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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.
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.
Art & Gallery Listing
Cumberland Art Society
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186 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
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Phone: 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.

Magical Muse Gallery
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230 Cora Road
Cookeville, TN 38501

Phone: 931-520-4253
Hours: Open by appointment only - Mon. thru Fri. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Description:

View a wide range of artwork in a variety of media including contemporary paintings, sculptures of metal, wood and clay, pottery, photography, digiographs, glass works, wearable art and furniture.



Web site: www.magicalmusegallery.com

Silver Maple Gallery
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4 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.
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123 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.

Stella Luna Gallery
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412 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
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1227 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
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1560 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
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Phone: 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
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120 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.



A.R.T. Upstairs Gallery
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321 E. Spring St
Cookeville, TN 38501

Phone: For purchase contact Donna Lee, Kitchen & Bath Gallery 931-526-5119
Hours: Mon-Fri 9 a.m.-4:45 p.m.

Description: An artistic collaboration between Art ‘Round Tennessee and the Maddux Building that features different artists every month

Directions: Located 2nd Floor of the Maddux Building

Web site: www.artprowl.com

Art ‘Round Tennessee
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Phone: 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
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123 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
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102 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 Drama Center
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10 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/ls

Cumberland County Playhouse
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221 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
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30 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/ls

Cumberland County Playhouse
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221 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
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30 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/ls

Galleria misCELLAnea
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6 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

Joan Derryberry Gallery
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Tennessee Tech University’s Roaden University Center
Cookeville, TN 38505
Hours: Mon-Fri 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

Marilee Hall Ceramics Studio
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119 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
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271 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
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121 West Broad Street
Cookeville, TN 38501

   

Cookeville-Putnam County Convention & Visitors Bureau • One West First Street • Cookeville, TN 38501
Toll-Free: 800-264-5541 • Local: 931-526-2211 • Fax: 931-526-4023
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