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Flower essences are gentle plant-based remedies made from fresh flowers. Welcome the official start of summer and explore the folklore, process, and benefits of flower essences. At this special after-hours workshop, you’ll bottle your own flower essence to take home.
Dana Stein, Cheekwood
Courtyard Classroom
Not Yet Members: $55
Members: $44
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Joe Nolan is a Nashville-based visual artist, art critic, curator, author, and musician. For nearly two decades, he has documented and participated in Nashville’s contemporary art scene, writing for publications ranging from the alternative weekly Nashville Scene to national platforms including Art in America, Whitehot Magazine of Contemporary Art, and Outland. His criticism and cultural reporting have established him as one of the primary voices chronicling the American South’s evolving visual arts landscape.
Nolan’s first book, Nowville: The Untold History of Nashville’s Contemporary Art Scene (Vanderbilt University Press, 2024), is an oral history featuring the voices of 76 artists, curators, and critics who built the city’s contemporary art infrastructure from 1990 to 2015. The book documents how a city with minimal institutional support for contemporary art became a nationally recognized visual arts destination through artist-led organizing, DIY space-making, and collaborative community building.
As a visual artist, Nolan has exhibited throughout the Southeast, screened his experimental short films nationally, and performed his music under the name Mighty Joe Nolan in venues across the United States and Europe. He’s curated photography and painting exhibitions, contributed critical essays to institutional exhibition catalogs, and published his poetry in journals and literary collections. His work can be found in Nashville Metro Arts Permanent Public Art Collection, Vanderbilt University Library’s Special Collections and private collections in the U.S. and Europe. He lives and works in a 100-year-old house in a lake community suburb of Nashville.
A native Nashvillian, Jon Sewell built and manages The Packing Plant, a community arts hub that provides space for small galleries, a poetry library, and community-run non-profit radio station, WXNA. As former editor of the Southern arts journal, Number:Inc, and local irreverent bi-monthly zine, Salt Weekly, Sewell continues to participate in the local independent publishing community in Nashville, with its long history of influential publishing practices, primarily where arts and printed matter intersect. Academically, Jon is currently a PhD student in Public History at MTSU, and works in the Center for Popular Music, an archive, research, and programming center. As founder of the Nashville Underground Music Archive, he researches the interplay of locally homegrown musical communities with the dominant recording industry, through his database, thenashvilleunderground.org.
Katie Shaw, Gallerist, leads Red Arrow, a contemporary art gallery known for its museum quality exhibitions and career artist program. With nearly 20 years of experience working with visual artists including hundreds of curated exhibitions, Katie is dedicated to supporting and managing visual artists careers and continuing to grow her community. Under her leadership, Red Arrow is a vital platform for artists, showcasing their work locally and at global art fairs.
Discover the beauty of the Gilded Age and learn timeless floral techniques inspired by the era’s elegant style. Using fresh ferns, roses, cremones, and carnations, create an exquisite arrangement to display at home.
Before the workshop, start your morning with a complimentary champagne cocktail featured in Cecelia Tichi’s book Gilded Age Cocktails and enjoy a meet and greet with the author. Signed copies of Gilded Age Cocktails and What Would Mrs. Astor Do? will be available for purchase.
The meet and greet starts at 9:30 AM and the workshop will begin at 10 AM.
Meredith McGraw Bishop, Bloom & Bounty
Massey Auditorium
Not Yet Members: $90
Members: $72
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Create beautiful, marbled floral patterns on paper to use as art, stationery, or gifts.
Abigail Boroughs
Frist Learning Center Studios
Not Yet Members: $60
Members: $48
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Bring the charm of The Gilded Age to life and create a pressed floral keepsake inspired by the Fleurs de Villes Exhibition.
Guests who attend Mahjong in the Mansion on Thursday, October 29 from 5 – 7 PM will be invited to stay for an extra special Harvest NIGHTS Bootanical Bash. During Bootanical Bash, family and friends will enjoy pumpkin-carving demonstrations, live music, food trucks, specialty cocktails, and a lively costume contest and dance party, setting the stage for an extra special fall outing.
Mahjong in the Mansion is generously sponsored by
October 29 | 9:30 – 11:30 AM
Player: $125
Lesson: $175
October 29 | 5 – 7 PM
Player: $150
Lesson: $200
Includes access to Harvest NIGHTS Bootanical Bash.
October 30 | 9:30 – 11:30 AM
Player: $125
Lesson: $175
October 30 | 5 – 7 PM
Player: $125
Lesson: $175
Learn the art of bonsai and create your own miniature tree in this beginner workshop. Practice shaping and care techniques and take home a living work of art to enjoy for years.
Creekside Bonsai
Frist Learning Center Studios
Not Yet Members: $90
Members: $72
