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Clarksville, TN<\/strong> – 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.<\/p>\nSome of the events in July at the Museum are: Fantastical Patterns: Quintin Owens: Memory Structures, International Reflections: The Art of Women Artists Mentors, World in Wood: The Folk Art of Herbert Baggett, Interpreting the Familiar: The Art of Hattie Marshall Duncan, and Randy Rubel to Reveal Log House Mystery.<\/p>\n
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Customs House Museum Exhibits<\/h3>\n
Quintin Owens: Memory Structures<\/strong> Quintin Owens<\/p><\/div>\n Quintin Owns, Assistant Professor of Ceramics at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee chooses to work in clay for its power to breach both high cultural value and domestic functionality; it demands physical labor, validating a sense of play. His work provides the opportunity to integrate his relationship with material into a composition of objects that strive to articulate a wondrous sense of an encountered place in time.<\/p>\n International Reflections: The Art of Women Artists Mentors<\/strong> International Reflections – Keirce GoFish<\/p><\/div>\n This exhibition represents five women artists who come together in the spirit of friendship and to support each other\u2019s art careers. Women Artists Mentors (WAM) members meet once a month in a video chat online. Each has different levels of experience in pursuing a career in the arts.<\/p>\n In May 2016, all five members finally met up in Venice, Italy. Since, they have enjoying spending time together in Montreal, Canada. The bonds formed that week in Venice not only solidified a group that is committed to helping each other in art and business, but resulted in lasting, lifelong friendships. The group consists of Virginia artist Debra Keirce, Helen K. Beacham (South Carolina), Maria Bennett Hock (North Carolina), Kim Minichiello (Florida), and Carrie Waller (Japan).<\/p>\n <\/p>\n [320center]<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Tennessee Watercolor Society 2018 Biennial Juried Exhibition<\/strong> The Tennessee Watercolor Society will open its 36th Juried Exhibition of water media paintings on paper at the Customs House Museum & Cultural Center on Saturday, May 12th. Sixty works have been selected for display by juror and artist Lian Quan Zhen.<\/p>\n Following its run at the Customs House, a selection of 30 paintings will continue across Tennessee as a traveling exhibit for the duration of 2018, stopping at three gallery venues including a final show at the Hunter Museum in Chattanooga.<\/p>\n World in Wood: The Folk Art of Herbert Baggett<\/strong> Wooden figures by Tennessee artist Frank Baggett are on display. These objects are from the Customs House Museum & Cultural Center\u2019s permanent collection.<\/p>\n Interpreting the Familiar: The Art of Hattie Marshall Duncan<\/strong> Hattie Marshall Duncan<\/p><\/div>\n African American folk sculptor Hattie Marshall Duncan creates expressive sculpture that offers a loving, humorous portrayal of her hometown community in Jackson, Tennessee. She uses common household items such as wire hangers, plastic bottles and old stockings to build the frames.<\/p>\n After molding the figures, she adds texture and detail by applying coffee grounds for hair, pine cones for hats, and broken egg shells for clothing.<\/p>\n Our Town: Stories Within Clarksville\u2019s Doorways<\/strong> An exhibition of regional stories featuring photographs and artifacts from our collection, including: the jail, Trinity Episcopal Church, the Court House, the Capitol Theater, and more.<\/p>\n Toy Sale at Seasons: The Museum Store<\/strong><\/p>\n Enjoy 10% off toy purchases during the month of July at Seasons: The Museum Store. Museum Members receive an additional 10% off. Spend $20 or more in toys and receive a FREE Museum mug (while supplies last)!<\/p>\n Randy Rubel to Reveal Log House Mystery<\/strong> \u201cHow did you get the log house into the museum?\u201d is a frequently asked question by adults and children when discussing the Powers\u2019 family log house, on display in Memory Lane.<\/p>\n [320right]Don\u2019t miss this opportunity to hear firsthand from one of the museum\u2019s earliest volunteers just how this remarkable feat was accomplished. In the mid-1980s, Randy Rubel assisted Chuck Ontiveros, Exhibit Preparator and master woodworker, in the construction of all the exhibits and storefronts that were once located in Memory Lane.<\/p>\n Randy is a retired Clarksville firefighter and Civil War re-enactor.<\/p>\n Sue Lewis, Curator of Education, will also share some of the Powers family story, as written my Mabel Powers Hicks at age 99. Mabel Hicks passed away last year at the age of 102.<\/p>\n First Thursday Art Walk<\/strong> The museum is open to the public with free admission as part of Downtown Clarksville\u2019s First Thursday Art Walk.<\/p>\n Weaving Demonstration at the Powers Log House<\/strong> Join us in Memory Lane outside the Powers log house for a demonstration by a weaving group.<\/p>\n Paper Weaving Activities<\/strong> Make your own paper weaving project in the Family Art Studio.<\/p>\n Art & Lunch: Exploring Techniques in Watercolor with artist Patsy Sharpe<\/strong> Join Clarksville artists Patsy Sharpe for a demonstration in watercolor techniques. Program is in conjunction with the exhibit Tennessee Watercolor Society 2018 Biennial Juried Exhibition.<\/p>\n Saving Your Family\u2019s Story: The Old-Fashioned Scrapbook<\/strong> One of the reasons we know so much about the Powers family is because Mabel Powers Hicks saved all the papers, the family Bible, and other such items that had been passed down to her since the building of the house in 1842. Sue Lewis, Curator of Education, will show her scrapbook from the 1950s and \u201860s, as well as copies of items from Mabel Hick\u2019s collection.<\/p>\n Sue will show you how to help your children make their own scrapbooks. This family activity is geared especially for anyone 8 years and older.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n [320center]<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Second Saturday Free Admission: Make a Craft Stick Log House<\/strong> The Customs House Museum & Cultural Center is open with free admission from 10:00am to 5:00pm as part of our Second Saturday Free Admission Day!<\/p>\n Join us in the newly-renovated Family Art Studio until 4:30pm and build a log home with craft sticks.<\/p>\n For more information contact Ms. Sue at sue@customshousemuseum.org<\/a> or 931.648.5780.<\/p>\n The Customs House Museum & Cultural Center will be closed Wednesday, July 4th for Independence Day.<\/p>\n
\nJuly 3rd\u2013July 31st | Planters Bank Peg Harvill Gallery<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nJuly 5th\u2013September 2nd | Kimbrough Gallery<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nMay 19th\u2013July 27th | Crouch & Orgain Galleries<\/p>\n
\nMay 15th\u2013July 29th | The Leaf Chronicle Lobby<\/p>\n
\nJune 6th\u2013August 19th | Jostens Gallery<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nFebruary 28th\u2013September 30th | Memory Lane<\/p>\nCustoms House Museum Activities<\/h3>\n
\nSunday, July 1st, 1:30pm\u20132:30pm | In the Turner Auditorium<\/p>\n
\nThursday, July 5th, 5:00pm-7:00pm<\/p>\n
\nSaturday, July 7th and Sunday, July 8th from 1:00pm\u20133:0pm both days<\/p>\n
\nSaturday, July 7th, 10:00am\u20134:30pm & Sunday, July 8th, 1:00pm\u20134:30pm<\/p>\n
\nThursday, July 12th, 12:15pm | Free Admission to program; bagged lunches welcome.<\/p>\n
\nSunday, July 22nd 1:00pm\u20134:30pm | In the Family Art Studio<\/p>\n
\nSaturday, July 14th<\/p>\nClosings<\/h3>\n
About the Customs House Museum<\/h3>\n