Arcade Arts Nashville

๐€๐ซ๐œ๐š๐๐ž ๐€๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐€๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌ (both past and present) have a busy exhibition schedule outside of the Arcade.

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Letโ€™s show them our support!

Summer 2025

๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐€๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ ๐‰๐ž๐ซ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐ž๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฌ, had a busy Spring outside The Arcade! Curated by ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐˜‡๐˜‡๐—ถ๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐—ผ, his solo exhibition ๐‘พ๐’๐’“๐’Œ๐’” ๐’ƒ๐’š ๐‘ฑ๐’†๐’“๐’“๐’š ๐‘ฉ๐’†๐’…๐’๐’“ ๐‘ท๐’‰๐’Š๐’๐’๐’Š๐’‘๐’”, showcases a series of collages and drawings and is on view at ๐—•๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ผ ๐—๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ (๐—•๐—ฒ๐—น๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป) through June 2026.

…ย  He is joined by ๐€๐ซ๐œ๐š๐๐ž ๐€๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐š๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ง๐š ๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ญ๐ง๐ž๐ฒ ๐†๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฐ๐จ๐จ๐ in a group exhibition curated by ๐——๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜†๐—ผ ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ต on view at ๐—–๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜€ ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐—ฒฬ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ก๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ต๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ.

… You can also find his work at ๐—™๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ผ ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐—ฒฬ in another group show ๐‘ท๐’‚๐’„๐’Š๐’‡๐’Š๐’„ ๐‘ญ๐’‚๐’Ž๐’Š๐’๐’š, an exhibition featuring works by artists who have roots in the Pacific Ocean. On view May 9-June 10, 2026.

… And finally, weโ€™d like to congratulate Jerry as well as ๐ƒ๐จ๐ง ๐†๐ฎ๐ž๐ฏ๐š๐ซ๐š for their inclusion in ๐‘น๐’†๐’”๐’๐’๐’‚๐’๐’„๐’†: ๐‘ฝ๐’‚๐’๐’…๐’†๐’“๐’ƒ๐’Š๐’๐’• ๐‘ผ๐’๐’Š๐’—๐’†๐’“๐’”๐’Š๐’•๐’š ๐’Š๐’ ๐‘ฝ๐’†๐’๐’Š๐’„๐’†, a collaboration with ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถฬ๐—ฎ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฎ ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜€-๐—ฃ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ and the ๐—˜๐—ป๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—”๐—ฟ๐˜, ๐——๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜† & ๐—๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ (๐—˜๐—”๐——๐—) program.ย  This initiative is in conjunction with ๐‘ด๐’Š๐’๐’๐’“ ๐‘ฒ๐’†๐’š๐’” – 61๐’”๐’• ๐‘ฐ๐’๐’•๐’†๐’“๐’๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’๐’‚๐’ ๐‘จ๐’“๐’• ๐‘ฌ๐’™๐’‰๐’Š๐’ƒ๐’Š๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’ ๐’๐’‡ ๐‘ณ๐’‚ ๐‘ฉ๐’Š๐’†๐’๐’๐’‚๐’๐’† ๐’…๐’Š ๐‘ฝ๐’†๐’๐’†๐’›๐’Š๐’‚ and is on view in Venice, Italy from May 10โ€“July 10, 2026.

Spring 2025

๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐€๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ ๐†๐ž๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐š๐ง๐ง๐š ๐†๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐ง๐ž joined 10 Middle Tennessee artists in Vanderbilt Universityโ€™s Curb Center Spring 2026 exhibition, ๐‘น๐’†๐’”๐’Š๐’๐’Š๐’†๐’๐’„๐’† + ๐‘จ๐’…๐’‚๐’‘๐’•๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’. The juried exhibition examines and responds to our changing climate and includes photography, painting, sculpture, and mixed-media collage.

In support of the exhibition, Georganna will host a Botanical Watercolor Workshop on March 4th and 7th. More about the exhibition and Workshop at the button below.

On view through April 24, 2026.

๐‘น๐’†๐’”๐’Š๐’๐’Š๐’†๐’๐’„๐’† + ๐‘จ๐’…๐’‚๐’‘๐’•๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’

๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐€๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ ๐†๐š๐›๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐ณ๐ณ๐จ opens his first solo show at Dale Zine in Miami, Florida! ๐‘ซ๐’‚๐’š๐’…๐’“๐’†๐’‚๐’Ž๐’”, an exhibition of small works, seeks to explore the idea of ambition and the perils of obsession involved in the pursuit of self-realization through painting. With the title of the exhibition, Pozzo references a passage in Mary Shelleyโ€™s seminal novel, Frankenstein, โ€œInspirited by this wind of promise, my daydreams become more fervent and vivid.โ€

On view through March 7, 2026.

In his first exhibition with Elephant Gallery, ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐€๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ ๐€๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐—๐๐š๐ฒ๐ง๐ž presented ๐‘ด๐’š๐’•๐’‰ ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐‘ด๐’†๐’๐’‚๐’๐’Š๐’, a collection of paintings and drawings inspired by mythology, African symbols, and personal events from the artistโ€™s life. The collection reveals a creative avenue of self-empowerment and introspection on life as a creative Black American. If you missed seeing the exhibition in person, you can find a โ€˜digital galleryโ€™ here at the button below.

As part of the group show, ๐‘ท๐’‚๐’Š๐’๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐‘ฏ๐’†๐’“ ๐‘พ๐’๐’Ž๐’‚๐’: ๐‘จ ๐‘ญ๐’†๐’Ž๐’Š๐’๐’Š๐’”๐’• ๐‘ท๐’‚๐’๐’†๐’•๐’•๐’† ๐‘บ๐’‰๐’๐’˜ at David Lusk Gallery, ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐€๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ ๐€๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐๐š ๐Œ๐ข๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐ญ๐ญ๐จ-๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ฎ๐ข๐ง joined over 30 artists who engaged materiality as a method of inquiry. They used processes to reconsider authorship and generate meaning. The palette, in particular shifts from secondary support to an active participant in the work. This shift raises a central question: does a work of art reside solely in the finished object, or does it also exist within the acts, tools and decisions that lead to its making?

On view at David Lusk Gallery in Memphis, February 27 โ€“ March 15, 2026.

Celebrating the opening of ๐‘ฐ๐’ ๐‘ฏ๐’†๐’“ ๐‘ท๐’๐’‚๐’„๐’†: ๐‘ต๐’‚๐’”๐’‰๐’—๐’Š๐’๐’๐’† ๐‘จ๐’“๐’•๐’Š๐’”๐’•๐’” ๐’Š๐’ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐‘ป๐’˜๐’†๐’๐’•๐’š-๐‘ญ๐’Š๐’“๐’”๐’• ๐‘ช๐’†๐’๐’•๐’–๐’“๐’š ๐‘ฏ๐’†๐’“ ๐‘พ๐’๐’Ž๐’‚๐’: ๐‘จ ๐‘ญ๐’†๐’Ž๐’Š๐’๐’Š๐’”๐’• ๐‘ท๐’‚๐’๐’†๐’•๐’•๐’† ๐‘บ๐’‰๐’๐’˜ at Frist Art Museum! This incredible show features nearly 100 selected artworks by an intergenerational group of 28 Nashville-based women artists and highlights the prominent position of women artists in the region and beyond.

A shout out to Arcade Arts ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐€๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ ๐€๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐Œ๐š๐ง๐๐ฒ ๐‘๐จ๐๐ ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ-๐‡๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐จ๐ง whose works are included, and our own ๐’๐š๐ข ๐‚๐ฅ๐š๐ฒ๐ญ๐จ๐ง who is cocurator with Katie Delmez, Frist Art Museum Senior Curator (and Arcade Arts Selection Panelist), and Shaun Giles, Frist Art Museum Community Engagement Director (and familiar face and supporter at Arcade Arts)!

In their exhibition catalogue introduction, Clayton and Delmez write,ย โ€œTen years in the making,ย In Her Placeย is an important recognition of the decades-long impact women artists have had in defining Nashvilleโ€™s creative landscape.โ€

Congratulations to all and thank you, Frist Art Museum, for this important exhibition!!

On view through April 26, 2026

Donโ€™t miss ๐‘จ๐’“๐’•๐’Š๐’”๐’•โ€™๐’” ๐‘ช๐’๐’๐’—๐’†๐’“๐’”๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’: ๐‘ป๐’‰๐’† ๐‘ญ๐’๐’“๐’†๐’Ž๐’๐’•๐’‰๐’†๐’“๐’”, featuring Jane Braddock, LiFran Fort, Lanie Gannon, Carol Mode, and Marilyn Murphyโ€จModerated by co-curator Sai Claytonโ€จ.

Thursday, March 12, 6:30 p.m. in the Frist Art Museum Auditorium.ย 

ย Fall 2025

On exhibit now in Belmontโ€™s Leu Center for the Visual Arts (Gallery 121) is ๐‘ต๐’†๐’Š๐’ˆ๐’‰๐’ƒ๐’๐’“๐’”, a show celebrating ๐€๐ซ๐œ๐š๐๐ž ๐€๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌโ€™ ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ซ๐š๐ฅ ๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐€๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž! This group exemplifies the spirit of neighborliness in a rapidly evolving city โ€“ sharing physical space, creative energy, and a collective commitment to fostering a vibrant arts culture. Their diverse perspectives converge in this group show, which reflects not only their individual growth but also the profound influence of collaboration, shared critique, and community engagement.

Closing Reception and Talk, September 25, 2025 from 4:30 to 6pm

As outgoing Resident Artist ๐Œ๐š๐ง๐๐ฒ ๐‘๐จ๐ ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐‡๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐จ๐ง hands the torch (and key to her studio) to incoming Resident Artist ๐†๐ž๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐š๐ง๐ง๐š ๐†๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐ง๐ž, her current solo show, ๐‘ฎ๐’‚๐’๐’๐’†๐’“๐’š ๐’‚๐’” ๐‘บ๐’•๐’–๐’…๐’Š๐’ ๐’‚๐’” ๐‘ด๐’๐’…๐’†๐’ at Lipscomb Universityโ€™s John C. Hutcheson Gallery, is really a culmination of her residency with Arcade Arts. The exhibition features more than twenty architectural models of the artistโ€™s residency studio, each exploring a different conception of what a studio is or can be.

On view now through October 3, 2025 at John C. Hutcheson Gallery inside the Beaman Library (One University Park Dr, Nashville, TN, 37204)

Current Resident Artist ๐Ž๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ข ๐๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ž๐ซโ€™s solo exhibition ๐‘ฉ๐’† at Elephant Gallery, features portraits of his friend B, a man who has lived for the last 10 years under a church-owned pavilion in Bordeaux. Booker’s exhibition is a complex examination of presence, spirituality, neighborhood development, and homelessness. It is also a study of a man who is flourishing in the midst of adverse conditions.

Opening Reception, September 12, 2025 from 6 to 9pm. On view through October 25, 2025.

Current Resident Arrtist ๐‰๐ž๐ซ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐ž๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฌ is part of ๐‘บ๐’•๐’–๐’…๐’Š๐’ ๐‘บ๐’†๐’”๐’”๐’Š๐’๐’๐’”, a group exhibition highlighting work made by the faculty and staff of the Vanderbilt University Department of Art. Spanning two galleries of Space 204, the works exhibited in this exhibition showcase the variety of creative research and studio practices across media.

Located on the second floor of the EBI Studio Arts Center (1204 25th Avenue South, Nashville, Tennessee) this exhibition is on view through September 30, 2025.

Current Resident Artist ๐‹๐ž๐ฌ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฒ ๐๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง-๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐ฑ has several of her handmade books on display at Centennial Art Center as part of the ๐‘ป๐’†๐’๐’๐’†๐’”๐’”๐’†๐’† ๐‘ช๐’“๐’‚๐’‡๐’• ๐‘ด๐’Š๐’…๐’”๐’•๐’‚๐’•๐’†: ๐‘ป๐’‰๐’† ๐‘จ๐’“๐’• ๐’๐’‡ ๐‘ช๐’“๐’‚๐’‡๐’• exhibition.

On view through September 18, 2025

๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ž๐ฐ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฒโ€™s solo show, ๐‘ซ๐’–๐’„๐’‰๐’‚๐’Ž๐’‘ ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐‘จ๐’”๐’‚๐’˜๐’‚ ๐’˜๐’‚๐’๐’Œ ๐’Š๐’๐’•๐’ ๐’‚ ๐’ƒ๐’‚๐’“ is on view at Western Kentucky Universityโ€™s Corridor Gallery. Of this exhibition, the artist shares โ€œMy art, like my life, has many layers and I am slowly learning to be present and enjoy the magic and mystery of time. I love Ruth Asawa and Marcel Duchamp especially when and how they meet in the bar of my brain to have chats. These works are me trying to add my two cents.โ€

Second floor of the Ivan Wilson Fine Arts Center Building, through October 15, 2025

If you are traveling through BNA this fall, donโ€™t miss ๐“๐š๐ฒ๐ฅ๐จ๐ซ ๐–๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐จ๐งโ€™s solo show, ๐‘ป๐‘จ๐‘ผ๐‘น๐‘ฐ ๐‘ญ๐‘ผ๐‘ฎ๐‘จ (Latin for Flight of the Bull). As the first exhibition of the 2025-2026 Flying Solo program, youโ€™ll find the show on Level 1 next to the International Arrivals Facility.

Works are on display through the end of the year.

Of course, you can also follow them at any time through this website and their Instagram profiles.

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@amandamichelettoblouin

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โœจ๐†๐ž๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐š๐ง๐ง๐š ๐†๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐ง๐žโœจ
@georgannakel

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โœจ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ ๐„๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅโœจ
@charlie.c.e_20

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โœจ๐’๐š๐ง๐๐ซ๐š ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ž๐ซโœจ
@sandraleedesign

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โœจ๐’๐š๐ฆ ๐€๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ฅโœจ
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