Tomato Head to host See America poster exhibit

KNOXVILLE — The Tomato Head restaurant on Market Square in downtown Knoxville is hosting a See America poster exhibit from June 7 through July 4, 2014. The exhibit will later be moved to the Tomato Head’s west location at 7240 Kingston Pike, The Gallery, from July 6 through August 2.

The National Parks Conservation Association has teamed up with the Creative Action Network to foster re-imagined artwork, via a crowd-sourced art campaign aimed at inspiring the next generation of national park supporters.

Creative Action Network runs crowd-sourced art campaigns around various causes, harnessing creative talents for good and generating a powerful showing of support for our national parks through artwork.

Artists from all over the world have submitted over 600 See America posters to date. The project launched with exhibitions at the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library & Museum in Hyde Park, NY and at Intersection for the Arts in San Francisco, CA.

The Knoxville exhibit gives visitors a chance to see firsthand 18” x 24” framed samples of the collection.

Since 1919, the nonpartisan National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA) has been the leading voice of the American people in safeguarding our National Park System. NPCA and its 800,000 members and supporters work together to protect the National Park System and preserve our nation's natural, historical, and cultural heritage for generations to come.

Directions, menus, and operating hours can be found at thetomatohead.com.

Published May 25, 2014