BLF and Customs House Museum Win Awards
5/21/2008 - A collaborative effort by BLF Marketing and the Customs House Museum and Cultural Center to produce a publication entitled Olen Bryant: A Retrospective has garnered
This postage stamp was produced by BLF Marketing to commemorate a major exhibit entitled Olen Bryant: A Retrospective which featured a large volume of works by Tennessee-born sculptor Olen Bryant.
Customs House received The Award of Excellence which is the highest honor bestowed by the Tennessee Association of Museums (TAM) at the organization's annual meeting. The category for the honor was Publications Produced by Medium-Sized Museums.
BLF Marketing received a 2008 Silver Addy Award for the same publication from the Nashville Advertising Federation, a division of the National Advertising Federation. The competition category was Advertising for the Arts and Sciences.
Olen Bryant: A Retrospective was a major exhibit last fall at the Customs House, and featured a wide array of the artist's works from the 1950s to the present. Bryant is a Tennessee native and professor emeritus of art at Austin Peay State University. He also received the prestigious Distinguished Artist Award as part of the 2007 Governor's Awards in the Arts.
A publication titled Olen Bryant: A Retrospective recently won awards for both BLF Marketing and the Customs House Museum and Cultural Center.
Frank Lott and Ron Watson of BLF Marketing co-designed the award-winning catalog utilizing photography by Clarksville's Monica Safko of Third Eye Photography. Jacqueline and Ned Crouch edited the publication, which includes essays by guest curators and art professionals. Copies of the catalog can be purchased at Seasons the Museum Store for $20.
Customs House Museum is an anchor of Clarksville's historic downtown district, and is in its 25th year of operation. It is the second largest general museum in Tennessee and continues to be recognized for its outstanding collections and traveling exhibits.
Jeff Bibb and Frank Lott established BLF Marketing in 1978 and opened a Nashville office in 2003 under the leadership of partner David Hoke. BLF specializes in marketing services in the industries of banking, business-to-business, home building, healthcare, economic development and tourism.