Innovative, larger than life, a visionary and a leader in his field of art as well as a major contributor to the Modern Art movement easily describes Dale Chihuly. Almost single-handedly, this extra-ordinary artist has changed the course of…
Every first thursday of the month, thirty-six member galleries of the Nashville Association of Art Dealers (NAAD) are open late from 5–8 p.m., inviting the public to come and enjoy art after work. Art After Hours is a citywide art crawl that elevates awareness and support for the…
03.31.2010 | DRAWING, EVENTS, PAINTING, PHOTOGRAPHY, SPOTLIGHT, VISUAL ART
A New Exhibit Opening at gallery F, march 13
Native presents five unexpected artistic perspectives on native North American culture. Through photography, painting, indoor and outdoor installation, and performance video, artists ranging in age from twenty-four to seventy-two years old portray…
Bill Steber clearly remembers the pivotal moment in 1992 that fueled his obsession with documenting the disappearing culture of the Delta and northeast Mississippi’s hill country.
Steber, then a photojournalist, was assigned to shoot a travel story in Mississippi.…
The Harpeth River Watershed Association and the Brentwood Photography Group will be hosting a reception showcasing sixty juried photographs by thirty-two member photographers. These beautiful images of the Harpeth River will be available for purchase, with…
03.1.2010 | EVENTS, NEWS, PHOTOGRAPHY, SPOTLIGHT, VISUAL ART
Students Share Larger-than-Life Aspirations
At Ensworth High School, the arts curriculum is based on a foundation of understanding, appreciation, and enjoyment. An environment of open creativity and respect for the arts, students say, allows Ensworth students to find their passions…
03.1.2010 | MUSIC, NEWS, PEOPLE, PERFORMING, PHOTOGRAPHY, THEATER, VISUAL ART
Exhibits 50th Anniversary of Tennessee’s Civil Rights Sit-Ins
This year marks the fifty-year anniversary of the powerful civil rights sit-ins that changed the course of American history in the South. In honor of this occasion, the Tennessee State Museum…
03.1.2010 | EVENTS, NEWS, PHOTOGRAPHY, SPOTLIGHT, VISUAL ART
Jubilation, an exhibit of photography by Dr. Lou Outlaw
It was a day Lou Outlaw will never forget: Inauguration Day, January 20, 2009. He sat quietly perched behind his camera, taking pictures of people in the crowd, when this…
“There are things out there that people just don’t bother to look at that have a certain kind of beauty,” says Nick Long, his smiling eyes glistening behind his glasses. In his acrylic canvases and “graphite paintings” (Long’s term…
03.1.2010 | DRAWING, NEWS, PAINTING, PEOPLE, PHOTOGRAPHY, VISUAL ART
Stacey Irvin likes to be right in the middle of the action. Like most professional photographers, Irvin is a keen observer, but she also “wants to be more of a participant.” The Texas native and Vanderbilt graduate has been…
