June Open Studio Featured Artists

For the month of June we will be featuring JGP Artists June C. Pearson and Melody K. Hall.
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 June C. Pearson

"One paints with the brain; the brain imagines, the eyes and hands create."
            June C. Pearson

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Melody Hall

      

   

JGP Artists Spring

Celebrate Spring by attending one of our Open Studio sessions.

Starting May 7, 2010 the studio will be open to the public on Fridays from 10:00 am - 2:00 pm.
The public is invited to stop by and chat with the artists and  keep up with our works in progress. 

Featured artists for the May Open Studio sessions are Carolyn Freeman and Wanda Wright.

If you are interested in learning to paint or draw, some of the artists do offer private classes.  Check with us at the studio.

Questions or further information contact Dot at: 615-794-7892

JGP Artists & Friends Fine Art Show and Sale

Please join us in our new location for our exhibit of artworks by the Juanita Greene Parks Artists and Friends!

The Show and Sale will be taking place on Saturday, September 19, 2009 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at our studio:

1101 Gray Fox Lane
Franklin, TN 37069


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This year's show is dedicated to longtime artist, friend and mentor Sue Kinder. Several of Sue's works will be available at the show for viewing and for sale. Those who knew Sue know that she had a wonderful sense of humor and a true joy for life and people. These qualities are reflected in her work.  


10% of all sales to be donated to one or more of these organizations: Caring for Carcinoid Foundation and Wounded Warriors Project. We will also be accepting canned/dry goods for Second Harvest Food Bank.

Please leave a comment or email us at jgpartists@gmail.com with any questions-- we hope to see you there!

The JGP Artists' Studio - a brief history

The JGP Artists' studio was first located in a Victorian farm house in Franklin, Tennessee, surrounded by a stimulating atmosphere of lush rolling hills dotted with rustic barns, walking horses, frisky colts, proud peacocks, Hereford cattle and even a gentle bull. We spent many years there, painting from constantly changing still-life studies, pursuing live portrait and figures studies, and holding classes with visiting art instructors.

In 2007 the farm was sold to the city of Franklin, and we found ourselves without a studio. After searching for weeks we finally found the perfect place on Gray Fox Lane in Franklin, and in 2008 we were able to move in. The farm is now being used as a park for the city. The old Victorian house is still there and there are plans to renovate it. It will be there as a reminder that we were there.

About Juanita Greene Parks

JGP Artists was founded by students of the late Juanita Greene Parks. Shortly after her death in 1990, they agreed to continue to paint together and teach one another in the unyielding principles of their beloved artist/teacher. 

Mrs. Parks came from the Chicago Art Institute in 1932 to find a relative "art desert" in Tennessee, but her enthusiasm and dedication to art led her to become a driving force in the development of the flourishing Tennessee art community we enjoy today. She received many awards, commissions and accolades which culminated in 1986 with the Career Achievement Award presented by Governor Lamar Alexander for her extensive contributions to art in Tennessee.