Art History Course: Contemporary Art

Presented by Frist Art Museum at Frist Art Museum, Nashville TN

Feb 15 2023

Mar 01 2023

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Presented by Tom Williams

Learn more about themes in contemporary art through the work of Jeffrey Gibson, Otobong Nkanga, and Matthew Ritchie in this three-part course presented on Zoom. At the end of the course, participants can visit the galleries with Tom Williams during an in-person meet up.

Wednesday, February 15: Focus on Matthew Ritchie

This class will introduce contemporary art through the lens of Ritchie’s work. Focusing first on some important points of reference in twentieth-century art, we will go on to discuss the ways that Ritchie and some of his contemporaries have used the language of modern art to address complex political, social, and economic realities.

Register for February 15

Wednesday, February 22: Focus on Otobong Nkanga

This class will address contemporary art in the context of globalization. Looking first at Nkanga’s critiques of neocolonial and ecological exploitation, this session will explore the ways that contemporary artists have responded to globalization in social, economic, and cultural contexts.

Register for February 22

Wednesday, March 1: Focus on Jeffrey Gibson

This class will focus on multiplicity and identity in contemporary art. Beginning with Gibson’s blending of different aesthetic traditions as a vision of a pluralist future, this class will discuss contemporary artists who have forged new sensibilities and imagined alternative worlds by working between and across different cultures and social practices.

Register for March 1

About Tom Williams

Tom Williams is an art historian based in Nashville. He has taught at the School of Visual Arts, the Museum of Modern Art, Watkins College of Art, and elsewhere. He is currently teaching at Belmont University. His writings have appeared in Art in America, Grey Room, and other publications. Since 2013, he has co-facilitated an art workshop in the Death Row unit of Riverbend Maximum Security Institution, and he has co-curated (with Robin Paris) exhibitions of prisoners’ art, including Life After Death and Elsewhere at apexart in New York City.

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ADMISSION INFO

Purchase all three online events:
$30/Member: for all three online events (Feb. 15, Feb. 22, and March 1)
$40/Non-Member: for all three online events (Feb. 15, Feb. 22, and March 1)

Purchase each class separately:
$12/Member: per online class, separately.
$15/Non-Member: per online class, separately.

At the end of the course, participants can visit the galleries with Tom Williams during an in-person meet up.

Contact: (615) 244-3340

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INDIVIDUAL DATES & TIMES*

Additional time info:

Three-part course presented on Zoom. At the end of the course, participants can visit the galleries with Tom Williams during an in-person meet up.

* Event durations (if noted) are approximate. Please check with the presenting organization or venue to confirm start times and duration.

LOCATION

Frist Art Museum

919 Broadway, Nashville, TN 37203

PARKING INFO

Parking in Frist Art Museum lots is reserved for Frist Art Museum visitors, volunteers, and staff only. It is available on a first-come, first-served basis.

Parking Lot Hours
Visitor parking begins 30 minutes before the museum’s doors open. The lot closes at 3AM. No cars are allowed in the lot between 3AM and 30 minutes before opening.

Guests are encouraged to carpool and use rideshare services. You may also want to consider using WeGo Public Transit.

Parking rates
Frist Art Museum visitors: $2 per hour / $20 daily maximum
Frist Art Museum non-visitors: $10 per hour / $30 daily maximum
(Credit cards only; no cash accepted)

A flat rate parking fee may apply for certain special events.

Here’s an interactive map from Nashville Downtown Partnership’s Park It Downtown.