CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (CLARKSVILLENOW) – See what’s going on at the Customs House Museum in August:

Exhibits:
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 – August 31
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 series as dealing with “displacement, feeling undefined.”

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 TN.

Reading Appalachia: Voices from Children’s Literature March 23 – August 13
Memory Lane
This groundbreaking exhibition of Appalachian children’s literature examines seminal titles published since the 1800s. Come explore our region’s literary heritage and see how children’s literature tells the story of Appalachia. This is a traveling exhibit from East Tennessee Historical Society and Knox County Public Library.

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 (Mother’s Day). Their writings are suspended on cloth, hung “clothesline style” in the gallery.


Activities:
First Thursday Art Walk
August 3, 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
August 12, 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.

August in the Family Art Studio: At the Circus
“Ladies & Gentlemen, Boys & Girls of All Ages”
Drop by the Family Art Studio this month to make your favorite circus animal paper bag puppet. While you are here, be sure to enjoy the circus performers in the model train exhibit.

Saturdays in the Family Art Studio: Space-crafts
Join us for some Space-Craft Saturdays in the Family Art Studio.
Saturday, August 19
10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. & 2:00 – 4:00 p.m.
We’re recycling cereal boxes into pinhole projectors for the upcoming solar eclipse!

Saturday, August 26
10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. & 2:00 – 4:00 p.m.
We’re using yarn and glue to craft our own string planets!

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.