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Category: Paintings

6-29-22

New Acquisitions to the Museum's Collection: Spring 2022

This story originally appeared in the Spring 2022 print edition of the Tennessee State Museum Quarterly Newsletter. Stickball Sticks and Ball by Jimmy Harlan and Michael Crowe, 2021 The Museum recently commissioned Eastern Band of the Cherokee artisan and woodcarver, Jimmy Harlan, to create a pair of stickball sticks for the collection. Michael Crowe, also a member of the Eastern Band of the Cherokee, created the ball. Stickball has long been an important part of the social ... Read More
Posted by Melina Ludwig
Civil War Museum Collection Native American History Newsletter Paintings WWI

6-22-22

Painting the Smokies: Art, History, and the Making of a National Park

This story originally appeared in the Spring 2022 print edition of the Tennessee State Museum Quarterly Newsletter. By Candice Roland Candeto Born from a desire to look closely at the vast collection of the Tennessee State Museum, especially art and artifacts not permanently on display, and consider anew the stories objects tell about the past, Painting the Smokies: Art, Community, and the Making of a National Park highlights the Tennessee State Museum’s collection of ... Read More
Posted by Melina Ludwig
Great Smoky Mountains Newsletter Paintings Tennessee History

Art in the Time of Coronavirus: The Idyllic Works of William Gilbert Gaul

By Jim Hoobler Borrowing from the title of one of Gabriel García Márquez’s most popular works (Love in the Time of Cholera) I think of art in the time of coronavirus as a great way to destress. With museums closed to visitors, the internet has become our platform to view great works from iconic institutions around the world. The Tennessee State Museum has, in my opinion, the finest collection of art from Tennessee, and perhaps one of the largest art collections in the sta... Read More
Posted by Joseph Pagetta at 5-5-20
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