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ACADEMY AWARD WINNER & BESTSELLING AUTHOR
DIANE KEATON
TO KEYNOTE 2015 ANTIQUES & GARDEN SHOW
‘Annie Hall’, ‘Father of the Bride’ Actress & Style Icon Will Share Passion for
Architectural Design, Historic Preservation
Fashion Designer Oscar de la Renta, Wife Annette, To Serve as Honorary Chairmen
for 25th Anniversary Year of Charity Event
NASHVILLE, Tenn., September 14, 2014 — Diane Keaton is best known as an Oscarwinning film actress who has teamed up so memorably with such fellow Oscar recipients as
Woody Allen, Steve Martin, Jack Nicholson and Al Pacino. But it’s her enduring interest
in stylish architecture and saving historic buildings that brings her to Nashville in January.
Keaton, author of two books on unique residential design, will present the keynote lecture
at the 2015 Antiques & Garden Show of Nashville, running Jan. 30 through Feb. 1, 2015
at the Music City Center. Keaton’s appearance, including a slideshow presentation and
informal Q&A, is scheduled for 11 a.m. on opening day, Friday, Jan. 30, at the MCC.
Keaton’s enthusiasm for design and her longtime commitment to creative preservation
caught the attention of chairmen Kae Gallagher and Julie Fleming as they were developing
the 2015 concept. “Diane Keaton has a true love for making the old new again,” Gallagher
says. “She epitomizes the art of stylish living, which is ultimately what the Antiques &
Garden Show is all about.” It doesn’t hurt, Gallagher adds, that Keaton is also a leading
Hollywood celebrity, a “style icon” with unmistakable panache.
Fleming and Gallagher also announce today that celebrated fashion designer Oscar de la
Renta and his wife, Annette, will serve as honorary chairmen for the 2015 event. The
chairmen say their decision to spotlight Keaton and the de la Rentas made choosing the
signature theme for 2015 — Style — relatively easy.
“We have talented, stylish people engaged with beautiful, stylish things,” Fleming says.
“Whether interiors, fashion, gardens, restoration, the common element is style.”
The 2015 Antiques & Garden show, presented by TVV Capital, will mark the 25th
anniversary of the charity event, which has become the largest of its kind in the United
States. Founded in 1990, it has to date raised nearly $6 million on behalf of Cheekwood
Botanical Gardens & Museum and the many Nashville charities supported by the
Economic Club of Nashville (ECON), formerly the Nashville Exchange Club.
Advance tickets to Keaton’s appearance are $50 and include admission to the entire threeday event, which promises an outstanding combination of spectacular gardens, fine
antiques and horticultural items. Tickets to the show only, without admission to Keaton’s
keynote, are $12-$15 in advance. All tickets will be on sale soon at
www.antiquesandgardenshow.com. Groups of 10 or more can register now at the website
for discounted tickets.
During her Nashville appearance, Keaton will also receive an award from Cheekwood
recognizing her ongoing efforts in historic restoration, says Patrick Larkin, Cheekwood’s
Senior Vice President of Gardens and Facilities. Cheekwood recently announced a multiyear plan to restore and furnish the mansion’s lower levels. Creating a new award that
celebrates individuals devoted to preservation and restoration is a natural extension of that
initiative, Larkin says.
Following her keynote, Keaton will participate in a book signing. Her latest architecture
book, House, published in 2012, has been described as a “luxurious, graphically compelling
vision for contemporary domestic living.” It explores “rusticated, reimagined or
repurposed” spaces from across the country, showcasing the creativity of such designers as
Annabelle Selldorf, Roy McMakin, Rick Joy and Tom Kundig. The book’s purpose, in
part, is to reveal “possibilities we might bring to our own domestic spaces.” Keaton’s first
design book was California Romantica, a celebration of important but rarely seen California
homes built in the California Mission and Spanish Colonial styles. Among the residences
featured in that book is Keaton’s own former home in Beverly Hills.
Additional highlights of the 2015 Antiques & Garden show will be announced this week
during a kick-off meeting for more than 100 volunteer leaders at the Nashville home of
Kathy and Bobby Rolfe.
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About the Antiques & Garden Show of Nashville
The Antiques & Garden Show of Nashville brings together top interior designers,
landscape architects and purveyors of fine furnishings for a three-day event that showcases
the elements – indoors and outdoors – that make a house a home. The charitable event
was founded in 1990 by Connie Cigarran and the late Sigourney Cheek. It is produced in
partnership with the Economic Club of Nashville, formerly The Nashville Exchange Club,
and more than 200 volunteers. Since its founding, The Antiques & Garden Show of
Nashville has raised nearly $6 million for Cheekwood Botanical Gardens & Museum, as
well as many Nashville charities supported by The Economic Club, such as Big Brothers of
Nashville, Fannie Mae Battle Home for Children, Martha O’Bryan Center, the W.O.
Smith Nashville Community Music School and the YWCA of Nashville.
About Diane Keaton
(See attached biography)
About Oscar and Annette de la Renta
Fashion designer Óscar de la Renta, a native of the Dominican Republic, became
internationally known in the 1960s as one of the couturiers to dress Jacqueline Kennedy.
His fashion house continues to dress leading figures, from film stars to royalty. He is
married to Annette de la Renta, an American philanthropist. She has served on the boards
of such distinguished organizations as the Metropolitan Museum, the New York Public
Library, the Morgan Library and the Engelhard Foundation.
About the Beneficiaries
Cheekwood is Nashville’s beloved 55-acre estate, Botanical Garden and Museum of Art.
Awarded sixth best on the list of “Top 10 Best Public Gardens” in USA Today’s Reader’s
Choice Awards, Cheekwood brings art, education and horticulture to hundreds of
thousands of visitors every year, while enhancing lives through Outreach and Educational
Programs. Each year, at no charge, thousands of schoolchildren are offered the chance to
experience art & horticulture and develop an appreciation for culture in their community.
The Economic Club of Nashville (ECON) is a non-profit dedicated to raising funds for
over 20 Nashville area charities with a focus on children and families. It provides a
dynamic forum for community leaders to discuss issues of special interest to Nashvillians.
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