Haley Gallery

Working in collaboration with renowned visual artists, the Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum’s Haley Gallery organizes and displays a variety of visual art exhibitions each year. A portion of proceeds from artwork purchased in the gallery supports the nonprofit Museum’s educational mission. The Haley Gallery is free and open to the public daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. It is closed on Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.

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The Haley Gallery is operated by the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, along with CMF Press, CMF Records, CMA Theater, the Frist Library and Archive, the Taylor Swift Education Center, Hatch Show Print® poster shop and Historic RCA Studio B®. The museum collects, preserves and interprets country music and its history for the education and entertainment of an array of audiences. In exhibits, publications, digital media and educational programs, the museum explores the cultural importance and enduring beauty of the art form. The museum is operated by the Country Music Foundation, a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) educational organization chartered by the state of Tennessee in 1964. The museum is accredited by the American Alliance of Museums, and is among the most-visited history museums in the United States.

Current Exhibition

color SHADE

In the exhibit, Williams creates new informal compositions to collaborate with nature, document it, and remove the traces of human expression—a process he calls “color shading.” Inspired by artists like Christo and Jeanne-Claude whose work emphasizes transformational boundaries, Williams draws on his time in nature to make this body of work which takes its sculptural direction from natural forms like trees.

Herb Williams has been living and making art in Nashville since 1998. He received a BFA in sculpture from Birmingham-Southern College and has received numerous awards throughout his career, including The Joan Mitchell Foundation Museum Purchase Grant, the Next Star Artist Award, and a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. He is currently represented by the Vickers Collection in Vail, Colorado, and the Dawson Cole Gallery in Palm Desert, California.

An opening reception for the exhibit will be held from 5:00 – 8:00 PM on Thursday, March 20, and is free and open to the public. All artwork is available for purchase.

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