Penny4Arts Offers FREE Cultural Events for Knoxville Area Students
From Arts & Culture Alliance of Greater Knoxville –
The Arts & Culture Alliance of Greater Knoxville, in cooperation with the local arts and culture community, is proud to announce a new year of exciting arts and culture experiences through Penny4Arts, a program developed to meet the local arts community’s long-term goal of serving and educating East Tennessee’s children. Many thanks to the employees of Messer Construction for their support of this program.
Penny4Arts provides children in Anderson, Blount, Campbell, Knox, Loudon, Monroe, Morgan, Roane, Scott, Sevier, and Union counties, including home-schooled and private-schooled students, the opportunity to attend local arts and culture events/activities by dozens of organizations at the maximum cost of ONE PENNY (or FREE) when accompanied by a paying adult. Most organizations allow up to three children to attend for free. See www.Penny4Arts.com for a list of upcoming events.
Concerts, plays, dance performances, museums, festivals and historic home tours are part of Penny4Arts.
Nearly 100 events will be included in Penny4Arts throughout the school year, and in addition, ten organizations offer year-round opportunities with free admission for children: Blount Mansion, East Tennessee Historical Society, Historic Ramsey House, James White’s Fort, Knoxville Museum of Art, Mabry-Hazen House and Bethel Civil War Cemetery, Marble Springs State Historic Site, McClung Museum of Natural History & Culture and WDVX.
The schedule of performances is listed chronologically at www.Penny4Arts.com, where families may also sign up for a weekly e-mail notice (and occasional special events). Highlights include:
+ Live, age-appropriate theatre with Clarence Brown Theatre and Knoxville Children’s Theatre
+ Eight Masterworks and four Chamber Classics concerts by Knoxville Symphony Orchestra
+ Productions by Knoxville Opera and Marble City Opera
+ Live concerts at the Bijou Theatre
+ Contemporary dance performances by Circle Modern Dance and Momentum Dance Lab
+ A free admission day to Tennessee Valley Fair
Most participating events will allow one paying adult to bring up to three students for one penny each. Each participating organization’s specific guidelines are also listed on the Penny4Arts web site.
Students ages 16-18, not accompanied by an adult, may be asked to show proof of residency. If in a group of up to four, at least one of four students ages 16-18 must purchase a regular adult admission/ticket (if applicable) for the group to be able to participate in Penny4Arts.
The following organizations are participating in Penny4Arts for the 2024/2025 school year, with more to be added: Bijou Theatre, Blount Mansion, Circle Modern Dance, Clarence Brown Theatre, East Tennessee Historical Society, Historic Ramsey House, Historic Westwood, James White’s Fort, Knoxville Children’s Theatre, Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville Opera, Knoxville Symphony Orchestra, Mabry-Hazen House, Marble City Opera, Marble Springs State Historic Site, McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture, Momentum Dance Lab, Oak Ridge Civic Music Association, Tennessee Stage Company, Tennessee Valley Fair, and WDVX.
For more information, please contact the Arts & Culture Alliance at (865) 523-7543 or info@knoxalliance.com.
About the Arts & Culture Alliance
The Arts & Culture Alliance serves and supports a diverse community of artists, arts organizations, and cultural institutions. The Alliance receives financial support from the Tennessee Arts Commission, Knox County and the City of Knoxville. Special thanks to the U.S. Department of the Treasury.
Contact: Suzanne Cada
PO Box 2506
Knoxville, TN 37901
(865) 523-7543
sc@knoxalliance.com
www.knoxalliance.com
