The mission of Friends of Metro Dance is to enhance, enrich and encourage the support of the Metro Parks Dance Division programs through funding and volunteerism.
It is the mission of the Foston Foundation to train caring adults to be able to guide at-risk Youth to adulthood by helping them establish all twelve of their identities and go through all three phases of adolescence. At the same time the Guides are finding and nurturing the teens gifts and neutralizing any Invisible Esteem Destroyers (IED) or any Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACES) that are found along the way.
The Forge is a 501c3 organization and maker space that provides people of all ages and backgrounds with the opportunity to discover their creative potential through affordable access to professional tools, studio space and our thriving maker network.
We are crafters of culture, a home for artists, and a champion of the arts. A community of makers, doers, creative thinkers, welders, woodworkers, and spray painters. They give this city character, our community gives it life. We know how to tinker with an idea, sand it down and weld it together anew. We know how to build a business and then fuse it to the soul of this city. We are The Forge. And we were made to make art matter.
Drawing on Nashville’s rich and eclectic musical heritage, the mission of Early Music City is to expand the boundaries of Renaissance and Baroque Music to include the great traditions of Celtic, folk, and the negro spriritual. EMC focuses on broadening the audience for this music by prioritizing underserved communities.
Creative Parks Nashville (CPN) provides community based leadership to Metro Nashville Parks and Recreation’s Music, Theater, & Visual Arts divisions. CPN supports these divisions in their efforts to provide educational arts related activities and diverse cultural events for the Greater Nashville area.
