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A successful contractor spends his entire professional life supporting the visual arts. Children in 20 Middle Tennessee counties get their first exposure to professional opera. Over 100 million viewers experience the inaugural Americana Music Festival on PBS. These are just a few examples of the dynamic partnerships between Nashville’s private sector and arts community that were celebrated today at the ABC’s third annual Bowtie Awards.

The 2012 Bowtie Award winners and finalists represent four key areas of arts support:

Arts education award winner. Caterpillar Financial Services Corporation. The company’s support of the curriculum-based education program at TPAC helped bring artistic works to life for more than 1.5 million students and educators.

Finalists: Gaylord Entertainment Foundation, SunTrust Bank

Arts impact award winner: Metropolitan Nashville Airport Authority/Arts at the Airport.  An ever-growing and changing showcase of creative talent is displayed throughout the airport for the enjoyment and enrichment of more than 10 million passengers and countless visitors each year.

Finalists: Nissan, Regions Financial Corporation

Entrepreneur award winner: ArtNowNashville. This unique, new website offers exceptional news stories, previews and critical reviews of the breadth and depth of Nashville’s rich cultural scene.

Finalists:  Adrienne Outlaw Studios, Holmes Pest Control

Work environment award winner: Cummins Station. The Community Arts Program offers Cummins Station businesses the opportunity to explore and enjoy art in a unique, intimate way while offering both local and national artists a place to create and display their work.

Finalists: Avenue Bank, Nashville Public Television

The award winners each received a $1,000 cash award and the finalists a $250 award to designate to the arts organization of their choice. The winners also took home an original award created by Nashville artist, Herb Williams.

The highlight of the Bowtie Awards was the presentation of the Martha Rivers Ingram Arts Visionary Award to Walter Knestrick. A successful contractor and stalwart supporter of the arts for more than 40 years, Knestrick served as chair of the Tennessee Arts Commission, founding board member of the Frist Center for the Visual Arts and key supporter of the Tennessee Performing Arts Center, Arts in the Airport, State Museum, and Watkins College of Art, Design & Film.

Recognizing support of initiatives that create a significant impact on an art form, arts organization, or community cultural enrichment program.

Metropolitan Nashville Airport Authority/Arts at the Airport. An ever-growing, ever-changing showcase of cultural diversity and creative talent in Tennessee is displayed throughout the airport for the enjoyment and enrichment of more than 10,000 passengers and countless visitors each year.

Nissan. A generous sponsor of the arts in Nashville, Nissan’s intense support of the Americana Music Association helped spotlight the genre — and Nashville — to millions of PBS viewers through the Nashville Public Television and Austin City Limits co-production of the first Americana Music Festival.

Regions Financial Corporation. The Regions Free Days program was launched in 2010 to support nonprofits and arts organizations by sponsoring artistic and cultural events that the public could experience at no cost. Tens of thousands of Middle Tennesseans have enjoyed access to cultural programs, events and attractions at Cheekwood, the Frist Center, the Nashville Symphony and TN Rep; and the wide-ranging program continues this year.

Recognizing support of initiatives that instill an early and ongoing appreciation of arts and culture in Nashville’s youth

Caterpillar Financial Services Corporation. CAT Financial’s longtime support of the curriculum-based education program at TPAC have brought artistic works to life for students and provided training and resources to teachers.

Gaylord Entertainment Foundation. Gaylord’s longstanding support of the Nashville Opera Education and Outreach Tour introduces children to opera through performances and workshops at schools and community venues in 20 Middle Tennessee counties.

SunTrust Bank. For more than 20 years, SunTrust has supported the Nashville Opera as a leading underwriter, active financial and development partner, and capital campaign leader. The company also hosts employees at the sneak preview of each production they sponsor.

Recognizing noteworthy support for arts by a company with 10 or fewer employees.

Adrienne Outlaw Studios. Through the creation and direction of seedSPACE, a venue for emerging artists, Outlaw Studios provides an exhibit venue for installation and performance artists and fosters an exchange between local and national artistic communities.

ArtNowNashville. This unique, new website offers exceptional media coverage and critical reviews of the breadth and depth of Nashville’s rich cultural scene.

Holmes Pest Control. Owner Gemma Holmes takes a hands-on approach in her extensive community engagement, including her service as volunteer for the Frist Center for the Visual Arts.

Recognizing a business that integrates arts and creativity into the business culture to build morale and foster employee creativity and innovation.

Avenue Bank. One of the city’s newest banks fosters the creative spirit by engaging with and in the city’s creative community – from prominent displays of local art to employee participation in the council’s Music City Corporate Band Challenge and ArtsWorks programs.

Cummins Station. The Community Arts Program at Cummins Station offers member businesses the opportunity to explore and enjoy art in a unique, intimate way while offering both local and national artists a place to create and display their work. The program also awards free workspace in dedicated artist studios to two artists each year.

Nashville Public Television. NPT has transformed its building into The NPT Art Center – a modern day, nonprofit arts commune that houses NPT, the Nashville Shakespeare Festival, TN Rep and Nashville Film Festival.  The creative collaboration greatly enhances each organization, which benefits our entire community.

As Michael Corleone says so well in The Godfather, “It’s not personal, Sonny. It’s strictly business.” While it may not feel personal or artistic, it is smart to know the legal basics for protecting your work and business relationships. Not sure how to put agreements in writing without straining friendships? Don’t know how or when to get your work copyrighted?

Join intellectual property attorneys, Tara Aaron and Rick Sanders from Aaron Sanders, to learn how to maximize copyright protection for your creative works. Legal Basics for the Arts will cover the key elements of copyright law, how copyrights can be transferred, and why it is important to have written agreements about your copyrighted works.

Legal Basics for the Arts: Copyright and Contracts

Monday, February 13, 2012 | 12:00 – 1:00 PM

Country Music Hall of Fame & Museum

(222 5th Avenue South, Nashville, TN 37203)

$10 ABC Members | $15 Non-members

Register now. Brown bag lunches welcome!

MORE ABOUT THE PRESENTERS

Tara Aaron - Tara Aaron practiced law for nearly seven years at Stites & Harbison PLLC in downtown Nashville before opening Aaron | Sanders. At Stites, she was an attorney in the Intellectual Property and Technology Service Group, handling all manner of licenses, purchases, and sales of copyright, trademark, and patent assets. She has advised major political campaigns on the use of copyrighted music, and helped a small Southeastern company sell its Bluetooth technology for millions. Tara also represents artists, managers, record labels, and promoters, helping them ensure that their contracts are clear and their rights are secure. More on Tara.

Rick Sanders - The legal problems and challenges presented by software, hardware, e-commerce, social media and the Internet have long engaged Rick Sanders’ interest. Rick’s first two cases, as he began his career in Silicon Valley, involved the business and technology of making music available over the Internet. Rick has been hooked on intellectual property ever since. Although Rick enjoys all forms of intellectual property, copyright law has always engaged him the most. For this reason, Rick was instrumental in bringing the U.S. Copyright Office’s “traveling show” to Nashville for the first time in 2005. He has been co-producing “The Copyright Office Comes to Music City,” hosted by the First Amendment Center, ever since. More on Rick.

The Arts & Business Council connects artists and arts organizations with the services, skills and opportunities they need to thrive from their creative endeavors. The ABC Seminars exist to educate individual artists, creative professionals and arts organizations to help them master the business of arts.

Tuesday, December 20th | 1:30-4:50 p.m.

On Stage at Belmont’s Troutt Theater

$100 for ABC member | $130 for non-member

Much Ado About Ethics is back and features all new scenes from Shakespeare’s classics!

Much Ado will be moderated by Nashville Shakespeare Festival founder Donald Capparella of Dodson Parker Behm & Capparella, Rick Sanders of Aaron Sanders and Edward Lanquist of Waddey & Patterson. All three are avid, participating members of the William Shakespeare fan club.

Reserve your spot today by RSVPing to: seminars@abcnashville.org or (615) 743-3055.

With the same buy-local spirit as Community Supported Agriculture, which allows consumers to buy seasonal produce directly from local farms, CSArt makes it affordable to purchase fresh work by Nashville’s top artists!

Seed Space curators commissioned ten Nashville-based artists to each make 50 limited-edition works of art, including two ABC Creative Capital Alumni.

Seed Space curators carefully selected a range of media for each crate. A $250 half-share crate includes five artworks. A $500 full share (two crates) includes ten artworks + a CSArt Hatch Show Print poster. Purchase shares online at www.seedspace.org. The purchase deadline Nov. 1 so you must act quickly. Plus, there are only 100 shares available.

Join the ABC in supporting CSArts – buy yours now and invest in Nashville!

Selected artists: Vesna Pavlović ,  Derek Coté, Herb Williams , Lesley Patterson-Marx , Emily Leonard, Sher Fick, Mike Calway-Fagen, Jodi Hays , Nicole Baumann, Ryan Hogan