The Arts & Business Council of Greater Nashville is pleased to be collaborating on an inaugural National Endowment for the Arts Research Lab. Understanding how to foster creativity is an imperative that cuts across many dimensions of social policy, including education, workforce, the economy, and urban and community development. Accordingly, unpacking how creativity works, how it is expressed, and how it can… Read more »

Wednesday, September 6 | 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. | Nashville Entrepreneur Center After weeks of preparation, eight talented artist entrepreneurs will put their training to the test when they take the stage to pitch their arts businesses to the community at this capstone event for the Periscope: Artist Entrepreneur Training program. Throughout the evening, select artists… Read more »

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (June 21, 2017) – The Arts & Business Council of Greater Nashville (ABC) is happy to announce the selection of Jill McMillan as its next Executive Director. McMillan will join the ABC on June 28 after finishing up her role at the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston (ICA) where she serves as Corporate Relations… Read more »

How did you come to get involved with this project? Max Goldberg, son Jesse’s boss at Pinewood, and Sascha’s haircut client, asked us to participate.   How would you describe your artistic style? Free-form sculpture, sensuous lines, smooth surfaces, beautiful natural materials, mostly wood and stone.   Please describe your vision for this project. Bank… Read more »

How did you come to get involved with this project? A: Stephanie asked me and Lauren at Oz was very supportive as well. S: Lauren Snelling at Oz (who I had worked with the last couple of years as a teaching artist on Family Day, and in curating a large physical poem event) approached me… Read more »

Learn more about the Ingram Arts Visionary Award winner, Shirley Zeitlin, in this interview with the Nashville Arts Magazine! Read HERE!

How did you come to get involved with this project? Lauren Snelling at OZ Arts contacted me about participating.   How would you describe your artistic style? That is a loaded question!  I have been exploring materials and techniques for a long time, studying styles from representational to abstract. Over the past ten years, the… Read more »

How did you come to get involved with this project?  I had lived in Nashville before (twice).  I began working with street artists in 2008.  Each time I worked on a mural or exhibit I thought “This is something that should be in Nashville”  I moved back to Nashville from San Francisco in early 2014… Read more »