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January 2008
Welcome from the President
Welcome to Willow Oak Center for Arts & Learning at Robertson
County! It is with great joy that we announce our offering of 18 classes for Winter 2008. You are invited to our Open
House on Sunday, January 27 at 2:00 pm at First Presbyterian Church. You’ll be able to meet our teachers, and
board members, and register for classes.
Our enrichment center opened in July 2007 and offered four
classes Fall 2007. Our board of directors are Shelby Andal, Larry Dean, Terri DeYong, Margot Fosnes, Amy Frederick,
Patti Gregory, Renee Harrington, and Rachel Slusser. We are grateful to be able to use First Presbyterian and Central
Christian Churches for our classes and events. We are applying for 501(c)3 tax-exempt status which will enable us to
write grants and raise tax-deductible funding from corporations and individuals.
Our Kids Create series offers an event for children one Saturday
each month. Upcoming themes include art, creativity, etiquette, and pet care. You may look forward to hearing
about our new lecture series to begin this year in addition to a tutoring and reading program.
We hope you’ll find something for you and your family
in our classes and events.
I hope to see you at our Open House January 27. We’re
excited to be offering this enrichment center to the community. With your support, the possibilities of our programming
are endless!
Best wishes in your exploration and growth!
Muzetta Swann, President/Founder/Acting Director
June 2007
In the summer of 2007 a wonderful new venture has been quietly
taking root on a shady street in Indian Hills. Muzetta Swann, well known to many Robertson County residents for her
voice and piano classes and as a gifted organist at local churches, has been busily dreaming about a center for arts education
and development in her own backyard. This fall, Willow Oak Center for Arts & Learning at Robertson County has begun
offering classes in a variety of disciplines and Muzetta’s dream will finally become a reality.
Willow Oak is now chartered as a non-profit corporation in
the state of Tennessee and a seven-member board has been formed to help grow Muzetta’s vision. Shelby Green Andal,
Larry Dean, Amy Frederick, Patti Gregory, Renee Harrington, Rachel Slusser, Terri DeYong and Margot Fosnes have joined
in the commitment of founding this center. Seed money for the venture has been received from The Stokes and Sarah Brown Charitable
Foundation. With a goal of “offering quality instruction and opportunities for self-growth and discovery in the performing,
visual, folk, and expressive arts”, the Center will begin its inaugural semester with four class offerings covering
art, sewing, music and foreign languages. Classes typically meet once per week and last between six and sixteen
weeks.
Muzetta Swann’s dream is for Willow Oak Center for
Arts and Learning to become a regional, self-supporting resource for Robertson County which will “provide opportunities
for cultural development for men, women and children from all walks of life who are lifetime learners open to growth and exploration”.
She envisions a permanent facility in a vibrant natural setting which will become a home for nurture of the arts community
in our area. With the help of art lovers in Robertson County, this seedling should grow soon into a mighty tree.
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