Clarksville’s Customs House Museum February 2020 Exhibits, Activities

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.

Some of the events in February at the Museum are: Celebrating the 25th Anniversary of the Lucy Dunwody Boehm Porcelain Collection, Apron Strings: Ties to the Past, Reimagined Lore: The Art of Tara Swalgren, I Have a Voice: Traveling Exhibition from Tennessee State Museum, Serepta Jordan: From the Collection, and Family Fun Learning: A Salute to the Model Train Crew.

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Clarksville’s Customs House Museum January 2020 Exhibits, Activities

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.

Some of the events in January at the Museum are: Tennessee Women of Glass, Sher Fick: Imitation of Life, Tom Malone: Works on Paper from the Museum Collection, and Reimagined Lore: The Art of Tara Swalgren.

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Ribbon cutting for Clarksville-Montgomery County Public Library Renovation set for Tuesday, December 11th

Clarksville-Montgomery County Public Library

Clarksville, TN – Phase 1 of a major renovation of portions of the Clarksville-Montgomery County Public Library have been completed. Montgomery County Mayor Jim Durrett will preside at a ribbon-cutting to officially open the renovation for use at 10:00 am on Tuesday, December 11th, 2018.

The public is invited to this ribbon cutting and to tour the renovated areas and also to see a demonstration of the new book check-in and sorting machine.

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Clarksville-Montgomery County Public Library begins renovations Monday, June 11th

Clarksville-Montgomery County Public Library

Clarksville, TN – Phase 1 of a major renovation of portions of the Clarksville-Montgomery County Public Library will begin Monday, June 11th, 2018.

Using a public/private funding partnership, the library, which was last renovated 21 years ago, will take a big leap towards becoming the building that it needs to be to give the public a more updated, useful, attractive, inviting and comfortable experience.

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New Austin Peay State University exhibit honors legacy of late artist Tom Malone

Clarksville, TN – The artist Tom Malone, who passed away in 1998, had the uncanny ability to make people think. Coming across one of his celebrated faces in a gallery, viewers would often pause and stare deeply into the eyes. “Who is this woman?” they might ask. Or, “Why do I feel that I know her?”

“The intense styling of the eyes marks a signature style for Malone,” Terri Jordan, a Clarksville artist and exhibits curator for the Customs House Museum, said. “His faces look back at the viewer, unapologetic and familiar. Whether simple line drawings or vivid impressionistic pastels, each face Malone drew leaves the onlooker curious to learn her secrets…and that is talent.”

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Austin Peay State University Art + Design Building opens with ribbon cutting ceremony on September 12th

Clarksville, TN – After decades of rumors, speculations and wild hopes, a visual arts building is finally opening on the Austin Peay State University campus.

At 5:30pm on Tuesday, September 12th, 2017, the University will host a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new Art + Design Building, followed by the dedication of a donor wall and six rooms named after donors, a reception and a building tour.

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Custom House Museum October 2013 Exhibits and Activities

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 October, the Museum will feature Tom Malone: Art from Influence, Dane Carder: Ghosts and Hopes, Entangled Roots: The Art of Jennifer Bowman, The Surreal World of Mindy Herrin, Cindy Billingsley: Wild Ones, Day of the Dead, Laying Low, Let’s Find: Eyes, Sunday Family Fun: Making Faces, and Fall Break Special Model Trains.

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Customs House Museum Exhibits Tom Malone: Art from Influence

Clarksville, TN – A series of women’s faces fill the Customs House Museum’s Crouch gallery from September 13th through October 20th.

The first thing one notices about Tom Malone’s figurative works are the eyes. Expressionistic and haunting, there is a continuity that is Malone’s signature style. Displayed in chronological order, the viewer can sense the development of Malone’s talent.

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Custom House Museum September 2013 Exhibits and Activities

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 September, the Museum will feature Tom Malone: Art from Influence, Captured Color: The Pastels of Mikki Dillon, The Photography of Tony Cantonze, Art of the Staff, Art & Lunch: Gustav Klimt: The Post-Impressionists, Sunday Family Fun: Puzzling Art, and Let’s Find: Cars & Trucks.

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New APSU Exhibit Showcases Work of Late Local Artists Tom Malone

Clarksville, TN – Some 13 years after his untimely death, the artist and musician Tom Malone is still fondly remembered in the Clarksville community. People often speak reverently of the former Austin Peay State University art student’s prolific and inspired output of work, ranging from painting to drawing to sculpture to jewelry to designing musical instruments and handcrafted furniture.

“To me, he glowed with creativity and I could sense that he had a better existence than me because he was able to let go of what was expected of him, exist through a job as a job and live life as an artist,” local musician Syd Hedrick wrote in an essay on Malone in 1999. [Read more]