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The MACC presents between six and eight local, regional and international exhibitions every year. Check them out.

Inspirational Stories from the Lovelady Center

Portraits of Hope

Monthaven Arts and Cultural Center is pleased to welcome the traveling exhibition Portraits of Hope: Inspirational Stories from the Lovelady Center. The exhibit portrays women and staff from the Lovelady Center in Birmingham, Alabama.

In 2004, Brenda Lovelady Spahn founded The Lovelady Center, a faith-based rehabilitation facility in Birmingham, Alabama where women come to live for nine to twelve months as they recover from addiction, domestic violence, or incarceration. The Center strives to help women rebuild their lives and walk forward with faith-driven hope for the future and a renewed sense of self. The Center not only provides food, shelter, and clothing for its residents, but it also teaches women valuable life skills and how to overcome the barriers to success in their lives.

In 2021, Beverly McNeil, Birmingham resident and owner of the nationally recognized portraiture agency Portraits, Inc., established Portraits of Hope, Inc. to help raise funds and visibility for The Lovelady Center. All of the subjects featured in this exhibit are associated with The Lovelady Center – some are residents, some are staff members, and others are ministers. Each painting was created by a different artist who volunteered their time and talents to the Portrait Project, a mission to show the featured women a better version of themselves — and to give hope to others who might need help reimagining themselves. A collection of the portraits, each accompanied by the women’s stories in their own words, is now part of a book titled Portraits of Hope.

For more information about Portraits of Hope, call (615) 822-0789.

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Monthaven Arts and Cultural Center presents some of the world’s greatest art in galleries that are intimate and inviting.  Subscribe to our newsletter and discover the magic that awaits.

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The Art of Lisa Jennings

On the Wings of Blessings

Lisa Jennings, one of Tennessee’s most distinctive and original visual artists, will stage her first solo exhibition at the Monthaven Arts and Cultural Center’s Papillon Gallery. Her exhibit, titled On the Wings of Blessings, will feature paintings, journals, sculptures and mixed-media works created over the past five years.

As a painter, Jennings creates works that draw heavily on primitivism, symbolism and collage. She points to the horses in her painting “Greener Pastures” as an example of her approach to primitivism. The horses appear as simple, primitive outlines on a soft green landscape. Similarly, many of her wood-and-stone sculptures come across as primitive totemic figures. Her sculpture “The Spirit of the Forest” calls to mind a mysterious shaman. All the works in the exhibit reveal a deep and abiding love for nature.

An opening reception for On the Wings of Blessings will be Saturday, Aug. 3 from 6 to 8 p.m. Jennings will present an Artist Talk about her exhibition on Thursday, Sept. 12 from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. The evening will include refreshments and an opportunity to meet the artist and ask questions about her work and process.

For more informatiomn about On the Wings of Blessings, call (615) 822-0789.

Salvador Dalí's The Divine Comedy

Stairway to Heaven

Welcome to the captivating world of Salvador Dalí, a visionary artist whose work transcends the boundaries of conventional artistry. Salvador Dalí was one of the most captivating and challenging artists of the 20th century. While many remember Dalí for his notorious reputation, he was also a deeply spiritual man and frequently used his singular Surrealist perspective to illustrate scenes taken straight from the Bible.

In 1951, Salvador Dalí embarked on a 14-year project to create original engravings illustrating Dante’s epic poem “The Divine Comedy.” Dalí’s attention to detail was meticulous—he created over 100 watercolor studies, worked tirelessly with the publisher, and even personally approved the more than 3,000 woodblocks used for the engravings. The final result was a series of 100 breathtaking engravings bringing the classic poem to life.

Join us as we explore the mesmerizing world of Dalí’s Divine Comedy engravings, where the surreal meets the sacred, and the ordinary is transformed into the extraordinary.

For more information about “Hello Dali” please call (615) 822-0789.

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Sixth Annual Veterans Art Exhibition

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For its Sixth Annual Veterans Art Exhibition, Monthaven Arts and Cultural Center will present an exhibition from the Quilts of Valor Foundation. The annual exhibit will also feature the paintings of Tennessee artist and military veteran Gerald Morgan along with art created by participants in the MACC’s “Between The Lines” healing arts program.

The Quilts of Valor Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing comfort and healing to service members and veterans through the gift of handmade quilts. Founded on the inspiration of a dream, the organization operates through a network of volunteers who create and distribute quilts to recipients. The large quilts, measuring on average 60-inches-by-80-inches, are awarded to any service member or veteran who has been touched by war. The quilt says unequivocally, “Thank you for your service and sacrifice in serving our nation.” An assortment of these quilts, each decorated with stars, stripes and other patriotic symbols, will be on display in the MACC’s galleries.

One goal of the MACC’s annual Veterans Art Exhibition is to display art created by military veterans. The Sixth Annual Exhibition will showcase the paintings of Tennessee artist Gerald Morgan, a Vietnam War veteran. Morgan is best known for his impressionist paintings of figures and landscapes. His charcoal drawings, especially of dancers, are held in high esteem. During his career, Morgan has mounted over 20 one-man shows, including at The Parthenon Museum in Nashville. This will be his first exhibit at Monthaven.

Each Veterans Art Exhibition includes a fundraiser, which supports the MACC’s “Between the Lines” healing arts programs for military veterans. Selected art from some of the veterans participating in the Between the Lines program will be on display as part of the Sixth Annual Veterans Art Exhibit. For more information, call (615) 822-0789.

Paintings by George Rodrigue

The River is the Road

George Rodrigue (1944-2013) was an American painter best known for his iconic and long-running Blue Dog series of paintings. Beginning in the late 1980s, Rodrigue painted a reoccurring character of a blue dog with yellow eyes, always in the same pose but placed in a variety of settings. The character became a popular and well-known image outside of the art world, notably being featured in an Absolut Vodka advertising campaign.

Born on March 13, 1944 in New Iberia, Louisiana, Rodrigue studied at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena. Early in his career, he became known for his Cajun-inspired paintings of landscapes, including the notable monochromatic Aioli Dinner (1971) which depicts a family seated at a long outdoor table in front of a plantation home. In 1975, he was awarded an Honorable Mention from Le Salon in Paris, and dubbed by the French newspaper Le Figaro as the “American Rousseau.”

The artist has also painted Cajun celebrities, such as Paul Prudhomme, and several US presidents, including George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton. His work was the subject of a major retrospective at the New Orleans Museum of Art in 2008. Rodrigue died on December 14, 2013 in Houston, Texas.

The River is the Road exhibit at the MACC offers a compelling survey of the great Louisiana artist’s output. More than a dozen of Rodrigue’s best-known Blue Dog paintings will be on display. Rodrigue’s paintings celebrating Louisiana’s people, culture and landscape are also in this exhibit.

For more information, call (615) 822-0789.

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Kaylin Warden

External Affairs Coordinator

Kaylin Warden joined the Monthaven Arts and Cultural Center staff in 2024 as External Affairs Coordinator. In this post, she organizes special off-site events and manages the organization’s external communications. She also works with the development department by updating the MACC’s customer relations database, and she assists the executive director in setting up exhibitions. Above all else, Kaylin 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.