Vol. 1 — No. 14Weekend Episode · Thu–Sun, Sep 17–20, 2026 · South Knoxville, TN★ soknoear.com
Vol. 1 — No. 14 · Sep 17–20★ soknoear.com
The South Knoxville Ear — We Hear Things.
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Ijams ParkSun

A painting workshop sets up its easels beside the pond Sunday

Two hours of guided outdoor painting at Ijams Park, materials sorted, no experience assumed. It is the Creative Series entry for September and it runs while the rest of the park is busy elsewhere.

Easels on the bank

Paint by the Pond is the September entry in the Ijams Park Creative Series: two hours on Sunday late morning, forty-five dollars, easels set up on the bank of the pond with the water and the treeline as the subject. It is a workshop rather than a class, which in practice means nobody checks whether you can already paint.

When
Sun Sep 20 · 11 AM – 1 PM
Where
Ijams Park · 2915 Island Home Ave
Cost
$45
Register
Ahead — the Creative Series workshops cap small
Also this month
Stained glass on Sep 26, hooping on Sep 24
Weather
Around 93 and mostly sunny — the pond bank has patchy shade

Where it sits in the day

Eleven to one on a Sunday is a good slot — the banding crew has packed up, the bluegrass has not started, and the pond is quiet. It is also the hottest part of the day, and the shade on the bank is patchy, so a hat is not optional.

The Creative Series keeps going after this weekend: a hooping workshop on the 24th and stained glass on the 26th. These cap small and are worth booking rather than turning up for.

Original Dirty South Map Found

Click to see the original map of Knoxville’s Dirty South that was recently unearthed for the public to see.

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