Turnip Green’s February 2022 Green Gallery exhibition was “The Thin Place”, featuring the art of Janelle Faiman and Kelley Rice. “The Thin Place” explored the places where the veil between this world and the next is thin, allowing us to walk between worlds and experience a new way of seeing.
Read moreNonprofit teams up with Southwest Airlines to give plane seats a second life →
Photo by: Catherine Steward
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — A partnership with Southwest Airlines and Turnip Green Creative Reuse began last year with the goal of keeping trash out of landfills and already thousands of pounds of leather seats have been repurposed.
Leah Sherry, executive director of Turnip Green, says partnering up with the airline felt like a natural fit since they’ve been in the business of repurposing materials for 11 years.
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Process for Sanity by Isabella Ortiz
Turnip Green’s January 2022 Green Gallery exhibition was “Process for Sanity”, featuring the art of Larkin Oates and Natalie Cox. “Process for Sanity” ran January 8th-29th and reflected on how the creation of tangible things can act as therapy during times of loneliness and isolation.
All About Nashville: Leah Sherry, Turnip Green Creative Reuse →
This episode of All About Nashville is Leah Sherry, Executive Director for Turnip Green Creative ReUse, an organization that fosters creativity and sustainability through reuse. Turnip has a Creative Reuse Center for re-usable donations of all kinds of things plus an art gallery too. We talk about the kids and community programs Turnip leads and Leah’s leadership as an educator, environmentalist, and artist who volunteers with so many great organizations including TN Women In Green and Wild Cumberland.
Nonprofits Honored with Salute to Excellence Award →
The Center for Nonprofit Management recognized 32 winners in 12 categories at its 2021 Salute to Excellence nonprofit awards on Thursday, Oct. 21. Read more here.
Turnip Green Creative Reuse Responds to Crisis With Creativity →
Amid the chaos of this year, our nonprofit has found more opportunities to help Nashvillians! Check out this article in the Nashville Scene!
Ensworth Service Scholars 2020 Research and Reflecions →
Mylan Le, an Ensworth Scholar, chose to publish both her research and her reflection about her experience at Turnip Green. Her pieces are on pages 51-58. Our partnership with Ensworth has been such a great collaboration we look forward to every year!
You can read the entire publication here.
Critic/Ally: Miller’s Grove Public Access →
Nashville artist Sophia Gordon-Stevens’ new video installation at Turnip Green Creative Reuse engages marginalized artists to put a spotlight on mental illness. It’s a funny, irreverent and insightful display that deconstructs stigma and creates conversation.
With Miller’s Grove Public Access, Gordon-Stevens recreates a 1990s suburban living room with white wicker furniture, loads of fake flowers and a console television complete with rabbit ears antenna and a VCR. Visitors can sit in a chair or on a small love seat while they enjoy a loop of videos presented as the programming on the exhibition’s titular television channel.
Predators Foundation to distribute $700,000 to local nonprofits →
The Predators Foundation announced that beginning Monday it will distribute 168 grants totalling $700,000 to local nonprofits this month, a record for one year since the foundations began 22 years ago.
A Beginner’s Guide to Composting →
With the beautiful weather rolling in, getting outside is a must — especially if you have a garden or you want to start one. To keep your plants blooming their best, consider composting. Not only does composting create nutrient-dense fertilizer for your garden, but it helps reduce the waste going to landfills and cuts down on methane emissions. We talked to Leah Sherry and Ali Hadd of Nashville’s Turnip Green Creative Reuse to learn more about composting and to get their tips and tricks for how to get started with this earth-friendly habit.
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