April 29, 2024
BPG Main Meeting
Tuesday, May 7, 2024
Meeting Location: Otter Creek Church
409 Franklin Road, Brentwood TN
POTM Submission: 6:00-6:30
Meeting: 6:30-8:00
• Speaker: Bill Steber
• Topic: Deep Roots: Evocations of the Mississippi Blues
Bill Steber has documented blues culture in Mississippi for the last 30+ years, chronicling the state’s blues musicians, juke joints, churches, river baptisms, hoodoo practitioners, traditional farming methods, folk traditions and other significant traditions that gave birth to or influenced the blues. The work is gathered in his exhibit “Stones in my Pathway” as well as in the pages of Living Blues magazine and other publications.
Steber, a native of Centerville, TN, was a staff photojournalist for the Tennessean in Nashville from 1989-2004, winning dozens of regional and national awards while shooting everything from national politics to New York runway fashion and the Super Bowl.
Since 2007, he has explored 21st-century American culture through the use of 19th century wet plate photography, including tintypes, ambrotypes and glass negatives.
In addition to his photography, Steber makes music with The Jake Leg Stompers, the Hoodoo Men, The Jericho Road Show and The Stoop Down Rounders.
Steber’s photographic work can be found in the following galleries:
Carl Hammer Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
The Arts Company, Nashville, Tennessee
Box Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
Lunch Bunch
Wednesday, May 8, 2024
Williamson County Public Library,
1314 Columbia Ave, Franklin, TN 37064.
Meeting room A
Time: 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Lunch Bunch is a monthly lunch meeting, led by Dick Dougall, with the focus on members getting to know each other, discuss video tutorials, and constructive critiques. This month we will explore the differences we can render when we pay attention to a low or high ISO settings.
This is a bring your own sandwich affair.
Email dickdougall@gmail.com in advance to let him know you would like to attend.
May Outing
Saturday, May 18, 2024
Brushy Mtn State Pen
9182 Highway 116, Petros, TN 37845
Self-Guided Tours are $22/Person + Tax.
Military & Senior (starts at 65) Self-Guided Tours – $19.80 + Tax.
Meeting time and place: For those who are driving up Saturday morning, prior to the tour, join us for lunch at the Warden’s Table restaurant 11:00 EST; BBQ and Southern cooking with a twist and hospitality at its best (station 16 on the downloadable map).
Brushy Grounds Map 2021 Download
This will be an experience like no other. Tours are self-guided and people will be nearby to answer any questions or share a brief story. You’ll be provided with a map of the prison grounds as well. There are more than 30 stations, each containing the story of what happened in that particular spot. Check out the website for more details!
Please wear good, sturdy footwear. For safety and comfort, walking or running shoes, boots, etc. are preferred.
POTM categories you might find at Brushy Mountain – Strange Signs, Stacks, Handles, Shoes, Inclines, Tools, Framed
Nearby:
• Brushy Mountain Distillery – Brushy Mountain Distillery is home to Frozen Head Vodka, Double Barrel Whiskey, Brimstone, Copperhead, and End of the Line Moonshine, the only spirits distilled (legally) at a prison, as well as Struggle Bus Bloody Mary Mix. End of the Line Moonshine is available in 9 flavors. The distillery is free to visit and not part of the prison tour. A tasting bar is located in the gift shop
• Distillery and Warden’s Table are a short distance down the road from the penitentiary.
Other attractions nearby
• Frozen Head State Park is 2 miles away with hiking and waterfalls. Campsites available.
• Obed Wild & Scenic River 40 minutes from Brushy State Pena. Obed Wild & Scenic River 2024 photo competition deadline is 7/15/2024 so keep that in mind when in the area.
• American Museum of Science and Energy, Oak Ridge (very cool museum)
• Manhattan Project National Historical Park (tour)
• UT Arboretum
• Downtown Knoxville
Lodging:
For anyone wanting to stay over – hotels are available in Oak Ridge (30 min drive), Harriman (35 min drive), Knoxville (approx. 50 min drive), and Crossville (60 min drive + time change). Brushy offers some suggestions: https://tourbrushy.com/where-to-stay. Campsites available in Frozen Head State Park.
Please be on time and don’t forget to complete the BPG Hold Harmless Agreement
Let’s make a weekend of it!
Questions? Contact Lyra Hankins, Outings Coordinator: outings@brentwoodphotographyhroup.org
May Mini Clinic – on location
Saturday, May 25, 2024 (subject to change)
Speaker: Anne Goetze
Topic: Photography & Hand Painting
Location:
The Copper Fox Gallery
4136 Old Hillsboro Road
Franklin, TN 37064
615.569.9191
Time: TBD
Anne Goetze, Tennessee painter, photographer, and filmmaker was surrounded by the beauty of art at a very early age, being born into a family of generational photographers and artists. She cites her influences to be the documentary photography of Dorothea Lange during the Depression Era, and the paintings of the French and American Impressionists from the late nineteenth century.
For Anne, painting offered her a complementary medium of expression, running parallel to and intersecting with her work in photography. As a retouch artist in the music business in Nashville for years, she developed a particular technique where she combines the two mediums.
Goetze believes there is connection with God through nature and all of His creation. With a persistent love and concern for the land, she is involved with many environmental and conservation groups, helping to bring awareness through both the arts and activism.
Anne’s work is found in the permanent collections of The Tennessee State Museum, the Booth Western Art Museum, and Vanderbilt Mental Health Hospital, Children’s Hospital, and Breast Cancer Center, as well as many personal collections.