UCAA NEWSLETTER October 2008

Next TACA Highland Rim Chapter Meeting:  Friday October 3rd at 6:30  

*Caney Fork River Association in Gordonsville, TN*
BLUEGRASS JAM SATURDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2008 

Granville, TN Jazz and Quilt Festival    Saturday, October 4, 2008

Call to Artists - Request for Qualifications for the Hermitage, in Nashville, TN. Submission Deadline: Oct 10, 2008

CACE -Cumberland Artisans for Creative Expression - has partnered with Monterey Historical Society for Standing Stone Day on Saturday, October 11, 10 - 5 pm. 

Palace Theatre in Crossville has several performances planned for the month of October

UCAA quarterly meeting - - Monday, October 20, 2008, 4:30 pm at the Putnam County Library

Upper Cumberland Tourism has a new director!   Ruth Dahl has taken Kacee Harris position as Director of the Upper Cumberland Tourism.  Welcome Ruth, UCAA is looking forward to working with you.

Nashville Public Television

Sheryle Bruno has been filmed for the NPT, Tennessee Cross Roads show.  The producer of the show saw Sheryle’s gourds at the Granville Arts and Culture Center. The show on Sheryle and her gourds, was filmed at Pappy's Picket Fence in Gainesboro, Tennessee.  We will let you know when it will be shown on TV.  UCAA has several other artists that are being interviewed for the Tennessee Cross Roads show on Nashville Public Television Network.

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TACA 

Next Highland Rim Chapter Meeting:
Friday October 3rd at 6:30 - Meeting is at the home of 
Carol Ventura and Andrzej Gutek.
RSVP at  931 520-3962

Our guest/speaker will be Hans Knopfli, the author of several excellent books about the crafts of Cameroon.

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Caney Fork River Association in Gordonsville, TN

*BLUEGRASS JAM *
*SATURDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2008 at Unique Green Houses in Gordonsville.
*FREE ADMISSION- OPEN TO THE PUBLIC*
*WHO:* "Chigger Hills Boys" & "The Garden Grass Ambush Band" .... 2 x
FAB Blue Grass Bands!!!
 
*WHAT:* A Blue Grass Jam and Pickn' round the fire

*WHERE: *Unique Greenhouses  at  99 McKinney Road, Gordonsville, TN .
Take  1-40  to Exit 258... go left off exit towards Carthage. McKinney
Road is on the left exactly one mile from 1-40. Cruise down McKinney
Road, about a mile, stop at the big red barn.

*WHEN:* Saturday Oct. 4, 2008 from 5 to 9:PM...right after Rendezvous on the Square concludes in Carthage, TN.

*HOW:* Dress is casual ...boots & blue jeans, guitars.

*FOOD:*  BBQ Vendor & fixin's by Kevin Jones (Timberloft)... to include water & sodas.

*BEVERAGES:* BYOB
*TREATS: *During the evening fall flower arrangements from Unique Greenhouses and Gourmet Cakes by Mini Gourmet  (Ms Leah Jones) will be raffled off.

Smith County live music lovers asked the Caney Fork River Association to add more "Blue Grass Music" events to our roster and to provide a fire and place for "non professional musicians" to pick and play as well. Come join us. Bring your guitar... hang in the neighborhood and make some new friends in music.
For more information contact
caneyforkriver@gmail.com

GRANVILLE FALL CELEBRATION

Come and join a full day of fun in a GRANVILLE FALL CELEBRATION   October 4, 2008.

The Fifth Annual Jazz on the Cumberland will be held on October 4th from 12:00 to 5:30 p.m. at Granville Veterans Park on the banks of the Cumberland River, Granville, Tennessee.  This very unique setting will feature an afternoon of great Jazz Music beginning with Jackson County High School Jazz Band at 12:00 noon. The Arts Alliance Jazz Band of Mt. Juliet TN is 12:45 pm., Lynn Beal Jazz Ensemble is 2:10 pm, and The Big Band Sound is 4:00 p.m..  The Jazz Festival has no admission charge and you are encouraged to bring your lawn chairs. .

This fall celebration also consists of the Ninth Annual Granville Quilt Festival and Quilt Block Challenge at the Granville United Methodist Church, 10:00 am to 4:00 pm. Porches and Quilts are very important in the history of Granville. Quilts will be displayed on porches of historic buildings. From these historic porches, starting at the Ferrell Watts home (behind Sutton Store), there will be live storytellers, dressed in yesteryear costumes, sharing tales and stories of life and talents of the early settlers in the Granville area. 

Many other activities include: Tennessee Maneuvers Re-enactment by the 13th United States Colored Troops (Living History Demonstrations), and Heritage Skill Demonstrations of talents of yesteryear. The grand opening of the Tennessee State Museum Exhibit of “Hoof beats in the Heartland---- Civil War Cavalry in Tennessee” will also be featured during the day.

 You will enjoy the Cecil Williamson Whittling Contest. 

Another event that will be open all day long is The Granville Arts & Cultural Center located upstairs inside the Suttons General Store.   This art gallery offers wonderful original art works for sale. This center is sponsored by the Upper Cumberland Arts Alliance. Some UCAA artists will have special exhibits and demonstrations outside the Sutton store with additional merchandise for sale.  These outside artists are feature wood turning, wood burning, acrylic and oil painting, pottery, book signing, and gourd artistry.  Maxine Osburn will offer a gourd painting class at this celebration.  If you are interested in painting  a gourd, please call Maxine at 931-403-3380.

The historic buildings of Granville will be open with great food being served at Sutton General Store, Jazz on the Cumberland, Granville Market and Granville Marina.  

The celebrations will also feature a large number of craft booths offering unique merchandise for sale.  The day will conclude with the Sutton Ole Time Music Hour at 6:00 p.m. at Sutton General Store featuring the well known bluegrass group Stoney Lonesome.  Don’t miss this great Fall Celebration and for more information please call 931-653-4511 or granvillemuseum.com.

This event is made possible by a community grant from Walmart of Cookeville and the following corporate sponsors:  Bank East of Gainesboro, Christman Floor Service, First Tennessee Bank, Granville Bed & Breakfast, Granville Marina, Granville Market, Granville Museum & Sutton General Store, Jackson Bank & Trust, Jackson County Arts Council, Jimmy C. Gotcher After School Music Program, One-Hour Martinzing of Cookeville , Twin Lakes Telephone Cooperative, UniFirst Corporation and Wilson Bank & Trust Financial Centers.  For more information on the event call the chairman Chris Neeley 931-653-4571.

Artists, check this out!!!!!!!!

Call to Artists - Request for Qualifications

The Hermitage, Home of President Andrew Jackson  Nashville, TN

Submission Deadline: October 10, 4:00 p.m. Central Standard Time

Project Budget:  $20,000

The Hermitage invites individual artists or teams of artists to submit their qualifications to design, fabricate and install a public artwork to memorialize enslaved African Americans on The Hermitage property.

Open to artists residing in Tennessee

Visit www.thehermitage.com for the complete Call to Artist RFQ.

Artists must comply with the submittal requirements described in the Request for Qualifications to be considered.

Direct all questions related to this RFQ to The Hermitage staff via e-mail only: memorial@thehermitage.com.

Caroline Carlisle
Director of Corporate and Foundation Relations
The Hermitage, Home of President Andrew Jackson
4580 Rachel's Lane
Nashville, TN  37076
p. (615) 889-2941 x203

Standing Stone Day promises to be historical and fun

Less then a month away, Standing Stone Day is scheduled for Thursday, October 9, through Saturday, October 11, in downtown Monterey. Originally a one-day festival, the 2008 version is a greatly expanded joint effort of the Monterey Historical Society comprising all Monterey civic groups, the Monterey Chamber of Commerce, and CACE—Cumberland Artisans for Creative Expression.

When the railroad came through in 1893, workers blasted and removed the monument, now only about three feet tall, thanks to the weather and souvenir seekers. Part of it was loaded on a railroad flat car by the Narragansett Tribe No. 25 and taken to Cookeville. Nee Yah Kah Tah Kee, meaning “Standing Stone,” and a tomahawk were inscribed on the stone. Monterey’s website notes: “A dedication of the Standing Stone monument was held on October 17, 1895. The stone had been brought back and placed on a pedestal for all to see on land donated by the Cumberland Coal Company. The monument still stands today in downtown Monterey, next to the Monterey Branch Library.” Few events can boast about its past like Standing Stone Day.

Details, dates, and times for some activities and events are still being finalized, but there are many that are firmly in place: an excursion train and rides, a car show, a quilt show, giant flea market, a beauty pageant, riding lawn mower race, lots of food, and a variety of sidewalk sales. One such will be award winning artist Tom Eckert, with a collection of his paintings. CACE has taken space at 111 West Commercial Avenue (look for Ben Annas store) where a number of artists and artisans will be exhibiting and two demonstrating their chosen skills only on

Saturday, October 11, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. All original art, it will be for sale.

           Palace Theatre in Crossville, TN

Class is in session at the Palace Theatre Friday night October 3rd.  PAART is thrilled to announce that they have persuaded Wendel Werner, an award-winning professor of music and director of the UT singers at the University of Tennessee, to bring an abbreviated version of his wildly popular class History of Rock-n-Roll to the stage of the Palace Theatre.  This is a class you definitely don’t want to skip.  According to the UT Beacon, Werner was known to dress in costumes, impersonate artists and use props during his lectures. Some students view his class as somewhat of a rite of passage for undergraduates, and many students have noted that Werner’s 8 a.m. lecture was unusually full for an early morning class in which attendance is not mandatory. This will be an unforgettable evening of great rock-n-roll music with a little history of this American musical genre thrown in for extra credit.  Class starts at 7 pm.  General admission tickets are only $10 for adults and $5 for students and are available for purchase at the Palace Theatre, Main Street in Crossville.

This concert is the first in a fun-filled Fall Performance Series planned by the Performing Arts Alliance of Rural Tennessee (PAART).  PAART is offering a Friday morning performance to the students of Cumberland and surrounding counties plus an evening performance for the general public.  The next performance in this series will be Friday, October 17th with Rik Roberts.  Roberts is a Nashville-based humorist that has appeared in videos on Great American Country. He began regular appearances on syndicated morning shows. His dedication to clean comedy earned him an episode of the Emmy award winning Bananas Family Comedy show. Shortly after that he was tapped to expand his Barney Fife Impression on Comedy at Large. Bring the whole family and share an evening filled with laughter.

For the third concert of the series the Taylor Coker Trio will return to the Palace on October 24th at 7 pm .  This multi-talented trio is lead by bassist Taylor Coker, and includes trumpeter, composer and arranger Vance Thompson, and Venezuelan guitarist Larry Vincent.  This is a not-to-be-missed event for true jazz aficionados and novices alike.

On the first Friday in November, Angelia Bell will be gracing the stage of the Palace.  Angelia (pronounced An-gee-la), who divides her time between the beautiful Cumberland Plateau and Port St. Lucie, Florida has performed in Donald Trumps private club Mar-a-Lago as a pianist and vocalist.  She has also performed in several local venues and always delights audiences with both jazz and spiritual performances.

The last but certainly not least in the Fall Performance line-up Shannon Wurst.  Shannon will bring an evening of Americana to the Palace stage on Friday, November 14th.  She says her music is good ole Mountain music! If you don't like it, your grandma will!  So be sure to bring your grandma out for a night of a mouth-watering mix of traditional and original mountain tunes with a pinch of bluegrass and a dash of old time, leaving' ya with a hankerin' for a second helping of music.

Tickets for the evening performances in PAART’s Fall Performance Series are $10 for adults and $5 for students.  For all upcoming events visit www.performingartsalliance.org and www.palacetheatre-crossville.com.

Artist information can be found at:

www.wendelwerner.com
www.rikroberts.com
www.myspace.com/shannonwurst
www.myspace.com/taylorcoker

More Activities for the fall - - -start planning

Artists Wanted (Cumberland Art Society)

All artists and crafters are invited to participate in the Elf Magic Christmas Sale:
Saturday, November 8, 2008  9:00-6:00, 86A S. Walnut Avenue
A 10% donation from sales would help as a CAS fundraiser.
Four and eight foot tables (booths) will be $20 or $25. 
Lunch and snacks will be available for a nominal fee.
For more information and to register call Carol Ludgate, 931-520-6355.

Carla, president of the Gainesboro and Jackson County Chamber of Commerce, invites you to “Ole Time Country Christmas” in Gainesboro. A Christmas Open House on December 6th from 10:00 am until dusk.  Many of our friends and artists will have their work in the different stores in town.   On Monday, December 8th there will be a Parade at dusk on the square in Gainesboro.  Parade marshal will be country-western, bluegrass star, Jamie Daly. 

 

CACE - Cumberland Artisans for Creative Expression -
participated in a Kick-Off Celebration sponsored by Downtown Crossville Inc. for the beginning of the school year by collecting art supplies and financial donations for the purchase of school art supplies. 

CACE - Cumberland Artisans for Creative Expression:  this arts organization, based in Cumberland County, is partnering with the Avalon Center for Domestic Abuse by providing arts and crafts activities for children and youth during their day-long fund raiser on Saturday, October 4 in Crossville.

The Crossville Arts Council
will present its second annual Madrigal Christmas Feast on Sunday, November 30 at C.D.'s Steakhouse on Fourth Street in Crossville (opposite the Courthouse) with seating’s at 1:00 pm and 6:00 pm.  Singers, costumed Duke and Duchess of Cumberland, Knights of the Realm, Court Jester, perhaps a Gypsy to tell your fortune, maybe even a Wizard, and fabulous foods of the Renaissance.  Tickets $48 in advance, $56 after Sept. 30.  Send checks to Crossville Arts Council, 99 Municipal Avenue, Crossville, 38555, attn:  Madrigal Christmas Feast. (Sold out last year).  Order early!  Proceeds support Arts Education projects for children. 

Other dates to remember for Granville are:

November 7, 8 and 9th is Christmas Open House - - -

December 14th Granville Country Christmas - - -

6th Annual Jack Stoddart Photography & Craft Gallery Open House

November 21, 22, 23 10AM-8PM Daily

Works in Photography, Clay, Sculpture, Glass, Natural Materials, Jewelry and Metal from national artists.  Indoor and outdoor exhibits. For information and directions www.jackstoddart.com or call 931-445-2072.