KMA Newsletter

EVENTS & PROGRAMS

A Special Higher Ground Spotlight!

November 1, 2025- April 12, 2026

Raking Light: Photographs of East Tennessee and the American South; a spotlight temporarily on view that celebrates the growth of KMA's photography collection.

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Walker Evans/America Screening at Central Cinema

Wednesday, November 5 • 6:30-8:00 pm

A continuing collaboration with Central Cinema featuring a screening of the film Walker Evans/America by Sedat Pakay.

Members: FREE | Non-Members: $5

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The Body is a Drum Opening Reception

Thursday, November 6 • 5:30-8:30 pm

A lively reception celebrating KMA's newest exhibition, The Body is a Drum, The Voice a Song, The Soul a Fire.

Free and open to the public

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Second Sunday Docent Tour

Sunday, November 9 • 2:00-3:00 pm

Learn from a trained docent about the KMA collection and exhibitions on view. Meet at the front desk at 1:55 pm.

Free and open to the public

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Finding Higher Ground:

Beauford at the Bistro at the Bijou

Tuesday, November 18 • 8:00-10:00 pm

Join us at Bistro at the Bijou for live jazz and gumbo inspired by modernist painter Beauford Delaney’s own recipe!

Free and open to the public

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EXHIBITIONS

Through November 9

Seeds of Regionalism

The Clauss Legacy: Early Modernism in the South

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Opens November 7

The Body is a Drum, The Voice a Song, The Soul a Fire

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Opens November 28

East TN Regional Student

Art Exhibition

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Ongoing

Higher Ground: A Century of

the Visual Arts in East TN

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Ongoing

Richard Jolley's

Cycle of Life

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Ongoing

Facets of Modern and Contemporary Glass

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Ongoing

Thorne Rooms

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KMA Education Gallery

Pines Elementary School

Ms. Stooksbury's Class

Kramer Education Center

Howard Baker

Photography Exhibit

COMING SOON

East TN Regional Student Art Exhibition Reception

Tuesday, December 9 • 6:00-8:00 pm

Soundscapes at the KMA: December 2025

Friday, December 12 • 7:30-9:15 pm

Second Sunday Art Activity

Sunday, December 14 • 1:00-4:00 pm

Second Sunday Docent Tour

Sunday, December 14 • 2:00-3:00 pm

Currents: Contemporary Art from the KMA Collection is CLOSED TEMPORARILY

to make way for The Body is a Drum, The Voice a Song, The Soul a Fire!

THE KNOXVILLE MUSEUM OF ART IS CLOSED

November 1 • November 15 • November 27 • November 29

THANK YOU TO OUR ADMISSION SPONSOR THIS MONTH

FREE ADMISSION would not be possible without help from our sponsors!

FREE ADMISSION

Knoxville Museum of Art

1050 World's Fair Park Drive, Knoxville, TN 37916

865.525.6101 • info@knoxart.org • www.knoxart.org

Tuesday-Saturday: 10:00 am-5:00 pm • Sunday: 1:00-5:00 pm

The Knoxville Museum of Art celebrates East Tennessee’s rich, diverse visual culture and its connections to the wider currents of world art.