The City Farmhouse Pop-Up Show will take place Friday, Oct. 17 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday, Oct. 18 from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. A private luncheon with ticket holders will be held on the Killen grounds on Saturday, with a performance by Kirsten Copely, who has charmed audiences at Carnegie Hall, performed with big names like Beyoncé and Kayne West.
In addition to the shopping component, event guests are invited to experience the first-ever “Folk & Folly” exhibition inside Killen’s estate. Through “picked” items that represent the vintage and antique theme of the show, a selected group of artists, photographers and designers will transform seven of the magnificent home’s abandoned rooms into Southern Gothic-type installations—a cross somewhere between Alice in Wonderland and Tim Walker’s photography, Leggett says.
Just past the rusting iron gates enveloped with nature’s growth lies a path that leads over a stone bridge to a mansion. It has sat quietly in its place undisturbed since its caretaker left it in 2002. Just years before that, it had welcomed some of country music’s most famous people, Dolly Parton, Porter Wagoner, and George Jones just to name a few. Past it doors was the sound of music with a padded music room that held the baby grand, and at its helm sat one of country music’s most famous publishers, Buddy Killen.
Artist and photographer, Erin Anderson, and antiques dealer and collector, Anna Anderson, will be transforming the upstairs gallery room into a scene loosely based on Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Raven.”
The “Nevermore Studio” exhibition will trace a man’s slow fall into madness after an anthropomorphic craven’s mysterious visit, and convey an artist studio which has been deeply affected by the loss of a lover—showing the struggle between sanity and insanity, darkness and light, truth and fantasy.
“Local creatives are drawing on Southern characteristics (elbow grease, resourcefulness, storytelling and play) to craft a unique showcase within this timeworn mansion,” Kim said. “Show guests will be able to lose themselves within the rooms… hopefully sparking inspiration, generating curiosity and exploring connection.”
Tickets for early buying—9 a.m. to 12 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 17—are $25 per person. Regular show admission is $10 per day, or $15 for a weekend pass. Admission includes entrance to the show as well the musical performances and demonstrations. Tickets may be purchased at the gate, or in advance by calling 615-268-0216.
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