TO: Nashville Arts Organizations,
26 January 2001
Sculptor Mel Chin To Give Public Art Forum Talk
Noted artist and Peabody College alumnus Mel Chin will be guest speaker on the Public Art Forum series Thursday, February 22, at 7 p.m. Chin's video and slide lecture will be in room 126 of David K. Wilson Hall on the Vanderbilt University campus, 111 21st Avenue South, Nashville. The event is free and open to the public.
Series sponsors are the Metro Nashville Arts Commission, the Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery, the Vanderbilt University Medical Center Office of Cultural Enrichment, the Visual Arts Alliance of Nashville (VAAN), and the Frist Center for the Visual Arts.
Chin has expanded the definition of public art through the distinctive installations he has created over the past twenty-five years. The artist is known for the broad range of approaches in his art, including works that require multi-disciplinary, collaborative teamwork and works that join together cross-cultural aesthetics with complex ideas.
Since the 1970s Chin has produced sculptures that combine art, science, and imagination, such as his Revival Field ecological projects. One of his current projects is the Nashville Cultural Arts Project (NCAP) at the former Neuhoff Packing Plant between First Avenue North and the Cumberland River. The NCAP is helping to sponsor Chin's Public Art Forum appearance.
Chin is one of sixteen artists who will be featured on the Public Broadcasting Service series Art of the 21st Century to be broadcast later this year. One of his small sculptures is on the Carell Woodland Sculpture Trail at Cheekwood.
For more information, call the Metro Nashville Arts Commission at (615) 862-6720, or the Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery, at (615) 322-0605 or 343-1704.
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Nashville to Host 2002 Arts Convention
Americans for the Arts, the nation's leading arts advocacy organization, will hold its 2002 convention in Nashville. The Metro Nashville Arts Commission will be the host agency.
"The Americans for the Arts convention is one of the largest and most important meetings of arts leaders in this country," said MNAC Executive Director Tom Turk in announcing the convention. "There are over 4,000 arts councils and arts commissions in the United States. The delegates represent arts leadership in both the private and public sectors, from urban and rural settings. The Metro Nashville Arts Commission is excited to have the opportunity to play host to this distinguished gathering."
"Americans for the Arts is dedicated to representing and serving local communities as they create opportunities for every American to participate in and appreciate all forms of the arts," said Bob Lynch, president and CEO of the national organization. "We look forward to holding our convention in Nashville. It will bring people together to look at important issues related to arts funding and cultural policy on the local, state and national levels."
More than 1,200 arts agency professionals and volunteer leaders are expected to gather in Music City June 8-10, 2002 for plenary sessions and panel discussions on such topics as arts education, arts advocacy, public art, fund raising, community development, leadership and management training. Many of the attendees will arrive early to take part in special pre-conference seminars on June 6-7. More that 100 special speakers and panel presenters will address the delegates.
The Renaissance Hotel will be the convention site, with breakout meetings held in the Nashville Convention Center. 2002 will mark the 24th annual convention of Americans for the Arts.
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AFTA Gathers Public Art Info
Americans for the Arts committee for the Public Art Network offers addresses to the best public art web-sites with brief descriptions, as follows:
www.publicartfund.org - NY Public Art Fund, a good site for this fund with nice graphics and pictures of existing projects
www.zpub.com/public - a British public art site with good links to other places and articles, resource information, and discussion opportunities
www.xensei.com/adl/ - a massive listing of art deadlines and opportunities
www.shu.ac.uk/schools/cs/slidecol/pubart.shtml - a link to Sheffield Hallam University Public Art Research Archive (UK), including a long listing of articles, artists, locations, and other web sites
www.sculpture.org - International Sculpture Center's site includes information tailored to sculptors and public art, as well as info on conferences, residencies and commissions.
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Footwear Company Sponsors Orchestra Tour
Johnston & Murphy, Inc., a Nashville, TN, marketer of men's fine footwear, credits its sponsorship of the 24-city Jazz at Lincoln Center's "For Dancers Only" orchestra tour with more than doubling the number of spectator shoes sold in April, compared with the same four-week period last year.
The local company established the business-arts partnership after determining its target audience and the type of music it would play in its stores. Of the respondents to their mail-in survey, 35% listed jazz as their favorite music. For more information on business-arts partnerships, visit the web-site of the Business Committee for the Arts: www.bcainc.org
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Promote Your Events on Local Web Site
NeighborhoodFind.com is a community resource and neighborhood communication site. Supplement your existing marketing by posting details of your event on their Community Calendar page at no cost. For more details visit www.NeighborhoodFind.com
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ATTENTION: MNAC Grant Applicants
The Metro Nashville Arts Commission's annual grant orientation workshop is set for 3 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 31, in the Joe Kraft Conference Center, Suite 420 of Cummins Station.
Potential applicants, please come prepared with your Grant Guidelines, application forms with instructions and your list of questions.
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Coming Soon: Madison Art Center
A former theater and furniture store in Madison is being renovated to provide a new cultural facility in Davidson County. The building is at 403 Gallatin Road South in Madison. David Heustess and Vickie Frazier are guiding the project.
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