Cheekwood Museum of Art and Gardens
Through September 6 – The American Impressionists in the Garden
Cheekwood Botanical Garden and Museum, 1200 Forrest Park Dr. Over forty paintings and 4 bronze statues explore the theme of the garden in American art and society of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The exhibition is divided into 3 categories: European Gardens, Gardens in America, and Garden Sculpture.

Through October 31 – Chihuly at Cheekwood
The legendary glass artist has an installment featuring hand-blown sculptures on display throughout the botanical garden, in water features and within the Museum of Art and Frist Learning Center. A Joint ticket for the Chihuly exhibits at Cheekwood and the Frist Center for the Visual Arts will be available for $20 through the Nashville Convention and Visitors Bureau.

Admission is $10 for adults, $5 for children 6 - 17. Hours are 9:30a.m. - 4:30p.m. Tuesday - Saturday, 11:00a.m. - 4:30p.m. Sunday. Go to www.cheekwood.org or call (615) 356-8000.Located at 1200 Forrest Park Dr. Admission is $10 for adults, $5 for children 6 - 17. Hours are 9:30a.m. - 4:30p.m. Tuesday - Saturday, 11:00a.m. - 4:30p.m. Sunday. Go to www.cheekwood.org.

The Frist Center for the Visual Arts
Through September 12– The Golden Age of Couture: Paris and London 1947-1957
Organized by the Victoria & Albert Museum in London, which possesses one of the finest costume collections in the world, this exhibit makes its only US stop in Nashville. The exhibition celebrates an important decade in fashion history that began with the launch of Christian Dior’s famous New Look in 1947 and ended with his death in 1957. The romantic postwar silhouette pioneered by Dior scandalized and delighted the public, and ushered in a period of remarkable creativity. Other designers celebrated in this exhibit include Cristóbal Balenciaga, Hubert de Givenchy, and Pierre Balmain and London designers including Hardy Amies, Charles Creed, and Norman Hartnell. Examples of daywear, cocktail dresses, and evening gowns designed for royalty and aristocracy are included. Images by legendary photographers Cecil Beaton, Richard Avedon, and Irving Penn demonstrate how fashion magazines enhanced the prestige of couture, while also making its innovative ideas widely known.

Through January 2, 2011 - Chihuly at the Frist
Dale Chihuly's name is synonymous with the medium of art glass, and he is widely considered to be one of the most innovative artists to have worked with the material. This exhibit showcases nine installations drawn from some of the master's most acclaimed series, designed specifically for the Frist Center's galleries. Among the featured series are Venetians, a brilliantly colored and intricately formed group of works that was inspired in 1988 by a famed Italian glass master; Ikebana, inspired by the Japanese art of flower arranging; Persians, bringing forth the flavor of the Far East; Macchia, borne of Chihuly’s desire to use hundreds of colors in rippling forms based on vases created in the famed Venini glass factory in Venice; and Seaforms, which celebrates the waving and rippling shapes and rhythms of underwater life. In addition, the exhibition will include a spectacular Mille Fiori (a thousand flowers) garden and the Sea Blue and Green Tower, a mammoth sculpture that masses colorful, curving forms in a large-scale work that rises nearly ten feet tall and occupies an entire gallery.

Open Monday - Wednesday and Saturday 10:00a.m. - 5:30p.m., Thursday and Friday 10:00a.m. - 9:00p.m. and Sunday 1:00-5:30p.m. Admission is $8.50 for non-member adults, $7.50 for seniors and military, and free to children 18 and under. Call 615-244-3340 or go to the website www.fristcenter.org.

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The Upper Room Chapel and Museum
Featuring a nearly-life-size wood carving of da Vinci’s “The Last Supper”. Currently, the museum is under renovation, but visitors can still see The Last Supper carving in the chapel. Admission is free; a donation of $4 is encouraged. Located at 1908 Grand Ave., 340-7207. Visit the website at upperroom.org.

Woodcuts Gallery and Framing
1613 Jefferson St., (615) 321-5357 telephone and (615) 321-2134 fax. Offering hundreds of open and limited edition prints, serigraphs, original pieces, framed art, cards, figurines, and fast custom framing. Also a wide selection of commemorative Obama Inauguration prints. See www.woodcutsfineart.com for more information.

Other Nashville include:

The Arts Company Studio
215 5th Ave. N., 254-2040, www.theartscompany.com
Artsynergy
615 5th Ave. S., 256-900.

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Cumberland Gallery
4107 Hillsboro Cir., 297-0296, www.cumberlandgallery.com
Finer Things
1898 Nolensville Pke., 244-3003, www.finerthingsgallery.com
Helios Artglassworks & Gallery
3108 Belmont Blvd., 297-5676, www.heliosnashville.com
In the Gallery
624-A Jefferson St., 255-0705

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Leu Gallery at Belmont University
1900 Belmont Blvd. ,460-6770, www.belmont.edu/art/leu_art_gallery
Local Color Gallery
1912 Broadway #203, 321-3141, localcolornashville.com
Midtown Gallery & Frames
1912 Broadway, 322-9966
Murfreesboro/Rutherford County Center for the Arts
110 W. College St., Murfreesboro, 904-2787, www.boroarts.org

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Ruthie Cherry Fine Arts
The Loveless Motel Shops, 8400 Hwy. 100, 673-ARTS (2787)
www.ruthiecherryfineart.com
The Parthenon
Centennial Park, 862-8431
Sarratt Gallery
Sarratt Student Center, Vanderbilt University, 322-2471 www.vanderbilt.edu/AnS/finearts/gallery.html

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TAG Art Gallery
429-7708, (no brick and mortar gallery anymore, but see the website) www.tagartgallery.com
Tennessee Art League and
808 Broadway, www.tennesseeartleague.org
Tennessee State Museum
505 Deaderick St., 741-2692. www.tnmuseum.org/
Vanderbilt Fine Arts Gallery
23rd and West Aves., 322-0605, www.vanderbilt.edu/gallery
Woodcuts African American Fine Arts
1613 Jefferson St., 321-5357, www.woodcutsfineart.com
Zeitgeist
1819 21st Ave. S., 256-4805, www.vanderbilt.edu/gallery

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