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Ben Caldwell: Into Abstraction - Crouch Gallery

Customs House Museum and Cultural Center - Clarksv

April 24-June 22, 2008

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Ben Caldwell started his artistic journey as a student of classical and modern painting. He studied with abstract expressionist Charles Cajori at the Studio School of New York, and earned his BFA from Tufts University and the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Upon graduation, Caldwell began a career building musical instruments. For ten years, he meticulously crafted fine instruments such as drums, guitars and dulcimers. His next step was learning coppersmithing and silversmithing as an apprentice to Terry Talley in Bradyville, Tennessee. Under Talley’s instruction, Caldwell learned to hand hammer copper and silver in the same manner as 19th century masters. Caldwell's exquisite serving pieces are at once artistic and utilitarian.

Enamel artist Mimi Walsh once saw Caldwell's copper pieces at the TACA Tennessee craft fair in Nashville and jokingly remarked to him that they would look great enameled. Much to her surprise, he jumped at the chance to learn the technique. Caldwell learned quickly and retooled his entire studio to accommodate a large kiln for enameling copper. In time, his ideas had outgrown the size of the kiln, forcing Caldwell to invent a new system of enameling with torches to create larger pieces. Today, Ben Caldwell has returned to his roots as a painter, creating sculpted paintings of enameled copper. Some of his largest pieces can be seen through June 25 at Tower 49 in New York City. Ben Caldwell is represented by LeQuire Gallery in Nashville.

Helpful Information: Children under age 14 must be accompanied by an adult at all times and in all areas of the Museum. Free parking for Museum visitors is available behind the Museum at the top of the hill off South Second Street. Sundays are free for everyone!

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  Tickets: Free/Museum members and Children under 6, $5/Adults, $4/Seniors 55 and up, $2/College students with picture ID, $1/Children ages 6-18

  Info Phone: (931) 648-5780

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  Dates:
  April 24-June 22, 2008

  Times:
  Tuesday-Saturday 10:00am to 5:00pm, Sunday 1:00pm to 5:00pm, Closed Mondays and major holidays

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  Customs House Museum and Cultural Center - Clarksville

  200 South Second Street Clarksville, TN 37040

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