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Our community is proud of its artistic heritage, and you can see the results of more than a century of artisan craftsmanship at one of the region's many galleries and exhibition spaces.
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Looking for something a bit more modern? Tennessee Tech's Joan Derryberry Art Gallery and several privately owned galleries add some edge to the art scene.
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Art & Gallery Listing
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Cumberland Art Society  MORE INFO
 HIDE186 S. Walnut Ave Cookeville, TN 38501 Description: Located at the rear of the Cookeville Senior Citizens building on Walnut Ave., in Cookeville, the facility boasts its own gallery that hosts 11 different exhibits year-round in various media by area artists. The society also sponsors public art workshops covering watercolor, drawing, craft making and other areas. Visit www.cumberlandartsociety.com for more information. Directions: I-40, N. on 136 (Jefferson Ave.) approx. 1.5 mi. Left on Jackson. Rt. on Walnut. Ave. Web site: www.cumberlandartsociety.com
Joan Derryberry Gallery MORE INFO
HIDEPhone: 931-372-3123 Description: Joan Derryberry Gallery is housed on the first floor of Tennessee Tech's Roaden University Center. The gallery features exhibits in all media throughout the year. Hours of operation are from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday.
Silver Maple Gallery MORE INFO
HIDE4 E. Ferguson Ave Cookeville, TN 38501 Phone: 931-372-8818 Description: The Silver Maple Gallery is home to internationally renowned wood artist Brad Sells. Open by appointment only. Web site: www.bradsells.com
Spicer & Co. MORE INFO
HIDE123 W. Broad St. Cookeville, TN 38501 Phone: 931-525-3935 Hours: Mon by appointment only, Tues-Fri 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Sat 1-6 p.m. Description: Spicer & Company is a custom and couture jewelry company, with quality antique and vintage selections. Jeweler Stephen Spicer works with only the finest materials, including distinctive gemstones, and all of his sources use responsible labor and mining practices. Web site: www.spicerandcompany.com
Stella Luna Gallery MORE INFO
HIDE412 College St Smithville, TN 37166 Phone: 931-597-4004 Description: Feast your eyes on a distinctive collection of American fine art and craft including clay work, painting, sculpture, jewelry, glass, wood and photography. Web site: www.cosmic-clay.com/cosmicclay/cc/Site/Site/home.html
The Art Gallery MORE INFO
HIDE1227 N. Washington Ave Cookeville, TN 38501 Phone: 931-526-6141 Description: Located inside the Art & Frame Outlet, this gallery features local watercolor artists as well as exhibits in varied media.
The Appalachian Center for Craft MORE INFO
HIDE1560 Craft Center Drive Smithville, TN 37166 Phone: 931-372-3051 Hours: Sun-Sat 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Description: The Gallery is one of the finest and most diverse sales galleries in the Southeast and features traditional and contemporary fine craft by faculty, resident artists, advanced students and more than 100 regional craft artists. In this 550-acre facility overlooking Center Hill Lake, visitors will find hand-blown glass, pottery, ceramic, fabrics, iron and metal pieces, hand-crafted wooden items, and many more treasures. You can also take a workshop and learn how to make your own masterpiece. The center is administered by Tennessee Tech University. For more information, visit www.tntech.edu/craftcenter. At the Appalachian Center for Craft, a satellite campus of Tennessee Tech University (TTU), our students explore diverse options in professional craft studies. The Bachelor of Fine Arts degree is the centerpiece of the Craft Center's academic programs. Directions: Take exit 273 off of I-40 and follow the signs. Web site: www.tntech.edu/craftcenter
Upper Cumberland Arts Alliance MORE INFO
HIDEPhone: 931-265-0338 Description: The Upper Cumberland Arts Alliance (UCAA) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization located in Middle Tennessee. UCAA was founded in 1989 but was last revitalized in 2005. It is an organization that will nurture, celebrate, and assist individual artists and other art organizations.
The main goal of UCAA is to encourage, promote, and facilitate the arts of the Upper Cumberland area. One of our goals is to reach and enrich all the people in this Tennessee region with the beauty and diversity of ALL art forms. The Upper Cumberland consists of 14 counties: Cannon, Clay, Cumberland, Dekalb, Fentress, Jackson, Macon, Overton, Pickett, Putnam, Smith, Van Buren, Warren, and White.
UCAA is sponsoring Granville's ARTS & CULTURAL CENTER located upstairs in Sutton's General Store.?Sutton's General Store offers a glimpse into Granville's past with hundreds of antiques as well as new merchandise, hand dipped ice cream, and a live radio bluegrass show every Saturday night. Web site: www.uppercumberlandartsalliance.com
West Textures Framing & Fine Art MORE INFO
HIDE120 West Broad St. Cookeville, TN 38501 Phone: 931-526-6015 Hours: Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Sat 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. or by appointment Description: The gallery features on-site framing services, with periodic in-store art displays in varied media.
Art ‘Round Tennessee MORE INFO
HIDEPhone: Marilee Hall 931-526-6649 Description: Art 'Round Tennessee is a 501(c)(3) Non-Profit Organization dedicated to the Arts in our community. Our inspired beginning came from the Art Prowl Studio Tour, a tradition in the Upper Cumberland/Putnam County area of Tennessee since the year 1999. Web site: www.artprowl.com
Bryan Symphony Orchestra Association MORE INFO
HIDE123 W. Broad St. Cookeville, TN 38501 Phone: 931-372-6088 Hours: Call for Appointment. Description: The Bryan Symphony Orchestra at Tennessee Tech University is the only professional symphony in a rural area of Tennessee. BSO concerts are a collaborative effort of the community-based non-profit Bryan Symphony Orchestra Association and the Tennessee Tech Department of Music and Art. Performances are in the Wattenbarger Auditorium in the Bryan Fine Arts Building on the TTU campus. Web site: www.bryansymphony.org
Cathedral Oaks Dance Arts MORE INFO
HIDE102 N. Cedar Ave Cookeville, TN 38501 Phone: 931-526-2632 Hours: Ticket Office Mon-Fri 9 a.m.-5 p.m. and two hours prior to performances. Description: The Cathedral Oaks Dance Arts is committed to providing quality dance arts education to students of all ages with the intent of knowing the Triune God through worship and making Him known through outreach ministry and performance opportunities. Web site: www.cathedraloaks.net
Cookeville Performing Arts Center MORE INFO
HIDE10 E. Broad St. Cookeville, TN 38501 Phone: 931-528-1313 Hours: Ticket Office Mon-Fri 9 a.m.-5 p.m. and two hours prior to performances. Description: See theatrical and musical productions, touring Broadway shows, productions from Cookeville Children's Theater, the award-winning Backstage Series and the Cookeville Mastersingers. The center is also available for meetings. Visit our Website for a performance schedule. Web site: www.cookeville-tn.org/cpac
Cumberland County Playhouse MORE INFO
HIDE221 Tennessee Ave Crossville, TN Phone: 931-484-5000 Hours: Monday - Saturday 9 a.m. – 7 p.m. Description: The Cumberland County Playhouse is just 30 miles east of Cookeville off I-40 at exit 317. The Playhouse was named one of the “Top Ten Theaters in Rural America.” You’ll find big city excellence with small town prices. Visit our website for showtimes. Web site: www.ccplayhouse.com
Dogwood Park & Performance Pavilion MORE INFO
HIDE30 E. Broad St. Cookeville, TN 38501 Phone: 931-528-1313 Hours: Vary Directions: Dogwood Performance Pavilion is located in beautiful and shady Dogwood Park behind the Drama Center in Cookeville. Shakespeare in the Park (Tennessee Recreation & Parks Association BEST PROGRAM Award, Web site: www.cookeville-tn.org/cpac
Galleria misCELLAnea MORE INFO
HIDE6 N. Jefferson Ave. Cookeville, TN 38501 Phone: 931-372-7888 Hours: Monday - Saturday 9 a.m. – 7 p.m. Description: Fine art photography, jewelry & note-cards by award-winning artist Cella Neapolitan. Directions: Inside the Market on the Square Web site: www.cellaneapolitan.com
Marilee Hall Ceramics Studio MORE INFO
HIDE119 W. Broad St. Cookeville, TN 38501 Phone: 931-526-6649 Hours: Call for Appointment. Description: Marilee Hall specializes in ceramic vessels and wall constructions that convey unity and show how from disparate, contrasting elements spring life, growth and integration. She enjoys hand building, using white earthenware slabs, coils and extrusions to create forms. Contrasting textures are exceedingly important to her, as is the combining and layering of polychrome underglazes with glazes to deepen surfaces. Directions: Side entrance of Cream City Building Web site: www.marileehallceramics.com
Wesley Arena Theatre MORE INFO
HIDE271 E. 9th St Cookeville, TN 38501 Phone: 931-526-4353 Hours: Mon-Fri 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Description: The mission of the Wesley Arena Theatre is to create opportunities for community participation in enriching and diverse theatrical programs. Our focus is on quality, not quantity. We want to give the public a well-balanced theatrical season that will strive to meet the demands placed on any community theatre. We want to inspire, nurture, challenge, amaze, educate, and empower local artists and audiences in order to make the Upper Cumberland a more conscious and compassionate community. Web site: www.wesleyarenatheatre.org/WAT/Home.html
Art a la carte
Up & Dyed MORE INFO
HIDE127 W. Broad St Cookeville, TN 38501 Phone: 931-993-1669 Hours: Mon-Sat 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Description: A fiber arts studio. Up-cycled and tie-dyed garments and accessories. Offers classes in beginner & advanced tie dye, sock toys & bag making. Private workshops available for birthdays, Scouts, Youth Groups & special events also available. Call to reserve time & date.
Stranger in the Wilderness Gallery MORE INFO
HIDE39 West Broad St. Cookeville, TN 38501 Phone: 931-854-5200 Hours: Tues, Fri & Sat 11 a.m. to 4 p.m Description: Gallery of artist, Valerie Connelly. Valerie paints wilderness landscapes, waterscapes, cloudscapes, animals and birds, and people in their natural surroundings. She welcomes commissions for scenic subjects, portraits and pet portraits at reasonable rates. Her paintings are also available as ART for Living gift items along with the Glowbox and BlockART Prints cards. Go to www.valerieconnelly.com to preview her work in the ART Galleries menu and for information about her work as an author, musician, and book publisher. Web site: www.valerieconnelly.com
Afternoon Gallery
The Art Mill MORE INFO
HIDE113 W. Broad St. Cookeville, TN 38501 Phone: 931-526-9931 Description: Want to explore your more “creative” side? Looking for a FUN group activity? The Art Mill is the newest hot spot for parties, outings or any special occasion! No experience? No problem! We will walk you through step-by-step until you finish your very own masterpiece! Grab your buddies, or just come by yourself. Join us for a painting class that you will never forget! Directions: Located on Cookeville's WestSide across from the Cookeville Depot. Web site: www.theartmills.com
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