First Friday: Sleep Cycle by Lauren Adams

Name: First Friday: Sleep Cycle by Lauren Adams
Start: 2025-09-05T16:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-09-05T19:00:00-05:00
Location: 123 W Jackson Ave, Knoxville, TN, United States, Tennessee 37902

Schedule

Fri Sep 05 2025 at 04:00 pm to 07:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

123 W Jackson Ave, Knoxville, TN, United States, Tennessee 37902 | Knoxville, TN

Join us on Friday, September 5th for the Opening Reception of 'Sleep Cycle,' a solo exhibition by Lauren Adams.
• Opening Reception: September 5th (First Friday) | 5-8PM
• Exhibition on display: September 5th - October 17th
• Gallery Hours: M-F 10AM-5PM

The Dogwood Gallery features rotating exhibitions by local and regional artists. On the First Friday of each month, we host an opening reception for our new exhibition from 5-8PM as a part of the Downtown Knoxville Art Walk. Explore galleries, studios, and artist collectives; roam through shops hosting open houses and local artist exhibits; enjoy performance art and live music in the streets and at a variety of venues; drop in restaurants along the way and treat yourself to drinks and great food.
As you arrive downtown, look for ArtWalk flags to guide your way to events that are free and open to the public. Every month brings fresh new exhibits, performances, dining opportunities, and special events.
First Friday at Dogwood Arts is sponsored by ORNL Federal Credit Union, Cherokee Distributing, and the Tennessee Arts Commission.
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About Lauren:

Lauren Adams, an oil painter based in Knoxville, Tennessee, earned her BFA in Art Education with a concentration on Painting from the University of South Carolina. She dedicated 20 years to teaching visual art in East Tennessee public schools. Her painting techniques are deeply rooted in Flemish and Dutch archival oil methods, which she continues to employ, even though her subjects often deviate from traditional themes.
Adams is currently creating sister bodies of work: Nocturnal Landscapes and The Dream Vortex. In Nocturnal Landscapes, she explores the nature of what a landscape can define, while The Dream Vortex explores the journey into the subconscious dream realm.
She takes comfort in the fact that the subject of sleep and dreaming is a universal activity that transcends time, class, race, religion, or location on the globe. This universal vignette of sleep, rest, and the dream world gives peace to not only the artist, but many of the viewers.