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Art Talks

Carlton Wilkinson: Celebrating the Life and Art of Barbara Bullock

March 3, 2026

The late-great Nashville artist Barbara Bullock is the focus of a new...

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March 3, 2026
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Jim Sherraden: A Conversation with Nashville’s Master Printer

February 24, 2026

Jim Sherraden spent 34 years working at Hatch Show Print, Nashville’s iconic...

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February 24, 2026
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MACC Talk: Conductor Leonard Slatkin Takes Over the Nashville Symphony

February 17, 2026

The Nashville Symphony Orchestra has named Leonard Slatkin its new music director....

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February 17, 2026
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Katie Delmez: Celebrating Nashville’s Women Artists at the Frist

February 10, 2026

Women have played an oversized role in shaping Nashville’s contemporary art scene....

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February 10, 2026
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Richard Modica: A Champion of Art in Nashville

January 28, 2026

Richard and Julie Modica opened Modfellows Art Gallery in 2019. Located in...

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January 28, 2026
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Ruth Chase: Helping Artists Grow Their Careers

January 20, 2026

What does an emerging visual artist need to do to get noticed?...

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January 20, 2026
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Nadine Shillingford: A Genius for Charcoal on Paper

January 13, 2026

Nadine Shillingford is a Nashville-based visual artist who creates intimate portraits using...

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January 13, 2026
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Banning Bouldin: Transforming Nashville’s Dance Scene

January 2, 2026

Banning Bouldin is one of Nashville’s most important artists. As founding artistic...

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January 2, 2026
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MACC Talk: Our Podcast Panel Discusses Nashville’s Year In Music

December 17, 2025

It’s been another great year for music in Nashville. From singer Hayley...

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December 17, 2025
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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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