The team behind the Museum of Contemporary Art Nashville hosted its first “pop-up” museum earlier this month in Wedgewood-Houston during Nashville Design Week. The group, which aims to secure the funding for a full-fledged local contemporary arts museum, partnered with Payton Newcomer, curator and co-creator of the multimedia show PANTONE (which is not affiliated with Pantone LLC) and showcased works by 17​ artists from ​all over the country.

“The importance of partnering with an event like this is to showcase the type of art MOCAN wants to highlight,​” said Jami Creel, founder of MOCAN. “Our aim is to support local artists while also bringing emerging art in from around the world. This pop-up is meant to facilitate conversation among art supporters as well as community leaders for what is needed next in Nashville ​—​ a contemporary art museum. We believe the opportunity and drive are here to make it happen.”