{"id":10318,"date":"2012-03-10T12:00:31","date_gmt":"2012-03-10T18:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/?p=10318"},"modified":"2012-03-10T09:28:45","modified_gmt":"2012-03-10T15:28:45","slug":"customs-house-museum-continues-the-celebration-of-womens-history-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/2012\/03\/10\/customs-house-museum-continues-the-celebration-of-womens-history-month\/","title":{"rendered":"Customs House Museum continues the Celebration of Women’s History Month"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"TheClarksville, TN<\/strong> – On March 17th, the Customs House Museum and Cultural Center will host \u201cThe Power of Women\u201d an inspirational and informative event for women on women\u2019s issues, including a brunch and performance. Guest speakers will include breast cancer survivor Teri Johnson.<\/p>\n

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Customs House Museum celebrates Women's History Month<\/p><\/div>\n

Teri suffered from fibrous lumps in her breasts since she was 15 and is an advocate of self-breast exams. In January, 2006, she got a bilateral mastectomy – complete breast removal. She was only 30.<\/p>\n

This is the second year the museum has offered an event specifically geared towards women. Included in the discussions will be topics of estate planning, the changes to hair and skin as one ages, owning a business, and an \u201cinvesting in your future\u201d session with F & M Bank\u2019s Frazier Allen.<\/p>\n

Local caterer The Choppin\u2019 Block will provide a mimosa brunch during the event. Performance poet Thandiwe Shiphrah will cap off the day in the museum\u2019s Turner Auditorium. Ticket prices are $25.00 for the general public and $15.00 for museum members. The event is sponsored by Legends Bank and Clarksville Pediatric Dentistry.<\/p>\n

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Knoxville sculptor Annamaria Gundlach\u2019s clay torsos.<\/p><\/div>\n

Patrons of \u201cThe Power of Women\u201d will also get to enjoy the three exhibits on view. The two-story gallery of the Customs House Museum is filled with \u201cThe Words of Women\u201d This year\u2019s annual exhibit focuses on women writers. Participating writers were sent a vintage item to be used as the muse for their work. Prior to exhibit opening, each writer came to the museum and painted all or part of their work on the wall of the gallery.<\/p>\n

Knoxville sculptor Annamaria Gundlach\u2019s clay torsos can be found in the Kimbrough Gallery and an installation piece by Denise Stewart Sanabria titled \u201cQuantum Confusion\u201d fills the Orgain Gallery space.<\/p>\n

Curator Terri Jordan states \u201cwe love to showcase the many talented artists Tennessee has to offer. Visitors will get to see some great diversified examples of art this month.\u201d<\/p>\n

About the Customs House Museum<\/h3>\n

Located at the corner of Second Street and Commerce Street, the Customs House Museum is the second largest general museum in Tennessee. Regular museum hours are 10:00am to 5:00pm Tuesday through Saturday, and 1:00pm to 5:00pm on Sundays.<\/p>\n

Adult admission is $7.00, Senior Citizens and College ID $5.00, Ages 6 to 18 $3.00, and under six is free.<\/p>\n

For more information on above events contact Terri Jordan, Exhibits Curator, at 931.648.5780 or terri@customshousemuseum.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Clarksville, TN – On March 17th, the Customs House Museum and Cultural Center will host \u201cThe Power of Women\u201d an inspirational and informative event for women on women\u2019s issues, including a brunch and performance. Guest speakers will include breast cancer survivor Teri Johnson.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4],"tags":[13119,9379,6926,825,1847,4126,12607,12938,80,3060,13120,1559,1881,1758,13117,13118,1717,12942,6780],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4xGYI-2Gq","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10318"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10318"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10318\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10319,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10318\/revisions\/10319"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10318"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}