Arts Council’s announces “Brown Bag Lunch Bunch” guest speaker, Stacy Widelitz.
The Arts Council of Williamson County’s ‘Brown Bag Lunch Bunch’ will meet on December 12, from 11 am – 1 pm at the Williamson County Public Library (main conference room), 1314 Columbia Pike in Franklin.
With a multi-platinum album for his contribution to Dirty Dancing, an Emmy nomination for a wildlife documentary score, more than a dozen television themes, and music for more than two dozen movies for both the big screen and TV to his credit, composer Stacy Widelitz has already built up an impressive resumé.
Stacy first came to prominence with the song "She's Like the Wind," co-written with Patrick Swayze and featured in Swayze's blockbuster Dirty Dancing. Featured on the movie's wildly successful soundtrack, which sold 11 million copies in the United States alone, it was the third single to be released and reached no. 3 on Billboard's top-40 chart (no. 1 among adult-contemporary radio listeners). He also received two BMI awards for the tune as among the most-performed songs of that year. He has scored features, more than twenty made-for-TV movies, written the end-title song for Disney’s Pocahontas II, and has received four Gold Addies for music he composed for advertising. Stacy wrote the title song and scored all the episodes of Children’s Television Workshop’s acclaimed animated series Cro, and has worked with directors such as Todd Holland, Waris Hussein and James Contner.
Stacy also composed the score and much of the dance music for the film One Last Dance, which garnered him a Best Music Award at the Nashville Film Festival. Subsequently, Stacy was asked to join the board of the festival, and he's now serving his second term as president. He has also worked with many noted musicians, such as Jeff “Skunk” Baxter, Edgar Winter and Danny Wilde (The Rembrandts). Stacy is noted for his diversity, being as comfortable in front of an orchestra as he is in the state-of-the-art digital studio he maintains at his home.
‘Supplies for Soldiers’ collection continues again this month. The Arts Council is collecting supplies for troops stationed in Iraq. They will be collecting simple, everyday supplies for them (preferably something easy to ship). You bring the supplies, we'll get them to the soldiers.
Grab your lunch and join them for a lunch time of artistic fun and camaraderie. You provide your lunch; they’ll provide the location! The Arts Council’s ‘Brown Bag Lunch Bunch’ meets 2nd Friday of each month.
For more information, visit www.artscouncilwc.org, call 428-3845 or email info@artscouncilwc.org.
Monday, December 8, 2008
Arts Council of Williamson County announces “Brown Bag Lunch Bunch” guest speaker, Stacy Widelitz - Dec 12, 2008
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
2009 Summer Studio Workshops - Bell Buckle, TN - Concrete, Mosaic, Sculpture
2009 Summer Studio Workshops
May - September 2009
Bell Buckle, TN
Classes in concrete, mosaic and sculpture will be held at the studio of artist Sherri Warner Hunter in Bell Buckle, TN. Learn a new skill, refine your technique or give yourself time and space to be creative. Refreshments and lunches are included in the cost of workshops and supplies are covered by materials fee. Dates and details for these offerings can be found at www.sherriwarnerhunter.com.
MNAC Teacher's Arts Resource Guide Now Available On Line
Teacher's Arts Resource Guide Now Available On Line
The first-ever Teacher's Arts Resource Guide that was distributed at the 3rd Annual Arts Exposition & Showcase is now available on the Metro Arts website. View the PDF by clicking here. Metro Arts is committed to helping teachers engage students in learning through the arts. This resource guide offers ideas for new and creative ways to use local arts education offerings to supplement school curriculum.
MNAC website
Business Incubation Center in the Due West Professional Building is Now Open
The Business Incubation Center in the Due West Professional Building is Now Open.
We have a Creative Community starting for artists, graphic artists, web designers, architects, interior designers and technology type people.
The Incubation Center provides space and basic office infastructure at a modest price for startup businesses and small businesses.
We have the space. Common Conference Rooms, Meeting Room, Kitchen, and Reception area.
We provide Telephone, Fax, email, copier, internet connection, mail service, and package service.
The Center offers Professional Mentors and Advisers and business review services.
You are welcome to drop by. We are located at the corner of Due West Ave and Gallatin Pike - 1160 S Gallatin Pike Nashville TN 37115.
We are on the 5th Floor.
You are Welcome to Call. - Mark Miller (615) 319-7864
You are Welcome to Email - We will respond with a Written Overview of the Center
We Look Forward to Seeing You.
ADA Compliant Facility - All Welcome and invited
http://nashville.craigslist.org/med/938477267.html
TNVLA offers articles on Fair Use: TNVLA.ORG
Check out the "news" page of our website for articles and other contributions from TNVLA volunteer lawyers. This winter, we're focusing on fair use topics:
Fair Use Lessons from the Harry Potter Lexicon Case: Ling Guan, TNVLA Volunteer Lawyer from Boult Cummings, analyzes the recent Harry Potter Lexicon decision and the key takeaways. "This case presents an informative discussion on fair use doctrine and serves as a useful guide for artists and authors who occasionally reference or incorporate portions of third party works into their own." Read more...
Fair Use Defense Keeps Movie Alive: A Discussion of Lennon v. Premise Media: Kelly Randall, TNVLA Volunteer Lawyer from King & Ballow, provides an overview of the recent fair use decision, Lennon v. Premise Media. "Imagine a world where you can use brief clips of influential music to make a commentary on certain beliefs and controversial debate. That is exactly what a film company did and will continue to do after a recent victory in court against the family of the late music legend John Lennon." Read more...
Practice Changing Practice: Fair Use in Documentary & Online Video: Genet Berhane, TNVLA summer extern from Vanderbilt Law School, discusses the impact two new statements of fair use are having on the industry. "The Center for Social Media at American University has taken steps to clear up some of the confusion surrounding fair use by releasing the Documentary Filmmakers’ Statement of Best Practices in Fair Use and the Code of Best Practices in Fair Use in Online Video." Read more...
Tennessee Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts
1507 16th Avenue South
Nashville, TN 37212
info@tnvla.org (615) 298-9309 www.tnvla.org
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Projekt30 JANUARY 2009 EXHIBITION: Deadline: Dec 1, 08
JANUARY 2009 EXHIBITION
Projekt30 is taking submissions for our new January 2009 publicly juried exhibition.
We are an artist-run arts organization dedicated to promoting emerging artists. The exhibition will include thirty artists; invitations will be sent to over 30,000 galleries, collectors, and fellow artists. Visitors have the option of contacting any participating artist with feedback or opportunities. Since 2003 over 200,000 messages have been sent to participating artists.
All artwork submitted will be presented online prior to the exhibition so visitors may help select which artists will be included in the exhibition. Unlike other juried exhibitions, all participants receive exposure.
Opens: Jan 1, 2009.
Public Jury: Dec 15, 2008 - Dec 29, 2008
Deadline: Dec 1, 2008.
Go to http://www.projekt30.com for more details.
PROJEKT30 users are saying:
"Thanks for your efforts, your patience, and your terrific web project."
"Galleries I never would have even approached asked to represent me!"
"Got my first solo exhibition, opening here in NY."
"Hi, I just wanted to tell you what a great job you are doing. My husband and I live in Atlanta and recently shopped the local galleries for a few paintings for our new house. We came home empty-handed. Then I found your site on-line. I ended up flying to Chicago for the day to visit the studio of one of your artists. I bought three paintings, the artist sent them c.o.d., and we couldn't be happier as buyers. Thanks, projekt30!"
"Your attention to detail and to artists is appreciated. It's the most amazing site. I have a friend who is about to join."
About PROJEKT30:
PROJEKT30 is an artist run arts organization. Our mission is to expose artists to "brick and mortar" galleries interested in presenting their work, private collectors, patrons, or even simply just art lovers. All of our exhibitions are "publicly juried", meaning that site visitors construct the final exhibition by rating the artworks merit. Via this system we are helping shape the art world of the twenty-first century, and endeavoring to encourage broader public interest in the fine arts.
Frist Center - free admission on Thursday and Friday evenings 5-9pm til end of 2008
Now through the end of the year, the Frist Center is offering FREE admission on Thursday and Friday evenings from 5:00 to 9:00 p.m. and 15% off all purchases in the gift shop on those evenings.
Holiday
- The Frist Center will be closed on Thanksgiving Day
- Kids Club will not meet on Saturday, November 29 because of the holiday weekend.
Dogwood Arts Festival Juried 2009 Regional Fine Arts Exhibit. Deadline: Feb 20, 09
The Dogwood Arts Festival announces a call to artists for the 2009 Regional Fine Arts Exhibit. There are exciting new changes for the 2009 Exhibition. The first change is in the name itself. The call for art will no longer be confined to the Knoxville area only, but will branch out into a 300 mile radius in order to represent a more widespread overview of the most dynamic work in all genres of art, sculpture, and photography in this region. The submission process has also changed. In the past, artists had one day to drop their work off at the gallery location for the jurying process. This method has been updated to the current national standard method of sending jpg images on CD into the Dogwood Arts Festival offices. The prospectus and submission form will be available for download at www.dogwoodarts.com, or artists may request one to be mailed by calling the Dogwood Arts offices at 865-637-4561. This year’s juror is Karlota I. Contreras-Koterbay, Director of Slocumb Galleries at East Tennessee State University in Johnson City. Both a university gallery director and curator, Contreras-Koterbay has organized numerous exhibits both nationally and abroad, and has lectured in the Phillippines, Japan, Brazil, Canada, and the United States. She will be selecting the work to be shown as well as choosing the recipients for 5 awards totaling $4,000.00. The 2009 exhibit will also be housed in an elegant new location at 128 South Gay Street, the site of 2006’s international Body Sacred fundraising exhibit for the Susan G. Komer Breast Cancer Foundation. In addition to the exhibit’s Grand Opening to the public that will occur on April’s First Friday Downtown Gallery Walk, there will be ticketed Dogwood Gala preview party the night before featuring the Regional Fine Arts Exhibition, opportunity to meet many of the artists, lavishly catered food, live music, and a tour of the spectacular three story loft residence. The exhibit will run longer than it has in the past, from April 2-25, and will include artist demonstrations and a fundraising art raffle. The hours of the exhibit will be 10:00 AM- 5:00 PM Wed. – Sat.
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Untitled Winter Show 2008 - Call for artists
CALL FOR ARTISTS - ALL LEVELS, ALL MEDIA, ALL WELCOME
UNTITLED WINTER SHOW 2008: ABOMINABLE ART SHOW
Friday December 12, 2008; 6-10pm
One Night Only
Free to attend, Free to participate.
Dates & Deadlines:
PRESS IMAGES DEADLINE: Thursday Nov 13
REGISTRATION BEGINS: Monday, Nov 17
PAY:
Donate by these dates: at or before Dec 3 meeting
or postmarked by Friday, Dec 5
or online by Sunday, Dec 7
REGISTER: by Sunday, Dec 7 - midnight
DROP-OFF: Wednesday, Dec 10; 6-7:30pm @ VENUE
INSTALLATION: Thursday, Dec 11; 9am - 7pm
SHOW: Friday, Dec 12; 6-10pm
CLEAN-UP: Saturday, Dec 13; 10am - 1pm
(times subject to change)
FOR MORE INFO AND TO REGISTER:
http://www.untitlednashville.org/abominable/artists.htm
FOR MORE INFO ABOUT SHOWING WITH UNTITLED:
http://untitlednashville.org/getinvolved.htm
Untitled Artists Group
www.untitlednashville.org
info@untitlednashville.org
Studio space for rent in Murfreesboro
Studio space for rent in Murfreesboro
Please contact Robert Vore at: Robertvore@comcast.net or 615-907-3262
New gallery in Watertown TN looking for fellow artists
New gallery open, named The Guild: a gallery of fine craft, in Susan Thornton's new metals studio in Watertown TN.
-looking for fellow artists to have work in the space.
-open Wed thru Sat 10am to 5pm at 101 West Main Street in Watertown.
-looking for things for the home, bath/body and accessories, hats, scarves and such; also have wall space and would love some 2D work as well.
-payment breakdown is 60/40 with 60% paid to the artist.
-pay by the 10th of the month.
Email with images of work.
thorntonmetals@gmail.com
TNVLA Presents:STARTING A NONPROFIT ARTS ORGANIZATION: Dec 9 2008
TNVLA Presents:
STARTING A NONPROFIT ARTS ORGANIZATION: INCORPORATION & THE TAX EXEMPT APPLICATION PROCESS (CLE Approved)
Date: Tues., Dec. 9th, 2008
Time: 12:00-1:30p.m. ("Brown-bag" Lunch Style)
Co-Sponsor/Location: W.O. Smith School of Music (1125 8th Ave. S.)
This seminar will discuss:
- Whether your idea requires you to start a new organization or whether you could better accomplish your goals by partnering with an existing nonprofit organization;
- The pros and cons of incorporation;
- The challenges of administrating, funding and sustaining a new nonprofit organization; and
- The timeline and steps involved in the process to obtain tax exempt status.
Presented by Rob Pinson, a TNVLA volunteer lawyer from Bone, McAllester, Norton. This seminar is FREE and open to the public. However, if you plan on attending, you must RSVP to info@tnvla.org by Mon., Dec. 8th. There is a fee for lawyers seeking CLE credit: $35 for TNVLA Member Lawyers; $50 Non-Members (for 1.5 hours CLE credit).
Attendance by a representative of the organization is a prerequisite for seeking assistance from a TNVLA volunteer lawyer with the application for recognition of tax exempt status with the IRS.
TNVLA Presents: GALLERY RELATIONSHIPS: A LEGAL OVERVIEW FOR VISUAL ARTISTS: Dec 4
TNVLA Presents:
GALLERY RELATIONSHIPS: A LEGAL OVERVIEW FOR VISUAL ARTISTS (CLE Approved)
Date: Thurs., Dec. 4th, 2008
Time: 5:00-6:30p.m.
Co-Sponsor/Location: Frist Center for the Visual Arts (919 Broadway)
Mary Neil Price, a TNVLA volunteer lawyer from Miller & Martin, will discuss legal issues artists should consider when showing with a gallery, including the nature of the artist-gallery relationship, inventorying artwork and consignment agreements. This program is a must for every visual artist!
Stay after the program to visit the Frist Center galleries. The Frist is graciously providing complimentary admission (and free parking) for seminar attendees! This program is free and open to the public. However, if you would like to attend, you must RSVP to info@tnvla.org by Wed., Dec. 3rd. There is a fee for lawyers seeking CLE credit: $35 for TNVLA Member Lawyers; $50 Non-Members (for 1.5 hours CLE credit).
Saturday, November 15, 2008
Stones River Craft Association's "Studio Tour": Nov 22, 23 2008
The Studio Tour, a visual arts event of fine craftsmanship
and design taking place in and about Murfreesboro,
Tennessee November 22 & 23 2008
CONTACT:
Stones River Crafts Association
P.O. Box 11566
Murfreesboro, TN 37129-0031
A CELEBRATION OF THE EXTRAORDINARY
MURFREESBORO, TN – Extraordinary is a good description for the Stones River Craft Association's, "Studio Tour" celebrating its 15th year in Murfreesboro and Rutherford County. On November 22 and 23 nine studios and studio/galleries with the addition of guest artists will be open, available, and free to the public. In total, approximately 30 artists will be on hand displaying and demonstrating their work.
The Studio Tour showcases local and Tennessee produced, professional works of art that display some of the finest artistry and craftsmanship in our region. Functional and decorative pieces in many forms for use indoors and out will be available; and the processes for creating jewelry, pottery, sculpture, stained glass and wood will be among the work demonstrated at each of the participating studios.
The Studio Tour hours are 10 am – 5 pm Saturday and Sunday.
This year stops include: Appalachian Life Workshops, Brown View Forge, Juliano Studio, Norris Hall Studio & Gallery, Popcorn Studio Pottery, Ramsey Hall Studio, Southern Stained Glass, Studio J and Studio S Pottery & Galleries.
For more information write: SRCA, P.O. Box 11566, Murfreesboro, TN 37129-0031 or call: 615-848-1079. The website for more information and a map of tour locations is; www.ArtStudioTour.org.
Stones River Crafts Association – P.O. Box 11566 – Murfreesboro, TN 37129-0031 – (615)848-1079
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Adult Sculpture Workshop @ Frist: Nov 22 2008: Registration required
Adult Sculpture Workshop
Saturday, November 22, 10:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.
Frist Center Studios, Registration required
Instructor Connie Pirtle will teach a workshop in which participants will learn about sculpture casting techniques used by Rodin and other sculptors throughout history. Following this, participants will create individual projects cast in pewter.
Location: Frist Center Studios
$50 for members; $60 for non-members
Call 615.744.3247 to register for this workshop
Paint Made Flesh Symposium @ Frist: January 2009: Registration required
Paint Made Flesh Symposium
January 23-24, 2009
Auditorium, Registration required. Call 615.744.3247
The Frist Center for the Visual Arts will host a major symposium January 23–24, 2009, in conjunction with the exhibition Paint Made Flesh, a revisionist study of post-World War II art.
The exhibition offers a rejoinder to the modernist orthodoxies of the period by contending that paint’s material properties make it most suited to convey metaphors for human vulnerability. The exhibition includes works by Pablo Picasso, Francis Bacon, Lucian Freud, Willem de Kooning, Alice Neel, Leon Golub, Philip Guston, Eric Fischl, Georg Baselitz, Jenny Saville, Wangechi Mutu, John Currin, Daniel Richter, and others.
The symposium will offer compelling conversation about the role of figure painting as it has defined psychological and socio-historical conditions in Europe and the United States since World War II.
Paint Made Flesh Symposium Schedule and Presentation Descriptions
Friday, January 23, 2009
5:00–6:30 p.m.
Registration and reception
6:30–7:30 p.m.
Keynote Presentation
John Elderfield, chief curator emeritus of painting and sculpture at the Museum of Modern Art “Painting Flesh and the Part That Governs”
This lecture will address the relationship of paint and bodily representation in critical examples drawn from the classical modernist art of the mid-nineteenth to mid-twentieth centuries—from Edouard Manet to Willem de Kooning. Among other topics, John Elderfield will explore how the manner in which flesh is painted reflects the status of the hedonism that accompanied the foundation of modernism.
The title of the lecture derives from the Meditations of Marcus Aurelius: “This Being of mine, whatever it really is, consists of a little flesh, a little breath, and the part that governs.”
Saturday, January 24, 2009
8:00–9:00 a.m.
Registration and continental breakfast
9:00–9:15 a.m.
Introduction by Mark Scala
9:15–9:30 a.m.
Susan Edwards, executive director and CEO of the Frist Center
“The Influence of Anxiety: Painting the Figure in Cold War America”
Susan Edwards will speak on the persistence of figurative painting in American Art from 1947 through 1989. During the period of the Cold War, American art practice, including production as well as critical and commercial reception, was dominated by formal aesthetics. Abstract painting was touted by some as the only relevant avenue for the medium. Dr. Edwards will discuss the enduring viability of alternative paths and how artists working against the grain did so with anxious commitments to their own individual voices.
9:45–10:15 a.m.
Emily Braun, distinguished professor, Hunter College and the Graduate Center, City University New York
“Skinning the Paint”
For more than three generations, from Francis Bacon to Jenny Saville, British painters have been obsessed with analogies between the painted surface and carnality. Dr. Braun will consider the ways in which the images of these artists are neither humanistic in the traditional sense of treating the body as whole and perfect, nor inhumane in the sense of casting a purely clinical eye. Instead their works are filled with an often violent, if piercing, lyricism—the result of viewing and sensing the body from new, unorthodox perspectives.
10:15–10:30 a.m.
Break
10:30–11:00 a.m.
Richard Shiff, Effie Marie Cain Regents Chair in art history and director, Center for the Study of Modernism at the University of Texas-Austin
“Drawn on the Body”
During times of political insecurity and moral ambiguity, the hard fact of material, corporeal presence can be affirming and assuring. Visual artists of the twentieth century have been appreciated for establishing a material ground for cultural practice, if only because the traditional pictorial arts such as painting— handmade and labor intensive—engage the body directly and intimately. The depicted subject of painting is often the human body itself. More importantly, the painter’s own body becomes the indexical origin of whatever he or she represents (sometimes with ironies added). Richard Shiff’s presentation will explore the link between painting and corporeality with an emphasis on German art of the postwar generation that includes examples from older Europeans as well as from younger ones.
11:00–11:30 a.m.
Mark Scala, chief curator of the Frist Center
“Fragmentation and Reconstitution in Contemporary Painting”
Mark Scala will propose that works by certain contemporary painters convey historical situations in which the homogenizing forces of economics, communications, and technology are fragmented by compulsions to define the self in terms of nationality, ethnicity, religion, or political viewpoint. In depicting the body as fleshless or in a state of transformation, these artists remind us that the individual is inseparable from the larger “body” of society, with all its splits, seams, and shifting moods and values. If such works mirror a condition of entropy, do they also offer a way of restructuring the self to adapt to change?
11:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Question and answer period
12:00–1:00 p.m.
Lunch
1:00 p.m.–2:00 p.m.
Eric Fischl, figurative artist
“Painting is Dead”
Eric Fischl will discuss the disappearance of the body from painting and sculpture using two key points as markers in the development of modernism: Vincent van Gogh cutting the lobe of his ear off and one hundred years later, the American performance artist Chris Burden having himself shot.
2:00–3:00 p.m.
Michael Bess, chancellor's professor of history at Vanderbilt University
“Networked Bodies, Sculpted Minds: The Future of Human Biological Enhancement”
Michael Bess, who has written and lectured on the social and cultural impacts of technological advances in medicine, genetics, and prosthetics, will address the potential for the wholesale reconstruction of human identity in the next century.
3:00–3:30 p.m.
Closing remarks
To register, please send in the Paint Made Flesh Symposium Registration Form or call 615.744.3247.
State of the Art Lecture: Dawoud Bey—Representing the Human Subject @ Frist: Dec 4 2008: Free
State of the Art Lecture: Dawoud Bey—Representing the Human Subject
Thursday, December 4, 6:30 p.m.
Auditorium, FREE
The State of the Art lecture series focuses on issues in the contemporary art world and feature presentations by nationally and internationally renowned authorities.
This lecture coincides with an exhibition on view at the Frist Center: The Best of Photography and Film from the George Eastman House Collection, which features more than 200 iconic photographs, films and film-related materials selected from the world-renowned collection of George Eastman House International Museum of Photography and Film in Rochester, New York.
Dawoud Bey began his career as a photographer in 1975 with a series of photographs, Harlem, USA, that were later exhibited in his first one-person exhibition at the Studio Museum in Harlem in 1979. He has since had numerous exhibitions worldwide, at such institutions as the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, National Portrait Gallery (London), and the Whitney Museum of American Art (New York), where his works were also included in the 2000 Whitney Biennial. The Walker Art Center (location) organized a mid-career survey of his work in 1995 that traveled to institutions throughout the United States and Europe. A major publication, “Dawoud Bey: Portraits, 1975-1995,” was published in conjunction with the exhibition.
Bey’s works are included in the permanent collections of numerous museums, including the Art Institute of Chicago, the Brooklyn Museum, the Detroit Institute of Arts, the High Museum of Art (Atlanta, Ga.), Museum of Contemporary Art (Chicago), National Portrait Gallery (London), Whitney Museum of American Art (New York) and many others. He has received numerous awards and fellowships over the course of his career including fellowships from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts.
Bey has taught at colleges, universities, and other institutions for the past 30 years, and is currently professor of photography at Columbia College Chicago. He received his Master of Fine Arts degree from Yale University School of Art, and is presently represented in the United States by Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago.
Photography Lecture Series @ Frist: Nov & Dec 2008: Free
Photography Lecture Series
Thursdays, November 6, 20 & December 11, 6:30 p.m.
Auditorium, FREE
The Frist Center is pleased to present a special three-part photography lecture series, featuring expert speakers who will each address a different aspect of the medium. The series is presented in conjunction with the current exhibition, The Best of Photography and Film From the George Eastman House Collection. The series is free to the public.
Thursday, November 20
Photography Lecture Series, Part II
“Is the Medium the Message?”
In 1964, Marshall McLuhan declared that the “medium is the message.” Susan H. Edwards, Ph.D., executive director and CEO of the Frist Center and photography scholar, examines his claims in the context of the history of photography. She discusses how images produced by photochemical processes immediately altered perceptions of time and space. Her talk confirms that the medium of photography changed the course of police work, medicine, journalism, the visual arts and material culture. In the digital age, even the social consequences of photography are changing. What is the message of this medium? How is the digital divide changing society?
Thursday, December 11
Photography Lecture Series, Part III
“Civil War Photography”
Guest speaker Brooks Johnson, consultant to the Chrysler Museum of Art (Norfolk, Va.), explores the work of photographers of the Civil War and iconic photographs on view in The Best of Photography and Film from the George Eastman House Collection. In addition, he explains the various photographic techniques used during this time period.
Artist's Forum @ Frist: Vanderbilt Student Panel: Free
Artist's Forum
Friday, December 12, 6:30 p.m.
Rechter Room, FREE
Artists Forum gives local and regional emerging and recognized artists an opportunity to discuss the thoughts and processes behind their work.
Friday, December 12—Special Student Edition
Featured artists: panel of art students from Vanderbilt University
Lecture by art group Let's Re-Make: November 21: Frist: FREE
Lecture by art group Let's Re-Make
Fri., November 21st, 6:30 - 7:30 pm
Frist Center for Visual Arts
The internationally recognized collaborative art group Let's Re-Make will talk about their work at the Frist Center for the Visual Arts as part of a year-long Nashville Cultural Arts Project (NCAP) initiative called ART MAKES PLACE: Contemporary Artists make Community-based, Public Art in the form of Temporary, Site-specific and Performance-based Artworks, or AMP. The talk will be followed by a round table discussion with other AMP artists working in the public sphere. The talk is free and open to the public. Entrance to FCVA exhibitions that evening is free to all college students.
As part of the Art Makes Place project, Let's Re-Make will be in Nashville Nov. 17-21 to learn about vulnerable Nashville populations and work with Vanderbilt students and others in the community to create a poster art project focusing on issues of shelter. At the end of the week they will put their posters up in publicly accessible sites throughout Nashville.
____________
Art Makes Place Panel Discussions
Fridays, Nov. 1, Dec. 19, Feb. 27, March 27--at 6:30 p.m.
Studio B, FREE
The Frist Center will be the site for a number of presentations in conjunction with ART MAKES PLACE: Contemporary Artists make Community-based, Public Art in the form of Temporary, Site-specific and Performance-based Artworks.
Art Makes Place is organized by the Nashville Cultural Arts Project, in collaboration with Metro Nashville Public Schools, Vanderbilt University, and the Frist Center, with funding from the Metro Nashville Arts Commission.
Additional information about AMP is available at www.n-cap.org/amp.html.
http://www.letsremake.info/
Schedule
Friday, November 21, 2008
Let's ReMake, an internationally recognized collaborative art group
Friday, December 19, 2008
Michael Cooper
Friday, February 27, 2009
Julie Roberts
Friday, March 27, 2009
Bonnie Fortune
Friday, April 17, 2009
Lindsay Obermeyer
Location: Rechter Room at the Frist Center
Friday, May 22, 2009
Mike Calway-Fagen
Friday, August 14, 2009
Mel Zeigler
Thursday, September 17, 2009
Adrienne Outlaw
Call for artists: Call for Artists: Urban Housing Solutions "Art Works for Change": art due Nov 20
We invite artists to submit work for our 2nd annual Art Works for Change student art competition and silent auction.
Art Works for Change is the culmination of a local student art competition, where prizes are awarded, students are honored, and their work is auctioned to benefit the residents of Urban Housing Solutions.
Alongside student artwork, established community artists submit their work for auction. This not only serves to make the event a greater success, but also brings together a community of artists old and young, established and new, for a good cause.
Urban Housing Solutions is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit, providing affordable housing and comprehensive services in Nashville for over 1,000 individuals per year. We serve not only low-income families, but also disabled Nashvillians such as those struggling with mental illness, AIDS/HIV, domestic violence survival, recovery from drugs/alcohol, and chronic homelessness.
We expect 250-300 guests at this year's event including local philanthropists, artists, parents, art buyers, and business professionals. Artists who donate their work will have the chance to exhibit their pieces and biographical information to these guests while helping move Nashville from poverty to possibility!
All donations are tax deductible, and we can arrange for a pick-up.
All proceeds go directly to resident programming.
Thank you very much for your consideration. Please feel free to contact me at any time. We hope to have all art in hand by November 20th.
Please contact georgia.copeland@gmail.com if you are interested.
Call for artists-Plowhaus-Holiday Show 2008
+++CALL FOR ARTISTS+++
You are cordially invited to join the 2008 Plowhaus "Arts and Artisans" Holiday show at the Plowhaus Gallery at the Tennessee Art
League - 808 Broadway(Downtown Nashville), 2nd Floor. Runs Dec. 6th
through Dec. 27th
If you would like to participate in this event – Please contact John Holland at Digitaldoodler7@gmail.com. Openings for this show are on a first come/first claim basis and there are 30 spaces available(10 left to fill). The fee to enter the show will be $25. Each artist's to get about 4 linear feet of space.
We are encouraging artists to price $100 or under - Floor displays for prints, jewelry, etc. are welcomed .
Curator: Sarah Fowler
Press Release: John Holland
Hanging chair: Audra Ladd
Poster Design: Ayjey
Food Coordinator: Diane Stockard
Titleblocks: Ayjey
Show Coordinator: John Holland
Show Run: December 6th through December 27th The Plowhaus Artist's Cooperative:
Tennessee Art League
808 Broadway
Nashville, Tn. 37203
2nd Floor Gallery
www.plowhaus.org
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Teaching Assistant @ Frist. Deadline Nov 14, 2008
Apply to be a Teaching Assistant at the Frist Center. Applicants need a college degree or need to be in pursuit of a degree.
Information about the Frist Center Teaching Assistant positions can be found at the
following link:
http://www.fristcenter.org/site/volunteer/internships.aspx
Deadline: Nov.14
Ruby Green artist studios
Ruby Green is dividing it's gallery space into four studios for 250 each. The only requirement would be that on the first saturday of each month the studios must be open from 6-9pm. Ruby Green will advertise and have as our website the artist's bio and info explaining the program. Ruby Green will not take any commission from any work sold. The 250 per month is all that is required. This program would last until the end of August 2009. At that time, the back space would become a studio for one or two artists. We were thinking you might know some artists who would like to work together or might be interested yourself.
contact Daniel Lonow at daniellonow@comcast.net or 615-686-5409
Call for artists: Projekt30 JANUARY 2009 EXHIBITION: Deadline: Dec 1, 2008
Projekt30 JANUARY 2009 EXHIBITION
Projekt30 is taking submissions for our new January 2009 publicly juried exhibition.
We are an artist-run arts organization dedicated to promoting emerging artists. The exhibition will include thirty artists; invitations will be sent to over 30,000 galleries, collectors, and fellow artists. Visitors have the option of contacting any participating artist with feedback or opportunities. Since 2003 over 200,000 messages have been sent to participating artists.
All artwork submitted will be presented online prior to the exhibition so visitors may help select which artists will be included in the exhibition. Unlike other juried exhibitions, all participants receive exposure.
Opens: Jan 1, 2009.
Public Jury: Dec 15, 2008 - Dec 29, 2008
Deadline: Dec 1, 2008.
Go to http://www.projekt30.com for more details.
About PROJEKT30:
PROJEKT30 is an artist run arts organization. Our mission is to expose artists to "brick and mortar" galleries interested in presenting their work, private collectors, patrons, or even simply just art lovers. All of our exhibitions are "publicly juried", meaning that site visitors construct the final exhibition by rating the artworks merit. Via this system we are helping shape the art world of the twenty-first century, and endeavoring to encourage broader public interest in the fine arts.
artEMBRACE East Fall Series Classes 2008 - updates
Hey there (see new additional class dates below)!
Do you…
Need a gift for that someone who has EVERYTHING?
Want to give some great presents to your loved ones, but money’s tight?
This fall, artEMBRACE East is offering a Special Fall Series just for you! In ONLY ONE NIGHT, learn how to make fantastic gifts for all the special ones in your life!
Classes are $20 and include all supplies (YMCA Members pay only $15!).
There are six Sessions (6:30 – 8:30pm):
1) Monday, November 10th (SOLD OUT): Printmaking with Marlynda Augelli – Learn to make lovely one-of-a-kind prints and even silk-screening!
2) Tuesday, November 11th: Printmaking with Marlynda Augelli – Learn to make lovely one-of-a-kind prints and even silk-screening!
3) Monday, November 17th: Silver Jewelry-Making with Pam Hall – This class goes a bit beyond our current fare: you’ll work with silver instead of copper… and you get to use a torch! Your bejeweled creation will be out of this world! Way cool!
4) Tuesday, November 18th: Silver Jewelry-Making with Pam Hall – This class goes a bit beyond our current fare: you’ll work with silver instead of copper… and you get to use a torch! Your bejeweled creation will be out of this world! Way cool!
5) Monday, November 22nd: Silver Jewelry-Making with Pam Hall – This class goes a bit beyond our current fare: you’ll work with silver instead of copper… and you get to use a torch! Your bejeweled creation will be out of this world! Way cool!
6) Thursday, December 4th (SOLD OUT – if enough registrants contact us, we will add another date): Acrylic Painting with Cindy Wunsch – This session’s theme will take on the “warmth of the season”, “hot chocolate by the fire”, “the things you feel most thankful for”, and anything else that you would like to share upon a canvas.
Registration for these Special Sessions is By Phone Only. Payment (cash, check, money order, or credit card) will be collected at the door on the evening of your class.
To register, please call (615) 226-5577, extension 72555 and leave us your name and phone number. We will then call you to confirm your space in class.
Classes will take place at the YMCA artEMBRACE East Art Studio, 120 South 11th Street, 37206 (next door to the Y-CAP Building on 11th and Russell). We’re in the Yellow House.
Thursday, November 6, 2008
Tennessee Photographer John Guider Talk at State Museum: Nov 9
Tennessee Historical Society and the Tennessee State Museum
Third Annual Book Fair
at Tennessee State Museum
Sunday November 9, 2008
1:30-4pm
Several presenters will be participating in talks including...
John Guider
Tennessee photographer
The River Inside
3 PM
Tennessee photographer John Guider stepped into his 16-foot canoe on Spencer Creek in Williamson County five years ago and began his incredible journey. He canoed down the Harpeth, Cumberland, Tennessee, and Ohio rivers, before paddling the mighty Mississippi and arriving at his final destination of New Orleans. Guider completed the upper portions of the Mississippi in three subsequent solo canoe trips taken from 2005 to 2007.
In a journal chronicling his daily routine, Guider recorded the life he observed along the riverbanks and the details of what he felt were narrow escapes from life-threatening situations. The River Inside, is the title of both the State Museum exhibition and corresponding book that speaks to the resonance between life-sustaining water sources and human beings.
Guider's book is a compelling narrative of his life-changing journey, as well as a work of art, with high-impact photographs and graphics. With a cast of colorful characters, a series of near-deadly mishaps, a respect for the Mississippi as a wonder of nature and of commerce, and the wit and wisdom of a true poet, The River Inside is a one-of-a-kind tale.
At 3:00 p.m., Guider will present an account of his journey. Visitors to the book fair will be able to view Guider's exhibition, which includes 75 platinum prints from a selection of more than 10,000 images he took along the way, his canoe, river maps, and camera equipment. A short documentary film, distilling the essence of Guider's trips, produced by Brittany Hailes and Coke Sams of Nashville's Ruckus Film, complements the exhibition
LINKS
http://www.tnmuseum.org/exhibitions.cfm/68
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIxw0Hx6plQ
The Tennessee State Museum is located at Fifth Ave. and Deaderick Street in downtown Nashville. Free parking is available on the weekends in the state parking lots to the north and west of the Tennessee State Capitol.
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Firefly Fine Arts Festival Deadline: December 15
Firefly Fine Arts Festival Deadline: December 15
Dickson, TN
The Firefly Fine Arts Festival is a celebration of visual arts complemented by music, dance and theater to be held the fourth weekend in June each year at The Renaissance Center in Dickson, TN. This is a three-day juried festival with 125 artist booths available. A minimum of $4,000 in jury prizes will be awarded, along with jury exemptions from the following year's festival. The festival is open to artists working in these categories: ceramics, drawing, glass, jewelry, mixed media, photography, wood, digital media, fiber arts, graphics/printmaking, metalworks, painting and sculpture. For more information, contact Jeremy Spencer at jeremy@fireflyartsfestival.com.
Tennessee Arts Commission FY2010 Grants:
Tennessee Arts Commission FY2010 Grants
Fiscal Year 2010 Grant Guidelines and applications are now available on the Tennessee Arts Commission's (TAC) web site, www.arts.state.tn.us.
TAC grants are available through the Commission's eGrant system, and include several categories.
Those categories include Major Cultural Institutions; Arts Education (Artist-in-Residence, Community Learning and Teacher Training); Arts Access; Arts Project Support and Rural Arts Project Support; and General Operating Support.
Individual Artist Fellowships are available in Dance (Performance), Music (Vocal Performance), Theater (Acting), Craft, Media (Film, Video and Photography), Visual Art (Two-dimensional work) and Literary Arts (Fiction/Creative Non-fiction and Poetry).
See website for deadlines
TNVLA presents: FORMING A SMALL ARTS BUSINESS: Mon., Nov. 17th, 2008: RSVP NOV 14
TNVLA presents: FORMING A SMALL ARTS BUSINESS (CLE Approved) Date: Mon., Nov. 17th, 2008 This seminar is free and open to the public. There is a fee for lawyers seeking CLE credit: $35 for TNVLA Member Lawyers; $50 Non-Members (for 1.5 hours CLE credit). If you would like to attend, you must RSVP to info@tnvla.org by Fri., Nov. 14th.
Time: 6:00-7:30p.m.
Co-Sponsor/Location: Watkins College of Art, Design & Film, 2298 Rosa Parks Blvd.
Should I incorporate? This is one of the most common questions we hear from artists at TNVLA. This seminar will provide an overview of the different types of business entities, including a corporation, partnership or LLC, as well as the pros and cons of each form. We will also discuss basic steps in the process for forming your business. Presented by Lee Baldridge, TNVLA volunteer lawyer from Cameron & Worley.
CALL TO ARTISTS:NASHVILLE “ARTS CREATE COMMMUNITY” PROJECT: Deadline Nov 17, 2008
Sommet Group, announces a Call to Artists seeking submissions from Greater Nashville artists
(current, past or native middle
Attached is an application form along with the guidelines. The deadline for interested artists to submit their qualifications for consideration is Monday, November 17, 2008.
Thank you for your consideration in sharing your talents for this special project.
All best,
Connie
Connie Linsler Valentine
President & CEO
Arts & Business Council of Greater
615-743-3060
615-256-3074 (fax)
The Arts & Business Council of Greater Nashville was formed as a catalyst for the business community to leverage the arts for economic and cultural vitality, while building business support for the arts, and creating awareness that our cultural/arts assets are crucial to strengthening economic development, community sustainability, and human relations.
DOWNLOADS:
APPLICATION PDF
CALL FOR ARTISTS PDF
Connect 12 Artist Collective: Artist Talks: November 8 and 15, 2008
Connect 12 Artist Collective
Artist Talks
At the Downtown Presbyterian Church
Saturday November 8 and 15 at 1 pm
The Connect 12 Artist Collective is pleased to present their exhibition at the Downtown Presbyterian Church, from November 1 through November 30. In addition, the group will hold two informal artist talks at the Church, at 1 p.m. on Saturday November 8 and on November 15.
Ben Vitualla brought his peers together for the first Connect 12 show last September at Dangenart Gallery. The inaugural show not only brought critical acclaim for the collective of Nashville-based artists, but also served to inspire them each to produce better, more exploratory works of art. The simple philosophy of the group is to promote individual growth through exploration of craft and content.
Exhibiting artists include Alesandra Bellos, Jimi Benedict, Rick Bradley, Samantha Callahan, Eric Denton, Tiffany Denton, Chris Hill, Stacey Irvin, Sean Jewett, Erika Johnson, Shana Kohnstamm, Daniel Lai, Andee Rudloff and Ben Vitualla.
The Downtown Presbyterian Church is located at 254 5th Avenue North, Nashville, TN 37219.
MORE INFO:
http://www.myspace.com/connect12
Artistic Beats! at Mad Donna's. Call for artists
Artistic Beats!
East Nashville
http://www.myspace.com/maddonnas
Open Everyday
Monday-Friday 11am-til
Saturday & Sunday 10am-til
1313 Woodland Street
Nashville, TN 37206
615.226.1617 p
615.226.1638 f
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
TNVLA presents: NONPROFIT BOARD MEMBER RIGHTS & RESPONSIBILITIES - Nov 11, 2008
NONPROFIT BOARD MEMBER RIGHTS & RESPONSIBILITIES (CLE Approved)
Date: Tues., Nov. 11th, 2008
Time: 5:00-6:30p.m.
Co-Sponsor/Location: The Nashville Childrens Theatre, 724 2nd Ave. S.
What does it mean to accept a position on the board of a nonprofit arts organization? What legal rights and responsibilities do you incur as a result of your commitment? This seminar will answer these questions and more. A great program for new board members as well as experienced ones! Presented by Marc Jenkins, TNVLA volunteer lawyer from Hubbard, Berry & Harris.
This seminar is free and open to the public. There is a fee for lawyers seeking CLE credit: $35 for TNVLA Member Lawyers; $50 Non-Members (for 1.5 hours CLE credit). If you would like to attend, you must RSVP to info@tnvla.org by Mon., Nov. 10th.
Tennessee Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts
1507 16th Avenue South
Nashville, TN 37212
info@tnvla.org (615) 298-9309 www.tnvla.org
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
FREE COLLEGE NIGHTS @ FRIST: THURSDAY EVENINGS, 5:00–9:00 P.M.
FREE COLLEGE NIGHTS Are you a college student looking for something to do? Feeling culturally deprived? The Frist Center is pleased to offer FREE College Nights every Thursday evening from 5:00 to 9:00 p.m. It's the perfect place for a group outing or to make a great impression on a date!
THURSDAY EVENINGS, 5:00–9:00 P.M.
You can visit the current exhibitions FREE and enjoy live music in the lobby (6:00–8:00 p.m. every Thursday) complete with bistro seating and a wine bar.
The Frist also has a full service café open until 9:00 p.m. on Thursdays.
Just bring your current college or university ID and admission to the Frist on Thursday nights is FREE!
artEMBRACE East Fall Series Classes 2008
Do you…
Need a gift for that someone who has EVERYTHING?
Want to give some great presents to your loved ones, but money’s tight?
This fall, artEMBRACE East is offering a Special Fall Series just for you! In ONLY ONE NIGHT, learn how to make fantastic gifts for all the special ones in your life!
Classes are $20 and include all supplies (YMCA Members pay only $15!).
There are three Sessions (6:30 – 8:30pm):
1) Monday, November 10th: Printmaking with Marlynda Augelli –
Learn to make lovely one-of-a-kind prints and even silk-screening!
2) Tuesday, November 18th: Silver Jewelry-Making with Pam Hall – This class goes a bit beyond our current fare: you’ll work with silver
instead of copper… and you get to use a torch! Your bejeweled
creation will be out of this world! Way cool!
3) Thursday, December 4th: Acrylic Painting with Cindy Wunsch –
This session’s theme will take on the “warmth of the season”, “hot chocolate by the fire”, “the things you feel most thankful for”, and anything else that you would like to share upon a canvas.
Registration for these Special Sessions is By Phone Only. Payment (cash, check, money order, or credit card) will be collected at the door on the evening of your class.
To register, please call (615) 226-5577, extension 72555 and leave us your name and phone number. We will then call you to confirm your space in class.
Classes will take place at the YMCA artEMBRACE East Art Studio, 120 South 11th Street, 37206 (next door to the Y-CAP Building on 11th and Russell). We’re in the Yellow House.
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Dr Sketchy's Anti-Art School Halloween Spooktacular Sat Oct 11th, 2008
Dr Sketchy's Anti-Art School Halloween Spooktacular Sat Oct 11th
3-6 pm
The 5 Spot
$10
Miss Lolly Pop and Lux-o-Matic are normally the two beautiful ladies behind the magic that is Dr Sketchy's Anti-Art School. However, this month they will be the stars of Dr Sketchy's Halloween Spooktacular. The 5 Spot will be transformed into a haunted speakeasy in which you will be tricked and treated to a terrifyingly ghoulish time.
Come dressed in your Halloween best for a chance to win prizes from local sponsors such as The Boundry, Trim Classic Barber, The Hip Zipper and more!
Remember Dr Sketchy's is open to all skill levels. Come to drink or to draw or both! You can find out more info and register early to save yourself a seat at www.DrSketchysNashville.com and www.myspace.com/DrSketchysNashville
This will be the last session of 2008 so come get your sketch on!
TNVLA presents: LEGAL ISSUES FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS: Oct 20, 2008: RSVP: OCT17
| |||
|
October 2008 Brown Bag Lunch - Arts Council Williamson County
Join us!
Friday, October 10, 11am - 1pm
Casual two hours of fun and artistic inspiration.
Feel free to come and go as you like.
Location:
Williamson County Public Library
(main conference room)
1314 Columbia Pike
Franklin, TN 37064
Let's connect our creative community!
Info: 428-3845 or email info@artscouncilwc.org.
It is that time of the month again. Please join us this Friday and feel free to bring your friends. Artists are invited to bring a sample of their work to share with the group.
October's Topic:
The Life of a Thespian
by Peggy Macpherson, Pull-Tight Players
Peggy has been a member of the Pull-Tight Players since 1973. She has quite a history with the group and is the theater's Historian. She will share her experiences raising two daughters in the theater and a list of plays the Pull-Tight Players have done over the years (about 200). Her husband will join her to talk about the present season of plays, and the two youth groups they sponsor (pre-teens and teens).
'Supplies for Soldier's' Collection - continues again this month.
The Arts Council is collecting supplies for troops stationed in Iraq. We will be collecting simple, everyday supplies for them (preferrably something easy to ship). You bring the supplies, we'll get them to the soldiers.
Visit www.artscouncilwc.org for more info.
Sunday, September 28, 2008
Call for Artists: ArtDocs First Annual Fundraiser: Deadline: Oct 17, 2008
++++ DOWNLOAD PDF ++++
ARTDOCS BLOG:
http://artdocsnashville.blogspot.com
CALL FOR ARTISTS
ARTDOCS FIRST ANNUAL FUNDRAISER
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2008
7-10pm
Location: Limelight Nashville
201 Woodland Street
Nashville, TN 37213
CONTACT: artdocsnashville@gmail.com
myspace.com/artdocsnashville
ARTDOCS FUNDRAISER
On Thursday, October 23, 2008, ArtDocs Nashville, will be hosting its first annual kickoff/fundraiser from 7-10 pm at Limelight Nashville. For this event, ArtDocs is asking for artists to submit works for auction. Please follow the guidelines below in submitting your work.
ABOUT ARTDOCS
ArtDocs is a non-profit organization that provides free medical care to local uninsured artists. All of the money raised at the event will be used to pay for critical aspects of medical care such as lab testing or imaging studies. Health care provider time is donated.
ARTIST INFO
+ Works will not be juried; the first 60 pieces received will be auctioned
+ Participation or Application Fee: $0
+ Size Limit: Pieces must be able to fit through the door at Limelight
+ 1 piece of artwork per artist
+ Silent Auction: Works priced with a minimum bid of $99 and below will be placed into Silent Auction; Bid Increment = $5
+ Live Auction: Works priced with a minimum bid of $100 and up to $6,000 will be placed into Live Auction; Bid Increment = $20
+ Artist sets Minimum Bid
+ Percentage of sale donated to ArtDocs: 75%
Percentage of sale to artist: 25%
+ Artwork must be dry and ready to hang
+ Artwork must be labeled with form provided on back of work
DATES AND DEADLINES
+ Deadline to Apply: October 17, 2008
+ Artwork Drop off: at a TBA location on Sunday, Oct 19th between 12 - 3 pm.
+ Artwork Pick up: TBA
+ Artwork images sent in for press by: October 8, 2008
SUBMISSION
+ Send images of your work for press consideration to artdocsnashville@gmail.com by October 8, 2008 File Requirements: 300 DPI; JPEG
+ Fill out the Artist Submission Form online:
Address: http://artdocsnashville.blogspot.com/2008/09/submission.html
Thank you for being a part of starting this organization in Nashville!
ArtDocs and its organizers reserve the right to reject artwork deemed unsuitable for the location or event.
++++ DOWNLOAD PDF ++++
