PHOTOGRAPHY

Norman Lerner | Chasing Shadows

Norman Lerner | Chasing Shadows

There’s no stopping Norman Lerner. At 83 years of age, he is just too busy having new ideas and cultivating the creative seeds he planted years ago. He doesn’t have any time for Backgammon or Parcheesi, and you’ll not…

12.2.2010 | NEWS, PHOTOGRAPHY, VISUAL ART

Norman Lerner | The Window People

Norman Lerner | The Window People

Norman Lerner, born in 1927 in Brooklyn and now a Mount Juliet resident, worked as a fashion and commercial photographer in Manhattan from the 1950s to the 1970s. His work has been…

11.2.2010 | PHOTOGRAPHY, VISUAL ART

Spotlight | Amanda Nagy

Spotlight | Amanda Nagy

This amazing photograph was taken by Nashville photographer Amanda Nagy. Titled Chase, it is part of a series of twelve photographs consisting of macro images of the human eye. To create them, Nagy used a 100mm macro lens to…

07.29.2010 | PHOTOGRAPHY, SPOTLIGHT

Photography Contest

Photography Contest

We asked Nashville’s amateur photographers to send in their favorite images for our first Nashville Arts Photographic Competition. We were flooded with responses, some good, some great, and some caught us totally by surprise. A few we just couldn’t print…

06.4.2010 | NEWS, PHOTOGRAPHY

Art Couture

Art Couture

In honor of the fabulous couture exhibit at the Frist, we here at Nashville Arts decided to have our own fashion show. So we contacted three of Nashville’s brightest young artists, Emily Leonard, Donny Smutz, and John Jackson, and…

06.3.2010 | PEOPLE, PHOTOGRAPHY, VISUAL ART

Jack Spencer | The Illusionist

Jack Spencer | The Illusionist

Jack Spencer’s photographs make me weak in the knees. They glow. They have mystery. There’s a depth of texture that can transport you from a chaotic world into his soft, dusty one. The subjects speak in whispers. They have…

04.23.2010 | PEOPLE, PHOTOGRAPHY, VISUAL ART

Hillsboro High School | Experiments in Creativity

Hillsboro High School | Experiments in Creativity

At Hillsboro High School, those students interested in a particularly challenging and rigorous curriculum have the option to follow the International Baccalaureate (IB) system, an internationally recognized educational path. While in the IB program, students are given the opportunity to…

04.23.2010 | DRAWING, PAINTING, PEOPLE, PHOTOGRAPHY, VISUAL ART

Spotlight | Temple Arts Festival

Spotlight | Temple Arts Festival

If you love spending a weekend afternoon viewing beautiful art that you can also take home, you won’t want to miss the wonderful variety of art and handcrafted works on display during the Temple Arts Festival (TAF) in Nashville the weekend of…

03.31.2010 | ANTIQUES, DRAWING, EVENTS, JEWELRY, PAINTING, PHOTOGRAPHY, SCULPTURE, SPOTLIGHT, VISUAL ART

John Guider | Visions in Platinum

John Guider | Visions in Platinum

John Guider is a quiet man, introverted, yet amicable. His gentle voice sounds like the soft warbling of an old soul. He is the kind of person who immediately puts you at ease; an air of peacefulness seems to…

03.31.2010 | PHOTOGRAPHY, VISUAL ART

Puzzler

Puzzler

In 1985, a bottle of 1787 Château Lafite sold at auction for $160,000, making it the most expensive bottle of wine ever sold. Etched with the initials “Th. J”, the undrinkable Bordeaux came from the cellars of Thomas Jefferson and is now in the Forbes collection…

03.31.2010 | PHOTOGRAPHY, VISUAL ART