The Arts & Business Council, Blackbird Media, and F&M Bank have teamed up to present the Artist of the Week on The Nashville Sign. This week’s featured artist is Dooby Tomkins! William R. “Dooby” Tomkins Jr. uses a variety of materials including hand cut layered paper, oil paint, acrylics, ink, encaustic, and other mixed media… Read more »
The Arts & Business Council of Greater Nashville (ABC) proudly announces the selection of 16 business professionals for the fall cohort of Arts Board Matching. This is the second of two cohorts in 2022, continuing ABC’s efforts to expand the reach of this instrumental program that prepares business professionals for nonprofit board service and matches… Read more »
The Arts & Business Council, Blackbird Media, and F&M Bank have teamed up to present the Artist of the Week on The Nashville Sign. This week’s featured artist is Dina D’Argo! Dina D’Argo is a painter whose loose, layered imagery lies somewhere between abstract and representational. Her work is an expression of the bond between… Read more »
The Arts & Business Council, Blackbird Media, and F&M Bank have teamed up to present the Artist of the Week on The Nashville Sign. This week’s featured artist is Andy King! Andy King is a painter and a teacher of art and art history. In his oil paintings, he demonstrates elements of the Symbolists, Surrealism,… Read more »
The Arts & Business Council, Blackbird Media, and F&M Bank have teamed up to present the Artist of the Week on The Nashville Sign. This week’s featured artist is Kelley Rice! Kelley Rice creates encaustic paintings, which is the use of pigments mixed with hot wax burned in as an inlay. She finds the medium’s… Read more »
The Arts & Business Council, Blackbird Media, and F&M Bank have teamed up to present the Artist of the Week on The Nashville Sign. This week’s featured artist is Holly Carden! Holly Carden, a Periscope alum, is a British-American traditional and digital illustrator who creates in the whimsical, highly detailed “wimmelbilderbuch” style. Wimmelbilderbuch (German for… Read more »
The Arts & Business Council, Blackbird Media, and F&M Bank have teamed up to present the Artist of the Week on The Nashville Sign. This week’s featured artist is Matthew Christy! Matthew Christy is a painter and writer who uses an oil pastel transfer process that allows him to combine images to create abstract patterns… Read more »
June 9, 2022 — The Arts & Business Council of Greater Nashville is saddened to learn that Artist of the Week, Barry A. Noland, passed away this week. We honor Barry’s life and legacy as a photographer by sharing his work with you, and we offer our deepest condolences to his family, friends and colleagues… Read more »
The Arts & Business Council, Blackbird Media, and F&M Bank have teamed up to present the Artist of the Week on The Nashville Sign. This week’s featured artist is James Threalkill! James is a celebrated painter who is not only recognized for his vibrant acrylic portraits and expressive murals, but also for his art advocacy and dedication to… Read more »
The Fourth Annual Riley’s Way Call For Kindness Provides Youth Leaders with Funds to Launch Initiatives that Make a Difference in their Communities Local young leader, Manavi Bajpai, age 16, wins national Call For Kindness competition sponsored by Riley’s Way Foundation that challenges young leaders to apply for grants that fund initiatives that strengthen their… Read more »