Earlier this year, as first reported by the Nashville Scene, Metro Arts Commission Executive Director Caroline Vincent resigned amid allegations of tokenism, retaliation and a toxic work environment for women of color. At that point, half of the city agency’s employees had left over the previous 11 months. In August, Metro Arts announced Daniel Singh as its new executive director.
In this episode, we take a look back at a turbulent year and ask how Metro Arts will work to repair its relationships with local artists and arts organizations.
But first, the effects of Tennessee’s new abortion law are already felt by pregnant people in need of urgent medical care. Steve Cavendish of the Nashville Banner joins us at the top of the show to talk about a recently published story on how a hospital’s legal team weighed the risk to its doctors under the new law before they could treat a woman with an ectopic pregnancy.
Guests:
- Steve Cavendish, editor and president of the Nashville Banner
- Wilna Julmiste Taylor, assistant director of the Curb Center for Art, Enterprise & Public Policy
- Alan Fey, managing director for ALIAS Chamber Ensemble, operations manager of the Nashville Philharmonic Orchestra and executive director of Make Music Nashville
- Daniel Singh, executive director for the Metro Arts Commission
- Matia Powell, chair of the Metro Arts Commission
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