ASHLEY MINTZ ART
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Current/Upcoming
Arcade Arts 
Artist-in-Residence @The Nashville Arcade
October 1, 2024-June 30, 2025

The Embodiment of our Manifestations
​Group Exhibition - Senior Project @The Hiram Van Gordon Gallery
April 7 - May 3, 2025, Reception April 17, 2025 @4-6pm
​Nashville, Tennessee

Flowers, Frogs, and Feathered Friends
Group Exhibition - @The Warner Park Nature Center
May 3 - May 31, 2025
Nashville, Tennessee

​Ongoing:
Arts Center of Cannon County
​
Woodbury, Tennessee​
Greeting cards and postcards available


Past Events:
​Black Vibrations
Group Exhibition @Monthaven Arts and Cultural Center
February 22 - March 23, 2025
Hendersonville, Tennessee
*Opening Reception February 22nd  from 6-9pm
*Artist Talk on March 8th from 2-3pm

Collage & Composition: Mixed Media Art Class - Instructor
Lunch and Learn @Monthaven Arts and Cultural Center
March 21st or March 22nd @10:30am-12:30pm
Hendersonville, Tennessee
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Montage
Group Exhibition​ @Lorenzo Swinton Gallery
February 6 - March 3, 2025
Clarksville, Tennessee

The Unbannable Library
Group Exhibition @The Elephant Gallery
January 18-February 1, 2025


The Nashville Collage Collective at the GJCC - Collages and Handmade Gifts 
Group Exhibition @The Gordon Jewish Community Center 
December 2024
Nashville, Tennessee

The Unbannable Library
Group Exhibition @Various Locations 
A book created by my mother, Gwendolyn Mintz, and myself will be displayed at.....
The Brown-Daniel Library @Tennessee State University - September-October, 2024, and

The Carillon/Court of Three Stars at Bicentennial Capitol Mall State Park - October 26 & 27, 2024

Glory, Music City
Group Exhibition @The Soundwaves Gallery - GEODIS Park
2024 Season
Nashville, Tennessee

Black Joy, In Spite Of.....
Group Exhibition @The Frist Museum
April 5 - September 2, 2024
Nashville, Tennessee

Nature of the Block
Group Exhibition @Warner Park Nature Center
March - April, 2024
Nashville, Tennessee

power trip to womanhood
Duo Exhibition @Turnip Green Creative Reuse 
March 2 - 31, 2024
Opening Reception on March 2nd @4-6pm

Zine Making Workshop
Instructor (Along with fellow artist, Taria Person)
@Turnip Green Creative Reuse, March 9, 2024
Nashville, Tennessee

​Gallery Tour and Art Activity
Tour and Sketch: African American Artists in Southern/Modern
@The Frist Museum in Nashville, Tennessee


Group Exhibition - Nashville in Rhythm
2023 Soccer Season
@GEODIS Park (home of the Nashville Soccer Club)

The Soundwaves Gallery; Nashville, Tennessee


​Art Workshop - Adult Artlab: Introduction to Collage Techniques
November 11, 2023 @1-4pm
The Frist Museum; Nashville, Tennessee
​
Featured Artist in Turnip Green's 
Green Marketplace
Journals, Collage and Wall Hangings featured.
September 7-October 18, 2023
Turnip Green; Nashville, Tennessee


Art Workshop - Mixed Media Bookbinding 
October 28th, 2023 @1-3pm
Turnip Green; Nashville, Tennessee


Art Workshop - Adult Artlab: Introduction to Collage Techniques
October 21st, 2023 @1-4pm
The Frist Museum; Nashville, Tennessee

Art Workshop - Mixed Media Bookbinding
October 15th, 2023 @1-3pm
Turnip Green; Nashville, Tennessee


Solo Exhibition
"Falling Into Reverie"

June 5-June 30, 2023
@The Green Hills Nashville Public Library

April Maker Meetup - Panelist
Nashville & Community Arts
April 27, 2023
Kreate Hub Nashville

Solo Exhibition - 
Feeling Time

January 10-February 7, 2023
@The Arts Center of Cannon County
Berger Gallery

​
Group Exhibition
IDENTITY CRISIS: Who Are We Becoming?
January 10-June 26, 2023 @BNA (Nashville International Airport)
International Arrivals Hallway and Concourse A


Art of Healing Exposition
Group Art Showcase
September, 2021-December, 2022
Art and Poem to be showcased in Online & Physical Spaces 
Physical Space @The Curb Center, Vanderbilt. Nashville, Tennessee

​
Sage Advice - Art of Healing Exposition - Partner
Facilitating community events and teaching workshops
@Elizabeth Park and FiftyForward Senior Citizen Centers!
Link to Online Exhibit here!


Weekend Workshop - Legacy Weekend: Appalachian Crafts for Appalachian Arts Administrators
Instructor- In with the Old: Art Journaling in Old Books
@Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts
Gatlinburg, Tennessee


Solo Exhibit + Gallery Talk
"Mirrored Hues: Seeing Self in the Colors"
@The Clemson Area African American Museum
Clemson, South Carolina
Exhibit: December 26, 2021-May 6, 2022, Gallery Talk: December 29, 2021


Group Exhibit
"Stories, Past and Present"
@The Centennial Arts Gallery
Nashville, Tennessee
February 4, 2022-March 24, 2022


Speaker/Instructor
"Racial Equity in Arts Leadership (REAL)"
Week Ten - "Equity in the Arts: Artists"
December 3, 2021 
@The Frist Center for the Visual Arts


"Telling Our Stories Through Art" Workshop Series
@Vanderbilt University
Limited Space. Vanderbilt Students only.
October-December 2021


“Poet’s Corner”
A collaborative poetry reading with my mother!
Thursday, October 28, 2021 @7-8pm

@The Scarritt Bennett Center

“2021 Instructor Exhibit”
Group Exhibit
​May 10-August 27, 2021
​@Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Sandra J. Blain Gallery

​
“Stitches: The Family Bind”
Solo Exhibition
July 1-August 31, 2021

@The Arts Center of Cannon County, Cannon Hall

Online Conference
“At Home Within this Soul”
An Art Presentation and Talk - Roots Week 2021
“Southern Soil: Collective Liberation in Harmony with the Land”

August 3, 2021 @2-3pm CST (My presentation will be from 2:10-2:30pm)

Art Workshops
Art Journaling with Old Books - Instructor
Recurring workshops with Nashville Community Education
Mondays, May 3 - May 24, 2021 @6-8pm

Storytelling Retreat — Instructor/Facilitator
“My Unique Story: Visual and Verbal Storytelling”
3 Day Retreat from April 30-May 2, 2021
@The Scarritt Bennett Center, Raintree Room in Bennett Hall 2nd Floor
1027 18th Ave S, Nashville, Tennessee 37212


Solo Exhibition (Virtual)
”Resilient Souls: We Rest then We Rise”
Virtual exhibit online from February 1-March 12, 2021
@Vanderbilt University Divinity School


Art Tutorial in Partnership with NPL (Nashville Public Library)
“Romare Bearden Collage Style with Artist Ashley Mintz”

Accessible on the NPL Youtube channel

Worship Service Performance
Poetry Reading and Music Performance
February 10th, 2021
11:30-12pm
@Vanderbilt University Divinity School (Zoom)


Virtual Panel Discussion (Moderator)
Creative Exchange, a Professional Development Conference
“Achieving a Standout Community Arts Project.”
Thursday, October 1st, 2020

Art Tutorial in Partnership with NPL (Nashville Public Library)
“ARTober at NPL: Collage in Solitude with Artist Ashley Mintz”

Accessible on the NPL Youtube channel

Maker Meet-Up ​
A panel discussion with Tennessee Craft Mid-State

Live-streamed on June 18, 2020

Zoom/Facebook Live artist interview with Tennessee Craft Midstate
Live-Streamed June 9, 2020

Poetry Reading, Livestream
Poets Corner
Reading of Selected Works
Thursday, May 28, 2020

Solo Exhibition
"These Colors Within" - JLMG2 Gallery
February 3-February 28, 2020
@Gordon Jewish Community Center

Community Arts Project
"Traditions: Keeping Cultures and Communities Alive Through Storytelling"
Painting, Writing and Dancing Workshops + Short Video/Poetry Reading at the Women’s Work Festival
August-October, 2019


Southern Festival of Books
Poetry Reading - Selected Works
October 11, 2019
@War Memorial Plaza, Performing Arts Stage

​Women’s Work 2019 - Tennessee Women’s Theater Project
“Making New Life with the Fragments of Broken Ones: Using Words to Heal”
Short Video + Poetry/Storytelling
​+ Reading part in the short play, RE-MEMBER-ING Sara Baartman (by Robyn Brooks)

October 6, 2019
​@Looby Theater - Nashville, Tennessee

Solo Exhibition
"Mirrors of Vulnerability: Mixed Media Paintings and Poetry"

May-July 2019
@Bordeaux Branch Library - Nashville, Tennessee

Solo Exhibition
Untitled
June, 2019
@Green Hills Branch Library - Nashville, Tennessee

Art Display
Juneteenth
@The Belle Meade Plantation

June 22, 2019
​
Poetry Reading

Columbus Arts Festival
Reading of Selected Works
June 9, 2019
@Ohio Magazine Word is Art Stage

Poetry Reading + Art Talk
March 21, 2019
@Nashville State Community College (Creative Writing Class)

College Poetry Slam (Judge)
March 21, 2019
@Nashville State Community College

Poetry Reading
Southern Festival of Books

October 12, 2018
@The Artober Performing Arts Stage​​

Art Workshop (Instructor)
"Mixed Media Accordion Books"
October 6, 2018
@Nashville Public Library, Goodlettsville Branch

Solo Exhibition
​
Sponsored by the Nashville Arts Magazine

October 2 - October 31, 2018
@Customs House Museum

Art Workshop (Instructor)
"Art Journaling"
October 2, 2018
@Nashville Public Library, Bordeaux Branch


One-Day Educator Workshop: We Shall Overcome
September 6, 2018
@The Frist Center for the Visual Arts
(Includes different activities and educators/artists)

Poetry Reading
Poets Corner
Reading of Selected Works

July 26, 2018
@The Scarritt Bennett Center

Solo Exhibition
"Our Chaotic Nature: Rebuilding Our Brokenness"
*An exhibit of painting and writing.

July 2-September 26th, 2018
@The Scarritt Bennett Center, Laskey Building

Poetry Reading
Columbus Arts Festival
Reading of Selected Works
June 9, 2018
@Ohio Magazine Word is Art Stage

Art/Writing Workshops (Instructor)
Community Art Project

"Envision Edgehill"
@Various Locations, Nashville, TN
April-June, 2018

Solo Exhibition
"Who Am I?: Exploring the Self through Painting and Writing"
@The Curb Center, Vanderbilt, Nashville, TN
April-September, 2018

Group Exhibition - Community Arts Project
"Who Am I?: Exploring the Self through Painting and Writing"
@The Curb Center, Vanderbilt, Nashville, TN
April-September, 2018

Art Workshop (Instructor)
"Art Journaling"

March 29, 2018
@Goodlettsville Branch Library in Goodlettsville, TN

Art Workshop (Instructor)
"Mixed Media Textures"
@Inglewood Branch Library in Madison, TN

March 10th, 2018

​*Original paintings in (background of) film Cecil.
Post-production, 2018


Art Display
February 2018
@Goodlettsville Branch Library in Goodlettsville, TN
​Selection of Acrylic, Oil and Mixed Media Paintings

Art/Writing Workshops (Instructor)
Community Art Project

"Who Am I?: Exploring the Self through Painting and Writing"
@The Curb Center, Vanderbilt, Nashville, TN
January-March, 2018

​Art Display
@Bordeaux Branch Library in Nashville, TN
October 2017-March 2018
​Selection of Acrylic and Mixed Media Paintings


Southern Festival of Books - Nashville
Spoken Word, Poetry and Song

@War Memorial Plaza in Downtown Nashville
Nashville, Tennessee
October 15, 2017


Poetry/Song Performance (Wild Enemy)
@Arts in the Heart of Augusta Festival - Troubadour Stage
Augusta, Georgia
Saturday, September 16th, 2017


​Art Workshop (Instructor)
"Watercolor and Ink"
@Nashville Public Library, Green Hills Branch
Nashville, Tennessee
June 17, 2017

Art Workshop (Instructor)
"Giving Paintings Life by Adding Texture"
@Nashville Public Library, Edgehill Branch
Nashville, Tennessee
June 17, 2017

Spoken Word/Music Performance (Wild Enemy)
North Charleston Arts Fest
@Olde Village Community Building
Charleston, South Carolina
May 4, 2017


Solo Exhibition
"Being Black In America"

@John Early Museum Magnet Middle School
Nashville, Tennessee
January, 2017-June, 2017

Solo Exhibition
"Being Black In America: A Comparison of Past and Present"
​@The Scarritt Bennett Center - Laskey, Gallery F
Nashville, Tennessee
October 5 - December 20, 2016


*Original paintings in (background of) film, I'm Not Ashamed.
​2016

​Southern Festival of Books - Nashville
Reading of Prose and Spoken Word Poetry

@War Memorial Plaza in Downtown Nashville
Nashville, Tennessee
October 14, 2016


Art Workshop (Instructor)
Words & Color: Adding Poetry to Paintings
An Embodied Resilience Seminar

@The Scarritt Bennett Center
Nashville, Tennessee
September 17, 2016

Art Workshop (Instructor)
"Adding Texture to Paintings"
@Nashville Public Library, Green Hills Branch
Nashville, Tennessee

August 27, 2016

Solo Exhibition
Krawl to Karma @Karma Boutique
Saturday Night Art Crawl
Nashville, Tennessee
July 2, 2016


Art Workshop (Instructor)
"Giving Paintings Life by Adding Texture"
@Nashville Public Library (Downtown Branch)
Nashville, Tennessee

April 16, 2016

Solo Exhibition
@Tennessee State University (​Avon Williams Campus Library)
Nashville, Tennessee

March 2016- April 2016

Solo Exhibition
@The Art Corner
​Tennessee State University (Main Campus Library)
Nashville, Tennessee
January-March, 2016


Solo Exhibition
Art at the Indigo
@Hotel Indigo
Nashville, Tennessee
July 8, 2015

Group Exhibition
Music City Fine Art Gallery
First Saturday Art Crawl
Nashville, Tennessee
June 6, 2015

Women's Work 2015
Tennessee Women's Theater Project
Z. Alexander Looby Library & Theater
Nashville, Tennessee
May 8-24, 2014

Nashville Chalk Festival
Street Painting Festival/Fundraiser
Vanderbilt Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences/ Mama Lere Hearing School
April 11-12, 2015
*Original drawing replicated with chalk*


Solo Exhibition
The Art Corner
Tennessee State University Library (Main Campus)
Nashville, Tennessee
April 1, 2015-May 7, 2015

Solo Exhibition
"An Imaginary Life"
Viridian Lofts
Nashville, Tennessee
October 23, 2014-February 6, 2015

Saturday Night Art Crawl - Reception
"An Imaginary Life"
Viridian Lofts
Nashville, Tennessee
December 6, 2014

Community Exhibition
Snapshot: Images of the Volunteer State Captured by Tennesseans
Tennessee State Museum
Nashville, Tennessee
October, 2014-November 30, 2014
Original photograph, "Out There" displayed

Group Exhibition
CultureSmash Festival
Nashville, Tennessee
October 17-18, 2014

Solo Exhibition
Krawl to Karma
Karma Boutique
Nashville, Tennessee
September 6, 2014

Group Exhibition
Tomato Arts Festival
Art & Invention Gallery (East Nashville)
Nashville, Tennessee
August 7-8, 2014

Group Exhibition
First Saturday Art Crawl
Tennessee Art League
Nashville, Tennessee
July 5, 2014


Group Exhibition
Saturday Art Crawl
Tennessee Art League
Nashville, Tennessee
May 3, 2014

Women's Work 2014
Tennessee Women's Theater Project
Z. Alexander Looby Library & Theater
Nashville, Tennessee
May 2-18, 2014

Solo Exhibition
Spring Festival Presenting: Jazz, Gospel and Spoken Word
The Wesley Foundation (TSU Campus)
Nashville, Tennessee
April 27, 2014


Art Display
NECAT Network (TV Network)
Nashville, Tennessee
March 21, 2014-June 5, 2014

Solo Exhibition
Krawl To Karma
Karma Boutique
Nashville, Tennessee
November 2, 2013-February 28, 2014

Group Exhibition
Saturday Art Crawl
Tennessee Art League
Downtown Nashville, Tennessee
November 2, 2013

Group Exhibition
ArtNight SpringHill Suites Presents...
Springhill Suites Hotel
Nashville, Tennessee
August 29, 2013

Group Exhibition
Saturday Art Crawl
Tennessee Art League
Nashville, Tennessee
July 6-31, 2013

Art Display
Cafe Coco
Nashville, Tennessee
April, 2013-June, 2013


Group Exhibition
Spring Fed Records Presents: Music Springs
The Arts Center of Cannon County
Woodbury, Tennessee
March, 2013-September, 2013

Group Exhibition
Estrogenius 2012: A Celebration of Female Voices
The Barrow Group
New York City, New York
November 8 2012-December 3, 2012


Art Display
Celebrate Nashville Cultural Festival-Metro Arts Bazaar

Centennial Park
Nashville, Tennessee
October 6, 2012

Solo Exhibition
Krawl to Karma
Karma Boutique
Nashville, Tennessee
September-November 2012

Art Display
2012 Nashville Fringe Festival
Centennial Park (Sunken Gardens)
Nashville, Tennessee
June 24, 2012

Art Display
Women's Work 2012
Tennessee Women's Theater Project
Looby Theater
Nashville, Tennessee
May 4-20th, 2012

Art Display
Hotel Indigo-Starbucks
Nashville, Tennessee
April, 2012-October, 2012

Solo Exhibition
Nashville Social Exchange
Nashville, Tennessee
August, 2011

​Solo Exhibition
"Art and Music"
Equinox
Las Cruces, New Mexico
March, 2010

Group Exhibition
"In Art We Trust"
Buffalo Billiards
Nashville, Tennessee
September 18, 2009

Group Exhibition
"Barely Legal"
Icon in the Gulch
Nashville, Tennessee
March 13, 2009

Group Exhibition
"Abominable Art Show"
Gallery East
Nashville, Tennessee
December 19, 2008

Group Exhibition
"First Timers"
Take 121 Gallery
Nashville, Tennessee
November 3, 2007
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    • About
    • Resume
    • Photos of me, doing stuff.
  • Visual Art
    • Drawings and Collage
    • Artist Books and Bookbinding
    • Paintings
    • Printmaking
    • "Being Black In America" Exhibit
    • "Our Chaotic Nature" Exhibit
    • “Resilient Souls: We Rest Then We Rise” Exhibit
  • Music/Words
    • Music
    • Music Licensing
    • Lyrics
    • Writing (Online Publications)
    • Writing (Physical Publications) >
      • "Remember" poem
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