Frist Center for the Visual Arts Announces Remaining 2009 Calendar

The Frist Center for the Performing Arts announced today the remainder of its 2009 calendar. The calendar features events ranging from photography and art to film and marionettes.

Highlights of the October schedule includes a discussion with artist Oliver Herring, a lecture by Barbara Buhler Lynes, Ph.D., curator at the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum, and screenings of the PBS series Art in the 21st Century.

New York-based artist Oliver Herring will lead an informal conversation about some of his work presented in Common Threads, on view in the Gordon Contempory Artists Project Gallery. Barbara Buhler Lynes, Ph.D., curator at the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum and the Emily Fisher Landau Director at the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum Research Center will explore the significance of the two opposing personas that photographs, taken by various artists throughout O'Keeffe's career, 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.

Additionally, on successive Friday evenings, the Frist Center and Nashville Public Television present advance screenings of the award-winning series Art:21 - Art in the 21st Century, produced for broadcast on PBS by the non-profit contemporary art institution Art21, Inc. Now in its fifth season, the Peabody Award-winning biennial television series has established itself as one of the country's preeminent chroniclers of contemporary art and artists. On October 23, the first two episodes, Compassion and Fantasy, will be shown. This program is presented in partnership with NPT, Nashville Public Television.

The Frist Center will also hold a free Family Day on October 18th, including special art-making activities, a musical instrument petting zoo offered by the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, live music from Nashville's own Westbound Rangers, and a main stage marionette production depicting the tall tales, scenes, and music from the hill country titled Backwoods Ramblin', presented by Wood and Strings Theatre.

Accredited by the American Association of Museums, the Frist Center for the Visual Arts, located 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, including a full calendar, is available by calling 615.244.3340 or by visiting www.fristcenter.org.

 

 

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