Frist Center Announces Their Upcoming Calendar of Events
By: Gabrielle Sierra Oct. 29, 2009
OF SPECIAL NOTE IN NOVEMBER:
Thursday, November 5 Lecture 6:30 p.m. "Thomas Hart Benton: An Epic Life"
Auditorium Henry Adams, Benton biographer and scholar
Free
Friday, November 13 Gallery Talk: "Painting Embodiment: Bloom, Zerbe, 7:00 p.m. and the Boston Expressionists"
Meet at the information desk Lori Anne Parker, Frist Center editor and Ph.D. candidate
Free with purchase of gallery admission
Monday, November 16 Senior Monday AND Ms. Cheap Dollar Day at the Frist
10:00 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Ms. Cheap book signing, live music, shop and café specials
Adult admission: $1.00
Thursday, November 19 Off the Wall Lecture Series
6:30 p.m. "RE-ASSEMBLING REALITY: Surrealism and
Auditorium Surrealist Film in 1920s and 1930s Paris"
Free Kelli Shay Hix, moving image archivist
November 2009
Sunday, November 1 Films at the Frist: Herb and Dorothy
3:00 p.m.
Auditorium
Free
Herb and Dorothy explores the remarkable story of Herbert Vogel, a postal worker, and Dorothy Vogel, a librarian, who were able to amass one of the most important collections of contemporary art in history on the most modest of budgets. Director Megumi Sasaki takes viewers on an unbelievable and heartwarming journey through the lives of two of the most unassuming art collectors, who show the world that "you do not have to be a Rockefeller to collect art." Directed by Megumi Sasaki, 2008, 87 minutes. Not Rated. Cameron Kitchin, director of the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, will introduce this film.
The screening of this film is a collaboration between the Frist Center for the Visual Arts and the Nashville Jewish Film Festival and a prelude to the 2009 Jewish Film Festival, which is being held November 7-12, 2009 at the Belcourt Theatre. Visit http://www.templenashville.org/_njff/ for more information on the festival.
Thursday, November 5 Lecture
6:30 p.m. "Thomas Hart Benton: An Epic Life"
Auditorium
Free
Thomas Hart Benton was not only a famous American painter, but he was also a notable writer, musician, and spokesman for American country music. While best known as the leader of the "American Scene" movement of the 1930s, he also had a notable early career as a Modernist in Paris and was the teacher of the abstract painter Jackson Pollock. Join Henry Adams, author of the principal biography of Benton, as he reviews the trajectory of Benton's life, as he ranged from Gertrude Stein's Paris to the highways of the American West.
Henry Adams is the author of Thomas Hart Benton: An American Original (Knopf, 1989) as well as the recent book Tom and Jack: The Intertwined Lives of Thomas Hart Benton and Jackson Pollock (Bloomsbury Press, October 2009).
Thursday, November 5 Music in the Grand Lobby
6:00-8:00 p.m. Sarah Edmonds
Free
Jazz vocalist Sarah Edmonds's silky voice is as at home on a powerful ballad as it is on an up-tempo standard. She has studied with renowned big band director and arranger Billy Adair, and her latest CD features the piano work of Nashville's famed Beegie Adair. Expect to hear Ellington, Arlen and Mercer.
Friday, November 6 Architecture Tour of the Frist Center
6:30 p.m.
Meet in the Grand Lobby
Free
Grab some refreshments at the 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. (Note: beginning in January, architecture tours will move to the first Saturday of each month at 4:30 p.m.)
Friday, November 6 Music in the Grand Lobby
6:00-8:00 p.m. Winston Harrison
Free
Ambient composer and performer Winston Harrison returns to the Frist Center for a performance featuring original compositions inspired by Twilight Visions: Surrealism, Photography, and Paris. Winston toured the exhibition with guest curator Therese Lichtenstein to learn more about the photographers of the time and the styles in which they worked. On this, the first of two November concerts, Winston will unveil his compositions.
Friday, November 6 Off the Wall Lecture Series6:30 p.m. "‘The Center Cannot Hold': Europe between Two Auditorium World Wars, 1924-1939"
Free
You have seen Twilight Visions: Surrealism, Photography, and Paris and delved into the minds of the Surrealists. Now learn more about the tumultuous yet edifying times they lived in by attending the Frist Center's three-part Off the Wall lecture series being held in conjunction with the exhibition. Dr. Michael Bess, Chancellor's Professor of History at Vanderbilt University, will trace the shattered hopes of Europeans during the years following World War I-hopes for a lasting peace, hopes for prosperity and hopes for a bright future for themselves and their children. These years saw the rise of fascism, the collapse of international capitalism during the Great Depression, the growing popularity of communist movements and ideas and the gradual dismantling of the international diplomatic system that had been built around the League of Nations in the aftermath of the Great War. The lecture will take an interdisciplinary approach, looking at economic, military, diplomatic, political and cultural events to show why the descent into World War II acquired an unstoppable momentum as the 1930s went by.
Saturday, November 7 Adult Painting Workshop: The Essence of Nature
10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. Part 1
Frist Center Studios
$50 members; $60 nonmembers. Cost includes all supplies and gallery admission. Participants may bring their own lunches or purchase them in the Frist Center's café. (Cost includes both days of the workshop.)
Call 615.744.3247 to register.
Michele Herbert, artist and co-owner of Shimai Pottery, will lead participants in a discussion of works by Georgia O'Keeffe and Arthur Dove in the exhibition Georgia O'Keeffe and Her Times. The discussion will focus on the artists' reduction of natural structures to their basic forms and their use of light and color to celebrate the natural world. Participants will then move to the Frist Center studios, where they will have the time and space to experiment, in paint, with the abstract qualities of the natural world, using O'Keeffe's and Dove's paintings as the impetus for these explorations.
Sunday, November 8 Adult Painting Workshop: The Essence of Nature
1:00-4:00 p.m. Part 2
Frist Center Studios
$50 members; $60 nonmembers. Cost includes all supplies and gallery admission. Participants may bring their own lunches or purchase them in the Frist Center's café. (Cost includes both days of the workshop.)
Call 615.744.3247 to register.
Thursday, November 12 Gallery Talk: Georgia O'Keeffe and Her Times
7:00 p.m.
Meet at the information desk
Free with purchase of gallery admission
Join Mark Scala, chief curator at the Frist Center, for a tour of this exhibition, which includes superb examples of some of American Modernism's greatest artists, such as Georgia O'Keeffe, Arthur Dove, Marsden Hartley and Charles Sheeler.
Thursday, November 12 Music in the Grand Lobby
6:00-8:00 p.m. Jamie Liana (Electro-acoustic performance)
Free
While Jamie Liana has toured with some of the biggest names in the business, including Brooks and Dunn, her musical heart lies in composition and teaching. She has studied film scoring at the Pacific Northwest Film Scoring School in Seattle. Recently, the Nashville Composers Association commissioned Liana to score two short films. Her work can be heard in commercials, documentaries and independent film projects. Works she will perform include compositions from her debut project entitled Stillness.
Friday, November 13 Gallery Talk: "Painting Embodiment: Bloom, Zerbe, 7:00 p.m. and the Boston Expressionists"
Meet at the information desk
Free with purchase of gallery admission
Lori Anne Parker, Ph.D. candidate in philosophy and editor at the Frist Center, will examine the art of Hyman Bloom and Karl Zerbe, two American painters associated with the Boston Expressionist school that emerged in the 1930s and 1940s. During their careers Bloom and Zerbe dedicated themselves to portraying the human figure, even when the popularity of doing so was in decline. Using paint to express the weight and demands of the flesh, both artists portrayed the living (and dead) body in ways that explore the human subject as a manifestation of embodied experience-the subject as body, the body as self. Paintings in the exhibition that will be discussed are Bloom's Female Corpse Back View (1947) and Zerbe's self-portrait Job (1949).
Friday, November 13 Music in the Grand Lobby
6:00-8:00 p.m. Winston Harrison
Free
Ambient composer Winston Harrison performs music inspired by his viewing of Twilight Visions: Surrealism, Photography, and Paris. After touring the exhibition, Winston composed music inspired by the Surrealist images in the Upper-Level Galleries. Listen as you tour the exhibition, or enjoy his music in the Grand Lobby with a glass of wine from the Frist Center Café.
Saturday, November 14 Kids Club: A Closer Look
10:30 a.m., 1:00 p.m.
or 3:00 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 Martin ArtQuest Gallery and monthly projects in the art studios. Featured activity: Zoom in for a closer look at various types of plants and flowers! Kids Club members will create beautiful abstract paintings based on the interesting details they find in provided photographs.
Saturday, November 14 Gallery Talk
11:00 a.m.
Meet at the information desk
Free with purchase of gallery admission
Join Mark Scala, chief curator at the Frist Center, for a tour of this exhibition, which includes superb examples of some of American Modernism's greatest artists, such as Georgia O'Keeffe, Arthur Dove, Marsden Hartley and Charles Sheeler.
Monday, November 16 Senior Monday AND Ms. Cheap Dollar Day at the Frist
10:00 a.m.-5:30 p.m.
Adults: $1.00
Want more for your money and a day of bargains and fun? Join us as we celebrate two important events: Senior Monday AND Ms. Cheap Dollar Day.
Admission for everyone is $1.00 or free with the donation of non-perishable food items to Second Harvest.
In honor of Nashville's own Ms. Cheap who offers great advice on value and penny pinching, we've designated this day as Ms. Cheap Dollar Day. Look for Ms. Cheap one-day specials in the Frist Center Café and Gift Shop.
Schedule of events:
11:30 a.m. Docent tour of Georgia O'Keeffe and Her Times exhibition
Noon-1:00 p.m. Live remote broadcast from the Grand Lobby with Harry Stephenson of WAMB Radio
1:00-2:00 p.m. Live music in the Grand Lobby with Snappy Pappy
Noon-1:30 p.m. Ms. Cheap book signing in the Frist Center Gift Shop - 99 Things to Save Money in Your Household Budget (available for purchase in Frist Center Gift Shop)
1:30 p.m. Docent tour of Georgia O'Keeffe and Her Times exhibition
Wednesday, November 18 Gallery Talk: Thomas Hart Benton in Story and Song
12:00 p.m.
Meet at the information desk
Free with purchase of gallery admission
Join Katie Delmez, curator at the Frist Center, for a tour of this exhibition.
Thursday, November 19 Off the Wall Lecture Series
6:30 p.m. "RE-ASSEMBLING REALITY: Surrealism and
Auditorium Surrealist Film in 1920s and 1930s Paris"
Free
You have seen Twilight Visions: Surrealism, Photography, and Paris and delved into the minds of the Surrealists. Now learn more about the tumultuous yet edifying times they lived in by attending the Frist Center's three-part Off the Wall lecture series being held in conjunction with the exhibition. Kelli Shay Hix, moving image archivist at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, will discuss the techniques and goals of the creators of selected early Parisian Surrealist films, as well as the history behind their works.
Thursday, November 19 Music in the Grand Lobby
6:00-8:00 p.m. John Danley (solo guitar and paint brush)
Free
John Danley is an experimental, fingerstyle guitarist who composes and performs his own blend of acoustic, instrumental music. His 8th CD, Acoustic Dimorphism, has just been released. He has performed at the Kennedy Center, college universities, festivals and art galleries across the country, and has shared the stage with such artists as David Gray, Iris DeMent, Gove Scrivenor, Reese Wynans, Cheryl Wheeler, Peppino D'Agostino and the Nashville Symphony Orchestra. Visitors are welcome to purchase beverages and snacks in the Frist Center Café to bring into the Grand Lobby.
Friday, November 20 ARTini
7:00 p.m. Oliver Herring: Common Threads
Meet at the information desk
Free with purchase of gallery admission
Join Susan Edwards, Ph.D., director and CEO of 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, November 20 Music in the Grand Lobby
6:00-8:00 p.m. The Contrarian Ensemble
Free http://www.contrarians.discoveringstuff.com/About_the_Band.html
The Contrarian Ensemble is widely known and sought after by folk and contra dancers in Middle Tennessee. This delightful community band, comprising guitar, mandolin, accordion, fiddle, recorder and percussion, plays music of and by the folk. From contemporary reels, jigs and waltzes, to music of the early 17th century, the Contrarians will inspire you to rise and dance. And visitors are welcome to do just that.
Saturday, November 21 Gallery Talk: "Georgia O'Keeffe and Her Circle of 11:00 a.m. Early American Modernists"
Meet at the information desk
Free with purchase of gallery admission
Vivien Fryd, Ph.D., professor and chair of the history of art department at Vanderbilt University, will examine the art of the early American Modernists associated with the so-called Stieglitz circle-painters Georgia O'Keeffe, Marsden Hartley, Arthur Dove, John Marin, Joseph Stella and Charles Sheeler as well as photographers Gertrude Käisebeir, Anne Brigman, Alfred Stieglitz and Edward Steichen. The styles, themes and historical contexts of these modern visual images will be examined, focusing especially upon themes of sexuality, the city, spirituality and nature.
Sunday, November 22 Nashville In Harmony Holiday Concert
2:00 p.m.
Auditorium
Free
The Nashville In Harmony Concert at the Frist Center has become a tradition. Join this accomplished ensemble as they offer an afternoon of celebratory music. With their performances at venues throughout the city, NIH brings Nashvillians together, including those within as well as outside of the GLBT community.
Thursday, November 26 The Frist Center is closed for Thanksgiving.
6:00-8:00 p.m. String Jazz with Billy Contreras and Buddy Spicher
Free
Billy Contreras and Buddy Spicher have become one of Music in the Grand Lobby's most popular musical ensembles. With stunning virtuosity and soulful stylings, their straight-ahead jazz standards create an evocative mood. Backed by tasty bass and light snare (and the occasional special guest), the music is, quite simply, sublime. Buddy Spicher is a Nashville music industry legend, and Billy Contreras is a jazz wizard on any instrument with strings.
December 2009
Thursday, December 3 Off the Wall Lecture Series:
6:30 p.m. "The Surrealist Literary Movement in Paris"
Auditorium
Free
You have seen Twilight Visions: Surrealism, Photography, and Paris and delved into the minds of the Surrealists. Now learn more about the tumultuous yet edifying times they lived in by attending the Frist Center's three-part Off the Wall lecture series being held in conjunction with the exhibition. In the early twentieth century, Surrealist writers such as André Breton, Louis Aragon and Paul Éluard envisioned the city of Paris as an interactive playground for literary experimentation and an exploration of the unconscious. Dr. Lisa Weiss, assistant director of the W. T. Bandy Center for Baudelaire and Modern French Studies and lecturer in French at Vanderbilt University, will address the literary roots of Surrealism and consider how the movement's poetry and prose intersected with the city's urban landscape and everyday life.Thursday, December 3 Music in the Grand Lobby
6:00-8:00 p.m. Linda Sack
Free
Dulcimer player Linda Sack studied under David Schnaufer, widely regarded as the finest dulcimer player in the world until his death three years ago. She performs in Nashville and around the Southeast and brings her music to the Frist Center to complement Thomas Hart Benton in Story and Song.
Friday, December 4 Architecture Tour
6:30 p.m.
Meet in the Grand Lobby
Free
Grab some refreshments in the café and stroll around the Frist Center as you learn more about our landmark building from one of our always-engaging docents. (Note: In January, architecture tours will move to the first Saturday of the month at 4:30 p.m. to coincide with First Saturday Art Crawl.)
Friday, December 4 Music in the Grand Lobby
6:00-8:00 p.m. Sarah Edmonds
Free
When a young jazz vocalist has musicians like Beegie and Billy Adair in her corner, you know she's something special. Sarah Edmonds studied with big band director Billy Adair, and renowned Nashville jazz pianist Beegie Adair performed on Sarah's EP.
Saturday, December 5 Blair School of Music Suzuki Strings Holiday Concert
2:00 p.m.
Auditorium
Free
The Blair School of Music Suzuki strings share sounds of the season at (what has become) a holiday tradition at the Frist Center. Enjoy the talents of approximately 50 Blair School of Music's violin and cello students ages 5-13. In addition to traditional carols, the students will perform classical works by Bach, Handel and Vivaldi. The Blair Suzuki String Program is directed by Carol Smith.
Thursday, December 10 Music in the Grand Lobby
6:00-8:00 p.m. Linda Sack
Free
Enjoy dulcimer player Linda Sack and friends as they perform traditional American tunes to complement Thomas Hart Benton in Story and Song.
Friday, December 11 Music in the Grand Lobby
6:00-8:00 p.m. Linda Sack
Free
Enjoy dulcimer player Linda Sack and friends as they perform traditional American tunes to complement Thomas Hart Benton in Story and Song.
Saturday, December 12 Kids Club: Winter Wonderland
10:30 a.m., 1:00 p.m.
or 3:00 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 Martin ArtQuest Gallery and monthly projects in the art studios. Featured activity: Inspired by the winter season, Kids Club members will create their own unique three-dimensional snowman.
Thursday, December 17 Music in the Grand Lobby6:00-8:00 p.m. Kristie L. Sibley
Free
This is Kristie Sibley's second appearance at Music in the Grand Lobby. Becoming increasingly known as one of the area's most versatile and expressive Gospel singers, Sibley's soaring and expressive voice is also at home singing jazz standards and music from the Great American Songbook. She has opened for CeCe Winans, Steven Curtis Chapman, Albertina Walker and Mom & Pop Winans.
Friday, December 18 ARTini: Thomas Hart Benton in Story and Song
7:00 p.m.
Meet at the information desk
Join Anne Taylor, curator of interpretation, 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, December 18 Music in the Grand Lobby
6:00-8:00 p.m. The Contrarian Ensemble
Free http://www.contrarians.discoveringstuff.com/About_the_Band.html
The Contrarian Ensemble is widely known and sought after by folk and contra dancers in Middle Tennessee. This delightful community band, comprising guitar, mandolin, accordion, fiddle, recorder and percussion, plays music of and by the folk. From contemporary reels, jigs and waltzes, to music of the early 17th century, the Contrarians will inspire you to rise and dance. And visitors are welcome to do just that.
Monday, December 21 Senior Monday & Holiday Concert
10:00 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. Visitors may also donate non-perishable food items to Second Harvest and receive free admission. Seniors receive a 15 percent discount on Gift Shop purchases and on Frist Center Café refreshments purchased during the event. Seniors are invited to enjoy a live radio broadcast by WAMB's Harry Stephenson in the Grand Lobby. Special gallery talks and other activities are scheduled throughout the day.
Monday, December 21 Holiday Concert: The Caroling Troubadours
2:00 p.m.
Auditorium
Free
Following Snappy Pappy's performance, join us in the auditorium for a holiday sing-along with the strolling minstrels, the Caroling Troubadours. Local favorites Sarah Martin McConnell, Kathy Chiavola and Joe Freel offer a selection of holiday and seasonal tunes.
January 2010
Saturday, January 2 Architecture Tour of the Frist Center
4:30 p.m.
Meet in the Grand Lobby
Free
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 a few of the questions that are answered in the Frist Center's popular monthly architecture tours. Stroll around the Frist Center as you learn more about our landmark building from one of our always-engaging docents.
Friday, January 8 Films at the Frist: Superman
7:00 p.m.
Auditorium
Free
Heroes are coming to Nashville! On Friday, January 29, 2010, the Frist Center opens Heroes: Mortals and Myths in Ancient Greece. A four-part film series designed in conjunction with the exhibition will examine what it means to be a hero. This series begins before the exhibition opens, continues through April 2010 and presents a diverse group of heroes. It will start with the iconic hero in the red cape in Superman, delve into the eternal beauty of the woman who was the impetus for the Trojan War in Helen of Troy, examine the strength and bravery of Ancient Greek warriors with the movie 300 and will finish with the everyday hero, Atticus Finch, in To Kill a Mockingbird.
About Superman:
When the greatest scientist on the planet of Krypton, Jor-El, is unable to convince the council that their planet is nearing a fatal shift in orbit, he assumes the duty of preserving the Krypton race. Only moments before the planet is destroyed, he sends his infant son, Kal-El, to Earth in a starship. Raised by the Kents, a farm couple, the young boy is given a new name (Clark Kent). As he grows, Clark realizes he has superhuman powers that set him apart from those around him. The Kents advise him to use his powers wisely, and once Clark leaves home, he discovers how he can use his abilities to protect Earth in memory of his home planet Krypton. As an adult in Metropolis, Clark assumes the role of a reporter for the Daily Planet, while secretly transforming and protecting the city as Superman. Starring Christopher Reeve, Marlon Brando, Gene Hackman and Margot Kidder. Directed by Richard Donner; 1978. 143 minutes. 35mm. Rated PG.
Friday, January 8 Music in the Grand Lobby
6:00-8:00 p.m. Charlie Rauh
Guitarist/composer Charlie Rauh's pieces are marked by sparse melodic themes engulfed in dense harmonic structures that often thrive on conceptual improvisation. Among his influences are composer philosopher Hildegard Von Bingen (1098-1179), jazz guitarist Bill Frisell and multi-instrumentalist and composer Fred Frith.
Saturday, January 9 Kids Club: Picasso Inspired Self-Portraits!
10:30 a.m., 1:00 p.m.
or 3:00 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 Martin ArtQuest Gallery and monthly projects in the art studios. Featured activity: Explore the many faces of Pablo Picasso! Kids Club members will use Picasso's unique style and watercolor resist techniques to create their own self-portraits.
Thursday, January 14 Gallery Talk with Musical Accompaniment: "Thomas
7:00 p.m. Hart Benton and the Sounds of Americana"
Meet at the information desk
Free with purchase of gallery admission
Join Robert Webb Fry II, Sr., lecturer of music history and literature at the Blair School of Music, Vanderbilt University, as he addresses Thomas Hart Benton's use of American folk music as a thematic element in much of his work. Accompanied by Ben Sanders on fiddle, Fry will discuss the sights and sounds of Thomas Hart Benton's America through a selection of images and songs.
Friday, January 15 ARTini: Georgia O'Keeffe and Her Times
7:00 p.m.
Meet at information desk
Free with purchase of gallery admission
Join Anne Taylor, curator of interpretation 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, January 15 Music in the Grand Lobby
6:00-8:00 p.m. John Danley (guitar and paintbrush)
Free
John Danley is an experimental, fingerstyle guitarist who composes and performs his own blend of acoustic, instrumental music. His 8th CD, Acoustic Dimorphism, has just been released. He has performed at the Kennedy Center, college universities, festivals and art galleries across the country, and has shared the stage with such artists as David Gray, Iris DeMent, Gove Scrivenor, Reese Wynans, Cheryl Wheeler, Peppino D'Agostino and the Nashville Symphony Orchestra. Visitors are welcome to purchase beverages and snacks in the Frist Center Café to bring into the Grand Lobby.
Monday, January 18 Senior Monday
10:00 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. Visitors may also donate non-perishable food items to Second Harvest and receive free admission. Seniors receive a 15 percent discount on Gift Shop purchases and on Frist Center Café refreshments purchased during the event. Seniors are invited to enjoy a live radio broadcast by WAMB's Harry Stephenson in the Grand Lobby. Special gallery talks and other activities are scheduled throughout the day.
Current Exhibitions
Twilight Visions: Surrealism, Photography, and Paris
Upper-Level Galleries
September 10, 2009-January 3, 2010
This exhibition was organized by the Frist Center for the Visual Arts with guest curator Therese Lichtenstein, Ph.D.
Georgia O'Keeffe and Her Times: American Modernisms from the Lane Collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Ingram Gallery
October 2, 2009-January 31, 2010
This exhibition of forty-five paintings and eight photographs featuring masterpieces by Georgia O'Keeffe, Charles Sheeler, Arthur G. Dove, Stuart Davis and Marsden Hartley from the Lane Collection, traces the development and diversity of American Modernism through the eyes of a passionate collector. William H. Lane (1914-1995), owner of a small Massachusetts manufacturing plant, formed his pioneering collection in the early 1950s when these painters were little understood, though today they are considered to be among the most important American artists of the early twentieth century.
This exhibition was organized by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and the Nagoya/Boston Museum of Fine Arts.
Thomas Hart Benton in Story and Song
Ingram Gallery
October 2, 2009-January 31, 2010
In conjunction with the Nashville Public Library's call for a citywide celebration of beloved author Mark Twain, the Frist Center presents a selection of drawings and watercolors by another promoter of American narratives and everyday life, Thomas Hart Benton. A second section of the exhibition focuses on another source of inspiration for the artist-one particularly appropriate for Nashville-folk music and musicians. Benton's lifelong admiration of Americana music is well known, yet works of this subject matter have not yet been assembled as an exhibition.
This exhibition was organized by the Frist Center for the Visual Arts.
Oliver Herring: Common Threads
Gordon Contemporary Artists Project Gallery
October 2, 2009-January 31, 2010
This exhibition includes four objects and a selection of short videos by New York-based artist Oliver Herring. Collaborating with friends and strangers in the creation of his sculptures, performances and video art, Herring documents his growing interest in using art as a tool of social engagement.
This exhibition was organized by the Frist Center for the Visual Arts.
VISITOR INFORMATION
Accredited by the American Association of Museums, the Frist Center for the Visual Arts, located at 919 Broadway in downtown Nashville, Tenn., is an art exhibition center dedicated to presenting the finest visual art from local, regional, U.S., and international sources in a program of changing exhibitions. The Frist Center's Martin ArtQuest Gallery features 21 interactive stations relating to Frist Center exhibitions. Gallery admission to the Frist Center is free for visitors 18 and younger and to Frist Center members. Beginning Jan. 2, 2010, Frist Center admission is $10.00 for adults and $7.00 for seniors and military and college students with ID. Thursday and Friday evenings, 5:00-9:00 p.m., admission is free for college students with a valid college ID. Discounts are offered for groups of 10 or more with advance reservation by calling (615) 744-3246. The Frist Center is open seven days a week: Mondays through Wednesdays and Saturdays, 10:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.; Thursdays and Fridays, 10:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.; and Sundays, 1:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., with the Café opening at noon. Additional information is available by calling (615) 244-3340 or by visiting our Web site at www.fristcenter.org.
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