Archive for April 27th, 2010

My Favorite Painting

My Favorite Painting

Martica Griffin’s Carolina Pit Stop

by Pat Snyder, owner, What They Think Research

Martica Griffin was one of the first people I met when I moved to Nashville in 1994. I always admired her work, but when she started focusing on…

04.27.2010 | PAINTING, PEOPLE, VISUAL ART

Artrivia

Artrivia

by David Turner

The Nike Swoosh is one of the most widely recognized icons on the planet. The design known globally as the Swoosh was originally created in 1971 by a design student, Carolyn Davidson, who invoiced just $35 for…

04.27.2010 | ARCHITECTURE, VISUAL ART

On the Town

On the Town

by Ted Clayton

My exercise of choice this last month has been attending galas, art and fashion shows, waltzing at the State Capitol, and I thought I needed a trainer. Let’s start with the amazing Honors Gala benefiting the T.…

04.27.2010 | DANCE, EVENTS, NEWS, PEOPLE

Anything Goes | Ellen L. Meyer

Anything Goes | Ellen L. Meyer

When and where are you most happy?

In the company of good friends around a fabulous dinner table or in Venice, Italy, in the presence of lush architecture and the sea, doing just about anything.

What characteristic do you most

04.27.2010 | DRAWING, PAINTING, PEOPLE, VISUAL ART

Poetry | Spring Fever

Poetry | Spring Fever

by Rebecca Brown

I was writing verse by the time I could read and was singing it even before then—from TV jingles to Nat King Cole. A Texas girl, I left home at 18 and began performing my

04.27.2010 | LITERATURE, MUSIC, PEOPLE

Actors Bridge Ensemble | Theatre for a new Nashville

Actors Bridge Ensemble | Theatre for a new Nashville

“The fastest way to innovative theatre: take the Bridge.”

“We value an ensemble approach to all projects because we believe a community of artists working collaboratively provides for a richer, more fully developed product and allows for a community

04.27.2010 | NEWS, PEOPLE, PERFORMING, THEATER