Updates

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May 2019 Update: Strategic Planning, Moving, Fundraising

May 2, 2019

Show Your Work, Updates

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You are not alone. Chessmen in front of the mirror

Our Founding Values

May 2, 2019

Show Your Work, Updates

All Good Things...

February 26, 2019

Art Crawl, Featured, Updates

July 2018 Recap

July 30, 2018

Art Crawl, Events, Recaps, Updates

We had a huge turnout for the art crawl, which featured work by Brian...

Making Bowie Proud (part 2)

July 26, 2018

Updates

Alicia has been told she can’t do things her entire life. This has made...

Making Bowie Proud (part 1)

July 26, 2018

Updates

Alicia Searcy has a story to tell. Lots of stories, actually. Stories about transformation...

Painting by Omari Booker of himself as a child wearing his dad's Harvard sweater.

Conversation with Omari Booker

April 27, 2018

Art Crawl, Show Your Work, Updates

Kristin sat down with Omari Booker in his studio to learn more about Omari’s...

Make Your Story Yours

February 12, 2018

Updates

{{children}} Why Would Anyone Want to Do This?by Kristen Chapman Gibbons Last year, in preparation for...

The Deacon's Masterpiece, Oil on Canvas, Harry Whitver

Allusion and Analogue: Painting as Exploration

January 10, 2018

Art Crawl

February & March Art Crawl Featuring New Work From Harry WhitverOpening: February 3rd | Closing:...

The Artists Speak: PURPOSE with Kristen Chapman Gibbons on October 15th

October 3, 2017

Events, Updates

True Stories Let Loose is elevating true stories in Nashville, TN. We offer storytelling...

Closing Reception for Nina Covington's RISE October 7th

October 3, 2017

Art Crawl, Updates

Join us for the closing reception for RISE! We've had a great response to...

HAUNTED: Oct 20-22 at Track One

October 3, 2017

Events, Updates

Actor’s Bridge Ensemble, abrasiveMedia, and FALL present an immersive exploration of Nashville’s nearly-forgotten ghosts through character...

Two Artists Talk Trauma and Truth

September 20, 2017

Art Crawl, Featured, Show Your Work, Updates

aM's Teaching Artist Kristen Chapman Gibbons Shares Her Story of the Impact of "Rise"Share...

Nina Convington's RISE opens Sept 2 for Art Crawl

September 1, 2017

Art Crawl, Events, Featured

Nina Covington's 'Rise' explores the artist's journey through healing and the triumph of will...

abrasiveMedia Community Classes Semester 10 - starts Aug 14

August 10, 2017

Updates

2017 Sideshow Fringe Festival

July 25, 2017

Events

Join us for the seventh annual Sideshow Fringe Festival: Nashville’s Progressive Performing Arts Event...

In Time: Relationships Between Images

May 30, 2017

Archives, Art Crawl, Events

View Facebook Event PageSATURDAY, JUNE 3 | 6-9 PM | All Ages | Free...

Making Something from Nothing (Much) Pt 2

April 28, 2017

Show Your Work, Updates

Five Things I have Learned While Rebuilding My World: Life is full of few...

Making Something from Nothing (Much) pt 1

April 24, 2017

Show Your Work, Updates

This is part of a new series we're calling Show Your Work -- personal...

May Art Crawl: Move Closer with the Nashville Opera

April 20, 2017

Archives, Events

MAY ART CRAWLMove Closer with the Nashville OperaFeaturing the art of Yuri FigueroaMay 6,...

Your Daily Inspiration: Short Nature Documentary by Derek Pearson

March 16, 2017

Updates

It's a known fact that our Executive Director loves both nature documentaries and supporting...

April Artcrawl: Interactive Art Event

March 16, 2017

Archives, Events

The Crappy Magic ExperienceAPRIL 1ST | 3-10pm (note extended hours!) | abrasiveMedia | Arts...

March Art Crawl

February 17, 2017

Art Crawl, Updates

Muse - The Works Inspiring MovementSaturday, March 4th | 6-9 PM | All Ages...

A Stranger's Eyes

November 11, 2016

Art Crawl, Updates

During the November Arts & Music at Wedgewood/Houston our very own Justin Harvey set...

The Art of Fashion

October 17, 2016

Updates

November Art Crawl: Carrie Mills Opens November 5th from 6-9 pm All ages Missed seeing the work...

Artober at abrasiveMedia: The Work of Harry Whitver

September 7, 2016

Art Crawl, Updates

Lyrical DeconstructionsVivid Components of Landscapes and Abstractions from Artist Harry Whitver OPENING RECEPTION Invite...

Exploring the world after the end: Poetry at the Fringe

August 3, 2016

Updates

You'll meet these two characters as they tell their story of how the world...

Sideshow Fringe Festival Presents: Dear Apocalypse

July 6, 2016

Archives, Events

DEAR APOCALYPSE Uses Art to Tell Stories of Healing & HopeMusic, Aerial, Dance, &...

June 4th Art Crawl: FOSSILS

June 2, 2016

Art Crawl, Updates

Curated and produced by Sarah Saturday (Gardening, Not Architecture) and Dycee Wildman Date: June...

Upcoming FALL performance: space is the place 2

May 5, 2016

Archives, Artist Residency, Events

Buy Ticketsspace is the place part 2 Saturday, May 14 - showings at 6 pm...

abrasiveMedia: Growing, Building, and Serving

April 27, 2016

Archives, Events

What were you doing for fun when you were 8-years-old? Happiness experts say that...

Coming Soon: Art of the Mind

March 22, 2016

Satire

For immediate release: abrasiveMedia is pleased to announce their new interdisciplinary program. What will you...

abrasiveMedia’s Order Of Procedures For Potentially Really Bad Situations Caused by Grown-Up Artist-Humans

March 22, 2016

Satire

1. PanicThe sky is falling, the world is ending, you can't find your favorite...

Beginning to End

March 22, 2016

Artist Residency

This was originally posted by Audra Almond-Harvey on Facebook; we're re-posting here for posterity. It's...

Th3 Anomaly opened Jan 30!

March 22, 2016

Artist Residency

The world’s first and only gallery-sized graphic novel is here! Created entirely in Nashville,...

Recap: Art in Progress

March 22, 2016

Updates

At the March 5th Arts & Music at Wedgewood/Houston, visitors to abrasiveMedia got a behind-the-scenes...

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