November 15, 2024 Video Release - My Drummer has a fear of Success

in honor of

National Drummer Appreciation Day

Released on National Drummer Appreciation Day in honor of Keith Moon, the legendary drummer from The Who that inspired the song, My Drummer has a Fear of Success cracks some drummer jokes while also providing helpful advice to support individuals who may be engaging in self-sabotage while managing their fear of success.

Visualizer video for My Drummer has a Fear of Success made by Dr. CynCorrigible using Neural Frames to create AI renderings in the style of Jim Henson’s Muppets featuring a puppet that looks like Dr. Cyn rocking out with their band. Their drummer resembles the Muppet Animal who is a classic puppet character also inspired by Keith Moon. The puppet band are depicted together performing as a band, doing yoga, in the park, and in the city streets. The video cover picture shows a puppet that looks like Animal with long red hair all over its body and it is wearing a blue puppet band t shirt and they are playing drums with flames coming off the cymbals.

The song was created by these humans:

Music, Lyrics, and Vocals by Dr. CynCorrigible

Guitar by Jerry Campbell

Bass by Bingham Barnes

Drums by D. Patrick Rodgers

Recorded and Mixed by Jeremy Ferguson at Battletapes in Nashville, TN

Mastered by Patrick Damphier

Check out the full 10 song album Canary by Dr. Cyn and the Graduates Rise. https://drcyn.hearnow.com/canary

Nine punk rock songs to help you cope with the horrors of submission to the seemingly inevitable systemic exploitation of human beings in art, commerce, education, finance, healthcare, labor, and sport, and then one spacey love song, there’s always hope you know…

Check out October’s music video premiere!!

Oct 10, 2024 Video Release - Not Today Exploitation

in honor of

World Mental Health Day & Simone Biles!!

Released on World Mental Health Day in honor of USA Olympic gymnast Simone Biles who inspired the song, Not Today Exploitation celebrates people who stand up for their mental health and seeks to strengthen those that need to say no for safety. Aligned with 2024’s WMHD theme “It is time to prioritize mental health in the workplace,” the song validates “the twisties” as a legitimate condition that humans must manage and draws parallels to Spoon Theory. Both are metaphors that serve to explain how people with mental health and/or chronic health issues may need to deviate from what is expected of them for safety.

Visualizer video for Not Today Exploitation made by Dr. CynCorrigible using Neural Frames. The video features AI renderings of Dr. Cyn as a gymnast, rocking out with their AI band, and it ends with Dr. Cyn leading protests in the streets. The video cover picture shows a close of Dr. Cyn’s face as animated by AI to have their blonde mohawk spiked up and face painted white with a black stripe across their eyes. The background is multicolored squares and depicts the black mirror of cell phones and how the dark screen can reflect your image back to you, but distorted.  

The song was created by these humans:

Music, Lyrics, and Vocals by Dr. CynCorrigible

Guitar & Backing Vocals by Jerry Campbell

Bass by Bingham Barnes

Drums by d. Patrick Rodgers

Recorded and Mixed by Jeremy Ferguson at Battletapes in Nashville, TN

Mastered by Patrick Damphier

Check out the full 10 song album Canary by Dr. Cyn and the Graduates Rise. https://drcyn.hearnow.com/canary

Nine punk rock songs to help you cope with the horrors of submission to the seemingly inevitable systemic exploitation of human beings in art, commerce, education, finance, healthcare, labor, and sport, and then one spacey love song, there’s always hope you know…

Dr. Cyn will speak at Nashville Zine City Fest about the work they do in their graduate social work public policy course to support students to create zines and publish papers about social movements.

Saturday September 28, 10 am - 5 pm: Open air zine market, The Packing Plant, 507 Hagan St.

Sunday September 29, 11 am - 7 pm: Presentations & Workshops, Jackalope Tap Room, 429B Houston St.

Access Dr. Cyn’s slides here.

This year TSU's Social Work program will be a part of Nashville's Zine City Fest!! Come visit our table during the Open Air Market on Saturday, and then join us again on Sunday when Dr. George will start off the zine fest presentations at 11 am with a session titled "Essential Skills for Change: Zines and Social Movements." Dr. George and their students will be sharing work completed in SOWK 6030, the foundation level graduate social work policy course that is published in the Creating Change journal.

Creating Change: The Online Journal of Zines about Social Movements is an online open access journal of student-created zines about social movements published in Digital Scholarship @ Tennessee State University in collaborative partnership with the Department of Social Work and Urban Studies and the Tennessee State University Library. Published in the Spring of each year. Check out the Creating Change Journal here: https://digitalscholarship.tnstate.edu/creating_change/

Check out more about Nashville Zine City Fest here: https://www.instagram.com/zinecityfest/

Check out September’s music video premiere!!

Released in honor of World Sexual Health Day. Positive relationships lead to sexual health for all!

Visualizer video for Non-disparagement made by Dr. CynCorrigible using Midjourney for image creation and Neural Frames for animation.

The song was created by these humans:

Music, Lyrics, and Vocals by Dr. CynCorrigible

Guitar, Backing Vocals, & Piano by Jerry Campbell

Bass by Bingham Barnes

Drums by d. Patrick Rodgers

Recorded and Mixed by Jeremy Ferguson at Battletapes in Nashville, TN

Mastered by Patrick Damphier

Check out the full 10 song album Canary by Dr. Cyn and the Graduates Rise. https://drcyn.hearnow.com/canary

Nine punk rock songs to help you cope with the horrors of submission to the seemingly inevitable systemic exploitation of human beings in art, commerce, education, finance, healthcare, labor, and sport, and then one spacey love song, there’s always hope you know…

Managing Time: Best Practices for Course Credit Hour Calculations
A component of TSU’s Spring 2024
Faculty Development Peer to Peer Conversations
Tuesday, January 9, 2024, 11:00 – 11:45 am (central)
Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87418124525

Session Recording link: https://tnstate.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=8048a33e-c0a4-45f6-8db1-b0f20127c3fd

Session Description:

Providing clear direction up front in syllabi promotes academic rigor and helps students understand how to be successful in a course. This session will present best practices for calculating course credit hours to provide clear direction to students regarding expectations for the amount of time to be spent on the individual components of course work assigned. This session will discuss how to ensure you are assigning an appropriate amount of work overall, as well as how to make activity calculations for common student tasks such as reading, writing papers, preparing oral presentations, and working in groups. Practices for planning faculty workload time to ensure the appropriate amount of direct instruction hours will also be discussed.

Session Learning Objectives:

–Comprehend core concepts for Carnegie unit credit hour course calculations.

–Understand why specifying time-on-task calculations are important.

–Secure access to resources for planning time on task calculations. 

Participants, please complete the Session Evaluation Survey:
https://tnstateu.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_55zBKgPDXSDDPV4

Download Dr. Cyn’s PPT slides here.

Download TSU’s Policy Recommendations for Course Credit Hour Calculations here.

Access Wake Forrest’s Workload Estimator here: https://cat.wfu.edu/resources/workload2/

Dr. Cyn’s session titled Essential Skills for Change: Teaching Social Movements will be presented as a component of the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) Annual Program Meeting “It’s time to act. Defining and reckoning with anti-racists social work education” to be held Oct 26-29 in Atlanta, Georgia. The session will discuss work completed by students in Dr. Cyn’s graduate level policy courses as published in Creating Change: The online journal of zines about social movements and present best practices for teaching social movements in social work education.

Download Dr. Cyn’s slides:

Full color PDF

Full color Handouts for Notes

Black & White Handouts for Print

More info about CSWE APM: https://www.cswe.org/events-meetings/2023-apm/

Check out the Creating Change Journal here:

https://digitalscholarship.tnstate.edu/creating_change/

Dr. Cyn will perform at Bad Ash Booking’s

Punk Rock Grrl Cover Show

Friday, March 24, 2023, 8 pm

The Vinyl Lounge

1414 3rd Ave S, Nashville, TN

$20

Proceeds benefit Thistle Farms. https://thistlefarms.org/

Get ready for the most exciting recorded lecture you have seen since COVID!!!

The University of Memphis Social Work Symposium will host the premiere of “What if we all focused on Membership?? A Social Work Tutorial on Dr. Hans Falck’s Membership Perspective in the age of COVID, featuring Quarantine Not Quarantined by Graduates Rise”

Come help us break down the binary!!

This session will first share a recorded lecture designed as part of an edutainment module to help participants think about their role as a member of the human race, and then there will be an open discussion with its creator, Dr. CynCorrigible. This session is for social workers and social science practitioners in general that want to push beyond the traditional binary relationship between individual and collective. “What if we all focused on Membership?? A Social Work Tutorial on Dr. Hans Falck’s Membership Perspective in the age of COVID, featuring Quarantine Not Quarantined by Graduate Rise” is an edutainment module that consists of a recorded lecture that is approximately 45 minutes long and is available for free on YouTube, and an accompanying Learning Guide, also available for free as a PDF on the Graduates Rise website at www.GraduatesRise.com. Falck’s Membership Perspective serves as a holistic approach to understanding individualism and collectivism through membership, with membership being the irreducible state of human existence.  Quarantine Not Quarantined is a punk song and music video written by Dr. CynCorrigible and their band inspired by The Membership Perspective and thinking about how it might change COVID response by humans. The Learning Guide contains assignment prompts Instructors may choose to add to their syllabi, with options for synchronous and asynchronous courses. Learning objectives are designed to assess holistic competence as aligned with the Council on Social Work Education’s Educational Policy and Accreditation Standards (CSWE EPAS). There are assignment prompts for simulated practice aligned with each of the nine social work competencies, so this content may be relevant to add into any core social work courses. Assignments seek to help students better understand the core concepts of the Membership Perspective and how it might alter social work practice.

Dr. Cyn will perform a Nirvana song to celebrate this anniversary of Nevermind! Get your tickets now for what is sure to be a great show!

Check out Dr. Cyn’s performance here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3COHkppWups

Note the venue does have COVID risk protocols in place so be sure to review what is required: https://wl.seetickets.us/event/Nirvanas-Nevermind30thAnniversaryTributeShow/438641?afflky=ExitIn

BadAsh Booking presents Nirvana's 'Nevermind' 30th Anniversary Tribute at EXIT/IN on Thursday, September 30, 2021, doors at 7PM, show at 8PM | 18+
TICKETS: https://bit.ly/2UTwS41
with Special Guests

Nirvana’s Nevermind came out 30 years ago, September 24th 1991, BadAsh Booking with Nashville's finest musicians are stepping onto Exit/In's stage to celebrate the album that changed a lot of folks onto their music and the grunge genre in general. Over 80 local musicians will be performing Nevermind front to back as well as the best of with some deep cuts that you haven't heard in forever. Proceeds of the show will go to Backline, a 501(c)(3) non-profit that connects the music industry professionals and their families with mental health and wellness resources. We decided this is the perfect benefit to give to with the losses we've had in the music realm as well as current musicians who battle this every day. Let's pack out Exit/In and sing along to commemorate the album and the band that created it.

Dr. Cyn will shares Quarantine Not Quarantined at the University of Memphis Social Work Symposium, as well as supporting a group of her students to present their own scholarly work.

More about the symposium here: https://www.memphis.edu/socialwork/news.php

View Dr. Cyn’s slides by clicking here.

NAMI Tennessee’s Gabe Howard interviews Dr. Cyn about Graduates Rise’s recent release Quarantine Not Quarantined on the NAMI-TN Faccebook Live! Monday, March 1, at 1:45 pm.

Follow NAMI TN on facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/NAMI.Tennessee

Watch the interview here: https://www.facebook.com/NAMI.Tennessee/videos/232414561902558

Bad Ash Booking presents Desiring Dead Flesh. With Graduates Rise, Jibber Jabber, and Wrong Eagle.

Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/481418322411776/

Music for the Masses: Middle TN DSA Annual Fundrasier.

Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/693112297822304/

Come join Middle TN DSA chapter as we hold our first ever fundraising concert at Drkmttr. Mid TN DSA is having this concert to raise money for our new upcoming campaigns for the next year.

All people are welcome to attend this event!

PERFORMERS:
MC - Mina Shedd
8:30 - Doors open
8:45 - Simba Slam Poet
9:00 - Dylan Lancaster Country
9:45 - Graduates Rise Punk
10:30 - Gambit Hip-Hop
11:15 - Frances & The Foundation Rock
11:45 - Mina Shedd

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ACCESSIBILITY:

WHEELCHAIR ACCESS: Drkmttr offers wheelchair accessible restrooms, entry ramps, and handicap accessible parking spaces. Wheelchair accessibility is available off the parking lot in the front. Call 720-984-8230 if you need assistance.

PARKING: There is a small parking lot in front of the building which is for general use. Handicap parking is in this lot. There is a Dollar General across the street that has open parking all night.

GENDER NEUTRAL RESTROOMS: Gender neutral restrooms are available in the building.

LANGUAGE: No Spanish or ASL translation provided at this time. All hand-outs will be sent out ahead of time or made freely available in the meeting notes.

SCENT: We cannot guarantee the space will be scent-free; we ask that attendees do not wear perfumes, colognes or essential oils so that chemically injured community members can attend.

FLASH: Please do not take flash photography so that folks with epilepsy and other conditions are safe and empowered.

FEE: This event will be 10$ at the door.

CHILDREN: Drkmttr is an all ages venue, however childcare will not be provided at this event.

If you have any questions or require any assistance, please feel free to message us at 720-984-8230 and we will be happy to assist.

[Image Description: black and white sharpie drawn image that reads this concert kills fascists.]

More info coming soon.

Main facebook event for Bianca Page Day: https://www.facebook.com/events/2103812266405891/

Graduates Rise supports Hello, Atlantic from Rhode Island on their summer tour, with Nashville locals Nuclear Bubble Wrap and Conventional Wisdom.

Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/400381800568214/

Graduates Rise performs at the #altTomatoFest! #RESISTomato

#RESISTomato

 Sat Aug 10, Noon-8 pm, Holly St. at S. 14th, Nashville, TN 37206 (private home)

#RESISTomato invites you attend our annual #altTomatoFest event celebrating the diversity of Nashville’s art and activist communities, both important aspects of our city that frankly could not be celebrated with authenticity through the main festival of tomatoes. #RESISTomato chooses to enhance the main festival by providing a free platform to artists and performers from under-represented groups to share their work. This year, #RESISTomato showcases various intersectional artists including people of color, gender non-conformers, people with disabilities, first generation Americans, survivors of childhood poverty and trauma, and survivors of sexual assault. #RESISTomato also provides free table space for some of the most progressive advocacy groups working hard to improve the quality of life for all Nashvillians. Attendees are encouraged to come and find out more so they can get involved.

There will be musical performances by Graduates Rise, a punk band fronted by a Professor of Social Work from Tennessee State University; local favorite and artistic powerhouse Fauna Halo; Estina and the Black Sheep, a local indie rock band fronted by a first-generation American; singer songwriter and Empower TN Board Member Sarah Cait Rayman; Cybelle Elena, one of the hardest working women in Nashville and co-creator of the HonkyTonkBadonkadonk zine; Islamic singer, songwriter, musician, and actress Iman Nadeem; Sarah Eitel, who can usually be seen playing guitar with Hurts to Laugh and the Dead Deads performs her solo material; Nashville newcomer DJ Theresa Shultz; all lady punk band Hungry Mother; and the always unique psychedelic sludge rockers Flummox fronted by Alyson (Blake) Dellinger.

Other performances include stand-up comedy from Courtney Warner; Britt Beer, and Dawn Merrow; storytelling from Kristen Chapman-Gibbons; and poetry readings from award-winning poets TJ Jarrett and Sir-Reyna Lucio; our fearless trans organizer Samantha Rae MacAlpine; the gifted and talented Kat Marsh; and April Meredith, who works year round to empower people with disabilities across the state.

Representatives from various community organizations will also be onsite to provide information about the services and supports they offer to Nashvillians and about how you can get involved including: Fair Funding for TSU, United Campus Workers, Enough is Enough, Silent No Longer, Nashville Justice League, Central Labor Council, Worker’s Dignity, Launch Pad, The TN Holler, Souls United, Neon Guard Nashville, Poverty and the Arts, Dangerous Ideas Collective, TN Anti-Racist Network, Nashville Peace & Justice Center, Music City Rider’s United, Our Revolution, Gideon’s Army, The Women’s March – Power Together TN, Black Lives Matter Nashville, Showing Up for Racial Justice Nashville, and Jessi Zazu, Inc.

Other activities include face painting by the Makeup Ninja Jaiya Wendell; an art-making station hosted by Poverty and the Arts; a zine-making station hosted by Nashville’s HonkyTonkBadonkadonk zine, and a kid’s activity zone hosted by Beth Fox.

Finally, this event will celebrate the release of “You Might be a Riot Grrrl if…” a new zine created by our event hostess Sarah Walton to feature Dr. Cyn’s “Riot Grrrl Manifesto: An Update for the Digital Age.”

There will be a rolling potluck, meaning guests are invited to bring various dishes or any other picnic related supplies they choose throughout the day. We will also have two charcoal grills set up, one for herbivores and one for carnivores. Attendees are encouraged to bring their own lawn chairs/blankets, snacks, beverages, coolers, food for the grill, and/or items for the rolling potluck. Trash and recycling containers will be provided on site.

Also, you may want to bring cash should you want to buy merch from our artists and/or to make donations to the organizations present. Some of our artists may also take credit cards.

This event is free, for all ages, and open to the public. The home is located at the corner of Holly St. and S. 14th. You may enter, drop people off, or unload via the back alley off Holly St. It is expected to be tight so we suggest carpooling. Parking is available along the streets in the neighborhood as posted by the city.

If you need information about ADA accommodations or other aspects of accessibility, please contact RESISTomato@gmail.com

Check our Facebook event and/or our Instagram for more details and updates.

For more information about #RESISTomato, check out our facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/RESISTomato/

RIP Terry DeMars, passed August 5, 2019. So honored to be part of the group to surround him with love on this evening.

Art For Equality Nashville: A Benefit and Retrospective for Terry DeMars

 Sat Aug 3, 6-9 pm, Shenanigoats Yoga, 1046 Westchester Dr, Madison, TN 37115

Art for Equality Nashville, a DIY collective of queer and non-binary artists and their allies, invites you to attend their annual art show. This year the event serves as a benefit and retrospective for Terry DeMars. Terry is the founder of Gay and Lesbian Nashville and a co-founder of LGBTQIA Nashville, both of which have played critical roles in building the queer and non-binary community in Nashville. Terry is also a prolific artist who has had to hang up his brushes as he deals with progressive blindness and ongoing treatment. Our goal for this show is to wrap Terry in the love of the community that he has helped to establish as we share the work from some of Nashville’s best queer and non-binary artists and performers.

§  Artists will display their work including paintings from our featured artist Terry DeMars, visual art from Kristen Crist at The Quirky Lamb, jewelry and mobiles from Niki Albertson at White Crane Gifts, punk feminist cross stitch from Cassie Wade, Tory Chang’s stoneware from PawTory Works, One girl’s creations from Warrick Melissa, visual art from Anna Rogers of Iron Hag Studios, paintings and live caricature from Gregory Lannom’s World  of Woohoo, acrylic paintings from Melody Lee, accessories by Capi Ortiz of AdventureKid Designs, visual art from Finn Levi Basil, and various pieces from Poverty and the Arts.

§  There will be performances by local powerhouse DJ Jane Dupree, poet Gregory Lannom, singer songwriter Sarah Cait Rayman, feuer hexe Ava Satanas, punk band Graduates Rise, and cabaret from the Countess of Cachtice-Hrad Gia Bathory and the Goddess Divine herself Misty Mystique.

§  Representatives from Tennessee Equality Project and Fair Funding for TSU will also be onsite to talk about ways you can get involved in helping to advance equality for Nashville’s LGBTQ and African American communities.  

§  There will be a silent auction and a raffle. Many of our artists will have items for sale. Please bring cash to purchase art, to tip our performers, and to support our Terry DeMars fund. Many of our vendors will also accept credit cards.  

 §  This event is free, for all ages, and open to the public. Wine and light refreshments will be provided while it lasts.

§  Parking is available at Shenanigoats (1046 Westchester Dr., Madison, TN, 37115). Parking is also available along the street according to city regulations. Overflow parking is available at Extreme Electric located across the street.

§  The venue is wheelchair accessible via the side entrance. If you need information about ADA accommodations or other aspects of accessibility, please contact us at ArtForEqualityNashville@gmail.com

 Check our Facebook event for more details and updates.

https://www.facebook.com/events/464373101012344/

Join Dr. Cyn from Graduates Rise as she speaks about #SaveTheRockBlock #SaveMusicCity on 102.9 the Buzz, The Local Buzz with Andy Herrin.

Sign the #SaveTheRockBlock petition!!

Vote on August 1, 2019!!

About #SaveTheRockBlock:

Nashville Scene article about #SaveTheRockBlock

Link to Metro Clerk: About Bill BL2019-1568

Nashville Post article about this proposed change

Nashville Business Journal article about the proposed changes and land ownership

Comments on Urban Planet about Triumph Hospitality

Tennessean article about the history of the Rock Block and Jefferson Street scenes

Nashville Post article about the Music Row Hilton (Sai Ram 009, LLC)

Tennessean article about District 21 Council Rep Ed Kindall not responding to constituent emails

Voting on August 1 resources:

Metro Election commission (poll locations, find out what you need to bring, etc.)

Sample Ballot (you vote for 5 At-large council, 1 District council, 1 mayor, 1 vice mayor, 2 amendments)

Main Metro Council page (look up your district reps using the tool on the right of the page)

Go Vote TN app (check your registration status, use the app to help your friends check theirs)

About home recording studios, etc:

Metro Code 17.16.250(D)(1) Residential Accessory Uses: Link to section of within full code; PDF of Metro Code 17.16.250(D)(1) Residential Accessory Uses only

Article about recent enforcement on a recording studio

[Image Description: A cartoon drawing of the Kool-Aid Man’s back (a large, round, glass pitcher full of red Kool-Aid known for busting through brick walls to give people super-sugary cold drinks) is receiving cash being handed to him from the wallet of The Big Bad Wolf (known for huffing and puffing and being able to blow down all but the brick houses of little piggies). They are standing on the lawn in front of a red brick house, which has three little piggies inside who are looking out the window in terror watching the wolf pay off the Kool-Aid man to bust through their bricks. The Kool-Aid Man is labeled as “Metro Council,” the Big Bad Wolf as “Hotel Chains,” and the house of little piggies as “Nashville’s Historic Rock Block.” The words “THINGS JUST GOT REAL” also appear in bold white letters at the top of the image. “#SaveTheRockBlock” and “#SaveMusicCity” appear in small black text between the bodies of the Kool-Aid man and the Big Bad Wolf.]

[Image 2 Description: #SaveTheRockBlock flyer. This is a picture of a flyer that was posted in the Rock Block area. It has a deep red background and centered from the top reads: #SAVETHEROCKBLOCK, We need your help to save Nashville’s Rock Block, Tell Metro Council NO, BL2019-1568, Please email MetroCouncil@Nashville.gov and let them know you want them to save Nashville’s Rock Block from demolition by voting no on BL2019-1568.]

Join Graduates Rise, Savage Authority and Wrong Eagle at The Groove!

Savage Authority at 6:00 pm

Graduates Rise at 6:45 pm

Wrong Eagle at 7:15 pm

FREE! All Ages

BYOB, Bring your own lawn chair

Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/2485471988399442/?notif_t=plan_user_associated&notif_id=1560106035357133

Come join Graduates Rise as we support Detroit’s Dear Darkness at Betty’s Grill. $5.

https://deardarkness1.bandcamp.com/

https://www.facebook.com/darknessdear/

More information about the March 13 event featuring Graduates Rise is coming soon.

Nashville Visionaries
Concept and Curation by Carl Pope
Hiram Van Gordon Gallery
Residency Jan 22 to Jan 31
Open Jan 28
Event Jan 31 4-6 / Artist Talk 6:30
Close March 25

Artist Carl Pope is looking for text based work from Nashville citizens, that is imaginative and visionary in some unusual or radical way. He is looking to identify writers, musicians, poets, visual artists, professors, students and visionaries in Nashville to contribute to Nashville Visionaries. Work accumulated will be designed and curated by Pope during his residency at TSU into Nashville Visionaries, to be on display in the Hiram Van Gordon Gallery from January 28th to March 25th, 2019.

"I wish to investigate and uncover unknown creative voices in Nashville who use writing to articulate their unique experience of life. As a socially engaged artist who explores the frontier of American literature, this kind of exploration is regenerative to the creative community in Nashville for artists in every discipline and at every level of achievement. I regard this project as a celebration to appreciate the very creative impulse that makes the Nashville music scene what it is today as a major contributor to the American artistic tradition.” Carl Pope

Live performances will be scheduled for the opening and through the run of the show. The gallery will be used as a venue for various kinds of speeches, lectures, concerts, psychic readings, comedy standup, poetry slams, sermons and performances during the run of the show, looking for the visionary.

For more information contact Gallery Director / Courtney Adair Johnson
at cjohn173@tnstate.edu or 615-445-0935

Tennessee State University / Art Department / 3500 John A. Merritt Blvd, Nashville TN 37208 / Hiram Van Gordon Gallery Elliott Hall / HOURS M-TH 10-4PM

This project is funded in part by Metro Arts, Tennessee Arts Commission, Tennessee Craft, Plaza Artist Materials, Jerry’s Artarama

See the full Nashville Visionaries facebook event information here: https://www.facebook.com/events/307000923494224/

Graduates Rise with Young Robot, Whiskey Angel and Them Fixes.

at The Cobra

January 29, 9 pm

2511 Gallatin Pk

Nashville, TN 37206

Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/2323699971248068/

Graduates Rise will perform at the 2nd Anniversary of the Women’s March in Nashville, TN!

Public Square Park.

Graduates Rise with Frances and the Foundation and Hurts to Laugh.

Rock Rock Rock Rock Rock -n- Roll Thursday

Springwater Supper Club

115 27th Ave N

Nashville, TN 37203