CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (CLARKSVILLENOW) – The Customs House Museum has released the activities that will be happening and exhibits that will be on display throughout the month of September.

Exhibits will include:

Earth from Space
August 1 – September 27
Planters Bank Peg Harvill Gallery
The Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service (SITES) is proud to present Earth from Space, a collaboration between SITES and the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. This travelling exhibition consists of 41 large-scale banners of spectacular satellite imagery collected over the past 30 years.

Olen Bryant: In Loving Memory
August 1 – September 30
The Leaf Chronicle Lobby
Olen Bryant, Tennessee sculptor artist and former professor of art at Austin Peay State University, died at the age of 90 during the week of July 9, 2017. The museum is honoring his life and artwork with this exhibit that showcases Bryant’s artwork from the Customs House Museum & Cultural Center collection.

Women Painting Women: In Earnest
August 4 – October 1
Kimbrough Gallery
Women Painting Women began as an online blog highlighting women artists working in the figurative tradition, started at a time when the founders, all figurative painters, felt there was little support for those working in that genre. Inspired by their discussions, but failing to find any single, comprehensive online resource cataloguing contemporary women artists painting the female figure, artists Alia El-Bermani, Diane Feissel and Sadie Valeri established the site in March of 2009; since then the site has featured the work of hundreds of women painters from around the world.
Women Painting Women: In Earnest is a traveling exhibition based on the original artists represented from the blog. It was organized by two of the blog founders, Alia El-Bermani and Diane Feissel. This is the sixth such themed show at the Customs House Museum. Thirty artists from across the country and abroad make up the roster.

The X Housewife Portraits by Kit Kite
August 8 – October 22
Orgain & Bruner Galleries
In this series of photographs, artist Kit Kite takes on the persona of a beleaguered housewife who is overwhelmed by sculptured piles of domestic items such as plastic utensils, milk cartons, and baking pans. Kite describes the work as a self-experimental portrait and installation series that depicts the cognitive differences of house and home. This series explores the artist’s personal displacement and separation within an isolated process.

Ed Nash: Terrain
August 10 – October 18
Crouch Gallery
Nash focuses on abstract non-representational work. His mixed media terrain series build up on the canvas to create textured landforms. Nash currently lives in Nashville, TN where he is an art dealer, appraiser and artist. His work can be found in collections across the US and UK and is represented in galleries in New York, Atlanta, Knoxville, Chattanooga and Nashville.

This Is My Story
June 8 – October 15
Jostens Gallery
Women writers representing multiple decades share their thoughts of who they are on May 14, 2017, which is Mother’s Day. Their writings are suspended on cloth and hung “clothesline style” in the gallery.

Activities will include:

Art & Lunch: Kit Kite
September 7, 12:15 p.m.
Nashville artist Kit Kite will be presenting a gallery talk for the museum’s Art & Lunch program on Thursday, September 7 in conjunction with the exhibit “The X Housewife Portraits by Kit Kite”. The event is free to the public.

First Thursday Art Walk
September 7, 5:00 – 7:00 p.m.
The museum is open to the public with free admission as part of Downtown Clarksville’s First Thursday Art Walk.

Second Saturday Free Admission
September 9, 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
The museum is open to the public with free admission as part of our Second Saturday Free Admission Day.

Women Painting Women Gallery Talk
Saturday, Sept 16, 5:00 – 7:00 p.m.
Join co-founder of the Women Painting Women Blog, Alia El-Bermani, along with some of the featured artists from the exhibit, for an after-hours gallery talk. Admission to this program is free.

Wooden Spoon Painting
September 23, 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. and 2:00 – 4:00 p.m.
Join us in the Family Art Studio for our spoon painting project! Polka dots, flower power or silly faces. Appropriate for all ages. Spoons are intended to be made as decoration. We will not be using food safe paints.

September in the Family Art Studio: Muppets & Puppets
This month we are celebrating the birthday of Jim Henson, whose Muppets have captivated the hearts of children, and quite a few adults, since their first appearance on “Sesame Street” in 1969. Drop by the Studio anytime at your leisure to create your own version of your favorite Muppet. At Cookie Monster’s request, we’ll also be making cardboard cookies. Marionette puppets from Mexico and rod puppets from Indonesia will also be on display in the Curiosity Cabinet in the Family Art Studio this month.

All activities are free with your museum membership. Non-members pay regular admission fees. For more information contact Ms. Sue at sue@customshousemuseum.org or 931-648-5780.

The Customs House Museum & Cultural Center will be closed Monday, September 4 for Labor Day.