Fall 2019
Newsletter FAIRVIEW ARTS COUNCIL, FAIRVIEW, TN is a 501C3 non-profit organization. www.fairviewartscouncil.org
Cover Photo, Scarborough, by: Michelle Murakami
Our First Year Painting & Sculpture
A smattering of work by some of our local artists and sculptors
Photography
Denise Reagan — a local budding artistic photographer, plus FHS’ offer to veterans
Film
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Fairview High School’s film “Minus One” receives accolades and has another showing soon!
“I asked myself about what creative endeavor would I undertake and bring to life… I realized that I could really talk about my big dream that keeps coming up. The bits and pieces of how to create it even speaking all the way out loud instead of in my head. Is there support in Fairview that might to help me with certain aspects that are out of my wheel house? Like shooting videos, adding music, getting familiar with scanners , printing and so on? I want to create big… with our community . Not only to grow our culture but us building supportive environment.” ~Polly Puckett Billiu
Art in the View Performing Arts
Music
Literature
The Fairview Community Theater group’s showing of “I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change” and an upcoming performance you won’t want to miss!
Live music events in our area
The Writer’s Journey at the Fairview Public Library on August 3, 2019. Featuring Authors and Poets
Our mission is to develop and support the arts of Fairview through collaboration, education, and engagement with our community. We want to enrich Fairview with the creativity, diversity and beauty that come with the expression of local arts. 2 0 1 9 FA L L - FA I RV I E W A RTS CO UNC I L N EWS L ET T ER
Painting & Sculpture Month of November - Art Gallery at the Fairview Public Library. Follow our FaceBook page to get the date of the gallery opening.
Visions in Copper by: Tammy Carden Ridley
Coming Out of the Fog # 576 by: Jackie Mickler
Wonder Woman by: Jill L. Turpin
Basket Weaving by: Sherryl Sneed
Discover a few of the Fairview Arts Council Members’ art here. In every newsletter we will feature one or a few artists, craftsmen and women and local events. If you are not already a member of the Fairview Arts Council, please consider joining our budding community of art lovers today.
Become a Member or visit: www.fairviewartscouncil.org and click the Join FAC button.
We would like to thank the people who have believed in The Fairview Arts Council and have become members. Your support is appreciated. We’d also like to thank Niche Arts, The Fairview Public Library, the Fairview Farmer’s Market, Olde Towne Antiques Mall, Harvest by Labcanna and The Fairview Chamber of Commerce for helping the Arts Council find outlets for this growing interest for art in Fairview. We are excited about what the future holds for our growing town and are working to make sure that art is a big part of that vision to strengthen the health and vitality of the people who choose to live here. The benefits of the arts on the human brain is widely published, not only for those creating it, but also for those who experience
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November Oil Painting Class with instructor Jacie Mickler. Dates to be announced soon. November 12 - 6:30pm - Public Arts Council Meeting at Niche Arts at 1696 Fairview Blvd. in Brook East plaza. 1st Saturday of the month - visit the farmer’s market at the Fairview Community Center and find some artists and craft-persons set up for your shopping pleasure! 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th Saturdays of the month - 9-11am - Meet with local creatives at Harvest 1880 Fairview Blvd. to discuss and muse about art in our community with other artists and art lovers of all genres. Tuesdays Open Art at Niche Art Center at 6:30 pm- Join Jill Turpin for working on what you like and she will offer coaching and instruction …$10.00 November 16 4-8pm Niche Art Center Open House - Jill Turpin and other members of Niche Art Center welcome the community to join them.
and enjoy it. “…art may invoke new “brain states” that are otherwise less likely to be activated by our day-to-day “reality.” Art therefore serves to explore and expand the potential capacity of the brain.”1 We invite anyone who wants a vigorous art presence throught Fairview and our surrounding communities to come and be a part of what we are building. Our next public meeting will take place at Niche Art at Brook East 1695 Fairview Blvd. on Tuesday, November 12, 2019 at 6:30 pm. We would love to see you there. Look for an agenda for this meeting on the Art Council’s FaceBook page soon. 1
Segev, et. al. Brain and Art Frontiers in Human Neuroscience 2014
Photography “To me, photography is an art of observation. It’s about finding something interesting in an ordinary place… I’ve found it has little to do with the things you see and everything to do with the way you see them.” — Elliott Erwitt
PHOTOGRAPHER’S FOCUS
You may have noticed some beautiful photography at our gallery event this past February. Or perhaps you’ve been to the Loading Dock at Houston Station in Nashville recently. If you’ve missed out, we’re here to help make sure you get to see this photographer’s art. Denise Reagan is multi-talented and we are sure you’ll be seeing a lot more of her artistry.
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Portraits to honor our veterans the visual arts students at Fairview High School would be honored to create portraits of the veterans within our community. Please click on the following link https://forms.Gle/rwehvhev1fuj5rpk7 to answer a few questions for us as we prepare for these portraits. You may submit a picture of your veteran to julia sanchez via email at julia.Sanchez@wcs.Edu.
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Film Minus One Watch for the next showing at the Nashville Film Festival at Regal Hollywood Theaters, 719 Thompson Lane in Nashville. “Minus One” will play at 10 a.m. Oct. 6 and 12:30 p.m. Oct. 9. Tickets are available for purchase at the Nashville Film Festival website. For non-pass holders, an adult ticket is $15, and a student ticket is $13. Bob King, Fairview High School’s film instructor, worked with this amazing group of talented students in their TV and Film class. They started out with bi-weekly episodes and eventually decided to make a feature film written and acted by the students. The message the film conveys is “one choice” — sometimes you get one chance to have an effect; to not harm yourself or others. Minus One had its debut at the historic Franklin Theater in March of 2019. In May, the film won two silver medals in the General Entertainment and General Student categories and a bronze medal in the General Low Budget category at the 40th Annual Telly Awards. In August, Minus One had two public showings at the Roxy Theater in Dickson, TN. The Roxy Theater charged regular admission prices and donated 100% of the ticket price to Fairview High’s TV & Film program. The excitement for the Nashville Film Festival is growing for this talented group of young actors and filmmakers.
Worth Watching Streaming NETFLIX
• Cutie and the Boxer • Abstract - The Art of Design HULU • Exit Through the Gift Shop
Movies
• Once Upon a Time in Hollywood • Miles Davis - The Birth of Cool
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Renting
• The Dead Don’t Die • Yesterday • Won’t You Be My Neighbor • Isle of Dogs
“One of the things that helps others in this life is the expression of beauty. An artist is an apostle of beauty.” ~Pope Francis
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Performing Arts Fairview Community Theater performed their rendition of the hilarious hit musical, I love you; You’re Perfect; Now Change, for several engagements in July at the Fairview High School Auditorium. The play was directed by Brooklyn Hinson Hughes in her directoral debut, and the cast included Mariah Dawn Wolitski, Chris Nasso, Leslie Johnson Mathis, Matt Bravo, Linda Wheeler, Sarina Jeske and Luke Sanders. Jamie Kearney saw the show and said “It was fantastic!!!! Loved it! Jill Turpin took her son and had this to say about the play, “I was impressed. It was a good cast with talent and skill. I wish that more people had known about it. The live accompaniment violin and keyboard music was fantastic. Very entertaining.” Auditions were held in mid-September for their upcoming show, Noises Off, by Michael Frayn. The Show dates are set for January 9th - 12th. Be sure to watch their FaceBook feed for the most up-to-date information and ticket information. To buy your tickets to their shows, support or just find out more about the theater group, visit www.fairviewcommunitytheater.com or on Facebook at www. facebook.com/FCTReservations.
Fairview Community Theater is hosting a fun event for children. A Princess Tea Party will be held November 23, 4:30-6:30pm at Niche Art Center. The cost is $25 per child. Space is limited to 20 children with 1 guardian each. We will provide tea (real tea or juice) cupcakes (gluten free option available upon request) There will be a meet and greet with Disney Princesses, tea etiquette with Alice in Wonderland, the art of fan language (fan included) and lots of Disney sing along music! Visit their website to reserve your space: www.fairviewcommunitytheater.com
Fairview High School proudly presents: Romeo & Juliet by William Shakespeare October 17th – 19th in the Fairview High School Performing Arts Center. Showtimes are 7:00 PM and a Saturday matinee at 2:00 PM. Tickets available for early purchase at www.fairview. hs.seatyourself.biz. Tickets are $10.00 for 6th grade and up and $5.00 for 5th grade and under. For more information, please contact the FHS Theatre Program or Lauren Knoop at lauren.knoop@wcs.edu. 2 0 1 9 FALL - FAIRV I E W A RTS COU N CI L N E W S LE T T E R
Watch the promo here.
“Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything.” ― Plato
Music Fairview Guitar has moved its store to 1696 Fairview Blvd. in Brook East within the Niche Arts space. David and his talented group of teachers still offer lessons. Be sure to come visit his new space. It’s well known that Fairview has a long history of music and talented musicians in its midst. Please, help us spread the history and future of music in our community by sending your historical and current knowledge along with photos about our local musicians, live shows and performances to: fairviewartscouncil@outlook.com with the Subject “Newsletter-Music”.
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October 4 - 7-10pm - Live music at Nando’s with Luna Morena October 5 - 3pm - Music in the Vale at Fernvale Community Church. Benefits Grace Works & the Aitken Bible Historical Foundation October 8 - 8pm - Singer/Songwriter show “Music from the West Side” at the Belcourt Taps on Belcourt Ave. Fairview local, Denise Reagan, will be featured in this free event. October 26 - 10am-4pm - Bon Aqua Bluegrass Festival at Storytellers Hideaway Farm and Museum, 9676 Old Highway 46, Bon Aqua, TN October 29 - 7 PM - Steve Wariner Solo Acoustic at Franklin Theatre · The Franklin Theatre · Franklin, Tennessee December 2 - 8pm - Tim Rushlow & His Big Band - “Home For the Holidays” The Franklin Theatre · Franklin, Tennessee
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Literature
WRITERS’ RESOURCES: BookFest Nashville Clarksville Writers’ Conference Handmade & Bound Nashville Killer Nashville Literary Libations Middle Tennessee Writers’ Conference Murfreesboro Writers Group Music City Romance Writers The Nashville Writers Meetup Nashville Writers’ Circle The Porch Writers’ Collective Rockvale Writers’ Colony Sewanee Writers’ Conference Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators MidSouth Fall Conference Southeastern Young Adult Book Festival
The Fairview Arts Council presented The Writer’s Journey on August 3 at the Fairview Public Library. It featured local writers Ron York, Sandra Stewart, Richard Edmonton, Sarah Jenkins and Aaron Kavli who are accomplished in true crime, poetry, biographical musings, sci-fi and more. The writers discussed a variety of topics and gave us a bit of background on how they became a writer, shared a few stories from their pursuit of writing and offered a brief reading from their favorite works. The audience engagement primed the discussions with their on-point questions. This successful event made evident the broad talents that we have in our community. Be assured we will be having more of these events. Follow the Fairview Arts Council on FaceBook to keep apprised of all our upcoming events.
Sarah Jenkins A writer, actor, and producer for theater since grade school. A founding member of Players of Light Theater Troop. Her most recent book is set to be published late 2019/early 2020.
Richard Edmondson He began writing poems some thirty years ago, and has accumulated a sizable body of work — poems tackling everything from love and romance to the human condition.
A.R. Kavli His first published works were with gaming companies, and his first novel was published in 2011. “With Our Dying Breath” was published September 2019.
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Sandra Stewart A degreed, published author with experience in legal, medical, and technical fields, Sandra specializes in helping people tell their stories, and is best known for her true crime work.
J. Ronald M. York Not only a writer, but also a composer with eight CDs in his catalog. In 2017 he released his first book, Kept in the Dark – a memoir of family secrets and his second in 2018.
Southern Festival of Books Tennessee Young Writers’ Workshop UTOPiAcon WriterFest Nashville
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October 4 - Paint Party Game Fairview vs. Camden Central. Join the National Arts Honor Society in community paintings by the football field. Painting starts at 6pm. October 6 at 10am and October 9 at 12:30pm The film, Minus One, shows at the Nashville Film Festival at the 100 Oaks Regal Cinema. This film was written, filmed, and acted by the high school students’ of Fairview High. November 2 - Fairview Middle School Holiday Bazaar from 8am - 2pm. Browse affordable, handmade crafts for your entire family. Free to get in, but donations are greatly appreciated. www.fairviewmiddlepto.com/bazaar
November 12 - 6:30pm - Public Arts Council Meeting at Niche Arts at 1696 Fairview Blvd. in Brook East plaza. November - Art Gallery event at the Fairview Public Library. Visit during library hours and browse art from Art Council members. Find out more about the opening event at the Fairview Art Council FaceBook page. 1st Saturday of the month - Visit the farmer’s market at the Fairview Community Center and find some artists and craftpersons set up for your shopping pleasure! 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th Saturdays of the month - 9-11am - Meet with local creatives at Harvest 1880 Fairview Blvd. to discuss and muse about art in our community with other artists and art lovers of all genres.
October 8 - 8pm - Singer/Songwriter show “Music from the West Side” at the Belcourt Taps on Belcourt Ave. Fairview local, Denise Reagan, will be featured in this free event. November - Dates to be announced soon for Oil Painting Classes with instructor, Jackie Mickler November 16, 4-8pm - Niche Arts Center Open House. 1696 Fairview Blvd. in Brook East plaza. The community is welcome to attend. Tuesdays at 6pm - Niche Arts Center Open Art. Hosted by Jill Turpin, make some art with Jill & Polly! Bring what you want to work on and get the coaching/instruction you specifically need. $10 for Arts Council Members.
Make Art
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Not every city will have a beautiful waterfront or strong public transportation system or major university. But every single community has people who sing and dance and tell stories. — Jamie Bennett, ArtPlace America
Newsletter by Michelle Murakami Please, contact me or the arts council leaders with any information you would like us to consider for the Winter Newsletter by December 20, 2019. fairviewartscouncil@outlook.com with the subject “Newsletter”.
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