Ongoing: The Matilda Geddings Collection of Fabergé
Cheekwood Museum and Botanic Gardens, 1200 Forrest Park Dr. Cheekwood has been designated to display this important collection of Fabergé, which is comprised of 57 rare pieces. Highlights of the collection include 3 Russian Imperial Easter eggs, and a number of important functional items, fantasy items and floral works. Cheekwood has dedicated a gallery in the Museum of Art to the Collection. 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 cheekwood.org.

Through June 3 – Connecting Cultures: Children's Stories from Across the World
Frist Center for the Visual Arts, 919 Broadway. Frist Center for the Visual Arts partnered with ten Nashville organizations that represent cultures from around the world. The exhibit began with the premise that the stories of children simultaneously reflect unique cultural values as well as perspectives that are shared by people worldwide. All the works were created by a multi-generational group of more than two hundred participants. With the guidance of the lead artists, the participants acquired and developed skills relating to composition, and created art based upon stories important to their cultures. Participating groups include Catholic Charities of Tennessee, Chinese Arts Alliance of Nashville, Conexion Americas, Kurdish American Youth Organization, The Center for Refugees and Immigrants of Tennessee, Kala Nivedanam School of South Indian Dance and Music, The Nashville International Center for Empowerment, The Consulate General of Japan in Nashville, The YMCA Latino Achievers and Tennessee Haitian Voice. Open 10:00a.m. - 5:30p.m. Monday - Wednesday; 10:00a.m. - 9:00p.m. Thursday and Friday; 10:00a.m. - 5:30 Saturday and 1:00 - 5:30p.m. Sunday. Admission is $10 for adults and $7 for college students with ID, seniors over 65 and active military with ID. Call 615-244-3340 or go to the website fristcenter.org.

Through March 4 – Visions of the American West: Masterworks from the Buffalo Bill Historical Center
Cheekwood Art and Gardens, 1200 Forrest Park Dr., The Cheekwood exhibit has masterpieces of the West in seven main areas: Fine Arts, which includes Landscape, Exploration and Wildlife, an entire Frederick Remington Gallery, Pioneers and 20th Century Images of Native American Life; Firearms, which includes embellished guns used by Buffalo Bill; Horse Culture, including saddles, spurs, bits and ropes; Plains Indians, featuring art and artifacts including cradles, moccasins, blankets and other everyday items; Women of the West, featuring clothes worn by famous women of the period as well as paintings, photos and artifacts exemplifying everyday life; and Buffalo Bill and the Wild West, which includes his personal affects, such as his Studebaker Buggy and Congressional Medal of Honor. Hours are 9:30a.m. - 4:30p.m. Tuesday - Saturday and 11:00a.m. - 4:30p.m. Sunday. Admission is $12 for adults; $10 for seniors 65 and over; $5 for college students with ID and children aged 3 - 17 and free to children under 3. Parking is $3. For more information call (615) 356-8000, or see the website at cheekwood.org.

Through February 5 – Divine Light: Northern Renaissance Paintings from the Bob Jones University Museum & Gallery
Frist Center for the Visual Arts, 919 Broadway. Presenting twenty-eight works of art from one of the finest collections of Old Master paintings in the United States. A Divine Light marks the first time that the collection's beautiful Northern Renaissance paintings have been the sole focus of an exhibition, and it has been designed as an intimate encounter with the devotional art of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. The exhibit explores the ways in which Northern Renaissance artists expressed the central mysteries of the Christian faith through setting, pose, gesture, and the objects of everyday life. For museum hours and admission, please see the listing at the beginning of the page. For more information on the Frist, call (615) 356-8000, or see the website at fristcenter.org.

February 2– Hillsboro Village Art Walk
Hillsboro Village shops and restaurants. On the first Thursday of each month, Hillsboro Village restaurants, galleries and boutiques host an assortment of artists, bands, raffles and other events in the evening from 5:00p.m. - 8:00p.m. There is free parking after 6:00p.m. behind the Cornerstone Financial building and free street parking after 6:00pm.For more information, call (615) 294-5441 or see the Facebook page Hillsboro Village Events.

February 4 – First Saturday Art Crawl
Downtown galleries. The first Saturday of every month, downtown art galleries stay open late, many providing wine and snacks. The Nashville Downtown Partnership provides two free shuttles among the galleries from 6:00p.m. - 10:00p.m. To see the gallery list and shuttle map, go to the website nashvilledowntown.com/play.

Art Galleries in Nashville
The Arts Company
215 5th Ave. N., 254-2040, theartscompany.com
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
LeQuire Gallery
4304 Charlotte Ave., lequiregallery.com
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
The Parthenon
Centennial Park, 862-8431
Richland Fine Art
Grace's Plaza, Green Hills, 292-2781, richlandfineart.com
The Rymer Gallery
5th Ave. N., 752-6030, therymergallery.com
Sarratt Gallery
Sarratt Student Center, Vanderbilt University, 322-2471 www.vanderbilt.edu/AnS/finearts/gallery.html
TAG Art Gallery
429-7708, (no brick and mortar gallery anymore, but see the website) www.tagartgallery.com
Tennessee Art League
808 Broadway, www.tennesseeartleague.org
Tennessee State Museum
505 Deaderick St., 741-2692. www.tnmuseum.org
Tinney Contemporary
237 5th Avenue N., 255-7816, tinneycontemporary.com
Twist Art Gallery
73 Arcade, 888) 535-5286, twistartgallery.com
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
York and Friends Fine Art
107 Harding Pl. at Harding Rd., 352-3316, Yorkandfriends.com
Zeitgeist
1819 21st Ave. S., 256-4805, www.vanderbilt.edu/gallery

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