The Painters of the American Eight which opened March 7 will close this Sunday, March 15 at the Cheekwood Art Museum in Nashville. Visit the Cheekwood page on Art Museum Touring.com for more information about this and other exhibitions (http://artmuseumtouring.com/Cheekwood.html).

William Glackens (1870-1938)
Bellport Regatta, 1913
oil on canvas

This exhibition celebrates the anniversary of the group’s famous 1908 exhibition at Macbeth Galleries in New York, the exhibition includes representative work by all members of the original Eight: Arthur B. Davies, William Glackens, Robert Henri, Ernest Lawson, George Luks, Maurice Prendergast, Everett Shinn, and John Sloan.

Cheekwood, also, has a "Tales and Tunes" series running this summer with activities for the kids and music for the adults. Visit the Events page (http://artmuseumtouring.com/Events.html) for their schedule.

Support your local galleries and museums! They are economic engines for your community.

Sherrie