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    VISUAL ART & MUSEUMS

    Stranger in Paradise: The Works of Reverend Howard Finster

    Stranger in Paradise: The Works of Reverend Howard Finster Image gallery

    Presented by Tennessee State Museum at Tennessee State Museum

    November 11, 2011-January 15, 2012

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    The Tennessee State Museum will present a special exhibition this fall featuring the work of the late folk artist Howard Finster. The exhibition, Stranger in Paradise: The Works of Reverend Howard Finster, is free and opens to the public on November 11 in the museum’s Changing Galleries. A self-proclaimed “Man of Visions,” Finster was one of America’s most widely known and prolific self-taught artists, producing more than 46,000 pieces of art before his death in 2001.

    Stranger in Paradise: The Works of Reverend Howard Finster is curated by Glen C. Davies, organized by Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and sponsored in part by Fox Development Corporation; Thomas E. Scanlin; Office of the Chancellor, U of I; Office of the Provost and Vice-Chancellor for Academic Affairs, U of I; Illinois Arts Council; Krannert Art Museum Director’s Circle Fund; and Krannert Art Museum Council. To accompany the exhibit, the State Museum has produced an original documentary film entitled, Visual Voices of the South, which will have its debut in November. The film, which will serve as an orientation for visitors, includes one of the last-known interviews with Finster. Tennessee’s acclaimed self-taught artist, the late Bessie Harvey, is also shown. Many of the artists in the film are represented in the museum’s permanent collection.

    Stranger in Paradise: The Works of Reverend Howard Finster will be on view through January 15, 2012.


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        Tennessee State Museum

        505 Deaderick Street
        Nashville, TN 37243

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        Free Admission

        Info Phone: 800-407-4324

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        Dates:
        November 11, 2011-January 15, 2012

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        Tuesday - Saturday 10:00am to 5:00pm; Sunday: 1:00pm to 5:00pm
        Closed: Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year's Day

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