FEBRUARY 2023      STORIES OF OUR COMMUNITY
One of the most well-attended exhibits since the gallery opened, "Stories Of Our Community" was also a wonderful teaching tool that featured African-American artists ranging in age from elementary school students to grandparents and great-grandparents. The exhibit ran for the month of February for Black History Month.

OCTOBER 2022       OUTER INNER SPACE
Gallery owner Lewis Matheney curated this exhibit of lively pop art with sci fi influences and occasional amusing social commentary. This exhibit was so well-received that Matheney held it over for two extra weeks, and Tincher painted on site during that time, evoking a plein air atmosphere with the gallery door open to outside most every day.    Visit Ed Tincher on Facebook & Instagram

JULY 2022       HERE IS HOME
"Here Is Home: The Upper Cumberland In Photos" was Et Cetera's first solo show of photography when the gallery was still Upstairs At Harper's, literally up the stairs from its present location. Photographer Andrea Kruszka's work is collected online and in person throughout the Southeast region. Kruszka curated a show of her work that was evocative, meditative, and inspiring.
Visit www.andreakruszkaphoto.com

JUNE 2022      CHANTEUSES

Gallery owner Lewis Matheney fell in love with Emily Newman's iconic paintings of women when he saw them on Facebook, and decided to curate a an exhibit he entitled "Chanteuses." Matheney also hosted an evening of jazz and standards at his nearby live music venue, a standing-room-only performance with chanteuse and vocalist Regina Pullin, to complement the show's closing night reception.
Visit www.emilynewmanfineart.com

DECEMBER 2021      The ART OF KEVIN
Comic book artist Keven Steward was featured in the gallery's largest show to date, with his comic book art suspended by art clips on push pins in 8 ft long 1/2" x 2" wooden pieces to let viewers feel what it's like for a comic book artist to lay out a story in storyboard style. This expansive exhibit occupied one wall 70 feet in length and one wall 50 feet in length, 3 rows high each, for a total of 360 feet of comic book art.  This was a valuable teaching tool and inspirational for young artists of all type.     Visit www.artofkevin.net

EARLY DECEMBER 2021   BOB ROSS PAINTING PARTY
Benefit for our local PBS provider, WCTE-TV,  in which our gallery provided space for an instructor authorized in the "Bob Ross style" of painting to lead a class via a live feed, guiding them step by step to create an oil painting in the style of Bob Ross, painting guru whose popular television program "The Joy of Painting" ran from 1983 - 1994 on PBS.   Visit www.wcte.org

NOVEMBER 2021       GARY LEE
When Et Cetera At 39 West was still Harper's Upstairs Gallery, gallery owner Lewis Matheney curated and presented the first-ever exhibit of work by world-renowned interior designer Gary Lee. Placing Lee's work in the gallery put not just the gallery, but gallery owner Matheney's hometown of Cookeville, TN on the art world map. This was the public's long-awaited first opportunity to become private buyers of Lee's work.   Visit www.garyleestudios.com 

OCTOBER 2021      MAKE EYE CONTACT
Norma Martin's vibrant colors and bold style convey humor and a tender reverence for animals and all living things. Her style is folksy and places her in the company of acclaimed outsider artists like Howard Finster, and, in equal strokes, is evocative in a way that parallels great illustrators like Maira Kalman. Every image looks directly at the viewer and urges them to do the same: Make Eye Contact.

AUGUST 2021       THE ROAD TRAVELED BY FEW
As some Covid restrictions began to lift, Lewis Matheney would open his gallery to the public for the first time, then named Harper's Upstairs Gallery. Local entrepreneur Jason McCormick's  work as an artist had been something he had done "on the side," but Matheney wanted to bring it off the sidelines and into the public eye. Assembling art for what could have been two shows, McCormick's portraits originally juxtaposed with his comic/cartoon art, but during the  exhibit assembly phase, it led to one show that flowed uniquely and seamlessly from one style into another within the one cozy space.