Hello, hello, hello to you and you and YOU! I think my wife has already gotten sick of me humming and singing that “It’s the most wonderful time of the year!” The seasonal colors are about to change, the temperature is reaching various levels of cool, it’s the perfect climate to attack the rivers with friends and canoes and then camp out with mega-marshmellows, songs, and said friends, “American” football is in full force (maybe someone from the Titans can remember that this coming week), and I have yet to mention what the Nashville art scene has in store for you this week!
Without rambling on and on and taking you away from the Monday grind, I’ll let you know that you won’t have to wait long to stART smiling around town. Tomorrow night, Tuesday, September 13th, you can walk on down to Zeitgeist Gallery in the Hillsboro Village to see Zeitgeist and AIA Middle Tennessee present “Indeterminacies: The Little Match Girl Passion” performed by the PORTARA New Music Ensemble. From 6-8pm, FREE and open to the public, you can see the group performing David Lang’s 2008 Pulitzer-prize winning work for vocal quartet and percussion. Alongside the current art in the gallery by Kurt Wagner and Wayne White, and beside the guest moderator (and critical writer for the Nashville Scene and Artnownashville.com) John Pitcher, Zeitgeist Gallery is primed to kick off their Fall Series of Indeterminacies and this week off in style. Feel FREE to join them!
And speaking of the Nashville art scene and Artnownashville.com, YOU have a wonderful opportunity to meet the NashvilleArts & ArtNowNashville Teams this week at “NAAD at Terrazzo." Specifically, this Friday, September 16th, from 5-8pm, at the Terrazzo Penthouse (700 12thAvenue South, The Gulch) marks an “Art After Hours” special event presented by the Nashville Association of Art Dealers (NAAD) that will show off more than 100 works of art from a 12 local galleries all under one roof! The event is at the time mentioned and extended the following day (Saturday, September 17th, from 12-4pm) as well. With works from 12 galleries (Bennett Galleries, Cumberland Galleries, LeQuire Gallery, Local Color Gallery, Midtown Gallery, The Arts Company, Two Moon Gallery, Gallery Simin, Richland Fine Art, Richter Gallery of Photography, and Gallery One Contemporary Fine Art) all in one spot, it’s not surprising but a surprising treat to also have the entire NashvilleArts magazine team and everyone helping establish ArtNowNashville.com present on Friday evening to discuss art in the media, what they are about, and whatever else you would like to ask in person. This event is also FREE and open to the public, but the art is for sale. With complimentary parking, why don’t you drop by and compliment some of the artists and people helping make Nashville visually spectacular!
Now jumping back in time yet again within this mixed up calendar of events and transitions, I briefly direct you to Thursday, September, 15th. It is Thursday night, from 8-midnight at Mercy Lounge where you will find this month’s RAW event that is titled “Junction.” For those not familiar with RAW, Raw Artists Nashville pits some of the most ground-breaking and original talent Nashville has to offer in an array of different creative fields also under one roof for one-night-only. For those who are familiar with RAW, you know that it is always a really fun time and perfect introduction for everyone involved to everyone that makes it out to support the creative cause. If you are a person who enjoys discovering new local talent in film, fashion, music, visual art, hair & makeup artistry, and performance art within grassroots showcase events, then the Mercy Lounge this Thursday night and RAW Nashville is perfect for you.
Then jump back to the future this Saturday, September 17th, into something new, fresh, and a work in progress. Literally, "Works In Progress" is a new artshow experiment with you in the studio and in the home brought to you by HAUS Rotations. Hosted by the group of artists that make up Haus Rotations for a one-night opening within a temporarily-donated home within the Sylvan Park area (3530 Murphy Road, Nashville, TN 37205) from 5-10pm, HAUS Rotations is a collaborative community working to highlight and engage contemporary dialogues and studio discovery across the arts. This is a fascinating new take on local art and art discussion between local designers, thinkers, and artists that is bringing said people together by breaking down traditions across the board. If you'd like to know more information about this project or to scedule an interview with HAUS Rotations, feel free to contact Megan Kelley at hausrotations@gmail.com and get in on this great thing on the ground level.
I have truly enjoyed the little time we have shared here today. I am sorry to say I have bad news. If you delayed on visiting the Frist Center the past few months while neglecting my advice to check out the Warhol exhibition, then you have missed out on one of the most amazing art exhibitions I’ve ever seen because it is no longer at the Frist Center as of yesterday. You should just kick yourself honestly. If you have trouble kicking yourself, then you should immediately try to redeem your loss by giving yourself reasons to pat yourself on the back instead. For instance, you can proudly pat yourself on the back for realizing that you should finally take my advice and visit the Frist Center starting today to see 2 new exhibitions that have recently opened to ease your life post-Warhol transition. I’m talking about the “A Divine Light: Northern Renaissance Paintings from the Bob Jones University Museum & Gallery” and Tracey Snelling’s “Woman on the Run” Exhibitions respectively. One is designed as an intimate encounter with the devotional art of the 15thand 16thcenturies and how Northern Renaissance artists expressed central mysteries of faith in several ways and the other is designed as a modern day type of mystery as seen and told through what Snelling defines as 3-dimensional storytelling via various clues found within the art. Don’t miss out on the fun while it lasts!
Now go out there and tell others about all the fun things going on around town this week on top of all of the galleries already promoting stellar local and regional art during their regular open hours. AND don’t forget to tell the Titans that they are playing a football game this week.
As you were, busy but happy.
much love,
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