Nashville author Joe Nolan previews four fall gallery exhibitions in a new episode of Hendersonville's MACC Talk podcast, released Thursday, Oct. 8.

Nolan, a veteran arts writer for the Nashville Scene and an intermedia artist whose work spans photography, painting, poetry and video, joined host John Pitcher for the conversation. It marks Nolan's second appearance on the podcast. He first sat down with Pitcher in July 2025 to discuss his book "Nowville: The Untold History of Nashville's Contemporary Art Scene."

The book is an oral history of Nashville's art world from the 1990s forward. It won the 2025 Norman L. and Roselea J. Goldberg Prize from Vanderbilt University Press for the best book in art or medicine.

In the new episode, Nolan highlights four shows worth a drive from Hendersonville:

  • Jacolby Satterwhite's "We Are in Hell When We Hurt Each Other," a digitally animated video at the Frist Art Museum, part of the fall exhibition "Shimmer," on display through Sunday, Jan. 3, 2027.
  • Dax van Aalten's "Evening Burn" at Red Arrow Gallery in East Nashville, on display Saturday, Oct. 10 through Saturday, Nov. 21.
  • Ruth Chase's "Can I Get a Witness," part of her solo exhibition "Unbreakable Light" at Galerie Tangerine, 900 King Hollands Ave., Suite 104, Nashville, on display through Thursday, Oct. 29.
  • Dan Charbonnet's "Performer (after Seurat)," part of a two-artist show called "Humor" with Cletus Wilcox at Tinney Contemporary, on display through Saturday, Oct. 31.

One name on that list carries a Hendersonville connection. Chase is the regional arts director at Monthaven Arts and Cultural Center (MACC), a role she has held since 2023. According to the MACC's episode page, her position focuses on strengthening the local artist community and building connections that enrich Hendersonville and surrounding communities through exhibitions, education and opportunities for regional artists.

The MACC, a nonprofit housed in the 1850s Monthaven Mansion at 1017 Antebellum Circle, presents six to eight exhibitions a year. More than 35,000 visitors view those shows annually at no charge, according to the center's website.

Art class enrollment has grown from about 30 students when the center launched in 2017 to 1,238 in 2025. Outreach programs now serve more than 14,000 youth, families and military veterans each year free of charge, according to the MACC.

MACC Executive Director Cheryl Stritchik said in a September statement about the center's current exhibition that art at the MACC is meant to inspire, educate and connect communities. The MACC Talk series, billed as "Middle Tennessee's arts podcast," extends that mission beyond the gallery walls. The Oct. 8 episode is sponsored by the Samaroo Group.