In what can often be a complex, stressed out time of year for people who don’t make plans or plan ahead appropriately for the commercial holiday that makes up Valentine’s Day or Valentine’s Weekend or Valentine’s Month as it may be (“people” not pertaining to this writer and most of the people reading this right now of course), I will make this coming weekend very easy for you to make it the best one in awhile. In the forthcoming two nights of Friday and Saturday, I can tell you two definite locations that will make your heart and the hearts of the ones you love smile.
First comes Friday. The address you need to drive to is 427 Chestnut Street. It is there where you can purchase and pick-up your CSArt half and full shares at Seed SPACE and view new works by Jodi Hays in her exhibition entitled “Strong in the Broken Places” at Threesquared. To clarify the CSArt shares, in case you have missed out on knowing about it yet, you can find great deals in two categories. For $250, classified as a half-share, you can attain five original pieces of artwork (which includes a mystery variety of sculptures, mixed media, photography and hand-pulled prints) from well-known Nashville artists. For $500, classified as a full share, you can attain ten original pieces of artwork like the above AND a CSArt Hatch Show Print poster on top! There are a limited number of shares still available and you can either purchase them online or by contacting Rachel Bubis at 615-310-6533 (and they DO accept payment plans and ship outside of Nashville). You’ll be able to pick up for the CSArt shares you buy before this weekend this Friday, February 10th, at Seed SPACE from 5-7pm. Then, from 7-8pm at the same location, the public is invited to view the CSArtwork Exhibition display at Seed Space (through Feb. 29th). Just down the hall, at Threesquared, CSArtist Jodi Hays will have a public opening for her exhibition mentioned above from 6-9pm. Basically, it’s an art house with a two parties under the same building. Talk about saving gas and helping the art scene!
Then, on Saturday, February 11th, you only need to put one location into your GPS when you head out for the night … and that location would be 5 points in East Nashville to experience the Second Saturday at 5 Points. After many requests from the general public to resume the East Nashville Art Stroll, the local galleries and businesses couldn’t resist the temptation. With that idea in place, this is now going to be an ongoing endeavor that will occur every second Saturday of every month from 6-9:30pm. For me, personally, there are two places you need to go to this weekend at that time. First, for an art appetizer, you should visit Bryant Gallery at 1113 Woodland Street in order to see the opening reception for owner/artist Bill Brimm’s latest work called “Baggage: furniture, assemblages and photography by Bill Brimm.” The reception is from 5-8pm and is FREE and open to the public. Once you leave Bryant Gallery, which has been priming for this exhibition for a month now, you only have to walk across the street to enter a whole new world. It is at Art & Invention Gallery, from 6:30-9:30pm, where you can witness the latest from the best painter you’ll ever meet in person (my opinion of course) in Duy Huynh. A perennial favorite at Art & Invention, Nashville, and this blog, Duy’s paintings are poetic and tell a million stories on each canvas. I really can’t say anything more about this event. I’ve been telling people, near and far, about this date and place ever since Meg first told me about it a few months ago. All I can say is that you should come out and see it for yourself. You won’t regret it one single bit. If you do by chance have a valid excuse to miss, then you should make an appointment to visit Art & Invention to see Duy’s work on display through March 4th.
Since this month is all about love and I love me some Art & Invention, there are a few other events going down this week and weekend at Bret and Meg’s place that will get you into the season. First, they have a Valentine’s Workshop ongoing. You can decorate a card or wooden heart or invent your own Valentine from their table of goodies. The cost is a mere $6 per card and $8-10 per wooden heart. Their motto is “If you supply the time, we will supply the materials!” Walk-ins are welcome Wednesday-Monday at various times. Just call Meg to find out when the best time for you and her to meet and greet would be (Call 615-226-2070). Also at Art & Invention this week you can get your annual psychic reading with Carole Kennedy for $50 and 30 minutes of your time. This deal is only for adults (18 and up), by appointment only (call above number), and will take place this coming Friday through Sunday.
So that is all my heart can give this week to help make your heart happy. Do what you will with all of this knowledge and have a safe and happy week and weekend ahead. All you need is love and art.
much love,
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