Lunch and Learn - The Realism Effect: Mastering Light & Shadow with Jessica Lewis (May 16th 11:00 - 1:00 or May 17th 10:30 - 12:30) In this lesson, students will learn how to draw a realistic marble using colored pencils, focusing on light, shadow, and reflections to create a three-dimensional effect. They will explore layering […]
Monthaven Arts and Cultural Center’s Fourth Annual Sweet Summer Concert Series opens with Cimarron 615. This terrific quartet oozes world-class songcraft and innate musicality paired with sweet vocal harmonies, moving lyrics, and taut, exciting solos. They smoothly marry bluegrass instrumentation (banjo, mandolin, Dobro) to breezy California country rock, gritty blues, and pop. It’s also worth […]
Join us for The Living Land, a powerful exhibition of oil paintings by Anne Goetze and a screening of a new documentary created with Nathan Collie and Ken Tucker. Blending painting, photography, poetry and music by Bill Miller, this collaborative work celebrates Middle Tennessee’s landscapes and encourages a deeper environmental connection. There will be a […]
The MACC's Sweet Summer Concert Series presents End Of The Line, the world's premier Allman Brothers tribute band. Having carved up the Southeast with sold out shows in Georgia and Tennessee, End Of The Line is making a name for itself with a sound as classic and heavy as the original Brothers themselves. From the […]
The Language of Flowers: A Watercolor Journey - with Lisa Jennings June 21, 2025 - 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. $50 Join us for this special 3-hour WATERCOLOR FLOWERS healing arts workshop with artist Lisa Jennings. During our time together, we’ll use the expressive medium of watercolors to explore the symbolic meaning of flowers. From the resilience […]
Burning Beauty: The Magic of Copper Flame Painting (June 21st & 22nd) In this flame painting and copper class, you'll explore the fascinating technique of using heat to create vibrant, iridescent patinas on copper surfaces. By carefully applying a torch to the metal, you'll bring out a spectrum of colors ranging from deep blues and […]
Monthaven Arts and Cultural Center will showcase the works of two prominent contemporary artists this summer. The exhibition, titled Canvas + Stone, will feature more than 65 works by the painter Kathryn Dettwiller and sculptor Somers Randolph. The exhibit runs June 21 to July 27, 2025 at the MACC. Dettwiller’s paintings are well-known to Tennessee […]
How did Nashville’s surging contemporary art scene gets its start? That’s the subject of Nashville author and intermedia art Joe Nolan’s new book Nowville. Nolan will be on hand to discuss his book at this special session of Meet Me At the MACC.Nolan describes his book as an oral history of Nashville’s art scene beginning […]
From Fire to Flow: Crafting with Iron and Colored Resin (July 12th & 13th) In this iron and colored resin pouring class, you'll explore the fusion of metal casting and […]
You are invited to attend the opening reception for Rescued at the Papillon Gallery. This group exhibition brings together the works of three visionary artists who transform discarded materials into […]
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.
