Hi Friend 👋🏾

February is busssyyy! And, with that I’ll keep this newsletter short, sweet, and filled with sick happenings at SpaceCraft. Chat soon!

Best,

✨ Jaleria Rivera, Founder

🗞️ News ↓

🎨 Artful Sustainability Panel at the Dogwood Arts House & Garden Show 🎨

This panel discussion explores the transformative power of creative reuse, where sustainability meets innovation. Discover how artists, designers, and makers are redefining waste by turning discarded materials into meaningful works of art, functional objects, and sustainable solutions.

Through engaging examples and inspiring stories, we’ll dive into the intersection of recycling, art-making, and environmental stewardship. Learn how creative reuse not only reduces waste but also sparks new ways of thinking about resources, community, and the role of creativity in building a more sustainable future.

Perfect for anyone passionate about art, sustainability, or making a positive impact!

🎉 Happenings ↓

View the calendar below to learn more about events, classes, and shows happening at SpaceCraft. Feel free to subscribe to our calendar because it’s ever-evolving as we add more programming.

Belly Dance Class 🌹 Wed, 2/12 🌹 8A-9A 🌹 Free

Belly dance class for all bodies focusing on the joy and release of movement. We will discuss the history and cultural legacy of belly dance. Then, express ourselves through the foundations of belly dance. Perfect for all levels.

Class Details:

• Date: Wednesday, February 12th

• Time: 8:00am - 9:00am

• Location: SpaceCraft, 119 Jennings Ave, Knoxville, TN 37917

• Cost: Free (donations appreciated)

• Size: Limited to 15 dancers

​Encouraged to bring:

• ​Hip scarf (extra available)

• ​Water

• ​Deodorant

• ​Socks (barefoot optional)

*Videos will not be captured during the class to retain the authentic energy of the class and ensure all dancers are comfortable.

HAUS OF DESIRE 🔥 Fri, 2/14 🔥 8P-12A 🔥 18+ 🔥 $20 Door

Fundraiser EDM Boiler Room Party

Join us on Valentine’s Day for EDM and vibes as we transform Spacecraft into Haus of Desire—a boiler room style nightclub, with entrancing visual light shows and immersive art experiences.

With a large part of our philosophy and mission centered around community, authentic experience, connection, and presence, we are super excited to host an event focused on these very values––bound by MUSIC, DANCE, and having a good fucking time with people, rather than tethered to our phones.

We believe that the IRL experience holds much more value than the digital. Bring your polaroids and film for an intimate presence. Move your body, laugh with friends, and feel the music move through your bones.

DJ DROPWISE X RIGG

Come at 8 PM for RIGG’s abstract grooves and the techno beat drop at 9 PM for DJ Dropwise. $15 pre-order l $20 at the door | Dress code: Go crazy | BYOB.

All proceeds support independent media and contribute to the first print edition of Hellmouth Magazine, a nonprofit arts and culture publication.

Artists Playground 🎨 Every Tuesday 🎨 6P - 9P 🎨 $15

You’re dismissed! Enjoy an open art-making session with other Artists in your neighborhood. ​Take a break from the stresses of daily life and get back to the child-like wonders of being an Artist. ​You’re welcome to do whatever your creative mind desires, whether that’s to rest, craft, tinker, make, or shake!

🖼️ Throwbacks ↓

🌪️ Haven’t we been here before? 🌪️

Pecha Kucha was an electric experience. Every month Artists, Dreamers, and Leaders are invited to share any topic that resonates to their purpose. The sole requirement was building a 20 slide presentation, each slide displayed for only 20 seconds. Talk about stakes!

My talk was called DIY or DIE: How SpaceCraft is Empowering Artists to Build Their Own Economy. After the countdown, it was showtime! I opened my presentation with the simple line, “haven’t we been here before?”.

As we entered the next slide, everyone’s phones roared with a tornado warning. A blaring noise echoed the room and after the perceived threat was neutralized, we started the presentation over, opening with the same line, “haven’t we been here before?”. We all laughed and cheered because we ACTUALLY have been here before.

It was an authentic and spontaneous moment that reverberated into the remainder of my talk. The engagement and mutual appreciation for the space was special.

By the end, I was left with appreciation—appreciation for the audience, appreciation for my dear friends, and most of all, appreciation for following my intuition. To experience such a serendipitous moment such as this affirmed the need to speak truth to power and continue advocating for Knoxville’s local arts community.

🎨 Ways to support ↓

SpaceCraft is open to all mediums, no matter if you craft, make, design, tinker, or shake! Our intention is to become a beacon for all artists seeking a space to make art uninhibited.

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