Be an Arts Advocate Today and Every Day

We’re grateful to have the opportunity to write a monthly column for Nashville Arts Magazine. This month (and all year long!), we’re talking about advocacy and how important it is to make your voice heard when it comes to the arts. Be sure to check out this month’s Arts & Business Council column in Nashville Arts Magazine… Read more »

Weekend Arts Round-up: 3/2/18

Looking to get out and experience some great art this weekend? Take a peek at these awesome events! Act 1 (Artists’ Cooperative Theatre) The Pillowman through March 16, 2018 Darkhorse Theater Belcourt Theatre I, Tonya through March 8, 2018 Belcourt Theatre Belmont University Art Galleries Landy R. Hales | American Master of the Layer Poster… Read more »

Weekend Arts Round-up: 2/23/18

Looking to get out and experience some great art this weekend? Take a peek at these awesome events! The Arts Company Masters of Light through February 22, 2018 The Arts Company Nashville Ballet Living On: Portraits of Survivors and Liberators in Tennessee through February 28, 2018 Nashville Ballet Studio A Belcourt Theatre Creepshow February 23,… Read more »

Weekend Arts Round-Up: 2/16/18

Looking to get out and experience some great art this weekend? Take a peek at these awesome events! Actors Bridge Ensemble The Vagina Monologues Benefiting Act Like a GRRRL February 16, 2018 City Winery The Arts Company Masters of Light through February 22, 2018 The Arts Company Belmont University Sense and Sensibility  February 16-18, 2018… Read more »

Belmont University Acquires O’More College of Design

This morning, the Arts & Business Council’s partner Belmont University, announced that effective Fall 2018, Belmont will acquire O’More College of Design and move O’More’s programs in fashion, interior and graphic design as well as fashion merchandising to Belmont’s campus. The Arts & Business Council is thrilled to be the nonprofit-in-residence on Belmont’s campus, and looking… Read more »

Weekend Arts Round-Up: 2/9/18

Looking to get out and experience some great art this weekend? Take a peek at these awesome events! The Arts Company Masters of Light through February 22, 2018 The Arts Company Nashville Ballet ATTITUDE: LIGHT / THE HOLOCAUST & HUMANITY PROJECT February 9-11, 2018 TPAC’S Polk Theater *Arts & Business Council members get a discount! Get… Read more »

Perspectives on Periscope: Megan Lightell

In this month’s Nashville Arts Magazine, artist Megan Lightell speaks about her experience in the 2016 class of Periscope: Artist Entrepreneur Training and how her practice has changed since completing the program. Read more over on Nashville Arts Magazine’s website or pick up a print copy – out now! Interested in applying for the 2018… Read more »

Check out our column in Nashville Arts Magazine!

We’re grateful to have the opportunity to write a monthly column for Nashville Arts Magazine starting in January 2018. Be sure to check out this month’s Arts & Business Council column: an introduction to our new program, fiscal sponsorship. Through fiscal sponsorship we are able to offer our tax-exempt legal status to projects and emerging organizations that align with… Read more »

The Arts, Creativity, Cognition, and Learning: A National Endowment for the Arts Research Lab

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 »

Periscope Pitch Wows Sold-Out Crowd for Second Year in a Row

Painter, sculptor, and percussionist chosen by notable Nashville judges and crowd voting for top honors at the Periscope Pitch. On Wednesday, September 6th, 2017, the Arts & Business Council of Greater Nashville named the winners of its 4th annual Periscope Pitch event and awarded $7,500 in cash prizes. For the second year in a row,… Read more »