Archive for October, 2009

My Favorite Painting

My Favorite Painting

David Burliuk’s My Wife at the Beach

Our Burliuk is small, but it fills all the space of the entry hall. He painted this while on a visit to the American eastern shoreline with his beloved wife, probably in…

10.5.2009 | PAINTING, PEOPLE

Around Town by Ted Clayton

Around Town by Ted Clayton

It never ceases to amaze me how charity fundraisers keep coming up with new ideas. Myles Maillie and the Arts and Business Council of Greater Nashville brought together the creative and commercial spheres of Nashville for a special event, “Arts…

10.5.2009 | EVENTS, NEWS

Anything Goes | Greta Gaines

Anything Goes | Greta Gaines

What characteristic do you most like about yourself?

I’m funny. Quick to laugh and slow to cry.

And what do you like least?

I wish I didn’t care so much about what people thought of me.

What was the

10.5.2009 | PEOPLE

The Love of the Theater | It’s All in the Family

The Love of the Theater | It’s All in the Family

I’ve always felt lucky that at a very young age, my parents instilled in me a love for theater that I would carry with me throughout my life. I’m here today because my parents met during a 1983 production of…

10.5.2009 | PERFORMING, THEATER

Hope | In Memory of the St. Jude Children

Hope | In Memory of the St. Jude Children

Joy Ngoma is a student at TSU and majors in TV/Radio Broadcasting and Africana Studies. She has a great interest in documentary films and works with issues that address social injustice. She writes and produces for TV shows. The

10.5.2009 | POETRY

Antiques | Appraise It

Antiques | Appraise It

Black, Starr & Frost Travel Clock

This antique, chased and engraved decorated silver clock is identified as Black, Starr & Frost on its sterling case and on the branded clock face of the Swiss-made movement. The clock movement marks date…

10.5.2009 | ANTIQUES

Michael Shane Neal | The Master’s Touch

Michael Shane Neal | The Master’s Touch

photograph by Jerry Atnip

Visitors to Michael Shane Neal’s Nashville studio pass through a pristine wooden gate and enter directly into a more delicate world. Drooping heads of pink roses shiver off raindrops as…

10.5.2009 | PAINTING, PEOPLE

Irene Ritter | A Revelation in Stone

Irene Ritter | A Revelation in Stone

When asked about his sculpting technique, Michelangelo famously quipped, “I saw the angel in the marble and I set him free.” This insight into the sculptor’s task defines the work of the stone carver. The painter or draughtsman projects imaginative flights onto a blank canvas or paper. A stone carver must see the potential of her finished project in the raw—find form inert in something formless.

10.3.2009 | SCULPTURE

The Germantown Connection

The Germantown Connection

A Neighborhood Creative Spirit

Mad Platter Photo: Dean Dixon

For many Nashvillians, their first reason to venture into the Germantown neighborhood was the lure of innovative cuisine from the Mad Platter Restaurant. When Marcia and Craig Jervis opened the restaurant…

10.3.2009 | ARCHITECTURE, CULINARY, SPOTLIGHT

Robin Hood | Legendary Photographer

Robin Hood | Legendary Photographer

Robin Hood, Photo: Anthony Scarlati

“Photography is all about perception,” claims Nashville photographer Robin Hood. “What does the photographer bring to the equation without all of the equipment?” Hood believes that in the art of photography the eye is more…

10.2.2009 | PEOPLE, PHOTOGRAPHY