By Customs House Museum

Exhibits:
Serving Abroad: Through Their Eyes Through Sept 7
A video installation by Lincoln Schatz sponsored by the US State Department and Art in Embassies. AIE commissioned renowned artist Lincoln Schatz to create a video montage incorporating audio and images selected from photographs of daily life abroad by current and former military and Foreign Service personnel. Schatz’s work will later be installed as a site-specific installation for the permanent art collection in the U.S. Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan.

Paul Harmon: Inner Voices Through Sept 7
International artist Paul Harmon exhibits his lyrical paintings in the Crouch Gallery. The themes of Harmon’s paintings always incorporate poetry, prose and ideas from the artist’s interests and experiences.

The Outsiders: Folk Art from the Hicks & Vander Elst Collections Through Sept 7
Robert Hicks is a collector of mostly Southern Outsider Art. He was the first Tennessean to be included in Art & Antiques magazine’s Top 100 Collectors in America.

Technically Speaking Through September 7
Objects from the museum’s collection showcase technology from the last 100 years that has influenced the technology of today.

Leslie Sheils: Dizygotic September 11 through November 2
Ohio artist Leslie Sheils explores the concept of twins through depictions of animals. The paintings in this series are mirror images that are supported by the allegory of Fraternal twins; very much the same but completely different and sometimes opposite.

Women Painting Women September 13 through November 2
Customs House Museum celebrates women artists with its annual exhibit. This year’s slate of artists hailing from Tennessee, California, Georgia, and Ohio, offer a variety of artistic views of the female form.

Even When: Recent Works by Susan Bryant and Billy Renkl September 10 through October 26
New works from Austin Peay art professors Susan Bryant and Billy Renkl, including both individual and collaborative pieces.

Martin Breedlove: Bold Moves Sept 2 – Sept 28
Murfreesboro artist Martin Breedlove uses “pixels” of paint, resulting in an abstract realism style. Bold contrasting colors lend an active energy to his subjects.

Activities:
Art Walk Event: The Diary of Nannie Haskins Book Signing
Thursday, September 4th, 5:00 p.m.
Meet with the editors and get your book The Diary of Nannie Haskins Williams signed during the First Thursday Art Walk! The diary of Nannie Haskins Williams provides valuable insight into the conditions of Union-occupied Middle Tennessee. In 1863, while living in Clarksville, Tennessee, Martha Ann Haskins, known to friends and family as Nannie, began a diary. A young Confederate sympathizer, Nannie was on the cusp of adulthood with the expectation of becoming a mistress in a slave-holding society. The war ended this prospect, and her life was forever changed.
About the editors: Minoa D. Uffelman is an associate professor of history at Austin Peay State University. Ellen Kanervo is professor emerita of communications at Austin Peay State University. Phyllis Smith is retired from the U.S. Army and currently teaches high school science in Montgomery County, Tennessee. Eleanor Williams is the Montgomery County, Tennessee, historian.
Copies of the book are available for purchase at Seasons: The Museum Store.

Art & Lunch: Gallery Talk with Susan Bryant and Billy Renkl
September 17th, 12:15 p.m.
Join artists Susan Bryant and Billy Renkl as they discuss their work found in the exhibit Even When: Recent Works by Susan Bryant and Billy Renkl. Free admission to program. Bagged lunches welcome.

The Museum will be closed Monday, September 1st for Labor Day.

Customs House Museum
200 S. Second Street, Clarksville, TN
931-648-5780
www.customshousemuseum.org