Featured Event: Beauford Delaney and James Baldwin: Through the Unusual Door Exhibit
Date: Friday, February 7 through Sunday, May 10, 2020
Location: Knoxville Museum of Art; Contact: dfeliciano@knoxart.org
2020
Knox County Library Read ~ The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
Date: January through March
Location: Countywide; Presented by: Knox County Libraries; Contact: nhillaknoxlib.org
Live Jazz ~ Alive After Five: Highlighting Beauford Delaney and James Baldwin: Through the Unusual Door
Date and Time: Friday, February 7, 2020 | 6:00 PM
Location: Knoxville Museum of Art; Contact: dfeliciano@knoxart.org
KMA Family Fun Day: Celebrating Beauford Delaney and James Baldwin: Through the Unusual Door
Date and Time: Saturday, February 8, 2020 | 11:00 AM
Location: Knoxville Museum of Art; Contact: dfeliciano@knoxart.org
International Symposium ~ In a Speculative Light: The Arts of James Baldwin and Beauford Delaney
Date: Wednesday through Friday, February 19-21, 2020
Location: The University of Tennessee Humanities Center and Knoxville Museum of Art; Presented by: The University of Tennessee Humanities Center; Contact: Amy J. Elias, humanitiesctr@utk.edu
Arts Presentation ~ A Tribute to the Delaneys
Date and Time: Friday, February 24, 2020 | 6:30 pm | Tickets: $10
Location: Bijou Theater; Presented By: Beck Cultural Exchange Center; Contact: rkesler@beckcenter.net;
Opera ~ World Premier: ShadowLight, by Larry Delinger
Dates and Time: Friday and Saturday, February 28 & 29 | 7:30 pm
Location: Beck Cultural Exchange Center; Contact: kayla@marblecityopera.com
Knoxville Symphony Orchestra ~ A Shift Festival Send-Off to the Kennedy Center
Date and Time: Thursday, March 19, and Friday, March 20, 2020 | 7:30 PM
Location: Tennessee Theater
Shift Festival ~ Knoxville Symphony Orchestra
Date and Time: Friday, March 27, 2020 | 8:00 PM
Location: The Kennedy Center, Washington, DC; Tickets: $25
Fundraiser to Benefit the Restoration of the Delaney Home
Date and Time: Thursday, April 16, 2020| 6:00 PM
Location: Knoxville Museum of Art; Presented by: Beck Cultural Exchange Center and Rotary Club of Knoxville; Contact: rkesler@beckcenter.net
Sarah Jane Hardrath Kramer Lecture ~ Kellie Jones, Columbia University
Date and Time: Tuesday, April 27, 2020| 6:00 PM
Location: Knoxville Museum of Art; Contact: dfeliciano@knoxart.org
Ground Breaking: Delaney Museum at the Beck
Approximate Date: May/June 2020; Location: Beck Cultural Center;
Presented by: Beck Cultural Exchange Center and Rotary Club of Knoxville; Contact: rkesler@beckcenter.net
Documentary Screening ~ Beauford Delaney: So Splendid a Journey
Date: May 2020, Date and Time to be Determined
Location: Canne Film Festival; Contact: amisdebeauford@yahoo.com