​On Saturday, March 2, the Artisan Depot in Cowan will host Huntsville pastel artist Jodi Nuttall for a landscape workshop. The class, which runs from 1:00 to 4:00 pm, will cover various techniques with different pastels, with a choice of landscape scenes for reference. The cost for the workshop is $35 plus materials fee(s). For more information and to register, click here.

​A native Huntsvillian, Jodi shares studio space with her artist husband, David Nuttall, at Lowe Mill. In 1979, she was encouraged by a professional artist teaching a painting class at the University of Alabama at Huntsville to get a degree in fine art and paint for a living. Instead, she decided to work and just paint on the side. Painting was always there in the back of her mind and, after nineteen years at a local company, she quit to paint full time.

Jodi's current passion is painting landscapes and still lifes with soft pastels on “Pastelbord.” She also dabbles with abstracts and takes commissions. The immediacy  velvety texture of the soft pastels, along with the directness of moving the pigment around with her fingers, are what she likes most. An oil painter for several years, she got tired of mixing paint and mediums to get the desired colors and consistency. To see more of her work, click here.

Class size for the Pastel Landscapes workshop is limited to 10 people, and pre-registration is required.

​​​The Artisan Depot is the gallery and gift shop of the Franklin County Arts Guild and is located at 204 Cumberland Street E in Cowan, Tennessee. Questions? Email workshop coordinator Kim Phillips at [email protected] with "Workshop Question" in the subject line.

On Saturday, February 9, textile artist and educator Christi Teasley will lead participants in a print-making workshop at the Artisan Depot in Cowan, Tennessee. The workshop, Stamp It!, runs from 1:00 to 4:00 pm. Participants will discover how to carve blocks of linoleum and use those--and other materials--to create one-of-a-kind artwork. Images will be printed on items including tea towels, notecards, and other substrates.

Please visit www.franklincoarts.org/workshops to register; pre-registration is required.  
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From her studio in Monteagle, Tennessee, ​Christi's practice centers on crafting works of cloth and paper, utilizing new and traditional processes of natural dyeing, printing, mark-making, stitching and constructing. Dish towels, valentines, tuffets, and large works for walls share her time, attention, and space.

​Christi discovered her love of repeated patterns and printing fabric as a high-school student at St. Andrew’s-Sewanee School (SAS) and honed her study of textile dyeing, printing, surface design, and construction at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD). Christi received a BFA from RISD and later returned to earn a MA in Art Education. She taught studio art and directed SAS Gallery and Visiting Artist Program at St. Andrew’s-Sewanee School. She now continues to work on the leadership team for Shakerag Workshops, a top-notch series of studio workshops for adults which are held on the SAS campus each June. 

​​The Artisan Depot is the gallery and gift shop of the Franklin County Arts Guild and is located at 204 Cumberland Street E in Cowan, Tennessee. Questions? Email workshop coordinator Kim Phillips at [email protected] with "Workshop Question" in the subject line.

​The Franklin County Arts Guild has invited local schools to display the work of their art classes at its Artisan Depot gallery in Cowan. The first show of 2019 showcases work by students at North Middle School. The show goes up January 10 and there is an opening reception for the public on Friday, January 11 from 5:00 to 7:00 pm. The students are from the 6th, 7th, and 8th grade classes of teacher Emily May-Ragland, and the show will be on display through January 27.

Other 2019 student shows at the Artisan Depot include:

• Broadview & North Lake Elementary Schools | February 1 - 28
• Franklin County High School I | March 14 - April 12
• Rock Creek Elementary School | April 18 - May TBD
• Winchester Wriggle Winners (all schools) | May 9 - June 30
• Healing Arts Program | July 11 - 31
• Decherd Elementary | September 5 - 30
• North Middle School Veterans Tribute | November 7 - 24
• Franklin County High School II | December 5 - 22

The Artisan Depot, as part of its mission to promote the arts in Franklin County and the surrounding area, also hosts both Community Shows and Member Shows throughout the year. The first Member Show shares an opening with the North Middle student show on January 11 at 5:00 pm; the public is invited. For more information on Community Shows and Member Shows is at www.franklincoarts.org/shows; the first Member Show is a joint show with Mary Ann Morrison and Betsy Coyne Rung.

​The Franklin County Arts Guild is an organization of local artists and supportive members who are interested in promoting fine arts and crafts in Franklin County and the surrounding area in Tennessee. Its gallery, the Artisan Depot, is located on Cumberland Street in Cowan, Tennessee.