The Janet Levine March Gallery is featuring the work of artist Joe Swing. Joe is a native of Lynchburg, Tennessee, and has called Nashville home for the last 50+ years. With previous careers in marketing and advertising with Jack Daniel Distillery and property acquisition and disposition for the Metropolitan Government of Nashville, Joe's inmost passions bloomed after retirement.
His newfound time allowed him to explore the creative world and experiment with pencil, charcoal, oil painting, pottery, stained glass and marquetry. Self-taught and always learning, Joe claimed an area of his garage as studio space to nurture and fuel his creative enthusiasm. It is there that he has found the part of himself that feels most accomplished and that he enjoys sharing. With joyful dedication, Joe began to focus on creating a collection of art that wholly reflected his unique thought process and linked all the layers of his artistic experimentations.
Joe describes his work as “… art that’s different. On purpose.”
The JLMG2 Gallery will feature the art of GJCC Gallery Curator Carrie Mills. Born in Brooklyn, NY, Carrie Mills is an artist, stylist, fashion designer and illustrator, singer/songwriter and columnist. Her many muses and forms of expressions include songwriting, singing, drawing, photography, collage, jewelry design, fashion stylist, writing, and pet portraiture. Upon moving to Nashville, she designed a line of vests that were instantly snapped up by numerous country and pop music stars, including none other than Ringo Starr. The Tennessean newspaper and Nashville Woman magazine have both written feature articles on her work labeling her a Renaissance woman. Her fashion illustrations and fine artwork continues to be shown in several Nashville galleries and can be found in numerous private collections. Carrie created a successful recurring Fashion Camp for children at the Gordon JCC and for the Frist Center for the Visual Arts to coincide with their Italian Fashion Exhibit in 2015. For the last 8 years she has also worked as a fashion stylist and art director with her photographer son, Garrett Mills.
The Sig Held Gallery will feature the work of Donald Olea. Although a native of San Diego, CA, Don and his wife have lived in Gallatin, TN for the past 23 years. He has more than 30 years of professional experience as an award-winning illustrator, photographer, digital and watercolor painter. He is currently a board member of the Nashville Artist Guild and a member of the Tennessee Watercolor Society.
Olea has been an artist all his life, starting with simple pencil drawings as a child, then charcoals and pen and ink, etc. His grandfather gave him his first camera when he was a sophomore in high school in 1979 and that began his of love of capturing the world around him on film.
As the computer age ushered in a new era of graphic designers and digital photography, Olea gravitated toward commercial art and advertising design as well as newspaper and magazine design. Working as a commercial artist he was able to take advantage of both his drawing and photography skills.
Olea spent 10+ years as a photographer and graphic designer for Billboard Magazine, The Hollywood Reporter and Amusement Business Magazine in Nashville and Los Angeles. The music, entertainment, and sports industries have always been among his favorite subjects to paint or draw. However, in an effort to expand his subject matter, he turned his attention to depicting historical military art.
As an Airborne Army veteran (1983-86), and an amateur military history buff, Olea has been inspired through his watercolor and digital paintings, to honor and tell the story of those who came before him serving with honor and distinction. His realism style serves the historical military art genre well and helps to tell their story to fellow veterans, family members and enthusiasts. His goal is to eventually have at least three paintings representing every major military conflict from the Revolutionary War to the present. As a proud veteran and artist, Don Olea will not let the flame of patriotism vanquish.
The Senior Lounge will feature the art of Pam O’Daniel.
The House gallery will feature the Under One Roof community wide collaborative exhibit.
The Exhibition Dates are November 2 - 30
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The Artist reception will be held on November 13th from 6-8 pm and feature music by DJ Joseph Harris and Henna by Fizza, along with a pop-up jewelry shop by Chandler Dezigns.
The exhibitions are free and open to the public. For more information, contact the GJCC at 615.354-1699, Curator Carrie Mills at carrie@nashvillejcc.org, or go to www.nashvillejcc.org.