Category: Arts & Entertainment

The Franklin County Arts Guild (FCAG) is offering a variety of Art Workshops this fall and early winter at the Artisan Depot in Cowan. These workshops are taught by local artist-educators working in media such as acrylic paints, ceramics, paper, stained glass, fabric, collage and wax resist. Each workshop provides an opportunity to learn art […]

On Sept. 20 at 7 p.m. in Sewanee’s Angel Park, the Sewanee Business Alliance is excited to host internationally-renowned DJ and Electronic Music artist Sandra Collins. Collins is naming the show “A Family Affair” in keeping with the University’s Family Weekend celebration. The show will include live synth piano and vocals from Anneli Virkhaus of […]

The Autumn Festival of Fine Arts at IONA: Art Sanctuary begins at 7 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 17, with readings and art exhibits, all of which are free. Refreshments will be served after each program.  John Willis, photographer, is the Artist of the Week, and his photos will be on display throughout the week. Readers for Sept. […]

The University Art Gallery is honored to host “Prints and Quilts from Gee’s Bend,” on view through Oct. 13. Informed by the tradition of quilting, the art objects on view—created by artists Mary Lee Bendolph, Louisiana Bendolph, Thornton Dial, and Lonnie Holley—were carefully selected from the Arnett collection to represent a new chapter in the […]

On Friday, Sept. 6, the gallery will debut “Tributes of Delight” from the Nature Journaling Group. The opening reception will be from 5:30–7 p.m. on Sept. 6. The Frame Gallery is located at 12569 Sollace M. Freeman Hwy., Sewanee. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday through Friday, and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on […]

  At 1 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 13, Locals will host an artist’s talk at with the art gallery’s newest artist, Tess Erlenborn. Erlenborn, Sewanee class of 2014, will talk about her abstract paintings, which embrace organic shapes and themes.  Refreshments and hors d’oeuvres will also be served. The community is invited to attend.  Locals […]

The University Art Gallery of the University of the South is honored to host “Prints and Quilts from Gee’s Bend,” on view through Oct. 13. Informed by the tradition of quilting, the art objects on view were carefully selected from the Arnett collection to represent a new chapter in the long story of quilting and the community of Gee’s Bend, […]

  Artisan Depot A member show by Julie Barnett Cataldo will be on display through Sept. 8. The community show “All Creatures” will be on display through Oct. 27. Also on display is the artwork of Franklin County art teachers. The Artisan Depot is located at 204 Cumberland Street in Cowan. Gallery hours are from noon […]

The SAS Gallery at St. Andrew’s-Sewanee School will open the 2019-20 gallery season with photographs by Pradip Malde. Malde’s show “Our Own Hunger: Photographs of Kitchens” will be in the SAS Gallery through Sept. 30, with a public artist’s reception from 4 to 6 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 5.  Malde’s masterful photographs depict kitchens from Haiti, […]

The 53rd annual Beersheba Springs Arts and Crafts Festival will be Aug. 24 and 25, at the Beersheba Springs Assembly Grounds. The hours on Saturday are 10 a.m.–6 p.m., and on Sunday, 10 a.m.–5 p.m. Parking and admission to the show are both free. More than 200 exhibitors from several states will feature many exciting […]