Address and Phone:
100 South Gay Street
(corner of Gay St and Jackson Ave)
Knoxville, TN 37901
Phone: (865) 523-7543
Fax: (865) 523-7312
Hours Open to the Public:
Mon-Fri 9am-5pm, First Fridays 9am-9pm, Saturday after First Friday, 11am-3pm
Dates Closed:
Major holidays; Saturdays-Sundays
Payment Types Accepted:
Free Admission
City: Knoxville, TN
Region: East Tennessee
In July 2004, Knoxville’s first true arts center opened in downtown at 100 South Gay Street. Built in 1898 as the original home of a prestigious furniture company, the Emporium Building housed a wholesale goods distributor and later became a textile manufacturing facility that fulfilled military contracts. The two adjacent buildings and the vacant lot were the location of the “Parthenon of Country Music,” which served as the home of the WNOX Mid-day Merry-Go-Round.
The 23,000 square feet of flexible use space houses the following:
Two galleries
Administrative offices:
• Actor's Co-op
• African-American Appalachian Arts
• Arts & Culture Alliance
• Carpetbag Theatre
• Circle Modern Dance
• Foothills Craft Guild
• HoLa Hora Latina
• Keep Knoxville Beautiful
• Knoxville Symphony Orchestra
• Tennessee Stage Company
Artist studios:
• Mike Berry
• Bobbie Crews
• Judi Gaston
• Rebecca Johns
• Bob Leggett
• Jill Stone
• Artist-in-Residence (Brian Wagner)
The Alliance's Emporium Center was designed to attract more visitors to downtown to enjoy arts and cultural programming and conduct arts-related business. At the same time, the project provides affordable space for a critical mass of arts and culture organizations and artists, generates coordination and joint promotion of arts and culture activities, and provides another valuable attraction in a revitalized downtown.
Be sure to visit KnoxTIX, a great source for tickets to performances in East Tennessee: www.knoxtix.com.
www.knoxalliance.com/directions.html
Get turn-by-turn direction using the interactive map above.
Looking for a day of fun and frolic? Here’s a quick list of nearby attractions that you may enjoy.
Looking for a place to rest between adventures? Here’s a quick list of nearby places to stay.
| SU | MO | TU | WE | TH | FR | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 |
| 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
| 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 |
| 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 |
| 29 | 30 | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 |
Date: Nov 21, 2009 - Nov 22, 2009
Centennial Holiday Show
Location: Franklin, TN
Date: Nov 20, 2009 - Nov 22, 2009
32nd Annual Santa's Workshop
Location: Cookeville, TN
Date: Nov 20, 2009 - Nov 22, 2009
7th Annual Stoddart Open House
Location: Crawford, TN
Date: Nov 10, 2009 - Nov 22, 2009
6th Annual Trees of Christmas
Location: Lawrenceburg, TN
See more November events »
| Pick Tennessee Products |  |
Tennessee State Parks | |
Retire Tennessee | |
Tennessee.gov |
|---|
Return to main page » ©2009 Tennessee Department of Tourist Development. All Rights Reserved. Website designed and developed by designsensory.
Get a free vacation guide online or by phone: 1-800-462-8366 or email us at info@tnvacation.com