In the year 2000, a few artists and curators in Nashville got together to figure out a way to better connect Nashville to the international contemporary art scene. Five years later we launched a website called Nashville Area Arts (Naa). It is designed to facilitate dialogue between Nashville artists and visiting artists, writers, and curators. It also provides our site visitors with information on the visual arts in Middle Tennessee. Naa is made up of museums, galleries, art centers and established artist's groups or cooperatives in the greater Nashville area that exhibit or interpret visual art as their primary focus.
For more information or for membership questions, you can contact Naa's Director, Jenny Gill, at director@areaarts.org.
If you are a critic and would like information on Naa's support for writers visiting our area, visit our Critic's Wanted page.
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Mailing Address
Naa c/o Nashville Cultural Arts Project (NCAP)
1315 Adams Street
Nashville, TN 37208
Founding Sponsors
MTSU Department of Art, Vanderbilt Fine Arts Gallery, Frist Center for the Visual Arts, and
Nashville Cultural Arts Project (NCAP)
Initial Funding provided by:
Tennessee Arts Commission and Metropolitan Nashville Arts Commission
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NAA is seeking interns!
Nashville Area Arts offers several competitive internships. A public private partnership comprised of museums, galleries, art centers and established artist's groups or cooperatives in the greater Nashville area that exhibit or interpret visual art as their primary focus, NAA provides information on the visual arts in Middle Tennessee and facilitates dialogue between local and visiting artists, writers, and curators. NAA intern positions listed below.
Events and Administration Intern SPRING POSITION FILLED
This intern will assist the director with basic site administration and calendar upkeep.
Duties include:
· check database for new events posted by members
· research events to post for members
· send weekly event posting reminders
· contact NAA members to arrange studio visits with their visiting artists
Required skills:
· Ability to research via the web
· good organizational skills
· Basic photo editing knowledge
· Professional phone and email demeanor
· Attention to detail
· Ability to work on own
Internship Time Commitment:
Ongoing with a 3 month minimum commitment
10 hours per week on average to include 9 hours working on own time, 1 hour to check in with NAA director
Special Projects Coordinator – NAA Studio Tour Organizer
Naa is in need of two interns to help plan and organize a gallery and studio tour in fall 2008.
#1 Intern Duties:
· Contact local artists via email and phone for studio and contact address information
· Map studios for tour
· Work with NAA graphic designer on studio tour poster
· Work with Intern #2 on tour
#2 Intern Duties:
· Enlist volunteer help for event day
· Obtain sponsorship from local businesses
· Potentially write grant in support for public funding
· Work with Intern #1 on tour
Required skills:
· Ability to research via the web
· Good organizational skills
· Professional phone and email demeanor
· Attention to detail
· Ability to work on own
Internship Time Commitment:
5 month minimum commitment
10 hours per week to include 9 hours working on own time, 1 hour to check in with NAA director. Hours to extend at studio tour time.
Special Projects Coordinator – NAA College and University Contact
The second project is to pinpoint and work with local college and university representatives to begin organizing our university arts program. The goal is to facilitate communication and resource sharing among schools of higher learning and to encourage and support their lecture series and exhibitions.
Required skills:
· Ability to research via the web
· Good organizational skills
· Professional phone and email demeanor
· Attention to detail
· Ability to work on own
Internship Time Commitment:
Ongoing with 3 month minimum commitment
10 hours per week to include 9 hours working on own time, 1 hour to check in with NAA director.
Art Articles Researcher/Cataloger
This intern will coordinate NAA Art Articles page updates including compiling an art blogs listing. Intern will also research contemporary art publications in library holdings to compile an ongoing record of articles on Nashville area artists and galleries in local, regional and national publications, using a standard bibliographic format. Articles will be listed in this format. The intern will also compile article excerpts.
Required skills:
· Thorough library and internet research skills
· Familiarity with bibliography styles
· Good organization
· Detail oriented
Internship Time Commitment:
Ongoing with 3 month commitment to start
10 hours per week
Resources/links researcher
This intern will compile an annotated list of links for the NAA resources section.
Main categories:
· Nashville arts (general links of interest to NAA visitors)
· Nashville artist web sites
· Resources for artists
Required skills:
· Ability to research via the web
· Good organizational skills
· Attention to detail
· Ability to work on own
Internship Time Commitment:
Ongoing with 3 month minimum commitment
10 hours per week to include 9 hours working on own time, 1 hour to check in with NAA director.
Each intern will be supervised by Jenny Gill, Executive Director of NAA and Gallery Director at the University of the South. While initial NAA internships are unpaid positions, NAA offers the possibility for advancement to NAA Partner status, which would result in a paid position for future work with the organization. NAA internships offer unsurpassed opportunities to learn about the contemporary art scene and make connections within the local arts community while gaining valuable administrative and research skills. While interns need not be students, when applicable NAA will make every effort to work with a school to arrange credit.
Please e-mail a letter of interest, a resume, and two letters of recommendation to Jenny Gill at director@areaarts.org.
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