Category: Arts

Wednesday, December 10th • 7 PM

Cookeville Performing Arts Center

Adult: $33

Children (12 and under): $10

The Tennessee Tech Faculty Jazz Ensemble will perform a jazzy Christmas concert at the Cookeville Performing Arts Center (CPAC) on Wednesday, December 10th at 7pm. The jazz faculty will be joined by Tennessee Tech voice faculty, Dr. Diane Pulte, Dr. Wendy Mullen, and Dr. Chris Reames. In addition, the room will be filled with flickering candlelight, sponsored by Luminance, a candlelight experience.

Please join us at the Joan Derryberry Art Gallery, located in the Roaden University Center, on December 4th at 4:30pm for the closing reception of Mayuko Ono Gray’s drawing exhibition.

Join us for free crafts during Holiday Festival this Saturday! We’ll have craft activities set up across our campus, including a kids’ section full of festive crafts like woven stars, beaded snowflakes, colorful collagraph prints, and a gingerbread village! Other free activities across campus will include clay ornaments, straw star weaving, and punched copper candle votives (15+). Stop by the lobby for a map and a schedule of activities, then drop by and get crafting! No registration necessary for free craft activities. Holiday Festival is Nov. 22 from 10am – 5pm at the Appalachian Center for Craft. Visit our website for more Holiday Festival information.

In this festive workshop, you’ll learn a new take on the traditional Japanese art of Shibori—a resist-dyeing technique that creates beautiful patterns in fabric. Using indigo dye and fiber reactive dyes, each participant will design and dye two colorful and unique scarves, perfect for gifting or keeping as wearable art. This Saturday, November 22 at Holiday Festival. Click here for more information or to register!

I Was Human Once:  Sarah Key Senior Thesis Exhibition

Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dual Focus

Sarah Key is a designer and painter that depicts the uncomfortable reality that many people–including herself–live every day. I was human once, her thesis exhibition, immerses the viewer into the mind of a man with debilitating mental illness.  Exhibition Nov. 20 – Dec. 9, 2025 in the Bryan Fine Arts Lobby

Contact the School of Art, Craft & Design for more information:  931-372-3738.

Don’t miss out on workshops during the Appalachian Center for Craft’s annual Holiday Festival on November 22! Workshops include French Rolling Pins, Clay Serving Trays, Woodturned Pens and Glass Ornaments. Workshops happen intermittently between 10am and 5pm and tuition ranges from $55 – $70 per workshop. Spots fill fast so make sure to sign up early!  Mark your calendars and stop to make your holiday gifts this year! Click here for more event information.

On Sunday, November 16, 3pm, the Bryan Symphony Orchestra continues their concert season performing the New World Symphony by Dvorak and featuring School of Music alum, Jeffery Whaley. Whaley, principal horn player of the Knoxville Symphony, will perform alongside TTU School of Music horn instructor, Dr. Justin Stanley, and students Walker Andrews and Jenna Saucier in Robert Schumann’s Concertpiece for 4 horns and orchestras. For ticket information visit the BSO website at: bryansymphony.org

Please join us at the Joan Derryberry Art Gallery, located in Roaden University Center, on October 30th at 4:30pm for the Gallery Talk and reception featuring oil painter, Tatsuki Hakoyama.