Artist Spotlight: Larry Stewart
Growing up in Laguna Beach, California, Larry Stewart was always focused on sports. Football, basketball, surfing — he excelled at it all. But the artist inside was always there. “I was always doodling in my notes,” he said. “And they looked beautiful, but I probably didn’t read back over the actual notes.” He went to […]
Creative Growth
Artville, Nashville’s only public visual arts festival, is entering its third year with plans to be bigger, bolder and more immersive than ever. Starting Sept. 26, the festival is expanding from its original location in the Wedgewood-Houston and Chestnut Hill neighborhoods to a citywide event featuring multiple locations. The festival’s hub this year will be […]
Contemporary Couple
Cassie and Jake Greatens have built something wonderful together in the years since they met and fell in love as teenagers in Tampa. Inspired by a trip to galleries in Europe, the couple opened their first gallery in Tampa and quickly became known for curating and selling works by iconic artists like Jean-Michel Basquiat and […]
Bridging the Cultural Divide
For Nashville native Sai Clayton, the cultural intersection of her family tree provides a foundation for her artistic exploration. The parallels between her differing family histories can highlight both the similarities and differences between the two cultures. “My American grandfather would go fishing, and he had an outdoor sink where he’d cut and fillet and […]
Sculpting the Future
tep up close to the Athena Parthenos statue in Nashville — golden, glinting, stretching 42 feet toward the Parthenon replica’s ceiling — and you’re left dumbstruck by the sheer scope of what she is and represents. The Greek goddess of wisdom. Lost history reborn. A civic touchstone standing impossibly tall, drawing fascinated tourists from around […]
Immersive: Inspiration
Cheekwood Estate & Gardens has named Shawn Huckins, an American painter best known for his fusion of technical skill and satirical wit, as the 2025 Interventions artist,and an exhibition featuring his work will be on view until Oct. 26, 2025. Interventions launched in 2021 as an arts initiative to activate the historic period rooms and […]
Landmark Status
An exclusive artistic partnership with award-winning photographer Timothy White and The Hermitage Hotel has turned the grand entrance, bar and signature restaurant into a living gallery that honors both Nashville’s cultural legacy and The Hermitage Hotel’s place within that legacy. Since opening in 1910, The Hermitage Hotel has served as a backdrop to the […]
A Collected Life
From a young age Bebe Buell noticed that when her mother decorated, she would keep things grouped together in their like category. All the birds would be in one place. All the glass eggs in another. Little by little, her mother started small collections for her too, like a little shoe collection, and her Desert […]
A Dazzling Display
Famed floral designer Laura Dowling returns to Cheekwood for the second year in a row to create elaborate custom decorations inside the historic mansion as part of the estate’s annual Holiday Lights display, this time with a look inspired by visions of sugarplums, candy-colored hues and chestnuts roasting over an open fire. “I’m thrilled to […]
Artist Spotlight: Shane Miller
Everything from Shane Miller’s dreamy landscapes to his proficiency in the nuances of oil glazing techniques is imbued with his passion for painting. “I had a watercolor teacher in high school who taught me things like composition and techniques — like how to mix blue in the foliage for distance and yellow for the foreground, […]