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Frist Center for the Visual Arts

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The Frist Center opened in April 2001, and since that time has hosted a spectacular array of art from the region, the country and around the world. Unlike any traditional museum, the Frist Center for the Visual Arts has become a magnet for Nashville's rapidly expanding visual arts scene. With an exhibitions schedule that has new art flowing through the magnificent Art Deco building every six to eight weeks, no matter how often you visit, there is always something new and exciting to see in the spacious galleries. Hours: 10am-5:30pm Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday 10am-9pm Thursday and Friday 10am-5:30 Saturday 1pm-5:30pm Sunday Price: $10/Adults, $7/Seniors(65+), $7/Military, $8/Groups of 10 or more, $7/College Students w/ID, Free/18 years or younger

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    Frist Center for the Visual Arts

    919 Broadway
    Nashville, TN 37203

    Phone: (615)244-3340   |   Fax: (615)244-3339   |   Email   |   Official Website

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  • • Current Events

      02/03/12- 05/06/12	To See as Artists See: American Art from the Phillips Collection Frist Center for the Visual Arts To See as Artists See: American Art from the Phillips Collection Presented by Frist Center for the Visual Arts at Frist Center for the Visual Arts February 3-May 6, 2012 The first international exhibition organized by the Phillips Collection to feature an overview of the museum’s renowned American collection, To See as Artists See incorporates nearly 100 works by 68 artists, including outstanding paintings by George Inness, Winslow Homer, Edward Hicks, Edward Hopper, Maurice Prendergast, John Sloan, Arthur Dove, Georgia O’Keeffe, John Marin, Stuart Davis, Milton Avery, Jacob Lawrence, Adolph Gottlieb, Philip Guston, Richard Diebenkorn, Robert...
      02/03/12- 05/06/12	Answers to Questions: John Wood and Paul Harrison Frist Center for the Visual Arts Answers to Questions: John Wood and Paul Harrison Presented by Frist Center for the Visual Arts at Frist Center for the Visual Arts February 3-May 6, 2012 Answers to Questions features ten videos by the British collaborators John Wood and Paul Harrison. With a deadpan delivery worthy of Buster Keaton, Wood and Harrison create intimate, formally structured mise-en-scènes in which they use their own bodies in restrained interactions with such commonplace items as tennis balls, chairs, and strings. The artists delight in orchestrating the comic consequences of inertia, gravity, and the law of falling bodies in these low-tech physics...
      02/02/12- 03/30/12	Art Making in the Lobby: To Paint as Artists Paint Frist Center for the Visual Arts Art Making in the Lobby: To Paint as Artists Paint Presented by Frist Center for the Visual Arts at Frist Center for the Visual Arts February 2-March 30, 2012 Thursday and Friday evenings from February 2 through March 30, 2011, visitors are invited to create miniature paintings in the Grand Lobby using various materials and inspiration from To See as Artists See: American Art from The Phillips Collection, on view in the Ingram Gallery from February 3 to May 6, 2012.
      04/15/11- 03/27/12	Connecting Cultures: Children’s Stories from Across the World Frist Center for the Visual Arts Connecting Cultures: Children’s Stories from Across the World Presented by Frist Center for the Visual Arts at Frist Center for the Visual Arts April 15, 2011-March 27, 2012 This exhibition is the result of the Frist Center for the Visual Arts and ten diverse local community organizations working together on a project that explores the ways art may be used to tell children’s stories from a number of cultural perspectives. Starting with the premise that the stories of children simultaneously reflect unique cultural values as well as perspectives that are shared across cultures, the stories presented in this exhibition present universal human experiences and...

  • • Upcoming Events

      02/09/12	Music at the Frist: Prattle On, Rick Frist Center for the Visual Arts Music at the Frist: Prattle On, Rick Presented by Frist Center for the Visual Arts at Frist Center for the Visual Arts February 9, 2012 Prattle On, Rick’s elusively soothing vocals take listeners on an awe-inspiring exploration leaving one feeling content and invigorated. There is deliverance to be found in Patrick Rickelton’s music, a salvation that is palpable and delivered honestly and truthfully, so that when Rickelton sings, one believes every word. Visitors may visit the galleries (free to members), shop in...
      02/09/12	Adult Studio Workshop: Mono-Printing Frist Center for the Visual Arts Adult Studio Workshop: Mono-Printing Presented by Frist Center for the Visual Arts at Frist Center for the Visual Arts February 9, 2012 This workshop is being held in conjunction with To See as Artists See: American Art from The Phillips Collection. Monoprinting is a process in which painting and printmaking processes are used in combination to create one-of-a-kind, unique works on paper. In this workshop, participants will learn the basic process of creating...
      02/10/12	Music at the Frist: Christen Cole Frist Center for the Visual Arts Music at the Frist: Christen Cole Presented by Frist Center for the Visual Arts at Frist Center for the Visual Arts February 10, 2012 With musical influences that include Queen, Led Zeppelin and the Moody Blues, Christen Cole’s music crosses a wide array of musical boundaries. In 2010, she was signed to EB Records, owned by respected veteran producer and recording engineer Bret Teegarden, the company that released her debut CD, Just Walk Away.
      02/10/12	ARTini: Answers to Questions: John Wood and Paul Harrison Frist Center for the Visual Arts ARTini: Answers to Questions: John Wood and Paul Harrison Presented by Frist Center for the Visual Arts at Frist Center for the Visual Arts February 10, 2012 Join Trinita Kennedy, associate curator at the Frist Center, as she leads an informal conversation about some of the works included in the exhibition Answers to Questions: John Wood and Paul Harrison. Are you curious about art? Do you want to learn more about the content and concepts behind an artist’s work? If you...
      02/11/12	Kids Club: Through the Eyes of O'Keefe Frist Center for the Visual Arts Kids Club: Through the Eyes of O'Keefe Presented by Frist Center for the Visual Arts at Frist Center for the Visual Arts February 11, 2012 Designed for 5–10 year olds, the Frist Center Kids Club offers exciting opportunities for children to discover, explore, and create art. Free membership includes a Kids Club card, rewards for participation, hands-on activities in the Martin ArtQuest Gallery, and monthly projects in the art studios. Featured activity: Use a viewfinder to get up close and personal! Inspired by the exhibition
      02/16/12	Curator's Tour: To See as Artists See Frist Center for the Visual Arts Curator's Tour: To See as Artists See Presented by Frist Center for the Visual Arts at Frist Center for the Visual Arts February 16, 2012 Curator's Tour: To See as Artists See.  Join Katie Delmez, curator at the Frist Center, for a tour that surveys American painting from the late nineteenth through the mid-twentieth century. Image:  Childe Hassam. Washington Arch, Spring, 1890. Oil on canvas, 26 1/8 x 21 5/8 in. Acquired 1921. The Phillips...
      02/17/12	Music at the Frist: Amanda Contreras and Buddy Spicher Frist Center for the Visual Arts Music at the Frist: Amanda Contreras and Buddy Spicher Presented by Frist Center for the Visual Arts at Frist Center for the Visual Arts February 17, 2012 Amanda Contreras is a young vocalist of stunning versatility. While she can (and does) sing everything, her performances at the Frist are devoted to her love of jazz. A “musician’s musician,” Amanda has a voice that is rich, nuanced and expressive. Her talent has attracted some of the region’s finest jazz performers. Fiddler Buddy Spicher is, quite simply, a legend. He has performed with a who’s who of entertainers in several musical genres. He continues...
      02/19/12	Artful Tales: The Stonecutters Tale Frist Center for the Visual Arts Artful Tales: The Stonecutters Tale Presented by Frist Center for the Visual Arts at Frist Center for the Visual Arts February 19, 2012 Artful Tales is a monthly interactive family program that combines the oral tradition of storytelling with hands-on, art-making activities to explore stories and cultures from around the world. This program is part of the Connecting Cultures: Children’s Stories from Across the World exhibition and is funded in part by the Nissan Foundation and Publix Super...
      02/21/12	Educator Workshop: To See as Artists See Frist Center for the Visual Arts Educator Workshop: To See as Artists See Presented by Frist Center for the Visual Arts at Frist Center for the Visual Arts February 21, 2012 To See as Artists See: American Art from The Phillips Collection provides an overview of The Phillips’s renowned American collection by highlighting more than one hundred paintings by more than sixty-eight American artists. During this full-day workshop, educators will examine original works of art on a curator-led...
      02/23/12	Music at the Frist: Teree McCormick Frist Center for the Visual Arts Music at the Frist: Teree McCormick Presented by Frist Center for the Visual Arts at Frist Center for the Visual Arts February 23, 2012 Native Nashvillian and student at the renowned Nashville Jazz Workshop, Teree McCormick has developed a full-blown passion for all things Brazilian. Her fluid vocals are infused with influences ranging from Bach to Roberta Flack to Ivan Lins. McCormick sings, writes, arranges and plays percussion. She performs with the Brazilian Jazz group, Samba Nove and has appeared as a featured artist with Ritmos Picantes.
      02/24/12	Music at the Frist: Amanda Contreras and Buddy Spicher Frist Center for the Visual Arts Music at the Frist: Amanda Contreras and Buddy Spicher Presented by Frist Center for the Visual Arts at Frist Center for the Visual Arts February 24, 2012 Amanda Contreras is a young vocalist of stunning versatility. While she can (and does) sing everything, her performances at the Frist are devoted to her love of jazz. A “musician’s musician,” Amanda has a voice that is rich, nuanced and expressive. Her talent has attracted some of the region’s finest jazz performers. Fiddler Buddy Spicher is, quite simply, a legend. He has performed with a who’s who of entertainers in several musical genres. He continues...
      02/24/12	REPaloud: "Red" by John Logan Frist Center for the Visual Arts REPaloud: "Red" by John Logan Presented by Frist Center for the Visual Arts at Frist Center for the Visual Arts February 24, 2012 Tennessee Repertory Theatre’s REPaloud (“Reading Excellent Plays” aloud) series features contemporary, award-winning dramas in a staged reading format. Winner of the 2010 Tony Award for Best Play, Red paints the vivid picture of master Abstract Expressionist Mark Rothko who has just landed the biggest commission in the history of modern art, a series of murals for New York’s famed Four Seasons Restaurant. In the two fascinating years that follow, Rothko works...
      02/24/12	Artist's Lecture: Empathetic Plant Alchemy Frist Center for the Visual Arts Artist's Lecture: Empathetic Plant Alchemy Presented by Frist Center for the Visual Arts at Frist Center for the Visual Arts February 24, 2012 Saya Woolfalk’s recent work explores cultural transformation and hybridity by imagining the effects of crossing species. The artist uses a hybridized group of fictional Empathics to investigate systems of human classification and the reasons why we might choose to embody monstrous forms outside of known categorization. In her performance Artist’s Lecture: “Empathetic Plant Alchemy,” Woolfalk will present a pseudo-scientific lecture about these Empathics who are slowly...
      02/24/12- 05/27/12	Fairy Tales, Monsters and the Genetic Imagination Frist Center for the Visual Arts Fairy Tales, Monsters and the Genetic Imagination Presented by Frist Center for the Visual Arts at Frist Center for the Visual Arts February 24-May 27, 2012 Fairy Tales, Monsters, and the Genetic Imagination is an exhibition of works by contemporary artists who invent humanlike, animal or hybrid creatures to symbolize life’s mysteries, desires and fears. Finding inspiration in sources ranging from Aesop’s Fables to the products of genetic experimentation, the artists in the...
      02/25/12	Educator Workshop: To See as Artists See Frist Center for the Visual Arts Educator Workshop: To See as Artists See Presented by Frist Center for the Visual Arts at Frist Center for the Visual Arts February 25, 2012 To See as Artists See: American Art from The Phillips Collection provides an overview of The Phillips’s renowned American collection by highlighting more than one hundred paintings by more than sixty-eight American artists. During this full-day workshop, educators will examine original works of art on a curator-led...
      02/25/12	REPaloud: "Red" by John Logan Frist Center for the Visual Arts REPaloud: "Red" by John Logan Presented by Frist Center for the Visual Arts at Frist Center for the Visual Arts February 25, 2012 Tennessee Repertory Theatre’s REPaloud (“Reading Excellent Plays” aloud) series features contemporary, award-winning dramas in a staged reading format. Winner of the 2010 Tony Award for Best Play, Red paints the vivid picture of master Abstract Expressionist Mark Rothko who has just landed the biggest commission in the history of modern art, a series of murals for New York’s famed Four Seasons Restaurant. In the two fascinating years that follow, Rothko works...
      02/25/12	Artist's Panel: Hidden Meaning/Invented Bodies: Fables For Our Times Frist Center for the Visual Arts Artist's Panel: Hidden Meaning/Invented Bodies: Fables For Our Times Presented by Frist Center for the Visual Arts at Frist Center for the Visual Arts February 25, 2012 Join us for a lively conversation among four artists who are represented in the exhibition Fairy Tales, Monsters, and the Genetic Imagination. The artists will offer their insights and perspectives on this exciting exhibition as Mark Scala, chief curator at the Frist Center for the Visual Arts, moderates what is sure to be a lively...
      02/26/12	Jazz on the Move: Miles Davis and the Birth of the Cool Frist Center for the Visual Arts Jazz on the Move: Miles Davis and the Birth of the Cool Presented by Frist Center for the Visual Arts at Frist Center for the Visual Arts February 26, 2012 Jazz on the Move celebrates Black History Month with a look at a major work of one of the greatest jazz musicians of all time, Miles Davis. The Birth of the Cool, recorded with a nonet in 1949 and 1950, was a daring excursion that expanded the boundaries of jazz. This was to be the first of several boundary-shattering works by Miles, marking major epochs in his artistic development. Join Denis Solee and an all-star ensemble of Nashville jazz musicians as they recreate this hip and...
      03/01/12	Music at the Frist: Meltzer Parsons Guitar Duo Frist Center for the Visual Arts Music at the Frist: Meltzer Parsons Guitar Duo Presented by Frist Center for the Visual Arts at Frist Center for the Visual Arts March 1, 2012 Bryant Meltzer and Michael David Parsons are known to many as songwriters, but at the Frist, they showcase their considerable instrumental talents. Performing original tunes they describe as “instrumental pop,” their music features strong melodies and distinctive rhythms in wordless musical “discussions” between their instruments. Michael Parsons plays rhythm guitar, and Bryant Meltzer plays melody lines on mandolin or guitar.
      03/02/12	Music at the Frist: Prattle On, Rick Frist Center for the Visual Arts Music at the Frist: Prattle On, Rick Presented by Frist Center for the Visual Arts at Frist Center for the Visual Arts March 2, 2012 Prattle On, Rick’s elusively soothing vocals take listeners on an awe-inspiring exploration leaving one feeling content and invigorated. There is deliverance to be found in Patrick Rickelton’s music, a salvation that is palpable and delivered honestly and truthfully, so that when Rickelton sings, one believes every word. Visitors may visit the galleries (free to members), shop in the gift shop and listen to some of Nashville’s finest local music while relaxing in our...
      03/03/12	Architecture Tour of the Frist Center Frist Center for the Visual Arts Architecture Tour of the Frist Center Presented by Frist Center for the Visual Arts at Frist Center for the Visual Arts March 3, 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...

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  • Current Events

    02/03/12- 05/06/12	To See as Artists See: American Art from the Phillips Collection Frist Center for the Visual Arts To See as Artists See: American Art from the Phillips Collection Presented by Frist Center for the Visual Arts at Frist Center for the Visual Arts February 3-May 6, 2012 The first international exhibition organized by the Phillips Collection to feature an overview of the museum’s renowned American collection, To See as Artists See incorporates nearly 100 works by 68 artists, including outstanding paintings by George Inness, Winslow Homer, Edward Hicks, Edward Hopper, Maurice Prendergast, John Sloan, Arthur Dove, Georgia O’Keeffe, John Marin, Stuart Davis, Milton Avery, Jacob Lawrence, Adolph Gottlieb, Philip Guston, Richard Diebenkorn, Robert...
    02/03/12- 05/06/12	Answers to Questions: John Wood and Paul Harrison Frist Center for the Visual Arts Answers to Questions: John Wood and Paul Harrison Presented by Frist Center for the Visual Arts at Frist Center for the Visual Arts February 3-May 6, 2012 Answers to Questions features ten videos by the British collaborators John Wood and Paul Harrison. With a deadpan delivery worthy of Buster Keaton, Wood and Harrison create intimate, formally structured mise-en-scènes in which they use their own bodies in restrained interactions with such commonplace items as tennis balls, chairs, and strings. The artists delight in orchestrating the comic consequences of inertia, gravity, and the law of falling bodies in these low-tech physics...
    02/02/12- 03/30/12	Art Making in the Lobby: To Paint as Artists Paint Frist Center for the Visual Arts Art Making in the Lobby: To Paint as Artists Paint Presented by Frist Center for the Visual Arts at Frist Center for the Visual Arts February 2-March 30, 2012 Thursday and Friday evenings from February 2 through March 30, 2011, visitors are invited to create miniature paintings in the Grand Lobby using various materials and inspiration from To See as Artists See: American Art from The Phillips Collection, on view in the Ingram Gallery from February 3 to May 6, 2012.
    04/15/11- 03/27/12	Connecting Cultures: Children’s Stories from Across the World Frist Center for the Visual Arts Connecting Cultures: Children’s Stories from Across the World Presented by Frist Center for the Visual Arts at Frist Center for the Visual Arts April 15, 2011-March 27, 2012 This exhibition is the result of the Frist Center for the Visual Arts and ten diverse local community organizations working together on a project that explores the ways art may be used to tell children’s stories from a number of cultural perspectives. Starting with the premise that the stories of children simultaneously reflect unique cultural values as well as perspectives that are shared across cultures, the stories presented in this exhibition present universal human experiences and...

  • Upcoming Events

    02/09/12	Music at the Frist: Prattle On, Rick Frist Center for the Visual Arts Music at the Frist: Prattle On, Rick Presented by Frist Center for the Visual Arts at Frist Center for the Visual Arts February 9, 2012 Prattle On, Rick’s elusively soothing vocals take listeners on an awe-inspiring exploration leaving one feeling content and invigorated. There is deliverance to be found in Patrick Rickelton’s music, a salvation that is palpable and delivered honestly and truthfully, so that when Rickelton sings, one believes every word. Visitors may visit the galleries (free to members), shop in...
    02/09/12	Adult Studio Workshop: Mono-Printing Frist Center for the Visual Arts Adult Studio Workshop: Mono-Printing Presented by Frist Center for the Visual Arts at Frist Center for the Visual Arts February 9, 2012 This workshop is being held in conjunction with To See as Artists See: American Art from The Phillips Collection. Monoprinting is a process in which painting and printmaking processes are used in combination to create one-of-a-kind, unique works on paper. In this workshop, participants will learn the basic process of creating...
    02/10/12	Music at the Frist: Christen Cole Frist Center for the Visual Arts Music at the Frist: Christen Cole Presented by Frist Center for the Visual Arts at Frist Center for the Visual Arts February 10, 2012 With musical influences that include Queen, Led Zeppelin and the Moody Blues, Christen Cole’s music crosses a wide array of musical boundaries. In 2010, she was signed to EB Records, owned by respected veteran producer and recording engineer Bret Teegarden, the company that released her debut CD, Just Walk Away.
    02/10/12	ARTini: Answers to Questions: John Wood and Paul Harrison Frist Center for the Visual Arts ARTini: Answers to Questions: John Wood and Paul Harrison Presented by Frist Center for the Visual Arts at Frist Center for the Visual Arts February 10, 2012 Join Trinita Kennedy, associate curator at the Frist Center, as she leads an informal conversation about some of the works included in the exhibition Answers to Questions: John Wood and Paul Harrison. Are you curious about art? Do you want to learn more about the content and concepts behind an artist’s work? If you...
    02/11/12	Kids Club: Through the Eyes of O'Keefe Frist Center for the Visual Arts Kids Club: Through the Eyes of O'Keefe Presented by Frist Center for the Visual Arts at Frist Center for the Visual Arts February 11, 2012 Designed for 5–10 year olds, the Frist Center Kids Club offers exciting opportunities for children to discover, explore, and create art. Free membership includes a Kids Club card, rewards for participation, hands-on activities in the Martin ArtQuest Gallery, and monthly projects in the art studios. Featured activity: Use a viewfinder to get up close and personal! Inspired by the exhibition
    02/16/12	Curator's Tour: To See as Artists See Frist Center for the Visual Arts Curator's Tour: To See as Artists See Presented by Frist Center for the Visual Arts at Frist Center for the Visual Arts February 16, 2012 Curator's Tour: To See as Artists See.  Join Katie Delmez, curator at the Frist Center, for a tour that surveys American painting from the late nineteenth through the mid-twentieth century. Image:  Childe Hassam. Washington Arch, Spring, 1890. Oil on canvas, 26 1/8 x 21 5/8 in. Acquired 1921. The Phillips...
    02/17/12	Music at the Frist: Amanda Contreras and Buddy Spicher Frist Center for the Visual Arts Music at the Frist: Amanda Contreras and Buddy Spicher Presented by Frist Center for the Visual Arts at Frist Center for the Visual Arts February 17, 2012 Amanda Contreras is a young vocalist of stunning versatility. While she can (and does) sing everything, her performances at the Frist are devoted to her love of jazz. A “musician’s musician,” Amanda has a voice that is rich, nuanced and expressive. Her talent has attracted some of the region’s finest jazz performers. Fiddler Buddy Spicher is, quite simply, a legend. He has performed with a who’s who of entertainers in several musical genres. He continues...
    02/19/12	Artful Tales: The Stonecutters Tale Frist Center for the Visual Arts Artful Tales: The Stonecutters Tale Presented by Frist Center for the Visual Arts at Frist Center for the Visual Arts February 19, 2012 Artful Tales is a monthly interactive family program that combines the oral tradition of storytelling with hands-on, art-making activities to explore stories and cultures from around the world. This program is part of the Connecting Cultures: Children’s Stories from Across the World exhibition and is funded in part by the Nissan Foundation and Publix Super...
    02/21/12	Educator Workshop: To See as Artists See Frist Center for the Visual Arts Educator Workshop: To See as Artists See Presented by Frist Center for the Visual Arts at Frist Center for the Visual Arts February 21, 2012 To See as Artists See: American Art from The Phillips Collection provides an overview of The Phillips’s renowned American collection by highlighting more than one hundred paintings by more than sixty-eight American artists. During this full-day workshop, educators will examine original works of art on a curator-led...
    02/23/12	Music at the Frist: Teree McCormick Frist Center for the Visual Arts Music at the Frist: Teree McCormick Presented by Frist Center for the Visual Arts at Frist Center for the Visual Arts February 23, 2012 Native Nashvillian and student at the renowned Nashville Jazz Workshop, Teree McCormick has developed a full-blown passion for all things Brazilian. Her fluid vocals are infused with influences ranging from Bach to Roberta Flack to Ivan Lins. McCormick sings, writes, arranges and plays percussion. She performs with the Brazilian Jazz group, Samba Nove and has appeared as a featured artist with Ritmos Picantes.
    02/24/12	Music at the Frist: Amanda Contreras and Buddy Spicher Frist Center for the Visual Arts Music at the Frist: Amanda Contreras and Buddy Spicher Presented by Frist Center for the Visual Arts at Frist Center for the Visual Arts February 24, 2012 Amanda Contreras is a young vocalist of stunning versatility. While she can (and does) sing everything, her performances at the Frist are devoted to her love of jazz. A “musician’s musician,” Amanda has a voice that is rich, nuanced and expressive. Her talent has attracted some of the region’s finest jazz performers. Fiddler Buddy Spicher is, quite simply, a legend. He has performed with a who’s who of entertainers in several musical genres. He continues...
    02/24/12	REPaloud: "Red" by John Logan Frist Center for the Visual Arts REPaloud: "Red" by John Logan Presented by Frist Center for the Visual Arts at Frist Center for the Visual Arts February 24, 2012 Tennessee Repertory Theatre’s REPaloud (“Reading Excellent Plays” aloud) series features contemporary, award-winning dramas in a staged reading format. Winner of the 2010 Tony Award for Best Play, Red paints the vivid picture of master Abstract Expressionist Mark Rothko who has just landed the biggest commission in the history of modern art, a series of murals for New York’s famed Four Seasons Restaurant. In the two fascinating years that follow, Rothko works...
    02/24/12	Artist's Lecture: Empathetic Plant Alchemy Frist Center for the Visual Arts Artist's Lecture: Empathetic Plant Alchemy Presented by Frist Center for the Visual Arts at Frist Center for the Visual Arts February 24, 2012 Saya Woolfalk’s recent work explores cultural transformation and hybridity by imagining the effects of crossing species. The artist uses a hybridized group of fictional Empathics to investigate systems of human classification and the reasons why we might choose to embody monstrous forms outside of known categorization. In her performance Artist’s Lecture: “Empathetic Plant Alchemy,” Woolfalk will present a pseudo-scientific lecture about these Empathics who are slowly...
    02/24/12- 05/27/12	Fairy Tales, Monsters and the Genetic Imagination Frist Center for the Visual Arts Fairy Tales, Monsters and the Genetic Imagination Presented by Frist Center for the Visual Arts at Frist Center for the Visual Arts February 24-May 27, 2012 Fairy Tales, Monsters, and the Genetic Imagination is an exhibition of works by contemporary artists who invent humanlike, animal or hybrid creatures to symbolize life’s mysteries, desires and fears. Finding inspiration in sources ranging from Aesop’s Fables to the products of genetic experimentation, the artists in the...
    02/25/12	Educator Workshop: To See as Artists See Frist Center for the Visual Arts Educator Workshop: To See as Artists See Presented by Frist Center for the Visual Arts at Frist Center for the Visual Arts February 25, 2012 To See as Artists See: American Art from The Phillips Collection provides an overview of The Phillips’s renowned American collection by highlighting more than one hundred paintings by more than sixty-eight American artists. During this full-day workshop, educators will examine original works of art on a curator-led...
    02/25/12	REPaloud: "Red" by John Logan Frist Center for the Visual Arts REPaloud: "Red" by John Logan Presented by Frist Center for the Visual Arts at Frist Center for the Visual Arts February 25, 2012 Tennessee Repertory Theatre’s REPaloud (“Reading Excellent Plays” aloud) series features contemporary, award-winning dramas in a staged reading format. Winner of the 2010 Tony Award for Best Play, Red paints the vivid picture of master Abstract Expressionist Mark Rothko who has just landed the biggest commission in the history of modern art, a series of murals for New York’s famed Four Seasons Restaurant. In the two fascinating years that follow, Rothko works...
    02/25/12	Artist's Panel: Hidden Meaning/Invented Bodies: Fables For Our Times Frist Center for the Visual Arts Artist's Panel: Hidden Meaning/Invented Bodies: Fables For Our Times Presented by Frist Center for the Visual Arts at Frist Center for the Visual Arts February 25, 2012 Join us for a lively conversation among four artists who are represented in the exhibition Fairy Tales, Monsters, and the Genetic Imagination. The artists will offer their insights and perspectives on this exciting exhibition as Mark Scala, chief curator at the Frist Center for the Visual Arts, moderates what is sure to be a lively...
    02/26/12	Jazz on the Move: Miles Davis and the Birth of the Cool Frist Center for the Visual Arts Jazz on the Move: Miles Davis and the Birth of the Cool Presented by Frist Center for the Visual Arts at Frist Center for the Visual Arts February 26, 2012 Jazz on the Move celebrates Black History Month with a look at a major work of one of the greatest jazz musicians of all time, Miles Davis. The Birth of the Cool, recorded with a nonet in 1949 and 1950, was a daring excursion that expanded the boundaries of jazz. This was to be the first of several boundary-shattering works by Miles, marking major epochs in his artistic development. Join Denis Solee and an all-star ensemble of Nashville jazz musicians as they recreate this hip and...
    03/01/12	Music at the Frist: Meltzer Parsons Guitar Duo Frist Center for the Visual Arts Music at the Frist: Meltzer Parsons Guitar Duo Presented by Frist Center for the Visual Arts at Frist Center for the Visual Arts March 1, 2012 Bryant Meltzer and Michael David Parsons are known to many as songwriters, but at the Frist, they showcase their considerable instrumental talents. Performing original tunes they describe as “instrumental pop,” their music features strong melodies and distinctive rhythms in wordless musical “discussions” between their instruments. Michael Parsons plays rhythm guitar, and Bryant Meltzer plays melody lines on mandolin or guitar.
    03/02/12	Music at the Frist: Prattle On, Rick Frist Center for the Visual Arts Music at the Frist: Prattle On, Rick Presented by Frist Center for the Visual Arts at Frist Center for the Visual Arts March 2, 2012 Prattle On, Rick’s elusively soothing vocals take listeners on an awe-inspiring exploration leaving one feeling content and invigorated. There is deliverance to be found in Patrick Rickelton’s music, a salvation that is palpable and delivered honestly and truthfully, so that when Rickelton sings, one believes every word. Visitors may visit the galleries (free to members), shop in the gift shop and listen to some of Nashville’s finest local music while relaxing in our...
    03/03/12	Architecture Tour of the Frist Center Frist Center for the Visual Arts Architecture Tour of the Frist Center Presented by Frist Center for the Visual Arts at Frist Center for the Visual Arts March 3, 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...

• Past
  Events

  • Past Events

    02/04/12	Architecture Tour of the Frist Center Frist Center for the Visual Arts
    02/03/12	Curator's Perspective: Duncan Phillips: Champion of American Art Frist Center for the Visual Arts
    02/03/12	Artist's Perspective: Answers to Questions Presented by John Wood Frist Center for the Visual Arts
    02/03/12	Music at the Frist: Meltzer Parsons Guitar Duo Frist Center for the Visual Arts
    02/02/12	Music at the Frist: Jerry Krahn and Jeff Taylor Frist Center for the Visual Arts
    01/28/12	Educator Workshop: Connecting Cultures: Children’s Stories from Latin America Frist Center for the Visual Arts
    01/27/12	Music at the Frist: Amanda Contreras and Friends Frist Center for the Visual Arts
    01/26/12- 01/27/12	Art Making in the Lobby Frist Center for the Visual Arts
    01/26/12	Music at the Frist: Lindsay George Frist Center for the Visual Arts
    01/24/12	Educator Workshop: Connecting Cultures: Children’s Stories from Latin America Frist Center for the Visual Arts
    01/22/12	Jazz on the Move: Tribute to Anita O'Day ft. Annie Sellick Frist Center for the Visual Arts
    01/20/12	“Femme Fatale” Film Series: Body Heat Frist Center for the Visual Arts
    01/19/12	Adult Studio Workshop: Calligraphy Frist Center for the Visual Arts
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