Willow Oak Arts

Background Hi – I’m a Scrapbook Instructor at Willow Oak Center for Arts & Learning! I believe that Life is Beautiful and photos with family and friends are worth sharing, remembering, and celebrating. I have over 25 years experience teaching scrapbooking! Also, I have a Bachelor’s Degree in Education and have 13 years experience teaching […]

Background Amy Duncan is a visual artist and arts educator. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree of Fine Arts from Austin Peay State University with a concentration in drawing. Her Master’s Degree is in Teaching. Her students can expect a teaching philosophy full of generosity, empathy, and rock-solid fundamentals. She believes that art has the power […]

This story is a work of fiction created by students in Jeanne Hardt’s “I want to write a story” writing class for ages 8-12 in February 2024!

Background Karen is thrilled to have found Willow Oak Center for Arts and Learning and is grateful to be a part of this stellar team as she adds a new theater program to the offerings! She has enjoyed the arts for as long as she can remember. Her early memories include pretending, drawing, and sewing with her […]

Background Meagan is a wife, mom, and self-taught fiber artist based in Springfield, Tennessee. If you don’t find her busy with macrame or her kids, you can find her browsing a bookstore or Hobby Lobby, walking with family or friends, or sitting in the Dunkin’ drive thru. She loves to teach classes, connect with people, […]

Background James is a Middle Tennessee native who has a lifelong love of working with leather craft.  His interest in leather craft began with a chance opportunity to make small items while at Boy Scout camp 45 years ago and has grown into passion to design and create functional and enjoyable items.  While James’s craft […]

Background Steve Daly has been a professional in the music business for 13 years. He has recorded with New Orleans Blues royalty Irma Thomas and Little Freddie King, alongside country legend Willie Nelson, and some of the best modern storytellers Ian Noe and Luke Bell. Touring has taken him to 49 of 50 states as […]

Background Jon Gower is a composer, performer, producer and Robertson Co. Native. Trained as a pianist and vocalist from an early age, he studied music composition at MTSU and now serves as organist at First United Methodist Church in Springfield. By night he is the music director and bandleader for the Rainbow Room Revie, a […]

Background I am a retired educator and third act of life artist. When I am not working on my art, you will likely catch me connecting with family or friends, treasure hunting with my camera, reading and writing, or caring for the little patch of Tennessee which we call home. My artist journey began in […]

Acrylic Painting – Color Theory, Value & Techniques: Beautiful Magnolia As February settles in, what better way to spend your time than by joining us for Krista’s Kaczmarczyk’s syllabus-led, Acrylic Painting classes. This class will teach you about color value and theory, blending, depth and shading. Thursdays, Feb. 15, 22, 29 & Mar. 7, 14, […]

Background For as long as she can remember, Jeanne Hardt has been drawn to the creative arts. She was born in the small town of Kellogg, Idaho, and lived in the Pacific Northwest for the first half of her life. At the age of seventeen, she obtained a full-time singing job at a pizza parlor […]

Founder/Artistic & Development Director Muzetta Swann Miller received a Master of Music Degree in Voice Performance from Belmont University, December 2006. She earned a Bachelor of Music Degree in Voice Performance, with a minor in piano from Westminster Choir College, Princeton, NJ, in 1982. As a recitalist, she has in New York, New Jersey, Kentucky […]

Background Jeana Turner is an Oil Painting Instructor at the Willow Oak Center of Arts andLearning. She has a Masters of Education (M.Ed) in Curriculum and Instruction and aB.A. in Fine Arts with emphasis in Studio Art where she specialized in painting. She hasover six years of teaching experience. She taught in Sumner County, a […]

Background A career that began in 1978, in the genres of Fashion, and Music, has evolved greatly. After three years working within these two genres, I left to join the coveted worlds of Photojournalism, and Documentary, which remains my primary focus today.   Along this journey I also ventured into other genres, from time to time, […]

Background Dani is a Nashville-ish native, watercolor artist, and paint-maker. She likes people and their stories. Everyone has a story, and Danielle loves to listen to and learn from others. And it’s even better if it can be over a coffee as she’s always caffeinated. As a proud aunt, sister, daughter, and partner, Dani would […]

Background Tracy is a pattern & fabric designer and author. She lives in a quiet suburb of Nashville and enjoys designing, teaching, and speaking about embroidery, and quilting. Tracy learned basic embroidery stitches early in life and has been stitching them for over 30-years now. Plumcute Designs is the natural merging of these two passions. […]

Background Amy Frederick earned a Bachelor of Music from the University of Alabama and a Master of Music from Belmont University in Piano Performance. Her unique background of classical piano combined with many years of playing keyboards and organ for rhythm and blues, country, pop and rock bands, allows her to help students enjoy playing […]

Background Linda Thomas was introduced to sewing at the age of 8, when her mother sent her to the Singer Sewing Center in Jackson, Michigan. She began sewing her own doll clothes, then her own clothes.  When she had sons, she sewed their rompers with snap button crotches. Linda has always enjoyed decorating her home […]

Background Alicia Williams has a B.S. Degree in Agriculture: Plant and Soil Science from Univ. Tenn. at Martin (UTM) and a Master’s Degree in Agriculture: Plant Science from Tennessee State University (TSU) with an emphasis in GIS.  She is a Certified Floodplain Manager (CFM) and a Geographic Information Specialist (GISP). Alicia has worked as a […]

2nd Wednesday of Each Month: February 8th, March 8th, April 12th, May 10th 11am- 2pm • Ages 16+ • $51 (Each Class)   Instructor: Artist, Jill Mayo

Basic Photography: Photography is about capturing not just an image, but the emotion of that image as well.  To do that, you must first understand how to use all of the controls that your camera offers.  In this course, I will demystify these controls, as well as teach you the basics of composition and lighting.   […]