Cheekwood Museum of Art selects Guest Curators for 'Music City Picks'

Thursday, 19 July 2007 00:16

Nashville, TN - Cheekwood Museum of Art is pleased to announce the list of guest curators for Music City Picks: Choices from Cheekwood’s Collection which opened July 7. Over six months ago Cheekwood invited well-known Nashville residents in the world of sports, politics, entertainment, and more to browse through Cheekwood’s permanent art collection and choose their favorite work of art. Each guest curator has written a personal statement about their choice, some will be presented in audio. On exhibition through September 16, 2007.

Participating in the exhibition:

Melanie Balcomb, Head Coach of Vanderbilt’s Women’s Basketball team
Marsha Blackburn, represents Tennessee’s 7th District in the U.S. House of Representatives
Mark Brown, Executive Director of Belmont Mansion
Ben Caldwell, art collector Sigourney Cheek, founder of Cheekwood’s Collectors’ Group
Chris Clark, retired anchor of the evening news at News Channel 5
Andrea Conte, Wife of Governor Phil Bredesen
Charles Cosby, employee of Cheekwood since it opened to the public in 1960
Yuri Cunza, President of the Nashville Area Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
Beth Curley, President and CEO of Nashville Public Television
Julia Denison, Scholastic Art Award winner
Susan Edwards, Executive Director at the Frist Center for the Visual Arts
Jane Entrekin, long-time supporter of Cheekwood
Chris Ferrell, Publisher of the Nashville Scene
Vivien Green Fryd, Professor of Art History and American Studies at Vanderbilt University
Priscilla Garcia, Clinical Psychologist and practitioner of Individual and Family Therapy
Crystal Gayle, Entertainer
Gordon Gee, Chancellor of Vanderbilt University
Jose Gonzalez, Associate Director of Conexión Américas
Red Grooms, artist
Jim Hager, entertainer
Jon Hager, entertainer
Daron Hall, head of the Davidson County Sheriff’s Office
Harold Hazelip, Chancellor of Lipscomb University
Denice Hicks, Artistic Director at the Nashville Shakespeare Festival
Anne Holt, anchor for News 2
Bobby Johnson, Head Coach of Vanderbilt’s Men’s Football team
Demetria Kalodimos, evening anchor for Channel 4
George Lindsay, actor
Marilyn Murphy, Professor of Art at Vanderbilt University
Nancy Peterson, Cheekwood’s Board of Trustees and chairs Cheekwood’s Collectors’ Group
John and Fiona Prine, American country/folk singer-songwriter
Bill Purcell, mayor of Nashville and Davidson County
Chris Sanders, retired Tennessee Titans player
Walt Schatz, collector and arts advocate
John Seigenthaler, founded Vanderbilt University's First Amendment Center
Ronal Serpas, Chief of the Metro Nashville Police Department
Leonard Slatkin, Internationally recognized conductor, Music Advisor to the Nashville Symphony
Butch Spyridon, President of the Nashville Convention and Visitors Bureau
Paul Sternberg, serves on Cheekwood Board of Trustees
Marty Stuart, country music star
Paul Vasterling, Director of the Nashville Ballet
Steve Wariner, American country music singer, guitarist and songwriter
Pete Weber, Nashville Predators
Kyle Young, Director of the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum
Alice Zimmerman, art collector and arts advocate

Presented by First Tennessee, Music City Picks will run through September 16, 2007. Gallery tours with Cheekwood’s curator of Art, Jochen Wierich, will take place on July 21, August 11 and September 8. All tours will begin at 11:00 am in the Museum of Art.

Cheekwood Museum inspires and educates by making art, horticulture and nature accessible to a diverse community. 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 .