Frist Center Announces Monthly Events Calendar Thru 6/15
By: Gabrielle Sierra Mar. 27, 2009
Frist Center Announces Calendar of Events for April 1-June 15, 2009
OF SPECIAL NOTE
Thursday, April 16 State of the Art: Contemporary Lecture Series
6:30 p.m. featuring Andrea Zittel
Contemporary artist Andrea Zittel is part artist, architect, environmentalist, crafter, nutritionist, engineer, and designer. She'll discuss her work at a free lecture at 6:30 p.m. in the Frist Center auditorium.
Final Jazz on the Move Event April 19
The Nashville Jazz Workshop and the Frist Center for the Visual Arts present the popular series Jazz on the Move featuring a combination lecture and performance, presented by some of Nashville's top jazz artists and educators. The programs take place on a series of Sundays at 3 p.m. in the auditorium. All performances are free and open to the public. This series is made possible by an Arts Builds Communities (ABC) grant from the Metropolitan Nashville Arts Commission in cooperation with the Tennessee Arts Commission.
April 19:" The Life and Times of Thelonious Monk" with Bruce Dudley
Free Admission for College Students Thursday and Friday Evenings, 5-9 p.m.
College students may now enjoy two free evenings each week at the Frist Center. Every Thursday and Friday evening admission is free for all college students with a current student ID.
April 2009
Thursday, April 2 Music in the Grand Lobby
6-8 p.m. Billy Contreras and Buddy Spicher,
Free (jazz fiddlers extraordinaire)
The Frist Center welcomes two of the world's greatest fiddlers, Billy Contreras and Buddy Spicher to our Music in the Grand Lobby series. Ask any jazz fiddler in the world who is the brightest new talent on the scene, and the answer is highly likely to be "Billy Contreras." Ask any session player who is the greatest session fiddler who ever played, and the answer is likely to be "Buddy Spicher." Hear these two greats perform in the intimate setting of the Frist Center's beautiful Grand Lobby.
Friday, April 3 Architecture Tour
6:30 p.m.
Meet in the Grand Lobby
Free with gallery admission
Grab some refreshments at our cash bar and stroll around the Frist Center as you learn more about our landmark building from one of our always-engaging docents.
Friday, April 3 Films at the Frist: Gattaca (35mm print)
7 p.m.
Auditorium
Free
Vincent is one of the last "natural" babies born into a genetically engineered world. Considered an "In-Valid" because of myopia and a heart condition Vincent is destined to live his life as an underclass of humans, useful only for menial jobs. With his dream of traveling to space as his inspiration, he goes underground and assumes the identity of a genetically superior athlete-a "Valid." Vincent becomes recognized as a top candidate for space travel at Gattaca Aerospace and is put into the queue for the next mission. Everything is seemingly going his way until the flight director is brutally murdered at work. A clue left at the crime scene may be Vincent's undoing. Starring Ethan Hawke, Uma Thurman, Alan Arkin and Jude Law. Written and directed by Andrew Niccol; 1997; 106 minutes; Rated PG-13; 35mm.
Friday, April 3 Music in the Grand Lobby
6-8 p.m. The Contrarian Ensemble
Free (guitar, mandolins, fiddle, accordion, recorder, percussion)
The delightful Contrarian Ensemble performs an eclectic variety of dance music from the 1300s to the present, including traditional tunes from the U.S., the British Isles and Europe, as well as original compositions by Contrarians Mark Wingate and Chris Moore. The group often performs reels, jigs and waltzes for contra dances in the region. Dancing is welcome and encouraged!
Saturday, April 4 Teen Workshop: Oil Painting and the Figure
10 a.m.-4 p.m.
Frist Center Studios
$40 members; $50 non-members
Call (615) 744-3355 to register
Terry Thacker, a Nashville-based artist and professor and chair of the fine arts department at Watkins College of Art, Design and Film, will lead participants in a discussion about some of the artists included in Paint Made Flesh, with a focus on the artists' use of oil paint to depict the human body. Participants will then move to the Frist Center studios where they will create their own figure paintings during a session with a clothed model.
Saturday, April 4 Gallery Talk: Paint Made Flesh
11 a.m. Talking Bodies: Connections Across Disciplines
Meet at the Information Desk
Free with the purchase of gallery admission
Portrait paintings offer us close encounters with the faces and bodies of their subjects. But because portraits are the product of prior face-to-face contact between artists and their sitters, they also make claims about the ways the intimate encounter of flesh with flesh can be represented in a painted image. Gregg Horowitz, associate professor of philosophy at Vanderbilt University, will examine the ways the transformation of fleshly encounters into paint has, over the course of the past century, become an increasingly less reliable means of leaving an identifiable record of the sitter. He will explore this topic through paintings by Willem De Kooning, Lucian Freud and John Currin.
Sunday, April 5 Lecture: "Carmina Burana: From
2 p.m. Medieval Poetry to Contemporary Ballet"
Auditorium
Free
A conversation in two parts: First, art historian Trinita Kennedy (associate curator, Frist Center for the Visual Arts) will introduce the Burana Codex, also known as the Carmina Burana, a thirteenth-century manuscript of poems and illuminations now held in the Bavarian State Library in Munich. She will relate this important manuscript to works presently on view at the Frist Center in the exhibition Medieval Treasures from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Second, renowned choreographer Paul Vasterling (artistic director, Nashville Ballet) will discuss the music German composer Carl Orff wrote from 1935-36 to accompany the poems. Both the original manuscript and the Orff composition serve as the inspiration for the Nashville Ballet's forthcoming production Carmina Burana. Vasterling will share with the audience insights into his own creative process as well as a behind-the-scenes look at his ballet, including rehearsal footage and costume and set design sketches.
Thursday, April 9 Music in the Grand Lobby
6-8 p.m. Billy Contreras and Buddy Spicher
Free
In jazz circles, Billy Contreras is widely considered the finest jazz violin player who ever laid bow to string. He was mentored by talents no less than fiddle-great Mark O'Connor and legendary Nashville session player Buddy Spicher. Expect to hear straight-ahead jazz standards, Texas swing as well as original compositions from these two musical greats. Spectacular music in a spectacular venue.
Friday, April 10 Music in the Grand Lobby
6-8 p.m. Billy Contreras and Buddy Spicher
Free
Acoustic music aficionados can remember a few extraordinarily memorable nights in a Nashville club that no longer exists when the great Nashville session fiddler Buddy Spicher was joined by a brilliant young jazz prodigy who left the appreciative audience slack jawed. Billy Contreras is now regarded by many as the finest jazz player alive, and Buddy is an iconic legend. Hear them together again at the Frist Center during Music in the Grand Lobby.
Thursday, April 16 State of the Art: Contemporary Lecture Series
6:30 p.m. featuring Andrea Zittel
Auditorium
Free
The State of the Art lecture series is designed to bring nationally and internationally renowned critics, curators and artists to Nashville to share their perspectives on current issues and ideas in contemporary art.
Conceptual artist and designer Andrea Zittel conducts experiments that simplify the everyday tasks of our lives. Using her own life as inspiration, she constantly examines and improves her relationship to her domestic and social environment, and ultimately the environments of others as well. Part artist, architect, environmentalist, crafter, nutritionist, engineer, and designer, Zittel possesses an everlasting enthusiasm for her projects.
Zittel received a BFA in painting and sculpture from San Diego State University and an MFA in sculpture from Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island. Her work has been included in numerous exhibitions in the United States and Europe, including the 2004 Whitney Biennial and her 2005 comprehensive survey Andrea Zittel: Critical Space organized by the New Museum and the Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston. Zittel received the 2005 Smithsonian American Art Museum's annual Lucelia Artist Award. The artist currently lives and works in Los Angeles, California, and Joshua Tree, California, where her A-Z West enterprises is located.
Thursday, April 16 Music in the Grand Lobby
6-8 p.m. The Storm Kings
Free
Come enjoy the music of the Storm Kings, a Nashville-based ambient fusion quintet influenced by artists including Miles Davis, Pat Metheny, and Mark Isham. Feel free to bring beverages and snacks from the café to the lobby to enhance your listening experience.
Friday, April 17 Artist's Forum: Rocky Horton and Chris Scarborough
6:30 p.m.
Rechter Room
Free
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 a part of the dialogue about the artistic process.
In his most recent studio practices, Rocky Horton utilizes different dilutions of photographic development chemicals to paint onto exposed photographs. With these "photo paintings" Horton is commenting on the precarious relationship these mediums have had with each other since the invention of photography in the nineteenth century. His work has been included in numerous exhibitions, including shows at Cheekwood Museum of Art and Zeitgeist Gallery. Horton is currently assistant professor of art at Lipscomb University in Nashville.
Chris Scarborough works in photography and drawing to create meticulously detailed images of people who have been manipulated according to the exaggerated characteristics of Japanese anime. His most recent work has developed from this foundation to include the examination of cartoon violence. His work has been included in several national exhibitions, including solo shows at the Foley Gallery in New York City and the Gescheidle Gallery in Chicago. Scarborough's work is also part of numerous private and public collections, including the Tennessee State Museum.
Friday, April 17 Music in the Grand Lobby
6-8 p.m. The Contrarian Ensemble
Free (guitar, mandolins, fiddle, accordion, recorder, percussion)
Delightful community music band the Contrarian Ensemble performs an eclectic variety of dance music from the 1300s to the present, including traditional tunes from the U.S., the British Isles and Europe, as well as original compositions by Contrarians Mark Wingate and Chris Moore. They often perform at contra dances in the region, playing traditional and contemporary reels, jigs and waltzes. Contra and folk dancers particularly welcome!
Saturday, April 18 Adult Workshop: Oil Painting and Figure: Part 1
10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Frist Center Studios - Upper Level
$50 Frist Center Members; $60 non-members (cost is for both days of workshop)
Cost includes all supplies and gallery admission.
Call (615)744-3355 to register.
Terry Thacker, a Nashville-based artist and professor and chair of the fine arts department at Watkins College of Art, Design and Film, will lead this two-day intensive figure painting workshop. On Saturday, the program will begin with a discussion of the works on view in the Paint Made Flesh exhibition focusing on the way artists employ a wide range of painterly effects to suggest the temporal properties and cultural significance of human flesh. Participants will then move to the Frist Center studios where the discussion will continue during a figure painting session with a nude model. On Sunday, participants will continue working in the studio with the model.
Sunday, April 19 Adult Workshop: Oil Painting and Figure: Part 2
1-4 p.m.
Frist Center Studios - Upper Level
$50 Frist Center Members; $60 non-members (cost is for both days of the workshop)
Cost includes all supplies and gallery admission.
Call (615) 744-3355 to register.
Terry Thacker, a Nashville-based artist and professor and chair of the fine arts department at Watkins College of Art, Design and Film, will lead this two-day intensive figure painting workshop. On Saturday, the program will begin with a discussion of the works on view in the Paint Made Flesh exhibition, focusing on the way artists employ a wide range of painterly effects to suggest the temporal properties and cultural significance of human flesh. Participants will then move to the Frist Center studios where the discussion will continue during a figure painting session with a nude model. On Sunday, participants will continue working in the studio with the model.
Monday, April 20 Senior Monday
10 a.m.-5:30 p.m.
The Frist Center for the Visual Arts and WAMB-AM present Senior Mondays, a series of events for those who admit their "senior" status. On these days, gallery admission is $4.25 (1/2 price) for seniors and a special senior parking fee of $2.00 in the Frist Center lots is offered, based on availability. Seniors receive a 15 percent discount on Gift Shop purchases and on Frist Center Café refreshments purchased during the event. Seniors can enjoy WAMB's Harry Stephenson live radio broadcast in the Grand Lobby. Special gallery talks and other activities will be presented throughout the day. Admission is free on Monday's with the donation of a non-perishable food item to Second Harvest.
6-8 p.m. Billy Contreras and Buddy Spicher
Free
In jazz circles, Billy Contreras is widely considered the finest jazz violin player who ever laid bow to string. He was mentored by talents no less than fiddle-great Mark O'Connor and legendary Nashville session player Buddy Spicher. Expect to hear straight-ahead jazz standards, Texas swing and original compositions from these two musical greats. Spectacular music in a spectacular venue.
Friday, April 24 ARTini: Seeing Ourselves: Photographs of Safe
7 p.m. Haven
Meet in the Grand Lobby
Free
Join Andee Rudloff, educator for outreach at the Frist Center, as she leads an informal conversation about one or two works of art in this exhibition. Complete your evening by relaxing in the Grand Lobby with beverages from the café and visiting with friends.
Friday, April 24 Music in the Grand Lobby
6-8 p.m. Billy Contreras and Buddy Spicher
Free
Buddy Spicher hailed from Wheeling, W.V., home of the Wheeling Jamboree, and ended up in Nashville on some of the most important recordings in the last 50 years, including Bob Dylan's Nashville Skyline. In the early 90s, he took on a brilliant young student fiddler, Billy Contreras. Hear a legend and a legend in the making when Billy and Buddy play for Music in the Grand Lobby. Spectacular music in a spectacular venue.
Saturday, April 25 Adult Workshop: Enameling: Part 1
10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Frist Center Studios
$50 members; $60 non-members. (cost is for both days of the workshop)
Cost includes all supplies and gallery admission.
Call (615) 744-3355 to register.
Nashville-based jewelry artist Susan Thornton will lead this two-day enameling workshop in which all skill levels are welcome. Participants will visit the Medieval Treasures from the Cleveland Museum of Art exhibition to examine and discuss some of the enameled artworks on view. Participants will then head to the Frist Center's studios to create their own enameled works. Everyone will take home a finished piece indicative of the enameled objects included in the exhibition.
Sunday, April 26 Adult Workshop: Enameling: Part 2
1- 4 p.m.
Frist Center Studios
$50 members; $60 non-members. (cost is for both days of the workshop)
Cost includes all supplies and gallery admission.
Call (615) 744-3355 to register.
Nashville-based jewelry artist Susan Thornton will lead this two-day enameling workshop in which all skill levels are welcome. Participants will visit the Medieval Treasures from the Cleveland Museum of Art exhibition to examine and discuss some of the enameled artworks on view. Participants will then head to the Frist Center's studios to create their own enameled works. Everyone will take home a finished piece indicative of the enameled objects included in the exhibition.
Sunday, April 26 Concert
3 p.m., Auditorium The Nashville Flute Choir
Free
The 16-member Nashville Flute Choir will inspire and delight presenting a special concert from their eclectic repertoire.
Thursday, April 30 Off the Wall Lecture Series:
6:30 p.m. Court and Courtship in Medieval Burgundy
Auditorium
Free
The Valois dukes of Burgundy (1364-1477) ruled an increasing number of lucrative territories beginning with one duchy in eastern France and expanding into the southern Netherlands. Along the way they developed a reputation for wealth and display that eventually eclipsed their French royal relatives and the rest of Europe's courts. Dr. Elizabeth Moodey, assistant professor of art history at Vanderbilt University, will investigate examples of Burgundian luxury goods in ivory, alabaster, gold, and vellum, and explore some of the delights and obligations of living well in the late Middle Ages, for a glimpse of the occupations and preoccupations of court life.
Dr. Moodey has recently completed a new book on the Crusade at the Burgundian court, which will be published in 2009 by Brepols.
Thursday, April 30 Music in the Grand Lobby
6-8 p.m. Trio San Rafael
Free
Rafael Vasquez fronts this remarkable Nashville-based trio that performs a variety of styles infused with rhythms borne of his San Antonio roots. He and his band and trio have performed at events throughout the region, and most recently Rafael has become involved in education through his appearances at Belmont University and Metro Nashville Public Schools. Come enjoy Tejano, conjunto and norteño music!
May 2009
Friday, May 1 Architecture Tour of the Frist Center
6:30 p.m.
Meet in the Grand Lobby
Free
Did you ever wonder about the significance of the icons in the Frist Center's Grand Lobby or marvel at the beautiful and unusual floors in our galleries? Join us and have your questions answered. Grab some refreshments at our cash bar or café and stroll around the Frist Center as you learn more about our landmark building from one of our always-engaging docents and enjoy some live music at the conclusion of your tour.
Friday, May 1 Films at the Frist: The Picture of Dorian Gray (35mm)
7 p.m.
Auditorium
Free
Dorian Gray is obsessed with appearances, especially his own. To capture his handsome and youthful looks he has his portrait painted. Leading an immoral and corrupt life, Dorian's features do not change, but his portrait reveals the evidence of his sins. Desperate to hide his true self he locks the portrait away. However, he cannot hide his unchanging appearance and mysterious behavior, which begin to attract suspicion. Based on Oscar Wilde's 1891 novel. Starring Hurd Hatfield, George Sanders, Donna Reed and Angela Lansbury. Directed by Albert Lewin; 1945; 110 minutes; 35 mm. Not Rated.
Friday, May 1 Music in the Grand Lobby
6-8 p.m. Stephen Anderson
Free
On Thursday evenings, the Frist Center presents free music in the Grand Lobby. Choose from a variety of red and white wines, beer and other beverages from the Frist Center Cafe. Bistro seating is offered, so visitors can relax and enjoy music performed by guitarist Stephen Anderson.
Sunday, May 3 Nashville In Harmony in Concert
2 p.m.
Auditorium
Free
The Frist Center welcomes Nashville In Harmony for the third consecutive year. Under the direction of Don Schlosser, this chorus is open to all who support the advancement of rights for GLBT people - women and men, straight and GLBT - of all races and beliefs. The repertoire styles of music, from classical (with a twist) to pop, utilizing a diversity of instruments from many to none at all. Our repertoire includes songs that align with mission of the chorus, those that are purely fun and everything in between.
Thursday, May 7 Music in the Grand Lobby
6-8 p.m. Billy Contreras and Buddy Spicher
Free
Buddy Spicher hailed from Wheeling, WV, home of the Wheeling Jamboree, and ended up in Nashville on some of the most important recordings in the last 50 years, including Bob Dylan's Nashville Skyline. In the early 90s, he took on a brilliant young student fiddler, Billy Contreras. Hear a legend and a legend in the making when Billy and Buddy play for Music in the Grand Lobby. Spectacular music in a spectacular venue.
Friday, May 8 Music in the Grand Lobby
6-8 p.m. The Contrarian Ensemble
Free (guitar, mandolins, fiddle, accordion, recorder, percussion)
Delightful community music band the Contrarian Ensemble performs an eclectic variety of dance music from the 1300s to the present, including traditional tunes from the U.S., the British Isles and Europe, as well as original compositions by Contrarians Mark Wingate and Chris Moore. They often perform at contra dances in the region, playing traditional and contemporary reels, jigs and waltzes Contra and folk dancers particularly welcome!
Friday, May 8 Volunteer Information Session
6-7 p.m.
Learn about becoming a volunteer for the Frist Center at this information session. Frist Center volunteers assist visitors and staff throughout the visual arts center, with a variety of opportunities available. You do not need to be an art expert; just bring your desire to help others enjoy art. To learn more about the Frist Center Volunteer Program, sign up for this Information Session online at www.fristcenter.org.
Saturday, May 9 Frist Center Kids Club: The Illuminated Page
Sessions at 10:30 a.m.,
1 p.m., and 3 p.m.
Frist Center Studios
Free
Call (615) 744-3357 to reserve a space.
Please note: Frist Center Kids Club moves to three sessions on a single Saturday each month beginning in May.
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 art studios each month, and the Martin ArtQuest Gallery. In May members will learn about the process medieval craftsmen used to produce books and the illuminated manuscripts contained within them. Each participant will then write a story and illustrate his or her own illuminated page.
Friday, May 15 ARTini: Medieval Treasures from the Cleveland
7 p.m. Museum of Art
Meet at the Information Desk
Free with purchase of gallery admission
Join Stefanie Gerber Darr, educator for public programs at the Frist Center, as she leads an informal conversation about one or two works of art in this exhibition. Complete your evening relaxing in the Grand Lobby with beverages from the café and visiting with friends. (Free live music from 6-8 p.m.)
Saturday, May 16 Adult Workshop: Illuminated Manuscripts: Part 1
10 a.m.-4 p.m.
Frist Center Studios
$50 members; $60 non-members (cost is for both days of the workshop)
Cost includes all supplies and gallery admission.
Call (615) 744-3355 to register.
Michele Herbert, calligraphy artist and co-owner of Shimai Pottery, will lead participants in a two-day workshop in which they will create their own illuminated manuscripts similar to the ones on view in Medieval Treasures.
Sunday, May 17 Adult Workshop: Illuminated Manuscripts: Part 2
1-4 p.m.
Frist Center Studios
$50 members; $60 non-members (cost is for both days of the workshop)
Cost includes all supplies and gallery admission.
Call (615) 744-3355 to register.
Michele Herbert, calligraphy artist and co-owner of Shimai Pottery, will lead participants in a two-day workshop in which they will create their own illuminated manuscripts similar to the ones on view in Medieval Treasures.
Monday, May 18 Senior Monday
10 a.m.-5:30 p.m.
The Frist Center for the Visual Arts and WAMB-AM present Senior Mondays, a series of events for those who admit their "senior" status. On these days, gallery admission is $4.25 (1/2 price) for seniors and a special senior parking fee of $2.00 in the Frist Center lots is offered, based on availability. Seniors receive a 15 percent discount on Gift Shop purchases and on Frist Center Café refreshments purchased during the event. Seniors can enjoy WAMB's Harry Stephenson live radio broadcast in the Grand Lobby. Special gallery talks and other activities will be presented throughout the day. Admission is free on Monday's with the donation of a non-perishable food item to Second Harvest.
6-8 p.m. The Smoking Flowers
Free
Also known for their musical contributions to Kim's Fable and Pale Blue Dot, Scott and Kim Collin's lilting melodies and harmonies drive this husband-wife duo's more recent endeavor. The Smoking Flowers invoke an alluring sense of playfulness and mischief and are filled to the brim with indie sensibilities, Southern Gothicism and a flare of debonair. Spectacular music in a spectacular venue.
Friday, May 22 Music in the Grand Lobby
6-8 p.m. Tommy Keenum
Free
Since moving to Nashville a decade ago, Tommy Keenum has lent his unique touch of sax, percussions and vocals to a wide range of local musicians including David Meade, Bobby Bare Jr., and Steff Mahan. He is also a charter member of the ever-growing successful cover band Guilty Pleasures. With the recent release of his first album, Keenum's unique style is front and center. He has crafted an eclectic set of new songs that reflect the 70s era on a jazz bender. Spectacular music in a spectacular venue.
Thursday, May 28 Music in the Grand Lobby
6-8 p.m. The Storm Kings
Free
Come enjoy the music of the Storm Kings, a Nashville based ambient fusion quintet influenced by artists including Miles Davis, Pat Metheny, and Mark Isham. Feel free to bring beverages and snacks from the café to the lobby to enhance your listening experience.
Friday, May 29 Exhibitions Open to Public
Museums in the 21st Century: Concepts, Projects, Buildings (Upper-Level Galleries)
Featuring sketches, architectural plans, photographs and models of 18 of the world's leading museum buildings, this exhibition explores important trends in contemporary museum architecture. The exhibition Museums in the 21st Century: Concepts, Projects, Buildings was organized by Art Centre Basel, Switzerland.
Exhibitions continue through August 29, 2009
Friday, May 29 Frist Fridays 2009 Concert Series
6-9 p.m.
Free
Frist Fridays has become one of Nashville's most popular summertime activities. And it's back for another year with the inaugural event scheduled on May 29.
Sunday, May 31 Concert: Byzantine Chanters
3 p.m. from Nashville's Holy Trinity Church
Auditorium
Free
In conjunction with the Medieval Treasures from the Cleveland Museum of Art exhibition the Holy Trinity Byzantine Choir, the main choir serving Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church in Nashville, will perform a selection of medieval and post-medieval Byzantine choral pieces taken from Orthodox Eastern Christian worship services.
Thursday, June 4 Gallery Talk: Museums in the 21st Century: Concepts,
7 p.m. Projects, Buildings
Meet at the Information Desk
Free with purchase of gallery admission
Join Trinita Kennedy, associate curator at the Frist Center, for a tour of this exhibition. Complete your evening relaxing in the Grand Lobby with beverages from the café and visiting with friends. (Free live music from 6-8 p.m.)
Thrusday, June 4 Music in the Grand Lobby
6-8 p.m. Tommy Keenum
Free
Since moving to Nashville a decade ago, Tommy Keenum has lent his unique touch of sax, percussions and vocals to a wide range of local musicians including David Meade, Bobby Bare Jr., and Steff Mahan. He is also a charter member of the ever-growing successful cover band, Guilty Pleasures. With the recent release of his first album, Keenum's unique style is front and center. He has crafted an eclectic set of new songs that reflect the 70s era on a jazz bender. Spectacular music in a spectacular venue.
Friday, June 5 Architecture Tour of the Frist Center
6:30 p.m.
Meet in the Grand Lobby
Free
Did you ever wonder about the significance of the icons in the Frist Center's Grand Lobby or marvel at the beautiful and unusual floors in our galleries? Join us and have your questions answered. Grab some refreshments at our cash bar or café and stroll around the Frist Center as you learn more about our landmark building from one of our always-engaging docents and enjoy some live music at the conclusion of your tour.
Friday, June 5 Music in the Grand Lobby
6-8 p.m. Elena Korol
Free
As a child, Elena Korol studied classical piano. She came to the United States from Russia in 2000 to further her studies of the English language and soon the intrigue of both language and music led her to lend her beautiful voice to singing the songs she has grown to love. Feel free to bring beverages and snacks from the café to the lobby to enhance your listening experience.
Saturday, June 6 Adult Workshop: Enameling: Part 1
10 a.m.- 4 p.m.
Frist Center Studios
$50 members; $60 non-members (cost is for both days of the workshop)
Cost includes all supplies and gallery admission.
Participants may bring their own lunches or purchase them in the Frist Center café.
Call (615) 744-3355 to register.
Nashville-based jewelry artist Susan Thornton will lead this two-day enameling workshop in which all skill levels are welcome. Participants will first visit the Medieval Treasures exhibition to examine and discuss some of the enameled artworks on view. Then they will then head to the Frist Center's studios to create their own enameled works. Everyone will take home a finished piece indicative of the enameled objects displayed in the exhibition.
Sunday, June 7 Adult Workshop: Enameling: Part 2
1-4 p.m.
Frist Center Studios
$50 members; $60 non-members (cost is for both days of the workshop)
Cost includes all supplies and gallery admission.
Participants may bring their own lunches or purchase them in the Frist Center café.
Call (615) 744-3355 to register.
Nashville-based jewelry artist Susan Thornton will lead this two-day enameling workshop in which all skill levels are welcome. Participants will first visit the Medieval Treasures exhibition to examine and discuss some of the enameled artworks on view. Then they will then head to the Frist Center's studios to create their own enameled works. Everyone will take home a finished piece indicative of the enameled objects displayed in the exhibition.
Monday, June 8 Story Time
10:30 a.m.
Art Library and Resource Center
Free
Join a Frist Center Educator for an enthusiastic reading of an award winning children's book. This program is designed for pre-kindergarten children and their families.
Wednesday, June 10 Art Making: Twilight Cityscapes
10 a.m.-5:30 p.m.
Grand Lobby
Free
Drop in, be inspired, and create your own work of art in the Grand Lobby throughout the day. Featured activity: Create your own nighttime cityscape.
Thursday, June 11 Artist's Forum: Joseph Whitt
6:30 p.m.
Rechter Room
Free
Join artist, writer, and curator, Joseph Whitt, as he discusses the thoughts and processes behind his work. Participants are encouraged to come and be a part of the dialogue about the artistic process.
Friday, June12 Music in the Grand Lobby
6-8 p.m. Bone Therapy
Free
Come enjoy the music of Bone Therapy, a trombone choir comprised of orthopedic physicians. Feel free to bring beverages and snacks from the café to the lobby to enhance your listening experience.
Saturday, June 13 Frist Center Kids Club: BOWLed Over
Sessions at 10:30 a.m.,
1 p.m. and 3 p.m.
Frist Center Studios
Free
Call (615) 744-3357 to reserve a space.
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 art studios, and the Martin ArtQuest Gallery. In June members will use colorful recycled materials and natural fibers to create decorative, handmade paper bowls.
Monday, June 15 Senior Monday
10 a.m.-5:30 p.m.
The Frist Center for the Visual Arts and WAMB-AM present Senior Mondays, a series of events for those who admit their "senior" status. On these days, gallery admission is $4.25 (1/2 price) for seniors and a special senior parking fee of $2.00 in the Frist Center lots is offered, based on availability. Seniors receive a 15 percent discount on Gift Shop purchases and on Frist Center Café refreshments purchased during the event. Seniors can enjoy WAMB's Harry Stephenson live radio broadcast in the Grand Lobby. Special gallery talks and other activities will be presented throughout the day. Admission is free on Monday's with the donation of a non-perishable food item to Second Harvest.
Monday, June 15 Story Time
10:30 a.m.
Art Library and Resource Center
Free
Join a Frist Center Educator for an enthusiastic reading of an award winning children's book. This program is designed for pre-kindergarten children and their families.
Current Exhibitions
Seeing Ourselves: Photographs of Safe Haven
Conte Community Arts Gallery
Continues through August 9, 2009
Featuring 22 color and black and white photographs taken by members of homeless families while living at the Safe Haven Family Shelter, the exhibition provides insight into the human side of homelessness. Organized by the Frist Center for the Visual Arts. Presenting Sponsor: William N. Rollins Fund for the Arts of The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee. Funded in part by the Metropolitan Nashville Arts Commission and the Tennessee Arts Commission.
Paint Made Flesh
Upper-Level Galleries
Continues through May 10, 2009
Featuring approximately 40 works created between 1952 and 2005, primarily in Europe and the United States, the exhibition will focus on artists of three generations whose depictions of the human figure denote biological, psychological or spiritual volatility. Includes work by Pablo Picasso, Francesco Clemente, Alice Neel, Eric Fischl, Lucian Freud, Jenny Saville, Julien Schnabel and others. Organized by the Frist Center for the Visual Arts. This exhibition is supported by an indemnity from the Federal Council on the Arts and Humanities.
Medieval Treasures from the Cleveland Museum of Art
Ingram Gallery
Continues through June 7, 2009
Presenting approximately 100 works of art, including rare examples of ivories, enamels, sculpture, paintings and illuminated manuscripts from the third through the 16th century, this exhibition offers a rare opportunity to view these extraordinary treasures outside of Cleveland. The Frist Center for the Visual Arts gratefully acknowledges the following exhibition sponsors: 2009 Platinum Sponsor: HCA Foundation on behalf of HCA and the TriStar Family of Hospitals; 2009 Gold Sponsor: First Tennessee. Design Sponsor: www.highbrowfurniture.com
Mike Hoolboom: Imitations of Life
Gordon Contemporary Artists Project Gallery
Continues through June 7, 2009
Toronto-based independent filmmaker Mike Hoolboom's Imitations of Life integrates images drawn from mainstream cinema, newsreels and science fiction films. Gordon Contemporary Artists Project Gallery 2009 Exhibition Sponsor: Welling LaGrone and Morgan Keegan
Museums in the 21st Century: Concepts, Projects, Buildings
Upper-Level Galleries
May 29-August 23, 2009
Featuring sketches, architectural plans, photographs, and models of 18 of the world's leading museum buildings, this exhibition explores important trends in contemporary museum architecture. The exhibition Museums in the 21st Century: Concepts, Projects, Buildings was organized by Art Centre Basel, Switzerland.
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