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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
The Tolleson Experiment, a 6-piece blues-rock-country band from Nashville, gives you rock with a message. With influences of blues, alt-country, and a dash of electronica included, the band brings a […]
Stone can be an unforgiving medium for sculptors. One errant swing of a mallet or a poorly placed chisel can shatter weeks of concentrated work. For the closing of the MACC's Canvas + Stone exhibition, the renowned stone sculptor Somers Randolph will be on hand to discuss the challenges of his singular artform. Randolph will […]
Boots & BBQ at Bagsby Aug. 2, 2025 - 5 to 9 p.m. at Bagsby Ranch, 1628 Long Hollow Pike. $60 You are cordially invited to attend the MACC's Boots & BBQ Fundraiser at the Bagsby Ranch in Gallatin. Proceeds from the event support the MACC’s Between the Lines Healing Arts Program for military veterans […]
Does art have the power to “rescue” the soul? That’s the prevailing question of “Rescued,” a group exhibition on display in the MACC’s Papillon Gallery. The exhibit brings together the works of three visionary artists who transform discarded materials into thought-provoking works of art. These artists, Dayo Johnson, Hoppy Highhat and Dustin Headrick, will be […]
Join us for the opening reception of Battle Born: Don Olea’s Artistic Journey into Historic Military Art. Olea, a Gallatin resident, is the featured artist for the MACC’s 7th Annual […]
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.
