YEAR 2010

Ongoing
Tours of the Fontanel Mansion & Farm, former home of Barbara Mandrell in White’s Creek, are available seven days a week. Mansion tours are from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Trails are open 7 a.m.-dark, and the Farm House Restaurant is open 7 a.m.-9 p.m. For information call 615/ 256-5699 or visit www.fontanelmansion.com.

Through September 12
Presence of Absence: The Photographs of Tokihiro Sato at the Frist Center for the Visual Arts. For information call 615/ 244-3349 or visit www.fristcenter.org.

Through September 12

The Golden Age of Couture: Paris and London, 1947-1957 at the Frist Center for the Visual Arts. For information call 615/ 244-3349 or visit www.fristcenter.org.

Through September 24

Cumberland Valley Tennessee Association of Craft Artists Juried Exhibition at Centennial Art Center. For information call 615/ 862-8442.

Through September 25
Flamtastic Ejections: Paper Installations by Charles Clary at The Rymer Gallery. For information call 615/ 752-6030 or visit www.therymergallery.com.

Through October 2
Ripple Effect at gallery F at the Scarritt-Bennett Center. For more information visit www.arippleeffect.org or www.www.scarrittbennett.org.

Through October 10
Histories are Mirrors: The Path of Conflict through Afghanistan and Iraq. Photographs by Tyler Hicks at the Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery. For more information visit www.vanderbilt.edu/gallery.

Through October 30

Spatial Schemes: Observations of Nature at the Parthenon’s west gallery. For information call 615/ 862-8431 or visit www.parthenon.org.

Through October 31
Chihuly at Cheekwood features glass artwork of Dale Chihuly. For information call 356-8000 or visit www.cheekwood.org.

Through November 27
Women in Mythology: The Power of the Feminine in Ancient Times at the Parthenon’s east gallery. For information call 615/ 862-8431 or visit www.parthenon.org.

Through January 2, 2011

Chihuly at the Frist at the Frist Center for the Visual Arts. For information call 615/ 244-3349 or visit http://www.fristcenter.org

September 10-12
27th annual Nashville Home Decorating and Remodeling Show at the Nashville Convention Center. For information call 800/ 343-8344 or visit www.nashvillehomeshow.com.

September 11-12
Belle Meade Plantation Fall Fest in Nashville. For information call 615/ 356-0501 or visit www.bellemeadeplantation.com.

September 11-12
Riverfest in Clarksville. For information call 866/ 557-9006 or visit www.clarksvilleriverfest.com.

September 14-November 9
Flower Arranging class from 6:30-9 p.m. Tuesdays at Volunteer Community College. For information 615/ 230-3358 or visit www.registration.xenegrade.com/volstate/

September 15-November 10
Intro to Surface Design & Textiles class from 6-9 p.m. Wednesdays at Watkins College of Art, Design & Film. For call 615/ 383-4848 or visit www.watkins.edu/ community.

Sept. 15-Nov. 10
Metal Furniture class from 6-9 p.m. Tuesdays at Watkins College of Art, Design & Film. Call 615/ 383-4848 or visit www.watkins.edu/community.

September 16
Greening Your Life workshop from 6-9 p.m. at Watkins College of Art, Design & Film. For information call 615/ 383-4848 or visit www.watkins.edu/community.

September 16-October 7
Residential Landscape class from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Thursdays at Volunteer Community College. Call 615/ 230-3358 or visit www.registration.xenegrade.com/volstate/

September 18
Walk for Lupus at 3 p.m. at the Centennial Park events shelter.

September 18
Handmade Clay Tiles workshop from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. at Watkins College of Art, Design & Film. For information call 615/ 383-4848 or visit www.watkins.edu/community.

September 22
Go Native workshop about native plants in Tennessee at 1 p.m. at Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art. For more information call 615/ 356-8000 or visit www.cheekwood.org.

September 23
Taste of Hendersonville at the Thompson Plaza at the Streets of Indian Lake. For more information call 615/ 824-2818 or visit www.hendersonvillechamber.com.

September 23-25
Sam Davis Home Quilt Show at the Sam Davis Home in Smyrna. For information call 615/ 459-2341 or visit www.samdavishome.org.

September 24-26

Tennessee Association of Craft Artists craft fair at Centennial Park. For information call 615/ 385-1904 or visit www.tennesseecrafts.org.

September 24-26
Tennessee State Fairgrounds Flea Market at the Tennessee State Fairgrounds. For information call 615/ 862-8980 or visit www.nashvilleexpocenter.org.

September 25-26
2010 Whitland Neighborhood Home Tour features colonial revival, neoclassical, bungalow, Tudor revival, English cottage, American foursquare and prairie architectural styles. Admission. Visit www.whitlandhometour.org or  e-mail This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

September 27-28
American Antiques class from 5:30-9 p.m. and from 8:30 a.m.-noon at Volunteer Community College. Call 615/ 230-3358 or visit www.registration.xenegrade.com/volstate/

September  27-October 15
2010 TACA Biennial: The Best of Tennessee Craft  at the Todd Hall on the Middle Tennessee State University campus. For information call 615/ 385-1904 or visit www.tennessecrafts.org.

October 2
Middle Tennessee Solar Tour 2010 from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. For information call 615/ 641-4050 or visit www.lightwavesolar.com.

October 2-3
Fall Rose Show at Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art. For information call 615/ 356-8000 or visit www.cheekwood.org.

October 5
Preserving Your Collections: Photographs and Documents workshop at 1 p.m. at Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art. For information call 615/ 356-8000 or visit www.cheekwood.org.

October 7-8

Greater Nashville Association of Realtors convention at the Nashville Convention Center. For informtaion call 615/ 254-7516  or visit www.gnar.org.

October 7-November 3
American Impressionist Society, Inc.’s 11th Annual National Juried Exhibition at Richland Fine Art. Judging by C. W. Mundy, featuring workshops with C. W. Mundy and Peggy Kroll-Roberts. For information call 615/ 292-2781 or visit www.richlandfineart.com.

October 9-10
Gesneriad Show at Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art. For information call 615/ 356-8000 or visit www.cheekwood.org.

October 12
Preserving Your Collections: Silver workshop at 1 p.m. at Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art. For more information call 615/ 356-8000 or visit www.
cheekwood.org.

October 19
Preserving Your Collections: Paintings & Sculptures workshop at 1 p.m. at Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art. For information call 615/ 356-8000 or visit www.cheekwood.org.

October 15-January 30, 2011

The Birth of Impressionism: Masterpieces from the Musee d’Orsay at the Frist Center for the Visual Arts. For information call 615/ 244-3349 or  http://www.fristcenter.org.

October 22-24
Tennessee State Fairgrounds Flea Market at the Tennessee State Fairgrounds. For information call 615/ 862-8980 or visit www.nashvilleexpocenter.org.

October 25-November 4
Stained glass class from 6-8:30 p.m. Thursdays at Volunteer Community College. For call 615/ 230-3358 or visit www.registration.xenegrade.com/volstate/

October 25-December 13
Basic House Construction class from 6:30-9 p.m. Mondays at Volunteer Community College. Call 615/ 230-3358 or visit www.registration.xenegrade.com/volstate/

October 26
Preserving Your Collections: Textiles workshop at 1 p.m. at Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art. For information call 615/ 356-8000 or visit www.cheekwood.org.

October 28-30
Tailgate Antique Show/Antiques at the Tennessee State Fairgrounds.  For information call 615/ 862-8980 or visit www.tailgateantiqueshow.com.

October 29
Harvest Moon Ball benefiting Second Harvest Food Bank at 7 p.m. at the Hutton Hotel. For information call 615/ 627-1565 or visit www.secondharvestmidtn.org.

November 5
Wine Down Main Street in Franklin. For information visit www.winedownmainstreet.com.

November 5-6
Christmas Sampler arts and crafts show in Springfield. For information call 615/ 390-4397.

November 5-December 17
Staff & Students’ Holiday Season Art Exhibition and Sale at the Centennial Art Center Gallery. Call 615/ 862-8442 or visit www.nashville.gov/ parks/arts/cac.asp.

November 6-December 31
Victorian Christmas at Belle Meade Plantation in Nashville. For information call 615/ 356-0501 or visit www.bellemeadeplantation.com.

November 7-8

Tennesese Gesneriad weekend of learnin at Cheekwood. For information call 615/364-8459 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

November 12, 13 & 14
Murfreesboro Craft Artists Studio Tour of artisans’ studios. For information call 615/ 848-1079 or visit http://web.me.com/artstudiotour/STUDIO_TOUR/Welcome.html.

November 12, 19
Fall Candlelight Tours at Cannons-burgh Village in Murfreesboro. For information call 615/ 890-0355.

November 12-14
50th anniversary of Christmas Village, a Christmas shopping extravaganza at the Tennessee State Fairgrounds. For information visit www.christmasvillage.org.

November 13
Handmade Clay Platters workshop from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. at Watkins College of Art, Design & Film. For information call 615/ 383-4848 or visit www.watkins.edu/community.

November 13-14
Elk Valley Crafters 15th juried Christmas Craft Show at the Lincoln County High School in Fayetteville. For information call 931/ 433-1234.

November 14
Home tour of five beautiful seasonally decorated homes in Fayetteville/Lincoln County from 1-5 p.m. For information cal 931/ 433-7990 or 931/ 433-2921.

November 18-20
‘Tis the Season Holiday Marketplace sponsored by the Junior League of Nashville at The Factory in Franklin. For information call 615/ 269-9393 or visit www.jlnashville.com.

November 20-21
Centennial Holiday Crafts Show at Centennial High School in Franklin. For information visit www.centennialholidayshow.com or call 615/ 472-4271 x 2335.

November 20-21
Murfreesboro Craft Artists Studio tour. For information call 615/ 848-1079.

November 21-December 17
Nashville Calligraphers Guild Exhibit from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Monday-Friday at Monthaven Mansion in Hendersonville. For information call 615/ 822-0789.

November 23-26
Festival of Lights in Fiddler’s Grove at the Wilson County Fairgrounds. For information call 615/ 444-5503.

November 25-January 4
Belmont Mansion dressed as a Victorian fantasyland for the holidays. For information call 615/ 460-5459 or visit www.belmontmansion.com.

November 26-28
Tennessee State Fairgrounds Flea Market at the Tennessee State Fairgrounds. For information call 615/ 862-8980 or visit www.nashvilleexpocenter.org.

December 2-5, 9-12, 16-19, 23-26
Festival of Lights in Fiddler’s Grove at the Wilson County Fairgrounds. For information call 615/ 444-5503.

December 3-4
Maury County Christmas Home Tour. Horse drawn carriages and carolers. For more information visit www.maurychristmas.com.

December 4
Oaklands Candlelight Tour of Homes featuring Oaklands mansion and other historic private homes in Murfreesboro. For information call 615/ 893-0022 or visit www.oaklandsmuseum.org.

December 5
Holiday Wreath-making Workshop workshop at 2 p.m. at Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art. For information call 615/ 356-8000 or visit www.cheekwood.org.

December 11-12
Carter House Candlelight Tour of Homes at Carter House in Franklin. For information call 615/ 791-1871 or visit www.battleoffranklintrust.org.

December 11-12
Christmas Tour of Homes in Watertown. For information call 615/ 237-0270.

December 11-12
Tour of Historic Homesteads Homes and museum open house in Crossville. For information call 931/ 456-9663 or visit www.tnvacation.com/events 2284.

December 17-19
Tennessee State Fairgrounds Flea Market at the Tennessee State Fairgrounds. For information call 615/ 862-8980 or visit www.nashvilleexpocenter.org.

YEAR 2011

January 21-May 1
William Eggleston: Anointing the Overlooked exhibit at the Frist Center for the Visual Arts. For information call 615-244-3340 or visit www.fristcenter.org.

February 10-13
Antiques and Garden Show of Nashville. For information call 800/ 891-8075 or visit www.antiquesandgardenshow.com.

February 20-May 29
Vishnu: Hinduism’s Blue-Skinned Savior exhibit at the Frist Center for the Visual Arts. For information call 615-244-3340 or visit www.fristcenter.org.

February 20-May 29
Simen Johan: Until the Kingdom Comes exhibit at the Frist Center for the Visual Arts. For information call 615-244-3340 or visit www.fristcenter.org.

April 8-10, 2011
Bloom ‘n’ Garden lawn and garden show at the Williamson County Ag Expo Center. For information call 615/ 973-2112 or visit www.bloomngarden.com.

April 14-17, 2011
Southern Women’s Show at the Nashville Convention Center. For information call  704/ 376-6594 or visit www.southernshows.com/wna/

April 15-March 27, 2012
Connecting Cultures: Children’s Stories from Across the World exhibit at the Frist Center for the Visual Arts. For information call 615-244-3340 or visit www.fristcenter.org.

May 20-August 21
Gather Up the Fragrances: The Andrews Shakers Collection exhibit at the Frist Center for the Visual Arts. For information call 615-244-3340 or visit www.fristcenter.org.

June 3-5

Nashville Outdoor Show at the Nashville Convention Show. For information call 800/ 343-8344.

June 24-September 11
Warhol Live: Music and Dance in Andy Warhol’s Work exhibit at the Frist Center for the Visual Arts. For information call 615-244-3340 or visit www.fristcenter.org.

June 24-September 11
Vesna Pavlovic: Projected Histories exhibit at the Frist Center for the Visual Arts. For information call 615-244-3340 or visit www.fristcenter.org.

September 9-February 5, 2012
A Divine Light: Northern Renaissance Paintings from Bob Jones Univeristy Museum & Gallery exhibit at the Frist Center for the Visual Arts. For information call 615-244-3340 or visit www.fristcenter.org.

September 9-February 5, 2012
Maria Magdalena Compos-Pons: Journeys exhibit at the Frist Center for the Visual Arts. For information call 615-244-3340 or visit www.fristcenter.org.

October 7-January 8, 2012
To Live Forever: Egyptian Treasures from the Brooklyn Museum exhibit at the Frist Center for the Visual Arts. For information call 615-244-3340 or visit www.fristcenter.org.

October 7-January 8, 2012
Tracey Snelling: Woman on the Run exhibit at the Frist Center for the Visual Arts. For information call 615-244-3340 or visit www.fristcenter.org.