Nashville Arts - April 2015

the doctors doctor
d r . M i ng W ang
harvard & Mit (Md, magna cum laude); Phd (laser Physics)
PERFORMED SURGERIES ON
OVER 4,000 DOCTORS
Dr. Ming Wang, Harvard & MIT (MD, magna cum laude); PhD (laser
Physics), is one of the few cataract and LASIK surgeons in the world
today who holds a doctorate degree in laser physics. He has performed
over 55,000 procedures, including on over 4,000 doctors (hence he has
been referred to as the doctors doctor).
Dr. Wang currently is the only surgeon in the state who offers 3D LASIK
(age 18+), 3D Forever Young Lens surgery (age 45+) and 3D laser cataract
surgery (age 60+). He has published 7 textbooks, over 100 papers
including one in the world-renowned journal Nature, holds several
U.S. patents and performed the worlds first laser-assisted artificial
cornea implantation. He has received an achievement award from the
American Academy of Ophthalmology, and a Lifetime Achievement
Award from the American Chinese Physician Association.
Dr. Wang founded a 501c(3) non-profit charity, the Wang Foundation
for Sight Restoration (www.Wangfoundation.com), which to date
has helped patients from over 40 states in the U.S. and 55 countries
worldwide, with all sight restoration surgeries performed free-of-charge.
AMNIOTIC MEMBRANE
CONTACT LENS
Dr. Wangs invention U.S. patents: 5,932,205 & 6,143,315
Used by over 1,000 eye doctors

to restore sight.
INVENTIONS & PATENTS

1. LASERACT: All-laser cataract
surgery U.S. patent filed.
aberrations U.S. Utility Patent

Application Serial No. 11/642,226.
2. Phacoplasty U.S. patent filed.

3. Amniotic membrane contact
lens for photoablated corneal
tissue U.S. Patent Serial No.
5,932,205.
4. Amniotic membrane contact

lens for injured corneal tissue
U.S. Patent Serial No. 6,143,315.
5. Adaptive infrared retinoscopic

device for detecting ocular
6. Digital eye bank for virtual

clinical trial U.S. Utility Patent
Application Serial No. 11/585,522.
7. Pulsed electromagnetic field

therapy for non-healing
corneal ulcer U.S.patent filed.
8. A whole-genome method
of assaying in vivo DNAprotein interaction and gene
expression regulation
Amniotic membrane
Is obtained after the
babys birth
U.S. patent filed.
Wang Vision 3D Cataract & LASIK Center

615.321.8881 | WangCataractLASIK.com
the
rts
a
company
A primary arts destination in Downtown Nashville since 1996
#6 WHITE
GRAY BAR
SMALL RED 5
BLACK DOWNTOWN NASHVILLE ON SAME LINE
WHITE BACKGROUND
Daryl Thetford, New Nashville Skyline, 2015
FRESH. ORIGINAL. CONTEMPORARY.

215 5TH AVENUE OF THE ARTS NORTH | NASHVILLE, TN 37219
TUES-SAT, 11-5 | 615.254.2040 | WWW.THEARTSCOMPANY.COM
5TH AVENUE OF THE ARTS DOWNTOWN NASHVILLE
TM
PUBLISHED BY THE ST. CLAIRE MEDIA GROUP

Charles N. Martin, Jr., Chairman
Paul Polycarpou, President
Ed Cassady, Les Wilkinson, Directors
SOCIAL MEDIA
www.facebook.com/NashvilleArts
www.twitter.com/NashvilleArts
www.pinterest.com/NashvilleArts
www.nashvillearts.com
CONTACT INFORMATION
EDITORIAL & ADVERTISING OFFICES

644 West Iris Drive, Nashville, TN 37204
615-383-0278
ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT
Cindy Acuff, Keith Wright
615-383-0278
DISTRIBUTION
Wouter Feldbusch, Peyton Lester
SUBSCRIPTIONS AND CUSTOMER SERVICE
615-383-0278
BUSINESS OFFICE
Pam Ferrell, Adrienne Thompson
40 Burton Hills Boulevard, Nashville, TN 37215
EDITORIAL
PAUL POLYCARPOU
Editor and CEO
paul@nashvillearts.com
SARA LEE BURD
Executive Editor and Online Editor
sara@nashvillearts.com
REBECCA PIERCE
Education Editor and Staff Writer
rebecca@nashvillearts.com
MADGE FRANKLIN
Copy Editor
EDITORIAL INTERN
XIYU DENG,
Vanderbilt University
JESSICA MARTIN,
Belmont University
DESIGN
TRACEY STARCK
Design Director
ADVERTISING
CINDY ACUFF
cindy@nashvillearts.com
KEITH WRIGHT
keith@nashvillearts.com
COLUMNS
EMME NELSON BAXTER
Paint the Town
MARSHALL CHAPMAN
Beyond Words
JENNIFER COLE
State of the Arts
LINDA DYER
Appraise It
RACHAEL McCAMPBELL
And So It Goes
JOE NOLAN
Critical i
ANNE POPE
Tennessee Roundup
JIM REYLAND
Theatre Correspondent
MARK W. SCALA
As I See It
JUSTIN STOKES
Film Review
RUSTY WOLFE
Pieces & Parts
TONY YOUNGBLOOD
Art in Formation
Nashville Arts Magazine is a monthly publication by St. Claire Media Group, LLC. This publication is free,
one per reader. Removal of more than one magazine from any distribution point constitutes theft, and
violators are subject to prosecution. Back issues are available at our office for free, or by mail for $5.00
a copy. Email: All email addresses consist of the employees first name followed by @nashvillearts.
com; to reach contributing writers, email info@nashvillearts.com. Editorial Policy: Nashville Arts
Magazine covers art, news, events, entertainment, and culture in Nashville and surrounding areas.
The views and opinions expressed in the magazine do not necessarily represent those of the publisher.
Subscriptions: Subscriptions are available at $45 per year for 12 issues. Please note: Due to the nature
of third-class mail and postal regulations, issues could be delayed by as much as two or three weeks.
There will be no refunds issued. Please allow four to six weeks for processing new subscriptions and
address changes. Call 615.383.0278 to order by phone with your Visa or Mastercard number.
HIDDEN LIGHT
NEW WORK BY JAQ BELCHER
MARCH 7 - APRIL 18, 2015
W W W.TIN N E YC O N T E M P O R ARY. C O M
237 5TH AVENUE NORTH | NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE | 615.255.7816
HOURS:
TUESDAY - SATURDAY, 11 AM - 5 PM, AND BY APPOINTMENT.
5 t h Av e n u e o f t h e A r t s
Downtown nAshville
A 2O15
pril
FEATURES
on the cover:
Mark Bradley-Shoup, Breaker Breaker, 2014,

Oil on panel, 52 x 48
Article on page 36
COLUMNS
32
12 Spotlights
23 Crawl Guide
of Greater Nashville
24 Nashville Fashion
Week
44 As I See It

by Mark W. Scala
32 Music City Fine Art
48 Film

by Justin Stokes
36 Mark Bradley-Shoup

Variations on a Theme
50 Public Art

by Anne-Leslie Owens
41 Ironware

Forged by a Creative Community
61
52 And So It Goes

by Rachael McCampbell
54 Lera Lynn

Takes a Trip Down

76
The Avenues
72 Art in Formation

by Tony Youngblood
88 Pieces & Parts

by Rusty Wolfe
56 The Art of Craft

Tennessee Craft

Celebrates 50 Years
92 Poets Corner

by Victor Anderson
61 Nancy Depew

Explores the Curiosity of Nature
94 Art See
64 Russ Faxon

Casting Memories in Time
98 Theatre

by Jim Reyland
69 New Dialect

Banning Bouldin Has
100 Art Smart

by Rebecca Pierce
Given Nashville Something

to Talk About
104 Paint the Town

by Emme Nelson Baxter
76 Abstract Nashville
A New Photographic Series

82 Catherine Moberg

Takes Trompe loeil

Ceramics to a New Level
106 NPT
112 The Bookmark
64
Hot Books and

Cool Reads
84 Tina Barney

The Europeans
113 Beyond Words

by Marshall Chapman
90 Danny
Broadway

Rhythm and Hues
114 My Favorite
Painting
69
8 | April 2015
41
39 Art & the Business of Art

Arts & Business Council
114
NashvilleArts.com
THE RYMER GALLERY

233 Fifth Avenue North | Nashville, TN 37219
615.752.6030 | TuesdaySaturday 11am5pm
www.therymergallery.com
HERB WILLIAMS
Call of Couture
April 4 - 30, 2015
A new series of high fashion crayon

sculptures and paintings
Opening Reception April 4, during
First Saturday Art Crawl Downtown
TH AVENUE OF THE ARTS

DOWNTOWN NASHVILLE
Flowers
For Mother
Over 40 Artists
Participating
PUBLISHER ' S NOTE
Art Creates a City
m not usually stuck for words. By that I mean I can normally

find something appropriate to say about almost anything.
That is until I walked in to Tinney Contemporary during
last months art crawl. On display the work of Jaq Belcher. I
have seen her magnificent work before. Intricately cut paper designs
that cast artful shadows that seem to dance and reform right before
your eyes. But thats not what rendered me speechless. No. That
experience awaited me in the back room where Belcher had installed
a piece called Lunar Codex. Walking in you could hear the collective
jaw drop. Ill say no more. You can see it on page 30, or better still,
get down to Tinney and see it for yourself. Trust me on this one.
Inside this edition youll find our 2015 Gallery Guide. We have tried
our hardest to include all the galleries old and new, of which there
are many. If we have omitted your gallery please let us know so that
we can include it online and in next years guide. We hope that youll
find this guide useful in navigating your way around the wonderful
art galleries in town.
Also this month we launch Abstract Nashville, our new photographic
series that starts on page 76.
Let us know what you think.
Paul Polycarpou
Publisher
DERBY......STEEPLECHASE
Join Us For Morning Tea
Saturday, May 2
11 am 1 pm
2104 Crestmoor Road

in Green Hills
Nashville, TN 37215
Hours: Mon-Fri 9:30 to 5:30
Sat 9:30 to 5:00
Phone: 615-297-3201
www.bennettgalleriesnashville.com
hatWRKS
1027 8th ave s. nashville 615.491.9009
Memento Mori
Death in Art & Illustration
Vanderbilt Fine Arts Gallery Through May 23
emento Mori Looking at Death in Art and Illustration

examines various perspectives on the nature of death
and our attempts to memorialize the dead in order to
give their lives meaning. Through the combined resources of the
Vanderbilt Fine Arts Gallery, the Eskind Biomedical Library Special
Collections, local museums, and several private collections, this
exhibit offers an interdisciplinary approach to the understanding of
the role of death and mourning in society.
Artwork and illustrations that span the last four centuries explore
themes such as the Danse Macabre or Dance of Death, the medieval
allegory of Deaths equalizing power. Deathbed scenes, images of the
living mourning over those they have lost, and memorials to those
who have passed remind us that the end of life is often a time when
family and loved ones gather together. The exhibit includes works by
artists such as Ivan Albright, Andrea di Bartolo, Enrique Chagoya,
Sue Coe, William Edmondson, Hans Holbein, Kthe Kollwitz,
Georges Rouault, Thomas Rowlandson, Stephen Tourlentes,
Andreas Vesalius, Werner Wildner, and Tsukioka Yoshitoshi.
Willem Van Swanenburg, Death and an Arrow About to Strike the Man
Down, 1609, plate 4 from Allegory of the Misuse of Worldly Property, after
Maarten van Heemskerk, Engraving
The oldest work on display, dating from 1555, is a second edition

manuscript by Andreas Vesalius, de humani corporis fabrica (On
the fabric of the human body), which was the authoritative book
on human anatomy for several centuries. This seminal example
of medical illustration shows that, for many centuries, medical
exploration took place most frequently in the domain of death,
as Holly Tucker, one of the exhibitions co-curators, writes in her
book Blood Work: A Tale of Medicine and Murder in the Scientific
Revolution. Like many of the works on display, this manuscript is a
blend of historic, artistic, and scientific study.
The exhibition also includes a rich and varied display of cultural
pieces surrounding death and mourning. Among the most striking
are a silk mourning dress dating from 1909, a simple tombstone
carved by the famous African American sculptor William
Edmondson, and a death mask of the physiologist Jan Purkinje.
Memento Mori Looking at Death in Art and Illustration was

organized by the Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery and
co-curated by Joseph Mella, director, Holly Tucker, professor of
French Studies and professor of Biomedical Ethics and Society,
Christopher Ryland, assistant director at the Eskind Biomedical
Library, and James J. Thweatt, coordinator for historical collections
at the Eskind Biomedical Library.
Enrique Chagoya, La Portentosa Vida de la Muerte (The Prodigious Life of
Death), 2003, Lithograph
Memento Mori Looking at Death in Art and Illustration remains

on view through May 23 at the Vanderbilt Fine Arts Gallery. For
information and gallery hours, visit www.vanderbilt.edu/gallery.
12 | April 2015 NashvilleArts.com
MARK
BRADLEY-SHOUP
variations on a theme
DLG
APR 2015
DAVID LUSK GALLERY
516 Hagan St . Nashville . davidluskgallery.com
NASHVILLES REAL ESTATE SIGN OF DISTINCTION
40 Burton Hills Blvd., Suite 230 (615) 250-7880

Worthproperties.com
4025 NESTLEDOWN DR $2,998,800
101 CHERRY BRANCH LN $2,499,000
1600 WHISPERING HILLS DR $2,150,000
126 BROOKFIELD AVE $1,899,000
4124 WALLACE LN $1,484,000
3106 DEL RIO PIKE $1,289,000
4509 BALLOW LANE $1,249,000
SO
NE
W
1060 NATCHEZ VALLEY LN $1,018,800
1020 FALLING LEAF CIRCLE $975,000
SO
SO
LD
LD
815 TYNE BLVD $1,198,000
LD
2323 WOODMONT BLVD $3,499,000
PR
IC
E
6123 HILLSBORO RD $6,687,000
2012 WATERSTONE DR $699,900
172-A WOODMONT BLVD $539,900
297 SAINT ANDREWS DR $475,000
GNAR Award of Excellence Life Member and 9 time Diamond Award Recipient
mobile: 615-330-3051 office: 615-250-7880 Laurabaugh3@gmail.com
CO
SO MI
ON NG
Governors Club Homes
55 GOVERNORS WAY $5,999,900
Its worth a call to Laura Baugh.

Im never too busy for you!
7th Annual Cherry Blossom Festival

Nashville Public Square Park April 11
by Jessica Martin
PHOTOGRAPH BY DIANE TREADWAY
herry blossoms have been a symbol

of friendship between the United
States and Japan since the Mayor of
Tokyo donated 3,000 cherry trees to
Washington, DC in 1912. In celebration
of this event, many sakura matsuri, or
cherry blossom festivals, are celebrated
throughout the US each spring.
PHOTOGRAPH BY DIANE TREADWAY
Nashville is one of few cities to have a

Consul General of Japan. Motohiko Katos
involvement here, and the annual Nashville
Cherry Blossom Festival, demonstrate the
strong friendship between our city and
Japan. This year, the city celebrates the
planting of more than 700 Japanese cherry
trees over seven years in our citys parks,
public areas, and neighborhoods.
Every year we get bigger and better,

said Festival Director Ginger Byrn. Its
such a nice day for friends and family
of all ages to enjoy being in Downtown
Nashville while learning about Japan
and Japanese culture.
Events start with the Cherry Blossom

Walk hosted by the Sister Cities of
Nashville and continue with daylong
entertainment such as taiko drumming,
a cosplay contest, and the 2nd Annual
Pups in Pink and Adoption Parade by
the Nashville Humane Association.
A Taste of Japan showcases Japanese
food vendors as well as Nashville food
trucks with special menus just for the
event. The Ginza Marketplace and
Artist Avenue are also available for
shopping. Children and their parents are
invited to make crafts at Nashville Arts
Magazines booth.
The Nashville Cherry Blossom Festival

takes place Saturday, April 11, from
9 a.m. until 5 p.m. at Nashville Public
Square Park on the front lawn of the
Metro Courthouse. Parking is available at
the Metro Courthouse for $5, and there is
a coach service from LP Field. Admission
is free. For more information, please visit
www.nashvillecherryblossomfestival.org.
S AT U R DAY, A P R I L 1 1 , 2 01 5
WA L K 9 - 1 0 A . M . F E S T I VA L 1 0 A . M . - 5 P. M .
P U B L I C S Q UA R E AT M E T RO C O U RT H O U S E
SAKUR A CIRCLE PRESENTING SPONSORS
Aviation Golf Classic
DIAMOND SPONSORS
JAC K & B A R B A R A
B OV E N D E R
Metropolitan
Government of
Nashville and
Davidson County
PRINT MEDIA SPONSOR
W W W . N A S H V I L L E C H E R R Y B L O S S O M F E S T I V A L . O R G
F O R A N A D A A C C O M M O D AT I O N ,
CALL 615- 663- 6060
FIND US!
We grow hair
The rest is up to you
Trust. Care. Confidence.
376-6010
.w G H .
www
e row air com
affordable guaranteed results minor medical procedure fast recovery
TOP PICKS
PHOTOGRAPH BY JERRY PARK
2015
S p r i n g i s u s h e r i n g i n n ew styles
a n d t r e n d s . H e r e a r e a f e w o f Ke i t h ' s
favorites & new arrivals, which I'm s u r e
will end up in some of Nashville's
H O T T E S T H O M E S!
Bronze & Steel

Chandelier
46 in w x 26 in h
$725
5th Avenue
Under the Lights
L a b r o s o n e s Wa l l A r t
s Nashville evolves and advances as a national center

of creativity, the force of our message permeates the
mainstream press and social media. Hardly a week
goes by without positive word about Nashvilles restaurant,
real estate, music, healthcare, and tech entrepreneurship
scenes. An area of creativity that is fast evolving is Nashvilles
Downtown Visual and Performing Arts scene. Eight and a half
years ago when we started Tinney Contemporary, the concept of
a neighborhood as a concentrated center for the arts was only a
dream. Today, 5th Avenue of the Arts Downtown extends from the
Country Music Hall of Fame and Hatch Show Print to TPAC and the
Tennessee State Museum.
Creative Sculpture of
Brass Instruments
$685
P a l l e t Ta b l e D e s k
Made to Order
Call for Pricing
Jordan Mozer
Hudson Club Chair
Chicago, IL
$1,855
.
N A S H V I L L E
6 1 5 . 3 5 0 . 6 6 5 5
W W W . G A R D E N P A R K . C O M
First Annual
Carlos Gamez de Francisco, Plateau Phases in a Neoclassicist Nymph,
Archival inkjet print on canvas, 40 x 60
The street has changed dramatically, as has the focus of what we

show at Tinney Contemporary. We represent museum-collected,
mid-career, contemporary artists from all over the world. Our goal
is to continually expose Nashvilles burgeoning collector base to art
that is interesting, valuable, and life enhancing. Our global family of
artists come from all over the US, Australia, England, Cuba, France,
South Korea, Canada, Colombia, and Egypt. Just as Nashville has
become a destination alternative to Los Angeles and New York for
the music recording industry, so have we become a vital destination
for art galleries and collectors.
The 5th Avenue of the Arts Downtown neighborhood excitedly
awaits the opening of the art-centric 21c Hotel, the Ace Hotel, the
Riverfront Development Outdoor Amphitheater, and other creative
projects. The positive trajectory of the 5th Avenue Downtown
Art scene is reaching an ineluctable tipping point. We at Tinney
Contemporary are proud to be a vital participant in its evolution.
by Susan Tinney
Owner, Tinney Contemporary Gallery
Its All About That Bloom

See, Smell, & Touch
Flower Art Show

Sat. May 2 a 10 am - 5 pm
214 No. Main a Goodlettsville
Lets Celebrate Spring!

Original Flower & Spring Oil Paintings
by Gallery Artists
Demonstrations from
The Sumner County Master Gardners
Gardening Ideas a Lawn Art
Floral Arrangements from
The Goodlettsville Garden Club
SPRING GARDENING! MOTHERS DAY GIFTS!
www.artistsonmain.com
facebook/artistsonmain
NEW 2015
IS 250
$349/MO
LEASE FOR
(OPTIONS SHOWN)
*2015 Lexus IS 250 MSRP $37,825 including delivery, processing and handling. 36 month lease. 10,000 miles per year $1,499 due at signing. Available on approved credit to very well qualified customers
through Lexus Financial Services and Lexus | Cool Springs and Lexus | Nashville. Not all customers will qualify. Monthly payment may vary depending on final price of vehicle & your qualifications.
You pay $0.25/mi over 10k/year. See Lexus | Cool Springs or Lexus | Nashville for vehicle and lease program details. Must take delivery by 04/30/15.
NASHVILLELEXUS.COM
CELEBRATING
Harpeth Hall Student Artists
Upper School Art and Photography Show

April 9 May 5
Patton Visual Arts Center
Artists Reception: April 9 from 5 -7 p.m.
Exhibit features drawings, paintings, mixed media,

3D works, media graphics, and photography.
Christina Cohn
Art on the West Side
GJCC April 18 & 19
fter a hugely successful inaugural year, Art on the West

Side Fine Art and Craft Show and Sale returns to
the Gordon Jewish Community Center (GJCC). My
co-chair, Rhonda Wernick, and I wanted to rekindle the classy
yet comfortable atmosphere of last years event and to continue
to make it well rounded in its offerings of visual art and crafts by
some of the regions best artists, explained Ron York.
The juried show features paintings,
glass, jewelry, wood, pottery, sculpture,
and textiles from more than 50
artists. Among them are Polly Cook,
Marilyn Wendling, Streater Spencer,
Paige Morehead, Lauren Dunn, Lisa
McReynolds, Christina Cohn, Clay
Kottler, Linda Hobdy, Debe Dohrer,
Paula Barnett, Charlie Hunt, and
Gabriel Greenlaw.
Upper School Advanced Placement

Studio Art Exhibit
April 16 May 5
Marnie Sheridan Gallery
Artists Reception: April 16 from 5 -7 p.m.
Exhibit features the work of the advanced senior artists

who will display their Advanced Placement
concentration series, a body of work based on a theme.
THE HARPETH HALL SCHOOL
3801 Hobbs Road Nashville, TN 37215
www.harpethhall.org
Alizah Greenberg
A crowd-pleaser last year, impressionistic painter David Nichols is

this years featured artist. Through light and deliberate brushstrokes,
Nichols captures the essence of his subjects, which include figures,
landscapes, and city scenes. The Friday prior to Art on the West
Side, Nichols will lead a workshop, Landscape Impressions, for
intermediate and advanced painters.
Proceeds from the show support art programming and scholarships
at the Gordon Jewish Community Center, a not-for-profit facility
providing the entire Nashville community with formal and informal
education and physical fitness, recreational, and cultural activities.
The second annual Art on the West Side Fine Art and Craft Show
and Sale opens with a cocktail reception and preview sale
on Saturday, April 18, from 6 until 9 p.m. The event continues
on Sunday, April 19, from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. and includes
Childrens Activities provided by the Frist Center for the Visual
Arts. For more information visit www.nashvillejcc.organd
www.facebook.com/artonthewestside.
HISTORY EMBR ACING A RT
TIFFA N Y FOSS
ARTIST RECEPTION APRIL 3, 6-9 PM
202 2nd Ave. South, Franklin, TN 37064 www.gallery202art.com 615-472-1134
FINE JEWELRY & ART GALLERY
HUNDREDS OF DESIGNS
O V E R 3 6 Y E A R S O F E X P E R I E N C E & F A M I LY
OW N E D F O R T H R E E G E N E R AT I O N S
Visit Our Showroom: 114 Third Ave., So. Franklin, TN 37064
(615) 224-3698 www.jackyacoubianjewelers.com
MonSat. 10 am5 pm Sundays 15 pm
JackYacoubian_0415Q.indd 1
3/17/15 4:15 PM
We Nashville!
nashvillerep.org
APRIL CRAWL GUIDE

The Franklin Art Scene
Friday, April 3, from 6 until 9 p.m.
With over 30 venues participating, the Franklin Art Scene

happens in historic downtown Franklin. Gallery 202 is featuring
plein air painter Tiffany Foss, a member of the Chestnut Group.
Jack Yacoubian Fine Jewelry and Art Gallery is exhibiting
Works on Paper by artist Mike Martino, who uses traditional
printmaking techniques with a contemporary edge. Shuff s
Music and Piano Showroom is showcasing impressionistic
paintings by Susan
Elizabeth Jones. Paul
Crommelin Studio is
h o s t i n g p a i n t e r To m
Vaughn. The Franklin
Visitor Center is showing
paintings by Carol Moon.
Par ks is presenting
acrylics and watercolors
by Elaine Jackson.
Franklin Juice Bar is
featuring new paintings by
Denise Michelle. Pedego
Franklin is presenting
fine art photography by
husband and wife nature
photographers Lisa and
Susan E. Jones Shuffs Music
and Piano Showroom
Ricky Smith.
First Saturday Art Crawl Downtown

Saturday, April 4, from 6 until 9 p.m.
T he Ar ts Company is
presenting The World of
Brad Sells: Sculptor in Wood
featuring small bowls to
large figurative sculpture.
Tinney Contemporar y
is hosting a c losing
reception for Hidden
Light,a solo exhibition of
new works by Jaq Belcher
(see page 30). The Rymer
Gallery is featuring Herb
Williams: Call of Couture
composed of thousands
of crayons in different
themes of high fashion,
along with several paintings.
Downtown Presbyterian
Church is exhibiting a
guest group show by
senior art students
from TSU curated by
Jonathan Lisenby.
In the historic Arcade,

COOP Galler y is
having an opening reception for
the exhibit Like Riding a Bike, an

Brad Sells
The Arts Company
interactive installation by Katie Hargrave and Brett Hunter. WAG

is presenting The Video Show, an exhibition of video works by current
Watkins students curated by Morgan Higby-Flowers.
Hatch Show Prints Haley Gallery is showcasing re-strikes of

original posters from the collection alongside the original print
blocks, as well as Master Printer Jim Sherradens monoprints. The
Community Corridor at the Country Music Hall of Fame
and Museum is showing Michael Weintrobs InstrumentHead
photography.
Arts & Music @ Wedgewood/Houston
Zeitgeist is exhibiting Hidden in Plain Sight by Bunny Burson.

David Lusk Gallery
is unveiling Variations
on a Theme, an exhibit
of new paintings by
Mark Bradley-Shoup
(see page 36). Seed
Space is showing
Naming the Line
Between, drawings
and animations by
Dannielle Tegeder.
444 Humphreys Pop
Up Gallery is hosting
Fragments of the
South, a group show
of works originating
from Instagram feeds
b y D a n i e l H e n r y,
Price Harrison, and
D ustin Lane. Julia Robert Scobey Fort Houston
Martin Gallery is featuring Paperwork, a collection of mixed-media
works on paper by Megan Kimber, Merrilee Challis, Rachel Briggs,
and Julia Martin. The Packing Plant is presenting LOVERBABIES,
collaborative video work by Clarissa Rose Peppers and Nick Hay.
CG2 Gallery is showcasing recent work by Mark Hosford. Fort
Houston is exhibiting a variety of work by Robert Scobey. Ground
Floor Gallery is featuring Dispatches from the Borderlands by Jeremy
Entwistle and Barbara Schreiber and curated by Evelyn Walker.
abrasiveMedia is hosting Danny Broadway and his colorful and
atmospheric paintings (see page 90). Channel to Channel is
showing silkscreen work by Cynthia Sukowatey. Track One is
presenting Conscious Camouflage, new paintings by David Anderson
and Ann Catherine Carter. Sherrick & Paul Gallery is exhibiting
Ninety Nine and the Nine, portraits by Katy Grannan (see page 45).
East Side Art Stumble
The brand new East Side Art Stumble makes its debut near
the corner of Gallatin Road and West Eastland Drive. So far,
participating venues include K
T Wolf Gallery, Sawtooth
Printshop, POP Nashville, Plan Left, M
ain Street Art
Gallery, Red Arrow Art Gallery, and The Idea Hatchery.
OnThursday, April 16, at7 p.m.UnBound Arts is featuring work

by Jon Stone and Stephen Watkins at Riverwood Mansion.
NashvilleArts.com
April 2015 | 23
Nashville Fashion Week isnt just for

fashion people; it impacts a broader
audience across the creative community
as fashion transitions into a local industry.
We help fuel that fire, Richardson adds. The community is
stronger together, building collaborations, partnershipsgreat
things come from this week.
This years Tuesday opening night Nashville Designer Showcase
features known localdesignersAmanda Valentine, Eric Adler, Maria
What makes Nashville honestly different is that its not charging

designers to participate. I dont know if people realize that, says the
talented Silver, excited to show the audience
her casual-chic line with its wearable,
retro-70s vibe for the fourth year. Here,
its about talent, not money. I think thats
kind of fantastic.
PHOTOGRAPH BY TONY HAYES
This year theresan evenbiggeremphasis

on the Nashville Fashion Forward
Fund of the Community Foundation
of Middle Tennessee. The Fund is
why we do what we do, Richardson
says. Nashville Fashion Week provides
support and local resources across
every aspect, every genre of our fashion
community. We raise money to provide
experiential growth opportunities. So far,
the Fund has given away $10,000, and
thanks to the fact that its a permanent
endowment, it will continue long after we
are gone.
Silver, andTruly Alvarengaand emerging,Ashley Balding, Leslie

Stephens, and Van Hoang.
PHOTOGRAPH BY JES S WILLIAM S
ashville Fashion Week celebrates its fifth year

(already!)April 711 with hopes to attract not only the
dedicated followers of fashion locally, but a sizeable
section of the city looking to watch Nashville progress even
further. As NFW co-founder Connie Cathcart-Richardson
points out, we continue to grow across
disciplines, and while food has been in the
spotlight lately, fashionisntfar behind.
PHOTOGRAPH BY TONY HAYES
Nashville Fashion Week

April 711
Wednesday and Thursday offer up local

accessory (jewelry, bags, shoes) designers
and a special fashion-art show at Mitchell
Gold featuring artist Herb Williamss Call
of Couture crayon series and a silent
auction. Friday night brings another night
of fashion shows, with ready-to-wear
designers, including Vanderbilt grad Timo
Weiland, on the John Seigenthaler Pedestrian
Bridge.Saturdaykicks off withexpertindustry
panels at City Winery followed by the
second annual Fashion Forward Gala at The
Rosewall. Six awards have been added to this
years schedule,including Clare Armistead as
the firstFashion ForwardStyle Icon.
Nashville Fashion Week helps bring gifted

new designers to the local market, puts their names on our radar,
promotes photographers, models, and other creative people, and
provides a chance for all of us to network and changethe community
for the better. Oh, and maybe hit a really great party or two.
For more information, visitwww.nashvillefashionweek.com.
COMMUNITY PARTNERS
SPONSORED BY
EVENT SPONSORS
PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS LISTED AT NASHVILLEFASHIONWEEK.COM
1 Still House Hollow Farms $19,900,000 (750+ acres)

2 939 Tyne $4,245,000
3 4816 Post Road $3,995,000
4 5004 Hill Place $3,499,000
5 1024 Tyne $3,499,000
6 2460 Hidden River $3,490,000
7 1216 Canterbury $2,995,000
8 434 Grayson $2,595,000

Rick French 604-2323, Tim King 482-5953
9 110 Lynnwood $2,500,000

10 3823 Whitland $2,497,000
11 1154 Travelers Ridge $2,399,000
12 1160 Manley Lane $1,999,950
13 212 Craighead $1,995,000
11
12
13
14
15
17
16
14 3619 West End $1,890,000

15 2179 S Berrys Chapel $1,595,000
16 1213 Vintage Place $1,495,000
17 3814 Hobbs $1,495,000
18 206 Leonard $1,295,000
19 100 Bellavista $1,250,000
10
20 323 29th Ave N $1,250,000

21 4325 Estes $1,250,000

RICK FRENCH
615-604-2323c
22 3631 West End $1,249,000

23 4112 Baldwin Arbor $999,000
615-292-2622o
19
BROKER
FRENCHKING.COM
20
18
21
22
23
PHOTOGRAPH BY MARIANNE LEACH
NASHVILLE OPERA PRESENTS
The Pirates of Penzance

ilbert and Sullivans comedy The Pirates of
Penzance features all the clever wordplay, famous
melodies, and hilarious situations typical of the
great musical duo. Since the show premiered 135 years ago,
Gilbert and SullivansThe Pirates of Penzancehas proved itself
to be a timeless comic blockbuster with all audiences, said
John Hoomes, Nashville Opera General and Artistic Director.
This operetta, featuring rough-and-tumble yet kind-hearted
and bumbling pirates, has become a landmark show in the
theatrical world of music and comedy.Full of catchy melodies
and topsy-turvy plot twists, The Pirates of Penzance offers a
great evening of entertainment for the entire family.
One hour prior to curtain, director John Hoomes is presenting

the popular Opera Insights discussion on the Orchestra Level.
Admission is free to all ticket holders. Both the Nashville
Opera Guild and Nashville Operas Young Professionals group,
FORTE, are hosting Pirates of Penzance themed parties prior to
theSaturday night performance.
The Pirates of Penzance takes place onThursday, April 9, at

7 p.m.andSaturday, April 11, at 8 p.m.at the Tennessee
Performing Arts Centers Andrew Jackson Hall.Tickets start at
$26 and are available through the Nashville Opera and the
Tennessee Performing Arts Center Box Office. A limited number of
pay-what-you-can seats are available through the Opera. For
more information, visit www.nashvilleopera.org.
Dean Anthony, who has established himself as a dynamic stage

director with his energetic, gritty, and physical stage productions,
directs the Nashville Operas production. Maestro William Boggs
conducts the Nashville Opera Orchestra, and Amy Tate Williams
leads the 29-member Nashville Opera Ensemble.
The world-renowned cast includes baritone Craig Irvin as Pirate
King, mezzo-soprano Maria Zifchak as Ruth, baritone Curt Olds
as Major General Stanley, bass Aaron Sorensen as Sergeant of
Police, soprano Hanna Brammer as Mabel, tenor Christopher
Nelson as Frederic, baritone Alex S oare as S amuel, and
mezzo-soprano Christine Amon as Edith.
PHOTOGRAPH BY MARIANNE LEACH
TPAC April 9 & 11
PHOTOGRAPH BY ANDREW GL AS S
Magic City Art

Connection
Birmingham, Alabama April 24 through 26
Just a few hours from Nashville, Magic City Art Connection
makes for an ideal Artful Day Trip for the entire family. Be
forewarned, howeverthis contemporary art festival offers so much
art and culture that you may want to make a weekend of it. Named a
Top 20 Southeast Event, Magic City Art Connection is celebrating
its 32nd year at Linn Park in downtown Birmingham.
With 215 juried, contemporary artists from around the country,
over 20,000 works of art will be on display, including painting,
sculpture, clay, 2D and 3D
mixed media, glass, jewelry,
wood, photography, fiber,
drawing/pastel, watercolor,
computer generated art,
furniture, metal works, and
printmaking.
PHOTOGRAPH BY ANDREW GL AS S
In addition to art, Magic

City Art Connection offers
30 interactive workshops
for young people and
children at the Imagination
Fe s t i v a l . V i s i t o r s c a n
participate in individual artistic activities and large-scale art projects
in visual art, wearable art, architecture, music, dance, and theatre.
In the Asphalt Caf on the southern end of Linn Park, take a break
from art collecting and grab a seat at Centre Stage where youll
enjoy live music performances in many genres, including acoustic,
jazz, classical, folk, rock, bluegrass, techno improv, and more.
Magic City Art Connection takes place April 24 through 26 at Linn
Park in downtown Birmingham, Alabama. Hours are 10 a.m. to
6 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday. For
more information, visit www.magiccityart.com.
Hidden Light by Jaq Belcher

PHOTOGRAPH BY JOHN JACKSON
Tinney Contemporary Through April 18
Jaq Belcher, Lunar Codex, Suspended hand-cut paper piece, 12,673 cuts, and a floor piece
containing 70,000 paper seeds
Who Are You (detail), Hand-cut paper,

2,925 cuts, 23 x 36
alk into Tinney Contemporarys

current exhibition, Hidden Light
by Jaq Belcher, and you find the entire
gallery filled with large-scale paper cut
installations. In the play of light and shadow
created by shapes and folds that alternately
recede and emerge, complex patterns appear.
By varying scale and alternating the style of
cut, up to six in each form, Belcher creates
geometric and dynamic three-dimensional
landscapes from a singular medium, the
paper itself.
For each work Belcher begins with an
unblemished sheet of white paper, a pencil,
and countless X-Acto blades. She then
ruptures the surface of the paper, slicing
thousands of pointed oval shapes based
on the intersection of two spheres that she
calls seeds. Often Belcher incorporates the
seeds that are released from the cutting as
part of the work, as in Lunar Codex where
thousands of these pieces are arranged in
patterns on the floor under it.
Jaq Belchers Hidden Light is on view at
Tinney Contemporary through April 18, with
a closing reception slated for April 4 during
the First Saturday Art Crawl Downtown.
For more information, please visit
www.tinneycontemporary.com.
In Store Event
April 22 & 23
A L L
T H E
B E S T
I N
F I N E
J E W E L RY
5 1 0 1 H a r d i n g R o a d N a s h v i l l e , Te n n e s s e e 3 7 2 0 5 6 1 5 . 3 5 3 . 1 8 2 3
COLORING
COME CELEBRATE
25 YEARS
OF OUTSTANDING
COLLECTORS, ART,
AND ARTISTS
FEATURING
NEW WORKS BY
KIM BARRICK
Saturday, April 25
5-8 pm
ARRIVE EARLY TO
PICK YOUR SEAT!
1912 BROADWAY (615)321.3141 www.localcolornashville.com
MUSIC CITY
FINE ART
by David Sprouse
he Tennessee Art League (TAL) has partnered with

arts entrepreneur Joey Amato in the launching
of Nashvilles latest art gallery, Music City Fine
Art. Housed within TALs newly renovated space on
downtowns 5th Avenue of the Arts, Music City Fine
Art aspires to become one of the citys top destination galleries by
featuring the work of both celebrated and celebrity artists.
In addition to his role as publisher of Nashvilles UNITE magazine,

Joey Amato is also the Senior Vice President of Emerging Media
at Relevant Communications, a fine-art public relations firm that
represents a diverse roster of artists, ranging from famed pop artist
Peter Max and photorealist painter Doug Bloodworth to celebrity
artists Jane Seymour, Mick Fleetwood, and Rick Allen of Def
Leppard. Amato has also secured over two dozen works by such
renowned artists as Chagall, Mir, Picasso, and Dal, all of which are
available for acquisition at the gallery.
The pairing of Music City Fine Art (MCFA) with the Tennessee
Art League provides a unique opportunity to enhance the
sixty-year-old nonprofit organizations mission of promoting the
work of emerging artists through exhibitions and sales, as well as
classes and workshops. In discussing MCFAs concept, as both a
gallery and cultural activities space, Amato explained that the
gallery will focus on local artists, both visual and performance
based. In the near future, MCFA in conjunction with the Tennessee
Art League will begin a weekly songwriters night, as well as open
up the space to cultural and non-profit organizations free of charge.
We will also be hosting a variety of other events throughout the
year, ranging from fundraisers to networking mixers.
Nashville arts scene, Amato pointed out that 5th Avenue of the Arts
has always been one of my favorite streets in Nashville ever since I
relocated here in 2011. The energy and vibe that the street takes on
during the Art Crawl is indescribable and adds to Nashvilles flair as
a vibrant arts community. I believe MCFA offers a bit of a unique
twist, as many of the other galleries tend to feature one or two artists
each month, whereas we will exhibit many artists at a time. Among
the major exhibitions Music City Fine Art has already scheduled for
the gallery are Peter Max (May 2015) and the Art of John Lennon
(September 2015).
Visit Music City Fine Art during the First Saturday Art Crawl
Downtown. For more information about Music City Fine Art visit
www.musiccityfineart.com.
PHOTOGRAPH BY JOHN JACKSON
Music City Fine Arts location at the center of downtown Nashvilles

art district seems an ideal fit for Joey Amato. When asked for his
thoughts on how MCFA might further enhance the burgeoning
Marc Chagall, Athene & Telemachus, Lithograph in color, 22 x 15
Joan Mir, Mir Fotoscop, Lithograph, 8 x 16

Gallery owner Joey Amato, artwork by Peter Max
Sit in Comfort...
A New Look from Norway
73 White Bridge Rd 615-352-6085 Mon-Sat 106 Sun 1-5 2danes.com
Danes_0415.indd 1
Cumberland Marks 35 Years
3/10/15 1
35th Anniversary Show April 11 to May 9
n 1980, there were few female entrepreneurs in the art world.

Nonetheless Carol Stein and her partners had the vision
to open Cumberland Gallery, featuring limited edition
prints and posters. Shortly after opening, they found that there
was a strong pool of local and regional artists that were worthy of
representation. The focus of the gallery shifted to unique works of
art and moved to its current location in Green Hills.Carol assumed
sole ownership of Cumberland Gallery in 1985.
Today, Cumberland Gallery represents a talented group of established

and emerging artists from Tennessee and across the Southeast, along
with well established, nationally recognized artists who work in a
variety of media, including painting, works on paper, photography,
and sculpture. What sets these works apart is the broad range of
style and format as well as excellent quality and executionthe
hallmark of the gallery.
The 35thAnniversary Showis an homage to the artists, collectors,
and patrons whose support has enabled Cumberland Gallery
to celebrate 35 years and features new work by artists who have
played an integral role in the shaping of this flourishing gallery.
Cumberland Gallery has seen a huge tsunami in the appreciation

of visual arts over the past 35 years, and I have been pleased to
be a part of the sophistication and education that has resulted.
I am grateful to my family of artists and clients in observing
this milestone. Sometimes calling an art gallery a business is an

Craig Cully, Big Kiss, Orange Swirl, 2014, Oil on panel, 18 x 18
oxymoron; it takes survival grit . . . I look forward to the next

milestone,remarked Carol Stein.
The 35thAnniversary Showopens with a reception on Saturday,

April 11, from 6 until 9 p.m. at Cumberland Gallery and will
be on view through May 9. For more information, please visit
www.cumberlandgallery.com.
NashvilleArts.com
April 2015 | 33
CUMBERLAND ON CANVAS
An Art Show and Sale by The Chestnut Group
Benefiting the
Cumberland River Compact

The Bridge Building, Third Floor
2 Victory Avenue 37213
Friday, April 17 10 am - 8 pm
Saturday, April 18 10 am - 5 pm
Join us for Happy Hour on

Friday from 5 - 7 pm!
Chestnut Group Artists Tiffany Foss and Mike Moyers
Cumberland on Canvas
Art Show and Sale
The Bridge Building April 17 & 18
by Rebecca Pierce | Photography by Tiffani Bing
year ago the Chestnut Group, a nonprofit alliance

of landscape artists dedicated to the conservation
and preservation of vanishing landscapes in Middle
Tennessee, decided to do an art show to benefit
Cumberland River Compact, which exists to improve the health
and enjoyment of the river.
We partner with organizations who have similar missions, and
we like to take a year to paint their properties so we can capture
all four seasons. For the last year we have been up and down the
Cumberland River painting from different locations, Rachel Blair,
Executive Director of The Chestnut Group, explained.
Last month a contingency from the Chestnut Group set up their
easels and painted at the Cumberland River Compacts offices in
the Bridge Building, which overlooks the Cumberland. Some of the
painters went outside the building to work because they normally
paint en plein air, but others painted inside, viewing the scenic vistas
through a wall of windows.
It was wonderful. They came with their paints and a potluck lunch
and set up for the day. It was a convivial atmosphere, and they
obviously enjoy working together. It was interesting to see such
entirely different paintings from the same spot, enthused Harriet
Warner, Board Member of the Cumberland River Compact, who
along with Chairman Paul Sloan and Executive Director Mekayle
Houghton facilitated the painting event.

Brigitte Hubbard
The Chestnut Groups Cumberland on Canvas Art Show and

Sale benefiting the Cumberland River Compact takes place on
Friday, April 17, from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., and Saturday, April 18,
10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at 2 Victory Avenue in the Lucius E. Burch III
River Center on the third floor of the Bridge Building, adjacent
to the Shelby Street Pedestrian Bridge. There will be a Happy
Houron Friday from 5 until 7 p.m. For more information, visit
www.cumberlandrivercompact.org and www.chestnutgroup.org.
NashvilleArts.com
April 2015 | 35
SundayTimes Gas Station in Spiny Sea Urchin, 2012, Oil on panel, 12 x 21
Variations on a Theme
Mark Bradley-Shoup Goes Flat Out
David Lusk Gallery Through May 2
by Joe Nolan
ark Bradley-Shoups work ranges from

representational paintings of buildings and
other architectural structures to abstract,
geometrical images to mixed-media collages.
The artist will be showing a cross-section of his
varied work at David Lusk Gallery this month, but viewers should
not expect to be confusedno matter the approach, Bradley-Shoups
work is shot through with a love of vivid colors, an obsession with
flat, shallow picture planes, and an abiding interest in the discarded
and overlooked.
Bradley-Shoup is a full-time professor in the art department at
University of Tennessee, Chattanooga, where he has been teaching
for the last decade. He keeps a studio space in his home where he
makes his work, applying oils to paper or wooden panels.
Im playing with different materials and doing representation,

abstraction, and mixed mediaits really three distinct bodies
of work, he says. A lot of the forms that I pick are not beautiful
forms, what we usually consider beautiful. Im intrigued by awkward
architecture and structures that we learn not to see.
Dumpsters, blank billboards, and gas pumps are all subjects in
Bradley-Shoups representational panels. For the artist, these
subjects speak to notions about disposable culture. The structures are
recognizable, but also unrealistic.
I do my best to strip away all the debris to put the subject into a
spotlight, he says. It takes a lot of steps to make it simple and strip
it down to color, plane, shape. I had one gentleman at an opening
say, Theyre so real. I asked him what he meant, and thats when he
Appropriate Utopia, 2014, Oil on panel, 48 x 48
told me he was a [video] gamer. In a sense, they look real like digital
models look real, but I could not make them any flatter.
In his representational work the artists oddball subjects are also

rendered in intense extremes of light that illuminate his empty,
isolated-seeming scenes with an ironic, sun-drenched melancholia.
This same kind of sunlit sadness can be found in the paintings of
Edward Hopperespecially those devoid of that artists wan-faced
figures. A Hopper painting of a sun-blasted white house in Cape
Cod was featured in the Frist Centers Real/Surreal exhibition last
year because of the way the painting simultaneously presented a
realistic scene while also imbuing it with the eerie emptiness thats
often equated with the term Hopper-esque. Bradley-Shoups
representational paintings, on the other hand, are thoroughly
unreal, and the sadness they evoke has more to do with the

dissatisfactions of the artificial than the felt brooding of Hoppers

doom-filled rooms.
Bradley-Shoups paintings arent expressionistic affairs marked with
gooey brushstrokes and gravity-defying layers of paint, but they are
painterly and postmodern in their self-conscious compositions which
never try to create an illusion of reality, but instead point directly
at themselves as paintings that ask questions about the medium by
laying bare their own underlying mechanicsthe colors, shapes, and
lines that create his flat picture planes.
His abstract panels push his reductionist aesthetics even further,
liberating his subjects into nearly total abstraction. While he is quick
to point out that his work speaks to discarded and forgotten aspects
of our culture, its much more interesting to think of him as a painter
NashvilleArts.com
April 2015 | 37
Brushed Orange Billboard in LaFonda Deep Olive, 2014, Oil on panel, 24 x 24

Golden Gallon in Blue Chalk Sky, 2012, Oil on panel, 16 x 20
who paints about painting, and the abstract pieces in the exhibition
show a natural evolution from the representational panels and are
even more successful as aesthetic explorations.
Its in the artists multimedia collages that his interest in disposable

culture finally comes to the foreground. When I make the
collages, Im using materials that are no longer used: thrown-away
magazines, thrift store books, 45 record sleeves. These are all things
that are either overlooked or no longer required by the culture,
he says. These works take on a sculptural presence that further
emphasizes the artists preoccupation with objects that become
culturally invisible, and these collages are Bradley-Shoups most
effective means of communicating that message.
The other day a friend told me, I saw a garbage can and I thought
of you. I took that as a huge compliment, says Bradley-Shoup. At
its best, the painters work offers the gift of awareness, whether of
the built environment that surrounds us or of painting itself. And
thats not something anyone is likely to throw away.
Mark Bradley-Shoups Variations on a Theme is open at David
Lusk Gallery through May 2. For more information please visit
www.davidluskgallery.com/nashville.
their images, but many would-be pirates can be deterred with

visible symbols of protection. Some technologies can even drive
Internet traffic to your website! Consider these options:
Add a watermark
Anyone can use the copyright symbol on or adjacent to a work.

To be most effective, format it this way: 2015 Amy Artist
Imbed your URL and other copyright information in QR
codes or other digital fingerprint technologies (like the one here:
www.thinglink.com).
BLOCK IT
The bottom line on blocking is that where theres a will,
theres a way around it. Still, using mechanisms that make it
harder to pull your work from the Internet is a way to protect it.
Here are some methods you can try:
Protecting Your
Work Online
Disable right click: stops people from saving images to their

computer with the right click menu.
Shrink wrap: adds a transparent cover to the photo. When

an infringer tries to copy the image, they copy only the
transparent cover.
by Amber E. Buker
Splice: cuts the image into small sections but displays them as
one coherent image.
Its like the Wild Wild West, the Internet.

There are no rules. Steven Wright
o one can deny that the Internet is a powerful tool

for artists; however, it is also a fertile ground for theft
for those who truly believe that there are no rules
online. This article aims to provide basic information about the
ways you might be able to protect your work online, but first
thing is first: dont post anything online unless youve read the
hosts terms and conditions! You might be surprised by what
you find. Some platforms stipulate that they have complete
rights to use the original works you put on their sites.
The benefits artists reap from developing an online presence
likely outweigh the risks, but savvy artists should consider
taking some of these precautions:
REGISTER IT
The best defense is a good offense. Instead of waiting
for a problem to come up, be proactive and register your
work before sharing it online. You can register for a federal
copyright online at www.copyright.gov/eco/ for a $35 fee, and
the process is fairly straightforward.
If you are a photographer, paying $35 for each image you
capture may be cost prohibitive, but you do have options.
Myows (www.myows.com) is an online platform that allows
users to upload original works (audio, video, code, text, etc.) to
its secure servers where they are time/date stamped and stored
for evidence of authorship. Myows can also help you search for
and remove unauthorized copies of your work.
MARK IT
There are many ways to mark your work to let others know
you are serious about protecting it. Some artists protest the use
of measures such as watermarking because it alters the look of

POLICE IT
There are many sites that can help you track your work to make
sure it is not being used by someone else.
For photos, try:
Tineye (www.tineye.com)
PicScout (www.picscout.com)
Google Image Searchs Search by Image function

For blogs and other web content, use:
Copyscape (www.copyscape.com)
Some services can run searches for you continuously and send
you alerts if anything comes up as an infringement. Copyscape
even has free banners that you can post on your site to let others
know that you are taking active steps to protect your work.
CHOOSING WHEN TO SHARE IT

If your work is something that you would like to share,
consider licensing it with Creative Commons. Sign up for
free at www.creativecommons.org and choose from one of six
easy licenses you can offer to the public.
If you find that your work is being used without your permission,
you can always take action. Anyone can file a takedown notice
under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, or send a cease
and desist letter to the infringer. If you would like legal help,
consider contacting the Volunteer Lawyers and Professionals
for the Arts (a program of the Arts and Business Council) at
vlpa@abcnashville.org.
For more about the Arts & Business Council, please visit
www.abcnashville.org.
NashvilleArts.com
April 2015 | 39
Music Citys
d
n
a
B
t
s
Bigge
Your Nashville Symphony | Live at the schermerhorn
a t r i bu t e t o
BI L L I E HO L I DAY
w i t h CASSANDRA WILSON
April 8
BE RNA DETTE
PETERS
with the Nashville Symphony
April 9 to 11
O
R
E
R
R
E
U
G
TS
C O N D U C OV E N
B E ELTE H
NY
SYMPHO
VI
E NASH
WITH TH
April 11 at 11 am
tchaikovskys
pathetique
& Mendelssohn's Piano Concerto N 0. 1
April 30 to May 2
NATALIE
COLE
with the Nashv ille Symphony
Mothers Day - May 10
April 17 & 18 Added morning concert on Apr. 17
KENNY G
with the Nashville Symphony
May 7 to 9
ABBA
THE CONCERT
A TRIBUTE TO ABBA
May 12
AEGIS
SCIENCES
FOUNDATION
EST. 2013
615.687.6400 | NashvilleSymphony.org
KarinEaton and Aura pendant
Ironware International
Forged by a Creative Community
by Mary Addison Hackett | Photograph by Eric Brown
reparing for this story, I had no idea the humble

fax machine would play such an important role,
and yet, without it, the partnership between
designer and President Karin Eaton and Pierre
Picard, a master blacksmith with a fax machine,
might not have come to be. That, and Karins
fluency in a second language (French), which she
was quick to point out is an indispensable skill. No surprise then
that collaboration and communication are key principles marking
the success and longevity of Ironware, the transatlantic company
whose nuts-and-bolts name gives only a hint of what you might
expect before walking through the door.
It began with a shared passion for art and design. The original forge
was founded over fifty years ago in Normandy by master blacksmith
Pierre Picard. Fast forward to the 80s in Nashville, where Karin Eaton
has opened a French antique store in Hillsboro Village with her
mother and sister after having lived and worked in Paris as a fashion
model. On a fortuitous buying trip to France, Ms. Eaton spotted the
unique ironwork of M. Picard. After hours of conversation, some test
marketing in Memphis, and with the encouragement of her husband,
an exclusivity contract was signed. Today, Atelier Picard in Normandy
is run by second- and third-generation family blacksmiths Thierry and
David Duboscq and is one of only twelve forges designated by the
French government as an Atelier dArt. The Nashville studio, located
James Makuac
Mandarina Lantern
Studio Manager Andrew Eaton and

Paul Korhnak placing the glass
panels in the Galina Lantern
Norma Branch finishing the

Benedicte Chandelier
Ione Chandelier and Nikki Sconces
Lanie Gannon
Octavia 8 Light Chandelier
Custom 3 tiered Cassiopeia
Nikky Table
(right) Beauregard Frame with antiqued convex mirror and convex lens
(below) Gisele 4 Light Chandelier in gold leaf finish
on the edge of the Berry Hill neighborhood, is almost as rich

in tradition, with a staff of trained artisans and administrators that
function like a close-knit familysome of whom have worked
with Karin for over seventeen years.
The first Ironware collection in 1988 was based on M. Picards
unique interpretation of traditional European and Provencal
designs. Since 1991Karinhas added to the collection with her own
designs. She builds on the skills of these remarkable blacksmiths
and incorporates simple forms to produce a contemporary approach.
The demands of architects and interior designers for custom
work create a collection that is constantly changing. Among
some of the current designs being hand-finished during
my tour were several chandeliers and a gorgeous lighting
fixture with a hand-blown glass orb designed by nationally known
glass artist Curtiss Brock, who also heads the glass program at
the Appalachian Center for Craft in Smithville, Tennessee. Lanie
Gannon, an artist in her own right and a name familiar to the
Nashville arts community, has been influential in designing many of
the custom finishes that the company is known for producing.
Before arriving in Nashville, each piece is hand forged one at a time
in a small village in Normandy. The first 878 designs were M. Picards.
The most recent 200-plus designs are the result of Karins passion for
collecting images and objects that inspire her. A background in art
history and anthropology comes

in handy as well. She credits
her studio manager with being a
brilliant draftsman who helps perfect her designs
before theyre sent to France. At the Atelier Picard,
second-generation blacksmith Thierry Duboscq
works on the prototype, emails photos to Nashville, and through
correspondence, nuances of the design process are worked out.
The prototype is then shipped to Nashville where adjustments are
made, if needed. Before being added to the collection, pieces often
undergo further scrutiny in the form of feedback from employees
as well as artist friends and showroom owners across the country.
Before leaving the Nashville studio, each piece is stamped with the
signature of the Atelier Picard.
Throughout our discussion, Karins enthusiasm and respect for the
collaborative process is evident: Each piece has so much physical
connectivity to individual intelligence and ability, she tells me. Its
peoples lives. In a short treatise she has written on art and design,
Eaton says, The major formative and continually inspiring source
for my work is the creative spirit of M. Pierre Picard. Working with
him has taught me the importance of taking pleasure and finding
humor in the process of creation. This makes doing the work a solace
for the soul.
Pierre Picard, the master blacksmith who, over twenty-seven years
ago, was the first person in his small village with a fax machine, just
recently passed away. No doubt the spirit of his work will live on
through the creative vision of Ms. Eaton and the community of
uniquely skilled artisans working at Ironware.
Visit www.ironwareinternational.com for an online catalogue and
more information about Ironware.

NashvilleArts.com
April 2015 | 43
As I See It
The Black Box

Part II
Marie-Virginie Berbet, Little Black Box. Empathy Box, 2008, PMMA, light-diffusion-control film, LEDs, and plethysmographic sensor, 8 x 10 x 8
by Mark W. Scala
In the Kaabathe black architectural cube

in Mecca that is the focus of the hajj, or
global Islamic pilgrimagethe black box
has spiritual connotations. German artist
Gregor Schneiders evocation of the Kaaba,
combined with his reference to the mystical
black paintings of Kazimir Malevich,
established a link between different cultures,
encouraging empathy instead of distrust.
The Kaabas most sacred element is a stone,
believed by some to be a meteorite, which
was once white but is now stained black by
the sins of the world. Expiation is offered to
those who touch it.
With the sacred stone of Islam, touch
becomes a means of fulfillment and renewal.
French designer Marie-Virginie Berbets
The Little Black Box. Empathy Box (2008)
ties this metaphysical aspect of touch to a
therapeutic device that recalls the scientific
concept of the black box. Inspired by the
science fiction writer Philip K. Dicks
1987 story The Little Black Box, which
involved the simulation of emotions and the
widespread use of telepathic communication,
Berbets elegant object contains a light that

pulsates at the touch of the users fingers.
Its purpose is to measure the interaction of
brain and hearthow changing emotions
lead to altered heart rhythms. The user
can affect the rhythm and intensity of the
light through breathing and meditation,
exercises that bring, as the designer says,
the feeling of the heart beating into the
hands . . . a singular interaction between
[the] user and his own feelings.1 The Little
Black Box. Empathy Box brings attention to
the layered mysteries of this simple form,
which integrates the psychological, social,
and spiritual in equal measure.
Endnotes
1. Museum of Modern Art, New York. Interactive

exhibition page for The Little Black Box. Empathy Box, at
www.moma.org/interactives/exhibitions/2011/talktome/
objects/145511/.
PHOTOGRAPH BY JERRY ATNIP
s discussed last month, the black

box is often a tabula rasa onto
which we can project our fears,
desires, and imaginings. For scientists
and engineers, the black box is a term for a
device or system in which inputs of stimuli
and outputs of reaction are processed
behind an opaque surface, which does not
permit observation of the instruments inner
workings. In aviation, it contains the record
of a flight that, after a crash, if it cannot be
found, becomes a symbolic coffin, haunting
us with a promise
of answers that
will never be
fulfilled.
Mark W. Scala
Chief Curator
Frist Center for the Visual Arts
KATY GRANNAN
The Ninety Nine

and the Nine
APRIL 18 & 19, 2015
Sherrick & Paul Through April 25
n 2009, acclaimed photographer and filmmaker Katy Grannan

began what would become an ongoing exploration into the
fringe communities and individuals along Highway 99 in
Californias Central Valley. The stretch encompasses Bakersfield,
Fresno, Modesto, and other cities similarly linked in American
history to the Great Depression and the eastern Dust Bowl exodus.
Radnor Lake Solitude - David Nichols
Gordon Jewish Community Center

801 Percy Warner Blvd. Nashville, TN 37205
615.356.7170 www.nashvillejcc.org
Gail and Dale, Pacifica, 2007, Archival pigment print,41 x 51
Her exhibit The Ninety Nine and the Nine currently on view at
Sherrick & Paul is comprised of two photographic series, which
document her studies of the people and environments she observed.
The Ninety Nine color portrait series captures this notoriously

desolate and unforgiving landscape through its present day
inhabitants. Her subjects are framed against the stark white light of
high noon and appear attentive yet devoid of sentimentality.
The black-and-white images of Grannans complementary Nine
series step back to place her subjects in context along South 9th
Street in Modestosmall, semi-itinerant camps formed at the edges
of urban environments where abandoned lots and anonymous motels
meet exposed riverbeds.
Katy Grannans work is included in the permanent collections at

MoMA, the Guggenheim Museum, the San Francisco Museum
of Modern Art, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and the
Whitney. Her exhibit at Sherrick & Paul marks the first major
showing of this Berkley residents work in Nashville and in the
South at large.
The Ninety Nine and the Nine by Katy Grannan is on exhibit at
Sherrick & Paul through April 25. For more information, please visit
www.sherrickandpaul.com. To see more of Gannons work, visit
www.katygrannan.com.
Over 50 local & regional artists including

2015 Featured Artist,
David Nichols
Opening Cocktail Reception & Sale
Saturday, April 18
6-9pm
Featuring tastings from some of
Nashvilles best restaurants & caterers
$10 suggested donation
Exhibit & Sale
Sunday, April 19
10am-4pm
Featuring childrens activities with the
Frist Center for the Visual Arts
No Charge
GORDON JCC
NASHVILLE
& Jewish Foundation

OF NASHVILLE AND MIDDLE TENNESSEE
Film
2015
N
F
ashville ilm
Festival
Regal Green Hills April 16 to 25
by Justin Stokes
Honoring the forty-six-year tradition of quality, the offspring of

the Sinking Creek Film Festival has now expanded to a ten-day
duration, running April 1625 to meet the film fans ever-eager
demand produced by the success of Nashvilles current boom.
IMAGES COURTESY OF NAFF
very year, the Nashville Film Festival functions as a

prismatic selection of films, curated from a wide array
of selections into the optimal experience for movie
fans. Every year brings impressive results and leaves the
question, How can next years film festival be better?
2014 Nashville Film Festival (clockwise from top): Seth Green meets with
fans; Carey Preston, Nicole Kidman, Famke Janssen, and Beth Grant on
the Red Carpet; Kris Kristofferson and Joe Pagetta
structures that will support the independent production and the

independent artist. In the awkward spot between the void left by
the Nashville Screenwriters Conference and the growing period
of the Nashville Film Television Transmedia Council, the film
festivals stability should be appreciated now more than ever.
We have a focus on trying to help Tennessee creatives, says
Crockett. We really want to help Tennessee people become
successful, so there are some new things that were going to be
revealing soon.
Crockett explains that the current agenda for the Nashville Film
Festival has three priorities. The first includes screening a wide array
of already finished projects that now incorporate the category of the
web series into shorts, features, documentaries, and animated films.
The second priority is the continued success of the screenwriting
competition, which started last year and now provides a full lineup
of panels and workshops. And the third priority is the relationship of
music to video, through a showcase of audio that connects musicians
to supervisors who can place their content in television and film.
Were trying really hard to turn Nashville into a market. Someone
whos a distributor, we want them to think about Nashville instead
of other festivals. We want them to think about coming here and
checking out some of the incredible films that we have and offering
them a distribution deal.
Were very lucky to live in a community that is extremely

supportive of the arts, shares Ted Crockett, Executive Director of
the festival. Because of that, and because Nashvilles profile has
increased so much [the number of ] people and businesses relocating
here, everything has gotten elevated with our reputation.
The expansion of the festival includes not only its duration, but
its mission statement. This year has seen a legitimized need for
The 2015 Nashville Film Festival runs April 16 to 25. For tickets,
event information, and an up-to-date lineup of screenings, be
sure to visit www.nashfilm.org. Check www.nashvillearts.com for
coverage before the festival with film reviews as well as Q&As with
filmmakers.
PHOTOGRAPH BY
CHRISTY SIMMONS
Nashville Film Festivals specials Welcome to Me (above) and Adult Beginners
Justin Stokes is the founder of the MTSU Film Guild, a

student organization which functions as a production
company for student filmmakers. He is a filmmaker,
screenwriter, and social media manager.
MONTGOMERY BELL ACADEMY
Public Art
Teachers Training
Teachers on Public Art
and Civil Rights
by Anne-Leslie Owens, Public Art Project Coordinator,
Metro Nashville Arts Commission
COURTESY OF MNAC
hy do teachers participate in professional development

days? Just like their students, teachers are lifelong
learners. On February 25, area educators had a chance
to explore Nashvilles Civil Rights public art project, Witness Walls, at
a free professional development day at the Nashville Public Library.
The participants learned about Nashvilles public art collection and
the librarys Civil Rights Room, had a Q&A with artist Walter
Hood, and took away some exciting new interdisciplinary lessons
to use in the classroom. Some even got their hands dirty casting
concrete in found molds!
The librarys Andrea Blackman with teachers at the lunch counter in the
Civil Rights Room
A partnership between Metro Arts and the Ayers Institute for

Teacher Learning and Innovation at Lipscomb University, this
teacher training program creates project-based lesson plans
centered on Nashvilles public art. This year, with funding from the
Tennessee Arts Commission, a cadre of six area teachers focused
on Witness Walls by artist/landscape architect Walter Hood. Witness
Walls, due to be installed next to the historic Metro Courthouse
later this year, commemorates Nashvilles role in the Civil Rights
Movement and uses period images from Special Collections at the
Nashville Public Library.
Working together over several months, the cadre teachers created and
refined standards-aligned lesson plan units that explore public art
and so much more. The lessons reflect the various subjects taught by
the cadre members, middle and high school English/language arts,
physics, social studies, US history, and visual arts. The six customizable
lessons designed by the cadre are available free for download and can
be found at www.lipscomb.edu/ayers/metroarts.
For more information about the Civil Rights public art project and
Nashvilles entire public art collection, visit publicart.nashville.gov.
Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @metroarts1 and Facebook at
Metro Arts. Project hashtag is #witnesswalls.
presents
Megan Kimber
PAPERWORK
Merrilee Challiss
A Four Woman Exhibition

March 7 April 25, 2015
Rachel Briggs
444 Humphreys St. | Nashville, TN 37203 | (615) 336-7773

www.juliamartingallery.com
Julia Martin
JuliaMartin_0415.indd 1
3/16/15
Eclectic Home
Furnishings
and Gifts
2205 bandywood drive
in green hills
nashville, tn 37215
www.margischair.com
615.463.3322

NashvilleArts.com
April 2015 | 51
Long Live
the Artist!
PHOTOGRAPH BY RACHAEL MCCAMPBELL
And So It Goes...
by Rachael McCampbell
ve heard it said that Picasso painted right up to his death

at age 91. Since he began before hed reached his teens, that
would constitute a very long art career. Most of us, though,
have a good four to six decades to work. An exception is
Grandma Moses, who began at 78, had her first exhibit at
MoMA, and worked for over two decades . . . but I digress. The
question is, how do we maintain long careers in the arts?
To explore longevity, I visited a former teacher and local treasure,

79-year-old abstract expressionist painter Anton Weiss, in his studio
in Pegram, Tennessee. He was working on a six-foot painting in
yellow tonesa sunny break from the gray skies outside. In his dark
sweater and contrasting shock of white hair, he doesnt look his age.
And when he talks excitedly about his art, the clock retreats even
more. Hes ageless.
Anton Weiss at work in his studio
painting that inspires him each morning; its his profound teacher.
He speaks of his canvases as if they are living things: Its not what
you put on the canvas but what comes off of it. They inform me, not
the other way around.
Selling art does not motivate Anton. Its that eternal challenge to
improve his craft that keeps him going. Theres no expiration date on
this sort of desire. There are other artists who are inspired to paint
into old age because, quite simply, they are never satisfied with what
theyve created. I could have done better, they say, and stare wistfully at
a blank canvas, envisioning the ever-elusive perfect painting.
Antons real career, as he calls it, began forty-five years ago. He

painted representational art and portraits, but studying under Hans
Hoffman in New York, he was deeply influenced by the freedom
and looseness of the abstract expressionists work, and he has been
exploring that genre ever since.
Human beings seem to live longer, happier lives if we have a strong

purposesomething that makes us want to jump out of bed and
begin our day. Ive noticed that artists who thrive in this business
have this quality in spades. For Anton, its the actual process of
Anton Weiss is represented by Bennett Galleries. For more

about him visit www.bennettgalleriesnashville.com/AntonWeiss.
Harpeth Art Center/Mud Puddle Pottery Studio offers workshops
and private lessons with Weiss, visit www.mudpuddlepottery.com.
PHOTOGRAPH BY
RON MANVILLE
Anton Weiss, Light Field #13, 2014, Acrylic on canvas, 46 x 46
The carrot before the horse varies from artist to artist, but my guess
is that for most painters the answer to longevity and how to stay
relevant as an artist is based on one simple conceptthe desire to
grow. In Antons case, you can feel his commitment to his process.
Although he turns 80 next month, hes still curious, trying new
approaches to painting, and seeking answers only his art can give
him. This is not a passing fancy, he chuckled. Im going to do this
until I die. Long live Anton!
Rachael McCampbell is an artist, teacher, curator,

and writer who resides in the small hamlet of Leipers
Fork, Tennessee. For more about her, please visit
www.rachaelmccampbell.com.
FLOW ERS
FOR EV ERY
OCCASION
Name: Astilbi: False Spiraea

Botanical Name: Astilbe arendsii
Photography by Brett Warren
shot in the Ilex studio
601 8th Ave South

Nashville, TN 37203
615-736-5200
ilexforflowersnashville@gmail.com
www.ilexforflowers.com
Lera Lynn
Takes A Trip Down The Avenues from
Laurel Canyon to Music Row
by Bob Doerschuk | Photography by Gina Binkley
To be honest, Im not a very big fan of narrative videos,

confesses Lera Lynn. For the most part, I prefer more abstract
or performance videos. That seems to be what people are really
interested in these days anyway.
This may surprise those who have come across the Gothic
enactment of her award-winning song Bobby Baby on YouTube.
Shot for $200 in a single afternoon, it depicts her murdering
and burying an errant beau one night in
a cemetery. Swigging from a bottle of
whiskey, alternately wailing, caressing, and
finally belting the poor guy with a shovel,
Lynns psychotic avenger is a far cry from
this winsome young artist smiling and
sipping from a cup of steaming tea at
Edgehill Cafe.
The funny thing is, she confides, the
song isnt about me killing and burying
someone at all. Its actually about my
father and his life. But this was all the
idea of the guy who shot and directed it,
Brett Vaughan. I thought, man, thats really
dark. But then I was like, who cares, you
know? Theres a million ways to interpret
everything.
artists who had previously been musicians but joined the circus
because theres no money in the music business, she says with a
knowing grin.)
Recently Lynn performed for the first time on The David Letterman
Show, braving both the icy temperature the host prefers in his
theater and the knowledge that she was suddenly singing live
before millions of viewers. I chose this dress made, basically, of
tissue paper, she recalls. And when Dave
said Lera Lynn, it was like, Dont look
at the camera! Dont look at the monitor!
Smile! Try to look like youre having fun!
Dont shiver!
She has dabbled for the first time in the

Nashville art of co-writing, with Todd
Lombardo and Josh Green among her
partners. Most recently, I met someone and
jumped into his car to write, Lynn notes,
deadpan. His name is Ben Arthur, and he
does this series for Acoustic Cafe wherein
he picks up an artist and, as they drive
somewhere, they write a song. He picked me
up from my house, and we wrote a song on
the way to Memphis. We recorded it later
that day at Sun Studios.
B o r n i n H o u s t o n , Ly n n n o w c a l l s
Nashville home. About three years ago,
after a decade of studying and gigging in
Athens, Georgia, she decided it was time
for a change. I was just ready for a challenge, for some new scenery
and places.
Lynn also cut her latest, crowd-funded

album The Avenues out of town, partly
because Green, the producer, works mainly
from his studio in Los Angeles. But she
also felt she might better attain the country noir sound with
which she is associated somewhere far away from Music Row.
What attracted me to Nashville when I was feeling it out and

thinking about moving here was that everybody is very interested
in meeting each other and networking and working together,
she explains. Thats very refreshing because music can be very
competitive. There is competition in Nashville, but I think everyone
sees that you can still compete and help each other out.
That said, her latest video is: (a) filmed in Nashville, (b) not
narrative, and (c) premiering April 2 on www.nashvillearts.com.
Shot at Cotton Mill Live, the live-music loft on the east bank
of the Cumberland, its a straight-ahead documentation of Lynn
and her bandJoshua Grange playing deep, moody twangs on
baritone guitar, Lex Price doing smoky fills on acoustic bass, and
Tommy Perkinson wielding mallets and brushes to coax a muffled
groove from his drumsbacking her vocals on Im Your Fool
before maybe thirty invited friends.
So she checked off her options. New York? Too cold and expensive.
What about Austin? It was too far away from things that mattered
to her. And Los Angeles . . . well, it was Los Angeles. That led her
to Music City, though not just by default.
Since putting down roots here, Lynn has blossomed, creatively and
professionally. She has toured with Punch Brothers, Joan Osborne,
Todd Snider, and k.d. lang, performing in venues throughout
the United States and the UK. In April, she launches her own
headlining tour. Garrison Keillor has welcomed her repeatedly
onto A Prairie Home Companion, upping her participation from a
song on her debut to more recently doing several solos, a couple
of duets, and acting with him in a skit. (It was about two trapeze
The West Coast really does color country music very interestingly,
she muses. Thats not to say I dont like the Nashville sound, but
for the songs I was recording, theyre not so much country as
Laurel Canyon.
Im Your Fool is one song that is not meant to be a narrative video.

Just the performance is enoughalthough, she adds with a sly look,
if someone wanted to use it in a film, I wouldnt turn it down.
For more information about Lera Lynn, visit www.leralynn.com.
MAKEUP: CL ARENCE JERNIGAN/HAIR : DORI PECHIANU & MEGAN SUT TLE
50
Tennessee Craft
Celebrates Fifty Years
Showcasing the
Best of Craft
Across the State
Centennial Park May 13
by Stephanie Stewart Howard
ennessee Craftnow celebrating 50 years since the

original founding of the Tennessee Artist-Craftsmens
Association in 1965sets high standards. When you
speak of true craft artists, divorce yourself from the notion
of stuff made with kits or Popsicle sticks and hot glue and think
of an incarnation of fine art. When talking about Tennessee Craft,
the artisan fair that fills Centennial Park each spring with gifted
producers and happy customers looking to purchase their work,
thats an even greater truth. What craft means is the handiwork of
true artists, in a variety of mediums, from pottery to paintings, from
hand-dyed fibers to wood.
ALL PHOTOGRAPHS COURTESY OF TENNES S EE CRAFT
The Art of Craft
The persistence of craft references a past time, before mass-produced

plastic disposables were the norm, when ordinary people made
or bought things made by hand with the intention that a bowl, a
teapot, a toy, a piece of furniture be beautiful and distinctive as well
as functional. Tennessee Craft, under various names, has spent half a
century reminding us we can still have the beautiful-functional, and
we can support great talents by doing so.
TACA, now Tennessee Craft, came about in the mid 1960s through
the auspices of a handful of craft enthusiasts. The zeitgeist of the era
produced a reinvigorated interest in the work of craftspeople across
the country. In 1972, the group was chartered as a non-profit and the
first Craft Fair held under the guidance of former head Pat Deaver,
herself a pottery artist.
She points out what happens when you understand the difference
between a mug or tea pot made by a craft artistwith the balance,
the fit of the handle, the drip-free spout, and the artistry gone into
itversus a mug picked up at the mega-mart. It has a different value,
a greater appeal and aesthetic. Many of us understand that because
of visiting Tennessee Crafts annual fairs.
Deaver says in 1972 an old swimming pool in the park was
demolished and the area rebuilt as the Centennial Art Center. The
first craft fair coincided with the opening, featuring some 70 to 80
vendors spread out along the roads rambling through the trees. The
idea was so new that some of the invited artists showed up without
even RSVPing for the fair.
Alice Merritt, who headed TACA from 1988 to 2005, says that the
state as a whole was divided into chapters using the geographical
development districts established by the Tennessee Planning and
Development Region and allowing for craftspeople to be connected
to each other. Local meetings became quite important to our
success, she says. By 1978, the fall fair was established, because
there was great demand for it, and since spring was limited strictly
to Tennessee-based artists, fall allowed artists in from other states,
widening the variety of what was available. Today, eight chapters
continue this work.
The current executive director, Teri Alea, says things have developed
very organically since. The rules are strictthe artist must be present
with his/her work, and all fairs are limited to items made from raw
materials, no kits, models, or anything like that. Its part of what
makes the fair different.
When you buy a craft, you buy a piece of that person, says Deaver.
A large part of our job is educating the public about what goes into
a work of art.
The community was truly involved, says Deaver. That was the key
to getting everyone out that first year. We reached out to well known,
influential people who backed the arts in the community, and they
had receptions, meetings in their homes. Third National Bank (now
SunTrust) got behind us. And Clara Hieronymous, the arts editor at
The Tennessean, promoted us. As the fairs continued, shed visit the
fair on Friday and report on Sunday, and whomever she reported on
sold very well that day. We relied on those relationships; they were so
beneficial to us.
By 1973, they began using a jury system to determine which

artistsall from within Tennesseewould be asked to participate.
That fair featured some 200 exhibitors, a limit they had deliberately
set. That, according to Deaver, was about the time the Tennessee
Arts Commission also decided to add a craft division, first headed
by Lewis Snyder, a Murfreesboro teacher, assisted by Roy Overcast,
with whom theyd build a relationship. Over the years, the TACA
acronym came to be Tennessee Association of Craft Artists and now
Tennessee Craft.

This year, Tennessee Craft also enjoys the patronage of Tennessees

First Lady, Mrs. Crissy Haslam. Tennessee Craft has added to
Tennessees rich traditions in fine craft for 50 years, she says. Their
creativity and enthusiasm for preserving the skills and knowledge
of fine craft is important, so that future generations can enjoy this
unique part of our state heritage.
Since 1972, Tennessee Craft has shared a passion for craft with the
state. Since 1965, theyve encouraged artists. Lets hope they spend
the next 50 years with just as much success and more.
The Spring Tennessee Craft Fair will be held at Centennial Park

May 13. For more information visit www.tennesseecraft.org.
NashvilleArts.com
April 2015 | 57
ADAM KI RBY
Tennessee Craft College Bridge Scholarship Recipient

Centennial Park May 13
ennessee Craft is known for its support of artists.

One aspect of this can be found in the full-time
scholarships (two to each) it offers in summer 2015 to
the Appalachian Center for Craft and to Arrowmont
School of Arts and Crafts. In addition, the College Bridge
Program provides vendor education, advice, and a booth space for up
to four emerging student artists. This year, that includes Adam
Kirby, a ceramics artist, sculptor, and recent graduate of
UT-Chattanooga.
Kirbys pieces showcase his work with alternative methods of
shaping clay. Using something other than a wheel and traditional
tools impacts itliterally. His distinctive pieces feature ceramics
he made by taking raw clay pieces to a gun range and shooting
them, shaping and exploring the plasticity of the materials with
striking results.
When you shoot fresh, wet clay, it immediately reveals the ballistics,
and its an aggressive method, he says. The clay has lots of memory.
I want to expand viewers horizons, make them change their
expectations about what they [will] see, what things are meant to
look like. Clay is amazing. You mold this thing from the ground, and
it lasts for centuries.
Kirby adds that the College Bridge program helped him in other
ways, allowing him to connect with other artists post-college and
find help firing his pieces before he had a studio. Now, having had
those advantages, he looks forward to opening his own new studio
space to other young artists in need of that extra help themselves.
Visit www.tennesseecraft.org/scholarship-winner-adam-kirby for
more information about the scholarship program and Adam Kirby.
25 Anniversary Celebration
th
Local Color Gallery April 25
ocal Color Gallery is commemorating their 25th

Anniversary with the opening of Coloring, featuring
new work from Kim Barrick, one of the gallerys longest
running artists. According to Brooke Robinson, Local Colors
owner, the evening will be a
celebration of loyal collectors,
fantastic artists, and amazing
ar t. In addition to the
featured show, all of the Local
Color artists will have new
work on display, including
Eric Buechel, the gallerys
newest artist, Wendy Adams,
Susan Bates, Chriss Hardy,
Thalia Kahl, Bitsy King, Joel
Knapp, Gay Petach, Barry
Stein, and many more.
Since 1990 the award-winning
L ocal Color Galler y has
been a source of Tennessee
art, representing over 30 regional artists working in a variety of

media and styles. Robinson is passionate about her artists and
their work, saying, I think there is so much talent in Tennessee
that we are the luckiest gallery on the planet, because we have
so much talent to choose
from. I like to think we have
something for everyone from
photographic, impressionistic,
photo realistic, contemporary
to traditional. Local Color
Galler y offers oil, acr ylic,
pastel, and watercolor along
with a discriminating dash of
sculpture, pottery, and jewelry.
Eric Buechel, The Task at Hand, Oil on canvas, 30 x 40
Local Color Gallerys 25 th

Anniversary Celebration and
o pe n i n g o f the ex hib itio n
C o l o r i n g t a ke s p l a c e o n
April 25 from 5 until 8 p.m. For
more information, please visit
www.localcolornashville.com.
YEARS
Insight, Oil on canvas, 36 x 26
Nancy Depew
Explores the Curiosity of Nature

Haynes Galleries Through April 11
by Gracie Pratt
hen asked what inspires her work, Nancy Depew

had one answer: curiosity. The work of this New
Jersey-based artist lives up to its initial impulse, reflecting
the mystery and intricacy of nature with fluid portraits of lush woods
and meticulously detailed single flowers. Her subjects are captured
with precision and are simultaneously delicate and robust.
Depews work bridges the gap between traditional realism

and contemporary style, with pieces ranging from miniatures,
like Gem at 7 x 8.5 inches, to expansive forestscapes like
Pulse, which measures 44 x 64 inches. Haynes Galleries is
currently featuring seventeen pieces, with a variety of sizes
and natural subjects.
Illumination, Oil on panel, 25 x 34
Depews curiosity is often piqued by objects as

personal as the ones in her own garden, like
the white peony featured in her floral still life
Touch. I found the white peonies languishing
in a hedge row on my homes property when
I moved in fifteen years ago. They all feel like
old friends, she says. Her work is intensely
personal because of its association to objects
that she knows and loves, yet she tries to

distance herself from the object when she
paints. It is not the object she is trying to
replicate in her work, rather an experience.
I am not interested in documenting the
flower for its own sake, she says. I am
interested in the collaboration between
myself and that flower. Artists have used
flowers as subject matter in still life

paintings for hundreds of years, and yet it
would be a terrible mistake to believe that
their potential to be used as a means for
delving into the nature of human experience
has been exhausted. I use the flower as a
vehicle, loaded with all the implications a
living organism embodies. It provides me
with a means for channeling something
internal, fragile, and elusive that no other
subject could accomplish.
Depew also proves herself skilled in capturing
the human form, as she does articulately in
her painting Insight. This painting features
a nude woman, eyes closed, head tilted
upwards. It is a pensive piece, reflecting on
the mood that the subjects point of view
evokes. The painting has a dual focus. The
flowers occupy as much of the portrait as the
woman does, reinforcing Depews sense of
interconnectedness between the human form
and nature. She says, We are not separate
from nature, but part of it.
Touch, Oil on canvas, 26 x 40

Depews work hinges on her commitment

to what she calls the visual idea. Defining
it, Depew says that our day to day

experience is [primarily] visual and
has little or nothing to do with words
or logical thought. When she paints,
Depew tries to forget about verbal
communication. Instead, she says, I
use visual imagery and combine it
with my own experience to investigate
the intuitive aspect of the subject. I
manipulate visual information to
explore a metaphysical terrain. I dig
into the nature of experience.
Depew received her Master of Fine
Arts f rom the State University of
New York in Albany and has since
had an impressive artistic career. She
is a teacher and a renowned speaker,
presenting at schools such as Princeton
University and Savannah College of
Art and Design. Over the past three
decades, Depews work has been
featured in over eighty combined solo
exhibitions and group shows across
the country, and this is the second
time her work has been displayed at
Haynes Galleries. Depew is eager

to speak about the appeal of such a
gallery: It is every artists dream to be
able to exhibit where their work will be
truly understood and appreciated, as I
believe it is at the Haynes Galleries.
Haynes Galleries offers a sophisticated
space for viewing Depews work.
An interesting component of Depews
art is that it responds to her initial
curiosity without killing it. It entices
viewers. Her exhibit at Haynes
Galleries offers an opportunity for
viewing her work in person, and
Depews hope is that her work will
encourage viewers to have their own
unique experience.
Nancy Depews vignette show Nancy
Depew: Figures, Flowers & Forests will
be on display at Haynes Galleries
until April 11. The gallery is located
at 1600 Division Street on the Music
Row Roundabout in Nashville and
is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. or by
appointment. For more information,
visit www.haynesgalleries.com.
Revelation, Oil on canvas, 48 x 34
Pulse, Oil on canvas, 44 x 62

NashvilleArts.com
April 2015 | 63
Russ
Faxon
Casting Moments in Time
by Jane R. Snyder
rms arching skyward, The Entrance, a pair

of eight-feet-tall bronze sentries, stands
guard outside Selah Studio in Bell Buckle,
Tennessee. An hour southeast of Nashville, it is
a distance well worth traveling to meet sculptor
Russ Faxon. His blue-gray eyes may remind you of a Siamese
cat, but the artists handshake has the strength of a massive lion
behind it. That strength is crucial to transport Russs expressive
bronze sculptures from his imagination to the casting foundry
then on to their final installations.
I design, develop, and create limited edition and unique

figurative bronze sculpture for private clients, corporations,
universities, non-profits, and state governments. My works
range in size from table models to monumental. The sculptures
are eclectic, from fantasy to realistic, depending on the
applicable need for expression of a particular concept.
Russ mastered the art of lost wax bronze casting at the
Mariani Foundry in Pietrasanta, Italy. Whether tender or
bold, his concepts take, on average, nine months or more to
The Signing, 2006, Private residence, Nashville, TN
complete. During that journey, Russ will assume many roles: sketch
artist, concept presenter, welder, clay modeler, mold maker, assembler,
metalsmith, carpenter, transportation planner, logistical engineer,
project director, and people manager. He shoulders them all with an
abiding passion.
On commission work, you try to find out what peoples goals are so
that you can achieve that for your client. Its really a service industry.
Unless you have such patronage that everyone just loves what you do
and buys the hooey out of it, he said with a grin. With commission
work, when someone gives an artist an idea and lets them go with it,
they can really do something special.
Planted in his backyard are haunting, weather-beaten armatures of
earlier works that command attention. An endless array of hand tools,
machines, drawings, mannequins, plaster models, and maquettes
overflows his studio. You can almost see Russs fingerprints on every
item. In between projects, the talented sculptor occasionally teaches
classes in the crowded space.
Artists are all in our own little world. I almost envy those in the
music business who can share in collaboration rather than having
some independent possession over what we create. We all have a
need for collaboration and critiques to make our work better.
His compelling designs often include multiple figures, but before
I even asked him how those pieces differ from other commissions,
Russ answered that question. I love interaction. Having a singular
figure just doesnt have the communication skills two figures do,
what they are saying and doing.
Anticipation, 1983, Tennessee Performing Arts Center, Nashville, TN
Oh, Roy!, 1993, Ryman Auditorium, Nashville, TN
One example is a life-size piece Oh, Roy! Located in the Ryman

Auditorium, it depicts the friendship between Grand Ole Opry
icons Minnie Pearl and Roy Acuff. Thousands of country music fans
have been photographed standing beside this duo, and, I expect, they
would be just as thrilled if Russ is asked to produce a smiling Little
Jimmy Dickens to join them.
Western Kentucky University, Russs alma mater (B.A. in Art
Education, 1973), features five of his sculptures on its campus. They
include a life-size figure of Korean War casualty Sgt. 1st Class Robert
Guthrie, which stands beside the Guthrie Bell Tower.
What is it about a soldier who will go to a foreign country, not
know anything about them, and fight or die for that country? They
are extremely special people. The design is Robert stepping out going
towards the war, an American flag in his left hand to show patriotism
and the Eagle Scout badges he won as a boy peeking out of his duffle
bag. He is looking back toward home, but his movement is moving
forward away from home.
Created to honor the memory of a little girl whose death led to a
law that requires youngsters to be seated on the rear seat in cars,
Blowing Bubbles represents a beloved childhood pastime. You can
see it in between the chapel and school of St. Georges Episcopal
Church in Nashville.
Danny Evins, Uncle Herschel and Stella (detail), 1999 and 2013,
Cracker Barrel Corporate Headquarters, Lebanon, TN
Blowing Bubbles (detail), 2001, St. Georges Episcopal Church, Nashville, TN
Robert Guthrie, 2002, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY
Isabelle and Calvin, two loving figures on a granite bench, graces the
grounds of Alive Hospice. A sensitive work, it provides emotional
respite for caregivers and family members who pass by or stop to rest
or renew themselves for a few private moments.
Driving home, I pictured the sculptors strong, long-fingered hands.

They could have modeled for Auguste Rodin (18401917) whose
sculpture still astonishes art lovers nearly a century after his death. I
wouldnt be surprised if Russ Faxons talent for casting moments in
time is equally admired one hundred years from now.
For more information, visit www.russfaxon.com.
PHOTOGRAPH BY HEIDI CATALDO
Figures in Russ Faxons studio
Chet Atkins, 2000, 5th and Union, Nashville, TN
Russ Faxon at work in his studio
04
117 ALTON RD.

BELLE MEADE HIGHLANDS
$525,000
NEW CONSTRUCTION
NEW CONSTRUCTION
JUST LISTED
JUST LISTED
4105 A LONE OAK RD.

GREEN HILLS
$689,900
4105 B LONE OAK RD.

GREEN HILLS
$689,900
30 acres in forest hills
Just listed
bellevue lots
$119,900 - $129,900
natCHezpointeinfo.Com
1608 ChiCkering road

$10,900,000
Call Hal for details

on tHis unique opportunity
30 acres in forest hills
under contract
NEW CONSTRUCTION
851
Curtiswood
109holly
RANSOM
AVE.
105
forest
6+aCres
inCLOSE
oak hill
BYRON
Coronada
Call$215,000
for priCe
$739,000
sold
SOLD
OUT
5890 east
ashland
drive
Just
listed
BELLEVUE
LOTS
forest
hills
bellevue
lots
$119,900 - $129,900
$750,000
$119,900 - $129,900
NATCHEZPOINTEINFO.COM
natCHezpointeinfo.Com
1107
PARK
DR.
1608CHICKERING
ChiCkering
road
CHICKERING
$10,900,000PARK
Call Hal
for details
$650,000
on tHis unique opportunity
HAL ROSSON
sold
1004 Caldwell lane
green
hills/lipsComb
4225
harding
pike #104
$265,000 arms
wellington
Representing Real Estate Buyers and Sellers Since 1971

615-271-2705
halrosson@freemanwebb.com
www.halrosson.com
sold
under contract
1765 tyne blvd.
$595,000
851 Curtiswood
6+aCres in oak hill
sold
5890 east ashland drive

forest hills
NEW DIALECT
Banning Bouldin Has Given Nashville Something to Talk About

A New Dance Language With Its Own Accent
by Cat Acree | Photograph by Hunter Armistead
here are a number of reasons for the unexpected

success of New Dialect, Nashvilles emerging
contemporary dance collective, but it all comes
down to Artistic Director Banning Bouldin, who
recognizes two very important things about dance.
It is a universal language and therefore one of the most accessible
art formsbut a lot of people dont think of it that way. So even
though Nashville native Bouldin started New Dialect exactly when
the local arts landscape was hospitable to change, she never predicted
the overwhelming level of support.
Like so many dancers before her, Bouldin fled Nashville in 1998 to

pursue the type of fusion dance modeled at Julliard, which offers the
best techniques from the past and the best tools from the present to
propel the evolution of choreography. We need people on this planet
who devote themselves to the preservation of said techniques or said
approaches, Bouldin says, but we also desperately need people who
are interested in gleaning from them, peeling them back, digging in
to find uncharted territories, so the art form can continue to evolve,
and so that we also have a voice in the present tense of what dance
is right now.
PHOTOGRAPH BY Z ACHARY GRAY
New Dialect performing Fight/Flight
After entering the Julliard BFA program and then traveling

the globe with a Stockholm dance company, Bouldin returned
to Nashville in 2009, when the city was ready. In April 2013
she established New Dialect, intending to focus on providing
relevant training for dancers, choreographers, and teachers who
want to pursue careers in the field of contemporary dance. But in
June 2014, Centennial Park invited New Dialect for an ongoing
creative residency, which provided the opportunity to plan their
first performance. They debuted at OZ in August 2014, expecting
an audience of 150 to 200 people. Almost 700 attended, pressed
together with standing room only.
I was anticipating having to till through a little more concrete

to get traction, Bouldin says, but the timing has been so right
for many burgeoning contemporary art organizations in Nashville
right now. Theres such a hunger from the public to see this sort of
work.
Starting in April, New Dialect performs two original works with
INTERSECTION, Nashvilles new contemporary music ensemble,
for their debut at the Platform. Bouldin has designed a work called
Murmurations for the twelve-minute Concordanza, which vacillates
between vast spaces of time, almost as if youre listening to the
sound . . . of cosmic harmony and abrasive, idiosyncratic outbursts
that transform New Dialect dancers into a twitchy, agitated hive as
Banning Bouldin performing Emin
PHOTOGRAPH BY EDEN FRANGIPANE
Following the OZ success, commissions began pouring in. The

Frist asked them to participate in their Kandinsky retrospective;
TedXNashville invited them to open their CREO conference, and
OZ commissioned the upcoming Trisha Brown retrospective at
Zeitgeist.
Every weekend in May for OZs Trisha Brown retrospective, New

Dialect will perform Browns 1968 installation Planes at Zeitgeist,
with three dancers climbing and traversing a wall while aerial-view
projections cover their bodies.
For a more intimate New Dialect experience, Private Edition is
hosting a fundraiser for the company on April 16, with 10 percent
of sales benefiting the company. Also, New Dialect rehearsals are
open to the public at the Centennial Park Arts Center, Monday
through Friday, noon to 3 p.m.
Bouldin wants contemporary dance to be accessible for as many
people as possible and recognizes that buying a ticket to a
contemporary dance performance requires the ability to take a
risk. Stripping away any remaining elitism, affordable ticket prices
enable potential audience members to feel more comfortable taking
that chance.
says Bouldin. Inside each language we have our own accents, our
own dialects, that have to do with where were born, the experiences
we had, where we moved, who our partner was. Body language is no
misnomer. This is a new voice for Nashville, but we all have bodies,
so our mother tongue must be the same.
All dance photographs courtesy of OZ Nashville. Support New Dialect
at their fundraising event Cocktails, Cosmetics, & Contemporary
Dance at Private Edition on Thursday, April 16, from 5:30-7:30 p.m.
See the group perform Planes at Zeitgeist most Saturdays in May. For
more information and event details visit www.newdialect.org.
PHOTOGRAPH BY Z ACHARY GRAY
There are people on this planet who have

taken it upon themselves to learn more
than just their mother tongue, so they can
communicate with a wider variety of people,
Ana Maria Lucaciu and

Banning Bouldin performing Emin
PHOTOGRAPH BY EDEN FRANGIPANE
they swarm and swoop again and again. The second work, B-Sides,
which will accompany the almost sentimentally melodic Eleven
Studies for Eleven Players, is a compilation of some of Bouldins
favorite choreography that had to hit the cutting-room floor in
previous works.
New Dialect performing Fight/Flight
Art in Formation
PHOTOGRAPH BY SARAHMCDONALD
Stirrings from the Nashville Underground
Kathryn Edwards, founder of The Other Booking
by Tony Youngblood
cattered all over town in basements and back patios is

a different breed of performance space. House venues
seat as few as fifteen people and play host to bands too
new or too challenging for the likes of the Exit/In or the Mercy
Lounge. Kathryn Edwards, founder of The Other Booking
and former resident at the influential house venue The Other
Basement, is one of the citys most passionate and tireless house
show promoters, and she doesnt get a dime for it.
With all the headaches of show booking, such as disrespectful
showgoers, rowdy or demanding bands, and poor turnout,
Edwards has considered quitting, but she goes on. Someone
has to book bands for there to be a thriving scene. And then
there is the under-representation of women and people of
color that I can assist with and inspire someone like me to
feel involved.
That under-representation can make women and people of
color feel alienated in a scene with so many all-white, all-dude
bands. Edwards recounts, Some dirty punk saw me standing
next to our PA board and asked me, while peering around the
room at the white males there, who was going to be running
sound. Im no guru with mixing, but turning up loud in a
basement isnt exactly rocket science, and that was insulting.
The problem isnt simply which bands get booked; its also the
lack of diversity in club ownership and in media staffs. As for
this, Edwards says, My voice against a wall isnt powerful. I
really wish more people would start to question whywhen
they look around at the new hip Nashville or underground
music sceneits a blizzard.
PHOTOGRAPH BY JOHN SCARPATI
Visit www.facebook.com/theotherbooking to learn more

about The Other Booking.
Tony Youngblood is the founder of the Circuit Benders Ball, a
biennial celebration of free culture, art, music, and the creative
spirit. He created the open-source, multi-artist, scalable
art tunnel concept called M.A.P.s (ModularArtPods.com)
and runs the experimental improv music blog and podcast
www.TheatreIntangible.com.
Dylan, Cash and the

Nashville Cats
Country Music Hall of Fame Through December 2016
by Stephanie Stewart-Howard
Curator Michael Gray says the Nashville Cats

represent the second wave of major session
musicians in the citys history, on the heels of
the famous A Team in the 40s and 50s. The Cats
exhibit offers the CMHOF a unique vantage
point to consider how both country and rock/folk
music makers affected American music culture
and to celebrate musicians from wildly different
backgrounds in a polarized era coming together.
Most notable is the tie between these
artists and ABCs cutting edge The Johnny
Cash Show from 196971, filmed at the
Ryman and showcasing socially aware,
often-controversial artists.
COURTESY OF MART Y STUART AND THE CMHOF & MUS EUM
Dylan and all the rest came in

a politically charged time, and
Nashville had a reputation as
conservativebut the musicians
were stylistically capable of
producing any style of music,
says Gray. We knew we wanted
to talk about Dylan and
everyone who came in his
wake. Theres no question
their work influenced so
much, including 1970s
Southern California
country rock, like the
Eagles and Americana
and other styles today.
Johnny Cash used this custom-made

Grammer guitar on his TV show

He adds, Bob Dylan

has been analyzed
to death, but this
is a fresh angle to
that story, never fully
Randy Scruggs, Earl Scruggs, Bob Dylan, and Gary Scruggs in Carmel,
New York, c. 1972
explored. The exhibit includes photos, film, and sixteen listening

booths at the center, allowing visitors to sample the work of each of
the featured session musicians. These musicians were so versatile, so
talented, they were the draw for Dylan and others.
Among the artifacts featured are the 1950 Fender telecaster

guitar Charlie Daniels played on Nashville Skyline, stage costumes
by Manuel, Kenny Buttreys drum kit, Norbert Putnams 1965
electric base (played on hundreds of recordings), the original song
manuscript for the Johnny Cash-Bob Dylan collaboration Wanted
Man, and Grays favorite, a 1967 pedal steel guitar played by Lloyd
Green, including on the Byrds 1968 album Sweetheart of the Rodeo.
Green, Gray points out, was playing for Tammy Wynette, Charlie
Pride, and Johnny Paycheck at the same time.
Dylan, Cash, and the Nashville Cats runs through December 31, 2016.
For more information, visit www.countrymusichalloffame.org.
COURTESY OF RON CORNELIUS AND THE CMHOF & MUSEUM
These musical collaborations are celebrated in a new show at the

Country Music Hall of Fame (CMHOF), Dylan, Cash and the
Nashville Cats, which offers up images, artifacts, film,
and recordings to showcase this extraordinary time
in music history.
COURTESY OF SONY MUSIC ARCHIVES AND THE CMHOF & MUSEUM
n 1966, Bob Dylan released Blonde on Blonde, an album

started in New York but recorded mostly in Nashville.
It began a boom in collaboration between Nashvilles best
session musicians, among them David Briggs, Kenny Buttrey,
Fred Carter Jr., Charlie Daniels, Lloyd Green, Ben Keith, Norbert
Putnam, Jerry Reed, and Buddy Spicher, and the greats of folk and
rock music from the East and West Coasts and EuropeThe Byrds,
Joan Baez, Neil Young, Simon & Garfunkel, Paul McCartney, and
more. The results would be some of the greatest albums of the era.
Bob Johnston, Leonard Cohen, and Ron Cornelius, early 1970s
NashvilleArts.com
April 2015 | 73
(l to r) Roland DelColape, Lauren Kussro, Francois Deschamps, Ana Serrano,

Virginia Derryberry, Richard Painter, Simon Levy, Clive King, Teenie Harris
LOCATED ON THE MAIN FLOOR OF SARRATT STUDENT CENTER

AT 2301 VANDERBILT PLACE, NASHVILLE TN 37235
(615) 646-2422
Visit us 7 days a week from 9 a.m9 p.m. during the academic year
Summer and holiday schedule hours are MondayFriday 9 a.m.4 p.m.
www.natchezstone.com
NatchezStone_0215.indd 1
www.vanderbilt.edu/sarrattart
Sarratt_0415.indd
1
1/15/15
4:05 PM
COMMUNITY
EDUCATION
SUMMER 2015
WATKINS
3/16/15 4:33 PM
REGISTER BY
M AY 1 8
Offering classes in book
arts, clay, creative writing,
film, painting, photography,
printmaking, and more!
watkins.edu/community-education
615.383.4848
community@watkins.edu
Glenn Merchant
info@glennmerchantstudio.com
www.glennmerchantstudio.com
GlennMerchant_0415.indd 1
3/13/15 12:14 PM
TYPE, 26 x 40
Jim Sherraden
HALEY GALLERY
@abrasiveMedia
gallery
studios space
Moving On
2015 48x60
Acrylic on Canvas
community classes
events
@hatchshowprint
APRIL 2015
#HSPHaleyGallery
Featuring the work of Memphis artist
Danny Broadway
GROW | CONNECT | PRODUCE | GIVE BACK
abrasivemedia.org
Downtown Nashville 615.577.7711
Visit HatchShowPrint.com for more information.
Abstract Nashville
A NEW PHOTOGRAPHIC SERIES
n 1844 British artist J.M.W. Turner painted what is now a famous blurred train traveling through an obscured countryside in Rain,
Steam and Speed The Great Western Railway. The new, highly distorted style represented the literal swiftness he witnessed as the
machine moved past, but it also communicated the changing landscape around England brought on by the industrial revolution. The
transition from old to new was happening rapidly, and artists of all kindspainters, writers, musicians, dancers, photographerswere
left to find a new visual vocabulary to represent the spirit of the time. Many of them found abstraction.
Nashvilles rapid population growth has brought about increased need for infrastructure. Buildings are being torn
down daily and replaced with what we will all come to recognize as a new Nashville. With our skyline and
neighborhoods in flux, we were reminded of Turners abstract approach to capturing his shifting
society. The editorial team at Nashville Arts Magazine has decided to launch a photography
series entitled Abstract Nashville in which we periodically send out a photographer to
highlight abstract details of our city.
Tom Keller (tpkeller2@juno.com), one of our previous photography
competition winners, is the first to take on this assignment.
We hope you enjoy his perspective. Youve probably
never seen these familiar spots in quite this
way. Look at them now. They might
be gone tomorrow.
Woodmont Hills Church of Christ, 3710 Franklin Road
Regal Green Hills Stadium 16 plaza
Caterpillar Financial Center, 2120 West End Avenue
Public Square Parking Garage, 141 James Robertson Parkway

Lane Motor Museum, 702 Murfreesboro Pike
Printers Alley, NCB Garage, 217 3rd Avenue N.
Sheraton Hotel, Union Street and 7th Avenue N.

Music City Center, 201 5th Avenue S.
Parking deck near 5th Avenue N. and Commerce Street

Woodland Studios, 1011 Woodland Street

NashvilleArts.com
April 2015 | 79
B ar Ba r a a l l e n
Fontanel Mansions First Art Show
Watercolor
Exhibit
April 1 May 31
4225 Whites Creek Pike

Whites Creek, TN 37189
BarbaraAllen_0415H.indd 1
Open reception
May 2
6:00 to 9:00 p.m.
www.BarbaraAllenArt.com
Behind the Brush Collections
3/20/15 9:34 AM
H AY N E S G A L L E R I E S P R E S E N T S
VINCENT GIARRANO: LIFE IN THE CITY

PAINTINGS, DRAWINGS & SKETCHES
A P R I L 2 4 T H R O U G H M AY 3 0 , 2 0 1 5
RECEPTION APRIL 24, 5:00 TO 7:30 PM
VINCENT GIARRANO, B.1960. DRESS SALE.(DETAIL) OIL ON CANVAS. 42 X 54 INCHES

INQUIRIES: GARYHAYNES@HAYNESGALLERIES.COM OR PHONE 615.430.8147 OR 615.312.7000. HAYNESGALLERIES.COM
GALLERIES: ON THE MUSIC ROW ROUNDABOUT IN NASHVILLE,
TENNESSEE AND SEASONALLY IN THOMASTON, MAINE
NashvilleArts.com
April 2015 | 81
Favorites, Porcelain, stoneware, silver leaf on an acrylic base
Catherine Moberg
Takes Trompe Loeil Ceramics to a New Level
Fool Your Eyes at Haynes Galleries Through April 11
by MiChelle Jones
atherine Moberg worked with beloved trompe loeil

ceramicist Sylvia Hyman for six years and effectively
became the artists eyes and hands at the end. Now
Moberg is ready to show her own work, making her
local debut in the Objets dArt show at Haynes Galleries. Moberg
continues many of the traditions she began with Hyman, while
adding her own subject interests and take on the medium.
Not everybody understands it, Moberg said of trompe loeil
sculpture. Theyll say, well, this is just a basket of oranges.
But really the pieces are clever visual puns, 3-D narratives that
sometimes incorporate hidden aspects visible only when peering
inside a basket or box.
Moberg is using the same kiln she and Hyman used, now installed
at the Clay Ladys new space where she also has a studio. She
received a lot of equipment from Hymans family and also finished
Shards and Discard, the piece they were working on at the time of
the elder artists death in 2012.
Working solo after being part of a team hasnt required a big
adjustment, Moberg said. I love to be in the studio; its quiet. I
listen to NPR and just do my work.
She called her first piece simply Favorites. There are a few familiar
motifs: a shoebox holding several items, including a silk-screened
book and sheet music. Every item, however, has a special meaning
for Moberg. The shoes were a favorite pair. The book of poems by
e.e. cummings represents one that Mobergs husband sent her while
they were dating. The sheet music also reflects Mobergs life. Sylvia
used her generation of music, Tin Pan Alley, so I wanted to do my
generation, Moberg said. I did The Beatles Yesterday and Mr.
Bojangles.
Treasures includes a clay version of the 1950s Girl Scout box she
used to store treasures in as a young girl. Paris features a small
shopping bag from a famous Parisian patisserie, a city map, a Zagat
guide, and a few macaroons. Moberg made dozens of macaroons
while perfecting her recipe for shape and color, and they are placed
around her house like tantalizing treats. A few in mint green and
pastel pink are stacked on a porcelain saucer ringed in gold in
Mobergs treehouse-like living room. More are arranged vertically
in front of a small dessert box on a sideboard in the dining room.
Farm Fresh Free Range Eggs in a Rustic Bowl was inspired by an
old Martha Stewart Living article about Aracuana eggs. Moberg
used an egg mold from Hymans collection, as well as several she
bought herself, and then experimented with stains to find the
colors she wanted. The beautifully tinted creations, along with one
golden egg, now fill a bowl that looks more wood-turned than
made of hand-formed clay.
Hope: Whatever Evils Abroad, Hope Never Entirely Leaves Us, Porcelain,
stoneware, and gold leaf with acrylic cover on a linen base
Eggs fill a small basket in another of Mobergs pieces. To construct

the container she first made and fired spokes, handle, and circle
bottom and then assembled them as one would a straw basket. Her
convincing basket technique is also on display in An Art That Is
Performed on a Four-Count Rhythm Between Ten and Two OClock,
a piece depicting a few essentials for fly fishing, including a tan hat
trimmed with lures, a rod, and a basket containing a can of lures.
Moberg created the hat using a template she made by disassembling
an actual hat.
I call myself a maker of things, and in this exploration of clay Im
continuing to make things in this new medium, Moberg said.
I enjoy that, and I enjoy having an idea pop into my head and
figuring out how I can make it.
Catherine Mobergs art will be on exhibit at Haynes Galleries as
part of Objets dArt through April 11. For more information about
her, visit www.cathymoberg.com and www.haynesgalleries.com.
An Art That is Performed on a Four-Count Rhythm Between Ten and Two

Oclock, Stoneware and porcelain

Work or Play, Stoneware
The artist as a creation of her own work. Photograph by Rory White
NashvilleArts.com
April 2015 | 83
THE EUROPEANS
The Ancestor, 2001, Chromogenic color print
Famed Photographer Tina Barneys Anonymous Portraits

Provide a Peek Into the Lives of the Rich and Famous
Frist Center for the Visual Arts Through May 10
T
by Jerry Atnip
ina Barney began her photographic

career in the mid 1970s capturing
images of her family and friends in New
York and New England. In the 1980s,
she started using an 8 x 10 view camera
and developed a more directed style of
portraiture. Between 1996 and 2004, she
traveled to Austria, Italy, England, Spain,
France, and Germany to create her series The Europeans, a look at
the inner circle of the Old World elite.
Her work has been exhibited and collected by major institutions
around the world, and she was the recipient of the John Simon
Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship in 1991 and the 2010 Lucie
Award for Achievement in Portraiture.
The Frist Center for the Visual Arts is presenting a selection of

twenty-one photographs from The Europeans concluding on May 10.
Jerry Atnip spoke with Tina Barney about the creation of this
monumental body of work.
Jerry Atnip (JA): After years of successfully photographing

your own world, you ventured overseas to begin
The Europeans project. How did that come about?
Tina Barney (TB): Well, I was getting sort of tired of photographing
the same thing from 1977 to 1996. Some friends had suggested that
I look into the American Academy in Rome. While I was there,
people would say things like, You should go to Austria because my
husbands sister is there, and she is married to an Italian. A lot of
times it would domino in that sort of way. I then got interested in
going to other countries.
JA: How orchestrated were the sessions?
TB: Not as much as you would think. When I got to Europe, the
people were much more formal. They werent intimidating, but
there were intimidating situations physically: the immense rooms,
the high ceilings, the formality and elegance of everything. There
was no way I was going to push these people around. I also began
to realize that they had a very strong sense of themselves and how
they wanted to pose and how they wanted to display themselves.
card or the family portrait where they are

lined up in a row. There is a very typical
look as to how that is done in America and
possibly in Europe as well.
JA: Did you allow your subjects to
be participants in the process: the
pose, the gestures, the expressions?
TB: Sure. Thats what I mean when I say I
got there and didnt really tell them what
to do. There is a fine line between directing
them and not directing them and letting
them be what they are. But I do need to
tell them what to do for the sake of the
composition and the lighting. There is a lot
of direction in that respect.
JA: Have you ever been surprised
later by what youve captured?
TB: Oh, sure. Thats the best part of
photography. Thats the great pleasure and joy
of it. It is sort of like magic when it happens.
Father and Sons, 1996, Chromogenic color print
T hey had a ver y strong

sense of themselves and
how they wanted to pose.
JA: The Europeans series features the

wealthy few. How do you think regular
people view and relate to them?
TB: I have no idea, but I think its kind of
like them watching Downton Abbey. These
people are symbols of what people work for
or what they dream to be.
JA: From a mentor viewpoint, what
would you like to share with emerging
photographers?
TB: Put down your camera and look
around. Look at art and think.
Reprinted with permission, South x Southeast

photomagazine, 2015. www.Sxsemagazine.com.
MICHAEL HAL SBAND, 2012
Tina Barney: The Europeans will be on

exhibit at the Frist Center for the Visual
Arts through May 10. For more information
visit www.fristcenter.org.
The Antlers, 2001, Chromogenic color print
Im not sure about this and Ill never

know, but I think this has a lot to do
with the history of portraiture that had
been handed down through the culture in
European countries.

JA: So, you found that to be a difference

between Europe and America?
TB: I think that in the US not that many
people have their portraits made. Theyll
have snapshots made for the Christmas
NashvilleArts.com
Tina Barney
April 2015 | 85
YORK & Friends

fine art
Nashville Memphis
CAROLYN MCDONALD
Pet Portraits
Wallpaper
Trapp Candles
Consignments
Wallpaper & Designer

Home Consignments
Inglewood/East Nashville
3701 Gallatin Pike S. 37216
(615) 292-7590 or (615) 679-0204
5,000 sq. ft. of high-end/designer consignments and wallpaper

The only in-stock wallpaper store in Middle Tennessee
Largest special order wallpaper book library in Middle Tennessee
Delightful shopping in a unique and exciting atmosphere
Professional service & quality products
Open to the public and interior designers
www . wallpaperanddecor . com
Wallpaper_0215.indd 1
1/19/15 2:28 PM
The Ultimate in HiFi Stereo &

Home Theater for Over 11 Years
Lily Moss, 10 x 8, Oil on panel
Trixie as Jane Russell, 16 x 20, Oil on panel
107 Harding Place Tues-Sat 10-5

615.352.3316 yorkandfriends@att.net
Follow us on
at Ron York Art
www.yorkandfriends.com
We Now Offer Special Financing
Premier Acoustic Lifestyles

The A/V Authority of Middle Tennessee!
1696 Fairview Blvd Fairview, TN 37062

615-799-8002
www.palhifi.com
Through May 10
Houghton Hall: Portrait of an English Country House invites you to immerse yourself in Old World opulence through a curated collection of
paintings, furniture and other treasures from the meticulously designed early-1700s home of Englands first prime minister, Sir Robert
Walpole. Next, explore the visual richness of aristocratic living in Tina Barney: The Europeans, a collection of the renowned American
photographers journey through the elite inner circles of Austria, England, France, Germany, Italy and Spain.
HO U GHTO N HA LL
P LATINU M SP ONSOR
HOUGHTON HALL
H O S P I TA L I T Y S P O N S O R
TINA BARNEY
PRESENTING SPONSORS
ROBIN AND
RICHARD PATTON
Houghton Hall: Portrait of an English Country House was organized by the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston,
in collaboration with Houghton Hall. An indemnity has been granted by the Federal Council on the Arts
and the Humanities | Tina Barney: The Europeans was organized by the Frist Center for the Visual Arts.
T H E F R I S T CE N T E R F O R T H E V I S U A L A RT S
I S S U P P O RT E D I N PA RT B Y
D OW N TOW N N A SH VIL L E
919 B R OA D WAY
F R IST C EN T ER .OR G
Exterior view of Houghton Hall, Norfolk, England. Photo by Nick McCann
Pieces
& Parts
by Rusty Wolfe
n last months column, I

challenged myself to use the
pieces and parts pictured in
that article to create a new piece of
furniture. Design is largely a matter
of taste. I had to decide whether to
create a modern piece, a period piece,
or marry the old and the new to find
a common ground. I chose the last, a
repurposed use that is far from the
original intent for its parts.
When I wrote last months column,

I had no idea what the piece of
furniture for this months column
would look like. After several ideas
landed in the trash can, I drew a
piece that achieved all my design
goals. The small antique pieces
evoke the various periods that they
were originally created in. The new
case houses the period elements
inside a modern component. The piece
is also repurposed, as the elements are no
longer associated with their original utility.
The finished piece is a credenza. I used a wooden positive mold as

a drawer pull and plumbing hardware as a drawer pull. I sliced a
stair spindle in two to use it as a corner treatment. There are cornice
blocks used as drawer fronts as well as the front of a National
cash register and a carved Chinese panel. Three of the drawers
are used as found. I used an ornate, carved table leg as panel
decoration. In an effort to maintain the theme of an eclectic mix, I
used
both old
and new wood to create
some of the drawers. The new, exotic
veneers that I chose would not have been available
when their companion hardware pieces were created. This helps
achieve the common ground I was hoping to achieve.
My biggest challenge was in editing all the exciting choices.

There were so many fantastic elements that could be created
into drawer fronts. The same was true with the wide range of
interesting choices for drawer pulls. As I started to put it all
together, it became clear that the complex drawer fronts needed
a tame pull, and vice versa. There was too much competition
between the two. One has to dominate in order to pull off the
design. So, the biggest difficulty was in restraining myself from
using too many pieces and parts. In truth, this provided the
opportunity to showcase some beautifully simple pieces of wood,
both old and new.
PHOTOGRAPHY BY JERRY ATNIP
I used a pallet-knife painted finish on the case and a simple, slab

top. This tied it all together and gave the old elements a clean,
new surface from which to shine. The result of this past months
work can be seen in the following photos.
For more infor mation about Rusty Wolfe please visit
www.finerthingsgallerynasvhille.com.
Rusty Wolfe is a painter, sculptor, furniture

designer, and entrepreneur. His works are
available at fine art galleries around the
country and locally at Finer Things.
2015 Governors
Arts Awards
PHOTOGRAPH BY TIFFANI BING
visit our outdoor

sculpture gallery
Theresa Comer, Charletta (CJ) Jordon, Kim Fleming, Sonja Townsend,

Kimberly Proctor White, Debra Tillery, backup singers for Dr. Bobby Jones
en individuals who represent the best in arts and culture

in Tennessee were given the 2015 Governors Arts Awards
during a ceremony at the Tennessee Executive Residence
Conservation Hall last month.
Distinguished Artist Awards went

to country music singer-songwriter
Loretta Lynn, opera singer Mary
Costa, blues singer-songwriter
B.B. King, gospel musician Dr.
Bobby Jones, and novelist Cormac
McCarthy. This award is reserved
for Tennessee artists of exceptional
talent and creativity who have
influenced directions, trends, and
aesthetic practices on a state and
national level.
We want to congratulate the recipients for their incredible work

adding to the rich cultural heritage of Tennessee, Governor Haslam
said. Their dedication, leadership, and contributions to the arts have
enhanced our way of life and will continue to influence Tennesseans
for many years to come.
Loretta Lynn and Crystal Gayle
Folklife Heritage Awards were presented to Bill Henry, a whittler

and woodworker, and Jack Martin, a fourth generation broom
maker and owner of Hockaday Handmade Brooms. The award
honors significant achievements within art forms that are rooted in
the traditional or ethnic cultures of Tennessee.
Arts Leadership Award recipients were Bill May, Executive

Director of Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Scott
Niswonger, a philanthropist and champion of the arts, and Stax
Museum of American Soul Music. This accolade goes to individuals
and organizations that advance the value of the arts in Tennessee
communities.
Established in 1971, the Governors Arts Awards is produced by the

Tennessee Arts Commission, the state arts agency whose mission is
to cultivate the arts for Tennesseans and their communities.
Visit www.tnartseducation.org/events/2015-governors-arts-awards
for more information on the 2015 Governors Arts Awards winners.

1898 Nolensville Rd | 615.726.1207

www.finerthingsgallerynashville.com
Thursday - saTurday 10a.m - 5 p.m.
NashvilleArts.com
April 2015 | 89
Danny Broadway
Rhythm and Hues All the Way from Memphis
by Megan Kelley
abrasiveMedia April 4
anny Broadway is observant and gracious. Even as

we meet during one of his regular travels between the
landscapes of Memphis and the city streets of Nashville,
hes generous with his time as an artist and thoughtful
about his work and its role in the general community and greater art
conversation.
In much of his work, Broadway seeks the universal language of color
and our connection to natural forms, symbolic hues, and atmospheric
influences. Drawn to the outdoors, Broadways fascination with
landscape follows through his work, whether as the main focus
through memory explorations, as a backdrop for his figurative works,
or even in the smallest foundations for color choices. When its
winter, my palette becomes colderblues, whitesand when it
warms up, my work also responds to those changes.
The seasonal experience and Broadways colorful approach create a

base language for a universal connection, and his sweeping hues and
emblematic figures engage a drama of shared memory, drawing from
a pool of universal history and symbolism. I work from history, from
beauty, says Broadway, to honor what happened and re-envision
it. Frequently he is drawn to photographic images that spark a
personal connection with his own past, and his intense process of
drawing, painting, and editing creates not just a conceptual sense of
archaeological time, but a textural process of charcoal, paint, stamps,
and patterns that reflects the layers of history and the evidence of
time passing.
Often I try to capture a sense of their everyday lives, to
preserve the values and experiences I see within the photos
and within my own life. In modernizing these transformative
The Meeting, 2013, Acrylic on canvas, 48 x 48
imageshis figures are ambiguous and stylized, evoking an

archetypal everymanBroadway explores his own family
stories, childhood memories, and personal symbols through
a larger historical narrative, while leaving room for others to
come into the story in their own interpretations.
Throughout his visual explorations, Broadway strives for the personal,

intimate connection. The ideal purpose of the work is that when
someone looks at it, I imagine they would create their own title for
it and bring in their own story. As an artist, if youre willing to listen,
people can give you a better meaning. This openness to the audience
is important, stresses Broadway, who speaks deeply of the need for
artists to invite dialogue with audiences in order for them to create
a sense of ownership, value, and community about art-making. You
invite others into the conversation, and it becomes more interesting.
Im very conscious of the conversations happening around me.
Bridging into a universal dialogue also drives his gallery, Broadway
Studios, to serve as a creative community hub, facilitating area
conversation through independent film screenings, classes, and
connective events, and through his diverse painting series, he strives
to connect viewers to the similarities between all of us. I want a
person to look at the work and connect with it, regardless of who
they are or where they came from. We are all human; we all have the
same feelings. As artists, we have a responsibility to document these
emotions and connections.
Going Home, 2013, Acrylic on canvas, 48 x 48
View more of Broadways work online at www.dannybroadway.com;

visit him in Memphis at Broadway Studios, or see his work in
person at abrasiveMedia on April 4 during Arts & Music
@ Wedgewood/Houston, www.am-wh.com.
S U M M I T
Proper ty Management
231 5th Avenue North, #502

Nashville, TN 37219
1314 Chester Avenue

Nashville, TN 37206
211 Cheltenham Avenue

Franklin, TN 37064
LEASE: Art Ave. Lofts

Penthouse
$3750 Per Month
LEASE: New Construction

in East Nashville
$2,095 Per Month
SALE: Charming
Westhaven Home
$524,990
2 bedrooms | 3.5 baths

2600 Sq. Ft.
4 bedrooms | 2.5 baths

2085 Sq. Ft.
3 bedrooms | 3 bathrooms
2788 Sq. Ft.
1510 Demonbreun Street, #1503

Nashville, TN 37203
140 Alpine Court

Franklin, TN 37069
1572 Eastwood Drive

Brentwood, TN 37027
LEASE: Rhythm at
Music Row Penthouse
$3,950 Per Month
SALE: Palatial Home

in Franklins Echo Park
$1,815,000
SALE: Coming Soon, Brentwood

Home in Raintree Forest
$574,900
2 bedrooms | 2 bathrooms
1585 Sq. Ft.
6 bedrooms | 6 full bathrooms | 3 half baths

6 car garage | 8229 Sq. Ft.
5 bedrooms | 4.5 bathrooms

4783 Sq. Ft.
Cory Willms, Principal Broker

SUMMIT PROPERT Y MANAGEMENT
209 10th Ave. S., Ste. 235 Nashville, TN 37203
O: 615-457-2643 E: Info@SummitNashville.com www.summitnashville.com
FEATURING THE YOUNG POETS OF SOUTHERN WORD
Abstract Blues
by Victor Anderson
Painting pictures with my thoughts

And they just happened to be sad
Im just thinking about my aching back
Sorry no cover ups
I was thinking about my dad . . . No
Talking with my dad . . . No
Crying about my dad like . . .
Theyve said Ive got a lil mean
The blues were influencing my hands
Bomb your feelings
Shoot your dwellings
Stab that, Sorry for your loss
This is a creation of a black man, but Ive been living like Im lost . . .
Yet Im lost again
Them righteous worlds left me open like some potions
Left my cousin plugged in a ocean full of bodies
I still recognize him out of 33,000 autopsies
Him in the 3rd row
3rd body with the suede velcros and the white pants and the white shirt
Ironic . . .
His shirt said hell rose or Melrose I dont know I forgot it
He got shot like 9 times
9 weeks before I saw him . . . alive
Driving in Shelby park
Talking Aunt Shirley walk
What are you talking bout
What are you living like
Are you still in your childrens life
Shining the light on a
Good mom gene but he aint have one
Passionate over past tense passed the test of life
Im only weird and average the stinking stench of life
(Daba dee daba doo doo doo doo doo doo)
Filled the harmonies of the trumpet and the saxophone fused . . .
Like its a figure of speech
And the notes play the role of debate
Im just saying metaphors on top of double entendres
Victor is a senior at East
Old morals on top of new genres
Nashville High School.
Caught my weird case of the abstract blues
For more information, go
(Daba dee daba doo doo doo doo doo doo)
towww.southernword.org
BACKGROUND PHOTOGRAPH BY CARL A CIUFFO
Poets Corner
HAS_2015_NashArtsPrintAd:Layout 1
3/6/15
10:39 AM
Page 1
Specialized furniture
Thursday APRIL 30 6PM - 9PM

Friday MAY 1 10AM - 9PM
Saturday MAY 2 10 AM - 4 PM
from the forest floor
170 Windsor Drive | Nashville, Tennessee 37205
#HardingArt40
d facebook.com/thehardingartshow
to your home.
901 2nd Ave. S. | Nashville, TN 37210
615-878-6216
www.littlebranchfarm.com
PHOTOGRAPH BY CHRISTOPHER HAMRICK
Kate Mathews and Aaron Bryan

The Rymer Gallery
Baldwin Photographic Gallery
Sandy Spain Music City Fine Art/TAL
SEE ART SEE ART SEE
John Grimes and Chris

Strutko Visiting Artist Series,
The Lipman Group/Sothebys
Annette Winters Visiting Artist

Series, The Lipman Group/Sothebys
The Arts Company
Phillip Feaster, Oscar Fox, Julius Fox, and Simon Fox Zeitgeist
Jerry Waters, Karin Eaton, Susan Tinney, Robert Eaton,

Ramon 707 Tinney Contemporary
Julius and Simon Fox Zeitgeist
Brooke Griffith and Larry LIpman Visiting

Artist Series, The Lipman Group/Sothebys
Ellen Pryor and Cassidy Conway The Arts Company
Shelli Green The Rymer Gallery
PRINCIPAL PHOTOGRAPHY BY JOHN JACKSON
Stephanie Pruitt-Gaines, Peter Woolfolk,

Don Hardin Ephraim Urevbu
Catherine Holder, Corrine Holder, Robert

Wharton, Nicholas Marlin The Rymer Gallery
Gregory Bradford Music City Fine Art/TAL
Tinney Contemporary
Bunny Burson Zeitgeist
Nina Covington Corvidae Collective
SEE ART SEE ART SEE

K.J. Schumacher, Amanda Joy Brown and
Robert Scobey Channel to Channel
Bruce Matthews The Arts Company
Kit Kite and Patrick Damphier Julia Martin Gallery
Lucy Gaines and Lucia Wilson David Lusk Gallery

Moriah Lutz-Tveite and Taylor Jones Sherrick & Paul
David Lusk Gallery
Ephraim Urevbu and Karen Thompson

Ephraim Urevbu
Von Derry, Sonny Michiels Ghanem, Sheryl Spencer and Alan Waddell
Julia Martin Gallery
NashvilleArts.com
April 2015 | 95
THE FRANKLIN ROAD ACADEMY

FINE & PERFORMING ARTS DEPARTMENT
PROUDLY PRESENTS:
Into the
Woods
POETRY IN
MOTION
to Nashville for the 4th year,

featuring youth poems
on all MTA Buses during April.
April 23-26
7 pm thur/fri/sat
2 pm sat/sun
For more information or to

purchase tickets: frafota.com
Adults $12, Students $5
4700 Franklin Road Nashville, TN
MUSIC AND LYRICS BY
STEPHEN SONDHEIM
BOOK BY JAMES LAPINE
ORIGINALLY DIRECTED ON BROADWAY BY JAMES LAPINE
ORCHESTRATIONS BY JONATHAN TUNICK
INTO THE WOODS
Is presented through special arrangement with Musical Theatre International (MTI).

All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI.
INTO THE WOODS
421 through
West 54th
New York,
10019
Is presented
specialSt.,
arrangement
withNY
Musical
Theatre International (MTI).
Phone:
212-541-4684
Fax:
212-397-4684
All authorized
performance
materials
are also supplied by MTI.
421 West 54th Street, New York, NY 10019
www.MTIShows.com
Phone: 212-541-4684 Fax: 212-397-4684
www.MTIShows.com
brings
Challenging academics in an inclusive

Challenging academics
in an community
inclusive Christian community
Christian
franklinroadacademy.com
franklinroadacademy.com
Thanks to our Program Partners
Based on the book by Dr. Seuss.

Play originally produced by the
National Theatre of Great Britain.
Grand Day is NCTs annual fundraiser.

Proceeds from this event directly
support school and family ticket subsidies and
camp and class scholarships.
Tickets available NOW!
We are excited to announce our 2015 Grand Day Dragon Egg Artists. Auction details can be found online.
Cory Basil Tracy Bettencourt Chip Boles Vince Herrera Roy Laws Kristin Llamas Bryce McCloud
Lisa McReynolds Kurt Meyer Carrie Mills Martha Nemer Amanda Norman Doris Wasserman
Grand Day is sponsored by:
Nashville Childrens Theatre 25 Middleton St. SoBro Nashville www.nashvillect.org

NAMAd_NCT Final.indd 1
3/16/15 4:11 PM
COURTESY OF ACT I
COURTESY OF ACT I
Theatre
American Buffalo, September 2011
Talleys Folly, March 2006

PHOTOGRAPH BY ERIC VENTRES S
ACT I
In Love With
THEATRE
by Jim Reyland
Its an exciting time for Nashville Theatre.

New companies are opening in and around
Nashville all the time, and everything
from experimental scripts to the classics is
getting a fresh treatment and a brand new
understanding. Meanwhile, many of the
ACT 1s first season in December of 1989

consisted of T.S. Eliots Murder in the
Cathedral in association with the Ninth
Avenue Players at Christ Episcopal. In 2015,
a hundred productions later, ACT 1 continues
to receive high praise from critics and
audience members alike, and its productions
and performers are recipients of multiple
prizes and awards. They even brought to their
stage the talents of award winning Tricia
Cast (The Young and the Restless) for the 2008
production of Born Yesterday.
Two Rooms, January 2014

PHOTOGRAPH BY ERIC VENTRES S
grand guard like ACT 1 continue year after

year (25-plus now) to lead the way. Season
after season they captivate us with first-class
productions of remarkable plays and musicals,
both new and old.
Daddys Dyin (Whos Got the Will?), January 2015

COURTESY OF ACT I
n talking with the dedicated artists

at ACT 1 (Artists Cooperative
Theatre) the first thing you realize
is that they simply love the theatre,
and they want everybody else to
love it too. To them, its not only about
educating the public to all of the possibilities
under the lights, but also introducing the next
generation of theatre artists to the history and
scale of the greatest form of entertainment
we have to offer, the Theatre.
The thing I love about ACT I is the thing I love

about theatre;you have the diversity that melts
away the shackles that bind us in everyday life.
David McGinnis, Veteran ACT I Director

The Night of the Iguana, March 2011
COURTESY OF ACT I
Whos Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, March 2010
Over the years ACT 1 has presented classic dramas like King Lear,
Oedipus Tyrannous, and A Dolls House; wonderful historical plays
like The Crucible, Inherit the Wind, and The Miracle Worker;modern
classics like A Streetcar Named Desire, Biloxi Blues, and To Kill a
Mockingbird; and Pulitzer Prize-winning shows such as The Shadow
Box, The Subject Was Roses, and Anna and the Tropics. They are
equally proud to have continued to include all aspects of theatre,
including comedies like Daddys Dyin: Whos Got the Will?, Blythe
Spirit, and Hay Fever, as well as great musicals/operettas such as
Hair, Pirates of Penzance, and Company.
accepted to be anyone and to take risks. ACT 1 encourages this

through the wide range of comedies and dramas. ACT 1 allows us,
as directors and actors, to push the envelope.
In May, ACT 1 stays current with the award winning Take Me
Out, written by Richard Greenberg and directed by Joy Tilley
Perryman. Take Me Out deals with the public announcement that
star player Darren Lemming is gay. I am extremely interested in
exploring this power of names, says Perryman. Why the things
we call ourselves matter so much. White, black, gay, straight, butch,
femme, smart, dull, popular, introvert. What do all these words
mean anyway? I also want to make audience members squirm a bit.
ACT 1 and all of their associated artists believe that the most
important functions of theatre are to describe and comment upon
the human condition, to examine the tragedy and comedy of what
we are, and perhaps to suggest what we ought to become. Drama,
which evolves out of this function, fulfills the highest purpose of
theatre. It provides for the type of meaningful examination that
must survive as a major part of theatre.We are proud to continue
to embrace topics like bigotry, homosexuality, sexism, mental
illness, and grief.
ACT 1 (Artists Cooperative Theatre) Its where to go to love
theatre. Take Me Out runs May 19 at the Darkhorse Theater.
Tickets are available atwww.ACT1online.com. Thursdays and
Sundays, high school students with IDs get in free, as ACT 1 feels
that encouraging our youth to attend productions may inspire
them to love the theatre.
Jim Reylands STAND, starring Barry Scott and Chip
Arnold and voted Best New Play by the Scene in
2013, returns to TPAC September 2427 to kick off its
HCA National Tour. www.writersstage.com
David McGinnis has been involved with ACT 1 for the past fifteen
years and has directed several successful shows. In the theatre, its
Your Story On Stage
PHOTOGRAPH BY RICK KING
ctors Bridge Ensemble has commissioned Artistic

Director Vali Forrister and well-known local
playwright Cynthia Harris to create a new play based
on oral histories of women who have come to Nashville to
reinvent themselves. The concept grew out of conversations
between Harris and Forrister about how Nashvilles current
IT City status attracts newcomers looking for a fresh start at
life. Harris and Forrister seek stories from women of all ages,
races, faiths, cultures, sexual identities, gender expression, and
socio-economic backgrounds. The script that is created from
these interviews will receive its world premiere production as
part of Actors Bridge Ensembles 20th Anniversary Season in
2016. Woven together, these stories will create a rich tapestry
of life experiences to inspire audiences of all backgrounds and
help fulfill the Actors Bridge mission to create new work that
encourages Nashville to care more about our neighbors and
ourselves. The two are currently recruiting women interested in
being interviewed as part of the project. If you have a story, a
pre-interview survey is available online at www.goo.gl/mRJUpR.
Playwright Cynthia Harris and Artistic Director Vali Forrister
NashvilleArts.com
April 2015 | 99
ART
SMART
A MONTHLY GUIDE TO
ART EDUCATION
POETRY IN MOTION CELEBRATES YOUTH POETS ON CITY BUSES

PHOTOGRAPH BY ABBY WHIS ENANT
by Rebecca Berrios, CommunityEngagement Manager,

Metro Nashville Arts Commission
ashvilles participation in the national Poetry in

Motion program gives a platform for Metropolitan
Transit Authoritys (MTAs) youth ridership to have
a voice through poetry and features their work as public art
to enhance the bus-riding experience for the citys 800,000
monthly riders.
Created in 1992 by the Poetry Society of America, Poetry in
Motion was designed to showcase classic and contemporary
poetry in public transit vehicles. The program has appeared in
more than thirty cities, including Los Angeles, Chicago, and New
York City, and made its Nashville debut in 2012.
This April advertising spaces in all city buses will be transformed

into mobile galleries as the Metro Nashville Arts Commission
(Metro Arts) partners with MTA to bring the Poetry in Motion
program here for the fourth year.
Metro Arts also engaged the MTA Youth Action Team to get
involved by co-sponsoring a contest for Nashvilles youth poets,
ages 1317, to submit entries in response to the theme Where
Are You Going?
MTA youth action team, Students from left to right: Vincent Harris,
Vera Aluoch, Jamal Quarles, Dominique Polk, Okey Ohanaka,
AlTashia Jordan, and Carsan Parham (not pictured: Braxton Coleman)
and 30 Days of Transit. Metro Arts proudly congratulates the

following poets:
Eboni Croney, Age 17, Nashville School of the Arts
Quincy Harris, Age 14, Hunters Lane High School
Andrew Pelham, Age 13, Meigs Academic Magnet Middle School
Aidan Sullivan, Age 17, Hume-Fogg High School
Taleya Turner, Age 15, Hillwood High School
Original works are also being featured by Nashvilles first Youth Poet
Laureate Lagnajita Mukhopadhyay and finalists Cassidy Martin and
Lemuel Robertson. The custom posters displaying the poems were
designed by Hannah Burchard, a student at Nossi College of Art.
Led by Oasis Center, the Youth Action Team is an organized

group of diverse high school students who use their voice and
skills to increase youth ridership for Nashville MTA by serving as
ambassadors, helping identify key transportation issues, developing
action strategies for change, and promoting youth transportation
independence.
Youth Action Team representative Jamal Quarles commented, We

felt the Poetry in Motion program would be a fun way to get
youth interested and involved in bus-related activities. We also felt
those who participated and/or won the contest would be inclined
to ride the bus to see their poetry displayed. We hoped they would
then inform their friends and family about their poetry being on
some of the buses, which would also give them incentive to ride.
In celebration of 30 Days of Transit, an awareness-building

campaign for public transit each April, Transit Now Nashville is
presenting a community fair at the Nashville Farmers Market
in partnership with Team Green, Oasis Center, Metro Arts, and
groups promoting health and wellness. At this free, family-friendly
event attendees will have an opportunity to hear participants
in the Poetry in Motion program perform their pieces live.
The winning poems can be viewed on www.artsnashville.org, along
with more information about the Poetry in Motion program and
the transit event.
Five talented contest finalists were selected to receive a cash

prize and have their poems displayed inside buses throughout
the month, which also encompasses National Poetry Month
STEAM: THE ADVENTURE IS NOW

by Sandra Harris
Robyn Sellers, the Art2STEM Coordinator

for Adventure Science Center, is
enthusiastic when she talks about STEAM:
Art2STEM incorporates the arts into
the programmingcreating STEAM.
The approach we take is one of
discovery. We aim to unveil how the
arts are embedded in STEM subjects,
projects, and careers, rather than focus on
each separately. For example, our E-Waste
Art Module begins with a bundle of used
electronics, and we deconstruct them using
screwdrivers, wrenches, pliers, etc. We discuss
what e-waste is and how its a worldwide
concern. Students sort through the
electronics and set aside parts for use in their
projects, then design a functional artifact
using those parts. The finished product is an
E-waste Art piece to be proudly displayed.
The group also visits a local business to meet
professionals employing their artistic skills
in STEAM careers. Meeting professionals
COURTESY: ADVENTURE SCIENCE CENTER
hats the latest acronym to

buzz its way into our minds?
STEAM! That stands for
Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and
Mathematics. Some places to find STEAM
in our community? See any of Adventure
S c i e n c e C e n t e r s f i v e A r t 2 S T EM *
after-school clubs (at Bailey, Isaac Litton,
John Early, Thurgood Marshall, and West
End middle schools) as they weave the Arts
into their programscreating STEAM.
Adventure Science Centers Art2STEM clubs visit Griffin Technology for real-world engagement with
STEAM professionals
in the workplace gives students experience

in how the skills they are learning are being
utilized.
where participants learned more about

how electricity powers the homes and
buildings in Nashville.
Club leaders plan, create, and implement

modules that provide students with
real-world engagement. The Art2STEM
club at Thurgood Marshall Middle School,
led by Dr. Deborah L. Smith, recently
completed a few sessions that focused on
simple circuits. Using cardboard boxes,
students designed buildings based on a
holiday theme. They also added lights
that were powered by a circuit inside their
buildings. The series culminated with a
field trip to Nashville Electric Service
Art teacher Anna Torrence guided the

Art2STEM club at Isaac Litton Middle
School through a project centered on
photography. It is the perfect blend of
science and art, she commented. Club
members created pinhole cameras and
explored digital photography and digital
editing. They also took a field trip to
surrounding parks (like Shelby Park and the
walking bridge at Cumberland Park) to take
pictures. And for the big finish, Ms. Torrence
led the students through a module focused on
the art of lighting.From there, the students
created their own photo studioand used their
do-it-yourself (DIY) lighting to take photos
for the prom!
COURTESY: DR. DEBORAH L . SMITH
The goal of Art2STEM is to increase

the number of students enrolling in
STEM-focused Academies, which are offered
in many MNPS high schools. Participation
is free. For more information, contact Robyn
Sellers (rsellers@adventuresci.org).
The Art2STEM club from Thurgood Marshall Middle School on a field trip to Nashville Electric Service

NashvilleArts.com
*Art2STEM originated as a grant from the

National Science Foundation to Alignment
Nashville; with community partners Adventure
Science Center, MNPS, PENCIL Foundation,
Tennessee Tech University, and Edvantia. It
is now operated by Adventure Science Center
in collaboration with Metro Nashville Public
Schools. Current funders: Dan & Margaret
Maddox Charitable Fund, Women in
Technology of Tennessee.
April 2015 | 101
VSA TENNESSEE GOES TO WASHINGTON

by Rebecca Pierce | Photography by Tiffani Bing
SA Tennessee is a statewide nonprofit that provides

opportunities for people with disabilities to participate
in the arts. The organization is an Affiliate of VSA
International, which is a program of the John F. Kennedy Center
for the Performing Arts created by former Ambassador to Ireland
Jean Kennedy Smith. This summer, during a reception at the United
States Capitol, VSA Tennessee will present to Ambassador Smith
an International Quilt made by people with disabilities from all over
the world.
In celebration of the 40th anniversary of VSA International,
which coincides with the 25th anniversary of the Americans with
Disabilities Act, VSA Tennessee, led by Executive Director Lori
Kissinger, coordinated an International Art Exchange involving
VSA affiliates in 38 countries and 36 states. Since last autumn these
affiliates have partnered with one another in the creation of 40 art
projects. For example, VSA Tennessee facilitated a program in which
East Tennesseans with autism spectrum disorders and youth selected
by the Vietnam Autism Network exchanged letters and photographs
of their local mountains.
When the idea came up there were so many pieces and details to
coordinate. Volunteers from several departments at MTSU and our
lead intern, Hannah Holladay, an Organizational Communication
major, really helped pull things together. Without MTSU this
wouldnt have happened, Kissinger explained.
The International Quilt will be on display at the US State
Department on the walk of the Secretary of State in June and July.
During a reception at the Capitol on July 26, it will be presented to
Ambassador Smith.
Visit www.kennedy-center.org/education/vsa for more information
on VSA International. For more information on VSA Tennessee, visit
www.vsatn.org.
All of the lesson plans, photos, and videos that result from the
various exchanges will be compiled into a repository website that will
be launched publicly 40 days prior to the International Celebration,
which takes place in Washington, DC, in July.
These 40 programs have been incredible, and there have been
so many fun and neat side stories coming out of the various
activitiespeople making connections and people finding
talents they didnt know they had, marveled Kissinger, who is
also an Instructor in the Department of Communication and
Organizational Communication at Middle Tennessee State
University (MTSU).
For the final and largest project, 74 VSA Affiliates from all over
the world worked together to make a quilt for Ambassador Jean
Kennedy Smith. Each country or state created their own quilt
square and sent it to VSA Tennessee. In late February the quilt was
sewn together by individuals with disabilities, under the direction of
Professor Lauren Rudd and the MTSU Human Sciences Department.
19322012
Summer 2015
Workshop Series
weekend
30 x 40
half-week
weeklong
mixed media
Visit our Nashville area location by appointment - (815) 347-9698
Contact Gerard Vanderschoot, exclusive Regional Representative

of the work of International artist Matt Lamb for the
Nashville, Dallas, and Chicago regions
www.tntech.edu/craftcenter
(815) 347-9698 jerryvanderschoot@gmail.com www.mattlamb.org
GerardVanderschoot_0415.indd 1
Smithville, TN
3/17/15 3:29 PM
better prepared for life like this lawyer.

Support music education for
all metro students.
Leon Berrios,
Lawyer
Syndey Gaspard,
Hillwood High School
GET INVOLVED!
musicmakesus.org
NashvilleArts.com
April 2015 | 103
Paint
the
Town
WITH EMME
Emme is a seventh-generation Nashvillian and
president of Nelson Baxter Communications, LLC
by Emme Nelson Baxter | Photography by Tiffani Bing
ballet ball
Dinner Table Dcor
Lets take a moment to talk about a clear, streamlined

vision of an evening.
Picture a line of transparent dining tables, abutted like glassy boxcars
on a train, running down the heart of the Laura Turner Concert Hall
floor. A stage whose backdrop consists of vertical video panels
flashing monochromatic photos of party guests. A featured wall of
boxwood, inset with the benefits logo.
Anne Elizabeth McIntosh

and Vicki Horne
Larry and Elizabeth Papel
But the black-tie gala wasnt just

about charm and good looks: The
entertainment was absolutely spot
on. Nashville Ballet company
dancer C hr istopher S t uar t
choreographed original works
performed by the corps dancers.
The pieces were set to music
performed live on stage by Clare
Bowen of ABCs Nashville and
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Member John Oates. Nashville
Ballet CEO Paul Vasterling was
clearly pleased as punch by the
result.
Worth noting is that, in addition

to 400 guests plus 20 Dance
Committee members for the $600
per person main party, the evening
drew nearly 220 to its Late Party.
That event had a $125 tariff and
featured cocktails, hors doeuvres,
and a seat at the performance.
John and Nancy Cheadle
Chair men Melissa Mahanes

and Kerri Cavanaugh pulled off
a strikingly beautiful evening on
March 7 at the Schermerhorn
Symphony Center where hundreds
enjoyed an evening of fine dining
and dance to support Nashville
Ballet education programming.
We wanted to do something fresh

and differentespecially after the
winter weve had!and have a modern garden party with some
classic elements, Mahanes said.
Chairman Melissa Mahanes
with husband David Mahanes
She noted that they collaborated

with Syzygy, an events company
based in the DC area.
Bravo to Nashville Ballet, which appears to have locked onwith

consistencyto a formula that is appealing to the ever-elusive
Snappy Young Things.
Meta events associated with
this, the 26th annual Ballet
Ball, included a festive party
for ladies, gents, and table
hosts committees in early
February at Twelve|Twelve
in The Gulch.
The chairs based their concept

on the color green, then worked
with moss, boxwood, glass, and
acrylic to capture a clean, verdant,
and modern look.
Nashvilles Mark OBr yan

worked within a green-and-white
palette of tulips, ranunculus,
ferns, and hydrangea, which were
tucked into plate glass containers.
Martha Vester, Clare Bowen, and Brandon Young
Sandra Lipman with living statue
That event was followed

by
an
ice-stormrescheduled Patrons Party
at Corinne and Brock
Aimee and John Oates
Steve Sirls and Trey Lipman
Donnie and Elizabeth Nichols with

Barby and Govan White
Kidds home in late February. Joining the Kidds and chairs were
keen Ballet supporters, including Nancy and John Cheadle,
Laurie and Steven Eskind, David Mahanes, Mike Schlosser,
Jennifer and Gus Puryear, Lisa and Dan Slipkovich, Dallas
and Fleming Wilt, Sharon and Todd Sandahl, Josephine and
John Smithwick, Christy and Brian Waller, Shea and Doug
Ghertner, Sarah and Rick Reisner, Elaina and Ronnie Scott,
Barbara and Rick Turner, and Margie and Bert Dale.
Elizabeth James and Jay Joyner
Michelle and Stephen Frohsin and Monica Cintado-Scokin
Vivian and Luis Fernandez
Patrick and Ellen McIntyre with

Meera Ballal and Seenu Reddy
Amber Humphrey, Amanda Ragle, Beth West, and Allison Smith
Lucie Carroll, Nick and Libby Sieveking
Rosemary and John Dickerson
swan ball design reveal

Photography by Jeremy Ryan
And I am tellin you I AM goin.

In case you havent heard,
Swan Ball 2015 is going to
be a doozy with Dreamgirl
herself Jennifer Hudson as
the evenings entertainment.
Leave it to chic and popular
SB chairmen Kathleen Estes
and Barby White to go all out
for their iteration of the annual
white-tie ball. Its scheduled
for June 6 this year.
The hot skinny on the show attracted plenty of oohs and ahhs
from committee members who
recently gathered at Stephanie
and John Ingrams house for the
annual Swan Ball Unveiling Party.
On top of the Hudson news,
the chairs divulged that New
York-based event maestro David
Stark is designing the evening using
the theme Timeless Elegance.
Swan Ball Chairmen Kathleen Estes

and Barby White
Stephanie Ingram and David Stark
Other details: Paolo Costagli is the jeweler; Kristin Winston is

catering, and The Atlanta All-Stars is the dance band.
NashvilleArts.com
April 2015 | 105
Arts Worth Watching

Spring is here (finally) and were showering you with excellent programming. Well bring you music,
take you around the world, and explore Tennessee history with a new NPT original documentary.
BROADWAY AND BEYOND
AN NPT ORIGINAL
Were premiering Reconstruction: A Moment in the Sun, the latest in
our Tennessee Civil War 150 documentary series, Thursday, April
23, at 8 p.m. This NPT original production covers the turbulent
post-Civil War years and features reenactments and interviews with
acclaimed historians.
This months music offerings cover a lot of stylistic territory. Friday,

April 3, at 8 p.m., Live from Lincoln Center presents Billy Porter:
Broadway & Soul. The Kinky Boots star performs songs from his
latest album and the various genres that inspired him. At 9 p.m.
that night, Annie Lennox: Nostalgia Live in Concert airs on Great
Performances. The platinum-haired singer performs selections from
The Great American Songbook and Nostalgia, her latest album. Expect
to hear I Put a Spell on You, the song Lennox nailed during her
2015 Grammy appearance with Hozier.
Live from Lincoln Center showcases another versatile talent
Saturday, April 10, at 8 p.m. In Norm Lewis: Who Am I? the
Broadway and TV actor (Phantom of the Opera, Scandal) sings
operatic, gospel, and cabaret selections.
Globe Trekkers 14th season features new episodes set in Asia and
Europe. Saturday, April 11, at 11 p.m., Zay Harding explores
Dharavi, the large slum made famous by the movie Slumdog
Millionaire, then later checks into the swanky Taj Palace Hotel.
He also tries pole yoga and meets Mahatma Gandhis grandson.
Megan McCormick visits several Polish cities in the episode airing
Saturday, April 18, at 11 p.m. Harding is back Saturday, April 25,
at 11 p.m. to brave Vietnams rail system with stops in Hanoi, Hue,
the DMZ, and Ho Chi Minh City.
Closer to home, The National Mall Americas Front Yard, chronicles
the history and symbolism of the memorial-lined expanse at the heart
of our nations capital. This is the first in a series of documentaries
about American institutions and airs Tuesday, April 21, at 7 p.m.
HISTORY AND ART
Local ties include Zac Brown Bands appearance on Live from the
Artists Den Friday, April 24, at 11 p.m. and Jack Whites on Austin
City Limits Thursday, April 29, at 11 p.m.
CLASSICAL MUSIC AND DANCE
Hampton Court Palace (from

Inside the Court of Henry VIII)
Courtesy of Margo Feiden Gallery
Theres more than just great music in American Masters Jascha

Heifetz: Gods Fiddler. Theres also incredible 16-mm footage of
Heifetzs apartment in St.
Jascha Heifetz
Petersburg just before
caricature by
the Russian Revolution,
Al Hirschfeld
his early social life in
New York City, and his
travels throughout
Europe, the
Middle East,
and Japan.
A i r i n g
Fr i d a y,
April 17, at
8 p.m., this profile of Heifetz includes interviews
with Itzhak Perlman and other famed musicians.
Americas Ballroom Challenge, a three-week comprehensive look

at competitive dancing, begins this month. Watch the 25 featured
couples waltz, tango, cha-cha, and mambo Friday, April 24, at 8 p.m.
Courtesy of Piers Leigh / Ideas Room TV
Courtesy of Kevin Yatarola
Tony and Grammy Award winner

Billy Porter, star of the Broadway
hitKinky Boots,performs songs
from his latest album and
other favorites
PACK YOUR BAGS
For fans of historical travel we have Inside the Court of Henry VIII
airing Tuesday, April 7, at 8 p.m. The program visits the castles and
palaces where Henry lived and uses art and other relics to tell the
story of a life filled with power, intrigueand matrimony! Before
you watch this, be sure to tune in Sunday, April 5, at 9 p.m. for the
premiere of Wolf Hall, a new series based on Hilary Mantels Booker
Prize-winning novels.
Going back even further in time, historian Jonathan Phillips traces
the development of Christianity in Ancient Roads from Christ
to Constantine, beginning Sunday, April 5, at 10 p.m. Stunning
scenery and centuries-old masterpieces are featured in the six-part
series that takes viewers from Jerusalem to Constantinople.
We hope youll support quality public television this April. Go to
www.wnpt.org and click on the donate button.
Weekend Schedule
Saturday
5:00
5:30
6:00
6:30
7:00
7:30
8:00
8:30
9:00
9:30
10:00
10:30
11:00
11:30
12:00
12:30
1:00
1:30
2:00
2:30
3:00
3:30
4:00
4:30
5:00
5:30
6:00
6:30
am Martha Speaks
Angelina Ballerina
Curious George
Curious George
Daniel Tigers Neighborhood
Sesame Street
Dinosaur Train
Sewing with Nancy
Sew It All
Garden Smart
Mexico: One Plate at a Time
Simply Ming
Cooks Country
noon Americas Test Kitchen
pm Victory Garden Edible Feast
Mind of a Chef
Martha Bakes
Fons & Porters
Love of Quilting
Best of Joy of Painting
Woodsmith Shop
American Woodshop
Woodwrights Shop
This Old House
Ask This Old House
Hometime
PBS NewsHour Weekend
pm Tennessees Wild Side
THIS MONTH
April 2015
Nashville Public Television
Sunday
5:00
5:30
6:00
6:30
7:00
7:30
8:00
9:00
9:30
10:00
10:30
11:30
12:00
12:30
1:00
1:30
2:00
3:00
3:30
4:00
4:30
5:00
6:00
6:30
am Sid the Science Kid

Peg + Cat
Curious George
Curious George
Word World
Sesame Street
Tennessees Wild Side
TN Capitol Report (April 26)
Volunteer Gardener
Tennessee Crossroads
Nature
Washington Week
with Gwen Ifill
noon To the Contrary
pm The McLaughlin Group
Curious Traveler
Family Travel
Globe Trekker
Californias Gold
Wild Photo Adventures
Americas Heartland
Rick Steves Europe
Antiques Roadshow
PBS NewsHour Weekend
pm Charlie Rose: The Week
Thursday, April 23
8:00 pm
#CivilWar150
Daytime Schedule
5:00
5:30
6:00
6:30
7:00
7:30
8:00
8:30
9:00
10:00
10:30
11:00
11:30
12:00
12:30
1:00
1:30
2:00
2:30
3:00
3:30
4:00
4:30
5:00
5:30
6:00
am Classical Stretch
Body Electric
Odd Squad
Wild Kratts
Curious George
Curious George
Sesame Street
Dinosaur Train
Super Why!
Peg + Cat
Sid the Science Kid
noon Caillou
pm Thomas & Friends
Sesame Street Shorts
The Cat in the Hat
Clifford the Big Red Dog
Curious George
Arthur
Arthur
Wild Kratts
Odd Squad
Martha Speaks
WordGirl
pm PBS NewsHour
Masterpiece
Wolf Hall
Mark Rylance and Damian Lewis portray
Thomas Cromwell and Henry VIII, respectively, in this
adaptation of Hilary Mantels Booker-prize-winning
novels.
#wolfhall
Sunday nights beginning April 5
9:00 pm
Rory Kennedys Oscar-nominated

documentary about the final days of
the Vietnam War.
#VietnamPBS
Tuesday, April 28
8:00 pm
wnpt.org
7:00 Antiques Roadshow

Birmingham, Hour 3.
Biloxi, Hour 1.
9:00 Independent Lens
The Homestretch. Three
smart, ambitious Chicago teens brave frigid
winters, high school
pressures and homelessness as they fight to
build a future.
10:00 BBC World News
10:30 Last of Summer Wine
11:00 In Spite of Darkness:
A Spiritual Encounter
with Auschwitz
13
12
7:00 Call the Midwife

Season 4, Episode 3. A
malnourished pregnant
woman disappears.
8:00 Mr. Selfridge
on Masterpiece
Season 3, Episode 3.
Agnes and Henri call it
quits; Harry and Nancy
reach an understanding.
9:00 Wolf Hall
Episode 2.
10:00 Ancient Roads from
Christ to Constantine
11:00 Tavis Smiley
11:30 Scully/The World Show
Tuesday
14
7:00 Twice Born

Stories from the
Special Delivery Unit
A plastic surgery procedure and a delivery.
8:00 Nazi Prison Break
Survivors return to a Polish death camp.
9:00 Frontline
Memory of the Camps.
Allied troops footage of
Nazi death camps, edited by Alfred Hitchcock.
11:00 Standing on Sacred
Ground
7:00 Twice Born

Stories from the
Special Delivery Unit
A close-up look at spinal surgery on a baby in
the womb.
8:00 Inside the Court
of Henry VIII
Danger and intrigue in
the court of Englands
most famous king.
9:00 Frontline
The Trouble w/Chicken.
Dangerous pathogens
in meat.
Nature
Animal Homes
Wednesdays, April 8 - 22
7:00 pm

Birmingham, Hour 2.
Billings, Hour 3.
Little Hope Was Arson.
Ten East Texas church
burnings in 2010.
11:30 Cancer: The Emperor
of All Maladies
A Conversation
Ken Burns and Dr. Siddhartha Mukherjee with
Katie Couric.
Monday

New nurse Phyllis Crane
has trouble fitting in.
8:00 Mr. Selfridge
on Masterpiece
Harry attends a fateful
auction.
9:00 Wolf Hall
Episode 1. Cardinal
Wolsey is stripped of his
powers.
11:00 Tavis Smiley
Independent Lens
Little Hope Was Arson
Monday, April 6
9:00 pm
Sunday
Primetime Evening Schedule
April 2015
1
15
7:00 Nature
Animal Homes: Location, Location, Location.
8:00 NOVA
The Great Math Mystery.
Is math an invention or a
discovery, a clever trick
or the language of the
universe?
9:00 Kamikaze
How killer planes, rocket
bombs and super torpedoes were built.
Ironing Day.
11:00 Austin City Limits.
7:00 Nature
Animal Homes: The
Nest. The variation of
materials and styles in
bird nests.
8:00 NOVA
Emperors Ghost Army.
NOVA tests the power
of weapons buried with
the terracotta army of
Chinas first emperor,
Qin Shi Huang Di.
9:00 Nazi Mega Weapons
Hitlers Megaships.
11:00 Austin City Limits
7:00 NOVA
Alien Planets Revealed.
How NASAs Kepler
telescope looks for
planets.
8:00 Cancer: The Emperor
of All Maladies
Finding the Achilles
Heel. The complexity of
the cancer cell; a NASCAR mechanic and a
6-year-old receive pioneering immunotherapy
treatments.
11:00 Austin City Limits
Wednesday
16
7:00 Tennessee Crossroads
7:30 Volunteer Gardener
8:00 Jewel in the Crown
An Evening at the Maharanees.
9:00 Midsomer Murders
Destroying Angel, Part
2. Inheriting a hotel continues to prove fatal for
a group of Midsomer
residents.
11:00 Crying Earth Rise Up
The human cost of uranium mining and its
impact on Great Plains
drinking water.

The Towers of Silence.
Destroying Angel, Part
1. A hotel owners death
sets off a series of untimely ends for his heirs.
Will Barry Go Septic?
11:00 No Evidence
of Disease
Oncology
surgeons
form a rock band.

The
Day
of
the
Scorpion.
Garden of Death, Part
2. The murders pile up
pending the demolition
of a memorial garden.
The Pony Set.
11:00 Southern Belle
The 1861 Athenaeum
Girls School in Columbia, Tenn.
Thursday
17
7:00 Music City Roots: Live
from the Loveless Cafe
8:00 American Masters
Jascha Heifetz: Gods
Fiddler. The violin virtuosos story with interviews,
performances
and rare footage.
9:00 Voces on PBS
Children
of
Giant.
Marfa, Texas, 60 years
after Liz Taylor and
James Deans 1955 film.
11:30 Front and Center
Richie Sambora.
10
Southern spoken word
artist Minton Spark &
Deer Tick.
8:00 Live from Lincoln
Center
Norm Lewis: Who Am I?
The Phantom of the Opera and Scandal star
sings opera, cabaret
and gospel.
9:00 International Jazz Day

from the Loveless Caf
Blues veteran Bobby
Rush and the North Mississippi All-Stars.
8:00 Live from Lincoln
Center
Tony- and Grammy-winner Billy Porter of Broadway hit Kinky Boots.
9:00 Great Performances
Annie Lennox: Nostalgia Live in Concert.
The Fray.
Friday
18
7:00 Lawrence Welk Show

Time Was.
8:00 Keeping Appearances
8:30 Masterpiece Mystery!
Grantchester
Part 1.
Grantchester
Part 2.
10:30 Music Voyager
Nashville: Music City.
Host Jacob Edgar visits
the Grand Ole Opry, the
Bluebird Caf, Music
Row, etc.
11:00 Globe Trekker
Poland.
11

Mardi Gras.
8:30 Brian Wilson and
Friends: A Soundstage
Special Event
The Beach Boys cofounder performs classics and songs from his
new album.
9:30 Aging Matters: The
Economics of Aging
10:30 Music Voyager
Memphis Mojo. A musical tour of Memphis.
11:00 Globe Trekker
Mumbai City Guide.

Salute to Sinatra.
8:30 Suze Ormans
Financial Solutions
for You
10:30 Music Voyager
Eastern Tennessee: Cradle of Country Music.
11:00 Globe Trekker
Around the World Pacific Journeys: Tonga
to New Caledonia. Zay
makes stops in the independent Kingdom of
Tonga, Fiji and New
Caledonia.
Saturday
wnpt.org
19

8:00 Mr. Selfridge
on Masterpiece
9:00 Wolf Hall
Episode 5.
Pagans and the Cult of
Martyrs. Host Jonathan
Phillips treks to North
Africa to tell the story
of Perpetua, a young
Christian martyr.
11:00 Tavis Smiley

Season 4, Episode 5. A
Christian Science couple refuses medicine for
their newborn.
8:00 Mr. Selfridge
on Masterpiece
Gordon skirts scandal.
9:00 Wolf Hall
Episode 4. Cromwell
puts pressure on the nobility and the church.
11:00 Tavis Smiley
26

Sister Winifred sees
Poplars seedy side.
8:00 Mr. Selfridge
on Masterpiece
Princess Marie acts.
9:00 Wolf Hall
Episode 3. It falls to
Cromwell to arrange a
marriage between the
king and Anne Boleyn.
11:00 Tavis Smiley
28
4
7:00 Roosevelts:
An Intimate History
Get
Action
(18581901). An encore presentation of Ken Burns
exhaustive look at Theodore, Franklin Delano
and Eleanor Roosevelt.
11:00 Wing and a Prayer
The remarkable story of
a group of World War
II veterans who risked
their lives to give the
newborn state of Israel
a chance to survive.
NOVA
The Great Math Mystery
Wednesday, April 15
8:00 pm
29
7:00 Nature
Mystery Monkeys of
Shangri-La. A family
of Yunnan snub-nosed
monkeys living in the
worlds highest forests.
8:00 NOVA
Dawn of Humaity. NOVA
and National Geographic present an astounding discovery of ancient
fossil human ancestors.
Jack White.
22
7:00 Nature
Animal Homes: Animal
Cities. Animal communities.
8:00 NOVA
Invisible Universe Revealed. A 25th-anniversary look at the Hubble
Space Telescope.
9:00 Nazi Mega Weapons
The Siegfried Line. One
of the greatest fortifications of all times.
The Shins/Dr. Dog.
30

Travelling Companions.
Electric Vendetta, Part
2. Barnaby deals with
more odd murders.
Getting Barrys Goat.
11:00 Pulling Out All
the Stops
Young musicians vying for first place in the
Longwood Gardens Organ Competition.
23

8:00 Reconstruction:
A Moment in the Sun
TN Civil War 150
An original NPT production about Tennessees
turbulent Reconstruction era.
Electric Vendetta, Part
1. Barnabys latest case
begins with a naked
body in a crop circle.
11:00 Champion Trees

Spring.
Grantchester
Part 5. Sidney and
Geordie in London.
Grantchester
Part 6. Geordie fights for
his life.
10:30 Desperate Days:
Last Hope
of the Confederacy
TN Civil War 150
11:00 Globe Trekker
South Atlantic.
25

Irish Show.
Grantchester
Part 3. A woman dies after telling Sidney someone wants her dead.
Grantchester
Part 4. A murder reveals
the depths of homophobia in Cambridge.
10:30 Music Voyager
Tennessee Special.
11:00 Globe Trekker
Tough Trains: Vietnam.
Americaa Ballroom Challenge

Fridays, April 24 - May 8
8:00 pm

Honoring country icon
Eddy Arnold.
8:00 Americas Ballroom
Challenge
International Standard
and International Latin.
9:00 Voces on PBS
El Poeta. Mexican poet
Javier Sicilia started
an international peace
movement.
11:00 Live from Artists Den
The Alabama Shakes.
MAY
24

The International Bluegrass Music Associations awards show.
8:00 Americas Ballroom
Challenge
American Smooth and
American Rhythm.
9:00 Voces on PBS
Now En Espaol. The
women who dub Desperate Housewives.
11:00 Live from Artists Den
Zac Brown Band.
Visit wnpt.org for complete 24-hour schedules for NPT and NPT2

Santa Clara, Hour 3.
Biloxi, Hour 3.
Kumu Hina.
The Missing Bus of Mrs.
Avery.
11:00 Sand Creek Massacre
The 1864 attack on
Cheyenne and Arapaho
Indians in the Southwestern Colorado Territory is revisited through
oral histories.
7:00 Day the 60s Died

A 45th-anniversary look
at May 4, 1970, the day
four students were shot
dead at Kent State.
8:00 Last Days in Vietnam:
American Experience
Rory Kennedys Oscarnominated film about
the chaotic final days of
the Vietnam War.
Ground
Islands of Sanctuary.
Hawaii and Australia.
27

8:00 The Draft
How the draft divided
American society in the
1960s and 70s.
9:00 Dick Cavetts Vietnam
Interviews from the
iconic Dick Cavett Show
with archival footage
and material from the
National Archives.
11:30 Reconstruction:
A Moment in the Sun
TN Civil War 150
21
7:00 The National Mall

Americas Front Yard
8:00 My Lai:
American Experience
The 1968 My Lai Massacre of 300 unarmed
civilians by a company
of American soldiers.
9:00 Frontline
American Terrorist. An
investigation of David
Coleman Headley.
Ground
Fire and Ice.
20
. 7:00 Antiques Roadshow

Biloxi, Hour 2.
The Great Invisible. The
disastrous Deepwater
Horizon oil spill and its
continuing effects on
the region.
11:30 Kids Rock Cancer
A musical therapy program that provides a
creative outlet for children with cancer.
YEOMANS
NeLLie Jo
IN THE FORK
A RARE BOOK &

DOCUMENT GALLERY
LOCATED IN HISTORIC LEIPERS FORK, TN
Untitled, 11 x 14, Pigment sticks
2187 Hillsboro Road, Suite 401

Franklin, TN 37069 615-519-0258
NellieJo_0415.indd 1
3/17/15 4:52 PM
4 BR, 4.5 BA, 4,986 +/- SF

2-Story Southern Living Home
1202 Hwy 41S, Eagleville, TN
BATTLE FOR THE BOOK

Join us in protecting and collecting the printed page
R ARE BOOKS & DOCUMENTS
BOUGHT AND SOLD
Wednesday thru Saturday 10-5 | Sunday 1-5
4216 Old Hillsboro Road | Franklin, TN
ph: 615.983.6460 | fx: 615.515.9060
www.YeomansInTheFork.com
be sure to check out our collecting blog
Close to I-24 Located near Nashville, Franklin & Murfreesboro

10-A Public Square N. Murfreesboro, TN 37130
615-893-5252
Firm 3875
www.LarrySims.com
ENGLISH & COMPANY
Home Consignment
118 Powell Place Nashville, TN 37204

Mon. - Sat. 10:00 - 5:00 (615) 315-5589
englishandcompanytn@gmail.com
Follow us on Facebook
BELLE MEADE
JEWELRY & REPAIR
EnglishAndCo_0415.indd
Rings Sized
While You
Wait!
3/17/15 3:45 PM
S TAT E O F T H E A R T L A S E R W E L D E R
Platinum 14K & 18K Antique Restoration Sterling Silver Eyeglass Repair
Appraisals Engraving Prong Rebuilding Watch Repair & Watch Batteries
Same Day
Jewelry Repair!
Belle Meade Plaza

4548 Harding Road
(Next to Newks)
269-3288
BelleMeadeJewelry.com
follow us on
Don't move...or it might fly away!

Of course, it can't, but with
the photographic quality
of stochastic printing from
Merrick Printing, you would
almost think that it could!
Merrick Makes
It Happen.
Merrick Printing Company

Richard Barnett, Sr. VP Sales
Cell (502) 296-8650 Office (502) 584-6258
richard.barnett@merrickprinting.com
The Bookmark
BLAIR CONCERT SERIES 2014-2015
A Monthly Look at Hot Books and Cool Reads
Creation, by Franz Joseph Haydn

For more information about these books, visit www.parnassusbooks.net.
So Youve Been Publicly Shamed

JON RONSON
In the age of social media, a small mistake can
get blown up way beyond proportion as outrage
sparks and spreads instantly throughout
the online mob. (Ever seen a celebrity get
attacked on Twitter?) What does that shaming
behavior say about humanity? And what
does it do to the person who gets shamed?
Is it far too easy to ruin lives these days?
From the internationally bestselling author
of The Psychopath Test comes this fascinating,
uniqueeven funnystudy of public shaming
and how it has evolved over time. Meet Ronson at Parnassus onApril 14.
Vanderbilt Symphonic Choir and Vanderbilt Oratorio Orchestra

Tucker Biddlecombe, conductor
With Amy Jarman, soprano, Thomas Mulder (Blair 12), tenor,
and Jonathan Retzlaff, lyric baritone
Tuesday, April 14 8 p.m., Ingram Hall

Blairs choral and orchestral forces combine to perform one of the greatest
classical masterworks ever composed: Haydns Creation. The audience will
experience Haydns famous oratorio through the simultaneous projection of
video, artwork and animation.
Presented with Gratitude to the Landis Gullett Charitable Lead Trust for its
generous support of the Blair School
Bunny Williams on Garden Style

BUNNY WILLIAMS
In 1998, Bunny Williams published
a book called On Garden Style, which
established her as an expert in garden
design. In this new volumeBunny
Williams on Garden StyleWilliams
offers a glimpse into some of the most
brilliantly designed gardens on earth.
Pleasant to look at for its gorgeous
photography and useful for Williamss
plant lists, reading guide, and tips on
how to design garden space that suits your personal taste, this book is a
must-have for anyone who loves flowers, trees, gardening, or landscape design.
Details about the Spring 2015 concert series may be found at blair.vanderbilt.edu
All concerts at the Blair School of Music are free and open to the public unless
specifically stated otherwise. For complete details about all the upcoming events
at Blair, visit our website at blair.vanderbilt.edu
2400 Blakemore Ave.

Nashville, TN 37212
BlairSchool_0415Q.indd 1
Words Without Music

PHILIP GLASS
Its often said that musicians tell stories through
melody and harmony. This musician can tell
a story in words, too. The autobiography of
celebrated composer Philip Glass articulates
beautifully, touchingly, and humorously how the
son of a Baltimore record store owner chased
his dreams around the world. Glasss talent
broke out with Einstein on the Beach in 1976,
and his acclaim grew with operatic works such
as Satyagraha, Orphe, and Akhnaten. Readers
will enjoy his retelling of collaborations with
Allen Ginsberg, Ravi Shankar, Robert Wilson, Doris Lessing, Martin
Scorsese, and many other writers and artists.
3/12/15 4:11 PM
Two
MELISSA ANN PINNEY
Ive always been interested in watching
people together. I wonder what their
story is, who they are to each other,
award-winning photographer Melissa
Ann Pinney writes in Two, her visual
study on duality and pairswhether
its pairs of people or objects. Pinneys
friend, Nashvilles own Ann Patchett,
edits and introduces the collection, pairing the thought-provoking photos
with essays by writers including Edwidge Danticat, Barbara Kingsolver,
Richard Russo, Elizabeth Gilbert, Susan Orlean, Alan Gurganus, Maile Meloy,
Elizabeth McCracken, Jane Hamilton, and Billy Collins.
The Home of Illuminating Dcor!
GASLAMP ANTIQUES
& GASLAMP TOO
100 Powell Pl Suite 200 & 128 Powell Pl 37204 : Join our monthly Tea@Too Workshops!
Open M-Sat 10-6 & Sun 12-6 : 615-297-2224 / 615-292-2250 : GasLampAntiques.com
FRIDA
B
Friday, April 3, 6-9 p.m.
by Marshall Chapman
Whats in a name?
hats in a name? Well, a lot, if youre

counting syllables. Theres Evangelina
and Caledonia. Then theres Adelicia,
as in Adelicia Acklen, the famous plantation
owner-socialite who lived in Nashville in the 1800s.
But my all-time favorite five-syllable name is Andromedia. I have
heard of only one person named Andromedia, and that was Lee
Noels mother. Lee was a fellow student at Vanderbilt who played
halfback on the football team. Lee still lives in Nashville, and every
now and then I run into him at the Produce Place.
PHOTOGRAPH BY ANTHONY SCARLATI
& The Factory
Historic
Downtown
Franklin, TN
Beyond Words
Multi-syllable names seem to be a Southern phenomenon.

I doubt youll find any Adelicias or Andromedias north of the
Mason-Dixon line. Where I come from in South Carolina, people
love multi-syllable names so much they often will take a one-syllable
name like George, and, by the sheer will of their Southern accents,
stretch it out into four syllablesGee-AW-wad-juh.
I didnt actually meet Andromedia Noel until years after I graduated
from Vanderbilt. I had just renovated a house, and my mother had
come to Nashville for a visit. As it turned out, Todd Jones was being
installed as the new minister at the First Presbyterian Church on
Franklin Road. Mother and Todd were close friends, since Todd
had previously been minister at my familys First Presbyterian
Church in Spartanburg.
This was 2002. I was fifty-three years old. By then, Mother had
accepted the fact that I no longer attended church. So we struck a
deal; I would drive her to Todds swearing-in, and then pick her up
afterward.
I almost felt guilty as I watched my eighty-year-old mother disappear
into that large, cavernous church all by her lonesome. But deep down
I suspected that Mother, being Mother, would somehow be fine.
A variety of venues and working

studios throughout a 15-block
areajoin us for original art, live
music, refreshments and more!
Theres no cost to attend.
Learn where to start your evening

and check out the map:
www.FranklinArtScene.com
Facebook.com/FranklinArtScene
Sponsored By:
Mother was among the last to emerge from the church, as I waited
out front in my Land Rover in the midday March sun. At six feet
tall, she was easy to spot in a merry group that included a petite
woman who looked to be about her age.
Marsh, I believe Ive found a better deal, she said. Im having
lunch at the Club with Andromedia Noel. You know Andromedia,
dont you? Shes good friends with Ernestine Carmichael.
At that point, I could only laugh. I mean, throw my mother into any
cross section of humanity, and she will find her people! As I recall, I
drove home and changed clothes as fast as I could, before dashing
to the Belle Meade Country Club in time to meet Mama and
Andromedia for lunch.
I saw Andromedia only a time or two after that. Once, when she
came to my house to walk through my garden. But just for the record,
if a more positive, generous-spirited human ever walked the face of
the earth, I have yet to meet them. In short, Andromedia Noel was as
unique and uplifting as her name.
www.tallgirl.com
NashvilleArts.com
April 2015 | 113
My Favorite Painting
B rian G reif
Art Consultant
never would have imagined that my favorite painting would be a six-foot-tall

rat spray-painted on the side of a building. I have been collecting art and
working as an art advisor for the past decade. I help people build collections by
artists like Calder, Warhol, and Haring, but when British graffiti artist Banksy
came to San Francisco in 2010, I was immediately intrigued.
The painting has been exhibited in Miami, Los Angeles, and San Francisco. Its my
favorite painting because I have never seen a painting generate this much passion and
discussion amongst the public. It has become one of the most recognized pieces of street
art in the world. This rat reinforces the merit of voices oppressed by greed and injustice.
It has helped change street art from art that is vilified to art that is appreciated.
www.Facebook.com/BJgreifArt
Banksy, Haight Street Rat
Artist Bio | BANKSY

Banksy creates some of the most popularly recognizable
street art, but is also one of the most enigmatic
individuals. Little is known about the actual man behind
the paint, and that is for a reason. In part, Banksy remains
anonymous because he wants the power of the political
and social subjects he presents across the world to stand
alone as universal messages, not tied to the artists
position in life. The nature of the street art medium falls
under the controversial veil of vandalism, and therefore
impermanence is always a factor. The result, however, is

that people are forced to see the work and, to Banksys
benefit, talk about it before and after it is destroyed. He
infuses familiar cultural images such as the Mona Lisa,
London bobbies, politicians, etc., with social satire to
shocking and humorous ends. Since his fame has grown,
the British artists work is preserved, and he has had
numerous museum and gallery exhibits, but the man
himself remains a mystery.
PHOTOGRAPH BY SHERI ONEAL
Banksy left six large paintings on buildings across San Francisco. City officials
considered the paintings vandalism and ordered their immediate removal. I saw the
tremendous impact these paintings had on residents of the city, so I decided to save one
of the paintings. The process took six months, but I was able to remove and preserve
The Haight Street Rat. I have received offers from private collectors exceeding $750,000
for the painting but have rejected all offers, instead opting to share it with the public.
the
Spring EvEnt
20% off thru 5/3
uPhoLStErY:
IN StoCK AND SPECIAL orDEr
PLuS ALL:
TABLES & STORAGE / RUGS / LIGHTING
ACCESSORIES / WALL ART / BED LINENS
* LOVE PROGRAMS ARE NOT INCLUDED
NASHVILLE | mgbwHomE.com
H AY N E S G A L L E R I E S
PRESENTS
ALICIA PONZIOS
SEARCHING
FOR THE PRESENT
BRONZE ON
BELGIAN MARBLE BASE
EDITION 2/8
36 X 19 X 19 INCHES
INQUIRIES: GARYHAYNES@HAYNESGALLERIES.COM OR PHONE 615.430.8147 OR 615.312.7000. HAYNESGALLERIES.COM

GALLERIES: ON THE MUSIC ROW ROUNDABOUT IN NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE AND SEASONALLY IN THOMASTON, MAINE

Nashville Arts - April 2015

Uploaded by

Copyright:

Available Formats

Nashville Arts - April 2015

Uploaded by

Document Information

Copyright

Available Formats

Share this document

Share or Embed Document

Sharing Options

Did you find this document useful?

Is this content inappropriate?

Copyright:

Available Formats

Nashville Arts - April 2015

Uploaded by

Copyright:

Available Formats

the doctors doctor

Used by over 1,000 eye doctors

INVENTIONS & PATENTS

aberrations U.S. Utility Patent

2. Phacoplasty U.S. patent filed.

4. Amniotic membrane contact

5. Adaptive infrared retinoscopic

6. Digital eye bank for virtual

Application Serial No. 11/585,522.

7. Pulsed electromagnetic field

U.S. patent filed.

Wang Vision 3D Cataract & LASIK Center

A primary arts destination in Downtown Nashville since 1996

Daryl Thetford, New Nashville Skyline, 2015

FRESH. ORIGINAL. CONTEMPORARY.

5TH AVENUE OF THE ARTS DOWNTOWN NASHVILLE

PUBLISHED BY THE ST. CLAIRE MEDIA GROUP

EDITORIAL & ADVERTISING OFFICES

TUESDAY - SATURDAY, 11 AM - 5 PM, AND BY APPOINTMENT.

Mark Bradley-Shoup, Breaker Breaker, 2014,

32 Music City Fine Art

88 Pieces & Parts

56 The Art of Craft

100 Art Smart

Given Nashville Something

104 Paint the Town

Ceramics to a New Level

Hot Books and

113 Beyond Words

39 Art & the Business of Art

THE RYMER GALLERY

A new series of high fashion crayon

TH AVENUE OF THE ARTS

PUBLISHER ' S NOTE

Art Creates a City

m not usually stuck for words. By that I mean I can normally

2104 Crestmoor Road

1027 8th ave s. nashville 615.491.9009

emento Mori Looking at Death in Art and Illustration

The oldest work on display, dating from 1555, is a second edition

Memento Mori Looking at Death in Art and Illustration was

Memento Mori Looking at Death in Art and Illustration remains

12 | April 2015 NashvilleArts.com

516 Hagan St . Nashville . davidluskgallery.com

NASHVILLES REAL ESTATE SIGN OF DISTINCTION

40 Burton Hills Blvd., Suite 230 (615) 250-7880

4025 NESTLEDOWN DR $2,998,800

101 CHERRY BRANCH LN $2,499,000

1600 WHISPERING HILLS DR $2,150,000

126 BROOKFIELD AVE $1,899,000

4124 WALLACE LN $1,484,000

3106 DEL RIO PIKE $1,289,000

4509 BALLOW LANE $1,249,000

1020 FALLING LEAF CIRCLE $975,000

815 TYNE BLVD $1,198,000

2323 WOODMONT BLVD $3,499,000

6123 HILLSBORO RD $6,687,000

2012 WATERSTONE DR $699,900

172-A WOODMONT BLVD $539,900

297 SAINT ANDREWS DR $475,000