Events
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Dates |
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Artober 2012
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Metro Arts |
10/01/12 -
10/31/12 |
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Cyberchase - The Chase is On!
Presented by Adventure Science Center at Adventure Science Center January 21-June 3, 2012 Prepare to journey out of this world and into Cyberspace with Adventure Science Center’s latest temporary exhibit, Cyberchase—The Chase is On! opening on Saturday, Jan. 21. The exhibit is based on the popular Emmy award-winning PBS KIDS GO! animated television series and invites visitors to join forces with the show’s characters and use math to fight evil.
“We want to show kids that math is not only fun, but it’s everywhere and everyone can be good...
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Adventure Science Center |
01/21/12 -
06/03/12 |
Adventure Science Center, Nashville |
Natural Selection: Darwin's Mystery of Mysteries
Presented by Adventure Science Center at Adventure Science Center March 1-June 30, 2012 Join young Charles Darwin on an adventurous voyage of exploration circumnavigating the globe on the HMS Beagle. Witness the thrill of scientific discovery by seeing the world through Darwin’s eyes. Make observations of the most beautiful natural scenery and let the pieces of the scientific puzzle slowly but surely fall into place. Allow Darwin himself to reveal the simple and beautiful mechanism that explains the origin of species: Natural Selection.
Natural Selection is...
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Adventure Science Center |
03/01/12 -
06/30/12 |
Adventure Science Center, Nashville |
"Transit of Venus" Event
Presented by Adventure Science Center at Adventure Science Center June 5, 2012 On June 5, beginning at 5:04pm, a rare astronomical event will take place – our sister planet, Venus, will cross the sun and be visible from Earth for only the seventh time in recorded history. The passing, called the “Transit of Venus,” will not happen again until the year 2117.
To celebrate the rare event, Adventure Science Center is providing a free opportunity for Middle Tennesseans to safely view the transit and learn from experts about its significance....
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Adventure Science Center |
06/05/12 |
Adventure Science Center, Nashville |
Weekend Workshops at Appalachian Center for Craft
Presented by Appalachian Center for Craft at Appalachian Center for Craft June 22-June 24, 2012 Enjoy a creative and fulfilling learning experiece in one or more of our craft workshops. Work in an expertly equipped, professional studio environment in blacksmithing, clay, fibers, glass, metals or wood; choose from classes suitable for beginners to craft professionals.
Weekend Workshops include:
Fireplace Tools for Beg-Int Blacksmiths with Joe Brown
Build It, Slip It, Scratch It with Shoko Teruyama & Matt Kelleher
Handmade...
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Appalachian Center for Craft |
06/22/12 -
06/24/12 |
Appalachian Center for Craft, Smithville |
Weekend Workshops at Appalachian Center for Craft
Presented by Appalachian Center for Craft at Appalachian Center for Craft June 1-June 3, 2012 Enjoy a creative and fulfilling learning experiece in one or more of our craft workshops. Work in an expertly equipped, professional studio environment in blacksmithing, clay, fibers, glass, metals or wood; choose from classes suitable for beginners to craft professionals.
Weekend Workshops include:
Learn the Basics: Decorative Grills with Susan Hutchinson
The Fearless Sculpture with Shadow May
Felted Wool Roving Braided...
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Appalachian Center for Craft |
06/01/12 -
06/03/12 |
Appalachian Center for Craft, Smithville |
Week-long Workshops at Appalachian Center for Craft
Presented by Appalachian Center for Craft at Appalachian Center for Craft June 10-June 15, 2012 Enjoy a creative and fulfilling learning experiece in one or more of our craft workshops. Work in an expertly equipped, professional studio environment in blacksmithing, clay, fibers, glass, metals or wood; choose from classes suitable for beginners to craft professionals.
Week-long workshops include:
Making Tools for Anvil, Power Hammer or Treadle Hammer with Clay Spencer
Large-Scale Ceramics: Bigger Than Me with Aaron Lee Benson
Textile...
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Appalachian Center for Craft |
06/10/12 -
06/15/12 |
Appalachian Center for Craft, Smithville |
Intensive Workshops at Appalachian Center for Craft
Presented by Appalachian Center for Craft at Appalachian Center for Craft July 24-August 10, 2012 Enjoy a creative and fulfilling learning experiece in one or more of our craft workshops. Work in an expertly equipped, professional studio environment in blacksmithing, clay, fibers, glass, metals or wood; choose from classes suitable for beginners to craft professionals.
Intensive workshops include:
Making and Wood-Firing Pots Using Local Materials with Daniel Johnston
Coats of Color & Collaborative Texture with Liz Spear and Linda Veilleux
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Appalachian Center for Craft |
07/24/12 -
08/10/12 |
Appalachian Center for Craft, Smithville |
Weekend Workshops at Appalachian Center for Craft
Presented by Appalachian Center for Craft at Appalachian Center for Craft June 29-July 1, 2012 Enjoy a creative and fulfilling learning experiece in one or more of our craft workshops. Work in an expertly equipped, professional studio environment in blacksmithing, clay, fibers, glass, metals or wood; choose from classes suitable for beginners to craft professionals.
Weekend workshops include:
Church Key 101: An Introduction to the Art of Bottle Openers with Abraham Pardee
Introduction to Surface Design with Susan Moore
Intro to...
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Appalachian Center for Craft |
06/29/12 -
07/01/12 |
Appalachian Center for Craft, Smithville |
Week-long Workshops at Appalachian Center for Craft
Presented by Appalachian Center for Craft at Appalachian Center for Craft July 8-July 13, 2012 Enjoy a creative and fulfilling learning experiece in one or more of our craft workshops. Work in an expertly equipped, professional studio environment in blacksmithing, clay, fibers, glass, metals or wood; choose from classes suitable for beginners to craft professionals.
Week-long Workshops include:
Furniture from the Forge with Chris Shea
Color and Line with Rimas VisGirda
Making Wild Animals Using the Materials of Our Lives with...
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Appalachian Center for Craft |
07/08/12 -
07/13/12 |
Appalachian Center for Craft, Smithville |
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23rd Annual White Oak Crafts Fair
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Arts Center of Cannon County |
09/08/12 -
09/09/12 |
Arts Center of Cannon County , Woodbury |
Creativity Moves Nashville
Presented by Playing By Air Productions at Belmont University - Black Box Theatre in Troutt Theatre Complex May 24-May 27, 2012 Creativity Moves Nashville is a 4-day event that will bring the Nashville community together around a vision of giving back through creativity. The event serves as a catalyst for creative professionals, entrepreneurs, non-profits and the entire community to develop lasting programs and relationships that will shape and transform the city throughout the year.
The event features a
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Playing By Air Productions |
05/24/12 -
05/27/12 |
Belmont University - Black Box Theatre in Troutt Theatre Complex, Nashville |
Creativity Moves Nashville: Young Adult Cancer Survivors Program
Presented by Playing By Air Productions at Belmont University - Black Box Theatre in Troutt Theatre Complex May 27, 2012 Creativity Moves Nashville will bring together young adult cancer survivors, family, friends, and caregivers for an afternoon of inspiration, joy, and bonding.
Sunday’s free program for young adult cancer survivors and supporters will feature live entertainment from Playing By Air, inspiring cancer survivor speakers, and an interactive songwriting program led by Grammy and Emmy nominated, CMA & ACM award winning songwriter Billy Kirsch.
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Playing By Air Productions |
05/27/12 |
Belmont University - Black Box Theatre in Troutt Theatre Complex, Nashville |
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Belmont University Senior Exhibition & Art Crawl
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Belmont University - Leu Art Gallery |
04/09/12 -
06/15/12 |
Belmont University - Leu Art Gallery, Nashville |
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Barry Buxkamper's Inside Out | Outside In
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Belmont University - Leu Art Gallery |
06/03/12 -
08/04/12 |
Belmont University - Leu Art Gallery, Nashville |
Connections: Tennessee's Best of the Best Student Exhibition
Presented by Belmont University - Leu Art Gallery at Belmont University - Leu Center for the Visual Arts June 22-August 29, 2012 This exhibit will be on display at Gallery 121 inside the Leu Center for the Visual Arts from June 22 through August 29.
There will be a reception on Tuesday, July 10, 5:30pm-8:00pm, awards at 5:45pm (concurrent with Barry Buxkamper). Connections features artwork created by Tennessee art educators and illustrates the relationship or connection of exemplary student art with that of their instructors as their work is exhibited alongside “Tennessee’s Best of the...
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Belmont University - Leu Art Gallery |
06/22/12 -
08/29/12 |
Belmont University - Leu Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville |
Blackbird Presents: Still Life and Flesh
Presented by Blackbird Tattoo and Gallery at Blackbird Tattoo and Gallery May 27-July 6, 2012 This month, Blackbird Tattoo and Gallery presents Still Life and Flesh, a collection of deeply intellectual oil and photo works, at times urban and gothic, portraying the fragmented and frozen nature of reality.
1000 Photograpy and Design husband and wife team Chris and Angelique Moselle Price, weaves an intimate photographic web of contrastingly erotic and eerie...
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Blackbird Tattoo and Gallery |
05/27/12 -
07/06/12 |
Blackbird Tattoo and Gallery, Nashville |
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Anna O'Connor Photography Solo Exhibit
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Friends of the Brentwood Library |
05/01/12 -
05/31/12 |
Brentwood Library, Brentwood |
Watercolor Painting Classes - Brentwood
Presented by Gail McDaniel Art at Brentwood United Methodist Church May 1-July 24, 2012 Gail McDaniel, an acclaimed watercolor artist/instructor who has served as an associate member of the Winsor & Newton Creative Artist Network of London, England, will teach a series of watercolor painting classes in Middle Tennessee this spring and summer for artists at all levels.
Two separate watercolor painting classes will be offered to beginning, intermediate and advanced artists on selected...
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Gail McDaniel Art |
05/01/12 -
07/24/12 |
Brentwood United Methodist Church, Brentwood |
Bryant Gallery 1st Birthday and All-Stars
Presented by Bryant Gallery at Bryant Gallery May 12-June 30, 2012 Bryant Gallery All-Stars Show will feature 22 artists that have shown their work at the gallery during the past year. Participating artists:
Andee Rudloff, Beth Seiters, Bill Brimm, Donna Rizzo, Doug Stevenson,Gary White, Grant Garmezy, Green Daniel, Heather Lose, Hunt Adams, John Reed, Katie Gonzalez, Lena Lucas, Libby Byler, Lucian Nicholson, Lydia Wilson, Mary Sue Kern, Marty Yonts, Nola Jane & Hugh, Ruth Zelanski, and Stacey Irvin.
Also, part of Second Saturday at...
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Bryant Gallery |
05/12/12 -
06/30/12 |
Bryant Gallery, Nashville |
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Art Exhibit, Gallery Talks, Artists’ Demonstrations: McBride, Threalkill & Wagner
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Centennial Art Center |
06/01/12 -
07/25/12 |
Centennial Art Center, Nashville |
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34th Annual TACA Fall Craft Fair
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Tennessee Association of Craft Artists - TACA |
09/21/12 -
09/23/12 |
Centennial Park, Nashville |
42nd Annual American Artisan Festival
Presented by American Artisan Festival at Centennial Park June 15-June 17, 2012 In 2012, the festival will host the work of 165 exhibitors from 35 states across America. Each has been selected for excellence within their medium including jewelry, pottery, wood, blown glass, photography, clothing, metal, outdoor furniture, toys, candles, batiks, handmade paper, leather, hats and more. Find an incredible gift for Dad, or the perfect gift for yourself – there is amazing artistry this year and something for everyone.
Each year we make sure to have some of...
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American Artisan Festival |
06/15/12 -
06/17/12 |
Centennial Park, Nashville |
Nashville Internationals VI and Celebrate Nashville
Presented by Metro Parks and Recreation's Centennial Art Center at Centennial Park October 5-October 24, 2012 Nashville's Internationals VI: artists from around the world who now call Nashville home. This exhibit will take place in the Centennial Art Center which will be open during festival hours (10:00am-6:00pm)on Saturday, October 6 and during regular gallery hours for the remainder of the exhibit which runs from October 6 through October 24. There will...
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Metro Parks and Recreation's Centennial Art Center |
10/05/12 -
10/24/12 |
Centennial Park, Nashville |
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Treehouses: Great Works of Literature
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Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art |
05/26/12 -
09/03/12 |
Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art, Nashville |
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Permanent Residents: Artists from Cheekwood’s Collection
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Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art |
03/31/12 -
12/31/12 |
Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art, Nashville |
Hans Schmitt-Matzen
Presented by Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art at Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art March 24-May 27, 2012 In Cross-Reference Hans Schmitt-Matzen and his collaborator Gieves Anderson pay tribute to the spatial experience of being in a library. The artwork in this series is based on photographs taken in libraries and attempt to convey the painterly aesthetics of panning one’s eye across the rolling spines of books lining a shelf. The artwork mimics that experience through a ribbon-like paint stroke unfolding across a canvas. The library thus becomes a source of painterly...
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Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art |
03/24/12 -
05/27/12 |
Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art, Nashville |
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Highballs & Hydrangeas
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Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art |
08/17/12 |
Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art, Nashville |
Every Tree Tells a Story
Presented by Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art at Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art May 26-September 2, 2012 This stunning exhibition comes to Cheekwood from the Cultural Landscape Foundation (TCLF) in Washington, D.C. and features 25 images of 12 different sites in the US and Puerto Rico as captured by prize-winning and renowned photographers. Every Tree Tells a Story focuses on the irreplaceable trees and tree groupings, often associated with historically significant people and events that have shaped the development of communities and cultures. The traveling photography...
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Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art |
05/26/12 -
09/02/12 |
Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art, Nashville |
Temporary Contemporary
Presented by Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art at Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art March 24-September 2, 2012 Temporary Contemporary was initiated in 1996 and consists of four solo exhibitions each year. Each show features innovative, influential and thought-provoking works by artists who are either from or currently living in the southeastern United States. Previous artists have included William Eggleston, Roe Ethridge, Kojo Griffin, Kerry James Marshall, and Robert Ryman.
In 2005, Cheekwood joined a prestigious community on the national contemporary art front by receiving a major grant from...
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Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art |
03/24/12 -
09/02/12 |
Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art, Nashville |