Mary Addison Hackett's 'Blind Man's Bluff' (2013), oil on canvas, will be on view at the David Lusk Gallery, opening Saturday. 

Two additional reasons to join Saturday's Wedgewood-Houston art crawl: Seed Space Gallery's new space in Track 1 and Zeitgeist's new neighbor, the David Lusk Gallery. 

The new gallery will have its official opening from 5:30 to 9 p.m. Saturday with an overview show of works by 23 artists. 

Along with Eggleston and Cloar, these include well-known Memphis artist Greely Myatt (who will have a solo show in April); Hamlett Dobbins and Tad Lauritzen Wright (pieces from their Mellow Mountain Coalition were shown at Leu last summer); and painters Kelly S. Williams of Nashville and Chattanooga's Mark Bradley-Shoup - these last two were part of a spring 2011 show at the now-closed Estel Gallery. 

Lusk's Memphis gallery has been part of that city's art scene for nearly 20 years and, in fact, Lusk has contributed to a number of shows in Nashville, including a spring 2012 Carroll Cloar exhibition at Belmont's Leu Gallery and a 2011 show of William Eggleston photographs at the Frist Center. 

Then, last summer, The Arts Company hosted "Five from Memphis" featuring artists from the gallery. 

"That was a great experience, certainly the amount of people who came through that opening weekend and looking at art clearly influenced me," Lusk said of his decision to open a space in Nashville. 

He was also influenced by Nashville's current trendiness - and its proximity to Memphis. 

Hagan Street was deemed the best choice for its blank canvas aspect, and Lusk felt "being next door to Zeitgeist and building on that gallery community made sense." 

David Lusk Gallery-Nashville is at 516 Hagan St. Hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, and there is no admission fee.  For information call 615-780-9990 or go to facebook.com/DLGnashville. 

- MiChelle Jones, for The Tennessean

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Wedgewood-Houston Art crawl adds two more attractions

Two additional reasons to join Saturday's Wedgewood-Houston art crawl: Seed Space Gallery's new space in Track 1 and Zeitgeist's new neighbor, the David Lusk Gallery.