The Knoxville Symphony Orchestra opens its season joined by the Eroica Trio in September

Go! Contemporary Dance Works presents Full Spectrum in October

KNOXVILLE – For the fourth year Penny4Arts will provide every child in Knox County, including home-schooled and private-schooled students, an opportunity to attend local arts and culture events/activities by nearly 30 organizations at the maximum cost of ONE PENNY. Students must be accompanied by one paying adult.

The program was developed by the Arts & Culture Alliance of Greater Knoxville and works in cooperation with the local arts community.

Concerts, plays, dance performances, historic home tours, fairs, museums, festivals, arts workshops, radio broadcasts, movies, and more are part of Penny4Arts. Organizations whose admission is regularly free are offering special programs or gifts for attending Knox County students. Notices announcing this program will be sent home with every Knox County public school child.

Almost 100 events are included in Penny4Arts, and in addition, eight organizations offer year-round opportunities for Knox County school children: Blount Mansion, Crescent Bend House & Gardens, East Tennessee History Center, James White’s Fort, Knoxville Museum of Art, Mabry-Hazen House, Marble Springs, and WDVX. The schedule of participating performances is listed at www.Penny4Arts.com.

Families may register on this site to receive weekly e-mail notices about participating events. Most participating events will allow one paying adult to bring up to three students for one penny each. Proof of Knox County residency (driver's license) will be required for each adult accompanying children ages 5-15. Students ages 16-18, not accompanied by an adult, must show proof of Knox County Residency and if in a group, at least one in the group of up to four Knox County students ages 16-18 must purchase a regular adult admission/ticket (if applicable) for the group to be able to participate in Penny4Arts. Each participating organization’s specific guidelines are also listed on the Penny4Arts web site.

The following organizations are participating in Penny4Arts: American Museum of Science & Energy, Bijou Theatre, Blount Mansion Association, Circle Modern Dance, Clarence Brown Theatre, Crescent Bend, Dogwood Arts, East Tennessee Historical Society, Go! Contemporary Dance Works, Historic Ramsey House, HoLa Hora Latina, James White's Fort, Knoxville Botanical Garden and Arboretum, Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville Opera, Knoxville Symphony Orchestra, Mabry-Hazen House, Marble Springs State Historic Site, McClung Museum of Natural History & Culture, Momentum Dance Lab, Museum of Appalachia, Oak Ridge Civic Ballet Assoc, Tennessee Children's Dance Ensemble, Tennessee Stage Company, Tennessee Valley Fair, UT School of Music, WDVX, and Women's Basketball Hall of Fame.

For more information, please visit www.Penny4Arts.com.