Center Stage
Joan Derryberry Art Gallery
Location:
Roaden University Center
1000 N. Dixie Ave. N., Cookeville, TN 38505
Spring 2025 Gallery Hours
Cattywampus Puppet Council Exhibition
Jan. 16-Feb. 20
Reception: Feb. 20 | 11 a.m.
Cattywampus Puppet Council is a 501c3 community-based arts organization and an intergenerational
collective of artists, performers, teachers, musicians, and community organizers.
Over the past 10 years, they have been bringing innovative theater, youth programming,
people-powered parades, and giant puppet magic to communities across East Tennessee
and the South, collaborating with a wide range of organizations, artists, and institutions
including: the Knoxville Museum of Art, UT School of Art, the Knox County Public Library,
Big Ears Festival, the Johnson City Public Art Committee, The Preservation Hall Jazz
Band, and most recently Yo-Yo Ma.
Cory Robinson Furniture & Design Exhibition
Feb. 24-March 20
Reception: March 20 | 4:30 p.m.
Cory Robinson is an artist, designer, and professor at the Herron School of Art &
Design at Indiana University Indianapolis. He has an MFA in Applied Design from San
Diego State University and has taught studio arts at Herron since the spring of 2003.
He is currently the George and Diane Seybert Endowed Faculty Chair in Furniture Design
at the Herron School of Art & Design. His range of artmaking includes painted works
on paper, functional furniture objects, lighting designs and public art installations.
TTU Student Art Exhibition
March 21-May 1
Reception & Awards Ceremony March 27 | 5 p.m.
This juried exhibition will feature the artistic accomplishments and talents of students in the Art Department at TTU. Through a competitive application process juried by an accomplished outside juror, students will have the opportunity to have their work seen by a prominent figure in contemporary art and craft. Along with serving as a juror for this exhibition, the selected juror will visit the campus to select award winners and deliver public comments on the topic of the exhibition.
