Established in 2014, Tri-Star Arts serves Tennessee by cultivating and spotlighting the contemporary visual art scenes in each region while fostering a unified state-wide art scene. Their programs promote art dialogue between the different cities in the state, and between the state and the nation. Tri-Star Arts initiatives include a gallery and artist studios at the historic Candoro Marble Building, annual Current Art Fund project grants, statewide collaborative projects, and LocateArts.org web resource.
Tri-Star Arts
John Douglas Powers at Tri-Star Arts. Photo by Bruce Cole.
Mimi Kato at Tri-Star Arts. Video still.
Thenjiwe Niki Nkosi at Tri-Star Arts. Photo by Bruce Cole.
1987
The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts is established in New York, NY. His will called for the creation of a foundation dedicated to “advancement of the visual arts,” and he left nearly his entire estate to the cause.