MACC Talk at Monthaven Arts and Cultural Center

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MACC Talk at Monthaven Arts and Cultural Center

MACC Talk is the official podcast of the Monthaven Arts and Cultural Center. Each episode spotlights a different artist or musician featured at our jewel-box art museum.

  1. OCT 18

    Black Hawk Down Vet J.T. Cooper on the Healing Power of Art

    Tennessee songwriter and Army veteran J.T. Cooper fought in the 1993 Battle of Mogadishu in Somalia. The conflict was famously portrayed in the 2001 film Black Hawk Down. Following his military service, Cooper turned to songwriting to help him deal with his PTSD. In 2018, he founded the nonprofit group Warrior Rounds, a healing arts program that pairs military veterans with songwriters. The songwriters help the veterans tell their stories – a crucial step in the healing process. Cooper will be the keynote speaker at the MACC’s Boots and BBQ fundraiser on Oct. 19, 2024. The fundraiser supports the MACC’s healing arts program for military veterans. In a wide-ranging conversation with the MACC’s Chief Operating Officer John Pitcher, Cooper discusses his military service and his commitment to helping other veterans cope with trauma.

    34 min

  2. OCT 16

    The Indomitable Spirit of SFC Joe James

    Sergeant First Class Joseph James (U.S. Army, Retired) and his wife Jarin are co-chairing this year’s Boots and BBQ fundraiser for Monthaven Arts and Culture Center. Proceeds from the event on Oct. 19, 2024 support the MACC’s Between the Lines Healing Arts Program for military veterans. James knows a thing or two about the healing power of the arts. He turned to art to assist in his recovery after he lost both legs to an improvised explosive device in Iraq. In this episode of MACC Talk, James reveals his indomitable spirit and unfailing commitment to veterans in a wide-ranging conversation with the MACC’s John Pitcher.

    38 min

  3. SEP 17

    A Conversation About Dalí’s The Divine Comedy

    Monthaven Arts and Cultural Center is exhibiting Stairway to Heaven: Salvadore Dalí’s The Divine Comedy through Oct. 13, 2024. In this episode of MACC Talk, Park West Gallery Senior Director and Dalí’ expert Morris Shapiro holds forth on the great Spanish artist’s singular masterpiece.

    35 min

  4. SEP 3

    Denice Hicks: Much Ado About Shakespeare

    Denice Hicks plans to step down from her post as executive artistic director of Nashville Shakespeare Festival at the end of September 2024. In this episode of MACC Talk, Hicks reflects on her many years of directing and acting in the Bard’s plays in Music City.

    41 min

  5. AUG 14

    Lisa Jennings: Celebrating Art and Nature

    Lisa Jennings is one of Middle Tennessee’s most strikingly original artists. Her work is deeply rooted in her love for nature. She creates statues from the stones she finds in nearby streams; her paintings are layered masterpieces depicting scenes from the natural world. In this episode of MACC Talk, Jennings discusses the influences and creative processes that produced the works in her exhibit On the Wings of Blessings.

    35 min

  6. JUL 30

    Giancarlo Guerrero: Final Season in Nashville

    Giancarlo Guerrero is the six-time Grammy Award-winning conductor and music director of the Nashville Symphony Orchestra. Since picking up the baton in 2009, Guerrero has led the Nashville Symphony in 11 world premieres and 15 recordings of American music. Last summer, Guerrero surprised everyone when he announced that the 2024-25 season would be his last in Nashville. In this episode of MACC Talk, Guerrero talks about his time in Nashville and his plans for the future.

    35 min

  7. JUL 17

    David Robert Farmerie: In Search of America

    America is a deeply divided country. People seem angry, fearful and mistrustful. They inhabit a house divided that is certain to fall. Or do they? The photojournalist David Robert Farmerie recently went on a quest to answer this question. Traveling more than 300,000 miles, he met with and photographed ordinary Americans leading extraordinary lives. He found that there were indeed divisions. But he also learned that we have more in common than not. In this MACC Talk podcast, Farmerie recounts his remarkable journey. He also discusses the continuation of his In Search of America project, which will culminate with a 2025 photo exhibition at The MACC’s Papillon Gallery.

    50 min

  8. MAY 18

    Kem Hinton: Celebrating Nashville’s Bicentennial Mall

    Nashville is known around the world as Music City. But it’s also known as “The Athens of the South.” That nickname is partly due to the city’s glorious state capitol building, famously created in Greek revival style. Kem Hinton knows a thing or two about Nashville architecture. He’s lead designer of Tennessee’s celebrated Bicentennial Mall, a magnificent 19-acre park located north of the capitol. In this episode, he gives us the story behind Tennessee’s crowning architectural achievement.

    29 min
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MACC Talk is the official podcast of the Monthaven Arts and Cultural Center. Each episode spotlights a different artist or musician featured at our jewel-box art museum.

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