APSU 80s Art Alumni

How often do we get the opportunity to see an amazing art exhibit and have a glass of wine with twenty old friends in the same night? Saturday’s reunion in Clarksville was really great, and I’m glad so many of you could be there. The people above are me (Todd Duren), Gina Binkley, Bruce Childs, Susan Bryant, Lisa Cook, Mary Irwin, Mary (Irwin) Maxwell, Barabara (Hicks) Ladd, Tammy (Married name?) McKissack, and Hobart Payne.

For those of you that couldn’t make it (Scott, Jody, Ken, Clarence, et al), I’ll try to recall the highlights. First Karen and Hobart and I poked around in the Trahern Building, which has changed a lot since we were there. Then there was the opening for Olen Bryant’s amazing retrospective at the Customs House Museum and Cultural Center. At 80, Olen is looking back on a rich career as an artist an educator, and his exhibit is an impressive accomplishment. Afterward Susan Bryant invited us to the Downtown Artists Gallery where we slurped chardonnay and caught up on each other’s lives. I’d love for people to post their comments below. Oh, and click on the “more pictures” link in the sidebar to see some of my pix from the event.

Oh, and please click the email link and send me contact info for your old Trahern friends!