Clarksville Living Magazine — September 2023
The September 2023 Clarksville Living Magazine names the sculptor behind downtown's most familiar statues, throws a Studio 54-themed museum fundraiser, and caters Business After Hours on the tarmac.
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The cover feature, “An Impact Set in Stone,” profiled sculptor Scott Wise, whose work Clarksvillians know even when his name doesn't register — “The Day After,” the seated man on a bench beside the courthouse, and the Sgt. Carter statue of Frank Sutton on Franklin Street are both his. He hadn't set out to become the area's best-known sculptor: after his father's death when Wise was 18, he honored his father's wish that he get an education, enrolled at Austin Peay, and found his way into the art department, where sketching led to photography and darkroom work, deepened by a 1988 study-abroad trip to London.
The Customs House Museum hosted its annual Flying High fundraiser at Oak Grove Racing with a 70s disco theme evoking Studio 54, while August's First Thursday Art Walk ranged from a book-signing with historian Dr. Minoa Uffelman to the juried exhibition at Downtown Artists Co-op. The Clarksville Regional Airport hosted July's Business After Hours, where Nicoletta's Catering served salmon mousse and pulled-pork sliders on the tarmac, and Cunningham marked the 115th Lone Oak Picnic.
The recurring departments round out a September number that puts a name to the statues everyone knows — a quiet argument that the art defining a city's public spaces has a maker worth celebrating.
In September 2023, Omni Media Group purchased Clarksville Living Magazine from former owner Carla Lavergne, stepping in to keep the magazine going and to carry forward its mission of building community connections across Clarksville–Montgomery County. Tony Centonze became publisher and Mark Haynes took the reins as executive editor — both experienced photographers and writers themselves, were well suited to continue the magazine's storytelling tradition.
Ask anyone about the iconic downtown sculptures, the feature noted, and they'll pull up photos of children posing with The Day After — the seated man on a bench beside the courthouse — or beside the Sgt. Carter statue of Frank Sutton on Franklin Street. Both are Scott Wise's work, familiar even to those who never knew his name until his love of hockey and art carried it into the national spotlight.
Table of Contents
- An Impact Set In Stone (p. 6)
- Flying High (p. 8)
- August Art Walk (p. 10)
- Business After Hours (p. 12)
- Lone Oak Picnic (p. 14)
- Playin' Possum (p. 20)
- Assyrtiko Or Grillo (p. 22)
- Clarksville Sound Scene (p. 24)
- History On The Rocks (p. 25)
- Nothing Bundt Cakes (p. 26)
- Mark Your Calendar (p. 28)
- Customs House Exhibits (p. 29)
Regular Departments
- Calendar (p. 30)
