In Nashville -

June 5, 2010    6:00 – 9:00 pm   First Saturday Art Crawl Galleries in Downtown Nashville  sponsored by the Nashville Downtown Partnership.  A listing of this month’s galleries and shuttle maps can be found on their website  Click on their logo to visit their site.

http://www.nashvilledowntown.com/

Franklin and Williamson County -

June 4, 2010  1:00 – 9:00 pm   Art Fusion 2010   The Factory at Franklin  Fine Art and Fine Craft from over 50 artists, wine, munchies……what’s not to love?  If you want to know more about this fun event before coming you can visit their website by clicking on their logo.

June 5, 2010  10:00 am – 4:00 pm Art Fusion continues   The Factory at Franklin

June 11, 2010  6:00 – 8:00 pm   SouthGate Studio and Fine Art   The Factory at Franklin

Featuring new works by Dawn Whitelaw, Jody Thompson, Pat Thompson, Paula Frizbe, Jim Frazier, Catherine McMurray, Lori Putnam & Jean Gauld-Jaeger, Brenda Siegel, Ed Routon, Cynthia Vowell

June 11, 2010  11:00 am – 1:00 pm Brown Bag Lunch Bunch Williamson County Public Library  This month’s program is a photography workshop by Eric L. Hansen, Adjunct Professor in the Art Department of Belmont University.  For more information visit the website of the Arts Council of Williamson County

Art PM – Saturday May 1, 2010  5:00 – 7:00 pm   at the Factory at Franklin

Artists of The Row at the Factory and selected visitors have an open house to show their new art.  Live music, food and wine are available.  Come out  and have a glass of wine and meet the artists of the Row and Williamson County.

Art Up Close and Personal – Monday, May 10, 2010  – 6:00 – 7:30 pm at Williamson County Public Library -  Craig Nutt, woodworker

Brown Bag Lunch Bunch -  Friday, May 14, 2010  – 11:00 – 1:00 pm  – Taylor Milam, chocolate artist – Williamson County Public Library

Tayor Milam of Schakolad

Taylor makes amazing chocolate and he always brings samples…..so come with a light lunch so you have room for his heavenly offerings.

Taylor is owner and operator of Franklin’s local Schakolad franchise located at 443 Cool Springs Blvd.  Franklin.

This photo is courtesy of Gray Photography.

An Artist’s  Window – Friday, May 14, 2010 – 6:00 – 9:00 pm at The Factory at Franklin in Jamison Hall

Showcasing the work of artists with disabilities.  Sponsored by Waves and the Arts Council of Williamson County – tickets $25.00

Nashville -

First Saturday Art Crawl – various downtown art galleries.  Click on the image below for more information.

TACA Spring Craft Fair –   May 7, 8 & 9, 2010  Friday & Saturday, 10am-6pm; Sunday, 10am-5pm Centennial Park

This is the best craft show in the area so don’t miss it!  Click on the image below to visit TACA’s website for more information about the show.

Chihuly at the Frist – May 9th, 2010  Opening  At the Frist Center

Chihuly at the Symphony – May 20 – 22, 2010  Nashville Symphony   Laura Turner Concert Hall at the Schermerhorn

The Symphony will perform Bluebeard’s Castle in front of a set created by Dale Chihuly

Chihuly at Cheekwood - May 25th, 2010 Opening – Cheekwood Gardens

Dale Chihuly

Installations of Dale Chihuly’s work will be installed in the gardens as well as in the Cheekwood Museum Galleries.

These three exhibits are a cooperative effort of the Frist  Museum, the Nashville Symphony and Cheekwood Gardens.  The Frist exhibit is open until January 2, 2011.  Cheekwood Gardens will have his work until October 31, 2010.   A website, Chihuly in Nashville, has been set up with information about these exhibits and events as well as information about the artist and his work.

In Nashville:

April 1, 2010   Art After Hours Sponsored by the Nashville Association of Art Dealers Galleries all over Nashville   5:00 – 8:00 pm

For a listing of Galleries participating this month and the art they are showing click on the link above.

April 3, 2010   First Saturday Art Crawl Sponsored by the Nashville Downtown Partnership Downtown Nashville    6:00 – 10:00 pm

Again I invite you to use the link to find a listing of participating galleries and shuttle bus information.

ArtisTree

April 3, 2010   ArtisTree: The 6th Annual Tomorrow Fund Art Show Sherlock’s Bookstore 235 5th Avenue N    6:00 – 10:00 pm

Featuring local artists including Margaret Elliott, Freshie & Zero, KJ Schumacher, Allison Greer, Kate Summers, Andy Anh Ha, Sam Braden, Samantha Oaks, and Jeremiah Weeden-Wright.   A percentage of all art sales benefit the Tomorrow Fund of The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee

April 29 through May 1, 2010   The Harding, Art Show 2010 Art Exhibit and Sale at The Harding Academy 170 Windsor Dr. Nashville, TN

For more information about the show including times, directions and information about the featured and participating artists please visit their website – Harding Art Site.

In Williamson County:

April 12, 2010   Art: Up Close and Personal Sponsored by the Arts Council of Williamson County and Williamson County Public Library and O’More College of Design    Main Library in Franklin   6:00 pm

Poster is copyrighted and reprinted courtesy of Google Images

This month Jim Sherraden, manager, chief designer and archivist for Hatch Show Print. Hatch Show Print is one of The United States oldest show poster and design shops still in existence.  It is owned and operated by The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum.

In case you missed last month’s Art: Up Close and Personal.  The Arts Council has a new feature they’re calling ‘Snip-its’ They’ve posted a video on YouTube. Last month’s artist was Bets Ramsay who won the 2009 TN Governor’s Distinguished Artist Award.  It shows photos of her work and part of her presentation.  Well worth the five minutes it will take you to watch it.  Here’s the link  Bets Ramsay – Fiber Art

In Williamson County:

Currently Showing on Grid Row at the Factory at Franklin – Prism Art League Exhibit – works of the Students of Melanie Jackson, Franklin Artist

Encore! - Applications due March 5, 2010 – See article below for more information

Art Up Close and Personal - Monday, March 8, 2010  6 – 8:00 pm   Williamson County Public Library – Bets Ramsey, Fiber Artist

South of the Border - Bets Ramsey

Brown Bag Lunch – Friday, March 12, 2010 11 – 1:00 pm   Williamson County Public Library – Angela M. Hillstrom, Primitive Doll Artist  bring a bag lunch and enjoy!

New Event! Southgate Studio and Fine Art -  Artist Reception – Friday March 5, 2010   6 – 8:00 pm – Upstairs at the Factory at Franklin

Featuring new works by Dawn Whitelaw, Jody Thompson, Pat Thompson, Lori Putnam, Catherine McMuray, Paula Frizbe and Jim Frazier.  Introducing Jean Gauld-Jaeger, Brenda Siegal, Ed Routon and Cynthia Vowell

In Nashville:

Art Crawl - Saturday, March 6, 2010 6 -10:00 pm – Downtown Nashville, TN  – Click on the link to view a map of downtown Nashville participating galleries and shuttle information.

Encore!

The Arts Council of Williamson County(ACWC) and  Steinway Piano Gallery of Nashville are collaborating on a joint fundraiser to benefit the Arts Council’s  arts education program and the Steinway Society of Nashville.  Encore! is inviting artists to take unusable piano parts and turn them into art.  The piano parts are being donated by Samick Music Corporation, a manufacturer of musical instruments.  The completed artwork will be juried by the Encore! Committee  to determine which pieces will be auctioned off in the silent auction and which in the live auction.  The artist will determine the beginning sale price of work to be auctioned and will receive 20% of the final price with the remaining 80% going to ACWC and the Steinway Society.  If any work is not sold it will be returned to the artist.  For more information about this project and a complete list of rules and deadlines please visit the ACWC website (click on the button below).

• Feb. 8               Art: Up Close & Personal -  Michael McBride, painting and drawing    Williamson Co. Public Library 6 – 7:30 pm
  

  courtesy of google images

• Feb. 12            Brown Bag Lunch Bunch  -  Shawn South-Aswad, whimsical painted art & furniture    Williamson Co. Public Library   11am – 1 pm

February Art Events and Shows in Nashville, Tennessee

• Feb. 6              First Saturday Art Crawl   Downtown Nashville   6 -10 pm
• Feb. 12 – 14     The Art Event   David Lipscomb Campus School   Lipscomb University
• Feb.  15   Call for Entries Application Deadline for Tennessee Association for Craft Artists (TACA) Spring Show   Centennial Park

First Saturday Art Crawl

http://www.nashvilledowntown.com/

This very cool event occurs the first Saturday of every month in Downtown Nashville, TN.  It’s sponsored by the Nashville Downtown Partnership.  People are invited to visit galleries located in the downtown area.  Some of the galleries are located in theaters and and historic landmarks, other galleries are usually open by appointment only.  Many of the galleries schedule their openings to match the Art Crawl and offer free wine and refreshments to visitors. So, in addition to being able to see all kinds of art, have a little wine and some goodies the Art Crawl is a great opportunity to see inside some places you don’t usually get to see – multitasking at its finest!      Over a 1000 people regularly attend this event so it is a great party each month.  he Nashville Downtown Partnership also provides two free shuttles among the galleries making it very accessible even in bad weather.  Shuttle maps are posted on their website each month listing participating galleries as well as the shuttle route.