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Citizen, Thomas Sayre

Dec 20, 2021

Meet the Semifinalists: Exterior Public Art at the New Donelson Library

Five semifinalists for exterior public artwork at Nashville Public Library's new Donelson Branch: Dufford, Garten, Geller, Wiener, Wowhaus.

Dec 13, 2021

2021 Disaster Resources for Nashville Artists, Creatives and Arts Organizations

disaster and recovery resources for Nashville-area artists, creatives and partner organizations

Oct 8, 2021

Murals, Music, Cabaret and Community

FY22 Thrive Projects Engage the Community in a Broad Range of Artistic Practices to Heal, Learn and Celebrate At their September meeting,...

Oct 1, 2021

The Fairgrounds Nashville: Public Artwork from Blessing Hancock

Public Art Projects in Progress Now through Feb. 28, 2022: Submit your feedback and thoughts to have your words included in the final...

Sep 1, 2021

Restorative Arts Partners Kick Off Programming for FY2022

Metro Arts' Restorative Arts partnership with Nashville's Juvenile Court funds arts organizations working with court-involved youth.

Aug 30, 2021

Envisioning an Artistic Future

With a Focus on 37208, Metro Arts' Partners' 2021 Opportunity Now Summer Work Experiences Encouraged Nashville Youth to Reimagine ...

Aug 20, 2021

Returning to REAL

2021-22 Racial Equity in Arts Leadership Cohort Named Together with Vanderbilt’s Curb Center for Art, Enterprise and Public Policy, Metro...

May 13, 2021

DIAL 2021: Hello to Our Hosts!

We have just a few short weeks until our 2021 Diversity in Arts Leadership (DIAL) interns join Metro Arts and Nashville arts and culture...

Apr 28, 2021

The Role of the Artist in Crisis and Recovery

Emily Habeck, Vanderbilt Curb Public Scholar After the traumatic March 2020 tornado and the abrupt pandemic lockdown, the arts in...

Apr 27, 2021

Mentoring Tomorrow's Arts Leaders

As part of our Diversity in Arts Leadership (DIAL) program, Metro Arts staff aims to deepen interns’ experience by including a mentorship...

Mar 29, 2021

National Cohort for the Diversity in Arts Leadership (DIAL) Internship Program Selected for 2021

Americans for the Arts and its partners, the New Jersey State Council on the Arts and Metro Arts: Nashville Office of Arts and Culture,...

Mar 24, 2021

Superpowers, Seeds and Spoken Word

Final FY21 Thrive Awards Go to Six Projects that Explore and Engage Nashville Communities At their March 18 meeting, the Metro Arts...

Feb 24, 2021

Fostering Opportunities for Nashville Youth

Metro Arts Announces Opportunity Now Partner Organizations for Summer 2021 Since 2017, Metro Arts has partnered with local arts and...

Dec 14, 2020

Madison On My Mind Artist Projects

Madison artists’ tributes to their favorite places, spaces, people and history about their beloved neighborhood

Oct 16, 2020

DIAL-ed IN: Our Diversity in Arts Leadership Fellows' Inspiring Projects

Metro Arts was honored that Nashville was chosen as a 2020 host city for Americans for the Arts' 25-year-old Diversity in Arts Leadership...

Sep 15, 2020

Opportunity Now Programs Pivot for a Pandemic

With creative adaptations, summer youth work experiences retained their creative and practical value.

Jun 30, 2020

Staff Spotlight: Intern Gavin Crowell-Williamson

Meet Gavin Crowell-Williamson, the Research and Evaluation Intern for Metro Arts, and learn a little about the data-driven perspective...

May 1, 2020

Partner Spotlight: One Voice Nashville

Restorative Arts Partnership Brings Writing, Storytelling and Confidence to Court-Involved Youth Comprised of duo Mary Margaret Randall...

Apr 17, 2020

April 2020 THRIVE Projects Bring Nashvillians Together from the Safety of Home

On April 3, Metro Arts convened a special Board of Commissioners meeting to reallocate $50,000 in operational funds to provide a new...

Apr 8, 2020

Poetry in Motion Rolls on for 2020, with a Few Revisions

Poetry Bus, Online Cyphers, and a new zine round out this year's Poetry In Motion

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