Bill Steber clearly remembers the pivotal moment in 1992 that fueled his obsession with documenting the disappearing culture of the Delta and northeast Mississippi’s hill country.
Steber, then a photojournalist, was assigned to shoot a travel story in Mississippi. On the return home via Highway 61, he visited James “Son” Thomas, a blues musician…
The Harpeth River Watershed Association and the Brentwood Photography Group will be hosting a reception showcasing sixty juried photographs by thirty-two member photographers. These beautiful images of the Harpeth River will be available for purchase, with part of the proceeds going to the Harpeth River Watershed Association.
The reception will be…
03.1.2010 | EVENTS, NEWS, PHOTOGRAPHY, SPOTLIGHT, VISUAL ART
Students Share Larger-than-Life Aspirations
At Ensworth High School, the arts curriculum is based on a foundation of understanding, appreciation, and enjoyment. An environment of open creativity and respect for the arts, students say, allows Ensworth students to find their passions and provides an atmosphere where students feel comfortable pursuing their dreams.
Musician Calvin Settles II,…
03.1.2010 | MUSIC, NEWS, PEOPLE, PERFORMING, PHOTOGRAPHY, THEATER, VISUAL ART
Exhibits 50th Anniversary of Tennessee’s Civil Rights Sit-Ins
This year marks the fifty-year anniversary of the powerful civil rights sit-ins that changed the course of American history in the South. In honor of this occasion, the Tennessee State Museum offers We Shall Not Be Moved: The 50th Anniversary of Tennessee’s Civil Rights Sit-Ins. Much…
03.1.2010 | EVENTS, NEWS, PHOTOGRAPHY, SPOTLIGHT, VISUAL ART
Jubilation, an exhibit of photography by Dr. Lou Outlaw
It was a day Lou Outlaw will never forget: Inauguration Day, January 20, 2009. He sat quietly perched behind his camera, taking pictures of people in the crowd, when this image came to focus in his lens. Jubilation captures the story that culminates the intense…
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 infatuated with photography since she was just 14 years old. Irvin claims that her eye…
When poets set their muses to food all kinds of wonder emerge. It’s a subject that elicits a range of emotions—from joy to hope to melancholy and humor. And when Valentine’s Day rolls around everyone gets poetic. Romance thumps in the hearts of lovers and inevitably transforms to “sweets for the sweet.” A box…
For Nashville photographer Bob Schatz, art often imitates life. His professional work has taken him around the globe on photographic assignments. In turn, private encounters on his journeys fuel his interests as a creative person.
Employed as a commercial artist for over 30 years, Schatz has garnered numerous awards for corporate, advertising, and…
Overnight, the skies have sifted powdered sugar over sleeping houses—the world has become a delicate confection. Leaves are crystal-coated gumdrops, and in the sunlight fields glow white like soft…
For Shelley Liles McBurney, owner of Gallery One, her space is her canvas. She populates the walls and floors with works of art that reflect her eclectic tastes. “Hanging a new show is deeply creative for me. I get lost in it, absorbed by some of the same challenges an artist faces: balancing shape, color, and texture; dealing with surface and light.”
