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Spotlight.........................................................................................................................1O Della Wells A Storm in a Teacup.............................................................................. 25 Bernie Taupin Lyrical Abstractions.................................................................... 3O Mathew Brady Civil War Photographer Affects the Outcome of War......... 35 Sebastian Picker Striving for Nirvana............................................................ 39 Sacred Spaces At the Gordon Jewish Community Center.......................... 44 Stanford Fine Art In the Gallery........................................................................ 48 NPT Arts Worth Watching.................................................................................................. 52 Casey Wasner Never Look Back.......................................................................... 58 ArtSmart A Monthly Guide to Art Education......................................................... 6O Lee Baskerville 2013 Steeplechase Artist............................................................ 66 Sarah Engelland Long Legs Short Bangs.......................................................... 68 The Billy and Jennifer Frist Collection Simply Picture Perfect........72 Caye David Beauty in Bali...................................................................................... 78 The Temple Arts Festival Wows Art Lovers for 24 Amazing Hours....... 84 Theatre............................................... 88 Beyond Words..................................9O Appraise It with Linda Dyer............. 92 On the Town...................................... 94 My Favorite Painting......................... 98 on the cover:

Irving Penn, Gold Dress (Lagerfeld for Chanel), 1996, Platinum-palladium print on Bienfang paper, mounted to aluminum, from the Billy and Jennifer Frist Collection Published by the St. Claire Media Group Charles N. Martin, Jr. Chairman Paul Polycarpou, President Ed Cassady, Les Wilkinson, Daniel Hightower, Directors

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Art Creates a City

y phone rang and a very familiar voice said, "Meet me at the Yellow Porch, I'm starving." So down I went and spent a glorious two

hours sitting out on the veranda with my lunch date talking about everything we could think of. Art, movies, kids, failed relationships, the weather, plans for the years ahead . . . we covered it all. Nothing was off limits. I remember thinking this might be one of the coolest persons I have ever met and that I should do this more often, spend more time with her. I did. And every time, I learned something valuable from her—most importantly that art is equal parts perspiration and inspiration, and one does not exist without the other. Sometimes Irene Ritter you just have to pick up the sledgehammer and have the courage to use it. She was a true artist in every sense of the word and will be greatly missed. Thank you, Irene. Billy and Jennifer Frist opened up their spectacular home and photography collection to us this month. And what a collection it is! Stunning images dating back to 1848 up to the latest contemporary work by artists as diverse as David LaChapelle, Annie Leibovitz, and Robert Mapplethorpe are presented in a setting that would be the envy of most metropolitan museums. But don't take my word for it. Check out the story on page 72. It doesn't take heavyweight international artists to impress us. We were equally blown away by the passion, commitment, and talent displayed by the art students at Hillsboro High School. These young ladies in Ms. Profitt's class are producing work that is fresh, energetic, and shows great promise. You'll find them and their work on page 62.

The Sights and Sounds of Spring Introducing New Artists NOAH DESMOND

Flowers Before Field, oil on canvas, 48” x 24”

JENNIFER RASMUSSON

If you've ever sung along with an Elton John song, then you are familiar with Bernie Taupin’s work. Taupin wrote the lyrics for most of Elton's major songs, including “Candle in the Wind” and “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road.” Taupin will be at The Rymer Gallery on April 6–7 to show another side of his creativity, his Abstract Expressionist-style paintings. You can see them right now on page 31. All art is color and light. Enjoy it. Paul Polycarpou Editor in Chief Editorial & advertising Offices 644 West Iris Drive, Nashville, TN 37204 Tel. 615-383-0278 Advertising Department Cindy Acuff, Beth Knott, Keith Wright All sales calls: 615-383-0278 Distribution: Wouter Feldbusch

Making Footprints, oil on panel, 16” x 16”

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Whitney Wood Bailey, Intersections

Art Makes the Music City Center This month we highlight Dane Carder and Whitney Wood Bailey whose work will be installed at the Music City Center. Dane Carder didn’t want to become the artist who creates images of the Civil War, but after doing this work for several years he embraced it. He is in awe of the imagery, which is poignant, beautiful, and loaded with symbolism. Whitney Wood Bailey’s work is often mistaken for collage, but it is all one Dane Carder surface. It has taken her ten years to develop her labor-intensive process. Working with acrylic inks and dyes, she gives her surfaces as many as 20 to 30 layers, with each layer taking at least a day to dry. Based on hash marks she saw in ancient cave paintings, Whitney developed her own tiny linear tick mark, which she carefully and deliberately places in each piece. www.nashvillemusiccitycenter.com www.whitneywood.com

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Filmmakers’ Call for Entries Deadline Extended The entry deadline for “Nashville Unveiled – Take One Video Festival Contest” has been extended to Monday, March 25. Winners will be announced during the Nashville Film Festival’s 7th Annual Official Preview at The Arts Company during the First Saturday Art Crawl on April 6. For complete entry guidelines visit www.nashvillefilmfestival.org. 10 | March 2O13 NashvilleArts.com

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York & Friends Party On! Join York & Friends Fine Art in celebrating their second anniversary and gallery expansion on Saturday, March 9. Providing refreshments again this year will be Miss Daisy, Something Special, Vandy Deli, Susan's Catering, and MM Event Services. New to the party, York’s neighbor Whitfield's Restaurant will also provide tasty treats. As always, there will be a wine tasting from West Meade Wine & Liquor Mart. A portion of the sales will benefit the Grammy-Nominated ALIAS Chamber Ensemble. At 5:30 they will perform a movement from ALIAS member Chris Farrell's Three Portraits, which will have its official premier during the upcoming Spring Concert at Blair School of Music. According to Ron York, “We are referring to this year’s celebration as a three-ring circus with the anniversary celebration, the expansion, the fabulous music, and the jewelry trunk show by Ruthie Cherry and Cheryl Pesce.” Representing over 40 artists across the eastern portion of the United States, including popular local artists as well as new talent, York & Friends has a fresh, eclectic blend of artwork as well as artisan jewelry and pottery. The celebration takes place March 9 from 4 to 7 p.m. York & Friends Fine Art is located at 107 Harding Place. www.yorkandfriends.com www.aliasmusic.org

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The Center of the Hive, 2012, Oil on panel, 60" x 42"

Ron York

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Splendid Treasures

at the University of Tennessee Elaborate silver, gilt jewelry, carpets, and textiles from Iran, Afghanistan, and Turkmenistan are showcased in Splendid Treasures of the Turkomen Tribes from Central Asia at the University of Tennessee’s McClung Museum. Originally from Mongolia, the Turkomen were seminomadic, migrating with the seasons to find pasture and fertile land. This lifestyle meant wealth had to be easily portable. Jewelry and textiles represented a form of wealth and were used for special festivities as well as daily adornment. While the exhibit objects are from the late nineteenth to the mid twentieth centuries, Turkomen peoples have been weaving for thousands of years and making jewelry for hundreds of years. Designs have changed with the culture and desires of the market, but these artistic traditions continue to play an integral part in the Turkomen economy. "Turkomen material culture is immediately recognizable—for example, in the rich reds of traditional rugs and clothing and the strong geometry of the jewelry. However, it is also a fascinating mix of indigenous Persian, Islamic, and Chinese artistic traditions, located as it has been along the Silk Road, one of the world's most important ancient trade routes. Today, the weaving, embroidery, and jewelry continue to be such an important part of Turkomen culture," explained Catherine R. Shteynberg, Associate Curator for the exhibit. Splendid Treasures will be on display though May 12. McClung Museum is located at 1327 Circle Park Drive in Knoxville. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 1 to 5 p.m. on Sunday. For more information visit www.mcclungmuseum.utk.edu.

Gossett's Barn When you think of Green Hills you may think of one of Nashville’s busiest shopping hubs, but about a mile away from the Green Hills Mall is a hidden relic. Nestled on one acre behind the homes that line the 4000 block of Estes Road rests historic Gossett’s Barn. It has played many roles over the years. While it was originally built as a dairy barn, it later served as a voting precinct, a gambling parlor, and it is rumored to have been quite the party spot. Our own Ted Clayton says, "We didn't have Internet back then. It was all word of mouth, and the barn was always the place to be." By the time Bill Gavigan and Charlotte Vermeeren purchased the barn, it was in disrepair. Vermeeren recalled seeing classic Dutch barns turned into luxury homes in her homeland, the Netherlands, and jumped on the opportunity. Drawing from her European roots and her own design sensibilities she recreated Gossett’s Barn as a unique Nashville home.

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Drawing from the Body by Sara Lee Burd ven the most saintly among us have cursed our computers, television remotes, printers, etc., for not doing exactly what we need them to do.

Can you imagine what our technological gadgets would say back to us? I have tried to insult Siri but, well, it has never recognized my voice anyway. Camille Utterback did not start out trying to explore the line between technology and the human experience. She graduated from Williams College with an emphasis in painting. Once out on her own she became all too aware of the difficulties of being a young artist. She started taking continuing education classes in computer programming to build skills to excel in the hot new Internet industry that was developing in the ’90s. However, as artists do, she found herself asking bigger questions.

different questions and methods of interaction. As participants enter Text Rain they see themselves and everyone else in the installation area projected onto the wall in front of them. Letters that make up words and phrases fall over the projections of the group. As each viewer moves, so do the letters. Museumgoers aren’t expected to contemplate works of art alone with arms clasped behind backs: everyone is part of the art experience. Utterback reminds us that “we are all part of a system, be it the environment, politics, or community . . . You can’t just do your thing and not affect others.” Camille Utterback: Tracing Time/Marking Movement will be at the Frist Center for the Visual Arts until May 19. For more about the artist visit www.fristcenter.org and www.camilleutterback.com.

While at graduate school at NYU, Utterback became frustrated by the limitations presented by the mouse and keyboard sitting in front of her. She began to wonder about the role of the body in the systems we are building. “We are more than just a finger,” Utterback says, “but to operate our personal computers we are restricted to using only the tools that work within the computer’s system.” Utterback’s works are fun because they move the viewer from passive to active participation. Each installation brings up

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Not Your Traditional Seder Guess Who’s Coming to Seder? A Delicious New Musical is the hilarious story of Sarah Friedman, who holds her first Passover Seder dinner for eight of her friends, none of whom are Jewish. As the Seder progresses and the wine flows, nine people from seven different religions reveal funny, poignant, and unexpected confessions. The contemporary score covers the spectrum of theater, pop, rock, and R&B. The first staged readings of Guess Who’s Coming To Seder? (which was nominated for the 2010 Fred Ebb Award) were held in 2011 at the Darkhorse Theatre to standing-room-only audiences with standing ovations. In March 2012, it had its New York City debut, which also resulted in a standing ovation. Enjoy Nashville’s first full production of Guess Who’s Coming To Seder? at the Nashville Gordon Jewish Community Center March 28 and 30 at 7:30 p.m. and March 31 at 3:30 p.m. Tickets are available at www.ticketsnashville.com or by calling 615-713-0928. Please visit www.guesswhoscomingtoseder.com for more information.

Everything Will Be, 2012, Acrylic and pencil on canvas, 12” x 12”

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Visual artist Jacob Blaze balances managing a freelance graphic-design company with a dynamic painting career. By day, Blaze is a wizard of logos, brochures, websites, and billboards. By night, he is a conjurer of art, creating work with an aesthetic of pattern and intentional simplicity. His latest series OK: Reactions to Repetitions, on view at Crema, deconstructs the concept of recurrence using pencil and acrylic.

With bold colors against contrasting black and white, Blaze paints robust mixed-media pieces using repeated elements. Parallel vertical lines resembling picket fences course across canvas interrupted by a single, repeated word, OK. Blaze describes this intentional word placement saying, “When I first applied the OK to one of these pieces, I thought it fit so well up against the repeating lines. We can say it submissively, defensively, sarcastically, confidently, nonchalantly, or with purpose; we can speak this same word from internal places of peace or strife. In the context of these paintings, the use of this term helps explore our response to times in life that are rough or during which we feel like we're simply going through the motions, waking and sleeping.” Blaze’s paintings ebb and flow, connecting repetitious symbol to language in a series that will engage viewers in a distinctive introspection. And, well, that’s OK. OK: Reactions to Repetitions is on display at Crema, 15 Hermitage Avenue, Nashville, through March 31. www.jacobblaze.com

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Ancient American Art at the Frist Center Opening Friday, March 1, at the Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Exploring Art of the Ancient Americas: The John Bourne Collection, offers a compelling overview of the art made in Mesoamerica, Central America, and Andean South America between 1200 B.C. and A.D. 1520, when the Spanish conquest of the New World began. The religious, political, and social beliefs of the Olmec, Aztec, Maya, and Inka civilizations, among others, are revealed through utilitarian and decorative vessels, sculptures, metal works, and jewelry. The exhibition presents the objects as both beautiful art forms and insightful expressions of the indigenous peoples of the Americas. “The people inhabiting these regions forged remarkably innovative and sophisticated cultures making the region one of the world’s great cradles of civilization on par with those in Europe and Asia,” says Frist Center Curator Katie Delmez. All works in the exhibition come from the collection of John Bourne, which he generously gifted to the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore. Enamored of the creative expressiveness of the peoples of the ancient Americas, Bourne began collecting art from this region and time period. “At this time in the 1950s, Bourne was one of only a few—which included the Mexican artists Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo—who recognized pre-Columbian artifacts as fine art.” Exploring Art of the Ancient Americas: The John Bourne Collection remains on view through June 23, 2013. For more information visit www.fristcenter.org.

Standing Female Figure, Lagunillas "C" Type, Nayarit, Mexico, 300 BCE-200 CE

Seated Figure, Colima, Mexico, 100 BCE-300 CE, Burnished earthenware

What's It Really Worth? Have your treasures appraised and support Nashville Public Television at NPT’s annual Antiques & Fine Arts Appraisal Day. Accepted items include silver, paintings, sculpture, textiles, pottery, furniture, Asian items, folk art, Southern decorative arts, books, documents, jewelry, musical instruments, porcelain, collectibles, dolls, glass, and Civil War coins and currency. Photographs are acceptable for large items. Register in advance through March 16 and you can have up to three items appraised for $75 or up to six items for $150. If you register on the day of the event the cost is three items for $100 or up to six items for $200.

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The event takes place on Sunday, March 17, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Radisson Hotel located at 1112 Airport Center Drive. All appraisals are verbal opinions of value only. All proceeds directly support NPT’s Educational, Cultural & Civic Programming. www.wnpt.org/antiques

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Dorothy Lands at Cheekwood Atlanta-based artist Dorothy O’Connor will create a new installment of her acclaimed series Scenes in her role as the 2013 Martin Shallenberger Artist-in-Residence at Cheekwood. Open studio hours will be held on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10 a.m. until 12 p.m. through April 4, so visitors can observe her at work. During her residency at Cheekwood and throughout the subsequent exhibition, O’Connor will create a multilayered installation covering a number of gallery spaces. Cheekwood’s Frist Learning Center galleries will be transformed into an enchanted forest. Working in the style of a tableau vivant, or “living picture,” the artist constructs dramatic and fanciful scenes using everyday objects and handmade sculptural elements. When the setting is complete, she incorporates a live model into the scene in an active role, using the human presence as a catalyst in telling the installation’s story. O’Connor then captures the scene with a large-format 8 x 10 camera, giving each story a second life as a photograph. “I think of them as suspended narratives like a movie still or the after-image of a dream,” said Jochen Wierich, Curator of Art. Once completed, the new exhibition, Shelter, will debut to the public on April 6 and be on display until June 30. Cheekwood is located at 1200 Forrest Park Drive and is open Tuesday through Saturday 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Sunday 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. For further information call 615-356-8000 or visit www.cheekwood.org.

Dorothy O'Connor, Tornado, 2011

Women Painting Women Since 2009, Customs House Museum has celebrated Women’s History Month with a themed exhibit of female artists. For 2013 the theme is Women Painting Women and will showcase contemporary female artists including Ann Piper, Gaela Erwin, Yvonne Petkus, Gwen Rodriguez, Sharon Rusch Shaver, Alison Oakes, Chelsea Gibson, Tanya Tewell, Lynn Garwood, Wanda Choate, Denise StewartSanabria, Terri Jordan, and Virginia Derryberry.

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The opening reception will take place on March 7 from 6 to 8 p.m. Prior to the reception, at 5:15, participating artist Alison Oakes Denise Stewart-Sanabria, Alison Chains, 2013, Oil on canvas, 27" x 18" will moderate a panel discussion on the exhibit theme. In conjunction with the exhibit, the museum will host art and lunch programs and an event celebrating the strength of women. Women Painting Women will be on display through May 12. Customs House Museum is located at 200 S. Second Street in Clarksville. For more information visit www.customshousemuseum.org.

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Contemplating Piha The Arts Company is launching its spring season with Contemplating Piha: New Innovative Artwork by Leonard Piha. This new series of paintings continues the artistâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s observations on his life including home, family, and the Jewish traditions of his childhood and family. Using found materials, Piha constructs one-ofa-kind, large and small, intricate works. In this past year, he has focused Another Bottle Tree, Oil on glass on random metal scraps, connecting them and adding them on top of hand-built canvases he makes of random sizes of wood scraps. He adds paintings to the wood surfaces, and then paints the top scrap metal pieces to complete the overall painting. Contemplating Piha opens March 2 during First Saturday Art Crawl, Downtown Nashville, 6 until 9 p.m., and continues through April 20. For more information visit www.theartscompany.com.

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Nature’s Legacy The Chestnut Group is partnering with Friends of Warner Parks in hosting an art show and sale to benefit Warner Parks. A nonprofit alliance of landscape painters, the Chestnuts are dedicated to the conservation of wild and open spaces in Middle Tennessee. Two of the founding members of the Chestnut Group, Dawn Whitelaw and Anne Goetze, who organized the first show Dawn Whitelaw, Autumn’s Payoff, at Warner ten years ago, 2012, Oil on canvas, 14” x 11” are co-chairing the event with Executive Director of Friends of Warner Parks Eleanor Willis, who is retiring after 19 years of service. Nature’s Legacy will also celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Warner Park Nature Center and the acquisition of the Hill Forest and Burch Reserve. The free show will be held at the Warner Park Nature Center, 7311 Hwy 100. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on March 8 and 9, and 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. on March 10. www.chestnutgroup.org www.friendsofwarnerparks.com

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Monsieur H.B. Deux, 2012, Mixed media

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Modern-Day Geppetto Illustrator and animator Chris Sickels, who creates eccentric visual worlds through a unique combination of three-dimensional sculptures, photography, and illustration, will speak at Watkins College of Art, Design & Film on Thursday, March 7. A reception celebrating his gallery show Illustration the Hard Way: Process, Sets & Puppets will follow the speech. “Chris Sickels aka Red Nose Studio is one of the most inventive illustrators on the planet,” said Dan Brawner, Chair of the Department of Graphic Design at Watkins. “An avid scribbler, builder, and maker, Chris is a modern-day Geppetto, cobbling together new worlds out of springs and cogs and other found bits and pieces. Via books, advertising, and animation he entertains a wide audience with his odd, puppet-filled worlds . . . ” The exhibition includes preparatory sketches, fabric samples, photographs, and puppets. Sickels’ appearance marks the opening of the 2013 Watkins Visiting Artists Exhibition, an annual yearlong program that welcomes nationally and internationally recognized fine artists, designers, filmmakers, educators, and critics to the campus and the community. Sickels’ remarks will begin at 5:30 p.m. in the Watkins Theater. His exhibit will be on display in the Brownlee O. Currey, Jr. Gallery through April 4. Watkins is located at 2298 Rosa L. Parks Boulevard in MetroCenter. For more information, visit www.Watkins.edu.

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DianeMayStudio Wake Up Call, 2012, Mixed media

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Roots Music and Dance Benefit Linden Waldorf The Linden Waldorf School's 8th Annual Spring Gala will feature an evening of music in the round with an all-star lineup including Alison Krauss, Tony Lane, Jimmy Rankin, Gordie Sampson, and some surprise special guests. In addition to enjoying music by these internationally recognized musicians, you can dance a traditionally called dance in Tennessee style, participate in a lively auction, and dine on fantastic food. Proceeds from the gala benefit Waldorf education in Nashville. The Waldorf approach integrates the arts into every facet of academics. The fun takes place Saturday, March 16, at Marathon Music Works. Doors open at 5:30 and the show begins at 7 p.m. Tickets are $125 per person and can be purchased at www.ticketsnashville.com. For more information visit www.lindenwaldorf.org/gala.

A Juried Art Exhibit and Sale Steve Immerman, Glass

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Celebrating Cherry Blossoms Having reached the halfway point in a decade-long initiative, the 2013 Nashville Cherry Blossom Festival will celebrate the planting of more than 500 Japanese Cherry Blossom trees throughout the city. Nashvilleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s annual festival is a familyfriendly, daylong celebration of Japanese culture. The event begins with a walk hosted by Sister Cities of Nashville at 9 a.m. and will be followed by the ceremonial opening of the festival at 10 a.m. The Main Stage will feature taiko drumming, special musical performances, and a CosPlay Contest.

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Festivalgoers can also enjoy a Taste of Japan, the Ginza Marketplace, J-Pop Land, Artists Avenue, and a variety of childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s activities in the Arts & Culture area. The Cherry Blossom Festival begins at 9 a.m. on Saturday, March 23, on the front lawn of the Metro Courthouse. For more information, visit www.nashvillecherryblossomfestival.org.

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Nashville Artist Carrie McGee Explores Goodlettsville History by Caroline Vincent, Public Art Manager photography by John Schweikert

f you live near or happen to be in the Goodlettsville area, stop by the Goodlettsville Branch Library to check out an elegant artwork in our public collection. In 2011, Nashville artist

Carrie McGee installed Continuum above the library’s main information and circulation desk. McGee used the circular nature of the library’s architecture to enfold the desk in a lovely band of hanging acrylic tiles that suggest pages of a book. Utilizing her signature process of chemically altering acrylic, some tiles are embedded with historic photographs and others feature rust imprints from vintage farm tools, while others yet are expressions of muted and layered color. The artwork features historic photos of Goodlettsville’s farming and manufacturing past. It pays homage to the former while creating a contemporary environment for this vibrant, modern community. McGee’s work can be seen elsewhere in Nashville at Cumberland Gallery and in other public settings around the region. Her quiet work is a beautiful complement to this library’s tranquil but active setting. We’re so pleased to have it as part of Nashville’s public collection. A full catalog of this artwork can be found at the Metro Arts web site: www.artsnashville.org/artsuser/continuum.pdf

Carrie McGee, Continuum, at Goodlettsville Branch Library

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On Saturday, March 2, head downtown for the First Saturday Art Crawl from 6 until 9 p.m. Tinney Contemporary will host an opening reception for the new exhibit Discontinuity Continuum: New Works by Pam Longobardi and Craig Dongoski. The Rymer Gallery will continue with Give and Take featuring Leonard Piha new work by L.A. Bachman and Susan Maakestad. The Arts Company will launch Contemplating Piha: New Innovative Artwork by Leonard Piha. See our spotlight on Piha on page 17.

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March Art Crawls begin with the Franklin Art Scene on Friday, March 1, from 6 until 9 p.m. The event is free, but a $5 ticket gives you an unlimited Art Scene wristband to the trolleys that circulate to more than 30 stops. Gallery 202 will feature new works by Melvin Toledo and new glass pieces by Maki Glass of Maui. Jack Yacoubian Jewelers, a boutique and gallery, will showcase the paintings of Dr. Susan McGrew from her On a Morning Walk series of Radnor Lake plus a preview of her East Africa series. Handy Hardware will present local photographer and writer Donna O’Neil and artist and musician George Hamilton V’s woodblock printed signs. Imagine Gallery of American Fine Arts and Objects will feature Reality Unexpected works by Dennis Nechvatal and Marleen De Waele-De Bock.

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Second Saturday at Five Points, March 9 from 6 until 9:30 p.m., will offer fine art, antiques, books, new and vintage clothing, and artisan wares. Bryant Gallery will showcase paintings and sculpture by Solomon Behnke. New works by Duy Huynh will be on view at Art & Invention Gallery. John Cannon Fine Art will showcase new work at his new location in the Idea Hatchery.

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Della Wells A Storm in a Teacup by Joe Pagetta

his is a story about self-taught folk artist Della Wells. I don’t know how it’s going to

end. But I know how I’m going to tell it. I’ve gathered plenty of things to put it together— photographs I’ve taken on my iPhone, a notebook with written observations from my visit to the Metro Arts Commission gallery where her work was displayed, a gallery guide written by a young intern from Belmont named Susan, a recording of an interview I did with Wells in the lobby of

above: I Don't Care! Mr. Bridges Is Not Going to Stop Me from Doing My Sonji Dance, 2006

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I want to with hers, she seems genuinely humbled. I want to break into the Metro Arts Commission building later that night and steal all the art for myself, but the “metro” part makes me reconsider. I have the bare minimum of tools at my disposal to tell this story. My eyes, my fingers, words I already have (I’ve given up on the foundwords idea) and an ability to string those words into sentences and then paragraphs. I’ve got a laptop too, and a Lonnie Johnson CD of recordings from 1925–32 on my stereo, which makes me tap my feet, like the dancing girls in the collage Mambo Feet. There’s that American flag again, which shows up a lot, even adorning one of the teacups in the collage A Tea Cup Moment for Two, which simultaneously feels exuberant and sad to me, and I don’t know why, like watching the kids trying to have fun in the teacup ride at the county fair.

Mattie Mae Tea Cup March, 2012, Collage, 14” x 14”

the Millennium Maxwell House Hotel, and my memory of personal impressions during the interview. And words. Plenty of words. If I had my way, I’d use only found words though, and try to fashion this story much like Wells’ masterful 48” x 30” found-object collage Alice Was Not Meant to Wear the American Dream, Nor Was I. And then I’d try to convince the publisher of this magazine to let me print those words on several pages of onionskin, so that layered on top of each other, you could read the story but separated you could not, and you’d understand Wells’ deep conviction that people have layers. In Alice Was Not Meant… the logo for Soft & Beautiful shows up six times. I counted. You start to wonder what would happen if Wells and Jeff Koons, who she is a fan of, collaborated, and you hope he reads this. And that Wells may or may not know who Robert Rauschenberg is or even care, and why should she? She didn’t go to art school and didn’t start seriously making art in Milwaukee, where she is from, until she was 42 years old. When I tell her artists would kill to have someone spend as much time with their art as

Alice Was Not Meant to Wear the American Dream, Nor Was I, Found-object collage, 48” x 30”

I’m listening to my interview now where I ask Wells about the black girl in Wait from The Little Colored Series.

Cora's Room, 2012, Mixed media, 12" x 12"

“The reason she doesn’t have a face is that sometimes people look at other people but they don’t really see. They don’t have to be black. They could be obese and we don’t see them. All we see is a blur and we assume certain things. But the power for me in being her is that she can do a lot of things because people don’t pay attention to her. They don’t think she has the power to do it. But she does.”

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photo: Jerry Atnip

I ask her about starting her art career at 42. “I didn’t do anything for a long time, because I didn’t think I had anything to say. You can draw, you may know how to do things technically, but I think to be a true artist you have to have something to say. You have to have a vision.” I ask her where she gets her collage objects and what the process is like.

Wait, 2002, Ink on paper, 17" x 20"

“Sometimes I buy them, sometimes I find them, sometimes people give them to me. Sometimes it’s things I have in my house and decide it’s time for me to put it in a collage. I play a game when I do collages. Once I start a new collage, I can’t look for any new objects or materials. I can get more glue, but I have to use the material that I have there, and that helps me shape the story too.” How do you know when the story’s finished? “It tells when it’s done, and when it’s finished, it’s finished. I have a couple of pieces in my studio that I’ve been working on for three years. I’m just not sure how I want them to end. I just work on them, and I may not go back to them for awhile. [Alice Was Not Meant...] took me six months. I have one piece that took me fifteen years.”

A Tea Cup Moment for Two, 2012, Mixed media, 11" x 14"

I think my story is finished. But I realize Alice Was Not Meant… kept coming up in our conversation, and I’ve written it here now four times, so much that I’ve taken to abridging it lest my editor accuse me of trying to slip extra words in. The collage is an ode to Wells’ mother, Alice, who had schizophrenia and, while gifted in math and the sciences, was not meant to wear the dress of the American dream. The artist, the “I” in the ...Nor Was I half of the painting’s title, may not be meant to wear it either. But there’s a big difference. Now I think it’s finished. Della Wells is represented by galleries across the nation including Main Street Gallery, www.mainstreetgallery.com. We'd like to thank the Metro Nashville Arts Commission for their assistance with this article.

Freedom's Garden, 2012, Collage, 14" x 14" NashvilleArts.com

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Firebox 8, 2012, Mixed media on canvas, 40" x 30"

Bernie Taupin Lyrical

Abstractions

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old, large-scale abstractions, encompassing a wide range of formal devices and art historical references are at the heart of the vibrant and ever-evolving visual world of painter Bernie Taupin. Along with his long-time collaborator

Elton John, Taupin is the creator of some of the best-known songs of the pop/rock era. “Rocket Man,” “Candle in the Wind,” “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road,” to name a few, are songs that are part of the collective pop cultural consciousness. Today Taupin lives and works on a ranch near Santa Barbara, California, where, since the early ’90s, he has devoted himself to painting in a cavernous, converted racquetball court—an apt environment to create paintings that hark back to the era of Abstract Expressionism. Painting was a natural creative progression for Taupin. “Art has always been in the background of my life. When I was younger, starting out, music was obviously the central force, but visual art was always somewhere hovering on the sidelines.” He credits his mother with igniting his creative passions, instilling an appreciation for art and poetry at an early age. “She was a huge influence on me on a literary and artistic level. Even when I was a small child, she would sit me down on her knee and show me books with pictures by Turner and Gauguin, so I was very much in tune with art in general, whether it be visual or audio. It was always in the back of my mind.”

Hopi, Mixed media on canvas, 60" x 48"

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Rise, 2011, Mixed media on canvas, 30" x 40"

In the ’70s when Taupin’s music career brought him to New York, he was drawn to the city’s galleries and museums, finding his greatest affinity with the work of Abstract Expressionists including Mark Rothko, Willem de Kooning, Franz Kline, and Hans Hofmann. “I didn’t really have a favorite,” says Taupin. “It was just a visual feast for the eye; it was so enlightening. I really Ioved the fact that these paintings made you think . . . using your eyes to figure it out. When people ask me today what something means, whether it’s a song or a piece of art, my feeling is, what does it mean to you? I’ve always wanted people to use their own imaginations to figure it out, just as I use my imagination to create it.” The influence of the Abstract Expressionists is clearly visible in Taupin’s work today, particularly that of Hans Hofmann. “Hofmann was the guy that really appealed to me when I was younger. I would always come back to him because I loved the fact that his colors were so striking. They were almost straight out of the tube. I loved the vibrancy of it,” says the artist. Within the abstract languages of these painters, Taupin was able to find his own visual vocabulary and develop a process of working, taking “vistas and skylines and inanimate objects and breaking them down into basic forms. It’s almost like looking at something and getting an

x-ray picture of it.” Although he enjoys the rural vistas surrounding his studio, Taupin says that his greatest inspiration comes from the urban experience: “I get much more of a charge from urban vistas because they have these edges that can be transformed. You can take a shape, put color into it, and transform it into something else. It’s like taking real-life situations, throwing them in a blender, and then creating another reality with a very vivid imagination.” Taupin’s work has evolved dramatically since he began painting full time. His works reference a wide range of styles, from the gestural abstraction of Joan Mitchell to the formal push and pull perfected by Hofmann to the purely geometric abstraction of Barnett Newman and Bridget Riley. In a way, Taupin approaches abstraction in a very post-modern manner, trying on different styles and working through them until he’s ready to move on to the next thing. “I’m pretty critical looking back at my work, and I think I’ve reached a place now where I’m pretty happy with what I’m doing . . . and I think there’s a definitive style. But at the same time it’s very hard, because sometimes I want to try something else.” Taupin’s shifting styles bring to mind the way in which Gerhard Richter moves between figuration and abstraction, focusing on the painting process rather than adhering to one style.

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Abstraction is a painting genre that has come under critical fire over the last few decades with some saying that its possibilities have been exhausted, raising questions about its efficacy as a means of communication. While Taupin agrees that these are legitimate questions, he disagrees with the conclusion that abstraction is worn out. “There will always be someone who comes along with something new to say. You could relate the same question to music,” says Taupin. “People say all musical genres have been exhausted, but there are always some more chords that will work together, and you can say the same thing about art.” “I don’t stay awake at night worrying if people are going to think my work is derivative or unoriginal—you can’t let that shackle you,” says the artist. “If you enjoy doing something, then you have to go ahead and do it and hope that you have an audience for it. But at the same time I’m not going to stop doing something just because somebody says well you’re not doing anything new.”

Authority in Perspective, Mixed media on canvas, 48" x 48"

For Taupin, “It’s very gratifying to know that there are other people out there that can’t be fenced in, because it is frustrating to see how many great artists did stay within the box of one style.” Taking Pollock as an example: “To continually do the drip paintings, and do as many as he did, even as wonderful as they are, that would be incredibly frustrating to me. After I’d done about three or four I’d be finished.“

Taupin has an easygoing manner and an infectious enthusiasm for art. “I get very excited about my paintings when I think and talk about them. The whole process of creating is so much fun to me. I get very passionate about it because I enjoy it so much.” He’s so enthusiastic about his work that he often finds it hard to let go of particular paintings with which he feels a deep connection. “You have to make the conscious decision that you will let your children go, because sometimes it’s difficult when a painting comes together and you think that really, really is exactly what I wanted to create. There’s a pulse in that painting that’s a part of me.” The Rymer Gallery in Downtown Nashville will show a selection of Taupin’s work from March 30 to April 7. You can meet the artist at the gallery on April 6 and 7 from 1 to 3 p.m. www.therymergallery.com

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Mathew Brady

Civil War Photographer Affects the Outcome of War.

M. B. Brady, 1823 (ca.) - 1896

by John Guider

he Tennessee State Museum has hit another home run by hosting the exhibition from the National Archives Discovering the Civil War. The centerpiece of

the comprehensive presentation is the actual Emancipation Proclamation. Few people will ever get a chance to see this important piece of history, yet thanks to the efforts of the museum it is here for a brief time for all Tennesseans to have a chance to witness. But this exhibit is so much more. Filled with documents both personal and official, it allows the viewer to travel back in time and feel how the War Between the States affected people in their daily lives. Equally important for me is the role photography played in such a pivotal time of our history. Prior to the war, photography had been an active pursuit for over twenty years. During the 1850s, European photographers had covered the Crimean War, but few of the images made their way to the United States. Now, for the first time, people not living directly in the warâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s bloody path could view images depicting the horrific carnage and destruction of the divisive and deadly

Brady's photo outfit in front of Petersburg, Virginia, ca. 1864

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Mathew Brady, Sleepy Hollow, Torpedo Station, James River, Virginia, Prof. Maillefert and Naval officers

conflict that had the potential to tear America apart. The crisp detail of the photographs had the power to draw the viewers in and transport them to a world they would never see otherwise. The images were simultaneously fascinating and appalling. Besides the war itself, photographers were also adept at capturing the core of the conflict by visually portraying the true ugliness of slavery. The images depicted the conditions in which the slaves lived and worked and the physical abuses they were subjected to. The abolitionists made the most of photography by featuring one particularly shocking image of the former slave known as Peter—displaying his bare back, severely scarred, ravaged by multitudinous whippings—in their flyers denouncing the cruelty of slavery. The indubitable truth, the reality in all its graphic detail that photography conveyed to the viewer, assailed the consciousness in a way words or an artist’s interpretive illustrations were not quite able to do.

This 1863 photograph of the former slave known as Peter, displaying scars from his overseer’s whippings, was widely reproduced as evidence of slavery’s cruelty.

The name preeminently associated with photography during the time of the Civil War is Mathew Brady. Brady actually began his career as a portrait painter, having studied with the noted artist William Page. Page introduced Brady to another artist, Samuel Morse, who had just returned from Paris

Nashville, Tennessee, Federal outer line, December 16, 1864

where he had become a disciple of Louis Jacques Daguerre. Morse offered to teach the daguerreotype process of photography, and Brady enthusiastically embarked on his new career.

Richmond, Virginia, Park of captured guns at Rocketts, April–June 1865

In 1844 Brady opened his first photography studio in New York City. Brady photographed President Lincoln when he visited New York City to give his notable Cooper Union Address. Lincoln understood the power of photography in the media

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An integrated crew aboard a U.S. gunboat, probably the Mendota, ca. 1864

and, famously, was later heard to quip that he wouldn’t have been re-elected without the portrait taken of him by the photographer Mathew Brady.

Confederate dead on Matthews Hill, Bull Run, photographed between 1861 and 1865, printed between 1880 and 1889

Brady’s skill was exceeded only by his charm, and his fame continued to rise. By the advent of the Civil War, he had opened a second studio in Washington and had employed a staff of highly qualified photographers to assist him in his flourishing business. In conversation at the opening of the Discovering the Civil War exhibition, National Archives Senior Curator Bruce Bustard said that the war possibly had a great effect on photography. The soldiers in the field cherished their portraits. They didn’t know their fate, and the image they had of themselves might be their only lasting remembrance. The demand for photography had never been greater. An industry was born that even through all its transformations has never stopped growing.

On October 20, 1862, the New York Times wrote of his work, "Mr. Brady has done something to bring home to us the terrible reality and earnestness of war. If he has not brought bodies and laid them in our dooryards and along the streets, he has done something very like it." In all, Mathew Brady spent more than $100,000 of his own money creating over 10,000 plates. His passion led to his downfall. Not able to sell the work to the United States government, he soon fell into bankruptcy and never recovered. Much of his work was lost or destroyed. Some of his plates were sold just for the glass and even ended up on the roofs of greenhouses, fading in the sun. For his passion he will always be remembered as one of the greatest photographers of the nineteenth century, and for many he is considered the father of modern photojournalism. The beauty of this exhibit is that stories like this abound on all levels of interest. Whether it’s photography or some other field, there is something there for everyone. Just take a step inside the museum and discover a passion of your own. Mathew Brady, Abraham Lincoln, candidate for U.S. president, three-quarter length portrait, before delivering his Cooper Union address in New York City, February 27, 1860 [printed later]

Discovering the Civil War, an exhibition from Washington, D.C.'s National Archives, will be at the Tennessee State Museum until September 1. For more information, visit www.tnmuseum.org. Visit www.nashvillearts.com for more discussion on Civil War photography. NashvilleArts.com

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Nashville celebrates its 50th Anniversary as a consolidated government this year and Metro Arts is celebrating with an exhibition that features playbills, posters, photographs and other memorabilia from the vaults of Cheekwood Botanical Gardens and Museum of Art, Circle Players, Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, Nashville Children’s Nashville Symphony violinist Booker Theatre, Nashville Public Library, Rowe demonstrates his instrument to a Stokes Elementary School student, 1964. Nashville Public Television, and the Nashville Symphony. PHoTo By JoE RudiS, THE TENNESSEAN

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Jennifer Cole (Metro Arts), Anne Brown (The Arts Company), and Paul Polycarpou (Nashville Arts Magazine) will discuss the history of arts and culture in Nashville and its future potential.

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Sebastian Picker Striving for Nirvana by David Rodriguez

hen first looking at these paintings by Sebastian Picker, there is an uncanny sense that they are not paintings at all but rather photographs of real objects, such as sculptures or even functional objects and real people. This is due to the super-virtuosity of his technique,

blending brushstrokes so well as to render them invisible to the eye, allowing only the textures of the objects depicted and the spaces they occupy to present themselves as the only reality on

offer. Upon the realization of their true medium, there is a shock effect, one that thrusts the viewer fully into a world of visual and intellectual challenge and insecurity. It seems that the very medium, in its unrootedness, represents imagined mobility and migration from one medium to another. This is a highly deliberate strategy on the part of Picker, as once we fall into this rabbit hole of doubt about what we are actually looking at, the deeper and more unsettling challenges of the subject itself begin to emerge.

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left: Bailout, 2013, Oil on canvas, 39" x 31"

Who is that little man? Is he really a man or a boy in adult clothing? What is his nationality? The clothing is not of a worker or of the upper class but rather strongly suggestive of the generic middle-class clone. Whatever situation he is caught up in is one shared by countless millions in this category. That sense of a global population is suggested by the inclusion of a sphere upon which the little man is perched, in Autos, as if it is the earth itself in some perverse metaphorical state made up of the compressed and claustrophobic mash-up of generic cars, these as nondescript as the little man himself. Does the sphere support the little everyman, or, due to its potential to roll, will it dislodge him and leave him abandoned and in a non-place? These are not optimistic scenarios. Notice that his slight smile, derived perhaps from his sense that he is in control by gripping the steering wheel, will perhaps disappear when he realizes that the steering wheel is disconnected from the steering column, itself disconnected from any true control of his vehicle. In other paintings, such as In formación, the face is clearly perturbed and in a state of some anxiety. In this case, the title is a complex pun, as in English ‘information’ can be separated into another meaning, ‘in formation’. In Spanish, however, ‘information’ is indeed ‘información’, but ‘in formation’ would be spelled as ‘en formación’, the change in the first letter from ‘I’ to ‘e’ being the critical element in the fractured pun. That small letter is as small as is the little man in the larger scheme of things, but perhaps larger truths or lies are always composed of tiny, undetectable details, surely too small to matter.

Autos, 2007, Oil on canvas, 40" x 32"

In considering the biography of Picker, one is struck by his residence in so many geographies, some quite distant from others, and some long-term in duration. From his native Chile, he has traveled and lived in Rome, Boston, and Barcelona among many other destinations. His decision to ultimately move back to his home country means that he sought to restore both a sense of home and strong roots, a secure foundation, but one based on the perspective of long and wide travels that were truly global and international in their scope. In other words, he now sees the planet as a vast, encompassing totality, from the relative pinpoint of his native land. In his own personhood and biography, he is both one and multiple, a single body that encompasses

In formación, Oil on canvas, 29" x 36"

the understanding of many others, of a universal collective. The specificity of gender in the little man confesses the limits of this enlightened position, as it explicitly leaves out the condition and motivations of half the world. This other half will need to read its own place defined here as the Other of the world, and imagine its configuration into Picker’s view of things.

Santuario, Oil on canvas, 30" x 36"

Sebastian Picker is represented by Gallery One. His exhibit Examinations of Dystopia is open March 2 through March 23. www.galleryonellc.com NashvilleArts.com

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Sacred Spaces

at the Gordon Jewish Community Center March 1-31 by Currie Alexander Powers

ashville artists Kaaren Hirschowitz Engel and Reesha Leone joined forces recently to bend the borders of traditional sacred spaces and create an exhibit that explores the spirituality of nature. The divine

is the common thread with Engel and Leone, as well as Betsy Chalal and the late David Manas, whose work will be part of their Sacred Spaces, Landscape and Letter show at the Gordon Jewish Community Center March 1–31. All four share a love of the Hebrew language, and there are elements of Judaica in their work. Engel and Leone are “building” the installation, a creative set-design for their work, with found objects of moss, tree limbs, and vines, a “sacred space” that will weave with the two- and three-dimensional works.

Kaaren Hirschowitz Engel, Sacred Space Installation (partial), 2013, Acrylic on paper, found objects

Engel, a native of Birmingham, Alabama, was a lawyer until 1999 when the creative muse beckoned and she began her career as an artist. Engel’s new series, Above, Below, and In Between: Exploring the Divine, was inspired by a five-year exploration of the edges of her spirituality and her art by incorporating Hebrew prayers into her paintings. “Many of these prayers relate to the beauty and wonders of nature,” Engel says. “In Judaism, prayers are said for many things . . . seeing a rainbow, hearing thunder, tasting fruit from a tree.” Leone, a native of New York and a resident of Nashville for the past twenty-five years, studied art at Watkins College of Art, Design & Film and took a year to “deprogram from art theory” during which she documented the paintings of David Manas using digital photography. “My idea of sacred space is anything that removes one from the ordinary realm,” Leone says. “Artists create altars where the world slows down and a transcendent experience is invited.” Her abstract landscapes started with “doodles” on a primitive paint computer program. She photographed the images off the computer, dropped them

Besty Chalal, From Strength to Strength

into a more sophisticated graphics program, and began manipulating them to appear as if they were sewn. With her new series for the upcoming gallery show, she will further manipulate the images into mixed-media works, adding real threads and collage elements, allowing the work to go through several technological “incarnations,” which Leone sees as a metaphor for the life/death/rebirth cycle.

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David Manas, Forest Meditation, Pastel and watercolor on cotton rag paper, 18" x 24"

Reesha Leone, Big Bang, 2013, Mixed media, 18" x 28"

Chalal has a fascination with the number 22, which is also the number of letters that are in the Hebrew alphabet. Her paintings incorporate the sacred Hebrew letters in a style reminiscent of Miro or Escher. They are graphic yet fluid with pastel colors and warm blurred edges, abstract symbols inserted in the spaces above and beneath the letters. She blends watercolor, pencil, and marker, then achieves texture by scraping it away and blending more layers to give depth. Manas is the only artist of the four whose work is not abstract. His landscapes of forests and horses are straightforward and yet convey a deep love of nature. Manas possessed a strong Jewish identity, loved to travel, and was humble and witty. That wit, grace, and humility are evident in his work.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are all woven together, in one way or another,â&#x20AC;? Engel says. The Sacred Spaces gallery show should be an inspiring example of both the collaboration between like-minded artists and the weaving of viewer to creation. Sacred Spaces, Landscape and Letter will be showing at the Gordon Jewish Community Center March 1 to March 31. For more information visit www.nashvillejcc.org.

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In the Gallery with...

Stanford Fine Art by Beth Raebeck Hall

alking into Stanford Fine Art feels as if you are entering the hallowed domain of a private collector. The gallery, owned by Stan Mabry, is

a treasured jewel in the flourishing Nashville art scene. Open since 1987, it has a longstanding reputation as one of the premier fine art galleries in the Southeast. Mabry possesses impressive acumen for investment-quality American and European paintings, sculpture, and works on paper from the nineteenth century to the present. "The primary goal is to offer the highest quality piece of a particular artist or school of art," says Mabry. Discerning buyers and collectors rely on Mabry for his extraordinary knowledge. A quick tour is evidence of this philosophy. Much of the art in the gallery represents a particular time in an artist's career or a seminal piece of a particular school. For example, the oil on canvas Bringing in the Nets, Gloucester Harbor is one of several pieces by Vladimir Pavlovsky, who died in 1944. The intensity of his use of color and depiction of boats, water, and all things marine demand attention from the viewer. The late Dutch sculptor Nic Jong, whose son chose Stanford Fine Art for representation, is well represented by his impressive bronzes. Lest one think Mabry too old school, he tells a story about his New York days and Andy Warhol. “Being involved in the art world, I knew Andy. One day I knocked on the door of Interview to see him. I wanted to commission him to paint a portrait of my girlfriend,” he laughs. The portrait didn’t happen, but long-lasting friendships remain, often resulting in tremendous discoveries. Stanford Fine Art is located in Belle Meade at 6608A Highway 100, Nashville 37205 www.stanfordfineart.net

Charles Bittinger, Before the Mirror, Oil on canvas, 32" x 26"

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Vladimir Pavlovsky, Bringing in the Nets, Gloucester Harbor, Oil on canvas, 25" x 30"

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Antoine Emil Plassan, Preparing the Meal, Oil on panel, 10 1/2" x 8 1/4"

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William Lee Hankey, Flower Market, Mentone (detail), Oil on canvas, 24" x 20" NashvilleArts.com

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Arts Worth Watching It was only months ago that for a while it felt like legendary performer Jerry Lewis was a Nashvillian. In town to accompany the World Premiere of his stage adaptation of The Nutty Professor at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center, Lewis made himself accessible and eased comfortably into the energy of the city. Directing The Nutty Professor’s transition to the stage was just the latest project in this prolific and entrepreneurial entertainer’s career. Encapsulating that career for anyone else would be daunting, so Lewis decided to do it himself, in a style he was accustomed to. Taped in the Showroom at the Orleans Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas in November 2012, An Evening With Jerry Lewis: Live From Las Vegas—premiering Sunday, March 3, at 7 p.m. on NPT— presents Lewis on stage, telling stories of his eight-decade career through narrative and musical performances with video and rare, never-before-seen clips from his personal and private vaults.

6, at 8:30 p.m. and give you the opportunity, along with Gregg Allman, Mavis Staples, John Hiatt, Dierks Bentley, Roger Waters, Joe Walsh, Amy Helm and more, to show your own Love for Levon. Philip Roth, the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-winning novelist, often referred to as the greatest living American writer, gets the American Masters treatment on Saturday, March 30, at 9 p.m. with Philip Roth: Unmasked. In candid interviews, Roth discusses intimate aspects of his life and art as he has never done before: his unliterary upbringing in Newark, New Jersey, his writing process, the inspiration behind his most famous novels, including Goodbye, Columbus; Portnoy’s Complaint, Sabbath’s Theatre, American Pastoral, and The Human Stain, and the many controversies he stirred throughout his career. Interviewees include Mia Farrow, Jonathan Franzen, and Nicole Krauss.

The membership drive broadcast will be accompanied by the first-ever Puppet Pledge, as puppets from the Nashville International Puppet Festival, taking place June 21–23 at the Nashville Public Library, take over the NPT pledge set, manning the phone bank and interacting with the on-air talent. It’s a fun, must-see event! The late Levon Helm holds a special place in the heart of Nashville, from his remarkable Ramble at the Ryman to the stunning tribute paid him at the end of last year’s American Music Association Honors and Awards show. In October of last year, friends and admirers of Helm gathered at the Izod Center in New Jersey for a oncein-a-lifetime benefit concert celebrating Helm’s life and music and raising funds to support his lasting legacy. Net proceeds went to ensure that Levon’s home, barn, and studio remain in the hands of his family. NPT is proud to bring you this show John Hiatt on Wednesday, March

Girl Model

The directing and producing team of David Redmon and A. Sabin have created some of the finest documentaries of recent years, among them Mardi Gras: Made in China (2005), Kamp Katrina (2007), Intimidad (2008), and Invisible Girlfriend (2009). In 2011’s riveting Girl Model, presented by P.O.V. on NPT on Sunday, March 24, at 9 p.m., the filmmakers go behind the facade of the modeling industry by following two people whose lives intersect because of it: Ashley, a deeply conflicted American model scout, and 13-yearold Nadya, plucked from a remote Siberian village and promised a lucrative career in Japan. The operatic pop vocal group Il Divo—Spanish baritone Carlos Marín, Swiss tenor Urs Bühler, American tenor David Miller, and French pop singer Sébastien Izambard—will be live in Nashville in May at the Ryman Auditorium, but NPT has them Live in London in March. In a taped concert at the beautiful London Coliseum, airing on Tuesday, March 12, at 7 p.m., the four men unveil songs from their new CD, Wicked Game, including the sensational “Dov’è l’amore.”

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am Bob the Builder Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood Curious George The Cat in the Hat Super Why! Dinosaur Train Thomas & Friends Angelina Ballerina Sewing with Nancy Martha’s Sewing Room Victory Garden P. Allen Smith Lidia’s Italy in America Cook’s Country noon America’s Test Kitchen Mind of a Chef Martha Stewart’s Cooking School Growing a Greener World Fon’s & Porter’s Love of Quilting Best of Joy of Painting Woodsmith Shop The Woodwright’s Shop For Your Home This Old House Ask This Old House Hometime Saving the Ocean pm Tennessee’s Wild Side

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5:00 am Sesame Street 6:00 Curious George 6:30 The Cat in the Hat 7:00 Super Why! 7:30 Dinosaur Train 8:00 Sid the Science Kid 8:30 Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood 9:00 Tennessee’s Wild Side 9:30 Volunteer Gardener 10:00 Tennessee Crossroads 10:30 A Word on Words 11:00 Nature 12:00 noon To the Contrary 12:30 The McLaughlin Group 1:00 Moyers & Company 2:00 The Desert Speaks 2:30 In The Americas with David Yetman 3:00 California’s Gold 3:30 Rudy Maxa’s World 4:00 America’s Heartland 4:30 Rick Steves’ Europe 5:00 Antiques Roadshow 6:00 pm Globe Trekker

Masterpiece Classic Mr. Selfridge Jeremy Piven stars in this dramatization of the real-life story of Harry Gordon Selfridge, the flamboyant and visionary American founder of the famous London department store. Sundays, March 31 – May 19 8:00 PM

Daytime Schedule 5:00 5:30 6:00 6:30 7:00 7:30 8:00 8:30 9:00 10:00 10:30 11:00 11:30 12:00 12:30 1:00 1:30 2:00 2:30 3:00 3:30 4:00 4:30 5:00 5:30 6:00

am Classical Stretch Body Electric Arthur Martha Speaks Curious George The Cat in the Hat Super Why! Dinosaur Train Sesame Street Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood Sid the Science Kid WordWorld Wild Kratts noon Caillou Thomas & Friends Super Why! Dinosaur Train The Cat in the Hat Curious George Clifford the Big Red Dog Martha Speaks Arthur WordGirl Wild Kratts The Electric Company pm PBS NewsHour

180 Days: A Year Inside an American High School Teachers and school leaders provide a first-hand view of what happens in a school that meets the needs of the most challenged students in new and sometimes non-traditional ways.

Monday, March 25 & Tuesday, March 26 8:00 PM

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7:00 Chris Mann in Concert: A Mann for All Seasons Classical-crossover favorites with special guests Martina McBride and jazz saxophonist Mindi Abair. 8:30 The PianoGuys: Live at Red Butte Garden YouTube sensation The PianoGuys offer new songs and fan favorites — all with the “wow factor.” 10:00 Unleash the Power of the Female Brain with Dr. Daniel Amen

7:00 Antiques Roadshow Spokane (Hour Two). 8:00 Great Performances Andrea Bocelli: Love in Portofino. With 16-time Grammy-winner David Foster as music director and at the keyboard, Bocelli is joined by trumpeter Chris Botti to perform a select collection of the world’s most famous love songs. 10:00 BBC World News 10:30 Last of Summer Wine 11:00 The PianoGuys: Live at Red Butte Garden

7:00 Antiques Roadshow Boston (Hour Two). 8:30 Beautiful Tennessee: Our Scenic Waterways Narrated by songwriter Kathy Mattea, the followup to Beautiful Tennessee explores the state’s breathtaking natural beauty and history through its extraordinary water resources. 10:00 BBC World News 10:30 Last of Summer Wine 11:00 Use Your Brain to Change Your Age with Dr. Daniel Amen

Il Divo Live in London Tuesday, March 12 7:00 PM

Monday

7:00 An Evening with Jerry Lewis: Live from Las Vegas Lewis tells stories of his eight-decade career in this special that includes rare clips from his personal and private vaults. 8:30 Brit Floyd The world-renowned Pink Floyd tribute band performs some of the group’s most iconic songs including “Comfortably Numb.” 10:00 60s Pop Flashback: Hullabaloo (My Music)

John Tesh Big Band Live Tuesday, March 12 8:30 PM

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7:00 Il Divo: Live in London Operatic pop group Il Divo perform their hits and new material at an intimate concert in the London Coliseum. 8:30 John Tesh Big Band Live Grammy nominee Tesh and his 12-piece ensemble perform big-band music from the 1920s through the ‘50s. 10:00 BBC World News 10:30 Last of Summer Wine 11:00 Chris Mann in Concert: A Mann for All Seasons

7:00 Aaron Neville: Doo Wop: My True Story Neville performs songs including “Tears on My Pillow,” “Under the Boardwalk,” and “This Magic Moment.” 8:30 Introducing Nathan Pacheco Pacheco performs original compositions along with beloved classics. 10:00 BBC World News 10:30 Last of Summer Wine 11:00 An Evening with Jerry Lewis: Live from Las Vegas

Tuesday

Thursday

13 7:00 He Touched Me: The Gospel Music of Elvis Elvis’ love of gospel music is explored in this touching documentary, which includes many rare clips. 8:30 Joe Bonamassa: An Acoustic Evening at the Vienna Opera House The guitar virtuoso performs with vintage acoustic instruments. 10:00 BBC World News 10:30 Last of Summer Wine 11:00 Super Brain with Dr. Rudy Tanzi

7:00 Nature Animal Odd Couples. Unlikely cross-species relationships. 8:30 Love for Levon Gregg Allman, Mavis Staples, Joe Walsh, My Morning Jacket, Roger Waters and many others celebrate the life and music of the legendary Levon Helm in this starstudded event. 10:00 BBC World News 10:30 Last of Summer Wine 11:00 Rick Steves’ Europe Travel Skills

14 7:00 Magic Moments The Best of 50’s Pop (My Music) Pat Boone, Phyllis McGuire and Nick Clooney co-host a concert featuring singing sensations from a kinder and gentler time. 8:30 Hopeful Aging with Dr. John Zeisel The journey of brain aging. 10:00 BBC World News 10:30 Last of Summer Wine 11:00 Protect Your Memory with Dr. Neal Barnard

15 7:00 Super Brain with Dr. Rudy Tanzi Harvard Medical School professor Rudy Tanzi takes advantage of cutting-edge research to show the way we all can maximize our brain’s potential. 8:30 Rick Steves’ Delicious Europe 9:00 Washington Week with Gwen Ifill 9:30 Need to Know 10:00 BBC World News 10:30 Last of Summer Wine 11:00 Moyers & Company

7:00 Suze Orman’s Money Class Financial expert Suze Orman provides advice for moving forward on the most important financial fundamentals: saving and investing, building a career, planning for retirement and more. 9:00 Washington Week with Gwen Ifill 9:30 Need to Know 10:00 BBC World News 10:30 Last of Summer Wine 11:00 Moyers & Company

Friday

7:00 Doc Martin 7:00 60s Pop Flashback: Hullabaloo (My Music) On the Edge, Part 1. This first-ever retrospecHaving failed to restart tive of the 1965-66 TV his relationship with series includes appearLouisa Glasson, Martin is ances by The Rascals, forced out of the picture Nancy Sinatra, The Four with the arrival of her Seasons, Paul Revere & dad, Terry Glasson. The Raiders, The Lovin’ 8:00 Doc Martin Spoonful and The Byrds. On the Edge, Part 2. 9:00 Washington Week Martin finds himself held with Gwen Ifill hostage. 9:30 Need to Know 9:00 Doc Martin The Apple Doesn’t Fall. 10:00 BBC World News 10:30 Last of Summer Wine 10:00 BBC World News 11:00 Moyers & Company 10:30 Last of Summer Wine 11:00 Love for Levon

Great Performances Andrea Bocelli Monday, March 11 8:00 PM

Wednesday

Television worth wa tchin g.

16 3:00 TSSAA Basketball Championships The state’s top high school teams compete for hardcourt supremacy live from the Murphy Center at MTSU. 9:00 Muddy Waters & The Rolling Stones Live Relive an amazing night of blues with Muddy Waters and the Rolling Stones recorded in 1981. 10:30 Great Performances Andrea Bocelli: Love in Portofino.

9 3:00 TSSAA Basketball Championships The state’s top high school teams compete. 9:00 Albert King with Stevie Ray Vaughan in Session This famed live jam session by two of the greatest musicians ever to have played the blues on electric guitar was originally recorded for Canadian television in 1983. 10:30 Unleash the Power of the Female Brain with Dr. Daniel Amen

7:00 Daniel O’Donnell from the Heartland In this special, O’Donnell pays tribute to some of the greatest artists of all time with Loretta Lynn’s “Standing Room Only” and Andy Williams’ “Moon River.” 8:30 60s Pop Flashback: Hullabaloo (My Music) This retrospective of the 1965-66 TV series includes an appearance by The Byrds. 10:30 60s Pop Flashback: Hullabaloo (My Music)

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7:00 History Detectives The History Detectives investigate four stories from the American West. Among the highlights, did a biography of legendary frontiersman Kit Carson once belong to members of his family? 8:00 Kind Hearted Woman Part 2. Robin battles in tribal court with her exhusband for custody of the children. 11:00 BBC World News 11:30 Key Ingredients

7:00 Tavis Smiley Reports Education Under Arrest. Efforts by those on the frontlines of juvenile justice reform. 8:00 180 Days: A Year Inside an American High School Part 2. A dramatic end to the school year sheds light on both the challenges and opportunities schools face. 10:00 BBC World News 10:30 Last of Summer Wine 11:00 Get Real! Wise Women Speak

7:00 Nature What Plants Talk About. A light-hearted look at how plants behave. 8:00 NOVA Ancient Computer. A lump of metal turns out to be the world’s first computer. 9:00 Eat, Fast and Live Longer with Michael Mosley 10:00 BBC World News 10:30 Last of Summer Wine 11:00 Austin City Limits Bonnie Raitt/Mavis Staples.

7:00 Nature River of No Return. River of No Return Wilderness is the largest contiguous wilderness area in the lower 48 States. 8:00 NOVA Hunting the Elements. David Pogue unlocks the secrets of the elements. 10:00 BBC World News 10:30 Last of Summer Wine 11:00 Austin City Limits The Civil Wars/Punch Brothers.

7:00 NPT Favorites 10:00 BBC World News 10:30 Last of Summer Wine 11:00 NPT Favorites

4 7:00 Tennessee Crossroads 7:30 Volunteer Gardener 8:00 Doc Martin Life in Portwenn has become ever more infuriating for Dr. Martin. 9:00 Wilderness: The Great Debate The American West has been the battleground for the preservation of wild lands. 10:00 BBC World News 10:30 Last of Summer Wine 11:00 NPT Reports: Living in Fear - Domestic Violence Epidemic

7:00 Tennessee Crossroads 7:30 Volunteer Gardener 8:00 Frontline From Jesus to Christ: The First Christians, Part 2. The final installment documents the extraordinary events of the second and third centuries in which Christianity grew from a small Jewish sect to an official religion of the Roman Empire. 10:00 BBC World News 10:30 Last of Summer Wine 11:00 Seeking the Greatest Good

7:00 Tennessee Crossroads 7:30 Volunteer Gardener 8:00 Frontline From Jesus to Christ: The First Christians, Part 1. Frontline transports viewers back 2000 years to the time and place where Jesus once lived and preached and challenges familiar assumptions and conventional notions about the origins of Christianity. 10:00 BBC World News 10:30 Last of Summer Wine 11:00 NPT Favorites

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7:00 Antiques Roadshow Cincinnati, Hour One. 8:00 Kind Hearted Woman Part 1. This series illuminates the epidemic of child sexual abuse on Native American reservations. The stories of a 32-year-old divorced single mother and a woman living on North Dakota’s Spirit Lake Reservation are profiled. 10:00 BBC World News 10:30 Last of Summer Wine 11:00 Water Pressures

7:00 Call the Midwife Season 2, Part 1. Trixie and Sister Evangelina find themselves aboard a Swedish cargo ship. 8:00 Masterpiece Classic Mr. Selfridge, Part 1. The real-life story of the visionary American founder of the famous London department store. 10:00 Bluegrass Underground The Civil Wars. 10:30 Closer to Truth 11:00 Tavis Smiley 11:30 Inside Washington

7:00 Antiques Roadshow Myrtle Beach (Hour Three). 8:00 180 Days: A Year Inside an American High School Part 1. This series takes viewers on a uniquely intimate journey through a year in the lives of students, teachers and school leaders in one Washington, D.C., public high school. 10:00 BBC World News 10:30 Last of Summer Wine 11:00 Seeds of Resiliency

7:00 Live From Lincoln Center Kristin Chenoweth: The Dames of Broadway … All of ’em! 8:00 Masterpiece Contemporary The Song of Lunch. Emma Thompson and Alan Rickman star. 9:00 POV Girl Model. 10:30 NPT Reports: Children’s Health Crisis Sexuality. 11:00 Tavis Smiley 11:30 Inside Washington

7:00 NPT Favorites 10:00 BBC World News 10:30 Last of Summer Wine 11:00 NPT Favorites

Celtic Thunder: Mythology Sunday, March 17 7:00 PM

7:00 NPT Favorites 10:00 BBC World News 10:30 Last of Summer Wine 11:00 NPT Favorites

7:00 Celtic Thunder: Mythology Filmed on location at the Helix Theater in Dublin, Celtic Thunder performs a concert based on Irish mythology. 9:00 Celtic Woman: Songs from the Heart Ireland’s historic Powerscout House and Gardens provide an ideal backdrop for the five talented women who comprise Celtic Woman. 11:00 Tavis Smiley 11:30 Inside Washington

7:00 The Greely Expedition: American Experience Poor planning, personality clashes and pure bad luck conspired to turn an 1881 expedition to the Arctic into a human tragedy. 8:00 NPT Reports: Living in Fear - Domestic Violence Epidemic 9:00 Washington Week with Gwen Ifill 9:30 Need to Know 10:00 BBC World News 10:30 Last of Summer Wine 11:00 Moyers & Company

7:00 Victory in the Pacific: American Experience In this provocative, thorough examination of the final months of the war, this film looks at the escalation of bloodletting from the vantage point of both the Japanese and the Americans. 9:00 Washington Week with Gwen Ifill 9:30 Need to Know 10:00 BBC World News 10:30 Last of Summer Wine 11:00 Moyers & Company

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30 7:00 Lawrence Welk Show 8:00 Keeping Appearances 8:30 Keeping Appearances 9:00 American Masters Philip Roth: Unmasked. Explore the life of Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Philip Roth, author of Goodbye, Columbus and Portnoy’s Complaint. 10:30 The Storied Life of Millie Benson 11:00 Globe Trekker Madrid City Guide.

7:00 Lawrence Welk Show 8:00 Celebrating the Music of Johnny Cash: We Walk the Line! Some of the biggest artists in the music industry, including Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson, Sheryl Crow, and others, perform the music of Johnny Cash. 9:30 NPT Favorites

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Casey Wasner

Never Look Back by Holly Gleason | photography by Glenn Sweitzer

asey Wasner doesn’t have a past—at least according to a pretty extensive Internet sweep. When you

mention it, the rambling, barely 30-year-old practically blushes. “We’re building a new website,” apologizes the songwriter/multiinstrumentalist. “Since we’re starting with a new album, I figured it would be good if that could stand on its own.” Four years in the making, the eleven-song Casey Wasner is a genuinely singular recording. Slow-roasted soul, the collection mines sophisticated rhythms on “She” and “What Did You Hope To Find Here?” while also offering a shimmering sort of beautiful sadness on “Lover’s, or Not” or “Minnesota.” “I wanted an experience more than when you get done listening and there are only a few really good songs,” the dark-haired drummer/guitarist/bass player/pianist explains. “Depending on the mood, it’s a whole experience.” Born in Minnesota, Wasner figured that like his father and uncle, he’d attend Boston’s Berklee College of Music, “not to be a teacher but just to learn some things.” Best-laid plans often derail. Casey’s Uncle Pete, an in-demand songwriter and session player, put it on the line. “He told me, ‘Forget school! Come down here, live with me, and we’ll get you some sessions . . .’” Every kid’s dream, and suddenly it was reality. For the young drummer, there were a few bands, but there was also a large pool of very talented, established musicians to hang—and eventually work—with. Given his musicality, it wasn’t long until Wasner was on the road with guitar legends Larry Carlton and Robben Ford, minding their instruments. As his music was coming together, Keb’ Mo’ came calling, looking for a guitar tech for his upcoming tour. That was a couple of years ago, and it’s still a part of Wasner’s life. “When you’re out there, watching these guys . . . they’re so good, you just take it into you. You come home, and you can’t play what they do exactly, but it opens your mind up. You might start coming at a drum part different . . . “And that’s the thing. You follow the songs. They’ll explain themselves. And people would just come over and jam, and they’d end up playing on the record. I’d mute my part and have them play.”

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Wasner never intended to have horns on his record. But as the songs and arrangements evolved, things like “Change My Way of Doin’ Things” and “I Wanna Do Something, Too” took on more dimension with the brass punctuation. Like Little Feat or the less raucous NRBQ, this was songwriterly material, well executed but given a certain steaminess by not just the playing but the choices. Songs like the tender “Never Look Back” were left bare, while “Good Thing” saw two kinds of keyboards alongside the electric and acoustic guitars. “I’m not the kind of guy who eyeballs the crowd and knows just what I’m gonna do,” he confesses. “But when that downbeat starts, that’s what it is . . . and I know. When we were putting these tracks together, simplicity was really important to me, and it was something I strived for. Simplicity lets you put your own scenario in there, and that’s when music works.”

Bonnie Raitt’s Luck of the Draw remains an album he finds definitive. “It goes all over the place but carries you through. It parties at the end, but it’s the journey.” Striving to capture that same breadth and ease, the man who often plays everything recounts a compliment from a musician friend. “[He] listened to the record and gravitated to certain songs for their simplicity. Those songs were the ones where I played everything . . . When I told him that, he thought about it. Then he said, ‘It’s not the best-executed stuff, but I couldn’t have played that. That simplicity makes it, and that’s probably why I do like it so much.” Taking things to their simplest forms, essence emerges. For Casey Wasner, it’s the rhythms, melodies, tales of the sticking moments in hearts and lives—and being open enough to be simple in the face of it all. For more about Casey Wasner visit www.caseywasner.com.

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a monthly guide to art education

Forget Humility

photo: jerry atnip

rt teachers are a special breed. They are driven by their own creativity and the overwhelming selflessness of the classroom. I’ve never met an art teacher who couldn’t translate a few scraps of wire, some glue and crayon into a masterpiece. I’ve never met an orchestra or choral instructor who couldn’t turn pre-teen antsy pants into a cacophony of greatness. The dual love of children and of the form they teach leads to a level of magnetism and grace that is transformative for most kids.

photo: nashville singers

Perhaps more amazing than an art teacher is a person who dedicates their career to supporting art teachers. In December, Metro Public Schools’ long-time Coordinator for Visual & Performing Arts, Carol Crittenden, retired after 27 years. Carol was conductor and chief cook and bottle washer for Todd Wilson, Jennifer Cole, Carol more than 180 dance, theatre, Crittenden, Sloan Yarborough; Carol visual arts, choral and orchestral receiving Arts Leader of the Year Award from Nashville Singers, November 2012 instructors. She began as band teacher herself and translated that knowledge of the classroom into her work on curriculum and teacher development. I remember the first time I met with her about connecting visual arts instructors to our public art collection. Her green-grey eyes simply exploded, and she leaned over her blotter and said, “My teachers will love it!” My teachers. Carol possesses an overwhelming sense of ownership and pride in the teachers she partners with. Her notion that fresh ideas and collaborators can add value, improve teacher practice, or simply excite a classroom is what makes her special and makes the arts instructor community at Metro Schools so rich. As a one-woman show for much of her administrative life, Carol is an expert at community partnerships and relationships. If her teachers didn’t have the paper, instruments, or training they needed she found it. From “Save the Music” instruments to books on Red Grooms, her goal was for teachers to always feel supported. Her champions are many, from Todd Wilson at Nashville Singers, who has worked with Carol to provide school scholarships and a cappella instruction, to Margaret Campbelle-Holman who has volunteered for years with MET Singers and as choral director for the citywide Harambee Festival. Metro Arts worked with Carol and her team on dozens of Artober activities from student art exhibits to singing festivals. Carol exemplifies teacher—scrappy, decisive, creative, and constantly searching for better. Her leadership helped pave the way for the Music Makes Us program—a new model underway at MNPS to provide world-class music instruction to every student in Metro. No teacher ever really “retires,” and in true fashion Carol continues to consult with MNPS on visual and performing arts. Thank you, Carol, for your friendship and for your unadulterated joy for the arts!

Doing Whatever It Takes to Sell Art! by DeeGee Lester

orget humility; this is your business. More and more, artists intending to make a living doing what they love are discovering the necessity of developing a solid business plan and pursuing “whatever it takes” to promote their work. The Tennessee Association of Craft Artists (TACA) is hosting a two-day workshop, Shameless Self-Promotion for Artists, (March 23–24) led by Alyson B. Stanfield, Art Biz Coach and founder of the ArtBizBlog.

photo: Rafael Aguilera

by Jennifer Cole, Executive Director at Metro Nashville Arts Commission

Alyson B. Stanfield

From building all-important contact lists and harnessing social media to learning the do’s and don’ts of creating a website, artists delve into business aspects that may, at first, seem foreign to people whose focus has always been their art. Content-rich sessions are interspersed with networking opportunities where ideas fly and friendships are formed. By the end of the weekend, confident artists pull all that they’ve learned into the formation of individual action plans for career building. “After working with Alyson for several years, I’ve found that her guidance is always spot on,’’ says TACA’s Donna Branch. “I’ve always enjoyed her direct approach, and working with her individually definitely increases the level of accountability.” For more information visit www.tennesseecrafts.org/events.html or call 615-736-7600.

Photo: John Pitman Photography

State of the Arts

Alyson talks with workshop participants in Philadelphia.

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photo: Paul R. Kennedy

Andrea Steele

In the National Spotlight by DeeGee Lester

o be honored and held in esteem by one’s peers is the highlight of a long career. To receive national peer recognition early in one’s career is a rare and special privilege that both honors achievement and predicts an illustrious future. Arts educator Andrea Steele has just been so honored by peers as the 2013 National Art Education Association (NAEA) Southeastern Region Museum Education Art Educator. Announced January 11, the NAEA award will be presented at the organization’s national conference in Fort Worth, Texas, in March. In advising Steele of the honor, NAEA Executive Director Deborah Reeve noted her “exemplary contributions to the field of visual arts education” and applauded her “leadership, commitment, and service to the profession.”

photo: SNAAP Collection

University of California, Dance Escape, 2010

A graduate of Lipscomb University with a Masters in Art Education from Ohio State University, Steele was selected last September as Associate Director of Fine Arts at the Renaissance Center in Dickson after serving for twelve years as the Educator for Teacher and School Programs at the Frist Center for the Visual Arts. An award-winning arts educator, Steele is a member of Alignment Nashville’s Experiential Learning Committee, the Middle Region Chair of the Tennessee Art Education Association (TAEA), and a member of the Arts and Media Communications Partnership Council of the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce. Her passion for the arts, her commitment to museums as teaching tools, and her abilities to ignite in others the joy of creativity are compelling.

Three Million Stories

Understanding the Lives and Careers of America’s Arts Graduates by DeeGee Lester

ou'll never find a job!" Unfortunately, for too many well-meaning "Y parents, teachers, and friends, the image of the chain-smoking, hard-

drinking, starving artist persists. But over the past century, more than three million creative and committed individuals received arts degrees from American educational institutions. Now, their stories, along with the trends and prospects in arts education and the creative labor market and issues for policy makers and educational leaders, will come together in a national conference hosted by Vanderbilt University, March 7–9. Funded by the Surdna Foundation, the conference is a collaborative effort by Vanderbilt’s Curb Center for Art, Enterprise and Public Policy, the Indiana University Center for Postsecondary Research, and the Strategic National Arts Alumni Project (SNAAP).

“Art can have a powerful impact on our lives, allowing us to see and experience the world in interesting and often unexpected ways. It can open our eyes to new possibilities and challenge us to find creative solutions to complex problems,” Steele says. “When students fully participate in a creative process, they can uncover valuable connections between art and life. These experiences may change their perspectives and ultimately broaden their worlds.” At the Renaissance Center, Steele oversees teacher training and professional development, fieldtrip arts programming, and the creation of internships and assistant teacher programs. In addition, she teaches arts enrichment classes and curates new exhibitions. Peers across the country now join in honoring her achievement and sharing her vision. “As Art Educators, we witness transformative moments every day in galleries, museums, and classrooms. Our unique teaching approaches and learning environments provide numerous avenues for students to engage with art in deep and meaningful ways.” www.rcenter.org

Featuring formal presentations and panel discussions, plenary sessions (covering topics such as “The Ups and Downs of the Creative Economy” and “Arts Degrees for Non-Arts”), cutting-edge research, and “deep-dive” breakout sessions for educators and policy-makers, the conference is the largest U.S. meeting to date focusing on the relationships between formal education in the arts, creative careers, and the larger creative economy.

photo: Melissa Cross

Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania

The conference highlights the changing perception of arts education and artistic careers. Increasing data on the importance of the arts to individual expression and well-being, expanded performance and exhibition opportunities, the growth of new technologies, the spread of rich cultural heritage around the world, and the constant drumbeat of corporate executives on the need for the arts as the seed for innovation have combined to demonstrate the role of arts in lives and communities. For additional information on the conference, visit www.3millionstories.com.

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New Horizons

Hillsboro High Students by Rebecca Pierce | photography by John Guider

t's always exciting to encounter young people who are passionate about the arts, and these six young women from Hillsboro High School did not disappoint. They were enthusiastic, articulate, and eager to share their work and ideas. Art Teacher Marti Profitt-Strueli elaborated on her approach: “The art program at Hillsboro heightens our students’ awareness of themselves, their world, and the role of art in society. Through a balance of technical training and the connection of ideas, we foster artists as well as discerning patrons for the future. Our program enhances our students’ capability to question the world around them, to respond to it creatively, and to effect great change.”

Catherine Choi

Catherine Choi was born in the States, but grew up in Korea. She returned for high school with the resolve to try something new, so she got into everything from sports to art—and even studying, she explained with a shy giggle. She thrived in her sophomore art class, because it was so different from art instruction in Korea. There, the entire class must render the same subject in the same medium. At Hillsboro she has artistic freedom.

Emma Kimbrough, A Study In Knots 1, Intaglio, 10” x 8”

Housed in My Head was the result of an assignment to illustrate home. “When I first think about home I feel stable, but at the same time I feel uncomfortable because I have two homes. I feel comfortable when I go home, but after I spend a year away from my Korean home and go back, I feel uncomfortable because it is the same place but it doesn’t feel like the same place.” Catherine has received Scholastic Gold and Silver Keys for drawing and a Silver Key for painting. She plans to study art in college. A member of a family of artists and musicians, Emma Kimbrough started drawing when she was about three years old. Her parents encouraged her endeavors, giving her Paul Klee paintby-number kits and a series of children’s books about artists. At five years of age she went to New York and spent her time in museums drawing what she saw.

Emma Kimbrough

Currently Emma is balancing her two favorite mediums, printmaking and painting, and she explains the difference in disciplines: “Painting and etching are totally different processes for me. With etching, it is very detailed and precise with a delicate line quality. Everything is deliberate. With painting I am trying to distance myself from a closeness with my hand. I am working toward less contrived gestures.”

Catherine Choi, Housed In My Head, Watercolor and ink on paper, 30.5" x 24"

Emma has received Scholastic Gold Keys for printmaking and mixed media, and Silver Keys for portfolio and painting. Her work is on display at the Frist Center as part of the Biennial AP/IB Upper Level Art Competition. She plans on majoring in studio art in college.

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Ann Manning

Ann Manning told us that drawing has always been a part of her life, but she didn’t think about pursuing it until the opportunity arose in high school. “I always sketched and doodled, but I never thought it could be this awesome,” she enthused. She definitely plans on pursuing art in some way, but she is not sure how. Ann explained, “I don’t take myself too seriously. I say that there’s this huge theme of interaction between the internal and external in my work, but art is just really fun for me, and something for me to be proud of. If people get a message out of my art I am happy with that, but if they don’t I’m not going to be heartbroken. I think it’s become more of a personal experience than something that I necessarily want to bring to the world. I appreciate artists who put so much into bringing a message to the world, and I aspire to do something as great, but as of right now I am satisfied with doing art for myself.” Ann’s work is currently on exhibit at the Frist Center as part of the Biennial AP/IB Upper Level Art Competition.

Sasha Reed, Petrushka, Watercolor on paper, 21” x 16.5”

Sasha Reed’s initial introduction to art came during her years at Linden Waldorf School where the arts are connected to academics on an equal basis. She started out doing wet on wet watercolors that were primarily gestural but has since moved on to naturalistic watercolors and detailed line drawings.

started looking at the theme of human interaction with nature and how it’s really a love hate relationship. We live within nature, and everything we do has to work with it. Nature, plants, and animals can overtake us. Like last night, a tree fell on my neighbor’s roof because of those horrible storms. In this piece, I was depicting the interaction between humans and animals. We don’t control nature but we try to, and there’s a very fine line between working with it and destroying it or it destroying us.”

Speaking of Petrushka, a watercolor of her sister and her chicken, Sasha explained, “I

Sasha has received a Scholastic Gold Key for painting. She plans to continue studying art in college.

Ann Manning, Descend, Acrylic on canvas, 26" x 14"

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Ava Kashani has been doing art since she could remember. Laughing, she told us, “I used to draw on anything, and my mom would get so mad. No pen, Sharpie, or pencil was safe in our house. When I was very young I would draw on my sheets and walls. Eventually my mom realized she should give me paper.” When I asked what artists inspired her she said it is hard to choose one or two. Ava finds inspiration from a lot of Ava Kashani different things besides just artists. “Hearing other people tell their stories is inspiring. Seeing what other people are doing with their lives is really inspiring. I think most of my inspiration isn’t from other artists or the product of art but seeing people’s processes and how they live.”

Joyce Yoo, Merry-Go-Round, Printmaking, watercolor on paper, 18” x 24”

Ava has received a Gold Key for drawing and a Silver Key for printmaking. She will continue with art in college and has so far been accepted at seven schools. In assembling her painting and drawing portfolio, Joyce Yoo couldn’t decide on one theme, so she went with three: self-portraits, isolation, and merry-gorounds. She explained that many artists portray themselves as depressed and sad, but she wanted to keep hers more lighthearted and funny. She wanted to make her viewers laugh. The theme of isolation came from images she captured in Korea; for example, a lone street vendor selling plums that had no customers and wasn’t selling plums. Talking about her third theme Joyce said, “MerryGo-Round is like a human Joyce Yoo being’s life. The columns are our fate or life. The horses are the humans, and we are bouncing and leaping on our fate.” Joyce’s father has had the most influence on her artistic endeavors. A professor of tourism in Korea, he brought her pictures and postcards he collected during his travels. These images inspired her to create art. Joyce has received a Scholastic Silver Key for drawing. She’s been accepted by three colleges so far and plans to major in art.

Ava Kashani, Lady, Acrylic, ink, pen, Sharpie on matt board, 21.5” x 13”

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Photo: Sean O'Grady

Lee Baskerville

2O13 Steeplechase Artist by Emme Nelson Baxter

hen Virginia-based artist Lee Baskerville was in Nashville last May at the Iroquois Steeplechase, he entertained hope that one of his paintings would someday be selected as “the look” of the iconic event. This fall, Baskerville

learned he had been chosen by the Volunteer State Horsemen’s Race Committee as featured artist for the 72nd running of the Iroquois. His painting Kinetic Energy is being reproduced on invitations, collectable posters and t-shirts, and myriad other print pieces. The 30” x 40” oil painting on Belgian linen depicts a Steeplechase jockey in silks in the moments before the race begins. The background is the pasture on the east of the racetrack. There is a tension to the horse, like a bow about to be sprung.

Poignantly, the artist was inspired by the late champion Arcadius, whose final race Baskerville was on hand to photograph. Kinetic Energy will be auctioned prior to the race. Baskerville’s works range from $5,000 for a sketch up to $50,000 for a large portrait. “It is a very nice partnership and one that increases the artist's exposure as well as creating a beautiful look for our various visibility pieces each year,” says Libby Cheek, executive director of the Iroquois Steeplechase. The contemporary realist artist is an avid rider and foxhunter. “I find you always do better when you paint what you know,” Baskerville says. Baskerville’s potential as a fine artist manifested early. His father, who was in the international safari business, helped land him a gig illustrating a brochure for the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries. Baskerville was in middle school at the time. “That ingrained in me that this could be a business as much as a rewarding, creative pastime,” he says. Tens of thousands of Middle Tennesseans will soon become quite familiar with Baskerville’s work. The Iroquois Steeplechase— Music City’s annual rite of spring—attracts some 25,000 spectators each year. Since 1982, the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt has been the official charity of the event, receiving more than $9 million from event proceeds.

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For more information visit www.leebaskerville.com and www.mysteeplechase.com.

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fashion

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Bangs Nashvillian Sarah Engelland struts the international runways

by Karen Parr-Moody photography by Brett Warren Producer: Chelsea Beauchamp/Brett Warren Photography Stylist: Mizzie Logan / MACS I AMAX Hair and Makeup: Jana Hilton/ MACS I AMAX Stylist Assistant: Quinn Headley

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The call for the Yves Saint Laurent job came as Engelland was considering modeling only during summers so that she could enroll in college. “There’s just no way to turn that down,” she says, adding, “Hedi was amazing. So many designers are so full of themselves, but Hedi, when we sat across from him at the dinner table he took time to talk to us and get our opinions.” Born in Brooklyn, New York, Engelland moved to Nashville when she was a toddler. When she was approached by a model scout a couple of years ago, it came as little surprise. “Being tall and skinny in Tennessee is not a very common thing,” she says. “So I was hearing it from everyone.” Last summer, on the advice of her Nashville agency MACS | AMAX, she got her bangs cut. She says it made a big difference in the New York market. “My face is so romantic and classic looking that the hair gives it an edge that wouldn’t be there otherwise,” she says. Brett Warren, who studied in New York City with Annie Leibovitz in 2012 and is cut from the same dreamy cloth as Tim Walker, shot the photos of Engelland for Nashville Arts. He was inspired by the Hans Christian Andersen story “The Little Match Girl,” because of Engelland’s hazel eyes. “I just think she has those captivating eyes,” he says. “And to me, it fit with the character I was trying to get across.” Meanwhile, Engelland recently sashayed down the catwalks during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in New York and then headed straight for London Fashion Week. However, she has more than modeling on her mind. She’s applied to colleges and is pondering a decision about that path.

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I’m not sure if I’ll stay in fashion for the rest of my life,” she says. “But even so, I’ll know it has had a major influence on me.

ohn Singer Sargent's 1902 painting The Acheson Sisters is meant to be realism, but as Lady Alexandra reaches for an orange, the Amazonian length of her legs seems decidedly unrealistic. Sargent blurred the line between reality and fantasy with his

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Nashville Fashion Week is April 2-6, 2013. For more information visit www.nashvillefashionweek.com.

brush strokes, but when it comes to model Sarah Engelland’s impossibly long legs, there is metaphysical certitude in that 36-inch inseam. “Even for a model, my legs are extremely long,” says the 17-year-old Nashvillian. “They’re kind of disproportionate to the rest of my body.” As Francis Bacon said, “There is no excellent beauty that hath not some strangeness in the proportion.” And Engelland’s disproportionate legs— along with haunting, hazel eyes that peer out from under high, heavy bangs—have caused a sensation in the fashion world. Engelland is 5 feet 10 inches tall and, she stresses, an additional threequarters of an inch beyond that. “That’s an important three quarters in fashion,” she says, noting that she is “taller and thinner” than most models who take a more conventional modeling route. With the lithe and steamy looks of the gamine, Engelland won’t appear in the L.L. Bean catalog any time soon. Conversely, she’s perfect for the Paris runways, which is why designer Hedi Slimane personally cast her to model last fall for the Saint Laurent Spring/ Summer 2013 Ready-to-Wear collection. This was after only two years of modeling in Nashville, which began during Nashville Fashion Week in 2011.

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The Art of Living Beautifully

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ArtHouse

Simply Picture Perfect The Billy and Jennifer Frist Collection

Inside, the giant kinetic chandelier by Korean artist U-Ram Choe pushes the wow factor into the red zone and sets the tone for what is already proving to be a unique artistic experience for me . . . and I'm still only in the foyer.

The Frists began their love affair with photography long before they ever met. Jennifer felt at an early age that she was destined to become a professional photographer and took all the classes that were offered at Harpeth Hall School and spent her Senior Winterim working on a photography project. She continued her photographic education during college, taking courses at Vanderbilt University and, after graduation, at O’More College of Design. Billy took AP Art History at Montgomery Bell Academy and then really became hooked on photography after attending a 1988 exhibition of work by Henri Cartier-Bresson at Cheekwood Museum of Art. While attending Princeton University, he took the only photo class offered that was taught by Professor of the History of Photography Peter Bunnell. After graduation, an internship at Sotheby’s Photography Department in New York led to a lifelong friendship with Denise Bethel, Sotheby’s current Head of Photography. While the Frists have developed slightly different tastes along the way, they know what the other likes and agree on acquisitions most of the time. Neither will push a piece that the other strongly dislikes. The result is a collection that is intelligent, thoughtprovoking, sexy, and fun. A lot like the Frists.

Billy and Jennifer Frist

words and photography by jerry atnip

here's no question about it. The house is an architectural

masterpiece. Sitting at the crest of a hill with a stunning panoramic view, the Billy and Jennifer Frist home is a visual feast for the eyes, as welcoming as it is impressive. Everywhere you look it is simply picture perfect. And that suits me just fine because I am here to view what is quite possibly one of the finest photography collections in existence. Leibovitz, Mann, Stieglitz, Weston, and Eggleston, images that I have studied and admired all my life, they're all here just behind those huge beautiful front doors. I took a very deep breath and rang the bell.

Doug Aitken, Riot

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Sally Mann, Candy Cigarette

Their home offers an instant feeling of balance and harmony. The relationship between the structure and the art begs the question "which came first?â&#x20AC;? Was the space planned around the art or was the art selected for the space? It is quickly evident that this didn't happen by accident but is the result of a very well thought out plan. With the help of artist and museum designer Hans Schmidt-Matzen, each photograph went through a careful selection and placement process. Determining the function of the room, how often a piece would be seen, how the images work together, and how they are affected by the lighting were all taken into consideration. Back to the foyer where a salon-style hanging of nine prints from Doug and Mike Starn's alleverythingthatisyou series complements the illuminated Riot by Doug Aitken. Also in the foyer, a museum-type display of a rare nineteenthcentury daguerreotype sits proudly next to a modern plate of Brad Pitt by Chuck Close.

Pieter Hugo, The Hyena Men of Abuja, Nigeria

Down the two-story grand hallway the collection continues with the contemporary pieces Museum by David LaChapelle and the monumental portrait of Angelina Jolie by Martin Schoeller. A piece that seems to take everybody by surprise is Pieter Hugo's The Hyena Men of Abuja, Nigeria, which features a group of traveling performers who entertain crowds and sell traditional medicines. Billy shares with me that although most people who see it would not hang it in their own home, it is an image that generates a great deal of lively conversation. I can't stop looking at it, and I have a feeling it is an image that will stay with me for a very long time.

Annie Leibovitz, Kate Moss

But the most talked-about piece in the collection is undoubtedly the controversial Last Supper image from David LaChapelle's 2003 Jesus Is My Homeboy series. The Frists agree that the interest in the piece might be because it pushes most people out of their comfort zone. Still it is an arresting image that works well in its setting. Jennifer is quick to note that many people are surprised by some of the pieces that have been chosen for the collection. I tell her that I am thrilled to be surprised.

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Richard Avedon, Dovima with Elephants

Herb Ritts, Fred with Tires

Helmut Newton, Cindy Crawford Admired

Black-and-white fashion images by artists Richard Avedon, Helmut Newton, Patrick Demarchelier, Robert Mapplethorpe, and Herb Ritts among others line the hallway that leads to the master bedroom. I have seen reproductions of Avedon’s Dovima with Elephants many times, but seeing it in person is a wondrous experience. It truly is one of the greatest images of all time. The great Irving Penn is represented by his Girl Drinking, Girl in Veiled Hat, and Man Lighting Girl’s Cigarette. Herb Ritts’ Fred with Tires caught me totally off guard. Enough said. The end of the hall is anchored by a large color image from Christopher Bucklow’s Guest series. In a washroom, a still image/video installation by Jim Campbell has a hypnotic effect, and I find myself spending way too much time waiting for the ghost-like figures to move across the screen. It is the perfect image for the setting.

Irving Penn, Man Lighting Girl’s Cigarette

Images by Annie Leibovitz, Vee Speers, Simen Johan, Jack Spencer, Alec Soth, Ruth Bernard, Walker Evans, Eikoh Hosoe, Masao Yamamoto, and William Christenberry are sprinkled throughout the house. Sally Mann's Candy Cigarette is quietly humorous and disturbing at the same time. NashvilleArts.com

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Alex MacLean, Bathers in a Wave Pool, Florida

David LaChapelle, Jesus Is My Homeboy: Last Supper

While the Frists admit they don’t have wall space left at this house, they are still in acquisition mode. Their well-protected vault contains flat files for individual prints and artist portfolios as well as an extensive photographic book collection including the entire inventory of 21st Editions. In addition, they are purchasing pieces for another home being built just outside of Nashville.

When asked about the “elusive find,” Billy says that there isn’t one. Like most collectors he believes that one should buy what they love and love what they buy. He relates the story of an Irving Penn image that he wanted in 1994 but it was a bit too expensive. Years later, they acquired the piece for twenty times that earlier price. Lesson learned. Purchase a piece when it calls out to you. The Frists get a great deal of joy and satisfaction from sharing their passion with others. For me, as a professional photographer, I cannot thank them enough for the support and patronage they have shown to the art of photography. The collection is as good as it gets. It is simply picture perfect, and it is world class. To think, all I had to do was take a left on Tyne Boulevard.

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ou've never been in a shop that more perfectly reflects the elegance, aesthetics, and desires of its owner than does Jalan-Jalan, Caye David's magnificent Indonesian antique-furniture showroom in the heart of Nashville. Born fifteen years ago on a whim and a tiny budget,

the business came about when David fell in love with Bali and

decided she had to have a connection there. The elegant yet simple tables, benches, bowls, and functional art objects in Jalan-Jalan have a universal appeal, and they glow with patina that can come only from wear. What kind of woman would make it her business to ship massive containers of beautiful things halfway around the world? Caye David sat down with Nashville Arts to tell us.

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NAM: What touched you about Bali so much that you had to make it a part of your life?

DAVID: The elegant culture so vested in its own ancestry and belief system. The beauty. The people. NAM: Did Nashvillians embrace the idea of Indonesian antiques right away, or did you have to educate them?

DAVID: There was an education process. But people recognize quality and beauty even if they don't understand the culture where it came from. People love the stories behind the pieces, the history, the provenance. Educating people about true Indonesian antiques vs. reproductions wasn't hard once people saw the difference themselves. NAM: What does Jalan-Jalan mean?

DAVID: The Indonesian word for road is jalan. Jalan-Jalan is an idiom that means, “I'm just going for a walk.” It's what you say in the busy marketplace when people are pressuring you to buy: I’m just looking, just going for a walk. NAM: So when people come in, what do they like best?

DAVID: People love the warmth of old wood, especially in contemporary settings where it softens hard edges. There are pieces that people live with day in and day out. Coffee tables, dining tables, and benches are always in demand. My new design line, Ancient Modern, created from old wood sells as fast as I can make it. NAM: My favorite thing in your shop is an old wooden bowl, carved, with a knotted rope on the bottom of it.

DAVID: It’s a food bowl. Farmers would take it with them into the rice fields each day. NAM: That’s so charming. Now I want it. I love that so many things in your shop are art objects but they’re useful.

DAVID: The accessories in my showroom began their life as utilitarian. I call it Agrarian Art. Rice spoons, fishing baskets, bowls. It’s honest beauty. NAM: What's the average customer of Jalan-Jalan like?

DAVID: My customers are creative and curious and often have some world travel under their belts. They don't want the ordinary and what they'll see in everyone else's homes. They also appreciate other cultures. NAM: My impression is you work hard but you make it look effortless. Like a swan. All serene on top of the water but paddling furiously underneath.

DAVID: (Laughs.) I think people believe the showroom just magically appears all put together, but recently I posted a lot of photos on Facebook of the whole process, the travel, the buying—all the way to the container's arrival and unloading crates. It’s like a massive jigsaw puzzle because I don't buy rooms to go. I buy what I love and hope it will all come together. I have a lot of great help both in Bali and stateside.

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NAM: You spend time in Bali and you have a house in Jamaica, two wildly different cultures. What attracts you to these two very dissimilar but indigenous cultures?

DAVID: Experiencing other cultures has taught me how small the world really is, how connected we are, and how we want basically the same things in life.Â NAM: You wrote on Facebook: "No greater joy, frustration, wonder and appreciation exists for our First World than building a life in the Third."

DAVID: That's true. NAM: Now the Lightening Round: What do you value above all?

DAVID: My children and my friends. NAM: What excites you?

DAVID: Travel; a new shipment. Hockey. NAM: If they made a movie of your life, who would play you?

DAVID: Catherine Keener. NAM: What's the craziest thing you shipped to Nashville from Bali?

DAVID: A six-foot-tall standing stone torso. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s in the showroom now! NAM: What did I leave out?

DAVID: I have a small, nonprofit organization, Overseas Medical, taking medical supplies to Third World countries.

Visit Jalan-Jalan at 2503 Winford Avenue, Nashville. www.jalanjalanantiques.com

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by Stephanie Stewart-Howard

first became familiar with the Temple Arts Festival several years ago when I was doing an interview at the Tennessee State Museum. When the conversation turned

to the festival, the remarkable Lois Riggins-Ezzell, museum executive director, waxed poetic on her plans for jewelry buying. “Is it really all that wonderful?” I asked her. “Oh yes, it really is,” she replied with a gleam in her eye. I knew she meant business and resolved to check it out. I’ve never regretted it—the whole event is a marvelous experience. Guests of all ages wander the space, some actively shopping, some just enjoying the incredible nature of the works around them. Walls and stands of glasswork, multimedia and more traditional painting and sculpture, a room devoted to jewelry . . . it’s the best kind of pop-up gallery (and predates the notion of pop culture ‘pop-up’, at least in our part of the country). Diane Davich Craig, All Dolled Up

Chair Lisa Small says Sheila Schott helped introduce the concept almost a decade ago. Schott’s cousin runs a similar art show in St. Petersburg, Florida, with a 40-year history. Small and other future festival founders visited, returning inspired to create something similar to appeal to Nashville audiences. “We learned from the experience, and we adapted it to our own city,” says Small. The list of early planners reads like a who’s who of the Middle Tennessee arts community. The first steering committee and jury included Alice Zimmerman. She had co-owned a gallery, and when it closed, she encouraged their artists to look to the Temple Arts Festival. It brought in exhibitors from New Mexico to Vermont and helped set the tone. Now, the festival showcases some 50 artists and jewelers from all over the country. They often develop solid relationships with exhibitors, bringing some back multiple times. These are rotated in and out after three to four years to keep the show fresh. Each year, some 60 to 70 percent of the artists shown are new.

Leon Applebaum, Hand blown, cut and polished glass art

“We love to make connection with the artists, to make sure they’re seen,” Small tells me. Indeed, while some of their participants are well known from the start, others meet new contacts and expand their horizons while exhibiting here. For example, outsider artist Chris Beck, who now shows in galleries all over the Southeast, took advantage of

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Kerry Brock and David Dunlop, Fractured, Mixed media on aluminum

connections made here, while experienced porcelain artist Tom Hoadley is represented in the White House permanent collection but chooses to make appearances here. The goal is to make sure artists have an inspiring, positive experience, as much as the attendees. This year, the list includes clothing artist Katherine Allen-Coleman, whimsical glasswork by Bob and Laurie Kliss and more edgy glass by Susan Taylor Glasgow (check out her glass purses at www.taylorglasgow.com in advance), Nashville jeweler Paula Barnett, trompe l’oeil ceramicist Karen Shapiro, photographer John Guider, and multimedia fiber and wood artist Amy Gillespie. This year, the artists’ grand prize is renamed in honor of the late Sylvia Hyman, a trompe l’oeil sculptor beloved by festivalgoers. This would have been her fifth year as participant. The event begins with a Saturday night party, on April 20 from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. Lisa Small wants you to know if you don’t get an invitation, you’re still welcome for the dressy casual (jeans and boots too!) event. Depending on your arrival time, your ticket price (which buys you a gift certificate in that value for the show) will range from $500 to $150, including food and drink as well as perusal time. At 8 p.m., there’s a late party with a $15 cover (no gift certificate) for those with small budgets but a love of art. The Sunday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. show on April 21 offers food trucks for the first time, plus a scheduled kid’s art activity. For more information about the Temple Arts Festival visit www.templeartsfestival.com.

Deborah Armstrong, Lucien Bracelet

Viviana Santamarina, Whisper, Crocheted paper sculpture, 12" x 11" x 9"

A Personal Reflection on the Temple Arts Festival by Frank H. Boehm, MD In January, the New York Times ran a very positive and lengthy article on Nashville calling it the “it” city. It seems Nashville is now being recognized as a wonderful city, something most of us who live here have known for a long time. What makes Nashville such a rising-star city is multifactorial but includes its commitment to and appreciation of artists and the beautiful work they create. From the Frist Center for the Visual Arts and Cheekwood Botanical Gardens and Museum of Art to the many other museums, galleries, and craft fairs, Nashville is a place to view and appreciate the work of very talented local artists as well as others from around the world. One of those venues for the appreciation and purchase of art that has captured applause for beauty in art over the past eight years is the Temple Arts Festival (TAF), which is held each year at the Temple on Harding Road. It brings recognized artists from all over America to the “it” city. I have attended each of the past eight years’ showings and have brought wonderful pieces of art into my home where I can enjoy their beauty and essence. Enjoying an object created by another that is beautiful and unique and brings an inner sense of peace and comfort is what art is all about. I am proud of the city I have lived in most of my life and am equally proud of what Nashville has done to promote the creative work of artists here and around the country. I am also proud of the TAF, an event that says to all who grace its doors: enter and find beauty and creativity, enter and find peace of mind and contentment, and do not be surprised if you leave with not only a piece of creative beauty but also with a smile on your face. Frank H. Boehm is Professor and Vice Chair, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

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Mozart Arts organizations partner to bring Mozart’s legendary music and story to Music City!

by Jim Reyland | photography by Reed Hummell

he original rock star, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart remains one of our most celebrated and enigmatic figures, famed for his brilliant classical compositions as well as for his turbulent and tragic life. This spring, his story and musical legacy are presented

to Nashville audiences in a collaboration called Mozart in Music City: the Man, the Music, the Magic. Mozart in Music City begins with Blackbird Theater’s production of Peter Shaffer’s play Amadeus, March 8–23 at Lipscomb’s Shamblin Theatre. Amadeus takes a trenchant look at the troubled life, brilliant music, and tragic death of Mozart through the envious eyes of Salieri, the rival who claimed to have killed the great composer. “Amadeus is one of the great masterworks of modern theatre,” says Blackbird’s Artistic Director Wes Driver. “Shaffer has a unique theatrical imagination, which I don’t think was ever more fully realized than in this funny, ferocious, tour de force of a show.” Then,

Emory Colvin, Amanda Card, Brent Maddox, Brian Webb Russell

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The legacy of Mozart presents a golden opportunity to experience his story and his music in an array of marvelous art forms, and there’s nowhere more fitting for this series than Music City. – Blackbird’s Managing Director Greg Greene

Emory Colvin and Brian Webb Russell

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FiftyForward Music for Seniors joins host Lipscomb University to present a free music program for seniors on Thursday, March 14, at 2 p.m. The event features performances of Mozart’s work by the Lipscomb University Department of Music and Nashville Opera’s Young Artists quartet and scenes from Blackbird’s production of Amadeus.

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Brian Webb Russell

Brent Maddox and Amanda Card

Emory Colvin

This impressive series continues with Nashville Opera’s production of one of Mozart’s most popular and enduring works. “The Magic Flute was Mozart’s final opera and is arguably one of the most wellknown and loved operas in the history of music,” says John Hoomes, General and Artistic Director of Nashville Opera. “It contains a fantastical, fairy-tale type of plot, and within the glorious music, we hear Mozart composing at the height of his musical power. No matter how much or how little you wish to search for in The Magic Flute, everyone will agree that this opera is a timeless masterpiece that could only have come from the mind of Mozart.” Performances are April 11 and 13 in TPAC’s Andrew Jackson Hall. Mozart in Music City concludes as the Nashville Symphony presents Mozart’s Piano Masterpiece, April 18–20, featuring his Piano Concerto No. 9 in E flat Major, popularly known as Jeunehomme. “I am thrilled that Nashville is coming together to celebrate the genius of Mozart,” says Nashville Symphony Music Director Giancarlo Guerrero. “The Nashville Symphony is proud to be a part of this citywide program and looks forward to closing out the series of events with our performance of Mozart’s ninth piano concerto in April.” For full event listings and tickets, visit www.MozartInMusicCity.com.

Jim Reyland owns Audio Productions, Nashville and is the artistic director of Writer’s Stage Theatre. His new play, Used Cows for Sale, and a new musical, I’ll Take the Crowd, are currently in development. jreyland@audioproductions.com

Playhouse Nashville Launches First Season With Nate Eppler’s New Comedy SEXTAPE Nashville playwright Nate Eppler’s hot new comedy SEXTAPE AND OTHER STORIES enjoys its World Premiere production February 28 through March 10 in residence at Street Theatre Company’s Elm Hill Pike location. Starring four of Music City’s most popular actors, Jack Chambers, Megan Murphy Chambers, Jennifer Richmond, and Jessejames Locorriere, SEXTAPE is the opening salvo in what could very easily become the biggest year for new theatrical works Nashville has ever experienced. Reserved seat tickets for SEXTAPE are $15 and are available online now. For show times and additional info, please visit www.PlayhouseNashville.com.

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One for the Ages I

t was a distillation of the best Nashville has to offer," said my husband, Chris. as we were driving home from the Cowboy Jack Clement tribute held at War Memorial Auditorium on Wednesday, January 30.

For those who don't know, Cowboy Jack Clement is a lovable iconoclast who singlehandedly changed the way music is made here in Music City. He was the first independent producer; he built the first sixteen-track studio; he produced Nashville's first major motion picture (a southern gothic thriller called Dear Dead Delilah that starred Agnes Morehead); he produced million-selling records for Charley Pride (the first AfricanAmerican superstar in country music history), Waylon Jennings, and others; he made music videos long before MTV; he added mariachi horns to "Ring of Fire," helping to make it the biggest-selling record of Johnny Cash's career; and on and on. If you're in the business of making music (as I am), Cowboy was quick to remind us that we're in the fun business. "If you're not having fun," he said, "you're not doing your job." I first met Cowboy in 1968 while a freshman at Vanderbilt University. A family friend had called from a bar out on White Bridge Road, inviting me to meet up with him and two guys he knew from the music business. I was so excited to be near anything music-related, I fled my dorm (without checking out), hailed a cab (a first), and headed for the Hound's Tooth. Once there, I met music publisher Bill Hall and Cowboy Jack Clement. I wasn't that impressed with Jack. He had just dyed his hair this blondorange color. He reminded me of a wrestler, like the ones on TV. Over the years, our paths kept crossing; for a while in the early 70s, I followed him around like a puppy dog, soaking up his every eccentric move. In time, we became great friends.

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Cowboy is eighty-one now and facing health issues. The tribute was a benefit concert for the Music Health Alliance. I was asked to perform along with some of my musical heroes like John Prine, Kris Kristofferson, Rodney Crowell, Emmylou Harris, and John Hiatt. Billy Burnette and Shawn Camp kicked things off in revved-up fashion with "My Gal Is Red Hot." Charley Pride took every singer in the room to school as he sang "Kiss an Angel Good Morning." Mary Gauthier led a choir singing "We Must Believe in Magic." Del McCoury, Dickey Lee, Tim O'Brien, Sam Bush, Vince Gill, Jakob Dylan, T Bone Burnett, Amos Lee, Nikki Lane, Dan Auerbachâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;each brought the house down singing songs either penned or published by The Cowboy. In between performances, a big screen played testimonials from Bill Clinton, Bono, Ted Danson and Mary Steenburgen, Dennis Quaid, and John C. Reilly, while Peter Guralnick, Allen Reynolds, and Jim Rooney provided historical perspective. Connie Britton from the hit TV series Nashville read a letter of appreciation from Michelle Obama. The evening was a song fest turned love fest, and when Cowboy Jack himself got up to sing "When I Dream" (after daughter Alison gracefully read a poem she'd written about her dad), the packed hall got so quiet you could hear a heart break. www.tallgirl.com

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Jacques Hnizdovsky (Ukrainian/American, 1915–1985) Twelve Birds, Associated American Artists, New York, 1976 Woodcuts, 1975, on rice paper, with title page and portfolio For an appraiser, the opportunity to give an owner good news does not present itself as often as you would think. On a recent house call to examine “a lot of prints and framed things” that had descended in the family from a distant relative, I got that opportunity. Among the many interesting works on paper was this portfolio, the work of Jacques Hnizdovsky, from a subscription series for the Associated American Artists. Associated American Artists commissioned Jacques Hnizdovsky to create this suite of twelve birds in 1975. While I cannot find an original cost, the mission of Associated American Artists was to make art affordable for the masses—some AAA prints sold for as little as $5 each. On today’s market, at auction, the owner could expect to achieve $900 to $1,200 for this inherited discovery, which was published in 1976 in a limited edition of 110.

Hnizdovsky made his move to the United States in 1949. In 1950, he experienced a turning point in his life and career when one of his woodcuts was chosen by A. Hyatt Mayor, curator of prints at New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, for addition to their permanent collection. From that point Hnizdovsky became determined to make his living as an independent artist. One could imagine the difficulties his career choice would present, but that difficult start turned out to be the ideal path for his future. Hindered by the lack of funds to hire human models, Hnizdovsky turned to the plants and animals found at New York’s botanical gardens and zoos—subjects that were willing to pose at no cost and would later become his primary and most-collected subject matter. Hnizdovsky’s style was best described as “simplified realism,” and his woodcuts, linocuts, and etchings were his strength. By the time of his passing in 1985, his work had been acclaimed worldwide and is now held in many private and institutional collections.

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Linda Dyer serves as an appraiser, broker, and consultant in the field of antiques and fine art. She has appeared on the PBS production Antiques Roadshow since season one, which aired in 1997, as an appraiser of Tribal Arts. If you would like Linda to appraise one of your antiques, please send a clear, detailed image to antiques@ nashvillearts.com. Or send photo to Antiques, Nashville Arts Magazine, 644 West Iris Dr., Nashville, TN 37204.

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A twentieth-century printmaker, illustrator, and painter, Jacques Hnizdovsky is known worldwide. Born in the Borshchivskyi Raion of the Ternopil Oblast region of the Ukraine, Hnizdovsky had an early interest in the art of printmaking and woodcuts, particularly those of Albrecht Dürer and the Japanese. During his studies at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw and Zagreb, he produced hundreds of paintings and prints.

Organized in 1934, at a time when America was in the grips of a depression and when depression was the general mood of the day, Associated American Artists was started by Reeves Lewenthal with the objective of putting art in the hands of the middle class. His mission was to bridge the gap between the artists and their audiences by making fine art affordable. They achieved that goal by publishing accessible and attractive limited-edition prints by American artists that sold for as little as $5 each by subscription. By the fall of 1934, Lewenthal had contracts with fifty department stores nationwide to carry his "signed originals by America's great artists." The organization commissioned original graphic art from many notable American artists, such as Thomas Hart Benton, Reginald Marsh, and Berenice Abbott, artists whose works often reflected the everyday America of their era. All lithographs and etchings were produced in editions ranging from 125 to 250 impressions. Between 1934 and 1945, the organization published more than 600 limited-edition prints. Later, the department stores were abandoned in favor of a headquarters in a gallery in New York City. With changes that included the artists’ lack of interest in the AAA terms and the public’s move away from Regionalism towards Modernism, Associated American Artists appears to have ceased to exist by 1981. One of the Associated American Artists published lithographs, entitled Wreck of the Ole ’97 by Thomas Hart Benton, appeared for appraisal during the Antiques Roadshow 2012 visit to Corpus Christi. The lithograph, which was executed in 1944 in an edition of 250, was given an auction estimate of $20,000 to $30,000. Not bad for a $5 investment and an ironic reversal of the print’s original “market to the masses” intention.

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Esther Becker Goetz (American, 1907–1971) The San Remo, Central Park West, Watercolor, dated ’52 As I looked across the dimly lit room I was attracted to this painting in hopes it was the work of the early-twentieth-century American Post-Impressionist artist Maurice Prendergast. It turned out that this charming work was by a woman forty-nine years his junior, yet there were shared experiences and acquaintances. Esther Goetz studied in Paris and then at the storied and still active Art Students League of New York, an artist-founded institution that came into being during the post-Civil War years. Goetz’s limited biographical information states that while at the Art Students League she studied under the direction of John French Sloan. Sloan, the American Social Realist painter, had been teaching full time at the ASL since 1916, and among his students were Alexander Calder, John Graham, and Adolph Gottlieb. Sloan and Prendergast were contemporaries and friends. I discovered that Goetz had a watercolor included in a 1936 juried show, the International Watercolor Exhibition at the Art Institute of Chicago…15th

International. At that exhibit, Goetz would be competing with a breathtaking list of entrants, works by Paul Klee, Diego Rivera, George Bellows, and Andrew Dasburg to name a few. In that same competition four years before, Maurice Prendergast had been an entrant and won the top prize of $600. Before you start imagining Esther Goetz living a life of wealth and privilege, I also found mention of Goetz occasionally having to set her creative self aside to work at the New York Navy Yard as a drafter, where ships became her subject matter. Apparently she possessed an eye for detail. As mentioned, Esther Becker Goetz biographical material is sadly very limited to the standard “born Buffalo, died NYC,” “designed Christmas cards for Hallmark,” the artist association memberships, exhibition dates, and permanent collection sites. In the same measured way, today’s secondary market has supported Goetz with only her highest achieved price at auction of $200, while Maurice Prendergast’s highest achieved price at auction to date was a little over $3,500,000.

Note of Importance: The owner of these works was kind enough to allow Nashville Arts Magazine to present them in “Appraise It” before consigning them to sale at McLemore Auction Company of Nashville. These works, together with approximately thirty others, all from the same estate that includes works by Al Hirschfeld, Cecil Forbes, Ronald Searle, Don Freeman, and Boris Aronson will be offered in a March 2013 sale.

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on the town with Ted Clayton

apageno, the birdcatcher in Mozart's Magic Flute, was aflutter among bright-colored, exotic birds in flight at the recent La Bella

Notte. His character is a coward who pretends to be brave and cannot keep his mouth shut . . . many people see themselves in this zany, fairy-tale birdcatcher character. (OK, maybe most of us do not immediately relate to characters in opera, but Papageno is one that for sure I do.) A lovely evening of song, fine dining, and dance this was, chaired by Dancey Trabue Sanders with Honorary Chair Barbara Bovender. Opera selections were sung by the Mary Ragland Young Artists during the dinner, followed by the highenergy dance band Shake Shake Shake. Dr. Joseph Allen was the recipient of the Francis Robinson Award. Joining Dr. Allen in this lively evening were Betty and Ed Thackston, Chair Dancey and John Sanders – La Bella Notte Sarah and Bob Buchanan, Mark Lee Taylor and Steve Hyman, Anne and Michael Saint, Debbye and Hunt Oliver, Laura and Ben Allen, Leslie and Nashville's best-dressed gentleman Keith Churchill, June and Boyd Bogle, the beautiful Caroline and Burk Lindsey (Burk being the most handsome!), Sue and Earl Swensson, Tish and Stephanie Moore with Jackson Brown, Joy and J.R. Roper, Jennifer and Jamie Parker, Joyce and Steve Wood, Anne and Bill Whetsell, Lee Ann and George Anderson, Debbie and Bob and Sarah Donald Holmes. It was, as always, a great and Buchanan – La Bella Notte enjoyable evening at La Bella Notte!

Swans are known to protect their nests aggressively, and if you can relate that to this year’s Swan Ball Chairmen and Cheekwood, you can imagine how true that is. Julie Walker and Amy Colton, Swan Ball 2013 Chairs, held the annual "unveiling" plans for what is considered one of the finest white-tie events in the South. “Floral and romantic” describes my take on the design layout presented by Hugh Howser and Anita Hogin of H Three Events. A real crowd pleaser, Kool and the Gang, will be the headline entertainment, with “the Prince of Chintz" Mario Buatta receiving the Swan Award. Internationally renowned John DeLong will bring a new and exciting look to the ball this year Anne and Michael Saint, Kathy Berry – with his jewelry designs that La Bella Notte are easily recognized by their

Charlie and Laura Niewold, Lee Ann and George Anderson – La Bella Notte

Keith and Leslie Churchill, June and Boyd Bogle – La Bella Notte

Caroline and Burk Lindsey – La Bella Notte

Earl and Sue Swensson – La Bella Notte

simplicity, quality, and distinctive use of vibrant-colored stones. As Julie and Amy stated, "Cheekwood truly is a celebration of garden and art!" All that being said, it was a grand bevy (a group of swans) evening at the lovely estate home of Cathy and Clay Jackson. Ballet is a type of performance dance that originated in the Italian Renaissance Courts of the fifteenth century. Over the centuries there have been the Russian Ballet, French Ballet, Italian Ballet, and here in our fine city we are so fortunate to have the Nashville Ballet, under the leadership of Paul Vasterling and company. The annual fundraiser, the Ballet Ball MMXIII, was held a few weeks past at the Schermerhorn Symphony Center under the creative direction of Chairs Kindy Hensler and Susan Short Jones, and a chic and glamorous evening it was. Upon entering the Laura Turner Hall for the elegant, seated, black-tie dinner, patrons were welcomed by ballerinas and ballerinos (male dancers) dancing in a classical style on stage. Enjoying a wonderful, tasteful dinner and an outstanding performance by the Nashville Ballet were patrons including Elaina and Ronnie Scott, Jennifer and Jamie Parker, Jennifer and Adam Solesby, Anne Sheppard with Morel Enoch Harvey, Jon and Donna Perlin, Brenda and Joe Steakley, Aimee and John Oates, Brenda and Ron Corbin, Jacqueline and Robert Hutton, Linda and Jere Ervin, Suzanne and Grant Smothers, Nancy and John Cheadle (Nancy looking grand in what she said was her first red ball gown), Elizabeth and Donnie Nichols, Lake and John Eakin, Jane and Jack Jacques, Susan and Frank Hammer, Gina and Chris Keaton, Joy and J.R. Roper, Anne-Taylor and Matt Fones (my new best friends and dinner partners), Doris and Donald

J.R. and Joy Roper, Jennifer and Jamie Parker – Ballet Ball

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Paul Vasterling, Elaina and Ronnie Scott – Ballet Ball

Jon and Donna Perlin – Ballet Ball

Holmes and Elizabeth James with Jay Joyner. The gown of the evening was one of pink sequins with white mink cuffs and collar, vintage 1940s, bought on eBay and elegantly worn by Sharon Sandahl.

Grant and Suzanne Smothers, Jennifer and Adam Solesby – Ballet Ball

Prior to this ball, a lovely patrons party was given at the museum home of Shirley and David Horowitz. I must share with you a quote from that evening. As I was Shirley and David Horowitz – waiting for my car at the valet stand, I Ballet Ball overheard on the walkie-talkie: “Someone has lost Mr. Lipman’s car and better find it fast as . . .” well, you can imagine! LOL. Congratulations to the Chairs of this prestigious ball for making the artistry of dance available to every segment of our community! Rembrandt and the Dutch Golden Age, the newest exhibit at the Frist Center, was privately previewed by the patrons of the upcoming 2013 Frist Gala. Dr. Salvador Salort-Pons, head of the European Art Department, Detroit Institute of Arts, was our tour guide for the evening, leading patrons through the galleries of fine masterpieces. To be a patron, one sponsors a masterpiece work of art. Seeking their sponsored paintings were Jennie and Rob McCabe, whom I joined in the hunt for their painting, Highway Robbery, 1625, by Esaias van de Velde. Jennie whispered to me, "It may be small, but it packs a punch." Indeed it does, Jennie. Other art enthusiast patrons included Totty Bradford

Chair Kindy and Raymond Hensler, Robert and Beth Garza – Ballet Ball

Sharon and Todd Sandahl, Page and Joe Plowman – Ballet Ball

Jay Joyner and Mary Spalding – Ballet Ball

Heloise Kuhn, Chair Susan Short Jones, Annette Eskind – Ballet Ball

and Dorothy Earthman, Brenda and Joe Steakley, Denise and Milton Johnson, Julie and Tommy Frist, Jennifer and Billy Frist, Karyn Frist with son Harrison and his lovely wife, Ashley; Joanne and Tom Cato, and Jean Ann and Barry Banker. The host committee for this evening included Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Gordon, Mr. and Mrs. Aubrey B. Harwell, Jr., and Mr. and Mrs. W. Lucas Simmons. Gala chairs Ashley Levi and Dallas Wilt shared exciting plans for the upcoming event to be held on May 18. I must say I totally enjoyed this exhibit and plan many trips back. The paintings are full of architectural elements made famous during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. Describing the one and only Albert Hadley, Annette de la Renta said, “Like Billy Baldwin and later Bill Blass, he [had] a completely American architectural approach and a perfect sense of scale, not to mention [being] a gentleman of enormous integrity and modesty.” This year’s annual Antiques & Garden Show was a tribute to the late Hadley, who, with his sophistication and national reputation, has attracted top designers and lecturers to this show over many years. Bunny Williams, serving as Honorary Chairman, lead the list of top designers/lecturers at this year’s excellent show. General Chairs Dana Miller and Birgitta Williamson spent a year organizing this spectacular event. I attended the Benefactor and Patrons Preview parties chaired by Lorie

Richard Manson and Ruth Johnson, Brenda and Ron Corbin – Ballet Ball

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Aimee and John Oates, Robert and Jacqueline Hutton – Ballet Ball

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Barbara Bovender, Trish Frist, Jack Bovender – Antiques & Garden Neal and Marguerite Clayton, Robbie and Maggie Barnhart, Holly and Jeremy Barnhart – Antiques & Garden

and Jay Sangervasi, Joan and Will Cheek, and Jane and Don McLeod. Marianne and Andrew Byrd – Antiques & Garden

Joan and Will Cheek – Antiques & Garden

Duke, Jay Joyner, and Mary Spalding, remembering only twenty-three years ago when I chaired this same event—which was, by the way, the first—along with Elizabeth Nichols and Clare Armistead.

Katie Harwell and Jonathan Savage – Antiques & Garden

This year’s Antiques and Garden Show was themed "Be Inspired," and well, yes, who could not be inspired with the entry exhibit by Jonathan Savage creating a room design interpreting Albert's design philosophy, leading to the beautiful entry garden designed by the talented Stephen Wells. Then there was the tree, designed by Phillipe Chadwick, that took center stage— hard to miss this since it was ceiling height and covered the center of the Convention Center. Chadwick dreamed of this creation for years, a tree made of textiles as the tree roots, trunk, and limbs, to be capped by a huge, upside-down parachute as the foliage. Quite impressive, if I do say so! Marianne and Andrew Byrd (Antiques & Garden Show benefactor couple) stood guard at the entry welcoming Barbara and Jack Bovender (Barbara is so excited about being grandmother to twins), Trish Frist, Betty Hadley, Elaine and Bruce Sullivan, Suzanne and Todd Cato, Marguerite and Neal Clayton, Charlotte Atwood with daughter Char, Jackie and John Hicks (Jackie looked stunning in cocktail red), Cathy and Bill Shell, JoAnne and Gary Haynes, Elizabeth and Sidney McAlister, Libby and Ben Page, Sandy

Chair Birgitta Williamson, Bunny Williams, Betty Hadley, Chair Dana Miller – Antiques & Garden

Yes, there were antique dealers with quite impressive items, American and European, and yes, I did make a grand purchase. Of course I pulled my photographer, Donnie Hedden, aisle by aisle to select the perfect purchase of the evening. Congratulations, Antiques & Garden Show, on twenty-three years and looking forward to next year’s event in our new convention center.

JoAnne and Gary Haynes – Antiques & Garden

A man of small stature but a giant of couture and fashion and treasured by leading social Nashville ladies for years, Alfred Fiandaca will always be remembered by his classical, flowing gowns. Alfred was a favorite of the Swan Ball set. Every year "the Fiandaca Girls" would line the grand staircase of the Cheekwood Mansion on Swan Ball evenings for photographs with Fiandaca. The "girls” include many past chairmen of the ball (they wore his creations at their Swan Balls): Sally McDougall, the late Frances Corzine, Fran Hardcastle, Jane Coble, Clare Armistead, Jane Dudley, Susan Simmons, Nicky Cheek, and, of course, Alfred's oh so close friend Shirley Harvey. I raise a glass to Alfred as a friend that will be terribly missed.

The McAlister Clan: Elizabeth and Sidney, Sissy, Sidney Sr. and Casey – Antiques & Garden

Hank Brockman admiring equestrian art – Antiques & Garden

Bruce and Elaine Sullivan, Sandy and Jay Sangervasi – Antiques & Garden

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my favorite painting

Richard Courtney Author, Realtor, Beatles Fan

y favorite painting is a photograph. It is

an image created by German photographer Astrid Kirchherr taken in Hamburg, Germany, in the art studio of her fiancé Stuart Sutcliffe. The subjects of the photograph are members of Stuart’s rock and roll band that had come to Hamburg two years prior, in 1960, having been unable to find work in Liverpool, England. This band called themselves the Beatles and were a rough, unpolished, crude lot upon their arrival. The group consisted of Stuart Sutcliffe, Pete Best, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, and a 17-year-old George Harrison. In Hamburg, they were hired to perform under the worst of conditions, playing before drunken sailors, prostitutes, and drug dealers in the German town still rife with animosity and anger over World War II. Stuart was the best friend of John, the leader of this band, who had met Stuart when both attended the Liverpool College of Art. It was in Hamburg that the band tightened and evolved into the act that would take the world by storm. But Stuart chose to leave the Beatles in order to dedicate his life to his art. He enrolled in the Hamburg College of Art where he studied under the renowned pop artist Eduardo Paolozzi, who had marveled at the talent of the 21-year-old artist. On the day of this photograph, the Beatles returned to Hamburg victorious, having scored a recording contract and their first hit song, “Love Me Do,” and were eager to reunite with their dear friend and former band member. Although they had not seen each other for several months, John and Stuart communicated with lengthy missives during that period. Astrid met them at the airport and informed them that Stuart had died from an aneurysm the previous day. John demanded to be taken to Stuart’s art studio that was located in the attic of Astrid’s home. George went along, and this photograph was taken at that time.

George Harrison and John Lennon

This photograph is my favorite as it captures the confidence of John Lennon as he prepared to embark upon his conquest of the world, the pain he was experiencing at the loss of his closest friend who himself was making a name for himself in the world of art, and the disappointment that they would not be able to share their future. artist bio Astrid Kirchherr thought that she wanted to be a fashion designer when she began her studies at Hamburg's Meisterschule für Mode, Textil, Grafik und Werbung in the late 1950s. She began her career in black-and-white photography when her tutor, Reinhard Wolf, encouraged her to pursue her talent and offered her a job after graduation. While in art school, Kirchherr befriended Klaus Voormann and Jürgen Vollmer, and together they explored the highly stylized sub-culture of the European existentialist movement or “exies.” The exies were known to glorify Sartre, wear all black, and move about with a moody attitude, all of which inspired Kirchherr’s approach to photography. Kirchherr is known for her photographs of the Beatles, including the series of the young band in Hamburg and behind the scenes of “A Hard Day’s Night.” She is also credited with giving the band their iconic mop-top haircuts of the early 1960s. Although she no longer works as a professional photographer, her early works continue to be exhibited in galleries and museums across the world.

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