About. A dove bursts from an ornate painted frame beside a real window — trompe-l’oeil on gray block.
History. A game of real-versus-painted: the artist set a fake window beside true ones and let a dove escape from it. Trompe-l’oeil — ‘fool the eye’ — is one of muraling’s oldest tricks, and this is Nashville’s slyest example.
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MY NASHVILLE ART CRAWL
Note: addresses are approximate — some walls sit in alleys or rear lots. Use the map pins or each stop's walking directions for the exact spot.
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NASHVILLE MURAL BINGO
Mark a square when you spot it · first to 5 in a row wins · NashvilleArtsCenter.com
ART SCAVENGER HUNT
Check each one off as you find it · all of these live on real Nashville walls · NashvilleArtsCenter.com
MURAL CHECKLIST
Every mural on the Nashville Arts Center map · check them off as you go · NashvilleArtsCenter.com
Note: addresses are approximate — use the map at NashvilleArtsCenter.com for exact pins.
NEIGHBORHOOD ART CHALLENGE
Seven days · seven neighborhoods · seven photo missions · NashvilleArtsCenter.com
Team name: ______________________________
Explorers: ______________________________
Week of: ____ / ____ / ________
The wall: Pick Your Frame
Mission: Stand inside the painted frame and take a family portrait. Bonus: everyone strikes a different pose.
The wall: East Nashville, Letter by Letter
Mission: Find the big letter wall. Photograph each person pointing at the first letter of their name.
The wall: Good Trouble
Mission: Find the Good Trouble mural on Rep. John Lewis Way. Read the words out loud, then write the one you like best here: ________
The wall: Votes for Women
Mission: Count the people painted on the suffrage walls. Write the number: ____ . Photo with your hand raised like a vote.
The wall: Nashville Color Bars
Mission: Count every color bar (write it: ____ ), then find BOTH leopard walls nearby — Eastside Leopards and Leopard on the Prowl.
The wall: What Lifts You (The Wings)
Mission: Take the classic wings photo — then invent your own pose that nobody has done before.
The wall: Your favorite wall
Mission: Go back to the wall you loved most at its best-light hour (check the mural page) and take the perfect photo. Sketch it below.