Black owned and operated art gallery? In Chattanooga? It’s called Keeody Gallery, named for its owners Jody Harris and Keelah Jackson, and they will be offering free classes and workshops as the recipient of our black creative grant for Black History Month.
So where is it? Keeody Gallery lives at 756 E MLK Blvd., #200, Chatt, TN, 37403 on the second floor. The door to enter is right at the lower right of the mural image above. Get ready for free opportunities for the historic MLK community and Chattanooga to attend free art-related events taught by certified creatives. This offering of free art-related events (in many forms) presented in an artistic environment invites people of all ages and from all walks of life/demographics to celebrate the beauty and history of the rich Big 9/MLK culture (Bessie Smith, Dr. Bill Whiteside, Memo's, etc.).
These events will be catered to different ages in order to accommodate and/or inspire a larger audience of art lovers (no matter the genre of art), and each event would include light refreshments. With this grant, the gallery plans to purchase items to host regular, up to 30 person per session, art-related events. What will they buy with our grant? Tables, chairs, disposable tablecloths, variously sized canvases, easels, various paints, notebooks, sketch pads, art pencils, brushes, drop cloths, art aprons, cleaning supplies and more. Be on the lookout for events coming up to celebrate Jazz Appreciation | Poetry Month in April. $3,000 well spent.