“I’m always surprised by the reactions to my work, but I hope everyone who sees it finds amazing eye candy in it—whether it be colors, detail, pattern or glass’ ability to suspend objects in space.” One would argue that there…
For centuries in Europe patronage of the arts and appreciation for the artfully arranged garden were inextricably intertwined. Wealthy dilettantes enjoyed a stroll in a perfectly trimmed maze of geometric hedges or a seemingly wild tangle of delicate blooms…
The city of Edo, modern day Tokyo, Japan, experienced the rise of a new form of pop art in the period between the seventeenth and the twentieth centuries. Ukiyo-e, or woodblock prints, became all the rage because…
Bill Steber clearly remembers the pivotal moment in 1992 that fueled his obsession with documenting the disappearing culture of the Delta and northeast Mississippi’s hill country.
Steber, then a photojournalist, was assigned to shoot a travel story in Mississippi.…
This month Nashvillians can enjoy a day of Japanese culture by participating in the 2010 Nashville Cherry Blossom Festival on March 27 from 10 a.m.–4 p.m. The beautiful pink trees, called sakura in their homeland, have functioned as a…
The Harpeth River Watershed Association and the Brentwood Photography Group will be hosting a reception showcasing sixty juried photographs by thirty-two member photographers. These beautiful images of the Harpeth River will be available for purchase, with…
03.1.2010 | EVENTS, NEWS, PHOTOGRAPHY, SPOTLIGHT, VISUAL ART
Students Share Larger-than-Life Aspirations
At Ensworth High School, the arts curriculum is based on a foundation of understanding, appreciation, and enjoyment. An environment of open creativity and respect for the arts, students say, allows Ensworth students to find their passions…
03.1.2010 | MUSIC, NEWS, PEOPLE, PERFORMING, PHOTOGRAPHY, THEATER, VISUAL ART
Exhibits 50th Anniversary of Tennessee’s Civil Rights Sit-Ins
This year marks the fifty-year anniversary of the powerful civil rights sit-ins that changed the course of American history in the South. In honor of this occasion, the Tennessee State Museum…
03.1.2010 | EVENTS, NEWS, PHOTOGRAPHY, SPOTLIGHT, VISUAL ART
Jubilation, an exhibit of photography by Dr. Lou Outlaw
It was a day Lou Outlaw will never forget: Inauguration Day, January 20, 2009. He sat quietly perched behind his camera, taking pictures of people in the crowd, when this…
Eye & Mind
Presented to celebrate the opening of Vanderbilt’s newly renovated and expanded galleries, the exhibition Eye & Mind illustrates the breadth and depth of the collection, now in its fifty-third year. The updated presentation for…
03.1.2010 | ANTIQUES, DRAWING, EVENTS, NEWS, PAINTING, SCULPTURE, SPOTLIGHT, VISUAL ART
