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Joby SaadActor - Visual Artist - Writer - Comedian Nationaly touring stand up comedian from Nashville. Began his career at Zanies opening for Jeff Foxworthy, Bill Engvall, Jim Varney, Tim Allan, Tim Wilson/ Featured on the Highest selling Warner bros DVD "Thou Shalt Laugh"also Sony studios "Bananas" family comedy show. appeared on CMT 40 sexiest videos , ABC news... More |
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Ingrid SalasChoreographer - Dancer - Musician - Singer Ingrid Salas & Black Shadow Passion, Grace & Fire Ingrid Salas & Black Shadow are a Latin-pop band featuring 17 year old singing and dance sensation, Ingrid Salas. Black Shadow is a family band where the group offers a bond that enhances the upbeat Caribbean Latin rhythms and passionate ballads... More |
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Elizabeth SanfordEducator: Adults - Visual Artist - Visual Artist: Book Arts - Visual Artist: Painting - Writer Elizabeth Sanford is a watercolor painter who was seduced by the book arts and now creates watercolor sculptures. She has been teaching art for more than twenty years and is an instructor at Watkins College of Art, Design and Film in Nashville. Her work is in many collections including the... More |
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Shelly SantanaVisual Artist Born and raised in southern middle Tennessee, I graduated from Lewis County High in 1995 and went to Columbia State Community College and then on to Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro where I graduated from the Honors College with minors in Art and Anthropology and a degree in Psychology.... More |
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Lisa SchmidtDancer I am currently starting my third year with Dance Theatre of Tennessee. My favorite ballets done with DTT have been Carmen, Nuts, Paquita, Fado De Amour, and Valse Fantasie. I began training at the age of six at the Central Wisconsin School of Ballet under the direction of Waltraud Karkar.... More |
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Christa SchoenbrodtVisual Artist - Visual Artist: Book Arts - Visual Artist: Drawing - Visual Artist: Graphic Design - Visual Artist: Illustration - Visual Artist: Mixed Media - Visual Artist: Mosaic - Visual Artist: Painting - Visual Artist: Sculpture Christa Schoenbrodt, owner/art director/designer of Studio Haus, brings insight from over 20 years of experience in graphic design and art direction. After working in various design studios and ad agencies in Louisiana and Tennessee, even winning her first ADDY while in college, she started Studio Haus in 1996. Over the... More |
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robert bruce scottVisual Artist - Visual Artist: Mixed Media - Visual Artist: Painting - Visual Artist: Sculpture robert bruce scott graduated from the University of North Alabama with a degree in studio art. His first exhibition was held in 1993 in Birmingham, AL. For the next two years he worked as an artist's assistant, exhibit designer, and art instructor, and exhibited his work sporadically at venues around... More |
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Pablo ScruggsActor - Artober - Director - Educator: Adults - Educator: Teens - Educator: Youth - Filmmaker - Photographer - Poet - Visual Artist - Visual Artist: Book Arts - Visual Artist: Ceramics - Visual Artist: Crafts - Visual Artist: Digital Art - Visual Artist: Drawing - Visual Artist: Furniture - Visual Artist: Graphic Design - Visual Artist: Illustration - Visual Artist: Jewelry - Visual Artist: Metalworking - Visual Artist: Mixed Media - Visual Artist: Mosaic - Visual Artist: Murals - Visual Artist: Painting - Visual Artist: Photography - Visual Artist: Printmaking - Visual Artist: Sculpture - Visual Artist: Textiles - Visual Artist: Video - Visual Artist: Woodworking - Writer Artist and photographer since 1905 More |
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Michael SerkownekPhotographer My primary focus is fine art prints of landscapes and rural scenes. I originally fulfilled my artistic interests by painting watercolors, but as time progressed, my childhood interest in photography was rekindled. Photography, for me, presents challenges and opportunities, images have to be found and not created. It is a... More |
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Lee ShanelMusician - Singer Hailed for his rich baritone vocals, Lee Shanel draws upon the profound influences of his studies, his Puerto Rican "Bohemian Latin-Romantica" heritage, the Classical Great Masters, and Retro-Jazz. This Bohemian Latin-Romantic balladeer got his start performing at a young age, touring through houses of worship in the tropics. At the... More |
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Alfred SharpVisual Artist - Visual Artist: Furniture After a half-hearted attempt at a law degree, Alf Sharp discovered his true vocation in fine furnituremaking. Thirty-five years later he’s still at it with as much enthusiasm as at the beginning. Almost all work is done on a custom commission basis, in close collaboration with clients and their designers.... More |
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Sharon Rusch ShaverVisual Artist Sharon Rusch Shaver, a resident of Middle Tennessee, has been painting professionally since the 1970?s, and continues to receive top awards and recognition in her field. In 2008 the artist was awarded an Artist in Residence at Glen Arbor Art Association in Glen Arbor, MI. Columbia State University in Tennessee... More |
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Sarah ShearerVisual Artist - Visual Artist: Book Arts - Visual Artist: Drawing - Visual Artist: Illustration - Visual Artist: Mixed Media - Visual Artist: Murals - Visual Artist: Painting Sarah Shearer ?Sarah Shearer received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in painting from Belhaven College in 1999, and relocated to Nashville, TN in 2000. Shearer has primarily shown her work locally, in both solo and group exhibitions. She has been a resident artist in the Downtown Presbyterian Church studios since... More |
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Barbara ShirleyArtober - Visual Artist - Visual Artist: Mixed Media - Visual Artist: Painting Always pursuing art as a pleasure for herself, Barbara Shirley was the only girl in a family with several brothers, so she took up sketching and art as her activity. While attending Junior College, she had the opportunity to study studio art. Several years ago she came to Tennessee and... More |
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Chris SimeoneMusician UZoo - The Authentic U2 Tribute Band Experience performs all the U2 hits you want to hear with the energy, passion, musical ability and showmanship one would expect at a U2 concert. UZoo shows include classic hits such as "Where The Streets Have No Name," "Pride (In The Name Of... More |
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Dr Sketchy's Anti-Art SchoolVisual Artist Dr. Sketchy's is Nashville's Premier monthly cabaret life drawing session with different themes, costumed models, contests' prizes & more! Quarterly Sessions are held normally on the 3rd Sunday of every month @ The 5 Spot, unless otherwise noted - watch this fanpage for details. We will have gorgeous women in... More |
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Kenley SmithWriter Kenley Smith is a newcomer to Nashville, where he served last season as an Ingram New Works Lab playwright-in-residence at Tennessee Repertory Theatre. He was founder and former artistic director of Studio Roanoke, a Virginia new-works theatre. His “Devil Sedan” was a featured play at the 2008 Great Plains Theatre... More |
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Renee SomersEducator: Youth - Visual Artist - Visual Artist: Ceramics - Visual Artist: Drawing - Visual Artist: Illustration - Visual Artist: Mixed Media - Visual Artist: Murals - Visual Artist: Painting - Visual Artist: Photography - portrait painting I have a masters degree plus 70 credit hours. I graduated from Virginia Wesleyan in 1974, Eastern Virginia Medical School 1990, and am in the process of receiving my EdS in School Psychology from Tennessee State University. I have been teaching for most of my life. I have a strong... More |
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Phyllis SparksMusician - Pedal and Celtic harpist The list of people whom Phyllis Taylor Sparks has played for reads like a virtual Who's Who, including the wedding of Natalie Cole, numerous events for former Tennessee Governor Phil Bredesen, and for H.R.H. Prince Edward on his recent trip to Nashville. In addition to her work as a solo... More |
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Shannon J. SpencerActor - Director - Filmmaker - Musician: Wind - Writer - Stage Manager I have been working in theatre for almost Twenty years. I have close to two hundred productions under my belt and continue to work steadily in Nashville and the surrounding areas, on and off stage. For much more in-depth information you may visit my website, wwww.shannonjspencer.com, where I keep my... More |
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Kali StarrActor - Educator: Youth - Musician: Wind - Photographer - Visual Artist - Visual Artist: Woodworking |
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Steve SteinawayVisual Artist - Visual Artist: Book Arts - Visual Artist: Digital Art - Visual Artist: Drawing - Visual Artist: Graphic Design - Visual Artist: Illustration - Visual Artist: Mixed Media - Visual Artist: Painting - Visual Artist: Sculpture Hello, my name is Steve and I am an illustrator working out of Nashville, TN. Growing up I was greatly influenced by video games, comics and animated films. You could say I was a typical boy, but I took those influences and applied them to my love of drawing. I... More |
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Steve SternComposer - Musician - Singer - Songwriter Americana Singer/Songwriter/Guitar Player from West Virginia, based in Nashville since 1993. CD "Steam Powered Stern" released 2007. More |
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Rachel SumnerActor - Composer - Educator: Youth - Musician - Singer - Songwriter - storyteller |
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Jay SwaffordVisual Artist Jay Preston Swafford: His World Jay Swafford is an artist designed to look at the world from the inside out. And even from this very personal perspective, Swafford further skews the subjects in his mind through a multifaceted prism. He guides the viewer into his way of seeing things that... More |
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Jay SwaffordVisual Artist: Crafts - Visual Artist: Painting - Visual Artist: Photography |
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Maggie SzaboSinger - Songwriter Chosen Artist of the Month + one of the top 3 Most Fascinating Female Artists of the Year, Maggie sounds like no one else. Maggie’s voice is young and fresh yet evokes the smoke and grit of someone who has lived long and hard. Since moving to Nashville a year... More |
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