nashville public art

The largest of the Oz Arts Inside/Out project murals, this one is at the main Oz Arts campus. See Part 1 for a longer description. Below is a detail that just happens to include a personal friend of mine, and so I’ve also added a selfie of me and my friend, Laura.

Located on the north wall of the Oz Arts building at 6172 Cockrill Bend Circle. Park in the visitors parking out front and walk around to the north side. Take in the rest of the outdoor art at Oz Arts while you are at it.

Part 1 (with a longer description)

Part 2

Part 4

The Merchant’s Corner version of Oz Arts Inside/Out Project. See Part 1 for details. Your intrepid blogger interacts with the art below (and no, I don’t know that guy).

Located on the east wall (facing Fourth Avenue S.) of Merchants, itself at 401 Broadway. This is the heart of Lower Broad, and parking is always a problem. Good luck!

UPDATE: This mural no longer exists.

Part 1 (with a longer description)

Part 3

Part 4

As part of French artist JR’s worldwide Inside/Out project, OZ Arts Nashville took a giant camera around Nashville back in June to take giant portraits of hundreds of Nashvillians. The photos were turned into posters, and the posters were put up at three sites – on the OZ Arts campus itself, at Casa Azafrán on Nolensville Rd., and down at Merchant’s Corner off Lower Broad. This is by definition temporary art, and indeed, I can’t vouch for the current condition of any of these. I took the Casa Azafrán picture shown above in late June just after it went up, the Merchant’s Corner picture a few days after that, and the OZ Arts picture last week. A gallery of the individual portraits can be seen here on the Oz Arts website.

The Casa Azafrán mural is found on the north wall of Casa Azafrán at  2195 Nolensville Pike. Parking is fairly easy, and the mural is probably easier to access if you park out back. Links to the other two sites below.

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4