KMA’s Latest Exhibition Celebrates South Knoxville’s Architectural Heritage, opens September 4

The Knoxville Museum of Art invites the community to the opening reception for its newest exhibition, Seeds of Regionalism – The Clauss Legacy: Early Modernism in the South. This exhibition excavates the unheralded legacy of Alfred and Jane West Clauss, who, in 1939, created the first modern deed-restricted subdivision in America—known colloquially as “Little Switzerland” in South Knoxville. In the process, the Clausses laid the groundwork for what we now recognize as regional modernism.

When: Thursday, September 4, 2025 5:30 pm – KMA Members Only Hour 6:30 pm – Reception Opens to Non-Members

Where: Knoxville Museum of Art 1050 World’s Fair Park Drive, Knoxville, TN 37916 *Free parking is avai

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