THE NASHVILLE ART GALA
The Nashville Art Gala is the brainchild of A SOUND COLLECTIVE, a passionate group of creatives committed to promoting art, culture, and community growth in Nashville and beyond. Through engaging events and philanthropic initiatives.
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Meet The Artist From Our 2024 Gala
KIMBERLY CLO
LANCE SCRUGGS
LANCE SCRUGGS
Raised in a mixed-culture family, Kimberly has experience with the ways language can often fail us when communicating matters of the soul.
Her art rises above the limitations of language and speaks directly to the spirit and calls forward each person's own inner treasures and unique perspectives.
LANCE SCRUGGS
LANCE SCRUGGS
LANCE SCRUGGS
When asked about his artwork he had this to say: "I carry a certain fearlessness, and sense of humility in my art. A documentary I watched on Jean-Michel Basquiat about 12 years back titled "The Radiant Child" sparked my curiosity, and eventually led to my first painting. It didn't necessarily take me years to gain recognition it more so took me years to perfect my craft, and be comfortable enough with releasing it".
BNNY
LANCE SCRUGGS
XPAYNE
BNNY's unique sonic approach blends ambient soundscapes and nonlinear compositions, created using modular synthesizers, with influences from Hip-Hop, R&B, and Gospel. This distinctive style has earned him recognition in Nashville's vibrant music scene.
XPAYNE
PETSZINNIA
XPAYNE
XPayne is a storyteller concerned with the Black American narrative. Through are XPayne creates work that pushes back against the marginalized narrative of Black experiences. His creative goal is to exalt the culture in its entirety through establishing new Black iconography, while conversing with past and contemporary art influences.
LOWKEY
PETSZINNIA
PETSZINNIA
You can find Key's murals around the city, but his focus is the Napier area. His work often depicts historical figures like Malcom X, Martin Luther King Jr. and John Lewis - figures who open up conversations with kids about history. The most striking of these is a portrait of James C. Napier painted on the civil rights leader's namesake elementary school. Its bright color palette is sure to draw in kids so they might ask questions about the Nashville native and first Black register of the Treasury, who was appointed to that role under President Taft in 1911.
PETSZINNIA
PETSZINNIA
PETSZINNIA
SHE'S BACK!! Nashville based self taught indigenous artist, PETSZINNIA, brought beautifully painted pieces to last year's gala and they were some of the favorites among the attendees. She prides her artistic style on it's ability to stand alone! She credits her Navajo/Creole ancestry, which allows her to flow naturally and freely on the canvas.
Meet The Artist From Our 2023 Gala
Elisheba Israel Mrozik
Elisheba Israel Mrozik
Elisheba Israel Mrozik
Queen Bee is a Fine Artist and International Award Winning Tattooist. She’s a part of Nashville Black Artists Renaissance. As the owner operator at One Drop Ink Tattoos, she is an active member of the community sponsoring charitable events, teaching classes and supporting schools and other community building endeavors
PETSZINNIA
Elisheba Israel Mrozik
Elisheba Israel Mrozik
Nashville based self taught indigenous artist, PETSZINNIA, brings eye capturing pieces that are as unique, as her. With Navajo/Creole energy, Nizhoni not only creates her art from her dreams, but also from surrounding vibes and makes them reality. With no theme, Nizhoni prides her artistic style on being set pieces, all while giving her pieces the ability to stand alone! She credits her ancestry, which allows her to flow naturally and freely on the canvas. PETSZINNIA enjoys the joy her pieces bring, because she believes her art will speak to you and you only in a unique way.
LeXander Bryant
Elisheba Israel Mrozik
LeXander Bryant
Bryant’s work addresses the challenges of the Black experience, but it does so through celebration. Celebrating Black children. Celebrating Black families. Celebrating Black culture. By doing so, he hopes to explain his love for the South. Beyond that, Bryant also hopes to serve as an example for other Southern artists by proving they can achieve their professional goals without moving to New York or Los Angeles
Shabazz Larkin
Shabazz Larkin
LeXander Bryant
Shabazz Larkin is known for creating colorful and often haphazard images with paint on canvas, books and in sculpture. With a focus on portraiture, poetry and immersive visual storytelling, he often deals with issues of history, spirituality and fatherhood.
Larkin Art & Company was founded by Shabazz Larkin, a children’s book author and illustrator, making his picture book illustrator debut with Farmer Will Allen and the Growing Table and his author/illustrator with A Moose Boosh: A Few Choice Words About Food. Both were named Notable Children’s books by the American Library Association and published by Readers to Eaters
WOKE3
Shabazz Larkin
WOKE3
Woke3 is a muralist and studio artist from Nashville, TN. Woke3 has a special gift: he has the ability to make people feel connected, appreciated, respected, and completely submerged in his art works. His works are greatly praised by the community for being inclusive, diverse, and having the ability to show how no one thing is greater than another.
Artist Statement
“I create art that is meant to be a reflection of who I am in relation to what’s observed in and outside of myself.”