Explore Your Love Language(s): A Healing Arts Workshop - With Fiona Capuano January 17, 2026 - 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Join artist Fiona Capuano for this special workshop learning how to use the love languages to create a personal work of art highlighting how we give and receive love. Love doesn’t look the same […]
Monthaven is welcoming Valentine’s Day with an exhibition titled “The Art of Love: Paintings and Sculptures by Polly Cook and Somers Randolph.” Polly Cook, a Texas-based artist,” has long been inspired by themes of love. Indeed, love is at the heart of all of her artwork, along with the accompanying emotions of longing, regret, desire, […]
Come early to sign in your artwork for the critique.You do not need to bring art to attend—this is a FREE gathering. This event welcomes local artists at all stages of their practice, from hobbyists to professionals. Bring one artwork (finished or in progress) to participate in the group critique, or simply come to observe, learn the language of […]
Lunch and Learn -Shibori Dyeing with Janice Patrignani(January 23rd 11:00 - 1:00 or January 24th 11:00 - 1:00) Dyeing to try something new? Participants will create one-of-a kind permanent patterns and textures on cotton and silk using the ancient Japanese art of bound resist dyeing. It’s hard not to fall in love with the unlimited […]
Connecting Through Rhythm and Breath: A Music Workshop for Everyone - With Dave Isaacs and Liz Johnson January 24, 2026 - 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Join master music coaches Liz Johnson and Dave Isaacs for another special MUSICAL healing arts workshop. Connecting Through Rhythm and Breath is a shared experience in how listening, breathing, and making […]
Artist Nadine Shillingford’s expressive charcoal-on-paper portraits capture people in everyday situations and evoke their spirit by highlighting their facial expressions. It’s a whimsical approach that gives vitality to her work. Join us in our Artist Lounge as Shillingford discusses her often unconventional portraiture in a casual conversation with MACC Executive Director Cheryl Strichik. The artist […]
Heritage Music Series: T.G. Sheppard 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026 at the MACC, $100 T.G. Sheppard has always had an unstoppable passion for music. This passion, along with 21 number-one hits and being ranked among the top 100 country artists of all time, has made him one of the most popular live […]
Valentine’s Heart Sculpture Workshop: Metal & Resin (February 28th & March 1st) Celebrate the season of love with a truly memorable creative experience. In this special two-day Valentine’s workshop, students of all ages will design and create a heart-shaped metal sculpture and bring it to life with rich, pigmented resin accents. Equal parts art, craft, […]
The Seventh Annual Moonlight & Magnolias returns to the MACC bigger and better than ever. The MACC’s premier annual fundraiser, Moonlight & Magnolias is an elegant black-tie gala event that brings together many of Sumner County’s most prominent arts patrons for an evening of art, music, fine dining and dancing. Each Moonlight & Magnolias highlights […]
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 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.
