The Janet Levine March Gallery will present the Fashion art and photography work of Carrie and Garrett Mills. Carrie and Garrett Mills are a mother and son fashion, art direction team. Carrie Mills, curator of the GJCC Galleries studied fashion design at Parson School of Design and spent almost twenty years in the fashion business as a designer and fashion illustrator until joining with her son, Garrett, a George Washington University graduate and fashion photographer. Together they have created a unique vision. They have been working for several years with fashion agencies and their work has been featured on Vogue Italia website and multiple editorial pieces.
The JLMG2 Gallery will feature the art of Nadine Shillingford. Shillingford is a Nashville-based artist who works primarily with charcoal on paper but also enjoys creating mixed media pieces using mediums such as acrylic and reused materials. She was born on the island of Dominica but has considered Nashville her home since 2013. Shillingford has a doctoral degree in computer science and is a cybersecurity data analytics engineer. Her work can be seen in exhibits around the Nashville area and beyond. She is an author and teaches art classes on demand. Nadine also enjoys spending time with her daughter, Hailey and listening to audiobooks. This exhibit will display her fashion art.
The Sig Held Gallery will feature its annual exhibit honoring Yom HaShoah. This exhibit will feature the art of Jen Lewis’s Star of David Project. The goal of this project is to give a visual representation of the six million Jewish souls lost in the Holocaust. The exhibit will include a part of the 300, 11x17 works, each containing twenty thousand Stars of David, totaling six million when exhibited together. This exhibit will feature 40 pieces, representing the 800,000 Jews that died in the Ghettos from random shootings by the soldiers, lack of food, or rampant diseases.
The Senior Lounge Art Gallery will feature the art of Pamela Dove.
The House Gallery will feature the annual Under One Roof exhibit. Under One Roof is a city wide, collaborative art project bringing
together 30+ local organizations in Nashville to create an art exhibit
based around a Judaic theme steeped in social unity and justice.
The Artist Reception will be held on Wednesday, April 23 from 6 -8 pm.
The exhibitions are free and open to the public. Attendees will be asked to sign in.
For more information, contact the GJCC at 615.354-1699, Curator Carrie Mills at carrie@nashvillejcc.org.
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