| Event Name | Organization | Dates | City | | "Transit of Venus" EventPresented by Adventure Science Center at Adventure Science Center June 5, 2012 On June 5, beginning at 5:04pm, a rare astronomical event will take place – our sister planet, Venus, will cross the sun and be visible from Earth for only the seventh time in recorded history. The passing, called the “Transit of Venus,” will not happen again until the year 2117.
To celebrate the rare event, Adventure Science Center is providing a free opportunity for Middle Tennesseans to safely view the transit and learn from experts about its significance.... | Adventure Science Center | 06/05/12 | Nashville |
"Unexpected Tales" Film Series: Short Film: Birdboy, Feature Film: SplicePresented by Frist Center for the Visual Arts at Frist Center for the Visual Arts May 18, 2012 Fairy Tales, Monsters, and the Genetic Imagination, on view in the Upper-Level Galleries from February 24 through May 28, 2012, depicts composite beings and fantastic narratives that are influenced by literary sources from folktales to science fiction. The exhibition explores themes of psychology, identity, and the future. Inspired by this constructed alternate world, the Frist Center, in collaboration with the Nashville Film Festival, has planned a four-part film series—... | Frist Center for the Visual Arts | 05/18/12 | Nashville |
| "Wild Impressions" Animal Art Auction | Nashville Chapter of the American Association of Zoo Keepers (AAZK) | 08/09/12 | Nashville |
| 23rd Annual White Oak Crafts Fair | Arts Center of Cannon County | 09/08/12-
09/09/12 | Woodbury |
| 34th Annual TACA Fall Craft Fair | Tennessee Association of Craft Artists - TACA | 09/21/12-
09/23/12 | Nashville |
42nd Annual American Artisan FestivalPresented by American Artisan Festival at Centennial Park June 15-June 17, 2012 In 2012, the festival will host the work of 165 exhibitors from 35 states across America. Each has been selected for excellence within their medium including jewelry, pottery, wood, blown glass, photography, clothing, metal, outdoor furniture, toys, candles, batiks, handmade paper, leather, hats and more. Find an incredible gift for Dad, or the perfect gift for yourself – there is amazing artistry this year and something for everyone.
Each year we make sure to have some of... | American Artisan Festival | 06/15/12-
06/17/12 | Nashville |
| A River Runs Through It: Paintings of the Duck River Region | The Nature Conservancy – Tennessee Chapter | 05/18/12-
05/19/12 | Columbia |
Alumni: new ground Director’s ChoicePresented by The Rymer Gallery at The Rymer Gallery June 2-June 30, 2012 The Rymer Gallery is pleased to announce its upcoming exhibition Alumni: new ground Director’s Choice, featuring new work by newly graduated MFA candidates. The show opens Saturday June 2, 2012 and will run through June 30, 2012. The Rymer Gallery is bringing the best of the emerging talent from the top art schools in the country to Nashville.
On the main floor Natalie Dunham, our gallery director, is co-curating the best selection of graduating artists from the... | The Rymer Gallery | 06/02/12-
06/30/12 | Nashville |
| Anna O'Connor Photography Solo Exhibit | Friends of the Brentwood Library | 05/01/12-
05/31/12 | Brentwood |
AntebellumPresented by Tennessee State Museum at Tennessee State Museum July 1, 2007 - Ongoing The Antebellum period of 1840 to 1860 was a time of prosperity and cultural development for many Tennesseans. (Antebellum is from the Latin words ante, before, and bellum, war. It is used to signify the period before the Civil War.) Cities and towns became trade centers, as railroads and steamboats drew people closer together. The increasing prosperity manifested itself in several ways. Artists, whether trained or self-taught, found a ready market for their skills as the rising middle... | Tennessee State Museum | 07/01/07-
Ongoing | Nashville |
Architecture Tour of the Frist CenterPresented by Frist Center for the Visual Arts at Frist Center for the Visual Arts June 2, 2012 Coming downtown to the First Saturday Art Crawl? Then start your evening at the Frist Center, as we’ve moved our monthly architecture tour to the first Saturday of each month.
“When was the Frist Center built? Who was the architect? Can you tell me about the floors in the galleries?” These are just some of the questions answered in the Frist Center’s popular monthly architecture tours. Stroll around the Frist Center as you learn more about our landmark... | Frist Center for the Visual Arts | 06/02/12 | Nashville |
Art exhibit Opening ReceptionPresented by Shimai Pottery and Gifts at Loveless Cafe May 19, 2012 Stop by Shimai Pottery for an Art Opening ft. live performance by artist, Troy Duff. The exhibit showcases work by painters, John Brown and Jennifer Utterback. | Shimai Pottery and Gifts | 05/19/12 | Nashville |
| Art Making in the Lobby: Peace Flags | Frist Center for the Visual Arts | 04/05/12-
05/31/12 | Nashville |
| Art Making in the Lobby: Peace Flags | Frist Center for the Visual Arts | 05/03/12-
05/31/12 | Nashville |
| Art Making in the Lobby: The Simple Life | Frist Center for the Visual Arts | 06/01/12-
07/27/12 | Nashville |
| Artful Tales" "Davy Crockett and the Frozen Dawn" | Frist Center for the Visual Arts | 05/20/12 | Nashville |
| Artful tales: "The River that Gave Gifts" | Frist Center for the Visual Arts | 06/17/12 | Nashville |
Artfusion 2012Presented by Arts Council of Williamson County at The Factory at Franklin June 8-June 10, 2012 Featuring 60 artists in mediums such as painting, jewelry, ceramics, mixed media, wood, glass, sculpture, and more!
Opening Wine Reception takes place on Friday, 06/08 from 6:00pm until 9:00pm. Sponsored by Del Rio Wine & Spirits, the reception features music by the two-time Grammy winning production team of Drew Ramsey and Shannon Sanders as "Meat & 3". | Arts Council of Williamson County | 06/08/12-
06/10/12 | Franklin |
ARTini: Creation Story: Gee's Bend Quilts and the Art of Thornton DialPresented by Frist Center for the Visual Arts at Frist Center for the Visual Arts June 1, 2012 Are you curious about art? Do you want to learn more about the content and concepts behind an artist’s work? If you answered yes to either of those questions, then the ARTini program is for you! ARTinis are designed for everyone—from the novice to the connoisseur—and include informal and insightful conversations that offer a deeper understanding of one or two works of art in an exhibition.
Join Shaun Giles, educator for outreach at the Frist Center, as he leads... | Frist Center for the Visual Arts | 06/01/12 | Nashville |
Artist's Forum featuring Michele Lambert and Michael CatalanoPresented by Frist Center for the Visual Arts at Frist Center for the Visual Arts June 7, 2012 Artist’s Forum is a program in which Nashville-based and regional emerging and recognized artists discuss the thoughts and processes behind their work. Participants are encouraged to come and be part of a dialogue about the artistic process.
This month’s Artist’s Forum invites artist Michele Lambert and filmmaker Michael Catalano to speak about their artistic processes and concepts, as well as their experiences creating a series of short films with workshop... | Frist Center for the Visual Arts | 06/07/12 | Nashville |
Artist’s Perspective: Ben Venom “Heavy Quilting”Presented by Frist Center for the Visual Arts at Frist Center for the Visual Arts June 14, 2012 In this lecture, San Francisco-based artist, Ben Venom will discuss his interest in juxtaposing traditional handmade crafts with one of the more extreme musical genres, heavy metal. His work can be described as a collision of Iron Maiden metal ballads with the outrageous stage antics of Ozzy Osbourne. His work is serious, yet attempts to take on a B-movie horror film style, where even the beasts of metal need a warm blanket to sleep with. | Frist Center for the Visual Arts | 06/14/12 | Nashville |
| Artober 2012 | Metro Arts | 10/01/12-
10/31/12 | |
Arts at the Airport presents John Guider: The River InsidePresented by Arts at the Airport at Nashville International Airport July 1, 2011-July 31, 2012 John Guider is a successful Nashville commercial photographer who stepped away from the comfortable, predictable routine of his life and challenged his mind and body in ways he never thought possible. With virtually no camping or paddling experience, he bought a canoe and set off on a solitary, artistic adventure that led him from the creek behind his farmhouse to the Harpeth, the Cumberland, the Ohio, and eventually the Mississippi River, all the way down to New Orleans.
After... | Arts at the Airport | 07/01/11-
07/31/12 | Nashville |
Autograph Signing: Kellie PicklerPresented by Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum at Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum June 9, 2012 Kellie Pickler will sign her CD, 100 Proof, purchased from the Museum Store, on Saturday, June 9 at 12:30pm. Live from the Museum Store is presented by CMT. You may purchase the CD, with accompanying signing pass, beginning on June 1, 2012 at 9:30am in the Museum Store.
Autograph Pass Tips and Guidelines
-Kellie Pickler's CD, 100 Proof, purchased from the Museum Store, is required for signing admittance. She will not sign personal items. | Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum | 06/09/12 | Nashville |
Autograph Signing: Lee GreenwoodPresented by Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum at Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum June 7, 2012 Lee Greenwood will sign his book, Does God Still Bless the USA?: A Plea for a Better America on Thursday, June 7 at 3:00pm. The book includes the 30-day devotional, Prayers of a Patriot, and 2 free song downloads, Show Me the Way and God Bless the USA. A Presidential Appointee to the National Endowment of the Arts, Greenwood's personal insight into America's challenges is shared in the publication along with a call for citizens to evaluate the country's future... | Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum | 06/07/12 | Nashville |
Autumn ShowcasePresented by IADT Nashville at IADT Nashville October 26, 2012 IADT-Nashville's Autumn Showcase is a Halloween-themed event featuring a student and faculty art gallery, food, and live music! | IADT Nashville | 10/26/12 | Nashville |
| Barry Buxkamper's Inside Out | Outside In | Belmont University - Leu Art Gallery | 06/03/12-
08/04/12 | Nashville |
| Belmont University Senior Exhibition & Art Crawl | Belmont University - Leu Art Gallery | 04/09/12-
06/15/12 | Nashville |
BIG (planetarium show)Presented by Adventure Science Center at Adventure Science Center March 21-May 20, 2012 One of the most asked questions about the universe is “How big is it?” — and that’s one of the hardest to answer. This show tackles the question by taking the audience on an immersive journey to the far reaches of the universe. Travel through space and time at the speed of light to explore the planets, stars, and unbelievably distant galaxies. Showing March through May | Adventure Science Center | 03/21/12-
05/20/12 | Nashville |
Bill TraylorPresented by Frist Center for the Visual Arts at Frist Center for the Visual Arts May 25-September 23, 2012 Presented concurrently with the artists of Gee’s Bend and Thornton Dial will be 63 drawings and paintings on cardboard by the self-taught Alabama artist Bill Traylor. Born into slavery in 1854 on a plantation near Montgomery, Traylor began making art at the age of 82. His works are notable for their flat and simply defined shapes and vibrant compositions, in which memories, folk legends and observations relating to African American life are merged. The power and originality of his art... | Frist Center for the Visual Arts | 05/25/12-
09/23/12 | Nashville |
| Bill Traylor Drawings at The Frist Center | Frist Center for the Visual Arts | 05/25/12-
09/03/12 | Nashville |
Blackbird Presents: Still Life and FleshPresented by Blackbird Tattoo and Gallery at Blackbird Tattoo and Gallery May 27-July 6, 2012 This month, Blackbird Tattoo and Gallery presents Still Life and Flesh, a collection of deeply intellectual oil and photo works, at times urban and gothic, portraying the fragmented and frozen nature of reality.
1000 Photograpy and Design husband and wife team Chris and Angelique Moselle Price, weaves an intimate photographic web of contrastingly erotic and eerie... | Blackbird Tattoo and Gallery | 05/27/12-
07/06/12 | Nashville |
Brian Alfred: It's Already the End of the WorldPresented by Frist Center for the Visual Arts at Frist Center for the Visual Arts September 21, 2012-January 13, 2013 A Brooklyn-based video artist and painter, Brian Alfred employs seductive colors, abstract shapes and coolly detached photo-based imagery to address such themes as revolution, vulnerability and government surveillance in contemporary life. Exhibit on display from September 21, 2012 to January 13, 2013. | Frist Center for the Visual Arts | 09/21/12-
01/13/13 | Nashville |
Bryant Gallery 1st Birthday and All-StarsPresented by Bryant Gallery at Bryant Gallery May 12-June 30, 2012 Bryant Gallery All-Stars Show will feature 22 artists that have shown their work at the gallery during the past year. Participating artists:
Andee Rudloff, Beth Seiters, Bill Brimm, Donna Rizzo, Doug Stevenson,Gary White, Grant Garmezy, Green Daniel, Heather Lose, Hunt Adams, John Reed, Katie Gonzalez, Lena Lucas, Libby Byler, Lucian Nicholson, Lydia Wilson, Mary Sue Kern, Marty Yonts, Nola Jane & Hugh, Ruth Zelanski, and Stacey Irvin.
Also, part of Second Saturday at... | Bryant Gallery | 05/12/12-
06/30/12 | Nashville |
Bubble Cave (CLOSED)Presented by Customs House Museum and Cultural Center - Clarksv at Customs House Museum and Cultural Center - Clarksville August 27, 2010 - Ongoing The Museum is getting an upgrade! The 1898 Customs House Building is being renovated in order to provide an improved environment for both visitors and artifacts. While these improvements are being made the following areas will be inaccessible: Heritage Hall, Memory Lane, and the DeWald, Peg Harvill, and Explorers’ Galleries.
The renovations on the 1898 building will begin on... | Customs House Museum and Cultural Center - Clarksv | 08/27/10-
Ongoing | Clarksville |
Carrie Mae Weems: Three Decades of Photography and VideoPresented by Frist Center for the Visual Arts at Frist Center for the Visual Arts September 21, 2012-January 13, 2013 Carrie Mae Weems is a socially motivated artist whose works invite contemplation on issues surrounding race, gender and class. Increasingly, she has broadened her view to include global struggles for equality and justice. This retrospective, which is composed of more than 150 objects—primarily photographs but also written texts, audio recordings, fabric banners and videos—will provide an opportunity to trace the evolution of Weems’s career over the last 30 years. Although... | Frist Center for the Visual Arts | 09/21/12-
01/13/13 | Nashville |
| Centennial Art Center presents Michael McBride, James Threalkill and Josh Wagner | Centennial Art Center | 06/01/12-
07/25/12 | Nashville |
Challenges and Champions Sports GalleryPresented by Customs House Museum and Cultural Center - Clarksville at Customs House Museum and Cultural Center - Clarksville March 4, 2010 - Ongoing Challenges and Champions highlights amazing athletes who have come from Montgomery County. See Jeff Purvis‘ racecar, Wilma Rudoph’s relay baton, Billy Copeland’s street luge, and other exciting mementos of sporting history.
Helpful Information: Children under age 14 must be accompanied by an adult at all times and in all areas of the Museum. Free parking for Museum visitors is available behind the Museum at the top of the hill off South Second... | Customs House Museum and Cultural Center - Clarksville | 03/04/10-
Ongoing | Clarksville |
Chet Atkins: Certified Guitar PlayerPresented by Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum at Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum August 11, 2011-July 15, 2012 Sideman. Studio musician. Performer. Recording Artist. Producer. Record Executive. In an industry known for multi-talented individuals, perhaps no one has achieved such a vast and varied resume as the inimitable Chet Atkins. The Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum will pay tribute to this versatile and visionary artist with the cameo exhibition Chet Atkins: Certified Guitar Player, which opens in the Museum's East Gallery on August 11, 2011, and runs through June... | Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum | 08/11/11-
07/15/12 | Nashville |
Civil War MapPresented by Sumner County Museum at Sumner County Museum August 27, 2010 - Ongoing James Willette, a cartographer of the U.S. Army of the Cumberland drew the large map on the wall in 1864. It shows the small city of Gallatin and the surrounding area. It is drawn on waxed linen and is a topographical map as well as showing the elevation in feet from sea level. Look for the circles which indicate the crest of hills. Houses, taverns, roads, churches, crops, cotton fields and timber areas are all shown on this detailed map. But the most interesting thing about the map is: all... | Sumner County Museum | 08/27/10-
Ongoing | Gallatin |
Collection of Extraordinary Portraits: Yousuf KarshPresented by Haynes Galleries at Haynes Galleries May 11-June 6, 2012 Portrait photographer Yousuf Karsh revealed the character behind some of the most famous faces of the 20th century. In dramatic black and white, he captured a weathered Ernest Hemingway, an eccentric Albert Einstein, a grumpy Winston Churchill. Though Karsh’s work is usually only seen in museum shows, Haynes Galleries will exhibit a selection of his large format and vintage silver gelatin prints from May 11 to June 6 at Haynes Galleries’ spectacular new space on the historic... | Haynes Galleries | 05/11/12-
06/06/12 | Nashville |
Collectors Day Presented by Adventure Science Center at Adventure Science Center May 19, 2012
Did you ever think ugly dolls, antique spark plugs and vintage board games would be in the same place at once? On Saturday, May 19, more than 25 of Middle Tennessee’s most passionate collectors will gather at Adventure Science Center to show off these and other of their most prized possessions during the center's annual “Collectors Day.”
From 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., visitors can survey an extensive display of the impressive and often unexpected collections... | Adventure Science Center | 05/19/12 | Nashville |
Community Outreach: Introduction to Thumbpick Guitar at Nashville Public Library, Goodlettsville BranchPresented by Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum at Nashville Public Library - Goodlettsville Branch May 19, 2012 Chet Atkins is one of the most admired musicians of the 20th Century. His intricate fingerstyle guitar playing continues to influence country, rock, and jazz guitarists such as Tommy Emmanuel and Mark Knopfler. This hands-on workshop will teach the basics of thumbpick guitar. Led by versatile guitar player Sean Weaver, graduate of Belmont University and recipient of awards from Home of the Legends Thumbpickers Contest as well as the Jimi Hendrix Electric Guitar Competition. Guitars provided.... | Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum | 05/19/12 | Goodlettsville |
Connecting Disciplines: "Mutation: Nature's Creative Force"Presented by Frist Center for the Visual Arts at Frist Center for the Visual Arts May 19, 2012 John Niedzwiecki, Ph.D., assistant professor, Department of Biology, Belmont University, specializes in population genetics, behavioral ecology, and evolutionary biology and will present a gallery talk in response to Fairy Tales, Monsters, and the Genetic Imagination.
Dr. Niedzwiecki will touch on the biology behind mutation, the developmental genetics of dramatic mutations, and when a tendency to mutate may actually be an advantageous trait. This talk is a response to... | Frist Center for the Visual Arts | 05/19/12 | Nashville |
Connections: Tennessee's Best of the Best Student ExhibitionPresented by Belmont University - Leu Art Gallery at Belmont University - Leu Center for the Visual Arts June 22-August 29, 2012 This exhibit will be on display at Gallery 121 inside the Leu Center for the Visual Arts from June 22 through August 29.
There will be a reception on Tuesday, July 10, 5:30pm-8:00pm, awards at 5:45pm (concurrent with Barry Buxkamper). Connections features artwork created by Tennessee art educators and illustrates the relationship or connection of exemplary student art with that of their instructors as their work is exhibited alongside “Tennessee’s Best of the... | Belmont University - Leu Art Gallery | 06/22/12-
08/29/12 | Nashville |
Constable: Oil Sketches from the Victoria and Albert MuseumPresented by Frist Center for the Visual Arts at Frist Center for the Visual Arts June 22-September 30, 2012 June 22–September 30, 2012
Constable: Oil Sketches from the Victoria and Albert Museum centers on two major works by John Constable in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A), the full-size oil sketches for The Hay Wain and The Leaping Horse. These paintings will be displayed with a group of the artist’s small oil sketches and supplemented by an exquisite series of his watercolors and drawings, demonstrating progress from his early works to the pencil... | Frist Center for the Visual Arts | 06/22/12-
09/30/12 | Nashville |
Creation Story: Gee's Bend Quilts and the Art of Thornton DialPresented by Frist Center for the Visual Arts at Frist Center for the Visual Arts May 25-September 3, 2012 May 25–September 3, 2012
This exhibition explores parallels and intersections in the works of the world-famous Gee’s Bend quilters and the self-taught master of assemblage art, Thornton Dial. Quilts made by the women of Gee’s Bend, a small rural community southwest of Selma, Ala., feature a sophisticated orchestration of color and eccentric quasi-geometric shapes composing what the New York Times has said are “some of the most miraculous works of modern art... | Frist Center for the Visual Arts | 05/25/12-
09/03/12 | Nashville |
Creativity Moves NashvillePresented by Playing By Air Productions at Belmont University - Black Box Theatre in Troutt Theatre Complex May 24-May 27, 2012 Creativity Moves Nashville is a 4-day event that will bring the Nashville community together around a vision of giving back through creativity. The event serves as a catalyst for creative professionals, entrepreneurs, non-profits and the entire community to develop lasting programs and relationships that will shape and transform the city throughout the year.
The event features a half-day conference and networking for creative leaders and non-profit organizations, city-wide creative... | Playing By Air Productions | 05/24/12-
05/27/12 | Nashville |
| Curator's Tour: Creation Story: Gee's Bend Quilts and the Art of Thornton Dial | Frist Center for the Visual Arts | 06/07/12 | Nashville |
Curator’s Perspective: “A Conservative Revolutionary: John Constable and Art History”Presented by Frist Center for the Visual Arts at Frist Center for the Visual Arts June 22, 2012 This lecture contrasts John Constable’s ideas on the history of landscape painting, as revealed by lectures he gave in 1833 and 1836, with critics’ shocked responses to his apparent lack of finish and disregard for formal decorum. It surveys Constable’s posthumous international celebrity as a precursor of the Impressionists, or even a prophet of photography (the daguerreotype was invented 2 years after his death). Ironically, reverence for the old masters seems to have... | Frist Center for the Visual Arts | 06/22/12 | Nashville |
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