CALLING ALL ART LOVERS AND ANIMAL LOVERS! Once again this fabulous Art Show & Sale return with an amazing group of talented artists displaying their incredible work!

This year’s theme is entitled, “The Best Is Yet To Come” and features the marvelous giclees of music legend and fabulous artist, Tony Bennett! The giclees, reproduced from original Tony Bennett watercolors, are signed and numbered. This exquisite Art Show will be held at the home of Mr. & Mrs. Bobby Williams in Cookeville, Tennessee and feature 30 selected artists in various mediums from throughout the United States presenting their work for display and sale.

• Glass artist from Connecticut, Roger Gandelman, who is perhaps the only glass artist in this country who has dedicated a lifetime to the pursuit of excellence in hand blown Art Glass Perfume Bottles – truly magnificent pieces of art!

• Named “Next Star Artist 2008,” artist Herb Williams creates incredible sculptures using crayons in a most visual way.

• Multi-talented artist, Maureen Hoxie, will travel from North Carolina with her fabulous vivid art works created in a broad range of mediums.

• Award winning oil painter, Jeff Jamison will present several of his paintings done in the traditional processes used by the Old Masters.

• See the work of these incredible ceramic artists: Susan DeMay, Lee & Bill Marshall, and Debi Wichman!

• Truly marvelous woodturning done by artists Bill Gray and Jim Greenwood.

• Fabulous jewelry presented by artists Stephen Spicer, Linda Ostrom and Thias Weiner.

• Unique and whimsical art pieces by artists Phil Atwood, Bob Huelsebusch and Carolyn Whitson.

• Thrill to the new work of favorite artists: Sandi Bos, Isabel Cohen, Agnes Fuss, Norma Inman, Joan Jannaman, B.C. North, Adrienne Stone, Nancy Pickett Szymanski and Claudia Williams

• And welcome to the Show, exciting new glass artists, Meredith Edmondson and Alex Schwartz! And local author Barbara Ebel with Chester, star of Chester of “Chester the Chesapeake.”

Art mediums will include: watercolors, pastels, and acrylic paintings, woodturning, ceramics, glass work, jewelry, sculpture and garden art!

Saturday, June 6th, Opening Night Patron Party, 7 p.m. – 10 p.m. Enjoy cocktails, hors d’oeuvres, music and the first opportunity to view and purchase art. The first 100 Patron tickets purchased also receive a coffee table-style book, “Tony Bennett in the Studio, A Life of Art & Music” in addition to a Tony Bennett “Pop Art Songs” cd. Patron tickets are $60 per person and include admission to the Art Show on Sunday, June 7th.

Sunday, June 7th, Art Show runs from 2 p.m – 6 p.m. Light refreshments served. Tickets are $30 per person.

Please call (931) 858-2228 to request an invitation or to receive ticketing information. Tickets must be purchased in advance and will be held for you at the entrance to the Art Show.

We thank our sponsors: Spicer & Company (and coming soon, Micah’s Fine Art/Fine Crafts), Larry and Janice McDonald, Middle Tennessee Eye Associates, Kitchen and Bath Gallery, Abel Gardens and West Textures Framing and Fine Art for helping to make this exciting Art Show possible!

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Thanks to your support through events such as “Bark In The Park”, the “Fur Ball,” and the “Pets of Putnam Co. Art Show,” we have been able to donate to date, approximately $50,000 to the Animal Shelter to help fund the Shelter renovation project and to purchase needed equipment, a new street sign, and various other things. Join us today and help us make a difference in the lives of animals in this community!

Donation Programs

KROGER GIFT CARDS - Purchase a gift card from the Friends Group for $5, and it comes with $5 loaded on the card ready for use, recharge your card when you visit any Krogers,and a portion of your Kroger shopping purchases (including gas) goes to the Friends group. You have to purchase from the Friends group - you cannot purchase the initial gift card at Kroger. For more information, please email mail@friendsofcpcanimals.org.