Artists In Nashville

• Xanadu Gallery www.xanadugallery.com/home.asp www.xanadugallery.com/home.asp Free videos and information to help you become a more professional artist. Xanadu Gallery is a resource for collectors, designers, builders, and corporations for procuring the highest quality art. Located in Scottsdale, Arizona, one of the hottest art markets in the country, Xanadu Gallery showcases outstanding artworks in a wide variety of media and styles. Utilizing a comprehensive website, Xanadu empowers collectors to connect directly with artists. Posted February 2, 2011 at 3:54 PM

Businesses and organizations that provide supporting services to artists.

• Art Docs Nashville artdocsnashville.org/ artdocsnashville.org/ ARTDOCS provides healthcare services to artists in the Nashville area who are uninsured or under-insured. ARTDOCS will cover the costs of office visits with a family physician, including associated lab fees. Posted March 28, 2011 at 5:44 PM

• Arts & Business Council of Nashville www.abcnashville.org/index.htm www.abcnashville.org/index.htm Learn about their programs: Volunteer Lawyers and Professionals for the Arts, Arts-Based Learning for Business, Business Nights with the Arts, Corporate Curation: Arts in the Workplace Posted February 6, 2011 at 5:29 PM

• Davis Art Advisory www.davisartadvisory.com/ www.davisartadvisory.com/ Davis Art Advisory provides Artist Critiques and Career Consultations, which cover portfolio, website, marketing, pricing, submission approach etc. Fine Art Documentation Photography is available for institutions, corporations, artists, collectors. Posted February 2, 2011 at 3:49 PM

• Jerry's Artarama www.JerrysArtarama.com www.JerrysArtarama.com In the Nashville area: 5361 Mount View Rd., Antioch, TN Shop Jerry's for discount art supplies online from an art supply store offering quality, selection and affordability. Posted June 13, 2010 at 7:13 PM

• Megan McInnis www.MeganMcInnis.com www.MeganMcInnis.com Megan McInnis helps others "get to the next level" with Marketing and Public Relations. She empowers them to be in charge of their own Marketing and Public Relations without spending unnecessary money and by taking advantage of existing resources. Posted June 13, 2010 at 7:18 PM

• Professional Artist Magazine www.professionalartistmag.com/ www.professionalartistmag.com/ Beginning with the March 2011 issue, Art Calendar will be called Professional Artist. Throughout the past 25 years, the magazine has evolved from a simple list of artist opportunities into a unique publication that seeks to provide professional artists with the career insights, advice and support they need to succeed. Although the name may be changing, Professional Artist will continue to encompass that mission and include the same high-quality information you have come to value. Posted March 29, 2011 at 11:22 PM

• ZAPP https://www.zapplication.org/index.php https://www.zapplication.org/index.php ZAPP is a one-stop, universal online application system that allows artists to upload high-resolution digital images of their artwork and apply to participating art shows, festivals, and fairs. This web-based system, www.zapplication.org, enables the staff of art shows to more efficiently manage their application, administrative, and jury processes online. Posted March 12, 2011 at 11:22 AM

Galleries and working studios in Nashville and surrounding areas.

• Harpeth Art Center www.harpethartcenter.com/ www.harpethartcenter.com/ Harpeth Art Center and Gallery started out originally as Mud Puddle Pottery Studio in 2004 and is located just 20 minutes west of downtown Nashville, TN. In November 2009, Mud Puddle Pottery Studio expanded its operation when it moved to a new facility and became a gallery supporting middle Tennessee artisans, a teaching facility for various art mediums, including pottery, stained glass, photography, painting, fiber arts and jewelry. Mud Puddle Pottery Studio is also a distributor of clay, supplies and equipment. Posted August 22, 2011 at 11:52 PM

Artist Organizations in Tennessee and beyond.

• Appalachian Artisan Center www.artisancenter.net/ www.artisancenter.net/ Located in Hindman Kentucky, the Appalachian Artisan Center is dedicated to building and strengthening an arts-based economic sector through education, business development and support services for artists. This sector includes crafters, musicians, storytellers and others that carry on the cultural traditions of the region. Posted January 24, 2011 at 8:20 AM

• Metro Nashville Arts Commission www.artsnashville.org/ www.artsnashville.org/ The Metro Nashville Arts Commission Web site offers easy access to information about Nashville?s arts community. Look under Arts Resources --> Arts Directory to find a list of galleries, associations and alternate spaces that display art on a regular schedule. Posted February 2, 2011 at 1:53 PM

• Nashville Artist Guild www.nashvilleartistguild.org/index.htm www.nashvilleartistguild.org/index.htm The NASHVILLE ARTIST GUILD is Nashville's oldest and most prestigious juried arts organization. It is made up of professional visual artists from Nashville and surrounding areas. Representing a broad range of cultural, ethnic, and artistic diversity in our work, we welcome the exchange of ideas and continually strive to maintain high quality work without adherence to any particular school or movement. We seek to provide a network for visual artists to share, to showcase their own work, and to promote art in education and art activities in the community. Posted February 2, 2011 at 2:21 PM

• Nashville Cultural Arts Project (NCAP) www.n-cap.org/index.html www.n-cap.org/index.html NCAP was founded in May of 1999 as a 501c3 organization to bring together new ideas in art, architecture, and environmentalism to reinvent and revitalize the once-blighted North Nashville area of Germantown in Nashville, Tennessee. Since that time NCAP has expanded to sponsoring the Nashville Area Arts website, presenting shows at the Neuhoff gallery, hosting an international lecture series; and most recently, curating and traveling art exhibits. Posted March 29, 2011 at 11:13 PM

• Open Lot Nashville www.theopenlot.org www.theopenlot.org Open Lot Nashville is a collaborative studio, venue and exhibition space in historic East Nashville. OL Nashville is the successful expansion of the Open Lot collaborative studio concept that originated in Saint Louis, then called The Open Lot. Posted February 2, 2011 at 2:26 PM

• Tennessee Art League www.tennesseeartleague.org/ www.tennesseeartleague.org/ The Tennessee Art League was organized in 1954 as a nonprofit organization in the State of Tennessee. The primary mission of the TAL is to assist local visual artists by providing gallery space, workshops, and educational programs. In addition, the League endeavors to enrich the community by providing professional artist materials to schools, teaching art in community centers, senior centers and homeless shelters. Posted February 2, 2011 at 1:57 PM

• Tennessee Association of Craft Artists www.tennesseecrafts.org/ www.tennesseecrafts.org/ TACA is an independent, not-for-profit corporation, not a state agency as the name may suggest. It is funded through member dues, proceeds from its fairs, corporate sponsorship, underwriting, contributions and grants. Posted February 2, 2011 at 2:38 PM

• Untitled Nashville www.untitlednashville.org www.untitlednashville.org Untitled provides community for artists. Untitled provides opportunities for artists to show their work. Untitled provides education for artists. Untitled creates new audiences for the arts. Posted February 2, 2011 at 2:24 PM

Additional online communities to help you promote your art.

• Fine Art America fineartamerica.com/ fineartamerica.com/ FineArtAmerica.com is a social network and e-commerce marketplace for photographers, visual artists, art galleries, and fine art collectors. Visitors to FineArtAmerica.com can choose from over 1.5 million pieces of original artwork including paintings, sculptures, drawings, mixed media, jewelry, and more! Many of these originals are also available as fine art prints-on-demand. Posted August 22, 2011 at 10:01 PM

• The Nashville Creative www.thenashvillecreative.com/ www.thenashvillecreative.com/ TheNashville|Creative is the go-to network to connect members of the Nashville visual creative community, along with those they serve. Whether you're a makeup artist or PR firm, a record label, photographer or location scout, this is the place for you to network and connect with others in the industry. Posted February 2, 2011 at 2:34 PM

• RAW:natural born artists www.rawartists.org www.rawartists.org RAW:natural born artists is an independent arts organization, for artists, by artists. Our mission is to provide independent artists of all creative genres, with the tools, resources and exposure needed to inspire and cultivate creativity. RAW educates emerging artists through seminars, workshops and insight to further the knowledge of their industry. Posted February 2, 2011 at 2:32 PM

• Red Bubble www.redbubble.com/ www.redbubble.com/ From Red Bubble's About Us Page: Good day dear traveller and welcome to surely the internet?s finest and most supportive community for anyone with an interest in creativity. A marketplace, meeting place and learning place of people, art and writing from all over the place. Posted January 21, 2011 at 4:27 PM