Monday, February 26, 2018

[293] MTSU interior design students to put their ‘purple passion’ on display at Oaklands Feb. 20


MURFREESBORO — If you have a passion for anything purple, some MTSU students will be happy to help you.

The student chapter of the American Society of Interior Designers/International Interior Design Association will present “Purple Passion” Tuesday, Feb. 20, at Oaklands Mansion, 901 N. Maney Ave. in Murfreesboro.

Tickets are $20 each or $5 for students. Tickets can be pre-purchased in the museum gift shop or by calling Oaklands at 615-893-0022. Seating is limited and reservations are requested. A reception with light refreshments will be held from 5 to 6 p.m. The speaker, Nicole Ruffing, will begin her address at 6 p.m.

Ruffing, the Atlanta-area designer account executive for Sherwin-Williams, will speak about the history and use of the color purple in interiors. Her job is to develop relationships with residential architects and designers by providing product and color specification support.

Following Ruffing’s address, attendees are invited to tour the “Wedding Dresses through the Decades” exhibit in the mansion. The annual display of bridal gowns blends women’s history, fashion history, cultural history and community history into a timeless chronicle of beauty and style.

The exhibit is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Saturday and from 1 to 4 p.m. on Sundays through March 4. It is sponsored in part by the MTSU Department of Human Sciences.

For more information, contact Deborah Belcher, chair of the department, at 615-898-2302 or deborah.belcher@mtsu.edu, or Mary Beth Nevills at Oaklands at 615-893-0022 or mb@oaklandsmuseum.org.


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