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APSU’s Downtown Art Gallery opening was the highlight of November’s Art Walk

The Austin Peay State University Department of Art working together with the Center of Excellence for the Creative Arts (CECA) opened a new art gallery in the heart of historic Downtown Clarksville Thursday evening during the Monthly First Thursday Art Walk.

The new facility provides a much needed exhibition space for APSU faculty and alumni in what has rapidly become the focal point of the Arts community in our town. ā€œItā€™s a way to help our alumni who are out there trying to build their careers,ā€ said Gregg Schlanger, APSU professor of Art. ā€œIt gives them a line on their resume and allows us to brag about our program.ā€

Critiquing the art
Critiquing the art

Downtown Clarksville is the home to several exceptional Art Galleries, the Customs House Museum, and of course the wonderful Roxy Regional Theatre. Downtown Businesses which prominently showcase the arts include Hodgepodge, ARTifacts, Rogateā€™s Boutique, Visions Metaphysical Boutique, The Front Page Deli, and Ingredients. Professor Schlanger noted thatĀ  their Downtown Art Gallery will become a major contributator ā€œWeā€™re going to add to whatā€™s going on around here.ā€

A vivid piece of art
A vivid piece of art

The gallery opened with ā€œWhatever,ā€ an exhibition of work by APSU art alumni. Artists featured in this exhibit include Chip Boles, Marc Pewitt, Miranda Herrick, Betsy Wynkoop, Kelly Kerrigan, Ally Reeves, Bill Eilliot, Scotty Peek, Young Kim, Donna Stack, Travis Childers and Melody Shipley. The exhibit runs through Nov. 28.Ā  For those interested in visiting the gallery, it is located at 116 Strawberry Alley. They are open from noon to 4 p.m., on Tuesdays through Saturdays. However, they will be closed on Thanksgiving day.

Also featured at the First Thursday Art walk was Ashley Richardson, John Glass & Ginger Murvey-Beirus at ARTifacts;Ā Ā Steven M. Walker at Hodgepodge; Heather Bowker, andĀ  Gabriele Wardeiner at Ingredients;Ā  Lyn Jellison at Rogateā€™s Boutique; Cliff Whitakers at the Downtown Artist Co-op with his new show ā€œVisions of My World;Ā  Charles Bennet at the Peg Harvill Gallery in the Roxy Regional Theatre;Ā  and Amanda Harrison and Afton ChandlerĀ  at Visions Metaphysical Boutique.

Clarksville Mayor Johnny Piper enjoys Cliff Whittakers artwork at the D.A.C. Gallery
Clarksville Mayor Johnny Piper enjoying some of Cliff Whittaker's artwork at the D.A.C. Gallery

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Bill Larson
Bill Larson
Bill Larson isĀ  is politically and socially active in the community. Bill is a member of the Friends of Dunbar Cave. You can reach him via telephone at 931-249-0043 or via the email address below.
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