In our 2023 Best of Nashville issue, contributor Joe Nolan named Red Arrow’s Nashville Hot Summer the best group show of the year, noting that it might have also had the year’s best exhibition title. Never ones to cling too tightly to conventions, Katie Shaw and Ashley Layendecker ditched the “Nashville” part of the title, but kept its summertime theme. The result was just as fresh as ever — a slate of artists (including standouts Lauren Gregory, Brett Douglas Hunter and Johnson Ocheja) making strong work both inside and outside of Nashville. Can’t wait to see what next summer brings.
