{"id":20403,"date":"2015-05-07T16:00:37","date_gmt":"2015-05-07T21:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/?p=20403"},"modified":"2015-05-07T09:57:33","modified_gmt":"2015-05-07T14:57:33","slug":"exploration-at-the-customs-house-museum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/2015\/05\/07\/exploration-at-the-customs-house-museum\/","title":{"rendered":"Exploration at the Customs House Museum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-23392\" title=\"Clarksville's  Customs House Museum and Cultural Center\" src=\"http:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/customshouselogo.jpg\" alt=\"Clarksville's Customs House Museum and Cultural Center\" width=\"240\" height=\"73\" \/><strong>Clarksville, TN<\/strong> &#8211; Artist Ed Nash brings his large-scale abstracts to the Customs House Museum for the month of May in the exhibit Ed Nash: Exploration.<\/p>\n<p>The acrylic paintings seep with mysterious shapes and textured layers of neutral hues. They are at once both earthy and industrial.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_309583\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Ed-Nash-Adjudicate.jpg\"  class=\"thickbox no_icon\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-309583\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-309583\" title=\"&quot;Adjudicate&quot; by Ed Nash.\" src=\"http:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Ed-Nash-Adjudicate-480x327.jpg\" alt=\"&quot;Adjudicate&quot; by Ed Nash.\" width=\"480\" height=\"327\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-309583\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;Adjudicate&#8221; by Ed Nash.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!--more-->In works such as Plains, Nash creates a nebulous landscape, leaving the viewer reflecting on summer days at the beach, or gazing upon an expressionistic sky. Bold colors appear to burst through outer layers of thick paint, as if fighting to reach the surface.<\/p>\n<p>Nash trained at Reading University, United Kingdom. Since calling Nashville home, he has received attention in many publications.<\/p>\n<p>These include American Art Collector, International Artist, NFocus, Nashville Arts Magazine, and Fine Art Connoisseur, to name a few. His work is represented in galleries throughout the U.S. including Nashville, Memphis, Chattanooga and Knoxville, Tennessee, and Atlanta, GA.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Ed-Nash-Plains.jpg\"  class=\"thickbox no_icon\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-309584\" title=\"&quot;Plains&quot; by Ed Nash.\" src=\"http:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Ed-Nash-Plains-384x480.jpg\" alt=\"&quot;Plains&quot; by Ed Nash.\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>The popular ABC Television show Nashville has also featured paintings by Ed Nash.<\/p>\n<p>His art can be found in many private and corporate collections including The Senate Building, Washington, DC, Onglatco Clinic, New York, NY Lyndhurst Foundation, Chattanooga TN, The Tennessee State Museum, and SunTrust Corporation, Atlanta GA<\/p>\n<p>Ed Nash: Exploration will be on display through May 31st in the Customs House Museum\u2019s Planters Bank Peg Harvill Gallery. This exhibit is sponsored in part by Nashville Arts Magazine.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on above events contact Terri Jordan, Exhibits Curator, at 931.648.5780 or <a href=\"mailto:terri@customshousemuseum.org\">terri@customshousemuseum.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>About the Customs House Museum<\/h3>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/customshousemuseum.gif\"  class=\"thickbox no_icon\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" title=\"Customs House Museum and Cultural Center\" src=\"http:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/customshousemuseum-480x282.gif\" alt=\"Customs House Museum and Cultural Center\" width=\"233\" height=\"137\" \/><\/a>Located in the heart of historic downtown Clarksville, Tennessee, the Customs House Museum and Cultural Center is the State\u2019s second largest general museum.<\/p>\n<p>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<p>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<p>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, Senior Citizens and College ID $5.00, Ages 6 to 18 $3.00, and under six years and Museum members are free.<\/p>\n<p>The Customs House Museum is located at 200 South Second Street. For more information, call 931.648.5780 or visit their website at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.customshousemuseum.org\/\" >www.customshousemuseum.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Clarksville, TN &#8211; Artist Ed Nash brings his large-scale abstracts to the Customs House Museum for the month of May in the exhibit Ed Nash: Exploration. The acrylic paintings seep with mysterious shapes and textured layers of neutral hues. 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