It’s an unusually warm day for the holiday season here in Nashville. The grey skies aren’t particularly festive, but then Nashville rarely gives us a lovely winter.

 

The surrounding landscape is quite picturesque most times of the year. But winter here is just depressing. The sky is oppressive, the grass is brown, the ground is muddy, the trees look sad and bereft of their leaves, and it rarely has the decency to snow. So on this dreary day, we are looking elsewhere for our inspiration.

 

Luckily for us, we have worked so many wonderful and creative people this year, so inspiration is hard to find. We’d like to say thank-you to all of the beautiful people who have helped us out, given us opportunities, and provided consistent encouragement.

 

So without further ado, thanks to:

 

Jessika Malone – Nashville Sideshow Fringe Festival
Jaci Johnson– Nashville Sideshow Fringe Festival
Mitch Massaro – Nashville Sideshow Fringe Festival
Julianne Snape – Nashville Sideshow Fringe Festival
Annie Sellick Julianne Snape – Fellow performer
Jacob Thornton – Music Consultant
Jen Cole – Metro Nashville Arts Commission
Robert Cortner – Aerial apparatus design, Collaborative artist, Metalworker
Angie Adams – Nashville Ballet
Ken Schultz –Welder
Kent Smith – Composer
Lindsey Bailey – Creative extraordinaire
Lain York – Zeitgeist
Bryan Hunter – Fugitive Art Center
Scott Davis – Notable Blends
Michael Holland – Vortex
Bill Rios – Photographer; NCT
Rebekah Hope Mason – Hope Again International
Ryan Schemmel – Brick Factory
Molly Graves – Aerial Fabricators
Alicia Williams – Aerial Fabricators
Kristen Teffeteller Leophard – Kinetic Kristin
Jacob Weiss – Playing By Air
Ginny Edwards – Untitled
Kaz – Avenue 9
Ben Van Hoesen – Networks and Nashville Beer N3rds
Steph Van Hoesen – Nest Interiors, Edgehill Artisan Fair
Kristen Pearson – Nest Interiors, Edgehill Artisan Fair
Amanda Roche – Dance community organizer
Ethan Swiggart – Sculptor, equipment consultant
Kelly Landry – Costume design, performer, lighting design, creative consultant
David Landry – Illustrator, costume design, photography, creative consultant
Herb Bailey – Writer, painter, performer
Jessica Cavendar – Performer
Ashley Litchford – Performer
Azee Umar – Performer
Isaac Stovall – Performer
Cory Dunson – Performer
C.J. Whelan – Performer
Zak Self – Performer
Micheal Bell – Performer
Kat Jones – Musician, writer, creative consultant
Rachel Kallas – Panty Raid
Tavius Marshall – The Narrator
Rebekah Hampton – Artistic Director of FALL
Edward Van Vliet – founding board member
Shawn and Missy Hancock – founding board members
Lea Collins – abrasiveMedia board
Audra Harvey – Executive Director of abrasiveMedia, performer, graphic designer, creative consultant
Andrew Collins – Composer, abrasiveMedia board
Justin Harvey – Photographer, tricker (martial arts/gymnastics), web-developer, abrasiveMedia board
Selah Harvey – voiceover work, all around good sport

 

All of our funders:

Ryan Stubbs, Jessika Malone, Lindsey Bailey, Nick and Camille Perrault,  Lori, Deb, Danny Snow, Bobby Spangler, Joshua Stevens, Amelia Winger-bearskin, Ian Lincoln, Peter Laing, Landon Cahow, Sam Lewis, David Landry, Kristina Jo, and Eve Proper

 

abrasiveMedia exists to connect artists with opportunities, and thanks to all of you, we were able to make that happen.

Here’s to more artistic adventures in 2012!

 

– the abrasiveMedia team