Each festival season, Cheekwood offers workshops for adults! Whether you’re interested in art or gardening, these workshops give you a taste of what’s offered in our more comprehensive 6-week class series. This allows participants to learn the basics of a new skill or art form, without a large time or financial commitment.
These classes and workshops are for participants 18 years old and older only. Minors should not be brought into classrooms and other instructional areas.
Tabletop Bulb Gardens | Sold Out
Location: Massey Auditorium
Experience the fragrance and beauty of Spring flowers indoors weeks before they bloom outside. Create a living arrangement from hundreds of soon-to-bloom fragrant and unique varieties of daffodils, tulips, hyacinth and more, while Susan teaches you how to bring these beauties into bloom in your own home next year. Bulb selection and various methods of chilling will be taught. After your garden finishes blooming you may plant outdoors for re-bloom next year.
Not Yet Members: $75
Members: $60
2 Hours
Watercolors: Bountiful Blooms | Sold Out
Location: Frist Learning Center Painting Studios
Get inspired by the Cheekwood in Bloom garden displays and create your own watercolor masterpiece! Participants will learn basic watercolor techniques and create their own composition of bright spring blooms.
Not Yet Members: $62
Members: $49.60
2 Hours
Watercolor Wreaths | Sold Out
Location: Frist Learning Center Painting Studios
Using a combination of painting techniques, participants in this workshop will learn simple flower and leaf shapes to create their own watercolor wreath designs.
Not Yet Members: $62
Members: $49.60
2 Hours
Ceramic Bird Feeders
Location: Frist Learning Center Clay Studio
Spring has sprung, and the birds are singing! Working with local ceramicist Kelsey Smith, participants will learn the basics of wheel throwing and hand building to create a unique bird feeder fit for any outdoor space.
Not Yet Members: $65
Members: $52
2 Hours
Needle Felted Tulips
Location: Frist Learning Center Painting Studio
Join local textile artist Jennifer Fleischer to practice the art of needle felting, and how to piece together felted shapes to create a 3D spring bloom!
Participants will learn the basics of needle felting, and use the components created to make their own felted potted tulip.
Not Yet Members: $65
Members: $52
2 Hours
Sculpted Pet Portraits
Location: Frist Learning Center Clay Studio
Using a variety of sculpting and carving techniques, participants will get an introduction to working with clay and use their newfound skills to create a relief portrait of their beloved pet or favorite animal.
Not Yet Members: $60
Members: $75
3 Hours
Birding Basics
Location: Herb Garden Amphitheater
Learn about how gardens contribute to larger ecosystems and support wildlife- like birds! Participants in this lecture and field class will learn the basics of middle-TN birds, where to spot them in the wild, how to identify them, and how to support conservation by sharing your data.
Not Yet Members: $30
Members: $24
2 Hours
Spring Surprises: Floral Arrangement | Sold Out
Location: Massey Auditorium
With springtime as our guide, we will bring the outdoors in through seasonal foraging and fresh-cut florals. Participants will design their own seasonal tablescape, crafting from flowers and branches, learning floral design techniques that can be replicated at home.
Not Yet Members: $75
Members: $60
2 Hours
Munro-Inspired Ceramic Luminaries
Location: Frist Learning Center Clay Studio
Thursdays in May
Inspired by the exhibition LIGHT: Bruce Munro at Cheekwood, participants in this 4-week series will learn basic slab-building and hand-building techniques to create a unique ceramic luminary. Each luminary will be constructed, carved, glazed, and kiln fired, ready to shine and dazzle in any space- just add light!
Not Yet Members: $220
Members: $176
1.5 Hours
Cancellation Policy for All Series
Refund requests must be submitted to [email protected] 72 hours prior to the program’s start date and time. The registration fee will be refunded less a ten percent processing charge.
Fees are nonrefundable and nontransferable on and after the program’s start date. Cheekwood cannot refund fees requested on or after the start date of a program or for sessions missed due to illness or other personal situations.