By NashvilleArtsTeam on August 31, 2011
“National significance.” Cheekwood CEO Jane Offenbach uses the phrase again and again when discussing her vision for the 51-year-old institution comprising a historic house, an 8,000-piece art collection, and 55 acres of lawns and gardens. Her goals include getting …
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By NashvilleArtsTeam on August 1, 2011
Mike Wolfe, star of the hit TV show American Pickers, has blazed a trail onto the Nashville retail scene this summer. Wolfe recently christened a new location for his world-famous Antique Archaeology store in Marathon Village. Since his opening …
Posted in PEOPLE | Tagged 1300, 37203, American Pickers, antique archaeology, antiquearchaeology.com, ANTIQUES, bikes, clinton street, collect, collecting, collector, deborah walden, history, iowa, junk, marathon village, Mike Wolfe, nashville, rusted, vintage
By NashvilleArtsTeam on August 1, 2011
Nashville Remembers a Legendary Art Director
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“Bill Johnson knew all facets of art. In particular, he had a great sense of type, of type design. Bill and I first met when he was working with Rolling Stone in the California
Posted in DRAWING, PEOPLE, VISUAL ART | Tagged alan messer, anne brown, art covers nashville, art director, artist, arts, bill, cbs, company, death, deceased, designer, graphic design, graphics, holly gleason, johnson, Legendary, logo, MUSIC, original, passed away, records, rolling stone magazine, rosanne cash, roseanne cash, roy wunsch, team design, tribute, virginia team
By NashvilleArtsTeam on June 27, 2011
In the 1970s, an aspiring young photographer named Raeanne Rubenstein shot for many of the most popular magazines of the day. Her beat was the flamboyant artists and musicians who lived and worked in New York City’s famed Lower East …
Posted in PEOPLE, PHOTOGRAPHY, VISUAL ART | Tagged andy, photo, photographer, PHOTOGRAPHY, photos, raeanne, rubenstein, warhol
By NashvilleArtsTeam on June 27, 2011
A brave band of architects drew inspiration from figures like Frank Lloyd Wright. They imagined that buildings done right could restore the human connection to nature and create a more harmonious society. Nashville architect Bob Street drew inspiration from …
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By NashvilleArtsTeam on June 27, 2011
Sunday nights can be slow in Sylvan Park. But behind Charlotte Avenue’s dark storefronts, across N. 49th Street from Betty’s Grill, a light shines over the entryway into the Global Education Center. Step inside and you’re in a spacious, …
Posted in MUSIC, PEOPLE | Tagged annie, circle, group, jazz, MUSIC, performance, sellick, sing, singer, singing, song, vocal, vocalist