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Smart Furniture’s smART Show is Oct. 22 from 6 to 8 p.m. at 313 Manufacturers Road, Suite 107. Neighboring Two North Shore business Bill Shores Frames & Gallery will host a show at the same time. For more information call 643-0025 or visit the Smart Furniture Web site.
Just in time for its one-year anniversary as a Two North Shore business, Smart Furniture is hosting its monthly party to celebrate the creative community of Chattanooga.
The third installation of the event, smART Show, is Oct. 22 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the store and will highlight the work of featured artist Linda Kerlin.
“We would like for it to become a trend with a few other businesses on the North Shore,” said assistant studio manager Joy Devlin of the art shows that Smart Furniture and Bill Shores Frames & Gallery have lately been co-hosting on the fourth Thursday of every month.
“We like to do events together, and it’s a great community over here,” added studio manager Dustin Mason.
Hors d’oeuvres and wine will be served at the in-store event, where the public is free to browse Smart Furniture’s stylishly minimalist inventory alongside the art of local painters Sandra Paynter Washburn and Brent Sanders and sculptor Denice Bizot.
According to Mason, the smART show is simply an extension of Smart Furniture’s sales practice.
“Local art was the concept to help clients visualize their space and our vignettes,” said Mason.
In order to effectively show off the Smart Furniture stock, Devlin and Mason said they display work that is modern and clean. In stark contrast, Bill Shores owner Kathy Reed takes on the earthier pieces such as landscapes and nature
“I work with a number of artists who have a wide range of styles and I can’t use all of them here,” said Reed, who launched the fourth Thursdays events at Bill Shores last year and directs many of her artists to Smart Furniture. “The artists I have, most of them can do it all so it’s just share the wealth. It’s worked well for us.”
Devlin and Mason believe the setup has already benefited them, as well, as they build on their reputation as a visually alluring local business.
“We would absolutely love to be known as a destination for local art and good design,” said Devlin.
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