In June 2024 I was pleased to participate in a group exhibit hosted by the excellent Nashville gallery Zeitgeist, celebrating the artists who occupied spaces at the historic former May Hosiery Mill, which at the time I was there was called Chestnut Square, or simply Chestnut. Below I will post the show’s documentation, with links to an article by Joe Nolan for Nashville Scene, photos of the opening taken by my friend Dane Carder, the image of the painting I submitted (“N-substantiation”), the e-vites I created for the project, and more. The image above and the one at the end of the post are digital cells/patterns derived from “N-substantiation.” For additional content please check out the illustrated essay, “The Chestnut Experience,” which is also published on this blog.

PR-blurb from the Zeitgeist website (LINK):

The Key Show

Zeitgeist is pleased to present a group show that pays tribute to the history of our neighborhood. The Key Show features over 25 artists, who once had studios in Wedgewood-Houston. Join us for the opening reception, June 1, 5-8pm. On view June 1 - 29, 2024.

Last year, Janet Decker Yanez put together a show featuring anyone who still had a key to their former studio in the May Hosiery Building and the Martin Trust/Houston Station buildings.

An early iteration of this exhibit was hosted by The Browsing Room at the Downtown Presbyterian Church and this June, Zeitgeist is hosting an expanded version that includes more area creatives.

This exhibition is designed to be a platform for conversation, remembering, and sharing what was the vibrant creative community in the neighborhood from 1990 through the mid-2010’s.

This neighborhood would not be what it is today without these and many more creative individuals.

We want to keep that story alive and honor the artists who made Wedgewood-Houston, and keep from paving over our history.

participating artists:

• Jimmy Abegg

• Michael Bielaczyc

• Dane Carder

• Jeff Danley

• Janet Decker Yanez

• Bob Durham

• Theresa Dyer

• Mike Calway Fagen

• Beth Gilmore

• Terry Glispin

• Erin Hewgley

• Rocky Horton

• Buddy Jackson

• Heidi Kuster

• Emily Leonard

• Julia Martin

• Bruce Matthews

• Lesely Patterson Marx

• Michael Mcbride

• Paul McLean

• Michael Mucker

• Tim Murphy

• Adrienne Outlaw

• Margaret Pesek

• Greg Pond

• Hans Schmitt-Matzen

• Terry Thacker

• James Threalkill

• Meg Walborn

• Barbara Yontz

• Lain York

• Manuel Zeitlin

This is the listing from Locate Arts website (**LINK**)

Below are the photos Dane Carder took at the opening.

"N-substantiation" [Currents, Flow and Reproduction Series #41, 4D Quantities Series #4 (VyNIL Cycle)] | 12" x 9" | Flashe Vinyl on Canvas | 2019

My PR-blurb for the AFH socials (FB + IG):

I'm pleased to announce that "N-substantiation" will be included in the upcoming group exhibition at Zeitgeist Gallery in Nashville entitled "The Key Show," which opens June 1st and runs through June 29th. An opening reception will be held on June 1st from 5-8PM in conjunction with the WeHo First Saturday art walk. "The Key Show" will be celebrating studio culture in the May Hosiery Building and the former Martin Trust/now Houston Station buildings from the 90’s- up through the mid 00’s. I am happy to participate in the project and will contribute an illustrated essay, which will be posted at Mystic Novad and presented in some TBD format during the exhibit. Zeitgeist has invited the 30+ participants to share stories and pictures of their experiences working in those historic Nashville buildings, which Zeitgeist/Lain York will most likely assemble into a slideshow presentation or something like that for display during the opening/exhibit. More details to come!

To purchase "N-substantiation" please contact Zeitgeist Gallery.

INFO:

Street Address: Zeitgeist Gallery, 516 Hagan Street #100, Nashville, TN 37203

Phone: 615-256-4805

Website: https://zeitgeist-art.com/

Email: lain@zeitgeist-art.com, anna@zeitgeist-art.com