Cheekwood - 2026 Black Arts Bash Fine Art Exhibition
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For this exhibition, we are looking for work made by rising 8th to 12th grade students, University students majoring in art or design, and professional artists in the Greater Nashville Area who identify as Black or Mix-race.

A member of the education team will contact applicants on or before July 31st to notify them of application status. The show will open on August 15 with Black Arts Bash and run through August 30th. Please submit your work by filling out the form below.

*Please note: If your artwork is selected for display it must be delivered to Cheekwood ready-to-hang. Please see the display requirements document linked at the top of the page for details.

If you have any questions, please contact the Education Team at [email protected].

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Participating Artists are listed in alphabetical order.

Aaliyah Dempsey

Untitled – Mixed Media

Aaliyah is a multi-genre dancer and interdisciplinary visual artist. Afrossurealism synthesizes imaginary worlds of Afroasiatic, Afrolatin and Indigenous faith and knowlege; interventions of lineage seek to narrate our present forms. Focusing on myths and spirituals of the diaspora of Afro-Latin American culture, her work conveys performance narratives of gender and age, religion, and migration in present bodies.

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