art + culture

Fine art photography, jewelry & note-cards by award-winning artist Cella Neapolitan.

Marilee Hall specializes in ceramic vessels and wall constructions that convey unity and show how from disparate, contrasting elements spring life, growth and integration. She enjoys hand building, using white earthenware slabs, coils and extrusions to create forms. Contrasting textures are exceedingly important to her, as is the combining and layering of polychrome underglazes with glazes to deepen surfaces.

Located inside the Art & Frame Outlet, this gallery features local watercolor artists as well as exhibits in varied media.

The Upper Cumberland Arts Alliance (UCAA) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization located in Middle Tennessee. UCAA was founded in 1989 but was last revitalized  in 2005. It is an organization that will nurture, celebrate, and assist individual artists and other art organizations.The main goal of UCAA is to encourage, promote, and facilitate the arts of the Upper Cumberland area. One of our goals is to reach and enrich all the people in this Tennessee region with the beauty and diversity of ALL art forms. The Upper Cumberland consists of 14 counties: Cannon, Clay, Cumberland, Dekalb, Fentress, Jackson, Macon, Overton, Pickett, Putnam, Smith, Van Buren, Warren, and White. UCAA is sponsoring Granville's ARTS & CULTURAL CENTER located upstairs in Sutton's General Store. Sutton's General Store offers a glimpse into Granville's past with hundreds of antiques as well as new merchandise, hand dipped ice cream, and a live radio bluegrass show every Saturday night.

The Cumberland County Playhouse is just 30 miles east of Cookeville off I-40 at exit 317. The Playhouse was named one of the “Top Ten Theaters in Rural America.” You’ll find big city excellence with small town prices. Visit our website for showtimes.