Mark Mulroney: Snapshots
January 16 - March 14, 2025
Snapshots, a series of paintings by Mark Mulroney, opens Thursday, January 16, at Haley Gallery.
Inspired by the life experiences of pioneering civil rights leaders, such as Rep. John Lewis. These artworks depict sadness, loss, and fear in American life. Mulroney presents this challenging imagery to encourage resilience and continued work towards a brighter future.
An opening reception will be held on Thursday, January 16, from 5:00–8:00 PM. The reception is free and open to the public.
Heritage: Southern Vernacular
November 7, 2024 - January 7, 2025
Heritage: Southern Vernacular opens Thursday, November 7, at Haley Gallery. An opening reception from 5:00–8:00 PM will be preceded by a talk in the Ford Theater, featuring Gee’s Bend quilters. The exhibit features sculpture and works on paper by Richard Dial and Charlie Lucas; paintings and works on paper by Thornton Dial, and Mose Tolliver; and quilts by Gee’s Bend quiltmakers.
On Friday, November 8, Gee’s Bend quilters Loretta Pettway Bennett, Francesca Charley, Marlene Bennett Jones, Cathy Mooney, Stella Pettway, and Andrea Pettway Williams will participate in a quilting demonstration in the Haley Gallery in the afternoon.
Movies & Mayhem By Madmen: Inspired Sin-arama by Carlos Hernandez and John Hancock
September 26, 2024 - November 1, 2024
Movies & Mayhem by Madmen: Inspired Sin-arama opens Thursday, September 26, at Haley Gallery.
The exhibit will showcase the work of 2024 Hatch Show Print visiting artists, John Hancock and Carlos Hernandez, who blend their unique printmaking styles with textures and typography from Hatch Show Print, one of the nation’s oldest working letterpress print shops. Since 1879, Hatch Show Print has created timeless designs that express and commemorate America’s evolving cultural identity. These designs include movie posters advertising horror films, westerns, film-noir, musicals, comedies, and more. Movies & Mayhem by Madmen reimagines this history, using collage and color to add new life to classic movie magic.
Join us for the opening reception on Thursday, September 26, from 5:00–8:00 PM, or drop in to Haley Gallery during the run of the show. The reception is free and open to the public.
Fuse: Collaborative Exhibition with STATE Gallery + Studios of The Forge
July 25 - September 20, 2024
The Haley Gallery at the Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum presents Fuse, a collaborative exhibition with STATE Gallery + Studios of The Forge. The exhibition, which is free and open to the public beginning the evening of July 25 through Sept. 20, will showcase a retrospective of a selection of STATE’s 2021-2024 artist residency recipients.
With over 30 works that together demonstrate the diversity of Nashville’s emerging visual artists, the collaborative exhibit includes oil and acrylic painting, sculpture and collage. Featured artist include Sai Clayton, Hannah Einhorn, Joe Geis, Chris Hundo, Dylan Lynch, Alena Mehić, Jernicya Onyekwelu, Meg “Pie” Pollard, Maggie Sanger, Brooke Schneider, Lorenzo Swinton, TC, Alison Underwood and Brian Wooden.
The Forge is a nonprofit arts organization dedicated to advocacy among Nashville’s creative community. The organization offers space and resources to makers and artists of all kinds across Middle Tennessee. STATE Gallery + Studios is a cornerstone initiative of The Forge. The program provides emerging artists with free studio space on an annual basis in addition to solo exhibition opportunities and mentorship for the duration of their tenure. As of 2024, STATE has welcomed 18 artists across various disciplines including painting, sculpture, installation, collage and mixed media.
On Thursday, July 25, the gallery will host a reception with the artists to celebrate the exhibition’s opening. The reception is from 5:00-8:00 PM, and is free and open to the public.
Lori Field: Saints, Tigers, Warriors, Lovers, Flowers
May 23 - July 19, 2024
Lori Field: Saints, Tigers, Warriors, Lovers, Flowers, a solo exhibit for the internationally acclaimed artist Lori Field, opens Thursday, May 23, at Haley Gallery.
Field worked as an illustrator and textile designer before returning to her fine art practice in 1996. Since that time, she’s had numerous solo exhibitions around the globe, including New York City, Berlin, Toronto, Chicago, and Noyers-sur-Serein. Field’s mixed media drawings, paintings, moving images and sculptures straddle a border between reality and dream, past life and present. By playing with her own fairy tales and mythology, Field inserts a reoccurring cast of characters into post-apocalyptic romantic landscapes, imagining an altered future that might be tolerable after all.
Meet at Haley Gallery for the opening reception on Thursday, May 23, from 5:00-8:00 PM. The reception is free and open to the public.
Willie Cole: Lyrical Reconstructions
March 28 - May 16, 2024
Willie Cole: Lyrical Reconstructions, new and recent works by the critically acclaimed American sculptor and printmaker, opens Thursday, March 28, with a reception and musical performance by the artist.
Cole’s creative process blends familiar consumer objects with references to the appropriation of African and African American images, resulting in sophisticated hybrids. His most recent bodies of work repurpose discarded water bottles or musical instruments, such as his 2022 commission, “Ornithology,” for the Kansas City International Airport, a work comprised of twelve larger-than-life birds made entirely from alto saxophones with an accompanying soundscape in honor of jazz legend Charlie “Yardbird” Parker.
Cole will perform two songs at the exhibit’s opening reception which is free and open to the public on Thursday, March 28, from 5:00–9:00 PM.
This exhibit is guest-curated by Paul Barrett.
Marilyn Murphy: Curious Circumstances
January 24 - March 22, 2024
Curious Circumstances, an exhibition featuring letterpress prints and large drawings by visual artist Marilyn Murphy, opens January 24 at Haley Gallery.
Marilyn Murphy is a professor emerita of art at Vanderbilt University. Her work has been shown in over 390 exhibits nationally and abroad, including mid-career surveys at the Frist Art Museum and a two-person exhibit at the Huntsville Museum of Art. Murphy’s work often addresses issues of women’s identity and roles, creating curious situations that imply a larger story. Many of her current pieces focus on the act of seeing, the creative process, or aspects of the human experience.
On Thursday, January 24, the gallery will host an opening reception from 5:00-9:00 PM. The reception is free and open to the public.
2023 Print Invitational
December 1, 2023 - January 19, 2024
In collaboration with Hatch Show Print, the Haley Gallery is pleased to present Everywhere is Beauty: 2023 Print Invitational. Over 60 printmakers from across the country will be represented in the exhibition, and their works showcase a broad spectrum of printing methods, ranging from letterpress to cyanotypes.
On Thursday, December 7, the gallery will host a reception to celebrate the opening of the exhibition. The reception, which will take place from 5 – 9 PM, is free and open to the public.
Wayne White: Language Is A Trick
October 5 - November 27, 2023
Language is a Trick, a new exhibit by award-winning artist Wayne White, opens Thursday, October 5, in Haley Gallery. The Chattanooga-born artist, art director, illustrator, and puppeteer has used his memories of the South to create inspired works for film, television, and the fine art world for almost four decades.
In 1986, White became a designer for the hit CBS television show “Pee-wee’s Playhouse,” which received Emmy recognition. He has also worked on music videos, winning Billboard and MTV Music Video awards as an art director for seminal music videos, including the Smashing Pumpkins’ “Tonight, Tonight” and Peter Gabriel’s “Big Time.” His illustrations have been published in the “East Village Eye,” “New York Times,” “Raw Magazine,” and the “Village Voice.” White’s new exhibit features twenty brand-new Word Paintings, vintage landscape reproductions integrating oversized, three-dimensional text with humorous or thought-provoking messages, as well as sketches and abstracts from his notebook.
The exhibit opening, Thursday, October 5, from 5:00–9:00 PM, will also feature a musical performance by the artist.