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Saturday Morning Art Club
2024-06-08 10:00 - 12:00 (America/Chicago) | Oasis Health Center, 3015 Belshire Village Dr., Suite 204, Spring Hill, TN, 37174, United States
The Saturday Morning Art Club meets from 10am – noon.
Please join us as we gather around the table to chat, paint and relax.
In June we are experimenting with a geometric abstract landscape in acrylics.
ALL supplies, instruction and new friends included.
No experience required.
The Workshop will meet at Oasis Health Center,
3015 Belshire Village Dr, Suite 202, Spring Hill, TN.

Bob Ross Certified Oil Painting Workshop
2024-06-08 13:30 - 2024-06-09 16:00 | Franklin Recreation Complex, 1120 Fulton Greer Lane, Franklin, TN, 37064, United States
Williamson County Parks & Recreation – Bob Ross Certified Oil Painting Workshop – Gray Mountain

Join Certified Ross Instructor ® Quintin Burlingame as he leads students of all skill levels through the Bob Ross Wet-on-Wet technique ®. In this oil painting, based on Season 24 Episode 1 of the Joy of Painting, students will paint a mountain scene on a 12×16 canvas.
All materials needed to complete the painting are provided by the instructor.
Ages 11 and above is allowed but ages 13 and above is recommended.
Limited spacing available; pre-registration is required. Please direct all questions to Liz Friend at Liz.Friend@williamsoncounty-tn.gov. All credits/transfers/refunds must be processed with Liz 48 hours prior to the class.

Franklin Recreation Center:
Saturday, June 8 | 1:30 – 4:00PM
Sunday, June 9 | 1:30 – 4:00PM

Mike McKinney Exhibition & Demo
2024-06-22 11:00 - 16:00 | The Copper Fox Gallery, 4136 Old Hillsboro Road, Franklin, TN, 37064, United States
Join The Copper Fox Gallery in Leiper’s Fork for a visit and demonstration with woodworker Mike McKinney on Saturday, June 22, 2024, from 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM.

Downtown Franklin Art Crawl
2024-07-05 18:00 - 21:00, 2024-08-02 18:00 - 21:00, 2024-09-06 18:00 - 21:00, 2024-10-04 18:00 - 21:00, 2024-11-01 18:00 - 21:00, 2024-12-06 18:00 - 21:00 | HISTORIC DOWNTOWN FRANKLIN, Main Street, Franklin, TN, 37064, United States
Historic Downtown Franklin Art Crawl Features Local Artists, Live Music, Guided Art Tours, Complimentary Refreshments and More!
The first Friday of each month, the Franklin Art Crawl includes dozens of sites dispersed through an area thriving with spots listed on the National Register of Historic Places in downtown Franklin, Tennessee, and at The Factory at Franklin!
The free monthly event celebrates Williamson County, Tennessee’s local craftsmanship and provides both the novice and the art connoisseur an opportunity to see a sweeping variety of magnificent work – from blown glass and mixed media to turned wood, paintings, and more!
Many of the galleries, working studios and stores serve complimentary refreshments during the evening, and some offer live music.
Hop aboard the complimentary trolley for a seamless journey to all the featured artists on the Franklin Art Crawl route. All art featured is available for purchase!
Visit Franklin Art Scene Facebook page and Instagram to learn more about the artists that will be featured at each participating site!
By scanning the QR code on the event sign, visitors can easily navigate the Art Crawl area and find the businesses hosting artists each month. Art crawl guests may begin at any participating location on the map!
For more information, please visit Arts Council of Williamson County TN.
More event details are below!

Franklin Art Crawl Featuring Anna Roe
2024-07-05 18:00 - 21:00 | The Harpeth Hotel, Franklin Downtown, 130 2nd Ave N., Franklin, TN, 37064, United States
Please join featured artist, Anna Roe, in the Lobby.

Saturday Morning Art Club
2024-07-13 10:00 - 12:00 | Oasis Health Center, 3015 Belshire Village Dr., Suite 204, Spring Hill, TN, 37174, United States
The Saturday Morning Art Club meets from 10am – noon.
Please join us as we gather around the table to chat, paint and relax.
More color? Yes please.
Let’s continue this fabulous journey with color.
July brings us an opportunity for a new technique – we’re going to be using fluid acrylics to create a painting that looks like watercolor. The beauty of this technique is that you get the vibrant and saturated colors that acrylics provide… the quick drying benefit of acrylics… and the forgiveness using acrylics allows. What is not to love?
We will be painting a succulent from a close up and top down perspective, starting with line work and then filling in the shapes with our limited palette of acrylics. The colors we will be using are:
Cobalt Teal
Indigo
Green Gold
Titanium Buff
Burnt Sienna
Carbon Black
ALL supplies, instruction and new friends included.
No experience required.
The Workshop will meet at Oasis Health Center
3015 Belshire Village Dr, Suite 202, Spring Hill, TN.
Class fee is $45.

Leigh Ann Hurst Trunk Show
2024-07-20 11:00 - 16:00 | The Copper Fox Gallery, 4136 Old Hillsboro Road, Franklin, TN, 37064, United States
Join us at the gallery as we welcome artisan jeweler Leigh Ann Hurst back for another incredible trunk show in Leiper’s Fork.

The Moore-Morris History and Culture Center Joins Downtown Franklin Art Crawl
2024-08-02 18:00 - 21:00 | The Moore-Morris History & Culture Center of Williamson County, TN, 108 Bridge St., Franklin, TN, 37064, United States
On Friday, August 2, 2024, from 6– 9 p.m., The Moore-Morris History and Culture Center, in partnership with Onward Real Estate, will showcase the work of Ronell Coburn as a part of Williamson County’s Downtown Art Crawl. The Downtown Art Crawl is a free monthly event that takes place the first Friday of each month. This will be the first time the History Center is participating, with more to come. For more information on The Moore-Morris History and Culture Center’s Art Crawl exhibits, please visit the website: linked here.

Jennifer Anderson Exhibition + Demo
2024-09-14 11:00 - 16:00 | The Copper Fox Gallery, 4136 Old Hillsboro Road, Franklin, TN, 37064, United States
Admire an exhibition of drypoint prints and watercolors from Jennifer Anderson with a printmaking demonstration at 1:00 pm at The Copper Fox Gallery in Leiper’s Fork.

BrightStone Art Show
2024-09-21 18:00 - 20:30 | BrightStone Land of Dreams, 3000 BrightStone Pky, Franklin, TN, 37064, United States
Join us on our BrightStone Land of Dreams Campus for an amazing art show in Franklin featuring a special collection by Johnny Bone and our BrightStone Photography Club!
Surround yourself with the beauty of our campus and beautiful art while you enjoy wine and refreshments, meet artist Johnny Bone, and view his special collection curated just for BrightStone. All of Johnny Bone’s works will be available for purchase, with 50% of proceeds benefiting BrightStone! Prints and other works will be available for purchase too.
3000 BrightStone Pkwy. Franklin, TN
To help us make our event the best possible, please let us know you are planning to attend. Email kerri.bryant@brightstone.org

Gallery 202 Fifteen Year Anniversary
2024-10-04 18:00 - 21:00 | Gallery 202, 202 2 Avenue S., Franklin, TN, 37064, United States
Celebrating fifteen year anniversary and grand opening of new carriage house artist studio venue. Artist reception with over twenty artists.

Downtown Art Crawl featuring Rachael McCampbell
2024-10-04 18:00 - 21:00 | The Moore-Morris History & Culture Center of Williamson County, TN, 108 Bridge St., Franklin, TN, 37064, United States
Downtown Art Crawl featuring Rachael McCampbell – Oct. 4, 2024
Did you know that the Moore-Morris History and Culture Center is a stop on the Arts Council of Williamson County’s Downtown Art Crawl?! Join us on Friday, October 4th, 6-9pm, as we present the artwork of Rachael McCampbell.
About the Artist:
– Nature inspires artist Rachael McCampbell’s landscapes and still lifes, from small works on paper to large abstract pieces.Influenced by her rural Tennessee upbringing, she uses texture and vibrant colors to capture the essence of a place. McCampbell actively participates in the art community, showing her work in galleries and museums, teaching workshops,and advocating for environmental preservation.
We are proud to be hosting this event in collaboration with Onward Real Estate!

Pottery Weekend
2024-10-05 11:00 - 2024-10-06 16:00 | The Copper Fox Gallery, 4136 Old Hillsboro Road, Franklin, TN, 37064, United States
The Copper Fox Presents Pottery Weekend
The Copper Fox Gallery in Leiper’s Fork is celebrating all of our ceramic artists! Please join us on October 5th for artist demonstrations beginning at 11:00am, and October 6th for exhibitions of new work at 12:00pm.

Kristi Hyde Trunk Show
2024-10-19 11:00 - 15:00 | The Copper Fox Gallery, 4136 Old Hillsboro Road, Franklin, TN, 37064, United States
A Trunk Show with artisan jeweler Kristi Hyde at The Copper Fox Gallery in Leiper’s Fork.

Demos and Dine
2024-10-23 09:00 - 13:00 | Leiper’s Creek Gallery, 4144 Old Hillsboro Rd, Franklin, TN, 37064, United States
Join 20+ local and regional PAPSE painters (Plein Air Painters of the Southeast) for a morning of painting!
Come and watch the artists and wander from one acclaimed artists to the next. This is an opportunity to observe their approach and techniques, in one pastoral setting in Leiper’s Fork!
This is a ticketed event! Please click on the link for what to bring, how to pay and to choose your lunch!

2024 CVQA Quilt Show | Fall into Quilting
2024-10-25 09:00 - 2024-10-26 15:00 | Concord Community Church of the Nazarene, 9828 Concord Rd., Brentwood, TN, 37027, United States
The Cumberland Valley Quilters Association presents the 2024 CVQA Quilt Show | Fall into Quilting – Oct. 25 & 26, 2024. Join us on Friday, Oct. 25 from 9am – 4pm and Saturday, Oct. 26 from 9am – 3pm at Concord Community Church of the Nazarene, 9826 Concord Road, Brentwood, TN 37027. Admission is $10 – free for kids 12 & under – and includes $5 off $20 in the CVQA Boutique or Quilts for Sale! Enjoy over 100 Quilts on Exhibit, our CVQA Member Boutique of Gifts & Goodies, Silent Auction, Quilt Raffle, Kid’s Corner & Vendors.

Cumberland Valley Quilters Association is one of the largest non-profit textile arts organizations in Middle Tennessee, meeting in Franklin since 1982.
CVQA Community Cares and Quilts of Valor programs provide hundreds of home-made quilts and other projects every year, supporting individuals at all stages of life, especially in crisis. Our long-standing service partners include, Quilts of Valor, Thistle Farms, Ronald McDonald House, Davis House, Love on Wheels, Williamson County Animal Center, Bridges of Williamson County, and many more.
Our members come together each month to promote the art of quilting and to learn through shared knowledge, lectures, and workshops. Donations and show revenue support CVQA expenses such as quilt materials, education, and facility, website and organizational costs.

Leiper’s Creek Gallery Hosts PAPSE Show & Sale
2024-10-25 18:00 - 2024-10-26 16:00 | Leiper’s Creek Gallery, 4144 Old Hillsboro Rd, Franklin, TN, 37064, United States
Leiper’s Creek Gallery is proud to host the PAPSE (Plein Air Painters of the Southeast) porch show and sale! Local and regional painters will paint Franklin and Leiper’s Fork landscape for a week! You may spot them on the sidewalks of downtown Franklin, on the side of roads, or in the fields painting! Our walls will be filled with paintings from more than 20 artists for two days only! Please come and visit with the artists and choose a painting of our beautiful landscape!
Friday, Oct. 25th | Opening Show/Sale 6pm – 9pm
Saturday, Oct. 26th | Continued Show/Sale 10am – 4pm

Porch Show - A Wet Painting Show & Sale
2024-10-25 18:00 - 2024-10-26 16:00 | Leiper’s Creek Gallery, 4144 Old Hillsboro Rd, Franklin, TN, 37064, United States
Leiper’s Creek Gallery and PAPSE Present: Porch Show – A Wet Painting Show & Sale
We are thrilled to be hosting the 2024 Plein-Air Painters of the Southeast (PAPSE) “Porch Show” Come see 20+ artists painting out in the streets and nature of Leiper’s Fork. Friday Oct. 25th and Saturday Oct. 26th you can see the artists painting en’ plein air (in open air). Wander from easel to easel as they paint on locations surrounding the gallery and experience the delight in meeting these wonderful folks. During this time, their paintings will be shown and for sale on the porch. Over 100 paintings will be framed and ready to go but you only have these two days to pick your favorite!
Friday, Oct. 25th | Opening Show/Sale 6pm – 9pm
Saturday, Oct. 26th | Continued Show/Sale 10am – 4pm

Phyllis Narus Weaving Demo
2024-10-26 13:00 - 16:00 | The Copper Fox Gallery, 4136 Old Hillsboro Road, Franklin, TN, 37064, United States
Floor loom weaving demonstration from textile artist Phyllis Narus at The Copper Fox Gallery in Leiper’s Fork.

“A Flame in Snowfall” Lynne Miller Exhibition + Demo
2024-11-03 13:00 - 16:00 | The Copper Fox Gallery, 4136 Old Hillsboro Road, Franklin, TN, 37064, United States
Lynne Miller Exhibition + Demo at The Copper Fox Gallery

Join the Copper Fox Gallery in Leiper’s Fork for an exhibition of new work and encaustic demonstration from artist Lynne Miller.

Makers Market
2024-11-16 10:00 - 14:00 | Interior Anthology, 1250 Old Hillsboro Rd., Franklin, TN, 37069, United States
Makers Market is Interior Anthology’s annual holiday market that supports local artisans ahead of the holiday season. This year ten artisans will set up booths on November 16th from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. with unique locally made products perfect for gifting this holiday season.

Cody Weeks Art Exhibition
2024-12-14 17:00 - 20:00 | THE FACTORY AT FRANKLIN, 230 Franklin Road, Franklin, TN, 37064, United States
Cody Weeks Art Exhibition will take place at The Factory at Franklin on Saturday, December 14th, from 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM Enjoy an evening of art, music, and wine at this free event, while viewing Cody Weeks’ bronze sculptures, available for purchase. There will also be live music by violinist Sarah Rogers.

Downtown Franklin Art Crawl
2025-01-03 18:00 - 21:00, 2025-02-07 18:00 - 21:00 | HISTORIC DOWNTOWN FRANKLIN, Main Street, Franklin, TN, 37064, United States
Historic Downtown Franklin Art Crawl Features Local Artists, Live Music, Guided Art Tours, Complimentary Refreshments and More!
The first Friday of each month, the Franklin Art Crawl features dozens of artists dispersed throughout downtown Franklin, Tennessee in businesses, churches, at The Factory at Franklin, and other locations listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The free monthly event celebrates Williamson County, Tennessee’s local artists, and provides both the novice and the art connoisseur an opportunity to see a wide variety of magnificent works – from blown glass and mixed media to turned wood, paintings, and more!
Many of the sites serve complimentary refreshments during the evening, and some of the stores and galleries offer live music or art.
Hop aboard the complimentary trolley for a seamless journey to all the featured artists on the Franklin Art Crawl route. All art featured is available for purchase!
Visit Franklin Art Scene Facebook page and Instagram to learn more about the artists that will be featured at each participating site!
By scanning the QR code on the event sign, visitors can easily navigate the Downtown Franklin Art Crawl area and find the businesses hosting artists each month. Art crawl guests may begin at any participating location on the Art Crawl Map!
You can also download their app, which includes the Art Crawl Map.
For more information, please visit Arts Council of Williamson County TN.
More event details are below!

Antiques & Garden Show of Nashville 2025
2025-01-31 09:00 - 2025-02-02 16:00 | Music City Center, 201 Rep. John Lewis Way South, Nashville, TN, 37203, United States
35th Annual Antiques & Garden Show of Nashville | January 31 – February 2, 2025 | Music City Center
Antiques & Garden Show of Nashville, one of the largest antiques and horticultural events of its kind in the country, returns to the Music City Center January 31 – February 2, 2025. Now in its 35th year, the Antiques & Garden Show has become a treasured tradition in Nashville’s cultural landscape. Featuring over 150 world-class exhibitors showcasing timeless antiques, fine art and innovative horticulture, the Show offers an unequalled experience. Stroll through breathtaking garden displays, mingle at lively cocktail gatherings, and get inspired by distinguished speakers. With over $11 million raised for Cheekwood and ECON Charities since its inception, the Show continues to give back to the community. As the late founder Sigourney Cheek once said, “Success is a result of following instinct, of turning a problem into an opportunity.” This milestone year promises to be one of the most memorable yet.
