Nashville Arts Magazine » DRAWING http://nashvillearts.com Nashville's Source for All Things Creative Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:58:10 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 A Tribute to Bill Johnson http://nashvillearts.com/2011/08/01/a-tribute-to-bill-johnson/ http://nashvillearts.com/2011/08/01/a-tribute-to-bill-johnson/#comments Mon, 01 Aug 2011 19:02:34 +0000 NashvilleArtsTeam http://nashvillearts.com/?p=10995

“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

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]]> http://nashvillearts.com/2011/06/30/maximilian-wiedemann-olivia-steele/feed/ 0 Tony Bennett | Singing in Color http://nashvillearts.com/2011/03/01/tony-bennett-singing-in-color/ http://nashvillearts.com/2011/03/01/tony-bennett-singing-in-color/#comments Tue, 01 Mar 2011 17:23:20 +0000 NashvilleArtsTeam http://nashvillearts.com/?p=9689 Never in a million years did I ever think that one day I would be sitting in Tony Bennett’s studio overlooking New York’s Central Park. Unbelievably, here I am. The view is nothing short of spectacular. The park is covered…

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The decades following World War II were stimulating times for American art. Working in New York, California, the South and abroad, abstract artists created compositions that addressed contemporary social concerns as well as personal history. By the late 1950s,…

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There exists in most people’s minds that unfortunate stereotype of the quiet, tortured artist struggling to create. Jamison is not that man. Full of gusto, always ready to laugh, he is above all a communicator. For him, each painting…

]]> http://nashvillearts.com/2011/02/02/jeff-jamison-in-reflection/feed/ 0 Face to Face with Andrew Saftel http://nashvillearts.com/2011/02/02/face-to-face-with-andrew-saftel/ http://nashvillearts.com/2011/02/02/face-to-face-with-andrew-saftel/#comments Wed, 02 Feb 2011 22:22:41 +0000 NashvilleArtsTeam http://nashvillearts.com/?p=9493 Andrew Saftel’s words are still hanging in the air as the drum roll begins. Standing in front of How Did We Get Here, a 2005 watercolor collage inspired by the evolution vs. intelligent-design debate, Saftel mentions that this is as…

]]> http://nashvillearts.com/2011/02/02/face-to-face-with-andrew-saftel/feed/ 0 Bennett Galleries presents Women’s Work http://nashvillearts.com/2011/02/01/bennett-galleries-presents-women%e2%80%99s-work/ http://nashvillearts.com/2011/02/01/bennett-galleries-presents-women%e2%80%99s-work/#comments Tue, 01 Feb 2011 15:41:21 +0000 NashvilleArtsTeam http://nashvillearts.com/?p=9457 As recently as the mid twentieth century, women with a talent for art were thought of as dilettantes; the idea of women selling their artwork to make a living was simply out of the question. Thankfully, times have changed.

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]]> http://nashvillearts.com/2011/02/01/bennett-galleries-presents-women%e2%80%99s-work/feed/ 0 The Wilson Collection | Contemporary African-American Art http://nashvillearts.com/2010/11/22/the-wilson-collection-contemporary-african-american-art/ http://nashvillearts.com/2010/11/22/the-wilson-collection-contemporary-african-american-art/#comments Mon, 22 Nov 2010 18:21:06 +0000 NashvilleArtsTeam http://nashvillearts.com/?p=8392 It is tempting to believe that only those with brush in hand are in the business of making art. But history is filled with examples of dynamic and important patrons. Where would Michelangelo have been without Pope Julius II? Rubens…

]]> http://nashvillearts.com/2010/11/22/the-wilson-collection-contemporary-african-american-art/feed/ 0 Cindy Wunsch | A Self-Portrait http://nashvillearts.com/2010/07/29/cindy-wunsch-a-self-portrait/ http://nashvillearts.com/2010/07/29/cindy-wunsch-a-self-portrait/#comments Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:51:08 +0000 NashvilleArtsTeam http://nashvillearts.com/?p=6514 In a paint-spattered studio in a garage behind a yellow Victorian Sylvan Park house is where you’ll most likely find Cindy Wunsch, busily doing what she does best: creating canvases full of whimsy, poetry, and emotion. Entering her world is…

]]> http://nashvillearts.com/2010/07/29/cindy-wunsch-a-self-portrait/feed/ 0 The Alfred Stieglitz Collection | At Fisk University http://nashvillearts.com/2010/07/29/the-alfred-stieglitz-collection-at-fisk-university/ http://nashvillearts.com/2010/07/29/the-alfred-stieglitz-collection-at-fisk-university/#comments Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:30:27 +0000 NashvilleArtsTeam http://nashvillearts.com/?p=6485 Under the harsh yoke of slavery one of the most powerful American folk traditions was born. From the dense cotton fields of the South rose up a mighty song. The Negro spiritual gave expression and hope to many a captive…

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