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Clarksville, TN<\/strong> – March marks the annual exhibition time for the Customs House Museum and Cultural Center\u2019s celebration of Women\u2019s History Month. Each year curator Terri Jordan creates an invitational show under a themed subject matter.<\/p>\nFor 2019, the theme is with the creators not the art. \u201cThe idea came to me after having a conversation with some very accomplished female artists during a reception,” said Jordan<\/p>\n
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“The general consensus was that as we get older and have gone through the acts of raising children and the needing jobs with steady incomes, we have more time and experience to become comfortable in our artist skins. The worries and concerns of pleasing the audience fades and the talent strengthens. The roster of artists participating in this exhibition includes a diversity of styles and mediums, from artists across the country, all over the age of fifty\u201d stated Jordan.<\/p>\n
Included in the exhibition are Virginia Derryberry, Terry Moore Strickland, Brenda Pinnick, Edie Maney, Susan Bryant, Monique Carr, Robin Miller Bookout, Cheryl St. John, Lisa Jennings, Renee Lowry, Donna Rizzo, Brenda Stein, Johan Hagaman, Rose Ann Bernatovich, and Marilyn Murphy.<\/p>\n
Murphy is an artist whose drawings and oil paintings create curious situations implying a larger story that often explores dualities both formally and conceptually. Her paintings and drawings give a nod to nostalgia. Besides having been a Professor of Art at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, Marilyn\u2019s work has been shown in more than 300 exhibitions nationally and abroad.<\/p>\n
Virginia Derryberry\u2019s recent work includes large scale oil on canvas figure paintings along with fabric\/costume constructions that blend narrative elements from mythology and alchemy, the forerunner of modern science. Her piece \u201cExpect the Unexpected\u201d is a 2-panel canvas, with attached fabric and found object, measuring 36\u201d x 96\u201d. As in most of Derryberry\u2019s work, the figure seems to be attentive to someone we cannot see.<\/p>\n
The artist creates a sense of mystery within her canvases that keep the viewer in search of clues within the paint and mixed media to complete the story. Derryberry\u2019s work is shown regularly in solo and group exhibitions throughout the United States, and her paintings have been written about in an extensive list of publications and exhibition catalogs; such as New American Paintings magazine and Oxford American Magazine.<\/p>\n
15 Over 50 will be on view March 5th through June 9th. Along with the exhibition, the Customs House will host programs in celebration of Women\u2019s History Month; as well as, exhibitions by Lynn Garwood, Sandy Spain, and Mike Andrews. 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 contact Terri Jordan, Exhibits Curator, at 931.648.5780 or terri@customshousemuseum.org<\/a><\/p>\nAbout the Customs House Museum<\/h3>\n