Frist Center for the Visual Arts Announces Upcoming Events Thru June 15
By: BWW News Desk Mar. 19, 2010
OF SPECIAL NOTE IN APRIL:
Thursday, April 1 Off the Wall Lecture: "The Ambivalent Heroine:
6:30 p.m. Femininity in Ancient Greece"
Thursday, April 8 FREE DAY: CELEBRATE THE FRIST CENTER'S
10:00 a.m.-9:00 p.m. BIRTHDAY
FREE admission all day
Thursday, April 8 "Luis Ferré's Sensibility: The Healing Core of the
6:30 p.m. Ponce Museum"
Auditorium Join Benigno Trigo, Ph.D., grandson of Luis A. Ferré, for a
Free discussion on the importance of art in communities.
Thursday, April 15 Artist's Forum: "Square Dance/Round Dance,"
6:30 p.m. a performance by Amelia Winger-Bearskin
Auditorium
April 2010
Thursday, April 1 Art making in the Grand Lobby
6:00-8:00 p.m. Foil Creatures in response to U-Ram Choe: New
Grand Lobby Urban Species
Free
Thursday and Friday evenings through April 9, visitors will be encouraged to shape aluminum foil to create botanical-influenced sculptures in response to the exhibition U-Ram Choe: New Urban Species. The exhibition is located in the Frist Center's Gordon Contemporary Artists Project Gallery. Gallery admission is free for Frist Center Members.
The art making activity in the Grand Lobby is FREE and open to all visitors.
Thursday, April 1 Off the Wall Lecture: "The Ambivalent Heroine:
6:30 p.m. Femininity in Ancient Greece"
Auditorium
Free
In a culture in which the dominant ideal was masculine, what made one a heroine? In this Off the Wall lecture Mireille Lee, Ph.D., assistant professor of the history of art at Vanderbilt University, will discuss what it meant to be a heroine in ancient Greek culture. Helen, for instance, was admired for her great beauty, but reviled for her wantonness. Similarly, goddesses such as Athena, Hera, Artemis, and Aphrodite displayed both positive and negative characteristics. And while we might admire the Amazons or Circe for their modern sensibilities, they were really objects of apprehension for the Greeks. But if mythology provided few models for women, ancient Greek vase-paintings and sculptures display images of the feminine ideal to which all aspired: beauty and industriousness, while being modest and circumspect. The true heroine embodied these cultural ideals.
Thursday, April 1 Music in the Grand Lobby
6:00-8:00 p.m. String Jazz with Billy Contreras and Buddy Spicher
Free
Featuring two of Nashville's finest jazz musicians and their talented friends, these evenings feature the best straight-ahead string jazz this side of Gotham City. Billy and Buddy both maintain active recording and touring careers. We're pleased they make the Frist Center their "home."
Friday, April 2 Art making in the Grand Lobby
6:00-8:00 p.m. Foil Creatures in response to U-Ram Choe: New
Grand Lobby Urban Species
Free
Thursday and Friday evenings through April 9, visitors will be encouraged to shape aluminum foil to create botanical-influenced sculptures in response to the exhibition U-Ram Choe: New Urban Species. The exhibition is located in the Frist Center's Gordon Contemporary Artists Project Gallery. Gallery admission is free for Frist Center Members.
The art making activity in the Grand Lobby is FREE and open to all visitors.
Friday, April 2 Music in the Grand Lobby
6:00-8:00 p.m. Meltzer Parsons - Instrumental Duo
Free
Bryant Meltzer and Michael David Parsons are making their marks in town as songwriters, but on this evening, they'll showcase their considerable instrumental talents. Performing original tunes they describe as "instrumental pop," their music features strong melodies and distinctive rhythms in wordless musical "discussions" between their instruments. Michael Parsons plays rhythm guitar, and Bryant Meltzer plays melody lines on mandolin or guitar. This is the duo's first appearance at the Frist Center.
Saturday, April 3 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.
Thursday, April 8 Art making in the Grand Lobby
6:00-8:00 p.m. Foil Creatures in response to U-Ram Choe: New
Grand Lobby Urban Species
Free
Thursday and Friday evenings through April 9, visitors will be encouraged to shape aluminum foil to create botanical-influenced sculptures in response to the exhibition U-Ram Choe: New Urban Species. The exhibition is located in the Frist Center's Gordon Contemporary Artists Project Gallery. Gallery admission is free for Frist Center Members.
The art making activity in the Grand Lobby is FREE and open to all visitors.
Thursday, April 8 CELEBRATE THE FRIST CENTER'S BIRTHDAY
10:00 a.m.-9:00 p.m. THANKS, NASHVILLE, FOR 9 GREAT YEARS!
FREE
Thursday, April 8 Music in the Grand Lobby6:00-8:00 p.m. The Tree Ring Review
Free
The Tree Ring Review is a dynamic collaboration of three of Nashville's brightest newcomers in the world of American roots music. The mix includes: multi-talented instrumentalist Bryan Clark's eclectic folk and Americana styling; country and bluegrass songstress Donna Romanello; and the sultry duo, Ronny & Sarah.
Thursday, April 8 "Luis Ferré's Sensibility: The Healing Core of the
6:30 p.m. Ponce Museum"
Auditorium
Free
The placement of a museum in any community is done so in the hopes of inspiring its citizens. Whether that inspiration leads people to see their world in new ways, or to do great things every day, lies in the collective efforts of the museum, the objects on display, and within the individual who comes into contact with them. The Frist Center for the Visual Arts was founded on the belief that the visual arts could inspire people to look at their world in new ways. This notion was also held by Luis A. Ferré, the founder of Museo de Arte de Ponce. Ferré was convinced that seeing original works of art would have a transformative effect on the individuals and community of his hometown, the poverty stricken Ponce, Puerto Rico. The Frist Center for the Visual Arts and Museo de Arte de Ponce are kindred spirits in this regard; both were founded for the enrichment of their surrounding populations. On the day the Frist Center celebrates its ninth anniversary in Nashville, the grandson of the founder of the Museo de Arte de Ponce will present a talk that illustrates the importance of artwork on both the individual and community levels.
Join Benigno Trigo, Ph.D., grandson of Luis A. Ferré, for a discussion on the importance of art in communities. Dr. Trigo will focus on the ideas that motivated his grandfather to found Museo de Arte de Ponce, its placement in Puerto Rico, and the different iterations of the institution's existence. Insights into Ferré's choices for the artwork he purchased for the museum will also be shared.
Friday, April 9 Art making in the Grand Lobby
6:00-8:00 p.m. Foil Creatures in response to U-Ram Choe: New
Grand Lobby Urban Species
Free
Visitors will be encouraged to shape aluminum foil to create botanical-influenced sculptures in response to the exhibition U-Ram Choe: New Urban Species. The exhibition is located in the Frist Center's Gordon Contemporary Artists Project Gallery. Gallery admission is free for Frist Center Members.
The art making activity in the Grand Lobby is FREE and open to all visitors.
Friday, April 9 Music in the Grand Lobby
6:00-8:00 p.m. John Danley - guitar
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, April 9 Films at the Frist: To Kill a Mockingbird
7:00 p.m.
Auditorium
Free
This last film in the four-part Films at the Frist series, which was planned in conjunction with the exhibition Heroes: Mortals and Myths in Ancient Greece, examines what it means to be an everyday hero. Based on Harper Lee's Pulitzer Prize winning novel of 1960 by the same name, To Kill a Mockingbird introduces us to Atticus Finch, a lawyer in a racially divided town in Alabama during the 1930s. When a black man is accused of raping a white woman and set to go up against an all-white jury the odds seem stacked against him until Finch, a deeply principled man, puts his career on the line to defend him. Through the eyes of Finch's six-year-old daughter Scout and her adventures with her brother, Jem, and a friend named Dill, the story of a small southern town unfolds to reveal its true heroes and their dignified courage in the face of racial prejudice and violence. Starring Gregory Peck. Directed by Robert Mulligan, 1962. 129 minutes. 35mm.
Saturday, April 10 Kids Club: Travel Journals
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 exhibition Masterpieces of European Painting from Museo de Arte de Ponce, Kid's Club members will create their own travel journals for their upcoming summer adventures and explorations while learning a unique book-binding technique.
Sunday, April 11 Jazz on the Move: The music of Charles Mingus with
3:00 p.m. Dennis Solee and the Nashville Jazz Workshop
Auditorium All-Stars
Free
Charles Mingus was a major creative force in jazz from the 1950's until his death in 1979. His complex, original, and hard-driving music was matched only by his volcanic temperament. Although Mingus is well-known as a jazz icon, his music is not as familiar to most Americans. This program provides a rare chance for Nashville audiences to hear and learn about this music from an all-star NJW faculty ensemble under the direction of master saxophonist/arranger Denis Solee.
Presented in collaboration with the Nashville Jazz Workshop, this concert is made possible by an Arts Builds Communities (ABC) grant from the Metropolitan Nashville Arts Commission in cooperation with the Tennessee Arts Commission.
Thursday, April 15 Artist's Forum: "Square Dance/Round Dance,"
6:30 p.m. a performance by Amelia Winger-Bearskin
Auditorium
Free
Performance artist Amelia Winger-Bearskin will work with participants to create an interactive flashlight show in a new artwork written especially for the Frist Center. The event may remind participants of a visit to the dark rooms of a honky tonk, the experience of viewing celestial lights, or even an American Indian round dance. This ambiguity is deliberate; not only is it up to the viewer to decide what the event is, but to help create this work of art as well.
Amelia Winger-Bearskin is currently an assistant professor of studio art at Vanderbilt University in the area of time-based media arts and performance. She was classically trained as an Opera Singer in Rochester, New York, at the Eastman Conservatory of Music where she received her undergraduate degree in performance art. In 2008 she received her MFA in Transmedia (time-based art) from the University of Texas, Austin.
Ms. Winger-Bearskin was in the group show Art in the Age of the Internet at the Chelsea Art Museum in 2007. As an artist at large for the perpetual art machine [PAM], she has been a featured video and performance artist at Basel in Miami, Scope at the Lincoln Center, and other art fairs since 2007. She has won numerous awards and grants in her field. From the fall of 2009 through the spring of this year, she has been focusing on participation in Asian Performance Art festivals that provide the artist with a unique international model for support of performance art. She has performed at the 10th Annual Open Art Performance Art Festival in Beijing China, PAN Asia '09 Performance Art Network Festival in Seoul, South Korea, and in 2010, will be performing at TUPADA Action Art Festival in the Philippines and the GwangJu International Human Rights Performance Art Festival in GwangJu Korea.
Thursday, April 15 Art making in the Grand Lobby
6:00-8:00 p.m. Draw among the Masters: Sketching in response to
Grand Lobby Masterpieces of European Painting from Museo de Free Arte de Ponce
Thursday and Friday evenings through May 14, visitors will be encouraged to follow the tradition of the masters by sketching in the lobby and galleries. This activity is in response to the exhibition Masterpieces of European Painting from Museo de Arte de Ponce. The exhibition is located in the Frist Center's Ingram Gallery. Gallery admission is free for Frist Center Members.The art making activity in the Grand Lobby is FREE and open to all visitors.
Thursday, April 15 Music in the Grand Lobby6:00-8:00 p.m. Jerry Krahn Quintet (Jazz)
Free
You may have heard Jerry as a member of Carolyn Martin's excellent swing band. Tonight, enjoy his superb talents as he fronts his own terrific no-amps jazz ensemble. His repertoire features the styles of early jazz guitar masters including Eddie Lang and Django Reinhart. His arrangements of 20's and 30's jazz and pop standards are delivered with a flair. Jerry carries these guitars into the 21st century with soulful versions of contemporary jazz, personal compositions and jazz-laced countrypolitan hits combining styles of Joe Pass, Chet Atkins, George Benson, and Pat Metheny.
Friday, April 16 ARTini: U-Ram Choe: New Urban Species
7:00 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 café, including special ARTinis, and visiting with friends.
Friday, April 16 Art making in the Grand Lobby
6:00-8:00 p.m. Draw among the Masters: Sketching in response to
Grand Lobby Masterpieces of European Painting from Museo de Free Arte de Ponce
Thursday and Friday evenings through May 14, visitors will be encouraged to follow the tradition of the masters by sketching in the lobby and galleries. This activity is in response to the exhibition Masterpieces of European Painting from Museo de Arte de Ponce. The exhibition is located in the Frist Center's Ingram Gallery. Gallery Admission is free for Frist Center Members.The art making activity in the Grand Lobby is FREE and open to all visitors.
Friday, April 16 Music in the Grand Lobby6:00-8:00 p.m. Diedre Vaughn Emerson (cello)
Free
Deidre Vaughn Emerson received her bachelor of music degree in cello performance, graduating magna cum laude from Birmingham-Southern College, and her master of music degree in cello performance at University of Houston in the studio of Vagram Saradjian (studio of Mstislav Rostropovich). In addition to her performance and studio work, she is professor of cello at Tennessee State University.
Monday, April 19 Senior Monday
10:00 a.m.-5:30 p.m.
The Frist Center for the Visual Arts and WAMB-AM present Senior Mondays every THIRD Monday of the month. Senior Mondays are exciting social and networking days for those who admit their "senior" status. On Senior Monday, gallery admission is $3.50 (1/2 price) and parking in the Frist Center lot is ONLY $2.00 (with validation and based on availability). Additionally, seniors receive a 15 percent discount on gift shop purchases and on Frist Center Café refreshments. Seniors are invited to enjoy a live radio broadcast by WAMB's Harry Stephenson in the Grand Lobby followed by LIVE music in the Grand Lobby from 1:00-2:00 p.m. Special gallery talks and other activities are scheduled throughout the day.
Tuesday, April 20 ARTini: U-Ram Choe: New Urban Species
12:00 p.m.
Meet at the information desk
Free with purchase of gallery admission
Take a break from your day and 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 visit with stop in the café or gift shop.
Thursday, April 22 Art making in the Grand Lobby
6:00-8:00 p.m. Draw among the Masters: Sketching in response to
Grand Lobby Masterpieces of European Painting from Museo de Free Arte de Ponce
Thursday and Friday evenings through May 14, visitors will be encouraged to follow the tradition of the masters by sketching in the lobby and galleries. This activity is in response to the exhibition Masterpieces of European Painting from Museo de Arte de Ponce. The exhibition is located in the Frist Center's Ingram Gallery. Gallery admission is free for Frist Center Members.The art making activity in the Grand Lobby is FREE and open to all visitors.
Thursday, April 22 Music in the Grand Lobby
6:00-8:00 p.m. Carolyn Martin Swing Band
Free
Join Carolyn Martin (formerly of the famed Time Jumpers) to celebrate the release of Cookin' with Carolyn, her newest CD. There might be dancing!
Friday, April 23 Gallery Talk: "A Tale of Two Cities: Making and
7:00 p.m. Marketing Art in Antwerp and Amsterdam, 1500-1700"
Meet at the information desk
Free with purchase of gallery admission
Inasmuch as paintings have come to be considered priceless works of art, they are also cultural commodities that are bought and sold, traded and exchanged. Artists of the early modern period, while pursuing their own creative interests, were also crafts people faced with the challenge of earning a living through their trade. Jay Bloom, assistant professor of the history of art, Vanderbilt University, will look at the art of early modern Antwerp and Amsterdam, cities which, at the time, were major centers of global commerce boasting extraordinary artistic output that was unrivaled in the known world. By considering a range of the innovative techniques that were developed to produce and market paintings by artists and dealers alike, the histories presented in this talk will offer both a survey of canonical artists of the period-including Peter Paul Rubens and Anthony van Dyck-and an alternative means by which to understand the complex motivations underpinning artistic practice.
Friday, April 23 Art making in the Grand Lobby
6:00-8:00 p.m. Draw among the Masters: Sketching in response to
Grand Lobby Masterpieces of European Painting from Museo de Free Arte de Ponce
Thursday and Friday evenings through May 14, visitors will be encouraged to follow the tradition of the masters by sketching in the lobby and galleries. This activity is in response to the exhibition Masterpieces of European Painting from Museo de Arte de Ponce. The exhibition is located in the Frist Center's Ingram Gallery. Gallery Admission is free for Frist Center Members.The art making activity in the Grand Lobby is FREE and open to all visitors.
Friday, April 23 Music in the Grand Lobby6:00-8:00 p.m. Kent and Bennett Burnside
Free
Guitarist Kent Burnside has performed with a variety of international touring and recording artists, both jazz (Greg Abate, Hank Marr) and country (Stella Parton, Lucie Diamond). He's also a singer-songwriter and a solo instrumentalist. He will be joined by his son, Bennett Burnside, for an evening of solo and duo acoustic guitar music.
Thursday, April 29 Art making in the Grand Lobby
6:00-8:00 p.m. Draw among the Masters: Sketching in response to
Grand Lobby Masterpieces of European Painting from Museo de Free Arte de Ponce
Thursday and Friday evenings through May 14, visitors will be encouraged to follow the tradition of the masters by sketching in the lobby and galleries. This activity is in response to the exhibition Masterpieces of European Painting from Museo de Arte de Ponce. The exhibition is located in the Frist Center's Ingram Gallery. Gallery Admission is free for Frist Center Members.The art making activity in the Grand Lobby is FREE and open to all visitors.
Thursday, April 29 Music in the Grand Lobby
6:00-8:00 p.m. Diedre Vaughn Emerson (cello)
Free
Deidre Vaughn Emerson returns to Music in the Grand Lobby with her lovely repertoire. Emerson received her bachelor of music degree in cello performance, graduating magna cum laude from Birmingham-Southern College, and her master of music degree in cello performance at University of Houston in the studio of Vagram Saradjian (studio of Mstislav Rostropovich). In addition to her performance and studio work, she is professor of cello at Tennessee State University.
Friday, April 30 Art making in the Grand Lobby
6:00-8:00 p.m. Draw among the Masters: Sketching in response to
Grand Lobby Masterpieces of European Painting from Museo de Free Arte de Ponce
Thursday and Friday evenings through May 14, visitors will be encouraged to follow the tradition of the masters by sketching in the lobby and galleries. This activity is in response to the exhibition Masterpieces of European Painting from Museo de Arte de Ponce. The exhibition is located in the Frist Center's Ingram Gallery. Gallery Admission is free for Frist Center Members.The art making activity in the Grand Lobby is FREE and open to all visitors.
Friday, April 30 Music in the Grand Lobby
6:00-8:00 p.m. John Danley - guitar
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.
May 2010
Saturday, May 1 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.
Saturday, May 1 Nashville in Harmony Spring Concert
3:00 p.m.
Free
Join one of Nashville's most accomplished choral ensembles, Nashville In Harmony, a city chorus of GLBT people, friends and allies, for this annual concert at the Frist Center.
Sunday, May 2 Jazz on the Move: Ellingtown,
2:00 p.m. and a puppet show for children
3:30 p.m.
Auditorium
Free
In mid-2008 the Nashville Public Library and the Nashville Jazz Workshop undertook a historic collaboration, merging the magic puppetry of the Library's acclaimed Wishing Chair Productions with the Jazz Workshop's world-class musicians. The aim was to introduce young children to the music of American jazz master Duke Ellington. The result is a rollicking, swinging, and touching trip through Ellington's musical world. The show was seen by several thousand people at the Downtown Library last fall, and will be seen by thousands more Metro school children this winter and spring. There will be two showings, 2:00 and 3:30 pm. This will be a special opportunity for families who missed it the first time around or who want an encore performance.
Presented in collaboration with the Nashville Jazz Workshop, this concert is made possible by an Arts Builds Communities (ABC) grant from the Metropolitan Nashville Arts Commission in cooperation with the Tennessee Arts Commission.
Thursday, May 6 Art making in the Grand Lobby
6:00-8:00 p.m. Draw among the Masters: Sketching in response to
Grand Lobby Masterpieces of European Painting from Museo de Free Arte de Ponce
Thursday and Friday evenings through May 14, visitors will be encouraged to follow the tradition of the masters by sketching in the lobby and galleries. This activity is in response to the exhibition Masterpieces of European Painting from Museo de Arte de Ponce. The exhibition is located in the Frist Center's Ingram Gallery. Gallery admission is free for Frist Center Members.The art making activity in the Grand Lobby is FREE and open to all visitors.
Thursday, May 6 Music in the Grand Lobby6:00-8:00 p.m. Meltzer Parsons-Instrumental Duo
Free
Bryant Meltzer and Michael David Parsons are making their mark in town as songwriters, but on this evening, they'll showcase their considerable instrumental talents. Performing original tunes they describe as "instrumental pop," their music features strong melodies and distinctive rhythms in wordless musical "discussions" between their instruments. Michael Parsons plays rhythm guitar, and Bryant Meltzer plays melody lines on mandolin or guitar. This is the duo's first appearance at the Frist Center.
Friday, May 7 Art making in the Grand Lobby
6:00-8:00 p.m. Draw among the Masters: Sketching in response to
Grand Lobby Masterpieces of European Painting from Museo de Free Arte de Ponce
Thursday and Friday evenings through May 14, visitors will be encouraged to follow the tradition of the masters by sketching in the lobby and galleries. This activity is in response to the exhibition Masterpieces of European Painting from Museo de Arte de Ponce. The exhibition is located in the Frist Center's Ingram Gallery. Gallery admission is free for Frist Center Members.The art making activity in the Grand Lobby is FREE and open to all visitors.
Friday, May 7 Music in the Grand Lobby
6:00-8:00 p.m. TBA
Free
On Thursday and Friday evenings, the Frist Center features free music from various area performers in the Grand Lobby. Visitors can visit the galleries (free to members), shop in the gift shop, and listen to some of Nashville's finest local music while relaxing in our bistro seating area and enjoying a variety of wines and other beverages from the café.
Saturday, May 8 Kids Club: Kinetic Creatures!
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 sculptures of contemporary artist U-Ram Choe, participants will build their own new species of moving creatures.
Friday, May 9 Exhibition Opens to the Public1:00 p.m.
Chihuly at the Frist
6:00-8:00 p.m. Draw among the Masters: Sketching in response to
Grand Lobby Masterpieces of European Painting from Museo de Free Arte de Ponce
Thursday and Friday evenings through May 14, visitors will be encouraged to follow the tradition of the masters by sketching in the lobby and galleries. This activity is in response to the exhibition Masterpieces of European Painting from Museo de Arte de Ponce. The exhibition is located in the Frist Center's Ingram Gallery. Gallery admission is free for Frist Center Members.The art making activity in the Grand Lobby is FREE and open to all visitors.
Thursday, May 13 Music in the Grand Lobby
6:00-8: 00 p.m. String Jazz with Billy Contreras and Buddy Spicher
Free
Billy Contreras and Buddy Spicher have become a popular mainstay of the Music in the Grand Lobby series. Enjoy traditional jazz with a touch of The Hot Club of Paris. Enjoy the art in the galleries, get beverage from the café and listen to delightful music.
Thursday, May 14 Art making in the Grand Lobby
6:00-8:00 p.m. Draw among the Masters: Sketching in response to
Grand Lobby Masterpieces of European Painting from Museo de Free Arte de Ponce
Visitors will be encouraged to follow the tradition of the masters by sketching in the lobby and galleries. This activity is in response to the exhibition Masterpieces of European Painting from Museo de Arte de Ponce. The exhibition is located in the Frist Center's Ingram Gallery. Gallery admission is free for Frist Center Members.The art making activity in the Grand Lobby is FREE and open to all visitors.
Friday, May 14 Music in the Grand Lobby
6:00-8:00 p.m. String Jazz with Billy Contreras and Buddy Spicher
Free
Enjoy music from these jazz masters and the occasional guest. Visitors can visit the galleries (free to members), shop in the gift shop, and listen to some of Nashville's finest local music while relaxing in our bistro seating area and enjoying a variety of wines and other beverages from the café.
Monday, May 17 Senior Monday
10:00 a.m.-5:30 p.m.
The Frist Center for the Visual Arts and WAMB-AM present Senior Mondays every THIRD Monday of the month. Senior Mondays are exciting social and networking days for those who admit their "senior" status. On Senior Monday, gallery admission is $3.50 (1/2 price) and parking in the Frist Center lot is ONLY $2.00 (with validation and based on availability). Additionally, seniors receive a 15 percent discount on gift shop purchases and on Frist Center Café refreshments. Seniors are invited to enjoy a live radio broadcast by WAMB's Harry Stephenson in the Grand Lobby followed by LIVE music in the Grand Lobby from 1:00-2:00 p.m. Special gallery talks and other activities are scheduled throughout the day.
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.
Thursday, May 20 Music in the Grand Lobby
6:00-8:00 p.m. Mary James- aka Mean Mary
Free
Well known for her expertise in American folk music of the 1800s, Mean Mary is multi-instrumental performer as well as a commanding vocalist. Through performances at festivals here and abroad, she has earned a truly international fan base. Expect to hear original tunes heavily influenced by homegrown traditions.
Friday, May 21 Dale Chihuly Lecture at the
12:00 p.m. Schermerhorn Symphony Center
Free
Tickets to the event are free, but RSVPs are encouraged. Detailed information and RSVP form are available at www.nashvillesymphony.org.
Join glass artist Dale Chihuly at the Schermerhorn Symphony Center as he presents a lecture on some of his works.
Chihuly has produced a set of glass sculptures for the Nashville Symphony's production of Bluebeard's Castle, which will run from Thursday, May 20, through Saturday, May 22, 2010. Also, as part of a citywide collaboration with the artist, both the Cheekwood Botanical Garden and Museum of Art and the Frist Center will be hosting exhibitions of Chihuly's work from May 25 through Oct 31, 2010, and from May 9, 2010, through January 2, 2011, respectively. For more information on the lecture please contact the Schermerhorn Symphony Center Box Office at 615.687.6400.
Friday, May 21 ARTini: Dale Chihuly
7:00 p.m.
Meet at the information desk
Free with purchase of gallery admission
Join Stefanie Geber 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 by relaxing in the Grand Lobby with beverages from the café, including special ARTinis, and visiting with friends.
Friday, May 21 Music in the Grand Lobby
6:00-8:00 p.m. Aaron Doenges - Composer
Free SeaSounds and Other Forms: A Sonic Response to Dale Chihuly
While influences ranging from J.S. Bach and Arnold Schoenberg to John Cage, Edgard Varese', Jonty Harrison, Radiohead, and Sigur Ros are present in Doenges' approach to music. He blends his unique electro-acoustic style through a collage of aural pictures. Enjoy the tunes of composer, arranger, and sound artist Aaron Hoke Doenges as he performs works inspired by the art of Dale Chihuly.
Monday, May 24 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.
Tuesday, May 25 ARTini: Dale Chihuly
12:00 p.m.
Meet at the information desk
Free with purchase of gallery admission
Take a break from your day and join Stefanie Geber 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 visit with stop in the café or gift store.
Thursday, May 27 Music in the Grand Lobby
6:00-8: 00 p.m. String Jazz with Billy Contreras and Buddy Spicher
Free
Often joined by tasty drummer Daryl Johnson and bassist Tim Smith, Billy and Buddy deliver some of the best jazz in the region. Visitors can visit the galleries (free to members), shop in the gift shop, and listen to some of Nashville's finest local music while relaxing in our bistro seating area and enjoying a variety of wines and other beverages from the café.
JUNE 2010
Thursday, June 3 Music in the Grand Lobby
6:00-8: 00 p.m. Kristie L. Sibley
Free
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.
Friday, June 4 Music in the Grand Lobby
6:00-8:00 p.m. TBA
Free
On Thursday and Friday evenings, the Frist Center features free music from various area performers in the Grand Lobby. Visitors can visit the galleries (free to members), shop in the gift shop, and listen to some of Nashville's finest local music while relaxing in our bistro seating area and enjoying a variety of wines and other beverages from the café.
Saturday, June 5 Adult Workshop: Glassblowing Part I
10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Frist CenterCourtyard
$150 members; $170 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)
In this two-day workshop, explore the ancient art of glassblowing! Participants will learn the fundamentals of working with hot glass in this fun and challenging workshop. Appropriate glassworking tools and methods will be demonstrated by Ryan Gothrup, an experienced glass artist, and then used by students. Emphasis will be on safety and good work habits.
* Please come prepared to work during the first class session; bring sunglasses and wear a cotton shirt and pants. No shorts, synthetic materials, or sandals allowed. Participants must be AT LEAST 56 inches in height in order to use the equipment necessary to participate in this class. Please keep in mind that this workshop has high heat temperatures and will take place outside.
Saturday, June 5 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.
Sunday, June 6 Adult Workshop: Glassblowing Part II
Sunday 1:00-5:00 p.m.
Frist Center Courtyard
$150 members; $170 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 workshops)
In this two-day workshop, explore the ancient art of glassblowing! Participants will learn the fundamentals of working with hot glass in this fun and challenging workshop. Appropriate glassworking tools and methods will be demonstrated by Ryan Gothrup, an experienced glass artist, and then used by students. Emphasis will be on safety and good work habits.
* Please come prepared to work during the first class session; bring sunglasses and wear a cotton shirt and pants. No shorts, synthetic materials, or sandals allowed. Participants must be AT LEAST 56 inches in height in order to use the equipment necessary to participate in this class. Please keep in mind that this workshop has high heat temperatures and will take place outside.
Monday, June 7 Glassblowing Demonstration
10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
Courtyard (weather permitting)
Free
Be dazzled and amazed as glass artist Ryan Gothrup demonstrates the ancient art of glassblowing in the Frist Center's Courtyard.
Ryan Gothrup has been producing one of a kind glass objects for more than twelve years. Gothrup received his B.F.A. from Kent State University and recently received his M.F.A. from Virginia Commonwealth University. He exhibits and sells his glass across the country.
Monday, June 7 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.
Tuesday, June 8 Glassblowing Demonstration
10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
Courtyard (weather permitting)
Free
Be dazzled and amazed as glass artist Ryan Gothrup demonstrates the ancient art of glassblowing in the Frist Center's Courtyard.
Ryan Gothrup has been producing one of a kind glass objects for more than twelve years. Gothrup received his B.F.A. from Kent State University and recently received his M.F.A. from Virginia Commonwealth University. He exhibits and sells his glass across the country.
Thursday, June 10 Music in the Grand Lobby
6:00-8:00 p.m. Harpist Steven Todd
Free
Steven Todd Miller is a classical and jazz harpist from North Alabama. Primarily a vocalist, he began his musical journey playing as accompaniment. After studying formal harp instruction such as the Salzedo, Pozzoli, French, and Russian methods, he began blending classical tradition with his natural instinct for contemporary improvisation. Steven Todd's range of repertoire is vast; performing works by Debussy and Bach to Brubeck and Enya he has entertained thousands of delighted listeners all across the United States Visitors can visit the galleries (free to members), shop in the gift shop, and listen to some of Nashville's finest local music while relaxing in our bistro seating area and enjoying a variety of wines and other beverages from the café.
Friday, June 11 Music in the Grand Lobby
6:00-8:00 p.m. TBA
Free
On Thursday and Friday evenings, the Frist Center features free music from various area performers in the Grand Lobby. Visitors can visit the galleries (free to members), shop in the gift shop, and listen to some of Nashville's finest local music while relaxing in our bistro seating area and enjoying a variety of wines and other beverages from the café.
Saturday, June 12 Kids Club: Junky Funk
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: Members will learn how to construct an instrument using everyday household items. Participants will create their own instrument and learn to sing a song.
Monday, June 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.
Current Exhibitions
Heroes: Mortals and Myths in Ancient Greece
Upper-Level Galleries
January 29-April 25, 2010
Heroes: Mortals and Myths in Ancient Greece has been organized by the Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, in cooperation with the Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, the San Diego Museum of Art, and the Onassis Foundation (USA), New York.
The exhibition is supported by an indemnity from the Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities.
Masterieces of European Painting from Museo de Arte de Ponce
Ingram Gallery
February 19-May 16, 2010
Featuring 60 works from the Museo de Arte de Ponce (MAP), located in Ponce, Puerto Rico, the collection of European art originally acquired by philanthropist Luis A. Ferré, this exhibition ranges from the gold-leaf idealism of the late Middle Ages to the detailed realism of the end of the 19th Century and brings together iconic works from the collection's Italian, French, Dutch, Flemish, Spanish, German and Austrian schools of painting.
This exhibition was organized by Museo de Arte de Ponce, The Luis A. Ferré Foundation, Inc., Ponce, Puerto Rico.
U-Ram Choe: New Urban Species
Gordon Contemporary Artists Project Gallery
February 19-May 16, 2010
U-Ram Choe, an artist from Seoul, South Korea, creates mechanized stainless steel structures that suggest hybrids of the mechanical and the organic in the creation of new life forms. Powered by motors, the action of these structures mimics the repetitive patterns of movement found in nature-breathing, the opening and closing of flowers, or the swimming motion of fish. While relying on traditional mechanical principles, the works allude to contemporary robots, which are increasingly designed to function independently of human control.
This exhibition was organized by the Frist Center for the Visual Arts.
Upcoming Exhibitions
Chihuly at the Frist
Upper-Level Galleries
May 9, 2010-January 2, 2011
The most acclaimed glass artist of our time, Seattle-based artist Dale Chihuly is beloved for his abstract evocations of sea life, flowers, and other graceful subjects. This site-specific exhibition will present selections from a variety of renowned series, among them Seaforms, Millefiori, Macchia, Ikebana and Persians. The Frist Center exhibition will be presented in conjunction with a major outdoor installation of Chihuly's work at Cheekwood Botanical Garden and Museum of Art and a theater design for the Nashville Symphony's production of Bluebeard's Castle.
The Golden Age of Couture: Paris and London 1947-1957
Ingram Gallery
June 18-September 12, 2010
The launch of Christian Dior's "New Look" in 1947 marked the beginning of a momentous decade in fashion history, which Dior himself called a "golden age." The couture houses of Paris and London, which had traditionally served wealthy private clients, opened boutiques and licensed their designs, thereby becoming global brands and household names. Through clothing (primarily evening dresses and suits), shoes, and photographs, this exhibition demonstrates how designers such as Dior, Balenciaga, and Chanel brought glamour back to Europe after World War II. Exhibition organized by the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
Presence or Absence: The Photographs of Tokihiro Sato
Gordon Contemporary Artists Project Gallery
June 18-September 12, 2010
An exhibition of 13 landscape photographs by one of Japan's most acclaimed and best-known contemporary artists, Tokihiro Sato uses traditional technology in untraditional ways. His photographs can take up to three hours to make as he moves across the landscape with mirrors and lights to create ultra-long exposures using a large-format, 8 x 10 camera set on a tripod. Through his photographs, Sato creates a poetic, lyrical world. Perfectly still and deep, each piece presents a scene of light that seems to breathe and only exist in a dream.
The Frist Center is supported in part by the Metropolitan Nashville Arts Commission and the Tennessee Arts Commission.
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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