Cheekwood Museum of Art shows The 3rd Annual Exhibition of "Scarecrows"

Written by Maggie Jackson Thursday, 08 March 2012 22:12

NASHVILLE , TN – Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art is pleased to announce the final list of participants for the third annual exhibition, Scarecrows, on display through November 1, 2009.   This year is bigger than ever with sixty-five fabulous and funny, small and tall, sweet and scary, silly and sophisticated scarecrows lurking along Cheekwood’s garden paths. The community was invited to participate by designing one of the many scarecrows that will be displayed.   Scarecrows is generously sponsored by SunTrust.

This year we are proud to announce we will be participating in NASHVILLE’S CITY WIDE CELEBRATION OF MARK TWAIN by inviting our participants to go along with the theme (optional).   Cheekwood joins the Nashville Public Library and the entire city of Nashville in celebrating the literary heritage and humor of Mark Twain in this inclusive and cross-discipline artistic celebration of the lively, provoking, and distinctly American writer. Each year, Cheekwood awards the best scarecrows in featured categories: Best Mark Twain theme, Staff Favorite and Member Favorite.

“This is a beautiful time of year at Cheekwood ,” said Jack Becker, President/CEO of Cheekwood, “and we are thrilled to bring our community and our partner institutions together for an enjoyable outdoor experience.”

The final list of of some of the participants, along with their titles is:   

• A New Leaf Preschool and Camp, The Crowing Frog of Calaveras County
• Adventure Science Center , Scare-odactyl
• Amy and Ken Walls, “Scare”iachi
• Boys and Girls Clubs of Rutherford County (Murfreesboro), Jehanne D’Arc – l’ e’pouvantail courageux de bonne!”
• Customs House Museum, Saturday’s Punishments
• Friendship Christian School 5th Grade Art, Crow-Mander
• Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Toulouse-LauCrow
• Gilbert / Phillips Family, Cheekwood Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Art
• Girl Scouts of Middle Tennessee Troop 439, Crow White & the Seven Pumpkins
• Girl Scouts of Middle TN   Troop 1176, Merlin’s Hocus Crowcus
• Kevin Webster, Fetidly Foul Fleer Compel Fowl to Flee
• McRu, Crow-off to Win Becky’s Heart from the Adventures of Tom Sawyer
• Ms. Jeanine and Ms. Hannah’s WCPS 4’s Class, The Celebrated Scarecrow Frog of Cheekwood Gardens
• Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce, eCROWnomic proSCAREity: Giving Nashville Something to Crow About
• Nashville Ballet, Giselle, the Ghostly Wili
• Nashville Opera, Mad Lucia
• Nashville Scene, musiCROW
• Nashville Symphony, Woodwinds, Percussion and Strings!   Oh my!
• Nashville Zoo, Meerkat Masquerade
• Old Hickory Village Community Garden , You Are My Sunshine
• Shadrick &Clark, Crow-w-w-Dee-e-e
• St. Cecilia Academy Art Club, SCArab Crow
• SunTrust, Solid Lives Green
• The Nature Conservancy, Tennessee Chapter, Tennessee’s Real Superhero

The history of scarecrows dates back 3000 years.   Farmers still use scarecrows all over the world.  During the growing season scarecrows still stand in fields around the world and each fall many communities have scarecrow contests.  Cheekwood’s Scarecrows continues to be a much beloved annual fall tradition for Middle Tennessee families!

Cheekwood is a 55-acre botanical garden and art museum located on the historic Cheek estate. Cheekwood exists to celebrate and preserve its landscape, buildings, and art and botanical collections, and, through these unique means provide an inspiring place for visitors to explore their connections with art, nature and the environment.  Cheekwood is located at 1200 Forrest Park Drive in Nashville, 8 miles southwest of downtown Nashville.  Open Tuesday – Saturday 9:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. and Sunday 11 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.   For further information call 615-356-8000 or visit www.cheekwood.org .