A reception on Friday, Oct. 4, will open In-Town Gallery's featured October exhibit "Art You Wear: The Jewelers of In-Town Gallery." The reception will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. at the gallery, 26-A Frazier Ave., honoring In-Town member jewelers Eleanor Goodson, Barbara Murnan and Carol Ott.
The new exhibit's opening coincides with Tennessee Craft Week, Oct. 4-13. In addition to work by the three jewelers, all of In-Town's 3D artists who specialize in pottery, fabrics, woodworking, stained glass and fused glass, will have work on display.
Eleanor Goodson creates custom-designed jewelry with precious metals and semiprecious stones. Her timeless designs suggest the ancient world and the dramatic forms of contemporary design. She creates chains of 22-karat gold, pure silver or electrum, using 2,500-year-old methods used by the Etruscan civilization.
Other Opening Receptions
* Thursday, Oct. 3: Ringgold Art & Frame, 7825 Nashville St., Ringgold, Ga., 5-7 p.m., Civic Arts League of Chattanooga opens “Wonders of October.”* Friday, Oct. 4: Blackwell Automotive, 71 Eastgate Loop, Eastgate Town Center, 6-8:30 p.m., Photographic Society of Chattanooga opens fall/holiday show.
"I have always loved unusual, striking jewelry as wearable art. Jewelry should be an expression of one's inner being," says metalsmith Barbara Murnan. The elements of copper, sterling silver, semiprecious and polished stones combine with the fire from her torch to emerge as stunning pieces of art.
Carol Ott, whose specialty is beaded designs, works in a free-form style much of the time.
"I don't enjoy making the same thing twice, so abstract beading appeals to me," says Ott. "Deciding where to take the work next, or where to let it take me, is both fun and challenging."
Their work will remain on view through October. Gallery hours are 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday-Saturday, 1-5 p.m. Sunday.
For more information: 423-267-9214.