general information
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
Quick Information
Arts and Culture
Hours Open to the Public
Mon-Fri 9am-5pm, First Fridays 9am-9pm
Payment Types Accepted
Free Admission
Emporium Center for Arts & Culture
Knoxville, TN
In July 2004, Knoxvilles 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:
Galleries:
The Emporium Center Gallery
Three Flights Up Gallery
Administrative offices:
African-American Appalachian Arts
Arts & Culture Alliance
Ballet Gloria and Tin Soldier Productions & Graphics
Carpetbag Theatre
Circle Modern Dance
Foothills Craft Guild
Keep Knoxville Beautiful
Knoxville Symphony Orchestra
Tennessee Stage Company
Artist studios:
Mike Berry
Bobbie Crews
Judi Gaston
David Habercom
Rebecca Johns
Bob Leggett
Fritz Massaquoi
Jana Morgan
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.
Directions: Visit this site for directions:
http://knoxalliance.com/aboutus/emporium_directions.html
