Archive for February, 2010

On The Town

On The Town

It was a cold and frigid night in downtown Nashville the second Saturday of January for the monthly Art Crawl. To my great surprise, 5th Avenue was alive and booming with art enthusiasts swiftly moving from gallery to gallery,…

02.5.2010 | EVENTS, NEWS

Publisher's Note

Publisher’s Note

The legendary photographer Paul Strand was quoted as saying, “The artist’s world is limitless. It can be found anywhere far from where he lives or a few feet away. It is always on his doorstep.” Strand, in this statement,…

02.5.2010 | NEWS

Theater in the Street | The Street Theatre Company Is Paving New Directions

Theater in the Street | The Street Theatre Company Is Paving New Directions

Ask anyone to name the most famous street associated with the American theater and they will likely say Broadway. But in East Nashville, there’s a theater Street with which you may not be familiar. The Street Theatre Company is…

02.4.2010 | NEWS

Poetry |

Poetry | “Lyric” by Gina Raye Felts

Gina Raye Felts is a fourth-generation native Nashvillian and a 2009 graduate of Nashville State Community College with an Associate of Arts in Art. She works in various media including textiles, watercolor and, most recently, verse. She is a…

02.4.2010 | POETRY

Anything Goes | Marshall Chapman

Anything Goes | Marshall Chapman

Marshall Chapman

What characteristic do you most like about yourself?

My honesty. My attraction to things that scare me. You know…like getting up in front of people and doing anything! (laughs)

And what do you like least?

02.3.2010 | NEWS, PEOPLE

Appraise It

Appraise It

Clayton Sumner Price (American, 1874-1950) The Rider, oil on board, signed C. S. Price

Price grew up in a large ranching family in Iowa and Wyoming. An accomplished carpenter, homesteader and horseman, C. S. Price was 31 years old…

02.3.2010 | ANTIQUES, JEWELRY, NEWS, VISUAL ART

Doug Regen | The Wood Whisperer

Doug Regen | The Wood Whisperer

“It takes a certain kind of person to fall in love with my work. It’s not as polished and finished—I’m not saying that it’s not cool and wonderful, it’s just maybe not as perfect—as what you’d find in most…

02.3.2010 | ANTIQUES, ARCHITECTURE, NEWS, SCULPTURE, VISUAL ART

Cumberland Gallery

Cumberland Gallery

Nashville’s Cumberland Gallery will celebrate its thirtieth anniversary in April of this year. Always on the forefront of the art scene in Nashville, the gallery is pairing with Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee to create The Food…

02.3.2010 | CULINARY, DRAWING, EVENTS, NEWS, PAINTING, VISUAL ART

Stacey Irvin | Humanity in Focus

Stacey Irvin | Humanity in Focus

Stacey Irvin likes to be right in the middle of the action. Like most professional photographers, Irvin is a keen observer, but she also “wants to be more of a participant.” The Texas native and Vanderbilt graduate has been…

02.3.2010 | PEOPLE, PHOTOGRAPHY, VISUAL ART

Ronell Venter | Painting in Bliss

Ronell Venter | Painting in Bliss

Ronell Venter is a storyteller. With words, music and paint, she creates vivid narratives. Her art, perhaps, imitates her life. Venter’s journey as an artist is as full of adventure as one of her imaginative screenplays or active landscapes.…

02.3.2010 | PAINTING, VISUAL ART