TAMPA, FL.- Beginning September 23, 2010 and running through January 2, 2011, the Tampa Museum of Art will present American Impressionists in the Garden, an exhibition organized by Cheekwood Botanical Garden and Museum of Art in Nashville, Tennessee, that explores the theme of the garden in American art and society of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The exhibition features paintings depicting European and American gardens by American Impressionist artists along with bronze sculptures created by American artists for the garden. “The museum is pleased to host The American Impressionists in the Garden,” states museum Executive Director Todd D. Smith. “The exhibition is the first opportunity we’ve had to look at one of the most fascinating and beautiful subject matters that the American Impressionist painters explored. We hope that our visitors take away a greater appreciation for th