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- The Carell Sculpture Trail is located
in the South portion of
the Cheekwood campus.
It's essentially just
right when you enter in
through the gate house
on your left hand side.
So, it's very easily accessible
and kind of one of the
first things that you'll see
when you enter into Cheekwood.
The trail was established in 1999,
and it really came about
because of John Wetton Hall's desire
to establish a world class
sculpture trail and venue
for outdoor contemporary sculpture
in Nashville and at Cheekwood.
Usually you think about
kind of sculpture trails
or sculpture parks being in very open
kind of manicured garden lawn spaces.
And this is really kind of tucked
into a particularly densely wooded area
on Cheekwood's campus.
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There's 10 works of art that
are located along the trail,
but I wanted to highlight two works
from artists that you may
not be as familiar with.
The first one is by John T. Scott,
who was a New Orleans based sculptor.
And he was really influenced
by jazz and improvisation,
and the natural landscape at Cheekwood.
So he created a work called
Tree Poem, which is from 1998.
And the second work is Sophie Ryder's
Crawling Lady Hare from 1997.
Sophie Ryder is an artist
based in the United Kingdom.
And she also, like Scott,
created her work for Cheekwood onsite,
and in response to the specific area.
I think what you see are these two works
again that are representing or mimicking
natural elements, trees, and hares.
But they're again, transformed into these
big metal sculptures that
are not natural, right?
They're manmade, they're
they're works of art.
The Hickory Loop, which
is the first main loop,
has been fully paved and lit.
And this means that really
it's open and accessible
to everybody anytime Cheekwood
is open, even after dark.
Of course, the paving also enables people
who maybe are in wheelchairs,
or have strollers.
They can really experience
and access that space.
So, that's a really exciting
enhancement that we've put into place.
It's going to be a place
where you'll be able
to experience really,
really amazing world-class
outdoor contemporary sculpture
in a very safe environment.
It's a really wonderful
way to experience art,
and to do it safely in the new
times that we're living in.
- [Narrator] This NPT arts
break is made possible
by the generous support
of the Martha Rivers Ingram Advised Fund
of the Community Foundation
of Middle Tennessee.
