Influx of young creative people makes Nashville hip again

Tennessee

FROM the roof deck of Vadis Turner's house, she can see the cranes that dot the skyline here. Condominiums and office buildings are going up at dizzying speed. Dynamite blasts like seismic tremors rumble the ground. Nashville is a boomtown. And in her own small way, Ms Turner is part of it.

Ms Turner, a 39-year-old artist who makes mixed-media pieces using traditionally f…