Town of Nashville
Arts and Entertainment Commission
The Town Council has selected the following people to serve as Members of the 2025 Arts and Entertainment Commission in three year staggered terms. The Commission has chosen the following appointments:
President Melanie Voland (term ends 12-31-2027)
Vice-President Lisa Hall (term ends 12-31-2025)
Secretary Andrea Rogers-Bartels (term ends 12-31-2026)
Quentin Heltman (term ends 12-31-2027)
William Galloway (term ends 12-31-2026)
Julie Phelps (term ends 12-31-2027)
Phil McKown (term ends 12-31-2025)
Tyra Miller (term ends 12-31-2025)
Holly Salo (term ends 12-31-2026)
Have an idea for an art project or event? Fill out the 2025 NAEC Funding Request Form
(save to your computer before filling out the application)
Application to be Considered for Appointment to a Board or Commission
(save to your computer before filling out the application)
Resolution 2012-09 A Resolution Supporting the Designation of an Arts and Cultural District
Ordinance 2012-08 An Ordinance to Establish Nashville Arts and Entertainment Commission
Ordinance 2016-14 An Ordinance to Amend Ordinance. 2012-08 Concerning the Terms of NAEC Members
NASHVILLE ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT COMMISSION MISSION STATEMENT
Nashville’s Arts and Entertainment Commission builds on Brown County’s spirit and history by connecting, supporting, and promoting our artistic community.
2025 MEETING AGENDAS AND MINUTES
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2025
1-04-2025 at 10am Arts and Entertainment Commission Meeting Agenda Minutes
1-27-2025 at 3pm Arts and Entertainment Commission Meeting Agenda Minutes
2-13-2025 at 10am Arts and Entertainment Commission Meeting Agenda Minutes
3-13-2025 at 10am Arts and Entertainment Commission Meeting Agenda Minutes
4-10-2025 at 10am Arts and Entertainment Commission Meeting Agenda Minutes
5-08-2025 at 10am Arts and Entertainment Commission Meeting Agenda Minutes
6-12-2025 at 10am Arts and Entertainment Commission Meeting Agenda Minutes
7-10-2025 at 10am Arts and Entertainment Commission Meeting Agenda Minutes
8-14-2025 at 10am Arts and Entertainment Commission Meeting Agenda Minutes
9-11-2024 at 10am Arts and Entertainment Commission Meeting Agenda Minutes
10-09-2025 at 10am Arts and Entertainment Commission Meeting Agenda Minutes
11-13-2025 at 10am Arts and Entertainment Commission Meeting Agenda Minutes
12-11-2025 at 10am Arts and Entertainment Commission Meeting Agenda Minutes
2024 MEETING AGENDAS AND MINUTES
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2024
1-11-2024 at 10am Arts and Entertainment Commission Meeting Agenda Minute
2-10-2024 at 10am Arts and Entertainment Commission Meeting Agenda Minutes
3-14-2024 at 10am Arts and Entertainment Commission Meeting Agenda Minutes
4-11-2024 at 10am Arts and Entertainment Commission Meeting Agenda Minutes
5-9-2024 at 10am Arts and Entertainment Commission Meeting Agenda Minutes
6-13-2024 at 10am Arts and Entertainment Commission Meeting Agenda Minutes
7-11-2024 at 10am Arts and Entertainment Commission Meeting Agenda Minutes
8-8-2024 at 10am Arts and Entertainment Commission Meeting Agenda Minutes
9-12-2024 at 10am Arts and Entertainment Commission Meeting Agenda Minutes
10-10-2024 at 10am Arts and Entertainment Commission Meeting CANCELLED
11-14-2024 at 10am Arts and Entertainment Commission Meeting Agenda Minutes
11-22-2024 at 12pm Arts and Entertainment Commission Meeting Agenda Minutes
12-12-2024 at 10am Arts and Entertainment Commission Meeting Agenda Minutes
2023 MEETING AGENDAS AND MINUTES
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2023
2-11-2023 at 10am Arts and Entertainment Commission Meeting/Retreat Agenda Minutes
3-09-2023 at 10am Arts and Entertainment Commission Meeting Agenda Minutes
4-13-2023 at 10am Arts and Entertainment Commission Meeting Agenda Minutes
5-11-2023 at 10am Arts and Entertainment Commission Meeting Agenda Minutes
6-08-2023 at 10am Arts and Entertainment Commission Meeting Agenda Minutes
7-13-2023 at 10am Arts and Entertainment Commission Meeting Agenda Minutes
8-10-2023 at 10am Arts and Entertainment Commission Meeting Agenda Minutes
9-14-2023 at 10am Arts and Entertainment Commission Meeting Agenda Minutes
10-12-2023 at 10am Arts and Entertainment Commission Meeting Agenda Minutes
11-09-2023 at 10am Arts and Entertainment Commission Meeting Agenda Minutes
12-14-2023 at 10am Arts and Entertainment Commission Meeting Agenda Minutes
2022 MEETING AGENDAS AND MINUTES
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2022
1-22-2202 at 10am Arts and Entertainment Commission Meeting/Retreat Agenda Minutes
2-10-2022 at 10am Arts and Entertainment Commission Meeting Agenda Minutes
3-10-22 Arts and Entertainment Commission Meeting Agenda Minutes
4-14-22 Arts and Entertainment Commission Meeting Agenda Minutes
5-12-22 Arts and Entertainment Commission Meeting Agenda Minutes
6-09-22 Arts and Entertainment Commission Meeting Agenda Minutes
7-14-22 Arts and Entertainment Commission Meeting Agenda Minutes
8-11-22 Arts and Entertainment Commission Meeting Agenda Minutes
9-08-22 Arts and Entertainment Commission Meeting Agenda Minutes
10-13-22 Arts and Entertainment Commission Meeting Agenda Minutes
11-10-22Arts and Entertainment Commission Meeting Agenda Minutes
12-08-22 Arts and Entertainment Commission Meeting Agenda Minutes
“MARIE IN THE WOODS” INTERACTIVE ART SCULPTURE LOCATED IN THE COACHLIGHT SQUARE OPEN AIR PATIO ON E. wASHINGTON STREET
“Marie in the Woods” by Brad Cox
An Interactive Public Art Sculpture
With a grant from the Indiana Arts Commission and further funding from Nashville Arts & Entertainment Commission’s Hoffman Endowment Funds, local sculpture Brad Cox created the interactive public art sculpture “Marie in the Woods”.
The sculpture is inspired by a photograph of famed Brown County Artist Marie Goth doing plein air painting. The “painting” on the easel is empty to allow visitors to put their faces in the frame and take a picture that looks like Marie Goth is painting them. The installation is interactive as people can step back in to time and become one of Marie’s portraits.
You can find and interact with this public art sculpture at Coachlight Square located at 65 E. Main Street, Nashville, IN 47448.
2021 MEETING AGENDAS AND MINUTES
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2021
1-14-21 at 10am Arts and Entertainment Commission Meeting Agenda Minutes
1-28-21 at 9am Arts and Entertainment Commission Planning Meeting Agenda Minutes
2-05-21 at 12pm Arts and Entertainment Outreach Committee Meeting Agenda
2-11-21 Arts and Entertainment Commission Meeting Agenda Minutes
3-11-21 Arts and Entertainment Commission Meeting Agenda Minutes
4-08-21 Arts and Entertainment Commission Meeting Agenda Minutes
5-13-21 Arts and Entertainment Commission Meeting Agenda Minutes
6-10-21 Arts and Entertainment Commission Meeting Agenda Minutes
6-25-21 Arts and Entertainment Commission Meeting Agenda Minutes
7-08-21 Arts and Entertainment Commission Meeting Agenda Minutes
8-12-21 Arts and Entertainment Commission Meeting Agenda Minutes
9-9-21 Arts and Entertainment Commission Meeting CANCELLED
10-14-21 Arts and Entertainment Commission Meeting Agenda Minutes
11-10-21 Arts and Entertainment Commission Meeting CANCELLED
11-18-21 Arts and Entertainment Commission Meeting Agenda Minutes
12-9-21 Arts and Entertainment Commission Meeting Agenda Minutes
2020 MEETING AGENDAS AND MINUTES
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2020
1-09-20 Arts and Entertainment Commission Meeting Agenda Minutes
2-08-20 Arts and Entertainment Commission Planning Meeting Agenda Minutes
2-13-20 Arts and Entertainment Commission Meeting Agenda Minutes
3-12-20 Arts and Entertainment Commission Meeting Agenda Minutes
4-09-20 Arts and Entertainment Commission Meeting CANCELLED
5-14-20 Arts and Entertainment Commission Meeting Agenda Minutes
6-11-20 Arts and Entertainment Commission Meeting Agenda Minutes
7-08-20 Arts and Entertainment Commission Planning Meeting Agenda Minutes
7-09-20 Arts and Entertainment Commission Meeting Agenda Minutes
8-13-20 Arts and Entertainment Commission Meeting Agenda Minutes
9-10-20 Arts and Entertainment Commission Meeting Agenda Minutes
10-08-20 Arts and Entertainment Commission Meeting Agenda Minutes
11-12-20 Arts and Entertainment Commission Meeting Agenda Minutes
12-10-20 Arts and Entertainment Commission Meeting Agenda Minutes
2019 MEETING AGENDAS AND MINUTES
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2019
1-10-19 Arts and Entertainment Commission Meeting Agenda Minutes
1-26-19 Arts and Entertainment Commission Planning Meeting Agenda Minutes
2-14-19 Arts and Entertainment Commission Meeting Agenda Minutes
3-14-19 Arts and Entertainment Commission Meeting Agenda Minutes
4-11-19 Arts and Entertainment Commission Meeting Agenda Minutes
5-09-19 Arts and Entertainment Commission Meeting Agenda Minutes
6-13-19 Arts and Entertainment Commission Meeting Agenda Minutes
7-11-19 Arts and Entertainment Commission Meeting Agenda Minutes
8-08-19 Arts and Entertainment Commission Meeting Agenda Minutes
9-12-19 Arts and Entertainment Commission Meeting Agenda Minutes
10-10-19 Arts and Entertainment Commission Meeting Agenda Minutes
11-10-19 Arts and Entertainment Commission Meeting Agenda Minutes
11-14-19 Arts and Entertainment Commission Meeting Agenda Minutes
12-12-19 Arts and Entertainment Commission Meeting Agenda Minutes
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2018
2018 MEETING AGENDAS AND MINUTES
1-05-18 Arts and Entertainment Retreat Agenda Minutes
1-11-18 Arts and Entertainment Commission Meeting Agenda Minutes
1-16-18 Nashville Arts and Entertainment Performance Committee Meeting Minutes
1-19 & 26-18 Nashville Arts and Entertainment Financial Committee Meetings Minutes
1-25-18 Nashville Arts and Entertainment Financial Committee Meeting Minutes
2-08-18 Arts and Entertainment Commission Meeting Agenda Minutes
3-01-18 Arts and Entertainment Marketing Committee Meeting Agenda
3-08-18 Arts and Entertainment Commission Meeting Agenda Minutes
4-12-18 Arts and Entertainment Commission Meeting Agenda Minutes
5-10-18 Arts and Entertainment Commission Meeting Agenda Minutes
6-14-18 Arts and Entertainment Commission Meeting Agenda Minutes
7-12-18 Arts and Entertainment Commission Meeting Agenda Minutes
8-09-18 Arts and Entertainment Commission Meeting Agenda Minutes
9-13-18 Arts and Entertainment Commission Meeting Agenda Minutes
9-21-18 Arts and Entertainment Commission Meeting Agenda Cancelled
10-11-18 Arts and Entertainment Commission Meeting Agenda Minutes
10-17-18 Arts and Entertainment Commission Meeting Agenda Minutes
11-08-18 Arts and Entertainment Commission Meeting Agenda Minutes
2-13-18 Arts and Entertainment Commission Meeting Agenda Minutes
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2017
2017 MEETING AGENDAS AND MINUTES
1-06-17 Arts and Entertainment Work Session Agenda Minutes
1-12-17 Arts and Entertainment Commission Meeting Agenda Minutes
1-19-17 Arts and Entertainment Public Art Committee Meeting Agenda Minutes
1-30-17 Arts and Entertainment Marketing Committee Meeting Agenda Minutes
2-09-17 Arts and Entertainment Commission Meeting Agenda Minutes
3-03-17 Arts and Entertainment Marketing Committee Meeting Agenda Minutes
3-08-17 Arts and Entertainment Public Art Committee Meeting Agenda Minutes
3-09-17 Arts and Entertainment Commission Meeting Agenda Minutes
3-17-17 Arts and Entertainment Commission Meeting Agenda Minutes
3-29-17 Arts and Entertainment Public Art Committee Meeting Agenda Minutes
4-13-17 Arts and Entertainment Commission Meeting Agenda Minutes
4-21-17 Arts and Entertainment Public Art Committee Meeting Agenda Minutes
5-11-17 Arts and Entertainment Commission Meeting Agenda Minutes
6-08-17 Arts and Entertainment Commission Meeting Agenda Minutes
7-13-17 Arts and Entertainment Commission Meeting Agenda Minutes
8-10-17 Arts and Entertainment Commission Meeting Agenda Minutes
8-15-17 Arts and Entertainment Public Art Committee Meeting Agenda Minutes
8-28-17 Arts and Entertainment Social Media Committee Meeting Agenda Minutes
9-21-17 Arts and Entertainment Commission Meeting Agenda Minutes
10-12-17 Arts and Entertainment Commission Meeting Agenda Minutes
11-07-17 Arts and Entertainment Public Art Committee Meeting Agenda Minutes
11-09-17 Arts and Entertainment Commission Meeting Agenda Minutes
12-14-17 Arts and Entertainment Commission Meeting Agenda Minutes
All Together Now - Sculpture created by Brad Cox and BETA 2015
Located at the Brown County Junior High School
Nashville is one of the twelve designated Cultural Districts in Indiana. A cultural district is a well-recognized, labeled, mixed-use area of a community in which high concentrations of cultural assets serve as the anchor.
Indiana Statewide Cultural Districts seek to make Indiana stronger through the arts and culture. Indiana Statewide Cultural Districts support community life and economic vitality. Arts: Statewide Cultural Districts
Keep up to date with Brown County Arts through the links below:
Arts Village of Brown County Facebook Page
ArtsRoad46
INDOT Box - Vinyl Wrap Project
September 8, 2022
The Arts and Entertainment Commission (NAEC) for the Town of Nashville, Indiana announces the INDOT Box vinyl wrap project has concluded.
You can see the three Vinyl Wrapped Boxes in Nashville at:
Hawthorne & State Rd 46 by Gabriel Lehman
State Road 46 and State Road 135 by Daren Redman
Main Street and Van Buren by Patricia Bartels
Brown County Barn Quilt Painting
Learn how to make your own Barn Quilt in six YouTube videos with
Brown County Artist Anabel Hopkins
2016 MEETING AGENDAS AND MINUTES
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2016
5-04-16 Arts and Entertainment Work Session - Re: Village Green Agenda
5-05-16 Arts and Entertainment Joint Meeting with Art Alliance at Library Agenda
5-12-16 Arts and Entertainment Commission Meeting Agenda Minutes
5-18-16 Arts and Entertainment Commission Meeting Agenda
6-03-16 Marketing Committee Meeting - Cancelled
6-09-16 Arts and Entertainment Commission Meeting Agenda Minutes
7-08-16 Arts and Entertainment Work Session Agenda
7-14-16 Arts and Entertainment Commission Meeting Agenda Minutes
8-11-16 Arts and Entertainment Commission Meeting 10am Agenda Minutes
8-30-16 Arts and Entertainment Work Meeting
9-08-16 Arts and Entertainment Commission Meeting 10am Agenda Minutes
9-13-16 Arts and Entertainment Committee Meeting 12pm at Hob Nob Agenda
10-13-16 Arts and Entertainment Commission Meeting Agenda Minutes
11-10-16 Arts and Entertainment Commission Meeting Agenda Minutes
12-08-16 Arts and Entertainment Commission Meeting Agenda Minutes
1-14-16 Arts and Entertainment Commission Meeting Agenda Minutes
2-05-16 Arts and Entertainment Work Session Agenda
2-10-16 Public Arts Committee Meeting Agenda
2-11-16 Arts and Entertainment Commission Meeting Agenda Minutes
2-19-16 Arts and Entertainment Work Session Agenda
2-26-16 Arts and Entertainment Work Session Agenda
3-03-16 Arts and Entertainment Work Session Agenda
3-08-16 Arts and Entertainment Work Session 10:30am Agenda 4pm Agenda
3-09-16 Public Arts Committee Meeting Agenda
3-10-16 Arts and Entertainment Commission Meeting Agenda Minutes
3-16-16 Arts and Entertainment Work Session Agenda
3-23-16 Arts and Entertainment Work Session Agenda
4-13-16 Public Arts Committee Meeting Agenda
4-27-16 Arts and Entertainment Work Session Agenda
4-14-16 Arts and Entertainment Commission Meeting Agenda Minutes
Musical Entertainment on the Village Green Circa 1970's
March 29, 2007 Art Colony Weekend, Brown County, Indiana
2016 pavilion music series at the village green
Indiana Bison-tennial Project
Indianapolis, IN - Indiana Association of United Way (IaUW) is excited to facilitate the "Bison-tennial" Public Art Project in partnership with the Indiana Bicentennial Commission. This officially endorsed legacy project aims to celebrate Indiana's rich and diverse history and unique features.
Brown County Community Foundation CEO Larry Pejeau and NAEC Board Member Nancy Crocker worked with several local artists to create the BC Bison. After making a stop at the Soaring Sculpture at the Visitor's Center, the bison is currently watching guard over the Brown County History Center on 90 Gould Street. Come see this leaf sprinkled bison soon!