Middle Tennessee Arts

About The MAC

The building at 909 Hillsboro Blvd., Manchester, Tennessee was completely destroyed by fire on Sunday evening, December 3, 2006. The building can and will be replaced.The MAC will in the future have a new and better building.

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Donations

Anyone wishing to make donations in memory of anyone or in honor of anyone may do so by sending the information and a check to MMAC, P.O. Box 773, Manchester, TN 37349. Your gift will be acknowledged to the family, and you will receive a thank you card from the Arts Commission.

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Campaign Partners

Our very first and special partner in a capital campaign is fischer, inc. We are very grateful to Wolfgang Roeder and fischer, inc. for committing to $3,000 for the year.

We would welcome anyone else who would like to join us.

The finance committee will begin actively seeking levels of contribution from industries, business, and professionals as soon as our location is determined.

In addition to paying us for the steel that was cut and removed by CFC Recycling, they have also made a $500 donation to our rebuilding capital campaign.

We have also received $2,000 from Buster and Glenda Bush and Ms. Lisa Miller and Dr. Ben and Ann Spaulding for our capital campaign.

An anonymous donor made a $500 contribution.

Please know that we will be very grateful for whatever contribution you can and want to make. Everyone is special to us.

Our capital campaign information has been updated on givingmatters.com. Who knows, someone who believes in us might make a large donation—but large or small, everything is deeply appreciated.

Manchester Arts Center

In Memory of Jean P. Freeman

Jean FreemanOur long-time friend, fellow artist and arts commission board member, Jean Freeman has passed on. She died at the age of 86 years, on September 19th at the United Regional Nursing Home here in Manchester. Visitation at the Manchester Funeral Home, and later graveside services were held Friday, September 21st at the Farrar Hill Cemetery with Brother Horace L. Jacobs and fellow board member Glenna Poff officiating.

Mrs. Freeman was born in Knoxville, Tennessee, the daughter of the late Philip R. Preston and Doris Miller Preston. After retiring from nursing, she actively pursued art studies in painting and clay sculpture, eventually working with Lewis Snyder, well-known clay sculpture artist and teacher. She was very dedicated to high artistic
standards--so much so that she was known for digging her own clay on occasion, rather than purchase commercially prepared clay.

She served for many years on the Manchester Arts Commission and volunteered enthusiastically at the Manchester Arts Center, rarely missing any community theater performance. Audience members and volunteers will remember Jean’s brownies, which she baked and donated without fail for concession sales during intermissions. She encouraged other artists and taught pottery classes at her home.

She especially loved the Senior Citizens Center and had many friends there. It was here that her good friend, Gordon Siniard taught her to play pool. She became so good she eventually won several tournaments and occasionally beat her teacher. She owned and rode a motorcycle. She was direct and plain-spoken. You always knew where you stood with Jean.

Most of all Jean Freeman is worth remembering as a hard-working artist and community volunteer who dedicated herself to high standards of workmanship and aesthetic quality. She lived life to its fullest, modeling for us all the importance of a generous spirit, an earnest heart, and a passionate embrace of life.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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