The Customs House Museum and Cultural Center is announcing several new exhibitions to the galleries this summer, celebrating the arts of Tennessee.
From the Museum:
“Within the Abstract,” the work of Nashville’s Contemporary Collective group, features abstract paintings by an established group of women artists who have been working together since 2012.
“Embracing Blackness: Diasporic Unions” brings together artists working with a variety of mediums. This multimedia exhibition is part of the Crafting Blackness Initiative that celebrates artists of African descent based in Tennessee. The curatorial focus revolves around inclusion, assertions of the vital reality of Blackness’ inclusive capacity to embrace cultures, amalgamations of various hues, without diminishing their value but rather enriching them to their highest potentials. The exhibition explores the Black identity coalesced around intercultural influences, forged by displacement, interracial unions, and geographic mobility rooted from Africa.
Haunting ceramic figures fill the museum’s Jostens Gallery in the exhibition “Magnolia: The Art of Asia Mathis.” Asia Mathis is a nationally exhibited artist based in Nashville, known for her clay sculptures that explore the human figure and nature imagery.
The artist says, “My work centers around the human search for authenticity and belonging. In my sculpting, I turn again and again towards addressing the problem of being disconnected from the land and wild creatures, because without this connection it seems impossible to be our full human selves.”
Constructed in 1898 as Clarksville’s first U.S. Post Office and Customs House for the flourishing tobacco trade, this architecturally fascinating structure is among the most iconic landmarks in the region. Today, it stands as the largest general interest museum in Tennessee. Along with the center’s exhibitions, the Customs House offers educational programming and events to engage the community. For more information, please visit customshousemuseum.org.
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