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The Arts & Culture Alliance is pleased to present five new exhibitions at The Emporium Center in downtown Knoxville from June 4-25, 2021. A free reception with the artists will take place on Friday, June 4, from 5:00-8:00 PM. All visitors to the Emporium are required to wear a mask and maintain physical distancing guidelines. Most of the works will be for sale and may be purchased through the close of the exhibition by visiting in person or the online shop at www.knoxalliance.store.

Kara Lockmiller: Pop Music in the Atrium

I am a chromesthete which means I see a vast array of real colors in my mind when I listen to music. I like to think of it as my own personal light show. My goal for each portrait is to let you glimpse music and musicians the way I do. There is a kinship between color and music – both can say what words cannot.

Kara Lockmiller paints in shadowed hues using the grisaille technique. After sketching out a musician in a grayscale underpainting, she adds opaque and translucent acrylic colors according to what she sees when listening to their music. A Knoxville resident since birth, she began painting for others in 2017 as an outlet to share the mesmerizing colors she saw. A journalist and graphic artist for more than a decade, she retains a great understanding of design principles as they relate to color. All of her works are original acrylic portraits on canvas. Upcoming exhibitions in 2021 include Bliss, Barrelhouse Gypsy Circus, and Wild Side Salon.

www.KLockmillerArt.com
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The exhibitions are on display at the Emporium Center, 100 S. Gay Street, in downtown Knoxville. The Emporium is open to the public Monday-Friday, 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM. For more information, please see www.knoxalliance.com or call (865) 523-7543.