Butler Snow O’Mara Stevens & Cannada — which recently expanded its Nashville-area office by nearly 40 attorneys at the expense of Miller & Martin – has donated $100,000 to the Frist Center for the Visual Arts, assisting the museum in its global outreach efforts.

“We are committed to strengthening Nashville’s thriving and innovative business culture through our team of attorneys in Middle Tennessee,” Donald Clark Jr., chairman of Butler Snow, said in a release. “Fostering a rich culture of arts and community involvement is a hallmark of our firm. We are proud of what The Frist Center for the Visual Arts has become for Nashville, the state and the nation.”

Tenn. Gov. Bill Haslam, Nashville Mayor Karl Dean, former Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour and former U.S. Rep. John Tanner, among others, gathered Tuesday for an event called “Embracing the Arts. Impacting the Community” at the Frist Center.

Clark and Dan Elrod, a leading member of Butler Snow’s Nashville team, presented the check to Susan Edwards, executive director and CEO of the Frist Center.

“Butler Snow has a great heritage of embracing the arts and enriching the communities where we serve, and we are glad to be leading this charge in Nashville,” Elrod said.

Butler Snow now is home to almost 100 attorneys in Tennessee and more than 220 practicing in 12 offices nationwide.

The Tennessee Supreme Court said Monday it will not let Attorney General Bob Cooper appeal a lower-court decision to allow Fisk University to share its Stieglitz Collection with the Crystal Bridges Museum in Arkansas.

One of the items that must be sorted out in chancery court is whether that fund is large enough for the task at hand. Fisk also must show that the gallery where it displays the collection on campus has been adequately refurbished.

A unit of Gibson Guitar has kicked off a program that will support the arts in Nashville by establishing residencies for both established and up-and-coming artists. The first artist chosen is James Willis, who will remain the program's chair after he wraps up his time.

“This program is dear to our heart and it wonderfully combines our love of music and art,” says Henry Juszkiewicz, Chairman and CEO of Gibson Guitar. “We believe that having artists here will promote a great symbiotic relationship—and that they will inspire us and, hopefully, we will have the same impact on them.”

The Demonbreun Street strip — or so some call it — is dominated by eateries and watering holes. Now a prominent building straddling that stretch will soon be home to a very different type business: an art gallery.

Gary R. Haynes told NashvillePost.com that Haynes Galleries, to be located in the Roundabout Plaza mid-rise that towers over Alan LeQuire’s Musica, will focus on three centuries of American realism. Look for the doors to open in early March.

To celebrate the opening, the Gallery will present “The Wyeths: First Family of American Realism,” which features works by N.C., Andrew, Jamie, Henriette and Victoria Wyeth.

Haynes said he is bullish on the roundabout. Bristol Development Group is working on finalizing plans for a residential tower to be anchored, reportedly, by a Publix. Nearby are Midtown and The Gulch.

“Our new location offers the best of both worlds: music, creativity and new energy in a substantial business environment,” said Haynes, who, after spending decades working in advertising and real estate management, founded Haynes Galleries in 2010 with locations in Franklin and Thomaston, Maine.

Haynes Galleries focuses on museum-quality work from the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries. Offerings include significant works by such masters as John Singer Sargent, Winslow Homer and the Wyeth family, but Haynes also offers works of contemporary artists, including Lea Colie Wight, Tony Ryder, Ellen Cooper and Jesus Villarreal.

The gallery will be open to the public Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and by appointment.

Tennessee Attorney General Bob Cooper has filed an appeal contesting the $30 million agreement to share Fisk University's Stieglitz art collection with the Crystal Bridges Museum in Arkansas. Cooper says rulings by Davidson County Chancery Court and the Tennessee Court of Appeals judges approving the sale could have an impact on the management of other charitable gifts throughout Tennessee.

The Nashville Opera Association last week received a check for $350,000 from the Kresge Foundation, the reward for a capital campaign that raised $11 million in the three years ended Sept. 30. The Opera will use the cash next month to retire the remaining debt on its three-year-old Noah Liff Opera Center.

The Tennessee Court of Appeals ruled 2-1 Tuesday that Fisk University's $30 million plan to share some of its Stieglitz Collection of art with Arkansas' Crystal Bridges Museum can go ahead and that the financially strapped school does not have to set aside $20 million as had been decreed a year ago by Davidson County Chancellor Ellen Hobbs Lyle. State officials, who have tried to block the move, say they are assessing their options.