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Join us on Saturday, April 24, 2010 for this month’s edition of ArtEast (Formally known as the East Nashville Art Stroll)
Several
East Nashville Galleries and small businesses have banded together to
create this fun evening celebrating the arts. This is an ongoing
endeavor to feature visual and performing artists every month.
HOURS: 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. (Check individual galleries for different or expanded hours.)
THE GALLERIES:
ART & INVENTION GALLERY: (1106 Woodland St. / 615.226.2070 / Meg MacFadyen / artandinvention@earthlink.net )
“Bells Bend: A Sense of Place” is
a group show featuring artists who have created work connected to
Bell’s Bend- its landscapes, people, history and future. Participating
artists are: Anne R. Williams, Brenda Butka, Denise Hawkins, DiAnne
Patrick, Don Evans, Jean Gauld-Jaeger, Jim Osborn, Joel Knapp, John
Kuenneth, Lisa Rivas, Martha Berry, Mary Sue Kern, Nathalie Van Balen,
Paul Schatckin, Sheila B., and Stacey Irvin.
Bells
Bend is a place where the past—at least ten thousand years of human
history—is still visible and the present is very much alive.
Some Nashvillians see it as a garden district, others as ancient dirt
filled with ten thousand years of history. Some come with their
binoculars, while others arrive with jogging shoes or bicycles. Some
view it as pure landscape—barns and rolling fields, while others have
more urban visions.
The Vision of “Bell’s Bend: A Sense of Place” is to let each artist express their ideas and point of view about this wonderful place.
As usual, we also highlight the work of many local and regional artisans. The latest work by local favorites are represented, along with many new artists. (Paintings, prints, jewelry, pottery, glasswork, furniture, lighting fixtures, fiber art, etc…)
Exhibit runs from April 24, 2010 – June 6, 2010
Art & Invention Gallery Hours: Friday & Saturday 11:00 am – 6:00pm
Sundays from noon to 5:00 pm
Monday – Thursday by appointment
BILLUPS ART: (1008-C Woodland Street – in the lot behind Beyond the Edge / 615.489.5100 / Anthony Billups / billupsart@gmail.com)
Billups Art will be featuring the work of Betty Malo.
Betty
Malo has been actively creating art for the last 2 decades. Rich in
natural materials and embellished with touches of heavy metal colors
such as gold and silver, Malo’s mix of mediums combines all the
elements of the earth. She originally began practicing her unique
techniques on leather which ultimately set the stage for her line of
jewelry, Betty Badd Couture. Malo’s designs, now regularly worn by
a-list celebrities, musicians, performers and collectors have brought
her acclaim both regionally and nationally. She was most recently
selected as MTV’s designer of the year at Las Vegas’ Magic trade show.
There will be live music all day, and Greta Gaines will perform during Billups’ after party at 9:30 pm.
Gallery Hours: Tuesday – Friday: 10:00 am – 6:00 pm.
Monday Nights: 8:00 pm -11:00pm is Open Road Monday (new exhibits and musicians each Monday!)
BONGO JAVA: (107 South 11th Street / 615.226.BJRC(2572) / amber@bongojava.com )
Bongo Java will be featuring the artwork of the Meigs Magnet Middle School Eighth Grade Advanced Art Class.
Each student has written an artist’s statement to accompany their work.
Jan Hatleberg, Art Teacher
FANNY’S HOUSE OF MUSIC: (1101 Holly Street / 615.750.5746 / Pam Cole / info@fannyshouseofmusic.com )
Fanny’s
House of Music will be serving up a mystery stew of art and musical
entertainment for this month’s Art East. Pop in to see what they have
cooked up!
HUMANKIND: (604 Gallatin Avenue / www.humankind-nashville.com)
Antwan Hamilton (http://twitter.com/artificerllc)One
of the many new and young talented art groups that’s emerged on the
scene is a group of artists known as Artificer. The group consists of
Antwan Hamilton and brothers Christopher, and Tylor Trobaugh. Together
this band of three can create almost any form of artwork, ranging from
murals, photography, painting and the ever-popular big Lego chains. The
Artificer artists are becoming known throughout the city for their hip
n’cool art shows and art parties.
Lloyd Bruce Tucker “I dislike
speaking of myself. But now, at age 88, I suppose I should because
people I don't know are finding my artwork interesting and want to know
more. It was always imperative that I express my conscious feeling in
paint. And so, classically instructed in the prestigious Pennsylvania
and Chicago Academies of Fine Art, I learned which end of a brush to
paint with. But it was my own dark experiments that led to making
paintings of the kind so seldom seen on tearoom walls. My work is not
made primarily to sell, but made for me alone and sometimes stored away
unseen by other eyes for years.”
Josh Rhodes (http://www.goteamrhodes.com/)Josh
Rhodes creates paintings on canvas, blocks of wood, old cabinet doors -
whatever he gets his hands on. Josh Rhodes is an East Nashville
resident who also designs websites, logos, and other graphics. His
wife and partner in Team Rhodes, Sarah, is a photographer. Sarah
Rhodes' photos of local refugees from Bhutan, Cuba, and Iraq are also
displayed in Humankind. http://www.goteamrhodes.com/art/paintings/4247598
OCTANE GALLERY (inside of KUSTOM THRILLS TATTOO): (1000 Main St., Ste. 107 /615.226.3009 / Chris Saint Clark / kustomthrills@gmail.com / kustomthrills.com)
“HIDE AND GO FREAK” features the work of DUSTIN DIRT!
Octane Gallery inside Kustom Thrills Tattoo
Dustin Dirt
entertains you by creating the monsters that previously lurked under
your bed, and currently vacation in your mind. His collections of
candy-colored freaks will be invading Kustom Thrills Tattoo’s new
Octane Gallery space April 22nd, with an opening reception from 7-10pm. Come early to snag a free set of the world famous Monster Vision Glasses.
Dirt’s
family of freaks demand attention like screaming children, and yet
perfectly represent the frustrations of the adult world. His work
feels right at home in the low brow genre, and his art is considered to
be a neo-revival of the 60s monster painters such as Ed Roth, Von
Dutch, and Robert Williams.
Dustin
Dirt has recently shown in the down and dirty “5 Themes, 15 Artists”
show at Studio 83, “Pancakes and Booze” and “Burnouts, Needles, and
Brushes” in New York. New to the Nashville art scene Dirt, is quickly
acquiring a following for his bloodshot eyes and yellow gangly teeth.
Show opens April 22, 2010, 7:00pm -10:00 pm
To contact Dustin Dirt:
Email- waltkestudios@gmail.com
Phone – 615.390.8086
Kustom Thrills Tattoo Hours
Monday through Saturday, 12:00pm – 10:00pm
Sunday, 12:00pm – 8:00pm
OPEN LOT: (1307 Jewel Street / openlotnashville@gmail.com )
Translation- Curated by Meagan Rust, Richard Harper, and Open Lot
The
goal of Translation is to highlight the process of interpretation from
textual to visual, and from visual to textual. A dialogue between
visual artists and writers, the show will explore how different types
of art can influence and interact with each other.
The
curators of Translation have selected two poems, a sculpture, and a
painting that are included in the show. Visual artists were asked to
create a response or interpretation to one of the written pieces, and
writers are asked to create a response or interpretation to one of the
visual pieces. Translation features work by local painters James Perrin (http://www.jameswperrin.com/jameswperrin/Home.html) and Jonathan Lisenby, Nashville poet Jeff Hardin (http://www.jhardin.columbiastate.edu/), up-and-coming writer Richard Harper, Matt Jernigan, and Meagan Rust, among others.
WONDERS ON WOODLAND, BACK EAST, and Cloud 12: (1110 Woodland St. / 615.226.5300 / Wayne or Deb Goodwyn; Lori Honig / wgoodwyn@comcast.net )
Join Wonders on Woodland, Back East, and Cloud 12 for the opening of “A Fun Art Show” featuring works by local artists Jerry Uselton, Lori Honig, Fernando Cadena and Debbie G.
These
3 businesses are all housed under one roof, and offer a fun, funky mix
of vintage home furnishings from mid-century modern to primitives, a
wide selection of artisan and vintage jewelry, and one-of-a-kind
collectibles.
