Cheekwood Botanical Gardens Needs Guides and Docents

Cheekwood is currently seeking energetic volunteers to train for weekend museum docent positions. The weekend docent is a vital link between the visitor and their experience at Cheekwood. This is an excellent opportunity to pursue your interest in art and in Nashville’s cultural history. Other than a love of people and learning, no experience is necessary.


MUSEUM DOCENT TRAINING
Tuesdays,
September 11 - mid-November
6:00 - 8:00 pm

A special evening training session will be offered this year with topics including the Matilda Geddings Gray Foundation Fabergé collection, Cheekwood’s porcelain, silver, American art pottery and snuff bottle collections, American fine art paintings, drawings and sculpture. There will also be classes on art history, touring techniques, school tours, and Cheek history. These sessions will be taught by education staff and museum curators.

TALES & TUNES at Cheekwood Botanical Gardens

Every Thursday night through August at 6:30

In conjunction with Cheekwood’s Summer Garden Installation, Once Upon a Garden, storytellers and puppeteers from the Nashville Public Library will bring each of the ten classic children’s stories to life, while local musicians will fill the evening air with song. No two weeks will be the same!

Be sure to pack a picnic and bring a blanket! Regular gate fees apply.The following schedule includes the storytellers, the story they will be reading, and the music being performed each week

August 2 – Janet Ivey - Goldilocks & the Three Bears Music - Jazz Duo (Brook Sutton & Ben Graves – TSU)

August 9 – Barry McAlister - Jack & the Beanstalk Music - Jazz Duo (Brook Sutton & Ben Graves – TSU)

August 16 – Janet Ivey - Hansel & Gretel Music- "Bluegrass with the McLains and Lisa Manning"

August 23 – Janet Ivey - Peter Rabbit Music - Jazz Duo (Brook Sutton & Ben Graves – TSU) August 30 – Janet Ivey- Alice in Wonderland Music - Craig Duncan – Hammer Dulcimer Duo

Admission to Tales and Tunes is free for Cheekwood members, normal gate fees apply to non-members. Cheekwood’s Museum of Art and Frist Learning Center will remain open until 8:00 p.m.

Music City Picks: Choices from Cheekwood's Collection

In a unique exhibition, Cheekwood invites fifty Nashville residents known in the world of sports, politics, music, and more to browse through the collection and choose their favorite work of art. Music City Picks: Choices from Cheekwood’s Collection will provide visitors with a fresh perspective of Cheekwood. Guest curators can choose from familiar images such as works by Andy Warhol or Red Grooms, or they can bring a lesser known work back to light, such as an early American portrait or modern photograph.

Some of the guest curators participating include Andrea Conte, Red Grooms, Gordon Gee, Marty Stuart, Butch Spyridon, Demetria Kalodimos, Daron Hall, and Nancy Peterson.

Cheekwood Botanical Gardens are Free for anyone 17

There's good news at Cheekwood: Saturdays are free for anyone 17 and under between now and Sept. 1. That means the young folks can explore the galleries and grounds for free and also enjoy the free Saturday A.M. art programs that are designed for 2- to 10-year-olds every Saturday between 10 a.m. and noon.



Regular admission to Cheekwood is $10, $5 for children 6-17 and free for the 6 and younger crowd. If you can't make it on a Saturday, the next best bet is the family cap of $30 where a family of four or five can get in for the $30 fixed price.

Cheekwood is at 1200 Forrest Park Drive. 356-8000 or www.cheekwood.org.

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Highballs and Hydrangeas

Friday, April 13
6:30-9:00pm

Live music, cool cocktails, great wines and art.Get out to Cheekwood to mix and mingle at their cocktail fling while listening to music by the San Rafael Band. While there enjoy the opening of Iona Rozeal Brown in the Temporary Contemporary gallery and UnNatural in the Video Installation galleries.

Free for Cheekwood Member
$10 for non-members
Cash Bar
Rain or Shine

Cheekwood Botanical Gardens
1200 Forrest Park Drive
Nashville, Tn
37205