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RARE PICASSO WORKS GO ON DISPLAY AT MONTHAVEN ARTS AND CULTURAL CENTER

Media Inquiries:

Cheryl Strichik: Cheryl@monthavenarts.org
(615) 293-3767

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

HENDERSONVILLE, Tenn. (Aug. 25, 2025) – The extraordinary works of the 20th century’s most influential artist will be on display at Monthaven Arts and Cultural Center starting in September. The Unknown Picasso: Selections from the Marina Picasso Estate Collection (Sept. 6 through Nov. 9, 2025) features 70 limited edition lithographs authenticated and hand-signed by Marina Picasso, Picasso’s eldest granddaughter.

“Monthaven is honored to showcase these extraordinary artworks in Tennessee for the very first time,” says Cheryl Strichik, the MACC’s executive director. “This incredible collection touches upon each decade of Picasso’s unprecedented 70-year career. The exhibit showcases everything from realism and cubism to the voluminous portraits that the great artist created of his friends and lovers. Our visitors will be amazed.”

As the daughter of Picasso’s oldest son, Paul, Marina was acknowledged as one of the artist’s legitimate heirs when he passed away in 1973. Following a contentious, multi-million-dollar legal battle among the claimants to Picasso’s vast estate, Marina inherited some 10,000 works of art, which also included some of the artist’s finest ceramic pieces, along with sculptures, drawings and etchings.

The Unknown Picasso exhibition features limited edition lithographs made from the never-before-seen works in Marina’s collection. The Marina lithographs, issued in editions of 500, were made under the guidance of master lithographer and chromist Marcel Salinas. Marina selected Salinas as the ideal artist and printmaker to faithfully translate her grandfather’s original works of art into fine lithographs. Each one was created and reproduced from hand-drawn lithographic plates, an extremely labor-intensive process.

As part of the forthcoming exhibition, renowned art historian Charles A. Riley, II, PhD, will offer his unique insights about the legendary Spanish artist. Dr. Riley has authored four acclaimed books about the artist and curated more than a dozen exhibitions featuring Picasso’s work.

Riley’s visit will feature two special event options, both presented by Park West Foundation. On Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025, Riley will speak at a buffet dinner. Tickets for the dinner, which runs from 6 to 9 p.m., are $100. An open bar is included. Riley will also speak at a brunch from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 14, 2025. The brunch will feature mimosas and more. Tickets for the brunch are $75. Seating is limited. For tickets, visit monthavenarts.org/events or call (615) 822-0789.

Monthaven Arts and Cultural Center (MACC) is a jewel-box art museum and education facility housed in one of Tennessee’s most spectacular antebellum mansions. A 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, the MACC has staged exhibitions featuring everything from the ceramic art of Pablo Picasso to the evening gowns of Princess Diana. The artwork of local artists and military veterans are also on frequent display. As an art school, the MACC offers classes to more than 1,200 children and adults each year. The MACC also provides free arts outreach and healing arts to underserved children, families and military veterans. For more information, visit www.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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