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BLUE HOUSE CREATIVES STAGE MAJOR GROUP SHOW AT MONTHAVEN ARTS AND CULTURAL CENTER

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Cheryl Strichik: cheryl@monthavenarts.org
(615) 822-0789

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

HENDERSONVILLE, Tenn. (Sept. 7, 2026) – Artists from the Nashville collective Blue House Creatives are making their debut at Monthaven Arts and Cultural Center as part of a group exhibition titled Stories In Blue. The exhibit, which runs Sept. 22 to Oct. 25, 2026, will feature works in a variety of media by 19 local artists.

“We are thrilled to introduce our visitors to the great art of the Blue House Creatives,” says MACC Executive Director Cherly Strichik. “These amazing artists have created beautiful visual narratives that are filled with color and emotion.”

Stories In Blue celebrates the strength of creative community. Artists from different disciplines come together, each bringing a unique perspective while contributing to a shared story. Through diverse approaches and experiences, the exhibition reveals how a single color can express countless emotions. Whether blue represents serenity, resilience, melancholy, or wonder, every artwork reminds us that our stories become richer when shared. The artists invite you to slow down, immerse yourself in blue, and discover the emotions that resonate with your own.

Blue House Creatives is an artist collective dedicated to fostering creative community and expanding exhibition opportunities for local artists. Founded by Nashville artist Nadine Shillingford, the collective includes artists working across a wide range of disciplines, including painting, collage, photography, sculpture, pottery, and more. Members actively contribute to Nashville’s arts scene by teaching workshops, presenting solo and group exhibitions, and collaborating with local galleries and businesses.

Blue House Creative members include: Beth Barnard, Victoria Rivera, Julia Tong, Beverly Patterson, Ashley Mintz, Jackie Lewis, Mark Schlicher, Pegah Kadivar, Mariah Leggett, Martha Morales Purucker, LeAndra Crystal, Shayla Holt, Amy Krimsier Sterling, Lyn Stevens, Leroy Hodges, Jr., Barbara Hodges, Roberta Bell, Tricia Townes and Nadine Shillingford.

Artists from Blue House Creatives will participate in an Artist Lounge interview from 3 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 26, 2026. The opening reception will immediately follow the Artist Lounge.

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 stages world-class art exhibitions. 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.

 

 

 

 

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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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