DIY Venue the 1400 Shutting Down After This Weekend

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This week’s Abdu Ali show at the 1400 will be one of the last events at the gallery/performance space at 1400 N. Sixth Ave., near Fourth and Gill.

During the day, the building is an office-share with 20 for-lease office spaces; a few nights a month since January, Patty Greer turns the corridors and communal space into a DIY venue for art shows and local and touring underground punk, hip-hop, and electronic music. Greer, a student at Middle Tennessee State University, is an intern at Attack Monkey Productions, the organizer of next month’s Rhythm N’ Blooms Music Festival, part of the Dogwood Arts Festival.

During its brief two-month run, the 1400 hosted shows by local bands Yung Life, Persona La Ave, and the New Romantics, as well as Chicago’s No Men, Third Man Records’ Sun Seeker, and more than a dozen visual artists. Greer says she intended to keep the space open until the end of the semester but won’t be able to.

“hi friends! I have some unfortunate news to share,” she wrote in a Facebook post on March 10. “The 1400 was a brainchild for me during my semester in Knoxville while completing an internship, I never thought so many of you would come out in such massive numbers to support local art, music and film.

“The 1400 was going to close its doors at the beginning of the summer when I finished my internship and returned home to Nashville to for school. Due to some miscommunications and calculations, the 1400 will be closing at the end of the month.

“I’d like to take some time to thank all the artists, acts, family, small businesses and friends that helped me make this DIY venue a reality and supported me in the endeavor. I hope I made a small impact on Knoxville during my last 6 months in my favorite town!

“I am so fortunate to know so many of the artists that got to display their work and I hope you all come out and join me for the last three events at the 1400.”

The 1400’s last two shows will feature Ali with Elon, Dylijens, and Cole (Thursday, March 24) and locals Shanks Akimbo and Assange with Nashville indie-pop band Will Wander (Friday, March 25). That show will also include artwork by Ryan McCown, Sarah Baker Basiri, Joseph Grant Barbour, Elliott White, Ross Landenberger, Conner Bradshaw, and Casey Perfetto and a poetry reading by Daniel Daws.

Senior Editor Matthew Everett manages the Knoxville Mercury's arts & entertainment section, including the comprehensive calendar section—Knoxville’s go-to guide for everything worth doing in the area. You can reach Matthew at matthew@knoxmercury.com.

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