Meet the Periscope Class of 2021! Each week we will be introducing this year’s creative class leading up to the culminating Periscope Pitch + Artist Entrepreneur Showcase on Sept. 8! Meet Monya Nikahd, Natalie Jean, Rachel Karr, and Rebecca Titus! Sponsored by Piedmont Natural Gas Foundation and Fifth Third Bank. Monya Nikahd Fashion/Textiles, Multi-Disciplinary, Visual Art Historically, textiles have… Read more »

The Arts & Business Council of Greater Nashville, Blackbird Media, and F&M Bank have teamed up to present the Artist of the Week on The Nashville Sign. This week Keavy Murphree is featured! Ceramicist and designer, Keavy Murphree, has long been called to the raw and tactile process of clay creation. Sculpting from her studio in Nashville, Keavy employs… Read more »

During these uncertain times, resting and enjoying ourselves is crucial to our sanity! Check out some of the events happening this weekend that will really get your creative juices following! Photo credits: Tomato Art Fest Good Neighbor Festivals Tomato Art Fest (in-person) August 13 & 14 Belcourt Theatre Summertime (in-person) Opens Aug. 13 Swan Song… Read more »

Meet the Periscope Class of 2021! Each week we will be introducing this year’s creative class leading up to the culminating Periscope Pitch + Artist Entrepreneur Showcase on Sept. 8! Meet Janelle Faiman, Jenny Petite, Karen Matkosky, and Lyndy Rutledge! Sponsored by Piedmont Natural Gas Foundation and Fifth Third Bank. Janelle Faiman Film/Television, Music, Visual Art I am a… Read more »

The Arts & Business Council of Greater Nashville proudly announces the selection of 14 business professionals for the fall cohort of Arts Board Matching. This is the second of two cohorts in 2021 — ABC added a Spring cohort for the first time earlier this year — making 2021 the most prolific of the program’s… Read more »

The Arts & Business Council of Greater Nashville, Blackbird Media, and F&M Bank have teamed up to present the Artist of the Week on The Nashville Sign. This week Joe Geis is featured! Joe Geis is a multi-disciplinary artist and designer based in Nashville, Tennessee. With a focus on murals, illustrations, paintings, and installations, Joe loves to explore the… Read more »

The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) has announced the American Rescue Plan (ARP) Grants for various organizations. ARP Grants will be carried out through one-time grants to eligible organizations including, but not limited to, nonprofit arts organizations, local arts agencies, arts service organizations, units of state or local government, federally recognized tribal communities or… Read more »

The FirstBank First Saturday Art Crawl returns this weekend! Attend one of Nashville’s most creative festivals and check out some other events happening this weekend! Photo Credits: Chauvet Arts The Belcourt Theatre ANNETTE (in-person) Opens August 6 WITHOUT GETTING KILLED OR CAUGHT (in-person) Opens August 6 PIG (in-person) Ends August 8 Fifth Avenue of the… Read more »

The Small Business Administration (SBA) announces the launch of Payment Protection Program (PPP) loan forgiveness for borrowers of $150,000 or less. Borrowers are encouraged to apply through the new streamlined application portal and applications began being accepted on August 4. “The SBA’s new streamlined application portal will simplify forgiveness for millions of our smallest businesses… Read more »