Events

Museum Events are Free & Open to the Public

• SPARK! @ the Reece

  SPARK! Cultural Programming for People with Memory Loss
  1st Tuesday of Every Month

• Mountain Made: Appalachian Folk Festival - April 7 

  

  Mountain Made brings folk festival back to ETSU 

  What's old is new again at East Tennessee State University. 

  Decades after campus folk festivals filled ETSU's grounds with regional music and Appalachian storytelling in the 1960s and '70s, students are bringing that tradition back to life.  

  About the event 

  • Date: Tuesday, April 7
  • Time: Noon-9 pm 
  • Location: ETSU University Commons and Reece Museum
  • Cost: Free and open to the public 
  • Activities: Live musical performances, square dancing, storytelling showcases, and demonstrations of visual art creation or crafting by local artisans.

  Activities at the Reece Museum

  • 12:15-1:00 pm - “Barber Tales,” A Cultural Program presented by Craig Charles
  • 1:15 - 2:00 pm - Spoken word performance by Caysen Skies, a Reece Museum’s Hip Hop Celebration performer
  • 2:15 - 4:00 pm - Perfomance Open House, Various performances by spoken word artists
  • 4:30-6:00 pm - Storytelling workshop with Adam Booth
• String Band Summit - April 9 & 10

  String Band Summit Activities at the Reece Museum

  • Thursday, April 9, 4-5:30 pm - “Bluegrass and Religion” lecture by Pete Ward. Co-sponsored by ETSU Religious Studies
  • Friday, April 10, 9 am-4:30 pm - Sting Band Summit conference sessions.
  • Friday, April 10, 4:45-5:45 pm - “Unspoken Tradition” lecture by Sav Sankaran

  For more information about the String Band Summit please visit here.

• Maria Muldaur Performance - April 10 

  Stay tuned for more upcoming information on this event taking place Friday, April 10. 

• SABR Symposium - April 27

  

  The Student Advisory Board-Reece is hosting the SABR Symposium to showcase the experiences of ETSU students in the broad field of museum work. While SABR members will be presenting, the club is offering to platform others who would like to present on topics related to or in conversation with the world of Museums. Cultural experiences, academic research, material culture workshops, artistic expression and research, etc. are all applicable presentation topics.

  Time: 9:00am-4:30pm

  Location: Reece Museum, B. Carroll Reece Classroom

  Open to: All ETSU Students

  Presentation Timeframe: 30 minutes (15-20 minute presentation, 15 -10 minute Q&A)

  Submission Guidelines:

  Please fill out this Microsoft form to be considered as a presenter. SABR officers and their advisor will make the final determination of the session schedule.

  The deadline for submission is 11:59 p.m. on Friday, April 10, 2026.

  Notifications of accepted presentations will be sent via email on Monday, April 13.

• Spring BFA Reception - April 30

  Stay tuned for more upcoming information on this event taking place Thursday, April 30 from 5 to 7 pm. 

• Mosaic Mountain: Materials of Collaboration - Teen Renaissance Art & Museum Camp (June 1 - 5)

  Mosaic Mountain: Materials of Collaboration
  Teen Renaissance Art & Museum Camp

  
  A one-week Art & Museum Teen Camp for 7th graders and up, Mosaic Mountain: Materials of Collaboration, will be in session June 1 to 5. Campers will create multiple artworks to be exhibited in one of the Reece Museum’s three galleries. Collaborating with local artist Amanda Renfrow and museum staff, campers will work together to create individual works of art through collaborative group projects exploring different media. Projects will include wheat paste collage, contact paper window collage and a large-scale wind-chime mobile. The exhibition will open to the public at the end of the camp and remain on display through September 4. Students will be able to take their work home at the end of the exhibition. Beyond creating an exhibition, campers will also enjoy daily indoor and outdoor activities, including campus and museum tours. Mosaic Mountain will give campers an opportunity to create and exhibit art in a professional museum, learn new and interesting art making techniques with regional artists, and have a mountain of fun!

  Please visit click here to register.