Frist Center For The Visual Arts Announces Upcoming Events Including Film Screenings, Opera & More
By: Charlie Piane Aug. 13, 2009
Frist Center for the Visual Arts Announces their upcoming events.
August 2009
Thursday, August 6 Music in the Grand Lobby
6-8 p.m. The Contrarian Ensemble
Free
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.
Friday, August 7 Films at the Frist: Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve
6:30 p.m. Parts
Auditorium
Free
Join us at the Frist Center for a night of music, art, and film as we join forces with the Nashville Opera and the Nashville Film Festival. Get a sneak peek into the opera's upcoming season as you listen to soprano Sabrina Warren, who will be accompanied by Amy Tate Williams, sing an excerpt from composer Philip Glass's The Fall of the House of Usher. Gain insight into the connections between Glass and visual artist Chuck Close, whose images of Glass, are among those included in the Chuck Close Prints: Process and Collaboration exhibition. Top off your evening with the 2007 documentary Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts, courtesy of the Nashville Film Festival.About the film:
Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts
Through the commentary of family members, friends and confidants, director Scott Hicks explores the many facets of composer Philip Glass's life in the documentary Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts. Glass's achievements in music- film scores, operas, and symphonies-and his ability to cross the divide between concert halls and less formal, popular venues, make him one of the most important composers of our era. His minimalist compositions are so iconic that he has even been featured as a character on the television show The Simpsons. Artist Chuck Close and filmmakers Woody Allen and Martin Scorsese are just some of the people included in the segment of Glass's life that is traced in this film, a year during which Glass stages the opera Waiting for the Barbarians, writes his eighth symphony, scores several films, travels the world, and maintains a family with his fourth wife, Holly. Directed by Scott Hicks, 2007. 115 minutes. 35mm. Not Rated.
About the opera:
The Fall of the House of Usher by Philip Glass
Based on the famous story by Edgar Allen Poe, composer Philip Glass has crafted a chamber opera of great power and emotion. As the opera begins, William, the narrator, is summoned to the House of Usher by Roderick Usher, his longtime, long-lost friend. Once there, dark secrets slowly unfold and William begins to fear for his friend's life as well as his own sanity. Danger, eroticism, and potential murder hang in the air; or is it all an illusion? This operatic thriller is a Nashville Opera and Tennessee premiere and not to be missed. The Fall of the House of Usher will be performed at Tennessee Performing Arts Center on Friday, November 13, 2009 at 8:00 p.m.; Saturday, November 14, 2009 at 8:00 p.m.; and Sunday, November 15, 2009 at 2:00 p.m.
Friday, August 7 Architecture Tour of the Frist Center6:30 p.m.
Meet in the Grand Lobby
Free
Have you ever wondered about the significance of the icons in the Frist Center's Grand Lobby or marveled 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, August 7 Music in the Grand Lobby
6-8 p.m. John Danley (guitar)
Free
John Danley is an experimental, fingerstyle guitarist who composes and performs his own blend of acoustic, instrumental music. 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.
Saturday, August 8 Frist Center Kids Club: Magnificent Monoprints
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 Martin ArtQuest Gallery and monthly projects in the art studios. Members will create monoprint portraits. Using cotton swabs and sponges, participants will apply ink to a Plexiglas plate and print their own unique portraits. Thursday, August 13 Music in the Grand Lobby6-8 p.m. Harry Stephenson (guitar/vocalist)
Free
Popular WAMB radio personality Harry Stephenson is widely known as the frontman for Snappy Pappy, a guitar, keyboard, percussion trio that performs a wide variety of music from the 30s, 40s and 50s. Tonight, he leaves his bandmates to step into the spotlight as a solo artist. It's perfect dance music. The café is open for visitors to bring beverages and snacks into the lobby to enjoy during the performance.
Thursday, August 13 Artist's Forum: Off the Wall Artists' Group
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.
The six members of Off the Wall (Quinn Dukes, Mahlea Jones, Janet Heilbronn, Jaime Raybin, Jenny Luckett, and Iwonka Waskowski) met and formed their group while they were students at Watkins College of Art, Design and Film. The members all share a similar artistic language, involving a foundation in conceptual art, a curiosity about materials and an interest in making work with personal resonance.
Off the Wall shows are curated, installed and promoted by the artists. These shows were initially held in alternative spaces as one-night community events that included an open dialogue between artists and viewers. In recent years, the group has begun to exhibit in more established galleries, including Twist Gallery in Nashville and the Renaissance Center in Dickson, Tennessee.
Friday, August 14 Art Makes Place: "Gift of Identity"
6:30 p.m. Mel Zeigler
Studio B
Free
Mel Zeigler, artist and chair of Vanderbilt University's studio art department, will present a sound work about falsified identities and the altered urban landscape. He will work with writers, actors and students to record real and untrue stories.
Art Makes Place
The Frist Center for the Visual Arts is hosting a number of presentations organized in conjunction with ART MAKES PLACE: Contemporary Artists make Temporary, Community and Performance-based Artworks for Public Spaces.
Friday, August 14 Music in the Grand Lobby
6-8 p.m. String Jazz with Billy Contreras and Buddy Spicher
Free
From Wheeling, West Virginia, Buddy Spicher ended up in Nashville on some of the most important recordings of the last 50 years, including Bob Dylan's Nashville Skyline. In the early 90s, he took on a brilliant young student fiddler, Billy Contreras. Billy and Buddy rarely have the chance to play together, so they have assembled a stunning quartet especially for the Frist Center. 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, August 15 Lecture: "New Museums in Old Places"
2:00 p.m. Christine Kreyling
Auditorium
Free
Adaptive reuse can be a tricky architectural proposition, requiring a designer to respect what's original while meeting new and often very different needs. Nashville-based architecture and urban planning critic Christine Kreyling will discuss and compare the Frist Center for the Visual Arts with some of the renovation and expansion projects featured in the exhibit Museums in the 21st Century: Concepts, Projects, Buildings.
Monday, August 17 Senior Mondays
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 to everyone on Mondays with the donation of a non-perishable food item to Second Harvest.
Thursday, August 20 Gallery Talk: Chuck Close Prints: Process and
7:00 p.m. Collaboration
Meet at the Information Desk
Free with purchase of gallery admission
Join Mark Scala, chief curator at the Frist Center, for a tour of the exhibition Chuck Close Prints: Process and Collaboration.
Thursday, August 20 Music in the Grand Lobby6-8 p.m. Bobby Hamrick
Free
Bobby Hamrick's expressive voice, stunning guitar work and fresh original tunes combine for a lovely evening of entertainment. Bobby's earlier appearances have attracted a discerning and appreciative audience, including some music industry pros. His original songs are fresh and smart and insightful.
Friday, August 21 ARTini: Dean Byington: Terra Incognita7:00 p.m.
Meet at the Information Desk
Free with purchase of gallery admission
Join Stefanie Gerber Darr, educator for public programs, 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 cash bar or café and visiting with friends.
Friday, August 21 Music in the Grand Lobby6-8 p.m. Kristie L Sibley
Free
This is Kristie's second appearance at Music in the Grand Lobby. Becoming increasingly known as one of the area's most versatile and expressive Gospel singers, Kristie'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.
Thursday, August 27 Curator's Perspective: Chuck Close Prints: Process
6:30 p.m. and Collaboration
Auditorium
Free
Join Terrie Sultan, director of the Parrish Art Museum in Southampton, New York, and curator of Chuck Close Prints: Process and Collaboration, for a lecture about the way Chuck Close developed his unique approach to printmaking. With illustrations, behind-the-scenes photographs, and personal anecdotes, Sultan will show how Close's prints relate to and inform his painting practice and will also discuss the reason he says "problem solving is over-rated."
Thursday, August 27 Music in the Grand Lobby6-8 p.m. Bobby Hamrick
Free
Bobby Hamrick routinely performed in London to standing-room crowds. Listening to his spectacular guitar work and expressive voice, it's easy to understand why. His original tunes range from jazzy to lilting. He's a thoroughly engaging performer. Bring a glass of wine from the café to the lobby, and enjoy the evening.
Friday, August 28 Music in the Grand Lobby
6-8 p.m. Carolyn Martin's Swing Band
Free
Many will recognize Carolyn from her weekly Station Inn appearances with the Time Jumpers. This night, she's front and center with her own Carolyn Martin's Swing Band. Enjoy classic pop and jazz standards from the Great American Songbook as well as western swing songs and music from the Big Band Era.
Saturday, August 29 Teen Workshop: Printmaking
10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
Frist Center Studios
$40 members; $50 non-members; cost includes all supplies and gallery admission. Participants may bring their own lunches or purchase them in the Frist Center's café.
Call 615.744.3247 to register.
Mary Pat Tuner, a Nashville-based artist and visual arts instructor at Lipscomb and Belmont Universities, will lead this one-day workshop in conjunction with the exhibition Chuck Close Prints: Process and Collaboration. The workshop will begin with a tour of the exhibition, during which participants will discuss some of the techniques Chuck Close uses to create his prints. After the tour, the discussion will continue while participants spend the rest of the afternoon in the studios learning how to make linoleum block relief prints.
September 2009
Thursday, September 3 Music in the Grand Lobby6-8 p.m. Harry Stephenson (guitar and vocals)
Free
Popular WAMB radio personality Harry Stephenson brings his solo vocal and guitar talents to the Frist Center for this Music in the Grand Lobby performance. His repertoire offers music from the 30s, 40s and 50s. It's perfect dance music. The café will be open, and visitors are welcome to bring beverages and snacks into the lobby to enjoy during the performance.
Friday, September 4 Architecture Tour of the Frist Center
6:30 p.m.
Meet in the Grand Lobby
Free
Have you ever wondered about the significance of the icons in the Frist Center's Grand Lobby or marveled 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, September 4 Music in the Grand Lobby
6-8 p.m. Satellite City
Free
Inspired by both the architecture of his mid-century home in Cincinnati as well as the paintings of Charley Harper, Venus Hum musician Tony Miracle's solo project, Satellite City, provides cutting edge sound design created from vintage electronics, digital tools, and acoustic instruments. Guest are invited to grab snacks and beverages from the café and visit with friends around the bistro tables in the Grand Lobby while learning more about electronic music as a contemporary art form. Spectacular music in a spectacular venue.
Thursday, September 10 Exhibitions Open to Public
Twilight Visions: Surrealism, Photography, and Paris (Upper-Level Galleries)
Including more than 100 photographs by such artists as Eugène Atget, Hans Bellmer, Ilse Bing, Brassaï, André Kertész and Man Ray, Twilight Visions will celebrate Paris as the literal and metaphoric base of Surrealism. In addition to examining the revolutionary social, aesthetic and political activities of the movement between the world wars, the exhibition will focus on works that evoke the mystery of the chance encounters experienced by the Surrealists as they wandered through the labyrinthine city streets.
Exhibition continues through January 3, 2010
Thursday, September 10 Music in the Grand Lobby
6-8 p.m. String Jazz with Billy Contreras and Buddy Spicher
Free
The Frist Center has become a welcome "home" for Billy Contreras and Buddy Spicher, two of Nashville's most celebrated musicians. With their quiet, unassuming virtuosity, they are wowing a growing group of regulars and giving out-of-town visitors who wander in on these nights a "Music City Moment" to take home. Hear these two greats perform in the intimate setting of the Frist Center's beautiful Grand Lobby.
Friday, September 11 Curator's Perspective: The City in Twilight:6:30 p.m. Surrealism, Photography, and Paris
Auditorium
Free
Friday, September 11 Music in the Grand Lobby
6-8 p.m. The Ukedelics
Free
Swing along with Todd Elgin, Andy Hudson, John Krauss, Anita Moffatt, Jill Mothershed, Ted Nunes, and Michael Timmes, as The Ukedelics take you on a strum-tastic ukulele holiday. They ARE more than country music! Guests are encouraged to bring snacks and beverages from the Frist Center Café into the lobby, so they can enjoy the music.
Saturday, September 12 Frist Center Kids Club: Cityscapes that POP!
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 Martin ArtQuest Gallery and monthly projects in the art studios. Members will take traditional cityscapes one step further by creating low-relief FUNscape skylines.Monday, September 14 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, September 16 Art Making: Surrealist Dreamscapes
10:00 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: Design your own Surrealist "dreamscape" similar to works by Salvador Dalí and René Magritte.
Thursday, September 17 Art Makes Place: "Gift of Understanding"
6:30 p.m.
Studio B
Free
The Frist Center for the Visual Arts is hosting a number of presentations organized in conjunction with ART MAKES PLACE: Contemporary Artists make Temporary, Community and Performance-based Artworks for Public Spaces.
Art Makes Place is organized by the Nashville Cultural Arts Project, in collaboration with Metro Nashville Public Schools, Vanderbilt University, and the Frist Center, with funding from the Metro Nashville Arts Commission, Vanderbilt University, and the Elizabeth Firestone Graham Foundation. On September 17, artist Adrienne Outlaw will present a performance-based work about bioethical issues in which participants connect with each other through a set of handheld viewfinders featuring images, text, and symbolic cut outs.
Additional information about Art Makes Place is available at www.n-cap.org/amp.html.
Thursday, September 17 Music in the Grand Lobby
6-8 p.m. Duology (acoustic guitar duo)
Free
Guitarists Barry Coggins and Joseph Brunelle are Duology. These two string virtuosos have successful separate recording and performing careers and have joined talents to perform their own thoroughly engaging original arrangements. They have appeared at corporate and community events throughout middle Tennessee and have recorded three CDs together. The sound of two acoustic guitars in the Grand Lobby is spectacular.
Friday, September 18 Music in the Grand Lobby
6-8 p.m. Kristie Sibley (vocalist)
Free
Vocalist Kristie Sibley has one stunning voice. It is rich and agile, as at home on jazz and pop standards as in her first love, Gospel music. She has performed with many of Gospel music's greatest talents. Hear her in the stunning acoustics of the Frist Center's Grand Lobby.
On Thursday and Friday evenings, the Frist Center presents free music in the Grand Lobby. Visitors are encouraged to purchase wine, beer and other beverages from the Frist Center Café to bring into the Grand Lobby where bistro seating is offered.
Monday, September 21 Senior Mondays
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. 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 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 to everyone on Mondays with the donation of a non-perishable food item to Second Harvest.
Monday, September 21 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, September 23 Art Making: Standing Mobile
10:00 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 standing mobile reminiscent of Alexander Calder's sculptures.
Thursday, September 24 ARTini: Twilight Visions: Surrealism, Photography,
7:00 p.m. and Paris
Meet at the Information Desk
Free with purchase of gallery admission
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 cash bar or café and visiting with friends.
Thursday, September 24 Music in the Grand Lobby
6-8 p.m. The Contrarian Ensemble
Free
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.
Friday, September 25 Surreal to Reel: Paris on Film
6:30 p.m. Films at the Frist: Un Chien Andalou and L'Atalante
Auditorium
Free
In conjunction with Twilight Visions: Surrealism, Photography, and Paris, the Frist Center is partnering with Belcourt Theatre and Vanderbilt University's International Lens and French and film departments to offer Surreal to Reel: Paris on Film. This three-part series of Surrealist and Poetic Realist films will feature artists such as Luis Buñuel, Salvador Dalí, and Jean Vigo.
The film series will start at the Frist Center with the screening of Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dalí's Un Chien Andalou and Jean Vigo's L'Atalante. Dudley Andrew, the R. Selden Rose Professor of Film and Comparative Literature and co-chair and director of graduate studies of film studies at Yale University, will kick-off the series with an introduction to these two films.
About the films:
Un Chien Andalou
Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dalí worked collaboratively to produce this well-known and influential Surrealist film. The film follows no conventional plot, but takes the viewer through a seventeen-minute dreamlike narrative. Scenes, such as the slicing of an eyeball with a razorblade, a young man bicycling down a calm urban street wearing what appears to be a nun's habit and a locked box around his neck, and a couple (seemingly dead) buried in sand up to their shoulders, take viewers on a fantastical journey from the wayward minds of two important Surrealists. About their approach to the film, Buñuel said, "Our only rule was very simple: no idea or image that might lend itself to a rational explanation of any kind would be accepted." Directed by Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dalí, 1928, 17 minutes. 35mm. Not Rated.
L'Atalante
This Poetic Realist film begins with the marriage of a young barge captain, Jean, and a village girl, Juliette, who barely know each other. Juliette begins her married life by moving onto the barge. With only her husband for company, as well as his sailor friend named Jules, a cabin boy, and at least six cats, Juliette soon finds that she has no real place on the barge. What ensues are specific moments in the life of this newlywed couple, including an unforeseen separation, that illustrates the turbulent nature of learning to live with the one you love. L'Atalante focuses on the dream of love and presents realistic yet magical images of peasant and working class life. Directed by Jean Vigo, 1934, 89 minutes. Not Rated.
Friday, September 25 Music in the Grand Lobby
6-8 p.m. String Jazz with Billy Contreras and Buddy Spicher
Free
The Frist Center has become a welcome "home" for Billy Contreras and Buddy Spicher, two of Nashville's most celebrated musicians. With their quiet, unassuming virtuosity, they are wowing a growing group of regulars and giving out-of-town visitors who wander in on these nights a "Music City Moment" to take home. Hear these two greats perform in the intimate setting of the Frist Center's beautiful Grand Lobby. Expect to hear some Django-style music to accompany this night of French films.
Monday, September 28 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, September 30 Art Making: Diorama Drama
10:00 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: Assemble dramatic dioramas just like Joseph Cornell's miniature collaged works in boxes.
October 2009
Thursday, October 1 Music in the Grand Lobby
6-8 p.m. String Jazz with Billy Contreras and Buddy Spicher
Free
The Frist Center has become a welcome "home" for Billy Contreras and Buddy Spicher, two of Nashville's most celebrated musicians. With their quiet, unassuming virtuosity, they are wowing a growing group of regulars and giving out-of-town visitors who wander in on these nights a "Music City Moment" to take home. Hear these two greats perform in the intimate setting of the Frist Center's beautiful Grand Lobby.
Friday, October 2 Exhibitions Open to Public
Georgia O'Keeffe and Her Times: American Modernism from the Lane Collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (Ingram Gallery)
This exhibition of 45 paintings and 8 photographs featuring masterpieces by Georgia O'Keeffe, Charles Sheeler, Arthur G. Dove, Stuart Davis, and Marsden Hartley, 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 the most important American artists of the early twentieth century.
Exhibition continues through January 31, 2010
Thomas Hart Benton in Story and Song (Ingram Gallery)In conjunction with the Nashville Public Library's call for a city-wide celebration of beloved author Mark Twain, the Frist Center will present a selection of drawings and watercolors by another promoter of American narratives and everyday life, Thomas Hart Benton. A second section of the exhibition will focus on another source of inspiration for the artist-one particularly appropriate for Nashville-folk music and musicians. Benton's lifelong admiration of American music is well known, yet works of this subject matter have not yet been assembled as an exhibition.
Exhibition continues through January 31, 2010
Oliver Herring: Common Threads (Gordon Contemporary Artists Project Gallery)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.
Exhibition continues through January 31, 2010
Friday, October 2 Curator's Conversation: "From Marbles to
Noon Modernism: Stories Behind the Lane Collection"
Auditorium
Free
Join collector Saundra Lane and Karen Quin, Kristin and Roger Servison curator of paintings at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and curator of Georgia O'Keeffe and Her Times, for a lively discussion of the genesis of the Lane Collection. Learn about the Lanes' adventures with Georgia O'Keeffe, Charles Sheeler, and other artists who became their friends as they acquired American Modernist works at a time when they were underappreciated.
Friday, October 2 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.
Saturday, October 3 Artist's Perspective: Oliver Herring
11:00 a.m.
Meet at the information desk
Free with gallery admission
Join artist Oliver Herring as he leads an informal conversation about some of his work presented in Common Threads.
Tuesday, October 6 Surreal to Reel: Paris on Film and Hotel du Nord
7:00 p.m.
Belcourt Theatre
Free
In conjunction with Twilight Visions: Surrealism, Photography, and Paris, the Frist Center is partnering with Belcourt Theatre and Vanderbilt University's International Lens and French and film departments to offer Surreal to Reel: Paris on Film. This three-part series of Surrealist and Poetic Realist films will feature artists such as Luis Buñuel, Salvador Dalí, and Jean Vigo.
About the films:
Hotel du Nord
This Poetic Realist film by Marcel Carnè opens immediately with a fantastic collision of idealism and normality. As two young lovers, Renée and Pierre, attempt to carry out a mutual suicide and are sharing one last moment of life together in one of the Hotel du Nord's rooms, the hotel staff members are throwing a party. Pierre eventually begins to carry out the suicide pact and shoots Renée, but lacking the courage to follow through with their plan, he flees from the scene. As the film continues, the contrasts between ideas of normality versus romantic idealism develop into an incredible story of passion, adventure, rejection and the destructive powers of love.
Directed by Marcel Carnè, 1938, 95 minutes. 35mm. Not Rated
Friday, October 9 Lecture: "Georgia O'Keeffe: Photography and an 12:00 p.m. American Icon"
Auditorium
Free
No artist has been photographed from the beginning to the end of a career as frequently and consistently as Georgia O'Keeffe by many of America's most well-known photographers: Ansel Adams, Philippe Halsman, Yosuf Karsh, Arnold Newman, Alfred Stieglitz, Todd Webb, and Andy Warhol to name only a few. Join Barbara Buhler Lynes, curator at the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum and The Emily Fisher Landau Director at the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum Research Center, as she explores the significance of the two opposing personas that these photographs constructed of O'Keeffe during her lifetime, and the degree to which the medium of photography played a key role in defining her as one of America's leading art celebrities.
Saturday, October 10 Kids Club: BIG Hats
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 art of Keith Herring, Kids Club members will create large two-dimensional hats using an assortment of fun materials.
Wednesday, October 14 Surreal to Reel: Paris on Film, L'Age d'Or and Under 7:00 p.m. the Roofs of Paris; René Clair
Vanderbilt University's International Lens at the Sarratt Cinema
Free
In conjunction with Twilight Visions: Surrealism, Photography, and Paris, the Frist Center is partnering with Belcourt Theatre and Vanderbilt University's International Lens and French and film departments to offer Surreal to Reel: Paris on Film. This three-part series of Surrealist and Poetic Realist films will feature artists such as Luis Buñuel, Salvador Dalí, and Jean Vigo.
About the films:
L'Age d'Or
L'Age d'Or, which began as a collaboration between Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dalí (Dalí would abandon the project at an early stage), was seen by the artists as a challenge to make a film equally as bold as Un Chien Andalou. Combining Surrealism and an anti-bourgeois attitude to shocking effect, this film instigated wild protests worldwide. Though it was released in 1930, the U.S. did not have an official premier for the film until 1979. With this first solo film Buñuel made quite an impression. L'Age d'Or is said to be as disgusting as it is comic with scenes such as a father cheerfully playing with his son before shooting him a moment later and a Catholic priest and stuffed giraffe being thrown out a window.
Directed by Luis Buñuel, 1930, 60 minutes. 35mm. Not Rated
Under the Roofs of Paris
Noted as one of the most successful French films of the 1930s, Under the Roofs of Paris is not only monumental for its pioneering use of sound and interesting camerawork, but for portraying Paris in a distinctive light. Using poetry and romanticism to reveal the humdrum life of poor, ordinary citizens in Paris, René Clair creates a charming atmosphere that brings the spirit of the city to life. In a working-class part of town, a love triangle develops between a young street performer named Albert, a Romanian woman named Pola, and a mobster named Louis. As this youthful and lively film develops, Clair gives viewers a unique look at Paris through the eyes of kindly working-class heroes, a realistic set, and captivating street songs.
Directed by René Clair, 1930, 96 minutes. DVD. Not Rated
Thursday, October 15 Artist's Forum: Ron Lambert and Lesley
6:30 p.m. Patterson-Marx
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.
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 in Nashville, 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.
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 conceptualized and coordinated by Art Center Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
Chuck Close Prints: Process and Collaboration
Ingram Gallery
June 26-September 13, 2009
This exhibition is a comprehensive survey of the prints of Chuck Close, an important American painter who has produced a significant body of prints using a variety of mediums and techniques in collaboration with master print shops.
Dean Byington: Terra Incognita
Gordon Contemporary Artists Project Gallery
June 26-September 13, 2009
Oakland, California, based artist Dean Byington creates large collaged paintings that are composed of dense accumulations of fantastic imagery such as anthropomorphic animals and topographical views of enchanted lands as if seen from a mountaintop.
Upper-Level Galleries
September 10, 2009-January 3, 2010 Including more than 100 photographs by such artists as Eugène Atget, Hans Bellmer, Ilse Bing, Brassaï, André Kertész, and Man Ray, Twilight Visions will celebrate Paris as the literal and metaphoric base of Surrealism. 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 45 paintings and 8 photographs featuring masterpieces by Georgia O'Keeffe, Charles Sheeler, Arthur G. Dove, Stuart Davis, and Marsden Hartley, 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 the most important American artists of the early twentieth century.
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 city-wide celebration of beloved author Mark Twain, the Frist Center will present a selection of drawings and watercolors by another promoter of American narratives and everyday life, Thomas Hart Benton. A second section of the exhibition will focus 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.
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.
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 more than 30 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. Frist Center admission is $8.50 for adults, $7.50 for seniors and military and $6.50 for college students with ID (college students are free Thursday and Friday evenings). 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 a.m.-5:30 p.m.; Thursdays and Fridays, 10 a.m.-9 p.m. and Sundays, 1-5:30 p.m., with the Frist Center 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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