Archive for April 22nd, 2010

Spotlight | Watkins College of Art, Design & Film

Spotlight | Watkins College of Art, Design & Film

125 Years of Art – 125 Years of Outreach

Congratulations are in order! Watkins College of Art, Design & Film recently began their 125th anniversary celebration with an evening of fine dining and entertainment by the famed Fisk…

04.22.2010 | EVENTS, NEWS, SPOTLIGHT

Spotlight | Cheekwood Celebrates Fifty Years

Spotlight | Cheekwood Celebrates Fifty Years

May and June will be busy months at Cheekwood Botanical Gardens and Museum. Beginning May 25, Chihuly at Cheekwood will run through October 31. Visitors will be transported by Chihuly’s magnificent glass forms, which will include a 30-foot-tall neon…

04.22.2010 | EVENTS, NEWS, SPOTLIGHT

Spotlight | Dawn Whitelaw

Spotlight | Dawn Whitelaw

Richland Fine Art

Local artist Dawn Whitelaw was commissioned by the venerable New York City Players Club to paint the portrait of recent Hall of Fame inductee Fredric March. Over the last several years Dawn has painted for the Club…

04.22.2010 | PAINTING, PEOPLE, SPOTLIGHT, VISUAL ART

Spotlight | 2010 International VSA Festival

Spotlight | 2010 International VSA Festival

Vision Strength and Arts Festival

Never before has a Tennessee performer or performing group been selected to participate in the International VSA arts Festival, until now. Local group Lake Rise Place has been selected as one of the twenty-eight performers…

04.22.2010 | EVENTS, MUSIC, NEWS, PEOPLE, SPOTLIGHT

Spotlight | Denise Stewart-Sanabria

Spotlight | Denise Stewart-Sanabria

Great art and great weather drew big crowds of Nashvillians to last month’s First Saturday Art Crawl. Inside The Arts Company there were people of a different kind: two-dimensional figurative works by contemporary artist Denise Stewart-Sanabria. These paintings are part…

04.22.2010 | DRAWING, EVENTS, NEWS, PAINTING, PEOPLE, SPOTLIGHT, VISUAL ART

Spotlight | Myles Maillie Five-Fifteen

Spotlight | Myles Maillie Five-Fifteen

Myles Maillie’s colorful and ubiquitous work adorns everything from buses and room-size murals to t-shirts and ties, making him one of Nashville’s most recognizable and enduring artists. Although his style is energetic, often full of frivolity, his work is…

04.22.2010 | EVENTS, NEWS, PAINTING, SPOTLIGHT, VISUAL ART

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Spotlight | “Mixed Nuts” Dinner Theatre

In the hilarious production of Mixed Nuts, Michael Caldwell, a shy, aspiring, Midwest writer played by Flynt Foster, moves to the Big Apple in search of his dreams. The unpredictable residents living in his dilapidated apartment complex incite a series…

04.22.2010 | EVENTS, NEWS, SPOTLIGHT, THEATER

Spotlight | Hannah Maxwell Wins Best of Show

Spotlight | Hannah Maxwell Wins Best of Show

Fusion Art Festival

Saturday, April 10, Fusion Art Festival 2010 brought creative works of 46 visual artists to art enthusiasts across Middle Tennessee. The lively, juried art show benefited the Minnie Pearl Cancer Foundation. This year, Fusion 10 exhibited artful…

04.22.2010 | DRAWING, NEWS, PEOPLE, SPOTLIGHT, VISUAL ART

Publisher's Note | May

Publisher’s Note | May

With each brushstroke, an artist devotes himself to his craft in order to better capture the essence of his subject. Although the intended audience comes to know and value the end product that hangs on the wall, much more occurred…

04.22.2010 | NEWS, PEOPLE