{"id":17545,"date":"2014-03-25T10:00:43","date_gmt":"2014-03-25T15:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/?p=17545"},"modified":"2014-03-24T23:29:51","modified_gmt":"2014-03-25T04:29:51","slug":"customs-house-museum-and-cultural-center-hosting-family-ties-exhibit-by-sher-fick-in-the-bruner-gallery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/2014\/03\/25\/customs-house-museum-and-cultural-center-hosting-family-ties-exhibit-by-sher-fick-in-the-bruner-gallery\/","title":{"rendered":"Customs House Museum and Cultural Center hosting Family Ties exhibit by Sher Fick in the Bruner Gallery"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Clarksville's<\/a>Clarksville, TN <\/strong>– The Bruner Gallery of the Customs House Museum greets visitors with a series of suspended \u201cstraight jackets\u201d. Using vintage fabrics, hospital baby blankets, and a wedding dress as the textiles, these jackets date the phases of a woman\u2019s life.<\/p>\n

Surrounding walls at first glance appear to display whimsical pieces of children\u2019s clothes and trinkets housed in floating Petri dishes. The playfulness of objects in Family Ties invites you in but the messages expressed are much deeper, if not much darker.<\/p>\n

\"Two<\/a>

Two items from the Family Ties exhibit by Sher Fick currently on display at the Customs House Museum<\/p><\/div>\n

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Fick\u2019s work explores personal and cultural archeology utilizing encaustic, fiber, and mixed media.<\/p>\n

She relies on her own experiences to connect to the audience, stating \u201cThe use of domestic and childhood materials and constructions of fabric and vintage apparel reveal the paradox of family history \u2013 myths, storytelling, truth, lies, misunderstandings, and, above all, the difficulty of unconditionally loving one another. By questioning what family ties mean to me, I offer a record of one artist\u2019s journey into acceptance and the embrace of the familial spirit I have denied for years. My work now reflects the depolarization of my familial\/individual self\u201d.<\/p>\n

Sher Fick holds a BFA Painting\/Sculpture from Middle Tennessee State University and has studied at the Santa Fe College of Art and The Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts. While living in the Florida Panhandle, Fick was nominated for the Cox\/Bravo Channel\u2019s Champion for the Arts Award. She is the sole Certified RF Handmade Paints (encaustic) Instructor in the State of TN.<\/p>\n

She has received several grants from The Tennessee Arts Commission and has exhibited at The Pool Art Fair in Miami, FL, ArtPrize in Grand Rapids, Michigan and multiple museum and contemporary art centers in the traveling exhibition \u201cTAKE CARE \u2013 Biomedical Ethics in the 21st Century.<\/p>\n

Family Ties is part of the museum\u2019s annual Women\u2019s History Month exhibitions. Sher Fick will present a gallery talk during the Customs House Museum\u2019s \u201cLadies Night\u201d on April 11th. Also on exhibit are works by women photographers and paintings by Nashville\u2019s Peach McComb. Located at the corner of Second and Commerce Streets, the Customs House Museum is the second largest general museum in Tennessee.<\/p>\n

For more information on above events contact Terri Jordan, Exhibits Curator, at 931.648.5780 or terri@customshousemuseum.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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

Customs House Museum and Cultural Center<\/p><\/div>\n

Located in the heart of historic downtown Clarksville, Tennessee, the Customs House Museum and Cultural Center is the State\u2019s second largest general museum. With over 35,000 square feet of the region\u2019s best hands-on activities and special events\u2026people of all ages agree \u2013 the Customs House Museum is well worth the stop!<\/p>\n

The Explorer\u2019s Gallery is packed with fun, learning and fantasy in Aunt Alice\u2019s Attic, McGregor\u2019s Market and kitchen, and of course \u2013 the Bubble Cave! Finally, get \u201call aboard\u201d to see our fantastic model trains. Our volunteer engineers \u201cride the rails\u201d every Sunday afternoon from 1:00pm to 4:00pm.<\/p>\n

Regular museum hours are 10:00am to 5:00pm Tuesday through Saturday, and 1:00pm to 5:00pm on Sundays. Adult admission is $7.00, Sr. Citizens and College ID $5.00, Ages 6 to 18 $3.00, and under six years and Museum members are free.<\/p>\n

The Customs House Museum is located at 200 South Second Street. For more information, call 931.648.5780 or visit their website at www.customshousemuseum.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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