Located on the corner of Commerce and South 2nd Streets in historic downtown

Hours: Open to the public Tuesday through Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and Sundays from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m.  Closed on Mondays and major holidays.

Adults - $7
Sr. Citizens & College ID - $5
Ages 6 - 18 - $3
5 & under free

Admission is free on the Second Saturday of each month

Free parking for Museum visitors is available behind the Museum at the top of the hill off South Second Street.


Exhibitions

Assemblages: The Art of Sandra Paynter Washburn

Bold Expressions: Paintings by Larry Martin

Richard LeFevre: The Civil War Series

Events

Assemblages: The Art of Sandra Paynter Washburn
January 11, 2012 10:00 am Through March 11, 2012 5:00 pm

Sandra received a BFA in Art Education at UNC-Greensboro, with studio concentrations in painting and fibers. Primarily working with acrylic paint using mixed media techniques, Washburn’s compositions contain elements of collage. Within the last five years, Sandra has further expanded the scope of her artistic focus to include metal smithing and artisan jewelry production. Initially taken with the colors and patterns in gemstones, she soon began to include cold connections metal joining techniques in her embellishments, and learned soldering, forging, and metal finishes. Sandra has taught workshops for the Tennessee Art Education Association, Arrowmont School, Hunter Museum of American Art, Tennessee Watercolor Society, Knox County Schools, Tennessee Art League of Nashville, Townsend Atelier, Association of Visual Artists, and Tennessee Artists Association of Knoxville, among others. Her works have been featured in numerous juried shows and in many art publications including The Artists Magazine, and are included in many important private and public collections worldwide. She is a member of the National Watercolor Society, Signature Status; Southern Watercolor Society, Signature Status; Tennessee Watercolor Society, Signature Status; National Collage Society; and the Tennessee Association of Craft Artist.

You can learn more about Sandra Paynter Washburn by visiting her website at: www.paynterwashburn.com .

Bold Expressions: Paintings by Larry Martin
January 4, 2012 10:00 am Through March 2, 2012 5:00 pm

This exhibit features boldly colored, landscape, oil paintings by Nashville artist Larry Martin.

“Painting was probably not on my bucket list, but thanks to our daughter it has become an important and rewarding part of my daily life. Following her tip about free classes at State Universities for seniors, I started three years of oil painting and watercolor study, followed by three years of study in Nashville. Imagine my shock and utter disbelief when I sold the first painting near the end of my first year of study at a gallery in Nashville for $1,800! That was the beginning of my art career – the year was 2004 and my age was 66.

Having been a never-gave-up-my-day-job musician, playing in bands and piano bars from Boston to Bangkok for most of my adult life, I was initially interested in doing Jazz paintings, and music is still my primary painting theme. Later, I branched out into Abstracts, and then Landscapes, and Floras.”

- Larry Martin

Richard LeFevre: The Civil War Series
December 1, 2011 10:00 am Through April 1, 2012 5:00 pm

Richard J. Lefevre’s Civil War Series presents the history of The War Between the States, 1861-65, through 32 of its most significant battles. LeFevre combined his love of history and his skill as an illustrator, using inventive mixed-media techniques to create powerful images inspired by his personal investigation into that most terrible and definitive era. He sought to authenticate the audience experience by incorporating images from period publications such as Harper’s Weekly and Leslie’s Illustrated. Centrury-old woodcut engravings, made from sketches by Civil War artists who were present at the battles, were flash-framed onto paper with a copier, then manipulated with watercolor, pencil and collage techniques. Some contain tintype images of prominent battle figures.

The series, which took 4 years to complete, portratys the Civil War without bias toward the Union or the Confederacy.

Richard J. LeFevre was born in Rochester, NY, in 1931. He studied with Hannes Beckman, of Bauhaus, at the Rochester Institute of Technology and successfully operated LeFevre Studio there for a decade. In 1967, he moved to the South to teach art at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. As his Tennessee friends introduced him to interesting stories from the Civil War, he began to seek more knowledge about the period. LeFevre’s quest to present the Civil War through artisitic image was finally launched when his wife Carol presented him with a book containing personal accounts of the war.

Richard J. Fevre died in September, 2000. His bequest of the the series to the University of Tennessee’sPermanent Collection ensures that the entire work will continue to be available as a coherent presentation of history for audiencces throughout the world.
Taking Position: A Civil War Retrospective
New additions to the year long exhibit includes the topics of ships, correspondence, and portraits of Montgomery County soldiers



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