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Our Art and Design College Nashville Campus
Creative careers are thriving in Music City! Located a few minutes from downtown Nashville, Nossi places you in the middle of one of the top cities in the nation.
Nossi's PACE - Professional Accelerated Career Experience
Music. Fashion. Sports. Events. Theater. Non-Profits. Connect with important Nashville industries to produce a professional portfolio by graduation through project-based work within the Nashville Professional Creative Community! It's the best way to get hands-on experience with a creative college in Nashville.
🎨 Fine Art Photography Critiques
In Eric Sutton`s Fine Art Photography class, students are not just taking pictures. They are building a body of work with a theme, a voice, and a story to tell. Halfway through the semester, Eric is pulling up student work on the projector and making sure every image is moving in the right direction. These critiques are about intention, consistency, and developing a creative identity that is entirely your own.
Learn more about the Photography Program at Nossi at the link in our bio.
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📸 In Wedding Events, the textbook is the real wedding album.
In Jordan Rocque`s Wedding Events class, students got hands on time with real photo albums, keepsakes, memory boxes, and fabric swatches from actual past clients and even his own wedding.
They also learned how to present and upsell these products as part of a professional photography package, the same way a working wedding photographer would with a real client. This is what it looks like to learn your craft from someone who is still living it.
Visit the link in bio to learn more about Nossi`s Photography Program.
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🎓 Anna Palmer is a Nossi Culinary Senior and this is her story
While you watch her make Maneet Chauhan’s famous carrot cake in her Capstone class, here is what she wants you to know. The Nossi Culinary Program is rigorous, it is challenging, and it prepares you for the real world in a way that feels different from anywhere else.
Anna came in wanting to bake and she is leaving with the skills, the confidence, and the vision to back it up. After graduation, she has her sights set on traveling, growing her craft, and one day opening a place she can call her own.
This is what a Nossi Culinary education looks like from the inside.
➡️ Visit the link in our bio to learn more about our 2-Year Culinary Program at Nossi.
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🎓 Northwest High School Students made gumbo with Nossi Culinary Chefs
Students from Northwest High School got an inside look at the Nossi Culinary Program when they visited campus for a hands-on demo led by Chef Zac and Chef Rebecca Burney.
After getting a full briefing from our chefs, the students took over the kitchen and created the dishes themselves. That is exactly the kind of experience we love to bring to schools who are curious about what a culinary arts education can look like.
If you are a student, teacher, or administrator looking for an unforgettable campus visit, we would love to host your school next.
Schedule a campus tour or learn more about our 2-Year Culinary Program at the link in our bio.
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🎨 Mastering the art of gouache!
Swipe to see our students practicing their gouache (opaque watercolor) painting techniques in @ogdencreative ‘s Alternative Mediums class. Students created monochromatic value studies in this versatile, but sometimes tricky medium, using black-and-white photos of noted artists and writers as reference. Mastering different traditional mediums like this is exactly how our artists learn to stand out in the competitive visual communications industry.
Students:
Will Brown
Aaron Exler
May Haun
Jeremiah Hines
Jazmyne Jackson
Hayden McQueen
Daniel Sloan
David Sloan
Xae Williams
Subjects:
David Lynch, film director/painter
Nina Simone, musician/singer
James Baldwin, writer
Margaret Atwood, writer
Ready to expand your creative toolkit? Visit the link in our bio to explore our Illustration Program today.
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🧁 Welcome to the sweetest class on campus!
Our first-year Culinary Arts students are already creating incredible desserts in Baking Basics. This first-semester course teaches the exact science behind the sweets. Through hands-on practice, students master fundamental skills like the creaming method, yeast-raised doughs, and professional product finishing. It is amazing to see how quickly they are picking up these core techniques!
Do you have a passion for baking? Start your culinary journey with us. Explore our Culinary Arts program at the link in our bio.
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Capstone movie‑poster design by Anne Meegan 🎬🎨
Illustration student @artiststation_am created this poster for The Birdcage as her first project in Capstone, a course where seniors develop a cohesive, professional‑level portfolio in their chosen area of interest.
Capstone challenges students to take on assignments that reflect real industry expectations while refining their style, storytelling, and technical skills. Anne’s poster is a strong example of how students turn their ideas into polished work that represents who they are as emerging illustrators.
If you want to study illustration in a program that helps you build a portfolio you can be proud of, explore our Illustration Program at the link in our bio.
#Nossi #NashvilleTN #Illustration #Movies #MoviePoster
High school seniors — your next chapter starts here 🎨🎬🍳
See Nossi for yourself, explore campus, and meet the creative community.
✨ Come feel the vibe.
Spots fill fast — sign up now! Link in the bio.
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🖥️ Campus is quiet, but the grind isn`t.
It`s Moodle Week at Nossi, which means classes are online, the hallways are empty, and you are officially halfway through the semester. Whether you are submitting projects, catching up with your professors, or powering through critiques from your couch, keep that momentum going.
You have made it this far, so finish strong and we will see you back on campus next week!
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⚡️ Flash photography made easy.
Watch Tom Stanford break down speedlight techniques in the library for Kayla Staton’s Location Lighting Techniques class. This course is all about adapting to any environment so our students always get the perfect shot.
Want to learn hands-on from industry pros? Visit the link in our bio to learn more about our Photography program.
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Megan Veldman talks at Brentwood Photography Group 🏒📸
Megan is in her last semester at Nossi College of Art and Design. She came in wanting to shoot sports and was told it was one of the most competitive paths she could choose. She didn’t care.
She spent her first year building real experience through every
connection she could make. One introduction led to another and she ended up photographing every sport she could for Belmont University, starting for free. From there, networking landed her an unpaid internship with Nashville SC. She did so well they offered her the next one.
Now she is shooting Nashville Predators home games for the NHL, transmitting photos and video live during the game. Each team only has two Live Social Contributors. Megan is one of them.
This week, she stood in front of a room full of seasoned professionals at the Brentwood Photography Group and broke down exactly how she got there. Focused, poised, and ready for every question they threw at her.
Ready to learn more from Megan and our graduating Seniors? RSVP to our Senior Exhibition on 4/16 at the link in our bio.
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Studio Couple Portraits 📸
Allie Godwin brought couples into Studio A so students could practice posing, directing, and lighting techniques from their Portrait Photography course. Everyone took turns working with the models, adjusting their setups, and applying what they’ve been learning about gesture, composition, and classic studio lighting. It was a great day of hands on portrait work and real studio experience!
Ready to get more experience in Photography? Check out our Photography Program at the link in our bio.
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“Our comprehensive curriculum will give students a balanced and complete culinary experience unmatched by other programs in the Southeast, preparing them for an array of incredible career opportunities across the hospitality industry.”
-Chef Anthony Mandriota, Culinary Arts Department Chair