Mission
KINDLING ARTS DEVELOPS INNOVATIVE NEW WORKS BY NASHVILLES EXPERIMENTAL ARTISTS, EMPOWERING DIVERSE CREATORS WITH THE RESOURCES REQUIRED TO EXPLORE CHALLENGING IDEAS IN A MULTIDISCIPLINARY CONTEXT. BY PROVIDING LOCAL ARTISTS WITH SPACE, RESOURCES, AND PRACTICAL SUPPORT, KINDLING ARTS PROMOTES UNDERREPRESENTED VOICES AND AESTHETICS, MAKING SPACE FOR BOUNDARY-PUSHING WORK THAT WOULD OTHERWISE BE IMPOSSIBLE. EMPHASIZING AN ARTIST-CENTERED PROCESS, THE KINDLING ARTS FESTIVAL , IS A MULTI-DAY CELEBRATION OF LOCAL ARTISTS THAT SHOWCASES MORE THAN A DOZEN DIVERSE PERFORMANCES AND EVENTS IN VARIOUS VENUES THROUGHOUT NASHVILLE, AS WELL AS UNIQUE ARTS EVENTS YEAR-ROUND.