The Brown County Art Gallery is Nashville’s “original” gallery. It was founded by a group of early impressionist painters who were members of one of the most famous regional art colonies in the country. The gallery now belongs to a non-profit foundation with a mission of preserving Indiana’s rich art history and fostering the legacy of those early artists.

Power Blackout Fails to Deter Visitors to T.C. Steele Exhibit Over Five hundred people visited the T. C. Steele Exhibit at the historic Brown County Art Gallery in Nashville this past weekend, despite a major multi-county power failure that turned out the gallery lights and air conditioning for three hours on Sunday afternoon. Patrons continued buying tickets and looked at the rare collection of paintings with flashlights. Many determined visitors stayed the full three hours, listening to a local dulcimer group while waiting for the lights to come back on. Gallery volunteers rigged up some lights using a car battery and a generator and once power was restored, they kept the gallery open an extra hour and a half to accommodate the visitors, some of whom had driven all the way from Missouri to see the nationally publicized exhibit. The forty six T.C. Steele paintings made up the Brown County Art Gallery Foundation’s annual Collector’s Showcase exhibit. Entitled “Once in One Hundred Years, an exhibit of T.C. Steele”, the paintings were borrowed from private collections for the limited showing with proceeds going to the non-profit gallery foundation. Events included special visiting hours for art students, a presentation for the I.U. Jacob’s School of Music Dean’s Advisory Board, a Saturday night reservation-only reception and a Sunday showing for the public. Famed Hoosier artist T.C. Steele came to Brown County in1907 triggering the formation of an art colony in Nashville. Brown County has been celebrating the One Hundred Year Anniversary all year.

Paintings from the historic Collector's Showcase include the "Lady in the Garden" from the collection of Dr. and Mrs. Robert Sexton and "The House of the SInging Winds, Winter" from the collection of Dr. and Mrs. John Rapp Catalogues and notecards from the exhibit are still on sale at the gallery featuring the third pic of Daisy from the collection of the Brown County Art Gallerty Foundation

Special Programs Holding a convention in Brown County? Contact the gallery staff for information on our special historic programs available for groups. Visitors can spend a delightful afternoon or evening in the gallery with a personal tour and historic presentation. A full catering kitchen is available Contact Us Brown County Art Gallery PO Box 443 Nashville, In 47448 brncagal@att.net For more information call Brown County Art Gallery at 812-988-4609.

The Historic Brown County Indiana Art Gallery Downtown Nashville, Indiana

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