June is here already and with it some wonderful art events.  I’m almost late getting the blog post up.  Since last month’s flood the arts community in Middle Tennessee is working hard to help flood victims.  There are benefit concerts every week in Nashville,  collection sites for donations all over this area,  churches are forming work crews to help people clean out and repair their homes and in Franklin a FEMA trailer has taken up residence in the parking lot behind City Hall. Local merchants have been visited and asked to pass out FEMA flyers.   The Williamson County Public Library has a listing of places for people to get help if they need it haven’t already found it.  Some events were canceled due to the flood and will be rescheduled later

In Nashville -

June 5, 2010    6:00 – 9:00 pm   First Saturday Art Crawl Galleries in Downtown Nashville  sponsored by the Nashville Downtown Partnership.  A listing of this month’s galleries and shuttle maps can be found on their website  Click on their logo to visit their site.

http://www.nashvilledowntown.com/

Franklin and Williamson County -

June 4, 2010  1:00 – 9:00 pm   Art Fusion 2010   The Factory at Franklin  Fine Art and Fine Craft from over 50 artists, wine, munchies……what’s not to love?  If you want to know more about this fun event before coming you can visit their website by clicking on their logo.

June 5, 2010  10:00 am – 4:00 pm Art Fusion continues   The Factory at Franklin

June 11, 2010  6:00 – 8:00 pm   SouthGate Studio and Fine Art   The Factory at Franklin

Featuring new works by Dawn Whitelaw, Jody Thompson, Pat Thompson, Paula Frizbe, Jim Frazier, Catherine McMurray, Lori Putnam & Jean Gauld-Jaeger, Brenda Siegel, Ed Routon, Cynthia Vowell

June 11, 2010  11:00 am – 1:00 pm Brown Bag Lunch Bunch Williamson County Public Library  This month’s program is a photography workshop by Eric L. Hansen, Adjunct Professor in the Art Department of Belmont University.  For more information visit the website of the Arts Council of Williamson County