TAL offers motor coach trip to Chattanooga

Tennessee Art League, 808 Broadway, Nashville

Guests will spend a day in May among art exhibits in Chattanooga. The tour highlight will be the opening reception of the Tennessee Watercolor Society’s Biennial Exhibition.

The Tennessee Art League is sponsoring a day of art in Chattanooga on May 22. The galleries of permanent and special exhibitions at the Hunter Museum of American Art is the first stop. After touring the museum, guests may chose to lunch either at the museum’s lovely café or a near-by restaurant of their own choice. Lunch cost is not included in the tour.

"Yesterday's Bridge," Kathleen Haynes, Watercolor

The final stop, and the highlight of the tour, is the opening reception of the Biennial Exhibition of the Tennessee Watercolor Society in Chattanooga at the near-by Chattanooga State Community College. There, guests may meet with members of the TnWS and the winning, exhibiting artists, selected by the distinguished Juror George James, retired Professor of Art at California State University at Fullerton.

Members of the Tennessee Watercolor Society, the Tennessee Art League and their guests will board a Gray Line of Nashville luxury motor coach at one of two locations: the Tennessee Art League or Brentwood. The motor coach will depart from the TAL Building at 7:30 a.m. and from Brentwood (at a location to be announced in next month’s newsletter) at 8:00 a.m. before driving directly to Chattanooga. Having enjoyed a full day of Tennessee art at its best, guests will board the coach for the return home, arriving in Brentwood about 7:00 p.m. and in Nashville about 7:30 p.m.

The cost of the excursion is $45 for TAL and TN Watercolor Society members; $50 for nonmember guests of either organization. The cost includes motorcoach fare, admission to the Hunter Museum of American Art, snacks on the coach, all gratuities and a donation to the TN Watercolor Society. Reservations may be made by phone to TAL (615-736-5000) by credit card, by check (Tennessee Art League, 808 Broadway, Nashville, TN 37203; or in person at TAL’s office (Tuesday – Saturday, 10 – 4).  Reservations will be confirmed on a first-come-first served basis with receipt of full payment.

Reservations are non-refundable except for tour cancellation by TAL. For more information, contact George Anderjack or Aleen Hodge at 615-736-5000 or visit the website at <www.TennesseeArtLeague.org>