Backstage Dance Company Proudly Presents its 18th Annual Recital. Please join us for this one of a kind performance showcasing our talented dancers from ages two and up and featuring our award winning Performance Teams & Releve Elite Company! There will be three amazing performances showcasing our dancer’s hard work throughout the season. Come see […]
Based on one of Hans Christian Andersen's most beloved stories and the classic animated film, Disney's The Little Mermaid is a hauntingly beautiful love story for the ages. With music by eight-time Academy Award winner, Alan Menken, lyrics by Howard Ashman and Glenn Slater and a compelling book by Doug Wright, this fishy fable will […]
Is this real life? Is this just fantasy? This comedic landslide promises to be an escape from reality! Comedian Rhapsody is a ground-breaking showcase of classic sketches and songs from the company's deep comedy archive, fresh new favorites, as well as the signature hilarious improv that The Second City is famous for. Brought to life […]
Once More returns to the stage for their second concert at the Clayton Center. This formerly Nashville-based group performs traditional country, classic rock, and southern gospel with their own unique blend of harmony and exciting instrumentation. Once More brings decades of music and entertainment experience to the stage. If you are a music traditionalist, you […]
Clayton Center for the Arts is proud to present the South Arts Film Series. Throughout the year, we will bring you six films telling compelling stories on important topics. Each film screening is only $10.00 or purchase the entire series for $45.00. The first in our six film series, Family Tree explores sustainable forestry in […]
Get groovy with the Appalachian Ballet Company as they open their season with contemporary dance works performed to music from Generation X (1965-1980). Join us for dinner on the plaza before enjoying an evening of dance! Performance only tickets are also available. Dinner: 6:00PM Performance: 7:15PM
Liz Longley Best known for her stop-you-in-your-tracks voice, Liz Longley is an accomplished singer-songwriter based out of Nashville, TN. With her deeply emotional music, Longley has earned accolades from some of the most prestigious songwriting competitions in the country, including the BMI John Lennon Songwriting Scholarship Competition. Her self-titled debut album received critical acclaim, being […]
Join us for an exhilarating afternoon of Opera’s Greatest Hits! From Puccini to Verdi to Mozart and beyond, this showcase will highlight operatic classics and feature thrilling soloists with full chorus and orchestra. Order Tickets What to know about going to the opera - click here.
Hold onto your seats for the original amazing race! Now you can go around the world in 80 days even faster! In this new, no-intermission version of Mark Brown's hit play Around the World in 80 Days, join fearless adventurer Phileas Fogg and his faithful manservant as they race to beat the clock! Phileas Fogg […]
The Ozark Mountain Daredevils have been aptly described as “a ragtag collection of hippies, bohemians, and musicians of no fixed ambition.” They have always been indefinable in terms of music genres, producing sounds of country-rock and electric bluegrass all on the same record; writing lyrics both whimsical and poetic, singing harmonies that would send shivers […]
Clayton Center for the Arts is proud to present the South Arts Film Series. Throughout the year, we will bring you six films telling compelling stories on important topics. Each film screening is only $10.00 or purchase the entire series for $45.00. Our second film selection: SANTOS–Skin to Skin is a film portrait of community […]
The action is set in Truvy’s beauty salon in Chinquapin, Louisiana, where all the ladies who are “anybody” come to have their hair done. Helped by her eager new assistant, Annelle (who is not sure whether or not she is still married), the outspoken, wise-cracking Truvy dispenses shampoos and free advice to the town’s rich […]
Smoky Mountain Quilters of Tennessee and Knoxville Modern Quilt Guild will showcase their talents in the Clayton Center for the Arts’ DENSO and La Dolce Vita galleries. Visit Monday-Friday 10:00am – 5:00pm (or before and during any Clayton Center performances) to see the incredible craftsmanship of more than 40 beautiful quilts of all styles and […]
The yearly Invitational Choral Festival returns to Maryville College on Saturday, November 2, at 2:30 p.m. in the Ronald and Lynda Nutt Theatre at the Clayton Center for the Arts. This dynamic event will feature performances from top choirs, including Heritage, Powell, Seymour, L&N STEM Academy, Jefferson County, Knoxville Catholic, Maryville Christian, and Pellissippi State Community College. Maryville College’s Concert Choir, Off Kilter, […]
This exhibition is a collective celebration of the Arts at both Blackberry Farm and Blackberry Mountain. The excellent and rich variety of work chosen for this exhibition is evident of the individual creative spirit that happens from Blackberry Team Members, visiting artists and members of the extended Blackberry community. Selections for this exhibition have been […]
American Patchwork Quartet (APQ), led by multi-Grammy award-winning guitarist/vocalist Clay Ross, binds timeless American folk songs with jazz sophistication, country twang, West African hypnotics, and East Asian ornamentation. APQ’s sound is a masterful confluence of tradition and innovation, transcending culture, politics, and ideology. A southern-born roots music aficionado, Ross is also the founder of the […]
Clayton Center for the Arts is proud to present the South Arts Film Series. Throughout the year, we will bring you six films telling compelling stories on important topics. Each film screening is only $10.00 or purchase the entire series for $45.00. Our third offering is City of a Million Dreams. To most people, jazz […]
The music of ABBA” are no strangers to the incomparable sound and look of Sweden’s greatest music export with meticulous attention to costumes, make-up, musical arrangements, movements and the singing, nothing is left to chance. Adding a few of Abba’s live traits such as great solos, musical numbers and a complete live band with back-up […]
There’s no better way to usher in the holiday season than by attending the Maryville College Christmas Concert on Tuesday, December 3, at 7:00 pm in the Ronald and Lynda Nutt Theatre. This year’s concert features a remarkable lineup, including the Orchestra at Maryville, conducted by Ace Edewards; the Community Chorus, led by Dwight Dockery; […]
Rekindle the Flame in the hearth with stories, music, song and dance from the rich treasury of Ireland’s cultural heritage. Spend an evening with native Irish storyteller Tomáseen Foley and some of the most gifted Celtic musicians, dancers and singers performing anywhere today, both sides of the Atlantic. Tomáseen Foley’s A Celtic Christmas recreates the […]
As a gathering place for the community and its visitors and as the home of the Maryville College fine and performing arts program, the Clayton Center for the Arts provides opportunities for the lifelong expression and appreciation of the arts.
The Center plays a vital role in enhancing the quality of life, bolstering cultural and economic vitality, strengthening tourism, and expanding the educational offerings for our community and region. The diversity of our community is to be reflected on our stages, in our galleries and in our audiences. Through its relationship to Maryville College, the Center will provide educational opportunities designed to attract and nurture artists of all ages. The programming is of the highest caliber and features the arts from around the world.
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