American Flag Collection on View at the Customs House Museum
January 16, 2016
Clarksville, TN – The Crouch, Bruner, and Orgain Galleries of the Customs House Museum are themed in a celebration of Old Glory through February in the exhibit Of Stars & Stripes.
An extensive private collection of American flags, political banners, and memorabilia tell a visual story of our states.
American Flag Collection at the Customs House Museum
William Buffett Brings a New Simplicity to Customs House Museum
December 11, 2015
Clarksville, TN – There is a tranquil vibe filling the walls of the Planters Bank Peg Harvill Gallery this month at the Customs House Museum. Along with his success as a portrait painter, designer and printer of limited edition serigraphs and posters, William Buffett is becoming known for his scenes of California and New Orleans.
William Buffett Jazzes up the Customs House Museum
Nashville Artist Brings the Outdoors In at the Customs House Museum
November 23, 2015
Clarksville, TN – Through the end of November, guests of the Customs House Museum can enjoy the forests of Elizabeth Sanford within the Planters Bank Peg Harvill Gallery. Bright colored leaves and creatures roam the space in layers of watercolors.
Many of the pieces in the show are reminiscent of pop-up books and shadow boxes.
Sanford: Reshaping the Shadows – Looking for Signs
Tennessee Artist Brings the Outdoors in To the Customs House Museum
November 17, 2015
Clarksville, TN – The Customs House Museum currently is featuring the dynamic landscapes of award-winning artist Frank Baggett in its Crouch Gallery exhibition Surroundings: The Art of Frank Baggett. Bold palettes of earthy colors move across the canvases in sharp strokes and golden highlights of reflected sun.
The viewer is instantly drawn into the riverbeds and forests of Frank’s world with the sense of having crossed these familiar paths before on a lazy summer day.
Surroundings: The Art of Frank Baggett exhibit on display at Clarksville’s Customs House Museum.
Award-Winning Glass Artist Exhibits at the Customs House Museum
November 2, 2015
Clarksville, TN – The Orgain Gallery of the Customs House Museum features the bold and delicate glass of artist Thomas Spake through the remainder of 2015.
Fragile Illumination showcases Spake’s ability to bring hand-blown glass to life with rich textures and pattern.
Glass Artist Thomas Spake.
International Nature Artists Exhibit at the Customs House Museum
August 28, 2015
Clarksville, TN – The Customs House Museum’s Kimbrough Gallery is the temporary home to Black-faced Tamarins, Sumatran Tigers, and Cherry-throated Tanagers through October 4th.
The artwork in the exhibit, Nature as Art, Art as Awareness, was created by members of the 52-Week-Challenge, a social media group.
Sumatran Tiger. (Kitty Harvill)
Clarksville’s Customs House Museum Offers Opportunity to Artists
August 3, 2015
Clarksville, TN – The Customs House Museum is offering artists in Tennessee and Kentucky an opportunity to exhibit in the Planters Bank Peg Harvill Gallery. The open call will give ten regional artists a one month show in 2016.
The call is open to both 2D and 3D works. Prospectuses are available on the museum website as well as in the museum lobby.
Customs House Museum and Cultural Center
Get to Know Clarence Cameron White at the Customs House Museum Event
July 15, 2015
Clarksville, TN – The Customs House Museum is hosting a lecture on Clarence Cameron White by Gail Robinson Oturu on Thursday, July 16th. The event takes place at 12:15pm as part of the museum’s monthly Art & Lunch programs. This lecture is free to the public.
The lecture will share some of Clarence Cameron White’s thoughts, writings, letters, and interesting information about his Tennessee and family connection, early musical experiences, challenges in pursuing his career, and his visits to Clarksville for performances.
Clarence Cameron White conducting
The Story of Alvin York on View at the Customs House
July 12, 2015
Clarksville, TN – The Crouch Gallery of the Customs House Museum has taken on a military appearance this month with the exhibit “In the Footsteps of Alvin York”. This show tells the life story of the man from Pall Mall, Tennessee, in Fentress County, who became one of the most decorated American soldiers in World War I.
On October 8th, 1918, Cpl. (later Sgt.) York led seven soldiers against a much larger German force in the Argonne Forest near the small town of Chatel Chehery, France.
“In the Footsteps of Alvin York” exhibit at the Customs House Museum.
Jordan’s ‘Symbolic Summer’ Featured at Planters Bank Art Gallery in June
June 2, 2015
Clarksville, TN – The Planters Bank-Hilldale Gallery will feature “Symbolic Summer” by Clarksville Artist Terri Jordan from Thursday, June 4th – Wednesday, July 1st.
A 20-year arts veteran, Jordan is the exhibits curator of the Clarksville’s own Customs House Museum, as well as a fine artist working in oils and acrylics. She has been involved with nonprofit arts organizations and has taught classes for Centerstone.
Terri Jordan
