Creative Nashville

Thriving with originality and creativity, Nashville is home to over 80 record labels, 5,000+ union musicians, 40 festivals and 124 music venues. But music is just the silver lining of what this city has to offer. The visual, film, theatre and literary arts communities are continually growing.  With so much investment in the arts, creativity is undoubtedly the cornerstone of our city — feeding our commerce, building our character and providing us with one of the most dynamic, talented communities of people in this nation.

Peruse the links below to find out more about Nashville’s creative/arts organizations, their unique presence in our city, and how you can become involved.

For a full calendar of events in greater Nashville, go to NowPlayingNashville.com.

Acholi Sudanese Cultural Association
ACT I (Artists’ Cooperative Theater I, Inc.
Actors Bridge Ensemble
African American Cultural Alliance
ALIAS Chamber Ensemble
American Artisan
The American Negro Playwright Theatre
American Roots Music Education
The Amun Ra Theatre
Anne Laine Goad Art, Inc.
Art & Invention Gallery
Arts & Business Council of Greater Nashville
tHE aRT hOUSE … gallery & studio
Arts & Images
The Arts Company
Arts at the Airport Foundation
ASCAP
Atelier
Auld Alliance Gallery
Barbershop Harmony Society
Belcourt Theatre
Belle Meade Plantation
Belmont Mansion
Belmont University Leu Art Gallery, School of Music and Theatre
Bennett Galleries
Bethlehem Centers of Nashville
Blair School of Music
Bongo Java Roasting Co. (BJRC)
BMI
Centennial Art Center
Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art
The Chestnut Group
Chinese Arts Alliance of Nashville
Circle Players, Inc.
Cloud 12 Gallery
Collector’s Gallery
Community Resource Center
Concert Chorale of Nashville (CCN)
Country Music Association (CMA)
Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum
Creative Artists of Tennessee, Inc.
Cultural Museum at Scarritt-Bennett Center
Cumberland Gallery
Dance Theatre of Tennessee
Darkhorse Theater
Different Strokes Art Gallery
The Dramaturgy Project
Edgehill Center
Edgehill Studios Cafe
Epiphany Dance Company
Estel Gallery
exchange gallery
EZ Gallery
Fido
Finer Things Gallery
Fisk University Galleries
Frist Center for the Visual Arts
Fugitive Art Center
Gallery 46 & the Framing Market
Gallery One
Global Education Center
Gospel Music Association (GMA)
Gray Stone Press & Gallery
Great Performances at Vanderbilt
Hanging Around, Inc.
Hatch Show Print Museum
Helios Artglassworks & Gallery
The Hermitage
Humanities Tennessee
Ideaprov
In the Gallery
InterMuseum Council of Nashville (ICON)
Janet Levine March Gallery
Kraus Gallery
Lakewood Theater Company
Lamplighter’s Theatre
Laughing Corpse Murder Mysteries and More!
LeQuire Gallery
LifeWork Productions
Lipscomb University Department of Music, Hutcheson Gallery and Theater
Live Music in America, Inc.
Local Color Gallery
Lyzon Frames & Fine Art
Mad Platter Restaurant
Marnie Sheridan Gallery
Metro Nashville Arts Commission (MNAC)
Metro Nashville Chorus
Metro Parks and Recreation
Middle Tennessee Decorative Artist
Midtown Gallery & Framers
Mockingbird Public Theatre
Montgomery Bell Academy
Museum of African Amerian Music, Art and Culture
MusiCares
Music City Blues Society
Music City Chorus
Nashville Ballet
Nashville Calligraphers Guild
Nashville Children’s Theatre
Nashville Country Dancers
Nashville Cultural Arts Project
Nashville Film Festival
Nashville Jazz Orchestra
Nashville Jazz Workshop
Nashville Old Time String Band Association
Nashville Opera Association
Nashville ProMusica
Nashville Public Radio
Nashville Public Television
Nashville Public Theatre
Nashville Shakespeare Festival
Nashville Songwriters Association International (NSAI)
Nashville Stages
Nashville Symphony Orchestra
Nashville Theatre Works
Nashville Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences
Native American Indian Association of Tennessee
Oasis Center, Inc.
Over the Rainbow Glass Gallery & Design Studio
The Parthenon
People’s Branch Theatre
Plate Tone Printshop
Plowhaus Artists Cooperative
The Renaissance Center
Richland Fine Art, Inc.
Richter Gallery of Photography
Robin’s Gallery & Custom Frames
RUBY GREEN
Ruthie Cherry Fine Art Gallery
The Rymer Gallery
Sarratt Art Studios, Cinema and Gallery
Scarritt-Bennett Center
Scattin’ in the Schools
SESAC
Senior Center for the Arts
Senior Citizens, Inc.
Shalom Theater
Shelton Gallery & Fine Silver
SQFT Gallery
StageWorks
Stanford Fine Art
Street Theatre Company
TAG Art Gallery
Take 121 Arts
Tango Nashville
Tennesseans for the Arts
Tennessee Art Center at Madison
Tennessee Art League
Tennessee Arts Commission (TAC)
Tennessee Association of Craft Artists (TACA)
Tennessee Jazz & Blues Society
Tennessee Museum Store
Tennessee Performing Arts Center (TPAC)
Tennessee Players, Inc.
Tennessee Repertory Theatre
Tennessee Screenwriting Association, Inc.
Tennessee State Museum
Tennessee State University (TSU)
Tennessee Storytelling Association
Tennessee Women’s Theater Project
Travellers Rest Historic House Museum
TuneTown Show Chorus
Twist Art Gallery
Untitled
Vanderbilt University
VSA arts Tennessee
W.O. Smith Nashville Community Music School
Watkins College of Art & Design
Williams 19th & 20th Century American Art Galleries
Woodcuts Gallery & Framing
Writer’s Stage
YWCA of Nashville and Middle Tennessee
Zeitgeist Gallery

National/International Music Associations Headquartered in Nashville
Americana Music Association (AMA)
Barbershop Harmony Society
Christian Country Music Association (CCMA)
Country Music Association (CMA)
Gospel Music Association (GMA)
International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA)
International Fan Club Association (IFCA)
Nashville Songwriters Association International (NSAI)