The Clarksville Arts & Heritage Council helps arts and heritage groups succeed, thereby making Clarksville a better place to live, work, and play.
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Our role is to create a web of support for such groups, thereby strengthening their capacity to entertain, inform, and bring arts and heritage to life in the community.
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As all great civilizations throughout time possessed a history of culture, we feel strongly that vibrant culture in any community is a contributing factor in economic development and the overall quality of life.
Leadership
Board of Directors​
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Kay Drew, Chair
Arthur Nicholson, Vice Chair
Brenda Harper, Treasurer
Pam Hoon, Secretary
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Dr. Ellen Kanervo | Executive Director
Dr. Ellen Kanervo has led the Clarksville Arts & Heritage Development Council as executive director since 2010. As an Austin Peay State University professor emerita of mass communication, Kanervo has a distinguished record of teaching, research and service as a faculty member, representing Austin Peay State University in Leadership Clarksville, and serving on the planning committee for Tennessee Women in Higher Education annual convention, 1996-97. Kanervo also has an outstanding record of service to the community and was named a Volunteer of the Year in 2010 by Mayor Johnny Piper. She has served on many Clarksville nonprofit boards, including the Roxy Regional Theatre and the Urban Ministries. Since her retirement from APSU in 2007, she has edited or co-edited five books dealing with Clarksville’s history, including The Diary of Nannie Haskins Williams: A Southern Woman’s Story of Rebellion and Reconstruction, 1863-1890 and The Diary of Serepta Jordan: A Southern Woman’s Struggle with War and Family, 1857-1864.
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Lee Ellen Beach
Eric Berg
Anna Filippo
Yvonne Kendall
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David E. Smith
Ashley Snapp
Minoa Uffelman
Anne Wall
Terry Waggoner
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