2011
  - Runtime
    
    01:05:48