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Metro Arts Awards Looby Community Center Public Art Project to Creative Girls Rock ®
The Metro Nashville Arts Commission is proud to announce the award to design and install a mural at the Looby Community Center to Creative..
May 1, 2024


Metro Arts Begins Installation of Monumental Sculpture At The Fairgrounds Nashville
Metro Arts began installation of a bold, community-focused addition to Nashville’s Public Art Collection on Thursday, March 7. Located at...
Mar 14, 2024


Meet the Artist Team: Wowhaus
Artist team to create exterior sculpture at the new Donelson Library; invites community to give input and insights. Wowhaus (pronounced...
Apr 19, 2022


Meet the Artist: Amber Lelli
Local Interdisciplinary Artist Selected to Create Suspended Interior Artwork at the New Donelson Library Above: Lelli with her sculpture,...
Mar 23, 2022


A REAL First: 2021/2022 Cohort Projects
Congratulations to the ten Racial Equity in Arts Leadership (REAL) 2021/22 Cohort members whose project proposals were approved at the...
Mar 23, 2022


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 20, 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...
Oct 1, 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 28, 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...
Apr 27, 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 29, 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...
Mar 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...
Feb 24, 2021


Madison On My Mind Artist Projects
Madison artists’ tributes to their favorite places, spaces, people and history about their beloved neighborhood
Dec 14, 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...
Oct 16, 2020


Opportunity Now Programs Pivot for a Pandemic
With creative adaptations, summer youth work experiences retained their creative and practical value.
Sep 15, 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...
Jun 30, 2020


Partner Spotlight: One Voice Nashville
Restorative Arts Partnership Brings Writing, Storytelling and Confidence to Court-Involved Youth Comprised of duo Mary Margaret Randall...
May 1, 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 17, 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
Apr 8, 2020


Nashville's Arts and Culture, from Home
Arts and culture are at the very heart of Nashville. We all miss visiting our favorite local cultural institutions while we stay...
Apr 2, 2020
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