Archive for March 31st, 2010

Spotlight | Inside Out

Spotlight | Inside Out

A Curatorial Perspective on Joyce Melander-Dayton

by Herb Williams

I have a deeper understanding of Melander-Dayton’s process than most. I was lucky enough to be invited into her studio. I felt like a kid in a candy store. Like her artwork,…

03.31.2010 | DRAWING, PAINTING, SPOTLIGHT, VISUAL ART

“It’s the play, baby!”

“It’s the play, baby!”

The Tennessee Repertory’s Martha R. Ingram New Works Festival brings us new plays by Nashville playwrights.

It’s your big night out at the theater. The actors are on stage, the lights are bright, the props, the sets, all award-winning…

03.31.2010 | PEOPLE, THEATER

Spotlight | Living History

Spotlight | Living History

Living History

103 Harlinsdale Court, Franklin, Tennessee

Imagine living in a house where every window and door provides an unspoiled view of over four hundred acres of verdant pastures and protected parkland. Despite being historically accurate in every way, this Federal style…

03.31.2010 | NEWS

Spotlight | Atelier Minyon

Spotlight | Atelier Minyon

Atelier minyon is a turkish- and New york-based jewelry design

house that will premiere their newest collections here in Nashville at

Cindi Earl Fine Jewelry April 8, 5–8 p.m. Atelier Minyon’s creations

meld the romantic history…

03.31.2010 | JEWELRY, SCULPTURE, SPOTLIGHT

Appraise It

Appraise It

by Linda Dyer | photography by Jerry Atnip

Native American Woman’s Belt with Pouch.

Northern Plains, Santee Sioux, Reservation Period circa 1920s.

Composed of glass beads, trade cloth, and native tanned hide.
This panel belt with matching pouch is…

03.31.2010 | ANTIQUES, JEWELRY, SCULPTURE, VISUAL ART

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Spotlight | “Painting Tennessee”

Painting Tennessee is a wonderful portrait of our state by three local artists, Tom Moore, Joel Knapp, and Jennifer Simpkins. These three oil painters traveled to and painted portraits of all ninety-five counties of Tennessee in the plein-air method—painting in the outdoors in the…

03.31.2010 | LITERATURE, PAINTING, SPOTLIGHT

Paul Vasterling | Dancing Out Loud

Paul Vasterling | Dancing Out Loud

Paul Vasterling, artistic director of the Nashville Ballet, had a sense of where his life would take him. He would dance; he would create stunning choreographed movements that would speak volumes in the silent landscape of ballet.

03.31.2010 | DANCE, PEOPLE, THEATER

Anything Goes | Hunter Armistead

Anything Goes | Hunter Armistead

What characteristic do you most like about yourself?

My capacity to be ridiculous—a talent I inherited from my father.

And what do you like least?

Too much of a perfectionist but I’m working on it.

What was the

03.31.2010 | PEOPLE, PHOTOGRAPHY

Chihuly | Fields of Glass

Chihuly | Fields of Glass

Innovative, larger than life, a visionary and a leader in his field of art as well as a major contributor to the Modern Art movement easily describes Dale Chihuly. Almost single-handedly, this extra-ordinary artist has changed the course of…

03.31.2010 | PHOTOGRAPHY, SCULPTURE, VISUAL ART

Colin Linden | Under the Black Hat

Colin Linden | Under the Black Hat

I know a thing or two about Colin Linden. His smile could start a fire. He loves red wine and red meat. His slide playing can make you weep. He needs very little sleep. He once had a job…

03.31.2010 | MUSIC, PEOPLE