Artist Directory

Rachel Ledford

Dancer

This will be my third season as a company artist with Dance Theatre of Tennessee.

Darnell Levine

Musician - Singer - Songwriter

After creating a classic regional US debut?album in 2006, Kenutcky-born, Nashville-based?singer-songwriter Darnell Levine used his newly?granted music business degree to record a songwriter?s?piano-driven EP and tour solo relentlessly. In?2008, he gained national attention from Music?Choice TV channels, Performing Songwriter Magazine, and self-started the?Summer Music Experience Tour played exclusively?at Starbucks Coffee... More

Kristin Llamas

Visual Artist

AWARDS/ ACQUISITIONS 2012 Professional Development Support Grant, Tennessee 2011 Museum Acquisition, Tennessee State Museum, Tennessee 2010 Professional Development Support Grant, Tennessee 2009 Professional Development Support Grant, Tennessee 2007 National Society of Arts & Letters Award 2006 Artist Enhancement Grant, Florida 2005 Kennedy Promotions “Best Of Florida” award 2000 Best of... More

Polly Mae

Singer - Songwriter

The band, Polly Mae, is proudly named for Jodi’s grandmother, Pauline "Polly" Mae Stalnaker, who was born and raised as country as they come. Jodi is the oldest of three sisters who were all raised on and/or around their grandparents’ 400 acre farm in Waynesfield, Ohio. Polly Mae has reached... More

Jessika Malone

Actor - Artober - Director - Theatre Producer

Jessika Malone is the Artistic Associate at Actors Bridge Ensemble and the Co-Founder and Program Director for the Sideshow Fringe Festival. Jessika’s professional acting credits include Actors Bridge Ensemble's productions of MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING, A BRIGHT ROOM CALLED DAY, MARISOL, SIMPATICO, SAILOR'S SONG, and VINCENT IN BRIXTON (Named one... More

Rae Marshall

Photographer

Rae's work encompasses a more surreal world in which things are just a little larger than life. She loves encorporating strong colors in her images, as well as blending fine art with fashion to create amazing portraits for her clients.She first picked up a camera in high school after being... More

Denny Martindale

Visual Artist - Visual Artist: Drawing - Visual Artist: Murals - Visual Artist: Painting

I am a Franklin, TN artist, working primarily in pastels, acrylics, and latex house paint. I have done dozens of commissioned pet portraits in pastel, and have started doing the human form as well. I recently started painting on old metal objects, at the request of a client, such as... More

Alicya Marty

Actor - Poet - Singer - Songwriter - Visual Artist - Visual Artist: Drawing - Visual Artist: Illustration - Visual Artist: Mixed Media - Writer

I worked across Europe performing as a solo singer, with choir, acting. Mostly for fun. I always enjoyed being on a stage and creating my own magic world. I'm an alto/mezzo-soprano with passion to nostalgic jazz, lyrical and alternative music. I also write a little. I'm bilingual and native of... More

Diane May

Visual Artist: Painting

Diane May is a nationally recognized painter of plein air landscape. Her preference to paint from life continues in the studio where she both references her work painted out of doors to create larger paintings and explores the constructed reality of the still life. She paints with a representational impressionist... More

James McArthur

Musician

Keyboardist James McArthur directs Nashville Celtic Weddings, providing custom ensembles of bagpipes, harp, flute, fiddle and singers accompanied by piano and organ. They specialize in Scottish weddings with great highland bagpipes and pipe organ at Wightman Chapel. His traditional wedding group, Going to the Chapel, is an affiliate of... More

Regine McClain

Voice-Over Artist (German Language)

I am a radio reporter and editor by training with formal voice-over training. I do voice-over work in German language or English (with a slight European accent). I am a native German speaker and have lived in the U.S. for several decades doing voice-over work both in English and in... More

Shelley McCoy

Artober - Visual Artist - Visual Artist: Mixed Media - Visual Artist: Painting

A lifelong Tennessean, Shelley McCoy is a Franklin-based artist whose expressionistic style uses heavy impasto. Through exploring and mixing various mediums she enhances her work with texture, form, and color. Her rich use of texture creates a sculpted look and sets the color off on the canvas. As a teenager... More

Shelby Merchant

Singer - Songwriter

 Uniquely forged by contemporary sounds of today's popular music and distinctive memories of yesterday?s traditional forms, a new talent emerges from the Nashville music scene. Shelby Merchant, a Mississippi born and North Carolina raised southern soul, lends distinctive flavor to the ever-popular melting pot of songwriters and artists alike. Ranging... More

Jo Dee Messina

Actor - Musician - Singer - Songwriter

Jo Dee Messina is an award-winning, multi-platinum recording artist that has given her heart and soul to find success. She?s had 9 #1 singles, has been honored by The Country Music Association, The Academy of Country Music and The Grammy Awards and was the first female country artist to score... More

Jason Michaels

"If you want to be blown away, you need to see Jason!!! Think David Copperfield, David Blaine, and Criss Angel all in one." -Dana Sims.

Audience responses like this one are the reason Jason Michaels is established as one of today's premier entertainers. Known for a slight edginess and raw... More

Paul Michaud

Musician - Singer - Songwriter

20 year music veteran "Paul Lawrence Michaud" is making alot of noise around Nashville as a multi talented singer/songwriter/demo producer/session guitarist/demo singer/ and such a great guy. Playing up and down the east coast and touring Canada a few times he has lived the rock'n roll life style until........GOD said... More

Drew Miller

Musician

From his creative guitar riffs to his surprising lyrical depth, it's apparent that 14-year-old Drew Miller is musically wise beyond his years. With 15 original songs in the past year, he continues to fine-tune and expand on his acoustic rock sound, drawing inspiration from artists as diverse as Dave Matthews,... More

Helen Minton

Visual Artist - Visual Artist: Painting

I am a native of Woodbury, Tennessee and I have been painting for nine years. I discovered the therapeutic value of painting many years ago. My adventure in painting began after painting on furniture and ceramics. This led me onward to painting on canvas, where I experimented with water colors... More

Christopher Mohnani

Artober - Choreographer - Dancer - Director

Christopher is originally from Makati City in the Philippines. He was a soloist and principal dancer with Ballet Manila, Krasnoyarsk State Opera and Ballet Theater of Russia and for almost 10 seasons, as the top male Principal Danseur at Nashville Ballet. During the course of his dance career, he has... More

William Moon

Composer - Educator: Teens - Educator: Youth - Musician - Musician: Wind

William S. Moon - arranger, composer, lyricist, conductor, teacher. Retired instrumental music teacher - Metro Nashville (TN) Public Schools. Started playing in the 60’s with various R&B Bands: The True Tones (Virginia), Tyrone Smith, Fred Waters and others. Former military bandsman (USAF). Freelance player and arranger in Nashville, TN. and... More

Peter Moon Band

Musician

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James moore

Visual Artist - Visual Artist: Painting

I am drawn to natural subjects and like to change things a bit to reflect an idea or feeling. I mostly work with acrylics on canvas. I am a self taught artist who began to paint over 30 years ago. I have very high standards for my work and have... More

LeAnna Mosley

I was born into a family with a strong musical background in the heart of the Appalachian Mountains in southwest Virginia. I began singing at four years of age, playing the guitar at six, songwriting around ten years, and expressing myself through visual art. Having roots in the styles of... More

Maureen Murphy

Musician

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Brandi and Eddie Music

Musician - Singer - Songwriter - Artist

Brandi & Eddie — a duo consisting of Brandi Kaye and Eddie Sash — turns the corner on modern country music duos. For one, it’s something you can identify with immediately. It’s about life’s journey… told in song. Today, most contemporary country acts draw on Hard Rock or Southern Rock... More

MerryBeth Myrick

Visual Artist - Visual Artist: Jewelry

The desire to have unique jewelry stems from my hand-made clothing during childhood. My mother made most of my clothes and I loved it. I got to design them and in a week I'd have a new outfit that none of my friends could buy. Same with jewelry, but I'm... More

Amanda Nagurney

Musician - Singer - Songwriter

Amanda Nagurney, 23 year old singer, songwriter and musician has just released her album titled “Gone”. Amanda has sung the National Anthem for the Buffalo Bills, Sabres, Louisville Bats (Slugger Field), World's Toughest Rodeo and many more. She has opened for many Nashville Recording Artists such as Travis Tritt, Sara... More

Melody Nehls

Dancer

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Barry Noland

Photographer - Visual Artist - Visual Artist: Photography - Writer

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Anthony Novak

Visual Artist - Visual Artist: Sculpture - Visual Artist: Moldmaking

Anthony Novak is a sculptor, restoration artisan, and fabricator in Nashville, TN. He has been a professional artist since 1986. His work is on permanent display in a number of iconic Nashville institutions including the rotunda of the Baskin Law Center at Belmont University, Baptist Hospital, St. Thomas Hospital and... More