Lending Library Opening + Show
Thursday, July 18th from 5:30- 8:00pm
Nashville Public Library Main Branch Mezzanine Gallery
615 Church St.
Show runs July 11th- August 16th
Following the successful first phase of the Lending Library, a unique Metro Arts partnership with Nashville Public Library which allows any library card holder to check out works of art from local branches, we are excited to celebrate an expansion of the Collection. Metro Arts has purchased 53 new works from local artists to distribute across five library locations: Donelson, Green Hills, Old Hickory, Hermitage, and East.
Library patrons will be able to view the entire collection at the Main Branch Mezzanine Gallery from July 11 until August 16. The works will then be distributed to the new branches and available to check out with a library card.
LENDING LIBRARY
Metro Arts’ vision is that every Nashvillian should have access to a creative life, and few places are more accessible than our city’s public libraries.
The Lending Library, a partnership with Nashville Public Library, began in 2020 as a direct response to Nashville artists dealing with impacts of the March 3 tornado and COVID-19 outbreak. In the wake of these two major disruptions in the life and ecosystem of Nashville artists, Metro Arts devised a plan to provide direct, immediate financial support to artists and create a novel way for the greater Nashville community to access these artists and their work.
Metro Arts purchased sixty works of visual art from local artists and launched the Lending Library, a program which allows Nashville library card holders to browse and check out works of art in 3-month blocks of time.
Sixty original artworks from Nashville-area artists are available for anyone with a Nashville Public Library card to check out at NPL’s Madison and Southeast branches. Learn more on the Nashville Public Library website.
View the overview video about the Metro Arts Lending Library below, and watch videos featuring individual artists on our YouTube channel!
