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Frist Center for the Visual Arts

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:
$8.50/Adults, $7.50/Seniors(65+), $7.50/Military, $7/Groups of 10 or more, $6.50/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

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• NOTE: We do our best to ensure all information is accurate, however it's a good idea to visit the website or call the venue to verify the information.

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• Current Events

  10/02/09- 01/31/10	Georgia O'Keeffe & Her Times: American Modernism from The Lane Collection of the Museum of Fine Arts
  10/02/09- 01/31/10	Oliver Herring: Sculpture and Video
  10/02/09- 01/31/10	Thomas Hart Benton In Story and Song
  09/10/09- 01/03/10	Twilight Visions: Surrealism, Photography, and Paris
  02/13/09- 12/31/10	George Rickey's Three Red Lines
  02/13/09- 12/31/10	Fletcher Benton's Truckin' Jumbo Geo
  01/01/09- 12/25/09	FREE College Nights at the Frist Center

• Upcoming Events

  11/05/09	Music in the Grand Lobby: Sarah Edmonds
  11/05/09	Lecture: Thomas Hart Benton: An Epic Life
  11/06/09	Music in the Grand Lobby: Winston Harrison
  11/06/09	Off the Wall Lecture Series: 'The Center Cannot Hold': Europe between Two World Wars, 1924-1939
  11/06/09	Architecture Tour
  11/07/09	Adult Painting Workshop: The Essence of Nature Part 1
  11/08/09	Adult Painting Workshop: The Essence of Nature Part 2
  11/12/09	Music in the Grand Lobby: Jamie Liana
  11/12/09	Gallery Talk: Georgia O'Keeffe and Her Times
  11/13/09	Music in the Grand Lobby: Winston Harrison
  11/13/09	Gallery Talk: Painting Embodiment: Bloom, Zerbe, and the Boston Expressionists
  11/14/09	Gallery Talk: Georgia O'Keeffe and Her Circle of Early American Modernists
  11/14/09	Kids Club: A Closer Look
  11/16/09	Ms. Cheap Day at The Frist
  11/16/09	Senior Monday
  11/18/09	Gallery Talk: Thomas Hart Benton in Story and Song
  11/19/09	Music in the Grand Lobby: OTTO
  11/19/09	Off the Wall Lecture Series: RE-ASSEMBLING REALITY: Surrealism and Surrealist Film in 1920s & 1930s
  11/20/09	Music in the Grand Lobby: The Contrarian Ensemble
  11/20/09	ARTini: Oliver Herring: Common Threads
  11/27/09	Music in the Grand Lobby: String Jazz with Billy Contreras and Buddy Spicher
  12/03/09	Music in the Grand Lobby: Linda Sack
  12/03/09	Off the Wall Lecture Series: The Surrealist Literary Movement in Paris
  12/04/09	Music in the Grand Lobby: Sarah Edmonds
  12/04/09	Architecture Tour
  12/10/09	Music in the Grand Lobby: Linda Sack
  12/12/09	Kids Club: Winter Wonderland
  12/17/09	Music in the Lobby: Kristie L. Sibley
  12/18/09	ARTini: Thomas Hart Benton in Story and Song
  12/21/09	Senior Monday
  01/29/10- 04/25/10	Heroes: Mortals and Myths in Ancient Greece
  02/19/10- 05/16/10	Masterpieces of European Painting
  05/14/10- 01/02/11	Chihuly At The Frist
  06/18/10- 09/12/10	The Golden Age of Couture: Paris and London, 1947-1957
  10/26/10- 01/23/11	The Birth of Impressionism: Masterpieces from the Musee d'Orsay

• Past Events

  11/01/09	Films at the Frist: Herb and Dorothy
  10/30/09	Films at the Frist: Art 21 Season 5 (Episodes 3 and 4)
  10/30/09	Music in the Grand Lobby: Carolyn Martin Swing Band
  10/29/09	Gallery Talk: Twilight Visions: Surrealism, Photography, and Paris
  10/29/09	Music in the Grand Lobby: The Gloaming
  10/23/09	Music in the Grand Lobby: Thenderfin
  10/23/09	Films at the Frist: Art 21 Season 5 (Episodes 1 and 2)
  10/22/09	Music in the Grand Lobby: String Jazz with Billy Contreras and Buddy Spicher
  10/19/09	Senior Monday
  10/18/09	Family Day
  10/18/09	Community Outreach: Musical Petting Zoo at Frist Center for the Visual Arts
  10/16/09	ARTini: Georgia O'Keeffe and Her Times
  10/16/09	Music in the Grand Lobby: The Contrarian Ensemble
  10/15/09	Artist's Forum: Ron Lambert and Lesley Patterson-Marx
  10/15/09	Music in the Grand Lobby: Benita Hill
  10/10/09	Kids Club: BIG Hats
  10/10/09	2009 Frist Center Gala
  10/09/09	Lecture: Georgia O'Keeffe: Photography and an American Icon
  10/03/09	Artist's Perspective: Oliver Herring
  10/02/09	Curator's Conversation: From Marbles to Modernism: Stories Behind the Lane Collection
  10/02/09	Architecture Tour
  10/01/09	Music in the Grand Lobby: String Jazz with Billy Contreras and Buddy Spicher
  09/30/09	Art Making: Diorama Drama
  09/28/09	Story Time at the Frist
  09/25/09	Surreal to Reel: Paris on Film Films at the Frist: Un Chien Andalou and L'Atalante
  09/25/09	Music in the Grand Lobby: String Jazz with Billy Contreras and Buddy Spicher
  09/24/09	ARTini: Twilight Visions: Surrealism, Photography, and Paris
  09/24/09	Music in the Grand Lobby: The Contrarian Ensemble
  09/23/09	Art Making: Standing Mobile
  09/21/09	Senior Monday
  09/21/09	Story Time at the Frist
  09/21/09	World Alzheimer's Day 2009
  09/18/09	Music in the Grand Lobby: Kristie Sibley
  09/17/09	Art Makes Place Panel Discussion
  09/17/09	Gift of Understanding: Artist Lecture by Adrienne Outlaw
  09/17/09	Music in the Grand Lobby: Duology
  09/16/09	Art Making: Surrealist Dreamscapes
  09/14/09	Story Time at the Frist
  09/12/09	Frist Center Kids Club: Cityscapes that POP!
  09/11/09	Curator's Perspective: The City in Twilight: Surrealism, Photography, and Paris
  09/04/09	Architecture Tour
  09/03/09	Music in the Grand Lobby: Harry Stephenson
  08/29/09	Teen Workshop: Printmaking
  08/27/09	Curator's Perspective: Chuck Close Prints: Process and Collaboration
  08/21/09	ARTini: Dean Byington: Terra Incognita
  08/20/09	Gallery Talk: Chuck Close Prints: Process and Collaboration
  08/20/09	Music in the Lobby featuring John Danley
  08/17/09	Senior Monday
  08/17/09	Story Time
  08/15/09	Lecture: New Museums in Old Places
  08/14/09	Art Makes Place Panel Discussion
  08/14/09	Gift of Identity: Artist Lecture by Mel Zeigler
  08/14/09	Music in the Lobby featuring Billy Contreras and Buddy Spicher
  08/13/09	Artist's Forum: Off the Wall Artists' Group
  08/13/09	Music in the Lobby featuring Snappy Pappy
  08/08/09	Frist Center Kids Club: Magnificent Monoprints
  08/07/09	Films at the Frist: Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Paris
  08/07/09	Architecture Tour
  08/01/09- 08/02/09	Adult Workshop: Printmaking
  07/31/09	Frist Fridays - Super-T
  07/30/09	Music in the Lobby featuring Brent White
  07/23/09	Music in the Lobby with Brian Ashley Jones
  07/20/09	Senior Monday
  07/17/09	ARTini: Chuck Close Prints: Process and Collaboration
  07/17/09	Music in the Lobby featuring John Danley
  07/14/09	CityTHINK:Nashville Civic Design Center Lunchtime Presentation
  07/11/09	Frist Center Kids Club: Terrific Tessellations
  07/10/09	ARTini: Museums in the 21st Century: Concepts, Projects, Buildings
  07/10/09	Music in the Lobby featuring The Contrarian Ensemble
  07/09/09	Music in the Lobby featuring Snappy Pappy
  07/06/09- 07/10/09	Art Makes Place Panel Discussion
  07/03/09	Music in the Lobby featuring Bobby Hamrick
  07/03/09	Architecture Tour
  07/02/09	Music in the Lobby featuring Bobby Hamrick
  06/26/09- 09/13/09	Chuck Close Prints: Process and Collaboration
  06/26/09- 09/13/09	Dean Byington: Terra Incognita
  06/26/09	Frist Fridays - Supe Granda and the Sandwiches
  06/26/09	Artist's Perspective: Dean Byington
  06/24/09	Art Making: Dot Portraits
  06/22/09	Story Time at the Frist
  06/19/09	Music in the Lobby featuring Dax Evans
  06/18/09	Urban Design Forum
  06/18/09	Music in the Lobby featuring Bobby Hamrick
  06/17/09	Art Making: Summertime Lanterns
  06/15/09	Senior Monday
  06/15/09- 07/24/09	Summer Art Camp at the Frist Center
  06/15/09	Story Time at the Frist
  06/13/09	Frist Center Kids Club: BOWLed Over
  06/12/09	ARTini: Museums in the 21st Century: Concepts, Projects, Buildings
  06/12/09	Music in the Lobby featuring Bone Therapy
  06/11/09	Artist's Forum featuring Joseph Whitt
  06/11/09	Music in the Lobby featuring Nate Dickonson
  06/10/09	Art Making: Twilight Cityscapes
  06/08/09	Story Time at the Frist
  06/06/09- 06/07/09	Adult Workshop: Enameling
  06/05/09	Architecture Tour
  06/05/09	Music in the Lobby featuring Elena Korol
  06/04/09	Gallery Talk: Museums in the 21st Century: Concepts, Projects, Buildings
  06/04/09	Music in the Lobby featuring Tommy Keenum
  05/31/09	Concert: Holy Trinity Byzantine Choir