Emporium Center / Arts & Culture Alliance

"The art here is always eclectic, wide range of mediums, themes and techniques. The quality is talented amateur to professional. Most of it is available for sale in a wide range of prices. The gallery itself is a beautiful space with neat architecture--there are ópen spaces to small rooms and a stairwell and display case. The art is always changing from month to month."

"We had my daughter's wedding reception at the Emporium and it was a wonderful experience! From day one, Suzanne was so extremely helpful and pleasant to work with through our changes. We chose the Emporium because they allowed us to plan everything the way we wanted (not their list of vendors) and this helped tremendously with our budget. It is a beautiful place that requires very little decoration. It was a very relaxed atmosphere and everyone seemed to enjoy themselves. We could have spent more money but I can promise you that would not have bought a more special evening!"

"The Emporium Center is a phenomenal gallery. They curate beautiful exhibits that really showcase the artist and their work. As an artist, I know that everything down to the piece spacing and lighting was exceptionally done. I highly recommend artists apply for shows there. I definitely recommend visitors and art patrons go see their ongoing spectacular shows held in this massive and stunning space!"

"So happy that Knoxville has a super supportive and growing arts district. The emporium is a very large space that houses dozens of artists, personal studios as well as display spaces. On first Fridays. They always have live music and it's always such a treat to be able to go out with friends or with my partner and enjoy a wonderful evening with the arts. And I always managed to buy at least one thing even if it's small. Because artists need support. We need to support artists more."

"The Emporium Center has been hitting it out of the ballpark all summer. The textiles and ceramics exhibits were amazing. I’m in love with Karen Bills’ felted statues! And the paintings upstairs for September’s First Friday show are stunning. Bravo!"