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Arcade Arts Nashville Upstairs in The Arcade, creating and sustaining a home for the visual arts in downtown Nashville.

Founded in 2023 in the historic Nashville Arcade, Arcade Arts is building on the well-established presence and history of Nashvilleโ€™s Arts District to create and sustain a well-supported home for the visual arts in the heart of downtown Nashville. Home to a collection of 11 working artistsโ€™ studios and galleries, visitors can engage with artists actively creating their work in a variety of media during open hours and frequent curated art events. Check our website for hours and special events, and visit us on the second floor of The Arcade!

๐ŸŸก Congratulations, ๐ŸŸก๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐€๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐š๐ญ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ž ๐“๐ก๐ž๐๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐!We are delighted to share that her work is part of Fiction, the 202...
10/15/2026

๐ŸŸก Congratulations, ๐ŸŸก๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐€๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐š๐ญ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ž ๐“๐ก๐ž๐๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐!

We are delighted to share that her work is part of Fiction, the 2026 Mid-South Sculpture Alliance Members Exhibition. ๐ŸŽ‰

Chosen through a competitive, juried process, Fiction features 14 standout artists from across the Mid-South and beyond. Together, their work shows off the innovation, craftsmanship, and big ideas driving three-dimensional art today.

๐Ÿ“ See it now at the Todd Art Gallery on the MTSU campus, through Saturday, November 7.

๐Ÿฅ‚ Public reception this Saturday, October 17, 2-4pm Meet the artists and see the work up close!

Details at https://art.mtsu.edu.



This morning, ๐„๐ฑ๐ž๐œ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐ƒ๐ข๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ ๐Œ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ž ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง and ๐ŸŸก๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐€๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐‡๐š๐ฆ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ (Marcellus Hammond) represented ๐€๐ซ๐œ...
10/14/2026

This morning, ๐„๐ฑ๐ž๐œ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐ƒ๐ข๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ ๐Œ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ž ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง and ๐ŸŸก๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐€๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐‡๐š๐ฆ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ (Marcellus Hammond) represented ๐€๐ซ๐œ๐š๐๐ž ๐€๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ on WKRN News 2โ€™s Local on 2 (Local On 2), and they were absolutely fantastic! The two shared the heart of what we do with warmth, energy, and so much personality. So proud to have them as the faces of our team.

Thank you to the folks at WKRN (WKRN - News 2) for having us, and thank you to everyone who tuned in!





Cover Art? ๐†๐š๐›๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐ณ๐ณ๐จ IS the cover!You may have read in our last Happenings Newsletter that ๐ŸŸก๐€๐ซ๐œ๐š๐๐ž ๐€๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐š๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ง๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐†๐š๐›๐ซ...
10/13/2026

Cover Art? ๐†๐š๐›๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐ณ๐ณ๐จ IS the cover!

You may have read in our last Happenings Newsletter that ๐ŸŸก๐€๐ซ๐œ๐š๐๐ž ๐€๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐š๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ง๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐†๐š๐›๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐ณ๐ณ๐จ exhibited his first solo show, ๐‘ป๐’‰๐’† ๐‘ฏ๐’†๐’“๐’โ€™๐’” ๐‘ฑ๐’๐’–๐’“๐’๐’†๐’š, at Spinello, a Miami-based contemporary art gallery (on view through October 31, 2026). He was selected from nearly 1,000 applicants to appear in New American Paintings Issue #184, AND his work is featured as the cover artists! We are thrilled for Gabriel and continue to celebrate his accomplishments!



ntimate. Immersive. Transfixing.Thank you, ๐ŸŸก๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐€๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ ๐’๐š๐ซ๐š๐ก ๐’๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐š๐ฒ (Sarah Saturday), who filled us with feeling ...
10/12/2026

ntimate. Immersive. Transfixing.

Thank you, ๐ŸŸก๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐€๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ ๐’๐š๐ซ๐š๐ก ๐’๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐š๐ฒ (Sarah Saturday), who filled us with feeling Saturday evening with several magical performances of her multimedia solo performance ๐‘จ๐’ƒ๐’”๐’†๐’๐’„๐’† ๐’๐’‡ ๐‘ด๐’†, created by her and her longtime collaborator ๐——๐˜†๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐—ช๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฑ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป.

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ntimate. Immersive. Transfixing.Thank you, ๐ŸŸก๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐€๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ ๐’๐š๐ซ๐š๐ก ๐’๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐š๐ฒ (Sarah Saturday), who filled us with feeling ...
10/12/2026

ntimate. Immersive. Transfixing.

Thank you, ๐ŸŸก๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐€๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ ๐’๐š๐ซ๐š๐ก ๐’๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐š๐ฒ (Sarah Saturday), who filled us with feeling Saturday evening with several magical performances of her multimedia solo performance ๐‘จ๐’ƒ๐’”๐’†๐’๐’„๐’† ๐’๐’‡ ๐‘ด๐’†, created by her and her longtime collaborator ๐——๐˜†๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐—ช๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฑ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป.

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๐Ÿ“ท Lovely ๐‘จ๐’“๐’• ๐‘ช๐’“๐’‚๐’˜๐’ pics from ๐ŸŸก๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐€๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ ๐€๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ง๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐‰๐ž๐ซ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐ž๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฌ (Jerry Bedor Phillips ๐Ÿ ) capture the evening ...
10/12/2026

๐Ÿ“ท Lovely ๐‘จ๐’“๐’• ๐‘ช๐’“๐’‚๐’˜๐’ pics from ๐ŸŸก๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐€๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ ๐€๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ง๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐‰๐ž๐ซ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐ž๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฌ (Jerry Bedor Phillips ๐Ÿ ) capture the evening buzz!



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Intimate. Immersive. Transfixing.Thank you, ๐ŸŸก๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐€๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ ๐’๐š๐ซ๐š๐ก ๐’๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐š๐ฒ (Sarah Saturday), who filled us with feeling...
10/12/2026

Intimate. Immersive. Transfixing.

Thank you, ๐ŸŸก๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐€๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ ๐’๐š๐ซ๐š๐ก ๐’๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐š๐ฒ (Sarah Saturday), who filled us with feeling Saturday evening during ๐‘จ๐’“๐’• ๐‘ช๐’“๐’‚๐’˜๐’ with several magical performances of her multimedia solo performance ๐‘จ๐’ƒ๐’”๐’†๐’๐’„๐’† ๐’๐’‡ ๐‘ด๐’†, created by her and her longtime collaborator ๐——๐˜†๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐—ช๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฑ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป.

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โœจ๐—ง๐—›๐—”๐—ก๐—ž ๐—ฌ๐—ข๐—จ, ๐—ก๐—”๐—ฆ๐—›๐—ฉ๐—œ๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ๐—˜!โœจ Our ๐ŸŸก๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐€๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌ opened their doors again for ๐‘บ๐’†๐’„๐’๐’๐’… ๐‘บ๐’‚๐’•๐’–๐’“๐’…๐’‚๐’š ๐‘จ๐’“๐’• ๐‘ช๐’“๐’‚๐’˜๐’, and the energy ups...
10/11/2026

โœจ๐—ง๐—›๐—”๐—ก๐—ž ๐—ฌ๐—ข๐—จ, ๐—ก๐—”๐—ฆ๐—›๐—ฉ๐—œ๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ๐—˜!โœจ Our ๐ŸŸก๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐€๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌ opened their doors again for ๐‘บ๐’†๐’„๐’๐’๐’… ๐‘บ๐’‚๐’•๐’–๐’“๐’…๐’‚๐’š ๐‘จ๐’“๐’• ๐‘ช๐’“๐’‚๐’˜๐’, and the energy upstairs was electric. Fresh work, new surprises, and studios brimming with creative energy!

Thank you to the artists for sharing their space and process, and to everyone who came out Saturday evening to wander, chat, and support local art. Thank you also to our ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ง๐ž๐ซ and ๐€๐ซ๐ญ ๐‚๐ซ๐š๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐’๐ฉ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐จ๐ซ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—”๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜‡๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ก๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ต๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—™๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—™๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐— ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฑ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฒ for making it all possible.

Stop by Thursday-Sunday, 1-6pm this week during Open Hours.

Same time, same place for the the next Art Crawl on Saturday, November 14. See you upstairs at The Arcade!

๐๐š๐ญ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ž ๐“๐ก๐ž๐๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ โ€” Natalie Thedford ๐Œ๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐š ๐๐ž๐ฐ๐ฆ๐š๐ง โ€” melissa newman ๐€๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ž ๐‡๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐ค โ€” Allie Horick
๐ƒ๐จ๐ง๐ง๐š ๐–๐จ๐จ๐๐ฅ๐ž๐ฒ โ€” Donna Woodley Art ๐Œ๐ข๐œ๐ก๐š๐ž๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐ญ๐ญ โ€” Michael Nott
๐’๐š๐ซ๐š๐ก ๐’๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐š๐ฒ โ€” Sarah Saturday
๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐‡๐š๐ฆ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ โ€” Marcellus Hammond ๐€๐ฌ๐ก๐ฅ๐ž๐ฒ ๐‹๐š๐ซ๐ค๐ข๐ง โ€” Ashley Larkin
๐‰๐จ๐ก๐ง ๐‡๐จ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ž๐ฌ โ€” John Holmes
๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐ ๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ž โ€” Margaret Bone
๐ˆ๐‹๐‹.๐’๐€๐ (๐š๐ค๐š ๐’๐š๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ž๐ฅ ๐ƒ๐š๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ) โ€” substack.com/
๐ˆ๐ฌ๐š๐š๐œ ๐’๐ง๐ฒ๐๐ž๐ซ โ€”

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๐ŸŸก๐‘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 () is busy both inside and outside the Arcade! Curated by ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐˜‡๐˜‡๐—ถ๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐—ผ, his sol...
05/14/2026

๐ŸŸก๐‘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 () is busy both inside and 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 (Belmont location) through June 2026.

He is joined by ๐ŸŸก๐€๐ซ๐œ๐š๐๐ž ๐€๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐š๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ง๐ข 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 in Nashville. 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.

Congratulations are also in order for Jerry as well as ๐ŸŸก๐ƒ๐จ๐ง ๐†๐ฎ๐ž๐ฏ๐š๐ซ๐š for their inclusion in ๐™๐™š๐™จ๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™š: ๐™‘๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™๐™š๐™ง๐™—๐™ž๐™ก๐™ฉ ๐™๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง๐™จ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ฎ ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™‘๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™˜๐™š, a collaboration withย 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˜€ย 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 withย ๐‘ด๐’Š๐’๐’๐’“ ๐‘ฒ๐’†๐’š๐’” - 61๐’”๐’•ย 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’‚ย and is on view in Venice, Italy from May 10-July 10, 2026.

And on June 7, Jerryโ€™s hosting a workshop! Sign up to be part of ๐‘พ๐’†๐’๐’„๐’๐’Ž๐’† ๐’•๐’ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐‘ฉ๐’๐’๐’Œ ๐‘ต๐’๐’๐’Œ, where you will learn to bind a small journal using a one-needle coptic binding technique with a softcover. Details on our website under Events/Programming.



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