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MACC Co-Sponsors Quilts of Valor at MTSU

The MACC and Charlie Daniels Journey Home Project are sponsoring Quilts of Valor at MTSU.

Monthaven Arts and Cultural Center is joining forces with the Charlie Daniels Journey Home Project to present Quilts of Valor. The exhibition, on display Jan. 22 to Mar. 16 at the Charlie and Hazel Daniels Veterans and Military Families Center at MTSU, will also feature works by artist and Vietnam veteran Eddie Nelson. An opening reception is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. Feb. 3. The exhibition and reception are both free.

The 10 quilts in this exhibition are from the Quilt of Valor Foundation. Founded on the inspiration of a dream, the organization operates through a network of volunteers who create and distribute quilts to recipients. The large quilts, measuring on average 60-inches-by-80-inches, are awarded to any service member or veteran who has been touched by war. The quilt says unequivocally, “Thank you for your service and sacrifice in serving our nation.”

Eddie Nelson is a proud Vietnam veteran and long-time resident of the Sumner County Veterans Residence in Gallatin, Tennessee. Following his deployment, Nelson struggled, like many of his peers, to find his place in a world that had moved on. Through trial and error, he discovered that art and music offered a way to process his memories and emotions. His drawings often reflect both the chaos of battle and the serenity of peace, blending bold strokes with moments of quiet detail. He will exhibit 10 of his original works at MTSU.

The Charlie and Hazel Daniels Veterans and Military Families Center is located inside Middle Tennessee State University’s Keathley University Center, 1524 Military Memorial, Murfreesboro, TN 37130. The Center is open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

For more information, contact Robin Willis (robin@monthavenarts.org) or call (615) 822-0789.

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Robin Willis

HEALING ARTS COORDINATOR

Robin Willis is the MACC’s Healing Arts Coordinator. She also works as the Exhibition and Events Manager and Director of Outreach. Robin has a Bachelor of Arts in Architecture from Clemson University with a minor in Entrepreneurship. She is a multi-discipline artist with emphasis in writing, mixed media abstract painting, alternative process photography, collage, and book arts and binding. In addition to her art practices, she holds several healing modalities certificates, such as extensive kundalini yoga teacher training and education, Reiki master, systemic family constellation facilitator, and depth psychology-based therapy trainings. As an avid learner, she explores and encourages others in their exploration in art, psyche, and our relationship to the micro and macro worlds within and around us. Influenced by John Muir’s quote, When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the Universe, she fuses art, healing, and organization throughout her work and personal life as a creative-scientist minded person.

Kaylin Warden

Creative Design and Operations Manager

Kaylin Warden serves as the MACC’s Creative Design and Operations Manager. In this post, she oversees the organization’s graphic design work for exhibitions, events and special projects. She also coordinates the MACC’s arts outreach activities and assists with bookkeeping, among other duties. Kaylin, above all, is passionate about the arts. It comes as no surprise, then, that she is now pursuing a master’s degree in art history. When she’s not at the MACC, you can find her reading her favorite books (especially ones dealing with maritime mysteries), cooking, gardening, playing with her cat and two dogs, and cheering for the Nashville Predators.

Ruth Chase

Regional Arts Director
Ruth Chase is the Regional Arts Director of Monthaven Arts and Cultural Center, joining the team in 2023. For Ruth, the job is all about community, bringing people together to uplift and educate artists and art lovers alike. Her role at Monthaven is to strengthen the local artist community and build connections that will enrich Hendersonville and our surrounding communities through art exhibitions, art education, and opportunities for regional artists.
 
Prior to joining Monthaven, Ruth worked in the arts for over 30 years and is a multimedia artist and graduate of the San Francisco Art Institute. Her artistic practice is inquiry-based and engages in community bridge-building. She was awarded a Certificate of Appreciation from the City of Los Angeles, curated and juried exhibitions, and has taught at the Crocker Art Museum.
 
Ruth was awarded an Artist-in-Residence for Artist Activating Communities through a grant from the California Arts Council for three consecutive years. Her film Belonging screened at both the 18th Annual Nevada City Film Festival and Wild & Scenic Film Festival. She has received the Legendary Female Artist of Venice award, and she has exhibited in The Crocker Kingsley, the Museum of Northern California Art, and the Diego Rivera Gallery at the San Francisco Art Institute. Ruth also continues her work as a Curatorial Consultant and Art director for the Californian Indigenous Research Project, where she has worked with the local tribe since 2018. 
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