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This is your guide to exhibitions, workshops, and community partners connected to the Todd Art Gallery and MTSU Art and Design.
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🏛 Today at Todd Art Gallery (TAG)
Experience… Exhibitions • Workshops • Opportunities • Student Galleries • Events
Explore what’s on view across the Todd Art Gallery and student exhibition spaces.
Register Saturdays at Todd, visiting artist programs, and community workshops.
Find exhibition calls, student gallery reservations, and ways to get involved.
Saturdays At Todd Workshop and Event Partners
🎨UPCOMING WORKSHOPS
Weaving with Reclaimed Materials – Mar. 21, 2026
🤝Catie Beth Thomas – Artist and Workshop Guide
MTSU Art and Design alum leading the weaving workshop experience. Questions about the weaving workshop, contact ToddArtGallery@mtsu.edu.
Register Here: Weaving with Reclaimed Materials
True Blue Chemistry – Mar. 21, 2026
Experience True Blue Chemistry: From Lab to Canvas and discover why BLUE is the world’s most captivating color.
Excellence in chemistry education, research, and student engagement at MTSU.
🎨Sarah Pierce, PhD – MTSU Department of Chemistry
Contact for questions about the True Blue Chemistry workshop.
Supporting chemistry outreach and community learning, including the True Blue Chemistry workshop.
🎨Laura Cochrane, PhD – MTSU Department of Art and Design
Contact for questions about the True Blue Chemistry workshop.
🎨RECENT WORKSHOPS
Five-Color Fabric Weaving – Feb. 14, 2026
🧵Rebecca Anthony – Quilting Bees of Murfreesboro – led the Five-Color Weaving Experience
A quilting guild celebrating fabric and fiber as a fine craft through design, tradition, and community.
Disconnect to Reconnect – Feb. 21, 2026
Through Parent University, MCS supports family learning and community programs like Disconnect to Reconnect.
🤝Jennifer Lowe – Murfreesboro City Schools
Coordinated the Disconnect to Reconnect Parent University workshop (Sat., Feb. 21) and the Boro Art Crawl pop-up exhibition (Fri., Mar. 6).
Hands-on science, nature, and discovery experiences for children and families in Murfreesboro.
🤝Emmie Enochs – Educational Coordinator, Discovery Center at Murfree Spring
Coordinated animal guests for the Saturdays At Todd drawing workshops.
Hosting community exhibitions celebrating local history, creativity, and the Boro Art Crawl.
📍Krystal Marin – Heritage Center of Murfreesboro and Rutherford County
Liaison for the Disconnect to Reconnect pop-up exhibition during the Boro Art Crawl (Fri., Mar. 6).
Supporting downtown arts and community exhibitions during the Boro Art Crawl
📍Sarah Callender – Director, Main Street Murfreesboro
Coordination of the space for the Disconnect to Reconnect pop-up exhibition during the Boro Art Crawl – Fri., Mar. 6.
🏛 Organizing the Boro Art Crawl, Art Studio Tour, and celebrating fine craft and visual arts.
Disconnect to Reconnect Exhibit sponsor for the Todd Art Gallery, and MTSU Art and Design
during the Boro Art Crawl – Friday, Mar. 6.
🧵Partner Visual Art Events
2026 Quilts in the Boro
🧵A judged quilt showcase with vendors, demonstrations, and Quilts of Valor presentations. Hosted by the Quilting Bees Guild of Murfreesboro.
Event Dates: Fri. 9 a.m.–5 p.m | Sat. 9 a.m.–4 p.m. March 20–21, 2026
Event Location: Lane Agri-Park (315 John R. Rice Blvd.).
Event info: All Events: Murfreesboro
🏛 Fine Craft, Visual Art, and Design Partners
Advancing fine craft through exhibitions, education, and support for Tennessee’s craft artists.
Supporting visual arts educators across Tennessee through advocacy, professional development, and collaboration.
A statewide summer residency program for talented Tennessee high school artists.
A nationally recognized summer institute supporting arts educators through professional development and exhibitions.
🏛 Continue Exploring TAG
🏛 Explore additional TAG Gallery Spaces
Discover additional exhibition spaces connected to the MTSU Department of Art and Design.
📍Murfree Art Gallery is a TAG Showcase gallery located off-campus at the Rutherford County Property Assessor’s Office, Downtown Murfreesboro
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Physical Address
542 Old Main Circle
Murfreesboro, TN 37132
Phone
Department: 615-898-2455
Gallery: 615-898-5532
Department: Jennifer.Tweedie@mtsu.edu
Jimmy.Mumford@mtsu.edu, Chair
Gallery: ToddArtGallery@mtsu.edu

