Events for September 2008

Open: Open Labor Day
Open: Sunday 11:00 am - 4:30 pm
Open: Tuesday - Saturday 9:30 am - 4:30 pm
Sunday 11:00 am - 4:30 pm
Open: Tuesday - Saturday 9:30 am - 4:30 pm

Closed on Mondays

Exhibitions

Ongoing William Edmondson: The Hand and the Spirit
Ongoing The Matilda Geddings Gray Collection of Fabergé
May 24 - September 7 Happily Ever After
June 28 - September 21 A Century on Paper
September 27 - November 9 Scarecrows

Temporary Contemporary

July 26 - September 28 Temporary Contemporary: Glexis Novoa

Video Installation Galleries

April 19 - September 28 Song Archive Project

Courtyard Gallery

April 19 - September 28 Artists’ Books from Postwar to Present

Saturday AM

September 6 Prints Charming
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Explore the settings of Happily Ever After and make a monoprint of your favorite fairy tale characters.

September 13 Funky Frames
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Create a funky frame to hold all the great art you make at Cheekwood.

September 20 Modge Podge Mania
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Visit Artists’ Books and use Modge Podge to make own mixed media creation.

September 27 Silly Scarecrows
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Explore Cheekwood’s grounds to find all the Scarecrows and step into the studio to make a silly straw creature of your very own.

Tuesdays for Tots

September 2 Farewell to Fairy Tales
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Stop by the studio to make one last fairy tale inspired work of art before Happily Ever After closes on September 7.

September 9 Paper Play
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Check out Joseph Albers’s print in A Century on Paper and drop in the studio to use shapes and lines to make a colorful creation of your very own.

September 16 Playful Pinwheels
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Make a colorful and creative pinwheel to catch a summer breeze!

September 23 Awesome Abstractions
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Visit the Artists’ Books exhibition and stop by the studio to create an awesome abstraction of your very own.

September 30 Crafty Crows
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Journey through the Scarecrows exhibit and make a small scarecrow of your very own. Big or small, frightening or friendly – the possibilities are endless!

Lunch and Lecture

September 18 The Grass Is Always Greener: The Wide World of Ornamental Grasses

Garden Shows and Lectures

September 14 Tennessee Gesneriad Society Flower Show and Sale
Although still most well known for the African Violet, the Gesneriad family has many plants commonly grown as house plants, and others which, while rarely seen, are deserving of more popularity. Many have wonderfully colored leaves, and the delightful, often large and showy flowers are easily encouraged on the deck or inside on a windowsill or under lights. The vast majority of the plants that can be seen when the Tennessee Chapter of The Gesneriad Society (an international society of people who love this family) holds its annual show and sale in Botanic Hall, September 13-14, will have been grown as house plants by folks who have discovered the wonders of this plant family. Most will look very little like the most commonly grown member, the African Violet. In nature, as many grow up in the trees as with roots in the ground, and their adaptations to this wide variety of habitats as well as a wide variety of pollinators provide us with such a diversity of plant and flower that you will swear they are not related.

The sales area will just whet your appetite once you've realized your hunger for these often easy to grow jewels among house plants.

For more information on this family of plants, see The Gesneriad Society’s webpage

http://www.gesneriadsociety.org/

September 27 Herb Society of Nashville's annual Herb Day
The Herb Society of Nashville's annual Herb Day features two exciting speakers:
• Katherine Schlosser, Editor of The Herb Society of America’s Essential Guide to Growing and Cooking with Herbs.
• Norma Weinberg of Cambridge MA, Author of Natural Hand Care: Herbal Treatments and Simple Techniques for Healthy Hands and Nails.
Garden related vendors will present interesting and useful products, and artistic members of The Herb Society of Nashville will display samples of their many talents. The cost for the day, which includes a delectable herbal lunch, is $35. In addition, attendees who are not members of Cheekwood will be charged a gate fee of $10 as they enter the grounds, which allows access to the Art Museum and the many gardens and displays on the property.
Please click here for more information.

Special Events

September 7 Enchanted Brides Bridal Show at Cheekwood

Sunday September 7, 2008 : 12 noon- 5pm

Come enjoy Cheekwood’s beauty while visiting over 60 great vendors  for all your wedding needs.  Gowns, Photography, Flowers, Cakes and more.
$10 admission per person includes entrance to Cheekwood’s grounds.

For more information and a $2 coupon, please visit:  http://www.enchantedbrides.com/events.php

Special Lectures and Tours

September 2 Garden Gallery Tour: Dig Deeper
2:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Just as our museum staff manage our art exhibits, our horticulturists and gardeners are continuously assembling, editing, and designing the plant collections at Cheekwood. Take a tour of our living exhibitions with our expert botanic garden staff, stopping to “dig deeper” and further explore a different garden each month. All Gardening tours begin at Botanic Hall.

September 11 Gallery Insider Tours: A Century On Paper
Explore our galleries with Cheekwood's expert curators the second thursday of every month at 2.00pm. Tours are free and no reservations are required. Meet in the Museum foyer.

September 20 The Dirt On: GROWING ORNAMENTAL GRASSES
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Get ‘the dirt on’ how to re-create features from Cheekwood’s beautiful gardens in your own landscape. Stationed in a different garden each month, our resident experts will share tricks, tips, and secrets on various topics.