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Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art

The history and origin of Cheekwood are intimately interwoven with the growth of Nashville, the Maxwell House coffee brand and the Cheeks, one of the city's early entrepreneurial families. Leslie and Mabel Cheek moved into the mansion in January 1933. In the 1950's the site was offered as a botanical garden and art museum. The development of the property was spearheaded by the Exchange Club of Nashville, the Horticultural Society of Middle Tennessee and many other civic groups. The Nashville Museum of Art donated its permanent collections and proceeds from the sale of its building to the effort. The new Cheekwood opened to the public in 1960.

Hours: Tuesday - Saturday 9:30am-4:30pm, Sunday 11:00am-4:30pm, CLOSED Monday, except Memorial Day and Labor Day, CLOSED Thanksgiving, Christmas, NewYear's Day and the second Saturday in June.

Prices: $10/Adults, $8/Seniors (65 +), $5/Youth (6 - 17), College Students w/ ID and Active Military Personnel w/ID, Free/Children ages 5 and Under, $30/Household Cap

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Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art

1200 Forrest Park Drive
Nashville, TN 37205

Phone: (615)356-8000 | Email | Official Website
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02/07/12- 02/28/12	Tuesday For Tots \| February Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art Tuesday For Tots \| February Presented by Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art at Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art February 7-February 28, 2012 Excite your child’s creativity by joining us for a morning of art adventures in the Frist Learning Center! With drop-in activities changing weekly, Tuesdays for Tots is sure to be a memory-making routine for you and your toddler! Stop by the studio any time between 10:00 am and 12:00 pm to take part in the activity. If bringing more than 5 children, please call 615-353-9827 to make a reservation. Don’t forget to bring your imagination and dress for...
01/27/12- 02/19/12	The Scholastic Art Competition and Exhibition Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art The Scholastic Art Competition and Exhibition Presented by Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art at Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art January 27-February 19, 2012 The competition is the oldest and one of the most prestigious student art competitions in the country. Past winners include noted artists such as Red Grooms and Andy Warhol. Cheekwood and The Tennessee Credit Union have been regional sponsors of the art portion of the competition for eighteen years.
10/22/11- 03/04/12	Visions of the American West: Masterworks from the Buffalo Bill Historical Center Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art Visions of the American West: Masterworks from the Buffalo Bill Historical Center Presented by Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art at Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art October 22, 2011-March 4, 2012 The American West is a remarkable and storied place; both the real, history-baked landscape and the “Wild West” that lives in the world’s imagination. The Buffalo Bill Historical Center in Cody, Wyoming is one of the best destinations in the world to learn about every side of the West. Native Americans and Cowboys, landscape, technology, history, art, and, of course, Buffalo Bill -- the BBHC tells these stories and more through a vast collection contained within five...

Upcoming Events

02/07/12- 02/28/12	Tuesday For Tots \| February Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art Tuesday For Tots \| February Presented by Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art at Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art February 7-February 28, 2012 Excite your child’s creativity by joining us for a morning of art adventures in the Frist Learning Center! With drop-in activities changing weekly, Tuesdays for Tots is sure to be a memory-making routine for you and your toddler! Stop by the studio any time between 10:00 am and 12:00 pm to take part in the activity. If bringing more than 5 children, please call 615-353-9827 to make a reservation. Don’t forget to bring your imagination and dress for...
02/12/12	Meeting of the Tennessee Gesneriad Society Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art Meeting of the Tennessee Gesneriad Society Presented by Tennessee Gesneriad Society at Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art February 12, 2012 The Tennessee Gesneriad Society will meet at Cheekwood in Botanic hall on Sunday February 12 at 2 p.m. The program will be on pests and diseases of plants. For more info contact Julie at Julie.mavity@gmail.com or 615-364-8459.
02/16/12	Lunch and Lecture: Buffalo Bill and Musical Performances of the Imagined West Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art Lunch and Lecture: Buffalo Bill and Musical Performances of the Imagined West Presented by Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art at Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art February 16, 2012 Robert Fry, senior lecturer of music history and literature at the Blair School of Music, Vanderbilt University, will discuss the music featured in and used to accompany Buffalo Bill Cody’s Wild West Show and its role in reinforcing the romanticized and mythologized West, which was presented and authenticated by the life, legend, and performances of William Frederick Cody. From the show’s popularity in the 19th and early 20th centuries to its influence on the establishment and...
02/26/12	Carol Reuge Flute Concert Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art Carol Reuge Flute Concert Presented by Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art at Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art February 26, 2012 Carole Reuge is a swiss professional flutist: a performing artist, and a music teacher with 20 years experience sharing her passion for music and the flute with adult and children students. She is currently teacher in the À Travers Studio in Gland, Switzerland.
03/03/12- 03/04/12	Wild West Weekend Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art Wild West Weekend Presented by Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art at Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art March 3-March 4, 2012 Join us for special weekend programs celebrating our American West exhibits. Saturday, March 3 Kids Corral – Extended Saturday AM Arts & Activities \| 10:00am – 2:00pm YeeHaw…come enjoy activities especially for children in the Kids Corral! From western-inspired art and craft projects to cowboy sing-alongs, there will be something for every young cowboy and cowgirl! Check the website for a complete list of...
03/03/12	Opera Outtakes \| Sid the Serpent Who Wanted to Sing Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art Opera Outtakes \| Sid the Serpent Who Wanted to Sing Presented by Nashville Opera Association at Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art March 3, 2012 Mary Ragland Young Artist Program members will offer Opera Outtakes, a special 45-minute introductory program of scenes and arias which capture all the facets of opera. Like the elementary program, participating schools receive an extensive study guide which aligns with the Tennessee Curriculum Standards for Music, Theatre, Reading, Writing, History, Social Studies. Schools may also request a post-performance workshop free of charge. The 2012 Mary Ragland Young Artist Program (MRYAP)...
03/06/12- 03/27/12	Tuesday For Tots \| March Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art Tuesday For Tots \| March Presented by Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art at Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art March 6-March 27, 2012 Excite your child’s creativity by joining us for a morning of art adventures in the Frist Learning Center! With drop-in activities changing weekly, Tuesdays for Tots is sure to be a memory-making routine for you and your toddler! Stop by the studio any time between 10:00 am and 12:00 pm to take part in the activity. If bringing more than 5 children, please call 615-353-9827 to make a reservation. Don’t forget to bring your imagination and dress for...
03/15/12	Lunch and Lecture \| Matilde Roussel: Anatomia Botanica Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art Lunch and Lecture \| Matilde Roussel: Anatomia Botanica Presented by Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art at Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art March 15, 2012 Join us as Mathilde Roussel, the 2011 Martin Shallenberger Artist-in-Residence at Cheekwood, discusses her art and the creation of Anatomia Botanica. Her latest exhibition of sculptures and drawings subtly weaves together human, animal, plant and mineral forms represented through ceramic, glass, soil, seeds, paper, graphite, metal and fabric. She will explain how she started integrating plants in her work as a metaphor for our inner landscape. Hearing an artist describe his or her own work...
03/24/12	Anatomia Botanica Family Day Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art Anatomia Botanica Family Day Presented by Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art at Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art March 24, 2012 Join us for a day of art, activities, tours, and music in honor of the opening of Anatomia Botanica. 10:00am – 2:00pm: • Studio Drop-In Family Activities: Grass Sculptures • Free Draw: Inspiration Zone • Scavenger Hunt 11:00am – 1:00pm: Live Music 12:00pm: Artist Remarks in the Gallery
03/24/12- 05/13/12	Mathilde Roussel: Anatomia Botanica Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art Mathilde Roussel: Anatomia Botanica Presented by Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art at Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art March 24-May 13, 2012 Mathilde Roussel’s sculptures map the anatomy of time and space that we humans occupy with our fragile presence in the world. Recently featured in New York Times and Beaux Arts as a promising young French artist, Roussel will visit Nashville as an artist-in-residence to make her living sculptures on site. "Keep yourself from breaking a tree's branches. Don't forget they contain divine bodies." Ovid, The Metamorphoses Specially created with...
03/24/12- 05/27/12	Hans Schmitt-Matzen Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art Hans Schmitt-Matzen Presented by Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art at Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art March 24-May 27, 2012 In Cross-Reference Hans Schmitt-Matzen and his collaborator Gieves Anderson pay tribute to the spatial experience of being in a library. The artwork in this series is based on photographs taken in libraries and attempt to convey the painterly aesthetics of panning one’s eye across the rolling spines of books lining a shelf. The artwork mimics that experience through a ribbon-like paint stroke unfolding across a canvas. The library thus becomes a source of painterly...
03/31/12- 12/31/12	Permanent Residents: Artists from Cheekwood’s Collection Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art Permanent Residents: Artists from Cheekwood’s Collection Presented by Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art at Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art March 31-December 31, 2012 Within its historic walls, Cheekwood houses a Museum of Art especially known for its extensive collection of American art, including paintings, prints, photographs, sculpture, and decorative arts. Permanent Residents presents selected treasures by American artists who have become part of this collection. The exhibition includes fine examples of nineteenth-century American painting from landscapes in the tradition of...
04/01/12- 04/29/12	Spring Sundays Concert Series featuring Vanderbilt Blair School of Music Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art Spring Sundays Concert Series featuring Vanderbilt Blair School of Music Presented by Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art at Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art April 1-April 29, 2012 April 1: John Johns, Guitar April 8: Ars Nova Quartet April 15: Blakemore Trio; Violin, cello, and piano April 22: Lauren Coplan; Piano April 29: Christian Teal and Jennifer McGuire; Violin and piano
04/07/12	Spring Art Hop Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art Spring Art Hop Presented by Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art at Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art April 7, 2012 Cheekwood is celebrating the return of spring with one of the region’s most popular family holiday events. Among the day-long entertainment and activities will be face painting, garden scavenger and Easter egg hunts, balloon artists, and crazy Easter ears. FOOD • Pineapple Room Restaurant • Serving Lunch from 11:am to 2:pm Location: Restaurant & Gift Shop Building • The Grill Cheeserie • Gourmet Grilled Sandwiches
04/13/12	Highballs & Hydrangeas Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art Highballs & Hydrangeas Presented by Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art at Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art April 13, 2012 Don't miss a Friday night cocktail fling, designed to introduce Nashville's downtown denizens, media/art/music/film people, budding art collectors, and urbane professionals to a contemporary, hipper side of Cheekwood. It will be an indoor/outdoor, rain or shine event. Featured music will be Annie Sellick. There will be a cash bar with high-end cocktails and fabulous hors d’oeuvres from Nashville...
04/19/12	Lunch and Lecture \| The Howe Garden Renovation: from Concept to Completion Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art Lunch and Lecture \| The Howe Garden Renovation: from Concept to Completion Presented by Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art at Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art April 19, 2012 Landscape architect, Ben Page, principal partner of PAGE\|DUKE Landscape Architects, explains the planning and design process in his approach to The Howe Garden's renovation. Ben Page will share his personal, childhood memories of Mrs. Cora Howe's historic garden. From the perspective of a landscape architect, understand the overall design concept as well as specific elements and features incorporated to evoke the aesthetic imagery reminiscent of the original Howe Wildflower Garden.
05/11/12	National Public Garden Day Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art National Public Garden Day Presented by Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art at Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art May 11, 2012 Cheekwood is proud to be Nashville’s public garden! Join us as we celebrate Cheekwood’s important role in promoting environmental stewardship and awareness, plant and water conservation, and education throughout the community. 11:00am – 2:00pm: Live Music in the Garden 10:30am: Guided Garden Tour by Cheekwood Staff 12:00pm: Coffee and Conversation with Cheekwood’s President and CEO Join Jane Offenbach for an informal...
05/17/12	Lunch and Lecture \| Andy & Co.: American Pop Art Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art Lunch and Lecture \| Andy & Co.: American Pop Art Presented by Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art at Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art May 17, 2012 At the beginning of the 1960s, artists such as Andy Warhol, Claes Oldenburg, and Roy Lichtenstein turned away from the tradition of modernist abstraction and towards sources and techniques associated with contemporary mass culture. Though their efforts were greeted by many critics as a betrayal of the artistic aspirations of modern art and a dehumanizing submission to the norms of the prevailing consumer society, their work has decisively shaped the subsequent course of art history. Taking...
05/26/12- 09/02/12	Every Tree Tells a Story Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art Every Tree Tells a Story Presented by Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art at Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art May 26-September 2, 2012 This stunning exhibition comes to Cheekwood from the Cultural Landscape Foundation (TCLF) in Washington, D.C. and features 25 images of 12 different sites in the US and Puerto Rico as captured by prize-winning and renowned photographers. Every Tree Tells a Story focuses on the irreplaceable trees and tree groupings, often associated with historically significant people and events that have shaped the development of communities and cultures. The traveling photography...
05/26/12- 09/03/12	Treehouses: Great Works of Literature Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art Treehouses: Great Works of Literature Presented by Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art at Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art May 26-September 3, 2012 Summers may come and go, but memories of exploring whimsical treehouses can last a lifetime. That is why we are celebrating their return to Cheekwood a decade after Terrific Treehouses! In 2012, Cheekwood will showcase seven all-new treehouses, each artfully designed to represent one of literature’s great works. The treehouses will be chosen by juried panel from designs submitted by area...
08/17/12	Highballs & Hydrangeas Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art Highballs & Hydrangeas Presented by Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art at Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art August 17, 2012 Don't miss a Friday night cocktail fling, designed to introduce Nashville's downtown denizens, media/art/music/film people, budding art collectors, and urbane professionals to a contemporary, hipper side of Cheekwood. It will be an indoor/outdoor, rain or shine event. There will be a cash bar with high-end cocktails and fabulous hors d’oeuvres from Nashville Originals’ member...

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Current Events

02/07/12- 02/28/12	Tuesday For Tots \| February Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art Tuesday For Tots \| February Presented by Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art at Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art February 7-February 28, 2012 Excite your child’s creativity by joining us for a morning of art adventures in the Frist Learning Center! With drop-in activities changing weekly, Tuesdays for Tots is sure to be a memory-making routine for you and your toddler! Stop by the studio any time between 10:00 am and 12:00 pm to take part in the activity. If bringing more than 5 children, please call 615-353-9827 to make a reservation. Don’t forget to bring your imagination and dress for...
01/27/12- 02/19/12	The Scholastic Art Competition and Exhibition Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art The Scholastic Art Competition and Exhibition Presented by Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art at Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art January 27-February 19, 2012 The competition is the oldest and one of the most prestigious student art competitions in the country. Past winners include noted artists such as Red Grooms and Andy Warhol. Cheekwood and The Tennessee Credit Union have been regional sponsors of the art portion of the competition for eighteen years.
10/22/11- 03/04/12	Visions of the American West: Masterworks from the Buffalo Bill Historical Center Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art Visions of the American West: Masterworks from the Buffalo Bill Historical Center Presented by Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art at Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art October 22, 2011-March 4, 2012 The American West is a remarkable and storied place; both the real, history-baked landscape and the “Wild West” that lives in the world’s imagination. The Buffalo Bill Historical Center in Cody, Wyoming is one of the best destinations in the world to learn about every side of the West. Native Americans and Cowboys, landscape, technology, history, art, and, of course, Buffalo Bill -- the BBHC tells these stories and more through a vast collection contained within five...

Upcoming Events

02/07/12- 02/28/12	Tuesday For Tots \| February Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art Tuesday For Tots \| February Presented by Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art at Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art February 7-February 28, 2012 Excite your child’s creativity by joining us for a morning of art adventures in the Frist Learning Center! With drop-in activities changing weekly, Tuesdays for Tots is sure to be a memory-making routine for you and your toddler! Stop by the studio any time between 10:00 am and 12:00 pm to take part in the activity. If bringing more than 5 children, please call 615-353-9827 to make a reservation. Don’t forget to bring your imagination and dress for...
02/12/12	Meeting of the Tennessee Gesneriad Society Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art Meeting of the Tennessee Gesneriad Society Presented by Tennessee Gesneriad Society at Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art February 12, 2012 The Tennessee Gesneriad Society will meet at Cheekwood in Botanic hall on Sunday February 12 at 2 p.m. The program will be on pests and diseases of plants. For more info contact Julie at Julie.mavity@gmail.com or 615-364-8459.
02/16/12	Lunch and Lecture: Buffalo Bill and Musical Performances of the Imagined West Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art Lunch and Lecture: Buffalo Bill and Musical Performances of the Imagined West Presented by Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art at Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art February 16, 2012 Robert Fry, senior lecturer of music history and literature at the Blair School of Music, Vanderbilt University, will discuss the music featured in and used to accompany Buffalo Bill Cody’s Wild West Show and its role in reinforcing the romanticized and mythologized West, which was presented and authenticated by the life, legend, and performances of William Frederick Cody. From the show’s popularity in the 19th and early 20th centuries to its influence on the establishment and...
02/26/12	Carol Reuge Flute Concert Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art Carol Reuge Flute Concert Presented by Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art at Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art February 26, 2012 Carole Reuge is a swiss professional flutist: a performing artist, and a music teacher with 20 years experience sharing her passion for music and the flute with adult and children students. She is currently teacher in the À Travers Studio in Gland, Switzerland.
03/03/12- 03/04/12	Wild West Weekend Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art Wild West Weekend Presented by Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art at Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art March 3-March 4, 2012 Join us for special weekend programs celebrating our American West exhibits. Saturday, March 3 Kids Corral – Extended Saturday AM Arts & Activities \| 10:00am – 2:00pm YeeHaw…come enjoy activities especially for children in the Kids Corral! From western-inspired art and craft projects to cowboy sing-alongs, there will be something for every young cowboy and cowgirl! Check the website for a complete list of...
03/03/12	Opera Outtakes \| Sid the Serpent Who Wanted to Sing Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art Opera Outtakes \| Sid the Serpent Who Wanted to Sing Presented by Nashville Opera Association at Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art March 3, 2012 Mary Ragland Young Artist Program members will offer Opera Outtakes, a special 45-minute introductory program of scenes and arias which capture all the facets of opera. Like the elementary program, participating schools receive an extensive study guide which aligns with the Tennessee Curriculum Standards for Music, Theatre, Reading, Writing, History, Social Studies. Schools may also request a post-performance workshop free of charge. The 2012 Mary Ragland Young Artist Program (MRYAP)...
03/06/12- 03/27/12	Tuesday For Tots \| March Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art Tuesday For Tots \| March Presented by Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art at Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art March 6-March 27, 2012 Excite your child’s creativity by joining us for a morning of art adventures in the Frist Learning Center! With drop-in activities changing weekly, Tuesdays for Tots is sure to be a memory-making routine for you and your toddler! Stop by the studio any time between 10:00 am and 12:00 pm to take part in the activity. If bringing more than 5 children, please call 615-353-9827 to make a reservation. Don’t forget to bring your imagination and dress for...
03/15/12	Lunch and Lecture \| Matilde Roussel: Anatomia Botanica Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art Lunch and Lecture \| Matilde Roussel: Anatomia Botanica Presented by Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art at Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art March 15, 2012 Join us as Mathilde Roussel, the 2011 Martin Shallenberger Artist-in-Residence at Cheekwood, discusses her art and the creation of Anatomia Botanica. Her latest exhibition of sculptures and drawings subtly weaves together human, animal, plant and mineral forms represented through ceramic, glass, soil, seeds, paper, graphite, metal and fabric. She will explain how she started integrating plants in her work as a metaphor for our inner landscape. Hearing an artist describe his or her own work...
03/24/12	Anatomia Botanica Family Day Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art Anatomia Botanica Family Day Presented by Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art at Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art March 24, 2012 Join us for a day of art, activities, tours, and music in honor of the opening of Anatomia Botanica. 10:00am – 2:00pm: • Studio Drop-In Family Activities: Grass Sculptures • Free Draw: Inspiration Zone • Scavenger Hunt 11:00am – 1:00pm: Live Music 12:00pm: Artist Remarks in the Gallery
03/24/12- 05/13/12	Mathilde Roussel: Anatomia Botanica Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art Mathilde Roussel: Anatomia Botanica Presented by Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art at Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art March 24-May 13, 2012 Mathilde Roussel’s sculptures map the anatomy of time and space that we humans occupy with our fragile presence in the world. Recently featured in New York Times and Beaux Arts as a promising young French artist, Roussel will visit Nashville as an artist-in-residence to make her living sculptures on site. "Keep yourself from breaking a tree's branches. Don't forget they contain divine bodies." Ovid, The Metamorphoses Specially created with...
03/24/12- 05/27/12	Hans Schmitt-Matzen Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art Hans Schmitt-Matzen Presented by Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art at Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art March 24-May 27, 2012 In Cross-Reference Hans Schmitt-Matzen and his collaborator Gieves Anderson pay tribute to the spatial experience of being in a library. The artwork in this series is based on photographs taken in libraries and attempt to convey the painterly aesthetics of panning one’s eye across the rolling spines of books lining a shelf. The artwork mimics that experience through a ribbon-like paint stroke unfolding across a canvas. The library thus becomes a source of painterly...
03/31/12- 12/31/12	Permanent Residents: Artists from Cheekwood’s Collection Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art Permanent Residents: Artists from Cheekwood’s Collection Presented by Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art at Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art March 31-December 31, 2012 Within its historic walls, Cheekwood houses a Museum of Art especially known for its extensive collection of American art, including paintings, prints, photographs, sculpture, and decorative arts. Permanent Residents presents selected treasures by American artists who have become part of this collection. The exhibition includes fine examples of nineteenth-century American painting from landscapes in the tradition of...
04/01/12- 04/29/12	Spring Sundays Concert Series featuring Vanderbilt Blair School of Music Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art Spring Sundays Concert Series featuring Vanderbilt Blair School of Music Presented by Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art at Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art April 1-April 29, 2012 April 1: John Johns, Guitar April 8: Ars Nova Quartet April 15: Blakemore Trio; Violin, cello, and piano April 22: Lauren Coplan; Piano April 29: Christian Teal and Jennifer McGuire; Violin and piano
04/07/12	Spring Art Hop Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art Spring Art Hop Presented by Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art at Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art April 7, 2012 Cheekwood is celebrating the return of spring with one of the region’s most popular family holiday events. Among the day-long entertainment and activities will be face painting, garden scavenger and Easter egg hunts, balloon artists, and crazy Easter ears. FOOD • Pineapple Room Restaurant • Serving Lunch from 11:am to 2:pm Location: Restaurant & Gift Shop Building • The Grill Cheeserie • Gourmet Grilled Sandwiches
04/13/12	Highballs & Hydrangeas Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art Highballs & Hydrangeas Presented by Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art at Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art April 13, 2012 Don't miss a Friday night cocktail fling, designed to introduce Nashville's downtown denizens, media/art/music/film people, budding art collectors, and urbane professionals to a contemporary, hipper side of Cheekwood. It will be an indoor/outdoor, rain or shine event. Featured music will be Annie Sellick. There will be a cash bar with high-end cocktails and fabulous hors d’oeuvres from Nashville...
04/19/12	Lunch and Lecture \| The Howe Garden Renovation: from Concept to Completion Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art Lunch and Lecture \| The Howe Garden Renovation: from Concept to Completion Presented by Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art at Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art April 19, 2012 Landscape architect, Ben Page, principal partner of PAGE\|DUKE Landscape Architects, explains the planning and design process in his approach to The Howe Garden's renovation. Ben Page will share his personal, childhood memories of Mrs. Cora Howe's historic garden. From the perspective of a landscape architect, understand the overall design concept as well as specific elements and features incorporated to evoke the aesthetic imagery reminiscent of the original Howe Wildflower Garden.
05/11/12	National Public Garden Day Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art National Public Garden Day Presented by Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art at Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art May 11, 2012 Cheekwood is proud to be Nashville’s public garden! Join us as we celebrate Cheekwood’s important role in promoting environmental stewardship and awareness, plant and water conservation, and education throughout the community. 11:00am – 2:00pm: Live Music in the Garden 10:30am: Guided Garden Tour by Cheekwood Staff 12:00pm: Coffee and Conversation with Cheekwood’s President and CEO Join Jane Offenbach for an informal...
05/17/12	Lunch and Lecture \| Andy & Co.: American Pop Art Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art Lunch and Lecture \| Andy & Co.: American Pop Art Presented by Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art at Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art May 17, 2012 At the beginning of the 1960s, artists such as Andy Warhol, Claes Oldenburg, and Roy Lichtenstein turned away from the tradition of modernist abstraction and towards sources and techniques associated with contemporary mass culture. Though their efforts were greeted by many critics as a betrayal of the artistic aspirations of modern art and a dehumanizing submission to the norms of the prevailing consumer society, their work has decisively shaped the subsequent course of art history. Taking...
05/26/12- 09/02/12	Every Tree Tells a Story Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art Every Tree Tells a Story Presented by Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art at Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art May 26-September 2, 2012 This stunning exhibition comes to Cheekwood from the Cultural Landscape Foundation (TCLF) in Washington, D.C. and features 25 images of 12 different sites in the US and Puerto Rico as captured by prize-winning and renowned photographers. Every Tree Tells a Story focuses on the irreplaceable trees and tree groupings, often associated with historically significant people and events that have shaped the development of communities and cultures. The traveling photography...
05/26/12- 09/03/12	Treehouses: Great Works of Literature Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art Treehouses: Great Works of Literature Presented by Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art at Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art May 26-September 3, 2012 Summers may come and go, but memories of exploring whimsical treehouses can last a lifetime. That is why we are celebrating their return to Cheekwood a decade after Terrific Treehouses! In 2012, Cheekwood will showcase seven all-new treehouses, each artfully designed to represent one of literature’s great works. The treehouses will be chosen by juried panel from designs submitted by area...
08/17/12	Highballs & Hydrangeas Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art Highballs & Hydrangeas Presented by Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art at Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art August 17, 2012 Don't miss a Friday night cocktail fling, designed to introduce Nashville's downtown denizens, media/art/music/film people, budding art collectors, and urbane professionals to a contemporary, hipper side of Cheekwood. It will be an indoor/outdoor, rain or shine event. There will be a cash bar with high-end cocktails and fabulous hors d’oeuvres from Nashville Originals’ member...

Past
Events

Past Events

01/19/12	Lunch and Lecture: Ask The Experts Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art
01/08/12	Tennessee Gesneriad Society Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art
01/03/12- 01/31/12	Tuesday For Tots \| January Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art
12/09/11	Holiday Afternoon Tea Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art
12/06/11- 12/27/11	Tuesdays for Tots: December Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art
12/06/11- 01/09/12	Cheekwood: Call For Treehouse Design Entries Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art
12/05/11	Sparkling Settings Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art
12/03/11- 12/31/11	Saturday AM: December Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art
12/02/11	Martinis & Mistletoe Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art
12/01/11	The Angel Gala Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art
11/26/11	Breakfast with Santa Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art
11/26/11- 12/17/11	Santa Saturdays Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art
11/25/11- 12/31/11	Holiday at Cheekwood Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art
11/19/11- 11/20/11	Wild West Weekend Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art
11/17/11	Lunch & Lecture: The Three Identities of William F. “Buffalo Bill” Cody Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art
11/17/11	KEYNOTE LECTURE: Peter H. Hassrick, “Painting an American Identity: The West as Icon and Paradox” Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art
11/05/11- 11/26/11	Saturday AM: November Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art
11/01/11- 11/29/11	Tuesdays for Tots: November Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art
10/29/11	El Dia de los Muertos Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art
10/22/11- 10/23/11	Wild West Weekend Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art
10/20/11	Lunch & Lecture: Great Plains Native Arts: Expressions of Cultural Life and Traditions Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art
10/07/11	Cheekwood Nights - An Unforgettable Evening Experience Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art
10/04/11- 10/25/11	Tuesdays for Tots: October Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art
10/01/11- 10/31/11	Scarecrows Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art
10/01/11- 10/29/11	Saturday AM: October Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art
10/01/11- 10/02/11	Rose Show Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art
09/15/11	Lunch & Lecture: The Belmont Mansion Painting: Re-Framing History Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art
09/11/11	Enchanted Brides Bridal Show Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art
09/06/11- 09/27/11	Tuesdays for Tots: September Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art
09/03/11- 09/24/11	Saturday AM: September Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art
09/02/11	Cheekwood Nights - An Unforgettable Evening Experience Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art
09/02/11	Parents Night Out Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art
08/19/11	Highballs & Hydrangeas Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art
08/18/11	Lunch Lecture: Hydrangeas Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art
08/06/11- 08/27/11	Saturday AM: August Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art
08/05/11	Cheekwood Nights - An Unforgettable Evening Experience Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art
08/05/11	Parents Night Out Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art
07/30/11	Saturday AM Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art
07/30/11	Southeastern Regional Bonsai Show Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art
07/28/11	Family Night Out Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art
07/23/11	Saturday AM Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art
07/23/11	Southeastern Regional Bonsai Show Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art
07/21/11	Family Night Out Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art
07/21/11	Lunch and Lecture \| Behind the Scenes:TRAINS! Tennessee in "G" Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art
07/16/11	Saturday AM Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art
07/16/11- 10/02/11	Drawn To Nature Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art
07/15/11	A Summer Night's Party Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art
07/14/11	Summer Family Night Out Series with Nashville Ballet Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art
07/09/11	Saturday AM Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art
07/09/11	Butterfly Count Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art
07/09/11- 10/02/11	Vessels / David Marquez Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art
07/09/11- 10/02/11	British and American Screen Prints Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art
07/07/11	Family Night Out Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art
07/02/11	Saturday AM Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art
07/01/11	Parents Night Out Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art
07/01/11	Cheekwood Nights - An Unforgettable Evening Experience Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art
06/30/11	Family Night Out Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art
06/23/11	Summer Family Night Out Series with Nashville Ballet Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art
06/16/11	Lunch and Lecture: Annuals from A to Z Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art
06/16/11	Family Night Out Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art
06/04/11- 06/25/11	Saturday AM: June Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art
06/03/11	Cheekwood Nights Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art
05/30/11- 10/31/11	David Wood: Double Heliotrope Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art
05/19/11	Lunch and Lecture - Tennessee: History by Rail Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art
05/07/11- 05/28/11	Saturday AM: May Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art
05/06/11	Highballs & Hydrangeas Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art
05/03/11- 05/31/11	Tuesdays for Tots: May Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art
05/03/11- 05/31/11	Herb Garden Tours Tuesdays & Saturdays in May Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art
04/26/11	Free Daytime Concert - Gunter Knaup Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art
04/23/11	Spring Art Hop Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art
04/21/11	Modern Masters: American Abstract / Lunch and Lecture Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art
04/15/11	Highballs & Hydrangeas - Canceled / Rescheduled on May 6 Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art
04/14/11	Howe Wild! Celebration Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art
04/14/11	Wine and Wildflowers Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art
04/12/11	Free Daytime Concert - Nashville In Harmony Chorus Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art
04/09/11- 12/31/11	Trains! Tennessee in G Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art
04/09/11- 04/10/11	Bonsai Regional Show Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art
04/05/11- 04/26/11	Tuesdays for Tots: April Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art
04/02/11- 04/03/11	Daffodil Show Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art
04/02/11- 04/30/11	Saturday AM: April Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art
03/26/11	Native Plant Sale Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art
03/26/11	Guided Museum Tour: Ewers-Tyne Collection of Worcester Porcelain Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art
03/24/11	Entrekin Lecture: American Abstraction: Coming of Age in the 1950s Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art
03/24/11	American Abstraction: Coming of Age in the 1950s Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art
03/19/11- 03/20/11	Spring Orchid Show Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art
03/19/11- 06/19/11	Jiha Moon Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art
03/19/11- 06/19/11	Modern Masters from the Smithsonian American Art Museum Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art
03/19/11- 09/18/11	Material Apparatus Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art
03/19/11	Nashville Lifestyles' Cover Dog Search Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art
03/17/11	Lunch and Lecture: Perfect Picks: Great Plants for Middle Tennessee Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art
03/05/11- 03/26/11	Saturday AM: March Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art
03/01/11- 03/29/11	Tuesdays for Tots: March Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art
02/26/11	The Princely Players: The Life of William Edmondson Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art
02/17/11	Lunch and Lecture: Ask the Experts: Art Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art
02/13/11	Gesneriad Society Meeting Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art
02/05/11- 02/26/11	Saturday AM: February Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art
02/01/11- 02/22/11	Tuesdays for Tots: February Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art
01/28/11- 02/20/11	The Scholastic Art Competition & Exhibition Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art
01/20/11	Lunch and Lecture: Ask the Expert: Garden Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art
01/11/11- 01/25/11	Tuesdays for Tots: January Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art

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