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Our vision is to provide our students with an intensive and challenging education in the visual arts by cultivating their aesthetic, intellectual, professional and personal development.

10/29/2026

Animation is movement for every screen, and no one is more excited to talk about that than Mike Meredith, Director of Animation & Media Arts at Watkins College of Art.

Be sure to submit your portfolio by December 1st to be considered for Watkins scholarship opportunities.

10/22/2026

🎨🏙️ What role does art play in shaping a city?

Join us October 26 for a discussion on Nashville's growth, urban development, and how contemporary art can help us better understand and participate in the future of our city.

🕔 Oct. 26th, 5 PM
📍 Leu Center for the Visual Arts, Room 120

Moderated by Mandy Rogers Horton.

10/22/2026

The Obscuring, Revealing gallery reception is today, October 22, from 4–6 p.m.!

Come and see photography made by Nashville-based artists, including these pieces by Armon Means.

We look forward to seeing you there!

10/19/2026

Join us for the opening reception of "Obscuring, Revealing", a group exhibition featuring Nashville-based photographers who are expanding the possibilities of documentary photography. Through personal narratives, experimentation, historical references, alternative photographic processes, and the blending of fact and fiction, these artists invite viewers to look more closely at the images that shape our understanding of contemporary life.

Featuring work by twelve photographers, the exhibition highlights the breadth and vitality of our city's contemporary photography community while encouraging thoughtful reflection on how photographs communicate, conceal, and construct meaning.

📍 Leu Gallery, Lila D. Bunch Library
📅 Opening Reception: October 22
⏰ 4:00-6:00 PM
🎟️ Free and open to the public!

We hope you'll join us for an evening of art, conversation, and photography!

1–Kristine Potter, Untitled, from The Gray Line, 2009, archival pigment print, 32"x40".
2–Arielle Gray, Alex I, 2022, archival pigment print, 40"x50".
3–Sam Angel, Moths in Flight II, 2020, tintype (wet-plate collodion), 8"x10".
4–Vesna Pavlović, Searching for a perfect sunset I, 2022, archival pigment print, 8.5"x12.5".

10/15/2026

📷 Join us October 19 at 5 PM for our Creative Professionals Lecture Series event on Contemporary Photography in Nashville!

Hear from photographers Caroline Allison, Arielle Gray, and Kristine Potter as they discuss documentary practice, storytelling, experimentation, and the shifting boundaries between fact and fiction. Moderated by Laura Hutson Hunter of Nashville Scene.

Presented in conjunction with the opening of Obscuring, Revealing, an exhibition featuring twelve Nashville photographers pushing the boundaries of contemporary photography.

📍 Leu Center for the Visual Arts, Room 120

10/14/2026

There's still time to experience Architecture of Prayer in Gallery 121 at the Leu Center for Visual Arts. This inspiring exhibition will be on view through October 23, so be sure to stop by and spend time with the work before it closes. We hope to see you in the gallery!

10/13/2026

Our Digital Photography students recently explored how color can be used to create atmosphere, evoke emotion, and shape the viewer’s experience. Through intentional color choices, they experimented with ways to make an image feel calm, dramatic, nostalgic, mysterious, and everything in between.

10/13/2026

Our Digital Photography students recently explored how color can be used to create atmosphere, evoke emotion, and shape the viewer's experience. Through intentional color choices, they experimented with ways to make an image feel calm, dramatic, nostalgic, mysterious, and everything in between.

10/12/2026

Allie Horick (Watkins MFA Alum) discusses her projection portraits, which will be on display in our upcoming gallery titled “Obscuring, Revealing,” we hope to see you at the gallery reception on October 22nd!

10/03/2026

How can architecture inspire reflection, community, and meaning? ✨

Join celebrated architect Trey Trahan for a conversation about his design journey and the projects that have shaped his award-winning practice. Then, explore The Architecture of Prayer through a panel discussion with leaders in architecture and design.

📍 Leu Center for the Visual Arts, Room 120
🕔 October 5th, 5:00 PM

Address

1900 Belmont Boulevard
Nashville, TN
37212

Opening Hours

Monday	8am - 11:30pm
Tuesday	8am - 11:30pm
Wednesday	8am - 11:30pm
Thursday	8am - 11:30pm
Friday	8am - 6pm
Saturday	12pm - 6pm
Sunday	2pm - 11:30pm

Telephone

+16154606770

Website

http://www.belmont.edu/art

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