Saturday, April 5, 2025 - 9:00 am - 3:30 pm

The grounds of Williamson County Ag Expo Park - West Side

4215 Long Lane, Franklin, Tennessee 37064 (Rain or Shine)

AbleVoices has been invited to host a table and sell our products at the Williamson County Master Gardener Association Garden Festival. What to expect from this event?

Beautiful perennials, annuals, vegetables, herbs, and more
Many plants grown by Master Gardeners
Garden Shed area featuring new and gently used items for your home and garden
University of TN Plant Diagnostics information
Vendors and Food Trucks
Educational Speakers
Crafts

Are you a professional or amatuer photographer? If so, we invite you to share your creativity with fellow PHriends (photography friends, that is!) at our 2025 Photo SLAM! event. Much like a poetry slam, this event gives photographers 3 minutes to showcase up to 5 of their best photos.

Photography is a powerful way to tell your story, and self-expression is at the heart of what we do at AbleVoices. This year’s theme is SUPER PHUN! We’re asking participants to share photos that highlight the fun, joy, and excitement in their lives. These could be activities that make you smile, adventures you’ve enjoyed, or hobbies and passions that bring you happiness. Whether it’s about cherished memories, meaningful places, or things that make you laugh, we want to see how YOU have PHUN!

To join the Photo SLAM! 2025, participants need to purchase a ticket ($10 suggested donation). Once submitted, we’ll send you the photo submission instructions- it is a simple process.

Not a photographer or just want to attend? Please join us as an audience member and cheer on your fellow photographers. Select "General Admission" when purchasing non-presenter tickets ($10 suggested donation).

Date: February 20, 2025
Time: 6-8pm
Location: AbleVoices Headquarters in Brentwood, TN
(exact location and parking instructions provided after ticket purchase)

Thank you for your interest and support in participating and attending Photo SLAM! 2025. Let’s celebrate creativity, community, and a whole lot of PHUN! Photography fun, that is!

Questions? Contact michela@ablevoices.org.

🔹 WCS Transition Resource Fair – Join AbleVoices!

📅 Date: February 10

📍 Location: Embassy Suites by Hilton Nashville South Cool Springs, 820 Crescent Center Drive, Franklin, TN 37067

🕚 Time: 11:00 AM - 7:00 PM

AbleVoices is excited to be part of the WCS Transition Resource Fair, hosted by Williamson County Schools’ Transition Team. This event is open to the public and offers valuable resources for those transitioning from school to careers, college, training, and independent living.

Stop by our booth to learn more about our programs, shop our cards and matted prints, and see how photography can be a powerful tool for self-expression and inclusion. We’d love to meet you!

AbleVoices will participated in the Downtown Franklin First Friday Art Crawl. We will sell our Valentine’s Day cards, regular cards and matted prints!

Our booth will be located inside the Luxury Homes Tennessee lobby 231 Public Square.

Stop by our booth to meet the team, learn more about our work, and take home something unique. Your support helps us continue fostering creativity and individuality through photography.

We can’t wait to see you there!

Join us for a Friday lunch break gathering where community and inspiration come together! Explore AbleVoices’ mission, connect with our photographers,staff and volunteers and enjoy a light lunch!

At the AbleVoices Headquarters in Brentwood

RVSP your spot send an email to michela@ablevoices.org

AbleVoices will host its 2nd Annual Night of Music, PHotography, PHriends and PHun! The evening will be full of incredible entertainment by singer-song writer and producer Nathan Chapman, country artist, Logan Blade and pianist, Gregory Singleton. The event include a great selection of food, beer and wine, live and silent auctions and of course, photography from our AbleVoices photographers. Tickets will be available soon to help support AbleVoices programming!

Purchase tickets HERE!

Are you a professional or amatuer photographer? If so, we invite you to share your photos among PHriends (including AbleVoices photographers) at our inaugural Photo SLAM! event. Much like a poetry slam, photographers will get 3 minutes to share up to 5 photos.

Using photos as a means for self-expression is a big part of what we do here at AbleVoices. Thus, the theme for our inaugural Photo SLAM! event is SUPER YOU! Participant photos should represent aspects of themselves that they’d like to share with others. This may be people, places and things that are important to you. It could be strengths (activities you are good at or positive character traits you possess) or challenges you face. Your photos also could represent your interests, preferences, or passions. The possibilities are endless, but the most important thing is that your photos say something about YOU! Let’s get to know each other through our photographs!

Twelve photographers who submit photos will be selected via lottery to share during the event… but all photographers who submitted photos should come prepared to share! Each of the selected photographers will have 3 minutes to share about how their photos represent themselves… remember, the theme is Super You! ALL photographers who submitted photos (including those who did not present) will have their name and photos showcased on our Photo SLAM! web page and on social media.

AbleVoices has selected a panel of judges that will announce awards at the end of the event. Non-presenting photographers are also eligible for awards. Prizes will be given to all awardees!

Photo SLAM! participants must reserve a ticket for entry on the evening of this FREE and PHun event. Once you reserve your ticket, we will email you the easy submission instructions.

Want to attend but not share? That’s ok, too! If you are a photographer or have an interest in photography but would rather not share photos this time around, you are welcome to attend as well! Visit this link to reserve tickets to this FREE and PHun event.

Thank you for your interest in participating in the AbleVoices inaugural Photo SLAM! event! Please contact Sharon Thompson with any questions at sharon@ablevoices.org.

Save the date and plan to join us for the “Under One Roof Sukkot Collaborative Art Exhibit” reception! View the artwork of artists from 30+ community organizations (including AbleVoices!) exploring the theme “Honor Humanity: K’vod Ha’Briot”. This exhibit is located in the Gordon Jewish Community Center.

Join us to help us serve more youth and adults with disabilities in sharing their voice through photography! Thank you to our sponsors CHS, Cumberland Group and Andrews Cadillac! Please click on the link for more information.

Save the date and plan to join us for the “Power of Resilence” exhibit reception! View the artwork of adult artists with disabilities from 5 different arts organizations (including AbleVoices!). This exhibit is located in the Conte Community Gallery on the first floor of the Frist Art Museum.

Stop by the AbleVoices booth at the disAbility Resource Fair. AbleVoices photographers will be sharing information about AbleVoices and examples of their work from our Photography Club and ‘Photography for Self-Expression’ classes. There will be lots of other disAbility organizations there as well. This is an event self-advocates and family member don’t want to miss!

Stop by the AbleVoices display during the September First Friday Franklin Art Scene! Check out our art and meet the photographers. We will be at Parks Realty just behind Landmark Booksellers.

Stop by the AbleVoices’ booth at Thompson’s Station Holiday Market at Homestead Manor. AbleVoices photographers’ matted prints, photo greeting cards, holiday cards, and photo ornaments are for sale! Decorate your home, send a special note, or buy someone a unique gift. Come on out to support photographers with disabilities! There will be lots of other fabulous vendors there as well!

Join us for the December First Friday Franklin Art Scene! We will be inside the Savory Spice shop located at 324 Main Street (close to Public Square). AbleVoices photographers will be selling a large selection of holiday photo ornaments, cards and large prints. These make for wonderful and special holiday gifts! And the Franklin tree lighting on Public Square is the same evening! Come on out for a festive and art-filled evening.

Stop by the AbleVoices’ booth at Franklin Makers Market, located at the Westhaven Lake Front in Franklin. AbleVoices photographers’ matted prints, photo greeting cards, holiday cards, and photo ornaments are for sale! Decorate your home, send a special note, or buy someone a unique gift. Come on out to support photographers with disabilities! There will be lots of other fabulous vendors there as well!