Photo Op: Dolly Parton

Dolly Parton signs her GuitarTown (official website) sculpture, part of the Nashville GuitarTown Project. Executed by visual artist Katherine Falk, the sculpture is currently on display in front of BMI in Nashville.

About the GuitarTown Project

GuitarTown, a public arts project that will feature 10-foot tall fiberglass Gibson Les Paul or Chet Atkins model guitars was launched in April 2004. All oversize guitar sculptures will be artistically designed by local and nationally acclaimed visual artists and placed throughout Nashville in front of the city's landmarks and businesses for a period of one year. Some guitar sculptures will be partnered with a celebrity and will be backed by a corporate sponsor. The project will unite the Nashville art, music and business communities behind the cause of raising money for numerous charitable organizations. The first completed 10-foot tall guitar was unveiled at a special function at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in April.

The guitars will complete a "tour" of Nashville and then be sold at a Gala Auction, with all proceeds benefiting the following non-profit organizations and charities; the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, the Nashville Downtown District, Country Music Hall of Fame and United Way Nashville. The GuitarTown project will be administered through the Gibson Foundation, a Division of the Gibson Guitar Corp., which is dedicated to improving the quality of life through its support of the arts, education, health & welfare and environmental causes.

The GuitarTown Project has already been met with great enthusiasm from the City with the appointment of a Steering Committee of community leaders representing BMI, the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce, the Convention & Visitor's Bureau, Downtown Partnership, the Mayor's Office, the Metro Arts Commission, WSMV Channel 4 News, The Tennessean, WKDF radio and others.