Monthaven Art and Cultural Center

Monthaven Arts and Cultural Center

Moonlight & Magnolias

Gala Fundraiser

Moonlight And Magnolias

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

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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. Jim and Elizabeth Carmody are the Event Chairs in 2023.

Talented Community

Promoting Our Artists

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. Alexander Renoir, great-grandson of the legendary Impressionist painter, was Moonlight and Magnolias’ inaugural artist in 2018. Other Moonlight and Magnolias artists have included the watercolorist Alan Shuptrine and surrealist painter Mark Kostabi. Our 2023 artist is Stas Namin, and his new piece, Magnolia, is to the right.

 

Following a two-year, pandemic-induced hiatus, the Third Annual Moonlight and Magnolias returned in expanded form in 2022. It included a pre-gala event called Magnolias, Moonshine and Motorcars. Held at Cliff Ernst’s classic car showroom in Hendersonville, this terrific evening featured live and silent art auctions, painting-in-motion, cocktails, buffet table, and some indispensable Tennessee moonshine. A pre-gala event will now be a permanent feature of our fundraising weekend.

Fourth Annual

Moonlight and Magnolias

Monthaven Arts and Cultural Center’s annual black-tie gala is the social event of the season. Elizabeth and Jim Carmody serve as Gala Chairs for our fourth annual event. International artist extraordinaire Stas Namin will be on hand to greet guests. About 60 of his works will be on display in the galleries.

The guest speaker for the Fourth Annual Moonlight & Magnolias will be Lois Riggins-Ezzell, director emeritus of the Tennessee State Museum. John Block, executive vice president of the Park West Gallery, will serve as compère.

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

For additional information and tickets, call (615) 822-0789.

2023 Corporate Sponsor Spotlight

If you would like to become a Corporate Sponsor and help support our local artist,
please download our Moonlight and Magnolias 2023 Sponsor Package here

Event Album 2022

A collection from our last event.

Join Us

For more information on Moonlight and Magnolias and upcoming event dates, contact us.

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