Nashville fine artist Stacy Beam is lending his talents to a worthwhile cause. The Music City resident will host his annual Art on the Mountain event, with a portion of the proceeds benefiting the Beersheba Springs Medical Clinic.

“There is a medical clinic across the street from a property that my wife and I own there,” Stacy told Everything Nash. “Our property is an Airbnb. It’s been a post office in the past, it’s been a restaurant over the years. It’s a super old building that half of it’s been renovated as an Airbnb, and then the other half this weekend will be full of art for sale, and 30% of all of all those sales will go to the Beersheba Medical Clinic. It’s a free clinic, and they do a ton of awesome work there.”

Beersheba Springs, located about 100 miles outside of Nashville, is also home to the United Methodist Assembly retreat center, as well as a popular getaway for weekend visitors. But Stacy says the need for funding for the Beersheba Medical Clinic is substantial, which is why he is happy to help out.

“It’s in Grundy County, which is the poorest county in Tennessee,” Stacy said. “So there’s a great divide between the people who come there for their weekend places and locals. There’s a lot of help needed to make up that rift, I guess you could say. There’s a great need.”

Art on the Mountain is in its second year, although Stacy acknowledges this year is much different than last, because of COVID-19.

“Last year was our first year to do it,” Stacy recounted. “We did $13,000 in our sales that weekend. It was huge. It was bigger than anybody expected. This year, it will be different. Last year, we were able to do an event where we had drinks and food, and had everybody come in at once. We’re not doing that obviously this year, but with revisions, including masks, we’re hoping to be able to kick in [something]. I think, when all was said and done, almost $40,000 was raised last year, just for the clinic.

“A portion of my sales goes to the clinic,” he continued, adding that there are typically other fund-raising events, including a 5K race, which also had to be canceled. “It’s a picturesque little place. They have a parade and fireworks. Norman Rockwell would be jealous.”

Stacy will be joined this year by water color artist, Billy Sutton, from Annapolis, Maryland, and photographer William Carey Box, from Franklin, Tennessee.

Stacy’s art can also be found at an upcoming exhibit at Cheekwood, En Plein Air, which will open on July 18. The Art on the Mountain event will take place July 2 to July 4, at the the Stacy Beam Gallery, located at 19643 State Highway 56, in Beersheba Springs, Tennessee.