Clarksville’s Riverfest Tour d’Art Exhibits and Competition Registration underway now
August 16, 2013
Clarksville, TN – Registration is currently underway for the Riverfest Tour d’Art Exhibits and Competition. This year’s competition will feature the following three exhibits: Amateur & Professional Divisions, High School Division, and the Senior Citizens’ Division.
Artwork is displayed at exhibits at various locations in downtown Clarksville, and then juried, and over $2,500 in prizes is awarded.
Riverfest Tour d’Art Exhibit
Clarksville’s Customs House Museum to host Wizard of Oz Exhibit sponsored by Planters Bank
August 15, 2013
Clarksville, TN – The Customs House Museum is proud to announce Planters Bank as the Title Sponsor of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, a travelling exhibit coming to the Crouch Gallery of the museum in April 2014.
Planters Bank’s generous gift will help fund this highly acclaimed, award-winning exhibit from the Great Explorations Children’s Museum in St. Petersburg, Florida.
Clarksville Arts & Heritage Development Council looking for Artwork Submissions for 2014 Arts & Heritage Cultural Calendar
August 12, 2013
Clarksville, TN – The Clarksville Arts & Heritage Development Council (AHDC) is putting out a call to artists who are interested in having their work featured in its sixth annual Cultural Calendar.
Each month will feature an artist’s work and highlight arts and heritage events of the past and present. Submitted work will be juried to determine which piece is featured each month, as well as which artwork appears on the cover.
2013 Arts & Heritage Cultural Calendar
Clarksville Events going on this weekend, July 26th-27th
July 26, 2013
Clarksville, TN – Looking for something to do this weekend in the Clarksville Montgomery County area? There are several events going on this for children, adults, friends and family.
Some of this weekends events include: Lone Oak Picnic, Toy Day at the Customs House Museum, “South Pacific” playing at the Roxy Regional Theatre and several more. Below is a complete list of upcoming events.
Clarksville Events this weekend include “Bicho Brothers Band” playing at Jazz on the Lawn, “Brave” at Movies in the Park, “South Pacific” at the Roxy Theatre, and “Cooling at the Cave” at Dunbar Cave.
Customs House Museum’s Summer Exhibits features works by three distinct Artists
July 6, 2013
Clarksville, TN – Just as the weather heats up, cool new art exhibits have come to the walls of the Customs House Museum.
Vibrant colors jump from the frames of Mikki Dillon’s pastels, now on view in the museum’s Orgain Gallery.
98 in the Shade by Mikki Dillon
Customs House Museum to hold Sunday Family Fun: Rowing through Tennessee, June 30th
June 25, 2013
Clarksville, TN – On Sunday, June 30th, the Customs House Museum and Cultural Center will hold Family Fun Day: Rowing through Tennessee from 1:00apm until 5:00pm.
Before Interstates, paved roads or railroads, there were rivers.
Customs House Museum and Cultural Center
Customs House Museum Exhibits Archetypes
June 10, 2013
Clarksville, TN – A series of acrylic on paper paintings by Diane Shaw fill the walls of the Customs House Museum’s Planters Bank Peg Harvill Gallery through the month of June.
The abstract landscapes of Shaw’s work create a delightful, albeit eerie, sense of calm. Lone figures hide within the movements of color.
The Mother Archetype by Diane Shaw
Custom House Museum June 2013 Exhibits and Activities
June 1, 2013
Clarksville, TN – The Customs House Museum and Cultural Center is located in historic downtown Clarksville, Tennessee. Come explore an entire city block featuring large gallery spaces filled with fine art, science and history.
In the month of June, the Museum will feature TN Waterways & the Amazing Maze, Mike Andrews: Carvings, Castings & Constructions, Archetypes: The Art of Diane Shaw, Celebrating 100 Years of the Foust Family Foundry, Animal Day and so much more.
Customs House Museum and Cultural Center
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Clarksville Foundry and Local Artist Showcase History in Sculpture Exhibit at Customs House Museum
May 20, 2013
Clarksville, TN — It may be unusual for an artist and an iron foundry president to join together in a unique cultural endeavor. Then again, there is nothing usual about Clarksville sculptor Mike Andrews‘ “New Old Stock” exhibit at the Customs House Museum and Cultural Center.
The relationship between Andrews and the Clarksville Foundry began in 1983 after he visited the historic manufacturing company as a student of Tennessee artist Olen Bryant.
Austin Peay State University Center of Excellence for the Creative Arts to host 9th Annual Clarksville Writers Conference
May 18, 2013
Clarksville, TN – The Clarksville Arts & Heritage Council is partnering with the Austin Peay State University Center of Excellence for the Creative Arts, the APSU President’s Office and the Tennessee Arts Commission to once again bring acclaimed authors and poets to town for the Ninth Annual Clarksville Writers Conference.
The event will be June 6th and 7th at the APSU Morgan University Center.
Frye Gaillard to Keynote Ninth Annual Clarksville Writers Conference
