Monthaven Art and Cultural Center

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Moonlight & Magnolias

Gala Fundraiser

Monthaven Arts and Cultural Center’s goal is to make the arts available to everyone. Moonlight and Magnolias helps make that happen.

 

Annual Events

About Our Gala

Moonlight and Magnolia's is the MACC’s premier annual fundraiser. Founded in 2018, this elegant black-tie event brings together many of Sumner County’s most prominent arts patrons for an evening of art, music, fine dining and dancing. Our Seventh Annual Moonlight and Magnolias will be held May 2, 2026 at the Noah Liff Opera Center. Daniel Hamilton, an entrepreneur, philanthropist and long-time friend of the MACC, will serve as our event chair.

Talented Community

Promoting Our Artists

Each year, Moonlight and Magnolias highlights a different visual artist, whose works are showcased in our galleries in the spring. The Gala artists also conduct master classes for our students and create an original work for the MACC’s permanent collection. Our 2026 artist will be Patrick Guyton, a painter who combines 14th-century Japanese leafing traditions with 17th-century Flemish glazing techniques to create a style he calls “Gilded Modernism.”

 

Guyton's strikingly original style is informed in part by his experience as an animation background artist and sign painter. Whether depicting mysterious women, flitting hummingbirds, or moonlit ponds, Guyton’s artwork is adored by art lovers and collected around the world. A pre-gala event is now a permanent feature of our fundraising weekend. Our 2026 pre-gala auction party, called "Golden Hour Social," will take place April 30, 2026 at Monthaven.

Seventh Annual Gala Weekend

Moonlight and Magnolias

Monthaven Arts and Cultural Center’s goal is to make the arts available to everyone in the Nashville area and beyond. Moonlight and Magnolias helps make that possible.

Moonlight and Magnolias is the MACC’s premier annual fundraiser. Founded in 2018, this elegant black-tie event brings together many of the Nashville area’s most prominent arts patrons for an evening of art, music, fine dining and dancing. Daniel Hamilton will serve as event chair for our 2026 gala. Our pre-gala event will take place at Monthaven on April 30, 2026. 

Each Moonlight and Magnolias highlights a different artist, whose works hang in our galleries. These artists also conduct master classes for our students, and they create a new work for the MACC’s permanent collection. Award-winning artist Patrick Guyton, a contemporary artist who works in a style he calls “Gilded Modernism,” will be 2026’s featured artist.

Wendy Moten, a genre-defying vocal powerhouse known for her stunning performances on NBC’s The Voice, will provided the evening’s musical entertainment. As a special treat, Dr. Ming Wang, MD, PhD will give a short performance on his erhu, an ancient Chinese string instrument. Classical guitarist Carlos Enrique will be his accompanist.  

The evening’s proceedings  include dinner, dancing and a live art auction that will benefit the MACC’s arts education and outreach programming.

For additional information about Moonlight & Magnolias, call (615) 822-0789.

Click the button below to see our official Moonlight and Magnolias invitation and to purchase online tickets.

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please call (615) 822-0789.

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A collection from past events.

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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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