Events for March 14, 2017
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Radnor Lake: The Photography of Lisa Ernst
[ February 28, 2017 to April 2, 2017. ] Lisa Ernst is a contemporary still life artist, floral painter and photographer with a primary focus on nature. “My many walks at nearby Radnor Lake here in Nashville have yielded images of the lake in all seasons,” says Ernst. “I’m always amazed how I can see something completely new every time I’m there, from mist [...] -
Marilyn Murphy: Short Stories
[ March 1, 2017 to April 30, 2017. ] Marilyn Murphy is an artist whose drawings and oil paintings create curious situations implying a larger story that often explores dualities both formally and conceptually (safety and danger, peace and turmoil, fire and water). A Professor of Art at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, her work has been shown in more than 300 exhibitions nationally [...] -
Hornsby: Fracture
[ March 8, 2017 7:00 am to May 4, 2017 6:00 pm. ] Knoxville artist Hornsby's latest "Fracture" painting series is a haunting exploration into the fractured human nature and the fight within. It's a combination of stark black, white, and gray "shard" imagery that includes multiple individual paintings that make up large scale presentations. The overall impressions given are the feeling of powerful struggles between strong opposing [...] -
Hunt Slonem: From the Collection
[ March 9, 2017 to May 2, 2017. ] A Neo-Expressionist, Hunt Slonem combines Abstract Expressionist techniques with mysticism and animal subjects of Islam and Mexico and is best known for his paintings of tropical birds, based on a personal aviary in which he keeps about 100 live birds of various species. See his work from the Customs House Museum’s collection in The Leaf [...] -
Forward March
[ March 7, 2017 to July 28, 2017. ] This exhibit showcases maps, documents, dioramas, flags, and photos from several wars, featuring objects from the collection of Dr. John Olson. In the Kimbrough Gallery -
A Fine Note
[ February 1, 2017 to May 28, 2017. ] This exhibit gives a brief look at the importance of music in Clarksville. Items from the Customs House Museum’s permanent collection highlight the world of music, including instruments, sheet music, photographs, and other artifacts ranging from the 1820s until the 1970s. A majority of the objects featured have a close connection to Clarksville and span [...]