OF SPECIAL NOTE IN DECEMBER:
Saturday, December 3 Trunk Show: Meet the Ladies of Thistle Farms
1:30–4:00 p.m. in the Frist Center Gift Shop
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Saturday, December 3 Holiday Concert: The Blair School of Music’s Suzuki
2:00 p.m. Strings
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Sunday, December 4 Holiday Concert: Nashville in Harmony
2:00–3:00 p.m.
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Thursday, December 8 Adult Studio Workshop: Exploring Encaustic Painting
6:00–8:30 p.m. Guest artist: Stefanie Gerber Darr
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Sunday, December 11 Nashville Flute Choir
2:00 p.m. Happy Holidays
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DECEMBER 2011
Thursday, December 1 Art Making in the Lobby: Mummy Mask Making
6:00–8:00 p.m.
Free
Thursday and Friday evenings from November 1 through December 30, 2011, visitors are invited to create masks in the Grand Lobby using various materials and inspiration from To Live Forever: Egyptian Treasures from the Brooklyn Museum, on view in the Ingram Gallery from October 7, 2011 to January 8, 2012.
Mummy Mask Making has been developed in conjunction with the newest Egyptian exhibition at the Frist Center, an exhibition of 119 objects that demonstrate the ancient Egyptian belief system regarding preparation for the life after death. Through mask making, guests can imitate the opulence sought by ancient Egyptians of all economic classes to ensure a better place in the afterlife. This art-making activity in the Grand Lobby is free and open to all visitors.
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Thursday, December 1 Music at the Frist
6:00–8:00 p.m. Carlos Enrique
(Latin guitar)
Classical guitarist and composer Carlos Enrique will be performing classical guitar music including original pieces and arrangements. His music ranges from compositions for solo instruments to chamber music and orchestral arrangements. Carlos’s music is been described as reflective, joyful and elegant.
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Friday, December 2 Art Making in the Lobby: Mummy Mask Making
6:00–8:00 p.m.
Free
Thursday and Friday evenings from November 1 through December 30, 2011, visitors are invited to create masks in the Grand Lobby using various materials and inspiration from To Live Forever: Egyptian Treasures from the Brooklyn Museum, on view in the Ingram Gallery from October 7, 2011 to January 8, 2012.
Mummy Mask Making has been developed in conjunction with the newest Egyptian exhibition at the Frist Center, an exhibition of 119 objects that demonstrate the ancient Egyptian belief system regarding preparation for the life after death. Through mask making, guests can imitate the opulence sought by ancient Egyptians of all economic classes to ensure a better place in the afterlife. This art-making activity in the Grand Lobby is free and open to all visitors.
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Friday, December 2 Music at the Frist
6:00–8:00 p.m. Keith Medley
Free (Americana)
Master guitar designer, builder and visionary Keith Medley returns to the Frist Center with his 27-string Medley. He created the Medley because “The music I hear is more than I can play on 6 strings.” The sound of this amazing instrument is stunning. Bill Piburn, Editor of Fingerstyle Guitar magazine, calls him “without a doubt, one of the most gifted and fascinating people I have had the good fortune to know. He has composed deeply creative music for the very unique 27-string Medley instrument that he has designed and built himself. He is a true Renaissance man.”
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Saturday, December 3 Trunk Show: Meet the Ladies of Thistle Farms
1:30–4:00 p.m.
Frist Center Gift Shop
Thistle Farms is the social enterprise that is run by the women of Magdalene—a residential program for women who have survived lives of violence, prostitution and addiction. By hand, the women create natural bath and body products that are as good for the earth as they are for the body. Purchases of Thistle Farms products directly benefit the women who made them.
On this Saturday, the Frist Center Gift Shop will host the ladies of Thistle Farms. Patrons will have the opportunity to meet these inspirational women and hear more about their individual journeys and their unique skin care products.
Thistle Farms holiday candles, winter survival kits and travel kits will be on sale in the gift shop as supplies last.
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Saturday, December 3 Holiday Concert: The Blair School of Music’s Suzuki
2:00 p.m. Strings
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.
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Saturday, December 3 Architecture Tour of the Frist Center
4:30 p.m.
Meet in 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 some of the questions 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.
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Sunday, December 4 Holiday Concert: Nashville In Harmony
2:00–3:00 p.m.
Auditorium
Free
Nashville in Harmony, a city chorus for GLBT people and their supporters, is proud to bring a unique style and voice to the Nashville scene. NiH brings Nashvillians together, both within the GLBT community and throughout the city. With the mission, to use music to build community and create social change, NiH performs all styles of music, from classical (with a twist) to pop, utilizing a diversity of instruments from many to none at all. The repertoire includes songs that align with the mission, those that are purely fun, and everything in between.
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Thursday, December 8 Adult Studio Workshop: Exploring Encaustic Painting
6:00–8:30 p.m. Guest artist: Stefanie Gerber Darr
Frist Center Studios
$50 members/$75 non-members. Cost includes all supplies and gallery admission.
Advance registration required. Please call 615.744.3355 to register.
From Egyptian mummy portraits to collages by Jasper Johns, artists across time have used the luscious and adaptable medium of encaustic in a variety of ways. Encaustic paintings use the ancient technique of combining melted beeswax, resin, and pigments to create a surface that can be built up to make translucent and textured layers. During this workshop participants will have the rare opportunity to view an encaustic mummy portrait in the exhibition To Live Forever: Egyptian Treasures from the Brooklyn Museum, and then have fun using a simplified version of the medium themselves. This is an introductory level class. No prior experience is required.
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Thursday, December 8 Art Making in the Lobby: Mummy Mask Making
6:00–8:00 p.m.
Free
Thursday and Friday evenings from November 1 through December 30, 2011, visitors are invited to create masks in the Grand Lobby using various materials and inspiration from To Live Forever: Egyptian Treasures from the Brooklyn Museum, on view in the Ingram Gallery from October 7, 2011 to January 8, 2012.
Mummy Mask Making has been developed in conjunction with the newest Egyptian exhibition at the Frist Center, an exhibition of 119 objects that demonstrate the ancient Egyptian belief system regarding preparation for the life after death. Through mask making, guests can imitate the opulence sought by ancient Egyptians of all economic classes to ensure a better place in the afterlife. This art-making activity in the Grand Lobby is free and open to all visitors.
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Thursday, December 8 Music at the Frist
6:00–8:00 p.m. Cremona Strings Ensemble Too
Free (Classical)
The Cremona Strings Ensemble Too was founded by Nashvillian Lisa Spells with the help of musician and composer Michael M. Brady. A mélange of area artists, the group currently includes violin, viola, cello, contra bass and keyboard performers. To keep their sound ever-evolving, the ensemble also makes a habit of inviting additional guests to play along, such as former Cremona String Ensemble members, music majors, string music instructors, professional instrumentalists, local orchestra members, vocalists and others. From classical to mood music, Cremona Strings ensures an enjoyable evening of easy listening.
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Friday, December 9 ARTini: To Live Forever: Egyptian Treasures from the
7:00 p.m. Brooklyn Museum
Meet at exhibition entrance
Free with purchase of gallery admission
Are you curious about art? Do you want to learn more about the content and concepts behind an artist’s work? If you answered yes to either of those questions, then the ARTini program is for you! ARTinis are designed for everyone—from the novice to the connoisseur—and include informal and insightful conversations that offer a deeper understanding of one or two works of art in an exhibition.
Join Anne Taylor, curator of interpretation at the Frist Center, as she leads an informal conversation about some of the work included in the Egypt exhibition. Complete your evening by relaxing in the Grand Lobby with beverages from the café and visiting with friends.
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Friday, December 9 Art Making in the Lobby: Mummy Mask Making
6:00–8:00 p.m.
Free
Thursday and Friday evenings from November 1 through December 30, 2011, visitors are invited to create masks in the Grand Lobby using various materials and inspiration from To Live Forever: Egyptian Treasures from the Brooklyn Museum, on view in the Ingram Gallery from October 7, 2011 to January 8, 2012.
Mummy Mask Making has been developed in conjunction with the newest Egyptian exhibition at the Frist Center, an exhibition of 119 objects that demonstrate the ancient Egyptian belief system regarding preparation for the life after death. Through mask making, guests can imitate the opulence sought by ancient Egyptians of all economic classes to ensure a better place in the afterlife. This art-making activity in the Grand Lobby is free and open to all visitors.
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Friday, December 9 Music at the Frist
6:00–8:00 p.m. Campfire Starter Kit
Free (Americana)
Tiffany Webb and Margie Sanders are Campfire Starter Kit (CFSK). CFSK blends pop & folk styles with creative lyrics. CFSK is fast-becoming one of Nashville’s most popular groups. Like the Indigo Girls, CFSK’s heartfelt and fun-loving performances deliver flawless vocal harmonies. With Tiffany’s beat-perfect djembe percussion partnered with Marge’s guitar mastery, this is one duo sure to entertain.
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Saturday, December 10 Kids Club: Still Life 101
10:30 a.m., 1:00 p.m., or 3:00 p.m.
Frist Center Studios
Free
Registration required. 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 A Divine Light: Northern Renaissance Paintings from the Bob Jones University Museum & Gallery, participants will learn basic principles of drawing using still-life objects seen in some of the artworks in the exhibition.
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Sunday, December 11 Nashville Flute Choir
2:00 p.m. Happy Holidays
Auditorium
Free
Join the Nashville Flute Choir for an afternoon of holiday-inspired music. Founded in 2001 by director Karen Mitchell, the Nashville Flute Choir is a group of professional and amateur musicians. The flute choir is composed of C flutes, piccolo, alto and various bass flutes. The ensemble performs around the city for various events and provides an opportunity for the flutists to share their love of music with the community.
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Tuesday, December 13 Making Memories: To Live Forever: Egyptian
10:30–11:30 a.m. Treasures from the Brooklyn Museum
Free with required registration
Call 615.744.3247 to reserve a space.
It is estimated that 5.1 million Americans have Alzheimer’s. Because 70 percent of those with the disease live at home, the impact of the illness extends to millions of family members, friends, and caregivers. The Frist Center for the Visual Arts is partnering with the Middle Tennessee Alzheimer’s Association to provide exhibition tours to early stage Alzheimer’s patients and their care givers. Featured program: This program focuses on the exhibition To Live Forever and offers participants an outlet for expression and forum for dialogue through guided exhibition tours and gallery discussions.
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Tuesday, December 13 ARTini: To Live Forever: Egyptian Treasures from the
12:00 p.m. Brooklyn Museum
Meet at exhibition entrance
Free with purchase of gallery admission
Are you curious about art? Do you want to learn more about the content and concepts behind an artist’s work? If you answered yes to either of those questions, then the ARTini program is for you! ARTinis are designed for everyone—from the novice to the connoisseur—and include informal and insightful conversations that offer a deeper understanding of one or two works of art in an exhibition.
Join Anne Taylor, curator of interpretation at the Frist Center, as she leads an informal conversation about some of the work included in the Egypt exhibition. Complete your visit with a stop in the café or gift shop.
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Thursday, December 15 Art Making in the Lobby: Mummy Mask Making
6:00–8:00 p.m.
Free
Thursday and Friday evenings from November 1 through December 30, 2011, visitors are invited to create masks in the Grand Lobby using various materials and inspiration from To Live Forever: Egyptian Treasures from the Brooklyn Museum, on view in the Ingram Gallery from October 7, 2011 to January 8, 2012.
Mummy Mask Making has been developed in conjunction with the newest Egyptian exhibition at the Frist Center, an exhibition of 119 objects that demonstrate the ancient Egyptian belief system regarding preparation for the life after death. Through mask making, guests can imitate the opulence sought by ancient Egyptians of all economic classes to ensure a better place in the afterlife. This art-making activity in the Grand Lobby is free and open to all visitors.
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Thursday, December 15 Music at the Frist
6:00–8:00 p.m. Carlos Enrique
(Latin guitar)
Classical guitarist and composer Carlos Enrique will be performing classical guitar music including original pieces and arrangements. His music ranges from compositions for solo instruments to chamber music and orchestral arrangements. Carlos’s music is been described as reflective, joyful and elegant.
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Friday, December 16 “Femme Fatale” Film Series: The Last Seduction
7:00 p.m.
Auditorium
Free; seating is first come, first served
Tracey Snelling’s “Woman on the Run,” on view in the Upper-Level Galleries from September 9, 2011 through February 5, 2012, provides a film-noir-like setting for a crime story in which the mysterious Veronica Hayden is sought for questioning in her husband’s disappearance. Viewers of Snelling’s installation play the part of witness, actor, and detective, and are charged with figuring out of what type of woman Veronica Hayden really is. Inspired by this constructed alternate world, the Frist Center has planned a five-part film series exploring femme fatales and their identities: are they are heroines, duplicitous dames, or something in-between?
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About the film:
Bridget Gregory is a devil in disguise; cool as ice, passionate, independent, self-satisfied, smart, and amoral. After stealing her husband’s drug money she goes incognito by hiding in a small town. She quickly lures handsome, yet naïve, Mike Swale into a smoldering affair as well as her next scheme. Passion, greed, and revenge form a desperate triangle between the three. Just when you think you know what is going to happen next, this sexy, ferocious femme fatale twists the tale to her advantage. Stars Linda Fiorentino, Peter Berg, and Bill Pullman. Directed by John Dahl, 1994. 110 minutes. DVD. Rated R.
* Please note that the films included in this series contain adult language, themes, and content and may not be suitable for children. Parental discretion is advised.
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Friday, December 16 Art Making in the Lobby: Mummy Mask Making
6:00–8:00 p.m.
Free
Thursday and Friday evenings from November 1 through December 30, 2011, visitors are invited to create masks in the Grand Lobby using various materials and inspiration from To Live Forever: Egyptian Treasures from the Brooklyn Museum, on view in the Ingram Gallery from October 7, 2011 to January 8, 2012.
Mummy Mask Making has been developed in conjunction with the newest Egyptian exhibition at the Frist Center, an exhibition of 119 objects that demonstrate the ancient Egyptian belief system regarding preparation for the life after death. Through mask making, guests can imitate the opulence sought by ancient Egyptians of all economic classes to ensure a better place in the afterlife. This art-making activity in the Grand Lobby is free and open to all visitors.
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Friday December 16 Music at the Frist
6:00–8:00 p.m. Bedhed & Blondy and the Sleepwalkers
Based in Nashville, Bedhed & Blondy are a dynamic Folk-Rock band. Bedhed, a southern-born rocker, and Blondy, known for her edgy blues vocals, strike a perfect harmony in their Americana-Rock melodies. Accompanied by their band, the Sleepwalkers, the group has attracted attention for its strong songwriting, tight harmony vocals and spirited performances that have created an extensive following among the Nashville locals.
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Monday, December 19 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 $5.00 (1/2 price of regular admission) for seniors and there is a special senior parking fee of $2.00 in the Frist Center lots as long as spaces are available. Seniors receive a 15 percent discount on gift shop purchases and on Frist Center Café refreshments purchased throughout the day. Seniors are invited to enjoy a live radio broadcast by WAMB’s Harry Stephenson in the Grand Lobby and live music provided by Snappy Pappy from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. Special gallery talks and other activities are scheduled through the day.
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Monday, December 19 FiftyForward Music for Seniors Holiday Harps
1:30 p.m. and Sing-Along
Auditorium
Free
FiftyForward Music for Seniors present a festive Senior Monday holiday concert featuring harp duo Holiday Harps and a sing-along of seasonal favorites with Sarah Martin McConnell.
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Thursday, December 22 Art Making in the Lobby: Mummy Mask Making
6:00–8:00 p.m.
Free
Thursday and Friday evenings from November 1 through December 30, 2011, visitors are invited to create masks in the Grand Lobby using various materials and inspiration from To Live Forever: Egyptian Treasures from the Brooklyn Museum, on view in the Ingram Gallery from October 7, 2011 to January 8, 2012.
Mummy Mask Making has been developed in conjunction with the newest Egyptian exhibition at the Frist Center, an exhibition of 119 objects that demonstrate the ancient Egyptian belief system regarding preparation for the life after death. Through mask making, guests can imitate the opulence sought by ancient Egyptians of all economic classes to ensure a better place in the afterlife. This art-making activity in the Grand Lobby is free and open to all visitors.
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Thursday, December 22 Music at the Frist
6:00–8:00 p.m. Ted Drozdowski & the Scissormen
Free
Anthony DeCurtis of Rolling Stone writes “Both on record and in live performance, Ted Drozdowski is a guitarist of spellbinding invention and intelligence. His slide playing shears the skin off your bones, and he can unleash roaring gales of sound. But lyricism and musicality lie at the heart of even his wildest moments. I have never listened to him and not been transported to a strange, beautiful place I’d never been before.” Visitors may 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.
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Friday, December 23 Art Making in the Lobby: Mummy Mask Making
6:00–8:00 p.m.
Free
Thursday and Friday evenings from November 1 through December 30, 2011, visitors are invited to create masks in the Grand Lobby using various materials and inspiration from To Live Forever: Egyptian Treasures from the Brooklyn Museum, on view in the Ingram Gallery from October 7, 2011 to January 8, 2012.
Mummy Mask Making has been developed in conjunction with the newest Egyptian exhibition at the Frist Center, an exhibition of 119 objects that demonstrate the ancient Egyptian belief system regarding preparation for the life after death. Through mask making, guests can imitate the opulence sought by ancient Egyptians of all economic classes to ensure a better place in the afterlife. This art-making activity in the Grand Lobby is free and open to all visitors.
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Friday, December 23 Music at the Frist
6:00–8:00 p.m. Kristie Sibley
Free http://www.kristiesibley.com/
(Jazz, Gospel, pop vocalist)
Kristie Sibley is a motivational speaker and professional singer based out of Clarksville. Her diverse 3-octave singing range gives Kristie an incredible musical versatility that allows her to dazzle in jazz, contemporary and traditional gospel, and popular music. Her voice has been lauded as able to transcend to the heart and minister to the soul.
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Thursday, December 29 Art Making in the Lobby: Mummy Mask Making
6:00–8:00 p.m.
Free
Thursday and Friday evenings from November 1 through December 30, 2011, visitors are invited to create masks in the Grand Lobby using various materials and inspiration from To Live Forever: Egyptian Treasures from the Brooklyn Museum, on view in the Ingram Gallery from October 7, 2011 to January 8, 2012.
Mummy Mask Making has been developed in conjunction with the newest Egyptian exhibition at the Frist Center, an exhibition of 119 objects that demonstrate the ancient Egyptian belief system regarding preparation for the life after death. Through mask making, guests can imitate the opulence sought by ancient Egyptians of all economic classes to ensure a better place in the afterlife. This art-making activity in the Grand Lobby is free and open to all visitors.
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Thursday, December 29 Music at the Frist
6:00–8:00 p.m. Meltzer Parsons Guitar 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.
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Friday, December 30 Art Making in the Lobby: Mummy Mask Making
6:00–8:00 p.m.
Free
Thursday and Friday evenings from November 1 through December 30, 2011, visitors are invited to create masks in the Grand Lobby using various materials and inspiration from To Live Forever: Egyptian Treasures from the Brooklyn Museum, on view in the Ingram Gallery from October 7, 2011 to January 8, 2012.
Mummy Mask Making has been developed in conjunction with the newest Egyptian exhibition at the Frist Center, an exhibition of 119 objects that demonstrate the ancient Egyptian belief system regarding preparation for the life after death. Through mask making, guests can imitate the opulence sought by ancient Egyptians of all economic classes to ensure a better place in the afterlife. This art-making activity in the Grand Lobby is free and open to all visitors.
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Friday, December 30 Music at the Frist
6:00–8:00 p.m. Fuzzmuzz (a.k.a. Winston Harrison)
Free (Ambient Electronica)
Fuzzmuzz is an electro-acoustic, ambient artist who took the musical pulses of Miami, New York and LA before settling into the studio of his hometown of Louisville, Kentucky, to record this first solo release, Fuzzmuzz “One.” His music is mesmerizing, poetic and hypnotic with influences as diverse as Pink Floyd, Bill Frisell, Erik Satie and Philip Glass. Winston has a degree in jazz performance from the University of Miami and was a member of the Gabe Dixon Band. Look for his newest CD recorded live at the Frist Center’s Music in the Grand Lobby!
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JANUARY 2012
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Thursday, January 5 Art Making in the Lobby: TBA
6:00–8:00 p.m.
Free
Thursday and Friday evenings visitors will be encouraged to create artwork developed in response to the current exhibition. The art-making activity in the Grand Lobby is free and open to all visitors.
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Thursday, January 5 Music at the Frist
6:00–8:00 p.m. Meltzer Parsons Guitar Duo
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.
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Friday, January 6 Films at the Frist: Girl with a Pearl Earring
7:00 p.m.
Auditorium
Free; seating is first come, first served
Girl with a Pearl Earring, shown in conjunction with A Divine Light: Northern Renaissance Paintings from Bob Jones University Museum & Gallery, on view in the Upper-Level Galleries from September 9, 2011 through to February 5, 2012, is the story of Griet, a seventeenth-century teenage girl who leaves her family in the country to become a servant for the Vermeer household in the bustling, canal-laden burgh of Delft. When she arrives, she finds herself at the low end of the servant totem pole until she’s asked to clean “the master’s” painting studio. There, she catches the eye of Vermeer; and eventually, he begins to paint her portrait. Stars Scarlett Johansson, Colin Firth, Tom Wilkinson, Cillian Murphy and Essie Davis. Directed by Peter Webber, 2003. 100 minutes. 35 mm. Rated PG-13
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Friday, January 6 Art Making in the Lobby: TBA
6:00–8:00 p.m.
Free
Thursday and Friday evenings visitors will be encouraged to create artwork developed in response to the current exhibition. The art-making activity in the Grand Lobby is free and open to all visitors.
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Friday, January 6 Music at the Frist
6:00–8:00 p.m. Amanda Contreras & Buddy Spicher
Free
Amanda Contreras is a vocalist with tremendous style and range. Her lyrical, breezy voice wraps around jazz, pop and Americana songs with equal ease and skill. Patrons of Music at the Frist are likely familiar with Amanda from her appearances with talented husband, multi-instrumentalist Billy Contreras. Amanda and Billy also perform regularly together in clubs and at festivals in the region.
Buddy Spicher is a familiar name to Music at the Frist regulars. Buddy and Billy Contreras have been regular performers at the Frist since the start of the series. Buddy is, quite simply, a legend. Elected to the National Fiddler Hall of Fame in 2010, Buddy has played with a “who’s who” of country artists and continues to influence countless young musicians as a teacher and mentor.
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Saturday, January 7 Connecting Cultures Celebrates Haiti
10:30–11:30 a.m.
Bordeaux Area Library
Free
The Frist Center for the Visual Arts will host an art-making activity highlighting the artwork and story of Tennessee Haitian Voice in conjunction with the Frist Center’s Connecting Cultures: Children’s Stories from Across the World exhibition. Participants will create “artistic” musical instruments and use them to join in an interactive retelling of a folktale based on the Haitian proverb, “Many Hands Make a Lighter Load.” This activity is appropriate for ages five through adult.
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Saturday, January 7 Architecture Tour of the Frist Center
4:30 p.m.
Meet in Grand Lobby
Free
“When was the Frist Center built? Who was the architect? Can you tell me about the floors in the galleries?” These are just some of the questions 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.
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Thursday, January 12 Gallery Conversation: A Divine Light: Northern
6:30 p.m. Renaissance Paintings from the Bob Jones University Meet at exhibition entrance Museum & Gallery
Free with purchase of gallery admission
Join Jim Womack, art historian and Jackson Family Chair of the Fine Arts at Montgomery Bell Academy, in the galleries for a conversation about the works presented in A Divine Light: Northern Renaissance Paintings from the Bob Jones University Museum & Gallery.
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Thursday, January 12 Art Making in the Lobby: TBA
6:00–8:00 p.m.
Free
Thursday and Friday evenings visitors will be encouraged to create artwork developed in response to the current exhibition. The art-making activity in the Grand Lobby is free and open to all visitors.
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Thursday, January 12 Music at the First
6:00–8:00 p.m. Christen Cole
Free (singer/songwriter)
With musical influences that include Queen, Led Zeppelin and the Moody Blues, Christen Cole’s music crosses a wide array of musical boundaries. In 2010, she was signed to EB Records, owned by respected veteran producer and recording engineer Bret Teegarden, the company that released her debut CD, the EP Just Walk Away.
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Friday, January 13 Art Making in the Lobby: TBA
6:00–8:00 p.m.
Free
Thursday and Friday evenings visitors will be encouraged to create artwork developed in response to the current exhibition. The art-making activity in the Grand Lobby is free and open to all visitors.
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Friday, January 13 Music at the Frist
6:00–8:00 p.m. Prattle On, Rick
Free (Americana)
Prattle On, Rick’s elusively soothing vocals take listeners on an awe-inspiring exploration leaving one feeling content and invigorated. There is deliverance to be found in Patrick Rickelton’s music, a salvation that is palpable and delivered honestly and truthfully, so that when Rickelton sings, one believes every word. Visitors may 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.
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Saturday, January 14 Kids Club: “Flipping” over Film
10:30 a.m., 1:00 p.m. or 3:00 p.m.
Frist Center Studios
Free
Registration required. 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: Design a flip book to tell your own miniature whodunit. Participants will invent their own mini mystery, illustrate the action, and flip the pages to see the story. Inspired by the exhibition Tracey Snelling’s “Woman on the Run.”
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Sunday, January 15 Artful Tales: “An African Cinderella Tale “
2:00–3:00 p.m.
Auditorium
Free; first come, first served
Artful Tales is a monthly interactive family program that combines the oral tradition of storytelling with hands-on art-making activities to explore stories and cultures from around the world. Featured story and activity: Listen to an African Cinderella story that explores virtue and naughtiness. Afterwards, weave colorful paper “cloth” inspired by the colors and shapes of Africa.
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Thursday, January 19 Adult Studio Workshop: Calligraphy
6:00–8:30 p.m. Guest artist: Guanping Zheng, Ph.D.
Frist Center Studios
$25 members/$35 non-members. Cost includes all supplies and gallery admission.
Advance registration required. Call 615.744.3355 to register.
Chinese culture is steeped in the history of writing, and for two thousand years the tools used to write calligraphy have not changed. The workshop will teach beginners and intermediate learners the skills and techniques to enhance their writing by focusing on the art of calligraphy using traditional inks and brushes. Participants will visit the exhibition Connecting Cultures: Children’s stories from across the World to learn and reflect on the art of translating the written word into visual art. After, everyone will head back to the studios to create their own writing using the principles of calligraphy. This program has been developed in collaboration with the Confucius Institute at Middle Tennessee State University.
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Thursday, January 19 Art Making in the Lobby: TBA
6:00–8:00 p.m.
Free
Thursday and Friday evenings visitors will be encouraged to create artwork developed in response to the current exhibition. The art-making activity in the Grand Lobby is free and open to all visitors.
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Thursday, January 19 Music at the Frist
6:00–8:00 p.m. The Contrarian Ensemble
Free (Early Music)
The delightful Contrarian Ensemble performs an eclectic variety of dance music from the 1300s to the present, including traditional tunes from the U.S., the British Isles and Europe, as well as original compositions. The group often performs reels, jigs and waltzes for contra dances in the region. Dancing is welcome and encouraged!
The Contrarian Ensemble will become regular monthly players for Music at the Frist throughout 2012, with performances scheduled for the third Thursday of each month.
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Friday, January 20 “Femme Fatale” Film Series: Body Heat
7:00 p.m.
Auditorium
Free; seating is first come, first served
Tracey Snelling’s “Woman on the Run,” on view in the Upper-Level Galleries from September 9, 2011 through February 5, 2012, provides a film-noir-like setting for a crime story in which the mysterious Veronica Hayden is sought for questioning in her husband’s disappearance. Viewers of Snelling’s installation play the part of witness, actor, and detective, and are charged with figuring out of what type of woman Veronica Hayden really is. Inspired by this constructed alternate world, the Frist Center has planned a five-part film series exploring femme fatales and their identities: are they are heroines, duplicitous dames, or something in-between?
About the film:
In the midst of a soaring Florida heat wave, Matty, a classy, seductive, unhappily married socialite, begins a steamy affair with Ned, a small-town lawyer. After several weeks of electrifying encounters and confessions of love, Matty makes it clear that she wants to leave her husband, but that she also wants his money. In order to live a life of luxury and eschew the secrecy of their relationship, Matty convinces Ned to kill her husband. This study of complicity, sexual obsession, and double crosses, which is told through masterful dialogue and a feeling for character, is a fascinating and powerful drama. Stars Kathleen Turner and William Hurt. Directed by Lawrence Kasdan, 1981. 118 minutes. 35mm. Rated R.
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Friday, January 20 Art Making in the Lobby: TBA
6:00–8:00 p.m.
Free
Thursday and Friday evenings visitors will be encouraged to create artwork developed in response to the current exhibition. The art-making activity in the Grand Lobby is free and open to all visitors.
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Friday, January 20 Music at the Frist
6:00–8:00 p.m. Jerry Krahn and Friends
Free (Jazz)
Spirited, lyrical, smoky and jazz-edged guitar sounds are what you will hear from acoustic archtop guitarist Jerry Krahn. Jerry brings his unique no-amps acoustic guitars to the stage in the styles of early jazz guitar masters 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.
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Tuesday, January 24 Educator Workshop: Connecting Cultures:
OR Saturday, January 28 Children’s Stories from LATIN AMERICA
9:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.
$20 for Frist Center members; $25 for non-members. Cost includes all materials, teacher resources, color reproductions, gallery admission, parking validation in Frist Center lots, and lunch.
Advanced registration is required. Download the teacher workshop registration form at http://fristcenter.org/learn/schools-educators/educator-workshops.
Presented in collaboration with the Center for Latin American Studies
Children’s Stories from Latin America is part of an educator workshop series based on the Frist Center’s popular Connecting Cultures: Children’s Stories from Across the World exhibition. Each workshop in the series will highlight a specific culture by focusing on a community artwork and the stories and legends that inspired its creation.
Presented in collaboration with the Center for Latin American Studies at Vanderbilt (CLAS), the January workshop will celebrate Latin America through in-depth investigations of two Latin American stories: “The Woman Who Outshone the Sun” and “The Lovers.” During this full-day program, educators will examine original works of art, participate in studio activities, and discuss classroom teaching ideas. Frist Center educator workshops are open to educators of all subjects, pre-K–12.
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Thursday, January 26 Art Making in the Lobby: TBA
6:00–8:00 p.m.
Free
Thursday and Friday evenings visitors will be encouraged to create artwork developed in response to the current exhibition. The art-making activity in the Grand Lobby is free and open to all visitors.
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Thursday, January 26 Music at the Frist
6:00–8:00 p.m. Lindsay George
Free (Jazz)
With a stunning voice, intense spirit, and honest lyrics, Belmont grad and Nashville Jazz Workshop alumna, Lindsay George has created a jazz pop sound for a new generation of listeners. On her latest project, a pop CD titled “Who Would I Have to Be?” Lindsay embarked on a year-long collaboration with chart topping artist/producer Jamie Slocum. They are a natural songwriting team – Lindsay writing unique, honest, and compelling lyrics, and Slocum bringing a natural talent for composing memorable melodies and innovative arrangements. Slocum brings experience as an artist and writer in almost every genre of music; Lindsay cites the jazz greats, Johnny Mercer and Duke Ellington, for her lyrical inspiration. Lindsay’s pop influences come from all generations – the Beatles, to Sixpence None the Richer, to Stevie Wonder, and contemporary indie favorites like the Raveonettes and Band of Horses. Expect to hear these influences woven together when she performs at the Frist.
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Friday, January 27 Art Making in the Lobby: TBA
6:00–8:00 p.m.
Free
Thursday and Friday evenings visitors will be encouraged to create artwork developed in response to the current exhibition. The art-making activity in the Grand Lobby is free and open to all visitors.
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Friday, January 27 Music at the Frist
6:00–8:00 p.m. Amanda Contreras and Friends
Free
Amanda Contreras is a young vocalist of stunning versatility. While she can (and does) sing everything, her performances at the Frist are devoted to her love of jazz. A “musician’s musician,” Amanda has a voice that is rich, nuanced and expressive. Her talent has attracted some of the region’s finest jazz performers.
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FEBRUARY 2012
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Thursday, February 2 Music at the Frist
6:00–8:00 p.m. Jerry Krahn and Friends
Free (Jazz)
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Spirited, lyrical, smoky and jazz-edged guitar sounds are what you will hear from acoustic archtop guitarist Jerry Krahn. Jerry brings his unique no-amps acoustic guitars to the stage in the styles of early jazz guitar masters 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.
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Thursday, February 2 Art Making in the Lobby: TBA
6:00–8:00 p.m.
Free
Thursday and Friday evenings visitors will be encouraged to create artwork developed in response to the current exhibition. The art-making activity in the Grand Lobby is free and open to all visitors.
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Sunday, February 5 Exhibitions Open to the Public
- To See As Artists See: American Art from the Phillips Collection
Ingram Gallery
- Answers to Questions: John Wood and Paul Harrison
Gordon Contemporary Artists Project Gallery
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Friday, February 3 Music at the Frist
6:00–8:00 p.m. Meltzer Parsons Guitar Duo
Free
Bryant Meltzer and Michael David Parsons are making their mark in town as songwriters, but at the Frist, they 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.
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Friday, February 3 Art Making in the Lobby: TBA
6:00–8:00 p.m.
Free
Thursday and Friday evenings visitors will be encouraged to create artwork developed in response to the current exhibition. The art-making activity in the Grand Lobby is free and open to all visitors.
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Friday, February 3 Curator’s Perspective: “Duncan Phillips: Champion
12:00 pm of American Art” Presented by Susan Behrends Auditorium, Frank, Ph.D., associate curator for research for The Phillips Collection
This talk is being held in conjunction with To See as Artists See: American Art from The Phillips Collection. Founded in Washington, DC a decade before the Museum of Modern Art and the Whitney Museum of American Art opened in New York City, The Phillips Collection has championed the very best American art and artists since opening its doors in 1921. In this talk, Susan Behrends Frank, Ph.D., associate curator for research for The Phillips Collection and curator of To See as Artists See, will speak about the extraordinary vision of Duncan Phillips, who made an institutional commitment at the end of World War I to champion American art and encourage American artists of independent vision who looked beyond the strictures of the academy at a time when other institutions were unwilling to do so. For more than 50 years, until his death in 1966, Phillips promoted the work of living American artists, giving them his patronage and encouragement when they needed it the most. In so doing, Phillips, and the museum that carries his name, became a significant force in American modernism, advocating for an American art that could find unity in a diversity of voices.
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Friday, February 3 Artist’s Perspective: Answers to Questions: John
6:30 p.m. Wood & Paul Harrison Presented by John Wood
Auditorium
Free; first come, first served
Join John Wood as he discusses the exhibition Answers to Questions: John Wood & Paul Harrison, on view in the Gordon Contemporary Artists Project Gallery, from February 3 through May 5, 2011.
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Saturday, February 4 Architecture Tour of the Frist Center
4:30 p.m.
Meet in Grand Lobby.
Free
“When was the Frist Center built? Who was the architect? Can you tell me about the floors in the galleries?” These are just some of the questions 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.
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Sunday, February 5 Exhibitions Closing
- A Divine Light: Northern Renaissance Paintings from the Bob Jones University Museum & Gallery
- Tracey Snelling’s “Woman on the Run”
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Thursday, February 9 Adult Studio Workshop: Mono-Printing Workshop
6:00–8:30 p.m. Guest artist: Mark Hosford
Frist Center Studios
$45 members/$75 non-members. Cost includes all supplies and gallery admission.
Advance registration required. Please call 615.744.3355 to register.
This workshop is being held in conjunction with To See as Artists See: American Art from The Phillips Collection. Monoprinting is a process in which painting and printmaking processes are used in combination to create one-of-a-kind, unique works on paper. In this workshop, participants will learn the basic process of creating monoprints and monotypes. The workshop will begin with a tour of the galleries and the works shown in To See as Artists See. Afterwards, and inspired by the works on view, participants will head back to the studios with Hosford and explore a variety of techniques and methods using oil-based inks on Plexiglas. Mark Hosford is also one of the artists whose work is included in the exhibition Fairy Tales, Monsters, and the Genetic Imagination, on view in the Upper-Level Galleries from February 24 through to May 28, 2012 and Metamorphoses: Drawings by Erin Anfinson, Kristi Hargrove, Mark Hosford, and Chris Scarborough, on view in the Conte Community Arts Gallery June 8 through October 28, 2012.
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Thursday, February 9 Music at the Frist
6:00–8:00 p.m. Prattle On, Rick
Free (Americana)
Prattle On, Rick’s elusively soothing vocals take listeners on an awe-inspiring exploration leaving one feeling content and invigorated. There is deliverance to be found in Patrick Rickelton’s music, a salvation that is palpable and delivered honestly and truthfully, so that when Rickelton sings, one believes every word. Visitors may 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.
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Thursday, February 9 Art Making in the Lobby: TBA
6:00–8:00 p.m.
Free
Thursday and Friday evenings visitors will be encouraged to create artwork developed in response to the current exhibition. The art-making activity in the Grand Lobby is free and open to all visitors.
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Friday, February 10 Music at the Frist
6:00–8:00 p.m. Christen Cole
Free (Singer/Songwriter)
With musical influences that include Queen, Led Zeppelin and the Moody Blues, Christen Cole’s music crosses a wide array of musical boundaries. In 2010, she was signed to EB Records, owned by respected veteran producer and recording engineer Bret Teegarden, the company that released her debut CD, the EP Just Walk Away.
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Friday, February 10 Art Making in the Lobby: TBA
6:00–8:00 p.m.
Free
Thursday and Friday evenings visitors will be encouraged to create artwork developed in response to the current exhibition. The art-making activity in the Grand Lobby is free and open to all visitors.
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Friday, February 10 ARTini: Answers to Questions: John Wood & Paul 7:00 p.m. Harrison
Meet at exhibition entrance.
Free with purchase of gallery admission
Are you curious about art? Do you want to learn more about the content and concepts behind an artist’s work? If you answered yes to either of those questions, then the ARTini program is for you! ARTinis are designed for everyone—from the novice to the connoisseur—and include informal and insightful conversations that offer a deeper understanding of one or two works of art in an exhibition.
Join Trinita Kennedy, associate curator at the Frist Center, as she leads an informal conversation about some of the works included in the exhibition Answers to Questions: John Wood & Paul Harrison.
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Saturday, February 11 Kids Club: Through the eyes of O’Keeffe
10:30 a.m., 1:00 p.m., or 3:00 p.m.
Frist Center Studios
Free
Registration required. 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:Use a viewfinder to get up close and personal! Inspired by the exhibition To See as Artists see, participants will look closely at objects from nature to create colorful artworks that reflect a larger than life scale and the style of American artist Georgia O’Keefe.
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Tuesday, February 14 ARTini: Answers to Questions: John Wood & Paul 12:00 p.m. Harrison
Meet at exhibition entrance.
Free with purchase of gallery admission
Are you curious about art? Do you want to learn more about the content and concepts behind an artist’s work? If you answered yes to either of those questions, then the ARTini program is for you! ARTinis are designed for everyone—from the novice to the connoisseur—and include informal and insightful conversations that offer a deeper understanding of one or two works of art in an exhibition.
Join Trinita Kennedy, associate curator at the Frist Center, as she leads an informal conversation about some of the works included in the exhibition Answers to Questions: John Wood & Paul Harrison.
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Thursday, February 16 Music at the Frist
6:00–8:00 p.m. Contrarian Ensemble
Free (Early Music)
They’re back! The delightful Contrarian Ensemble performs an eclectic variety of dance music from the 1300s to the present, including traditional tunes from the U.S., the British Isles and Europe, as well as original compositions by Contrarians Mark Wingate and Chris Moore. The group often performs reels, jigs and waltzes for contra dances in the region. Dancing is welcome and encouraged!
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Thursday, February 16 Art Making in the Lobby: TBA
6:00–8:00 p.m.
Free
Thursday and Friday evenings visitors will be encouraged to create artwork developed in response to the current exhibition. The art-making activity in the Grand Lobby is free and open to all visitors.
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Thursday, February 16 Curator’s Tour: To See as Artists See: American Art 12:00 p.m. from The Phillips Collection
Meet at exhibition entrance.
Free; with purchase of gallery admission
Join Katie Delmez, curator at the Frist Center, for a tour that surveys American painting from the late nineteenth through the mid-twentieth century.
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Friday, February 17 Music at the Frist
6:00–8:00 p.m. Amanda Contreras and Buddy Spicher
Free
Amanda Contreras is a young vocalist of stunning versatility. While she can (and does) sing everything, her performances at the Frist are devoted to her love of jazz. A “musician’s musician,” Amanda has a voice that is rich, nuanced and expressive. Her talent has attracted some of the region’s finest jazz performers.
Fiddler Buddy Spicher is, quite simply, a legend. He has performed with a who’s who of entertainers in several musical genres. He continues to teach, mentor and inspire young players from around the world.
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Friday, February 17 Art Making in the Lobby: TBA
6:00–8:00 p.m.
Free
Thursday and Friday evenings visitors will be encouraged to create artwork developed in response to the current exhibition. The art-making activity in the Grand Lobby is free and open to all visitors.
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Sunday, February 19 Artful Tales: “The Stonecutter’s Tale”
2:00–3:00 p.m.
Auditorium
Free; first come, first served
Artful Tales is a monthly interactive family program that combines the oral tradition of storytelling with hands-on art-making activities to explore stories and cultures from around the world. Featured program: Join Nashville Public Library’s Wishing Chair Productions for a puppet show that tells the story of an unsatisfied stonecutter who seeks to be something he is not and his discovery that everyone is special in his or her own way. Afterwards, create a dragon puppet to celebrate the Chinese New Year!
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Tuesday, February 21 Educator Workshop: To See as Artists See: American
9:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m. Art from the Phillips Collection
$20 for Frist Center members; $25 for non-members. Cost includes all materials, teacher resources, color reproductions, gallery admission, parking validation in Frist Center lots, and lunch.
Advanced registration is required. Download the teacher workshop registration form at http://fristcenter.org/learn/schools-educators/educator-workshops.
To See as Artists See: American Art from the Phillips Collection provides an overview of the Phillips’s renowned American collection by highlighting more than one hundred paintings by more than sixty-eight American artists. During this full-day workshop, educators will examine original works of art on a curator-led tour, participate in studio activities, and develop teaching ideas for the classroom. Educators will receive related resources and teaching materials including sample lesson plans and color art reproductions. Frist Center educator workshops are open to educators of all subjects, pre-K–12.
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Thursday, February 23 Music at the Frist
6:00–8:00 p.m. Teree McCormick
Free (Jazz Vocalist)
Native Nashvillian and student at the renowned Nashville Jazz Workshop, Teree McCormick has developed a full-blown passion for all things Brazilian. Her fluid vocals are infused with influences ranging from Bach to Roberta Flack to Ivan Lins. McCormick sings, writes, arranges and plays percussion. She performs with the Brazilian Jazz group, Samba Nove and has appeared as a featured artist with Ritmos Picantes.
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Thursday, February 23 Art Making in the Lobby: TBA
6:00–8:00 p.m.
Free
Thursday and Friday evenings visitors will be encouraged to create artwork developed in response to the current exhibition. The art-making activity in the Grand Lobby is free and open to all visitors.
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Friday, February 24 Music at the Frist
6:00–8:00 p.m. Amanda Contreras and Buddy Spicher
Free
Amanda Contreras is a young vocalist of stunning versatility. While she can (and does) sing everything, her performances at the Frist are devoted to her love of jazz. A “musician’s musician,” Amanda has a voice that is rich, nuanced and expressive. Her talent has attracted some of the region’s finest jazz performers.
Fiddler Buddy Spicher is, quite simply, a legend. He has performed with a who’s who of entertainers in several musical genres. He continues to teach, mentor and inspire young players from around the world.
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Friday, February 24 Art Making in the Lobby: TBA
6:00–8:00 p.m.
Free
Thursday and Friday evenings visitors will be encouraged to create artwork developed in response to the current exhibition. The art-making activity in the Grand Lobby is free and open to all visitors.
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Friday, February 24 Artist’s Performance: Artist’s Lecture:
12:30 p.m. “Empathetic Plant Alchemy”
Auditorium
Free; first come, first served
Saya Woolfalk’s recent work explores cultural transformation and hybridity by imagining the effects of crossing species. The artist uses a hybridized group of fictional Empathics to investigate systems of human classification and the reasons why we might choose to embody monstrous forms outside of known categorization. In her performance Artist’s Lecture: “Empathetic Plant Alchemy,” Woolfalk will present a pseudo-scientific lecture about these Empathics who are slowly mutating to become like plants. The lecture will focus on animated images from a book called Empathetic Plant Alchemy and describe the merger of human and plant DNA.
This program has been developed in conjunction with Fairy Tales, Monsters, and the Genetic Imagination, and Saya Woolfalk is one of the artists whose work is shown in the exhibition.
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Friday, February 24 REPaloud: Red by John Logan
6:30 p.m. In collaboration with Tennessee Repertory Theatre
Auditorium
To make reservations call 615.244.4878 or e-mail represervations@gmail.com, including the number in your party and date your party will be attending in the body of the e-mail.
Tennessee Repertory Theatre’s REPaloud (“Reading Excellent Plays” aloud) series features contemporary, award-winning dramas in a staged reading format. Winner of the 2010 Tony Award for Best Play, Red paints the vivid picture of master Abstract Expressionist Mark Rothko who has just landed the biggest commission in the history of modern art, a series of murals for New York’s famed Four Seasons Restaurant. In the two fascinating years that follow, Rothko works feverishly with his young assistant, Ken, in his studio on the Bowery. But when Ken gains the confidence to challenge him, Rothko faces the agonizing possibility that his crowning achievement could also become his undoing. Raw and provocative, Red is a searing portrait of an artist’s ambition and vulnerability as he tries to create a definitive work for an extraordinary setting. This program has been developed in conjunction with To See as Artists See: American Art from The Phillips Collection, which includes paintings by Rothko.
This project has been made possible with the collaboration of the Tennessee Repertory Theatre. Since 1985, Tennessee Repertory Theatre has been a critically acclaimed regional theatre, creating the highest quality professional productions and serving as a prime cultural, educational, and economic resource within Nashville and Middle Tennessee. The organization produces work that is designed, built, and rehearsed in Nashville by highly skilled actors, designers, directors, and technicians.
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Sunday, February 5 Exhibition Opens to the Public
- Fairy Tales, Monsters, and the Genetic Imagination
Invented Bodies / Hidden Meanings
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Saturday, February 25 Artists Panel: “New Bodies/New Languages: Fables our Times”
Panelists: Saya Woolfalk, Trenton Doyle Hancock, and Meghan Boody
Moderator: Mark Scala, chief curator at the Frist Center for the Visual Arts
Join us for a lively conversation among four guest artists who are represented in the exhibition Fairy Tales, Monsters, and the Genetic Imagination. The artists will offer their insights and perspectives on this exciting exhibition as Mark Scala, chief curator at the Frist Center for the Visual Arts, moderates what is sure to be a lively discourse of views and opinions. Come, be part of the story by listening and participating in the conversation; a question-and-answer session will form part of the overall discussion.
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Saturday, February 25 Educator Workshop: To See as Artists See: American 9:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.
Art from The Phillips Collection
$20 for Frist Center members; $25 for non-members. Cost includes all materials, teacher resources, color reproductions, gallery admission, parking validation in Frist Center lots, and lunch.
Advanced registration is required. Download the teacher workshop registration form at http://fristcenter.org/learn/schools-educators/educator-workshops.
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To See as Artists See: American Art from the Phillips Collection provides an overview of the Phillips’s renowned American collection by highlighting more than one hundred paintings by more than sixty-eight American artists. During this full-day workshop, educators will examine original works of art on a curator-led tour, participate in studio activities, and develop teaching ideas for the classroom. Educators will receive related resources and teaching materials including sample lesson plans and color art reproductions. Frist Center educator workshops are open to educators of all subjects, pre-K–12.
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Saturday, February 25 REPaloud: Red by John Logan
2:30 p.m. In collaboration with Tennessee Repertory Theatre
Auditorium
To make reservations call 615.244.4878 or e-mail represervations@gmail.com, including the number in your party and date your party will be attending in the body of the e-mail.
Tennessee Repertory Theatre’s REPaloud (“Reading Excellent Plays” aloud) series features contemporary, award-winning dramas in a staged reading format. Winner of the 2010 Tony Award for Best Play, Red paints the vivid picture of master Abstract Expressionist Mark Rothko who has just landed the biggest commission in the history of modern art, a series of murals for New York’s famed Four Seasons Restaurant. In the two fascinating years that follow, Rothko works feverishly with his young assistant, Ken, in his studio on the Bowery. But when Ken gains the confidence to challenge him, Rothko faces the agonizing possibility that his crowning achievement could also become his undoing. Raw and provocative, Red is a searing portrait of an artist’s ambition and vulnerability as he tries to create a definitive work for an extraordinary setting. This program has been developed in conjunction with To See as Artists See: American Art from The Phillips Collection, which includes paintings by Rothko.
This project has been made possible with the collaboration of the Tennessee Repertory Theatre. Since 1985, Tennessee Repertory Theatre has been a critically acclaimed regional theatre, creating the highest quality professional productions and serving as a prime cultural, educational, and economic resource within Nashville and Middle Tennessee. The organization produces work that is designed, built, and rehearsed in Nashville by highly skilled actors, designers, directors, and technicians.
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Current Exhibitions
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A Divine Light: Northern Renaissance Paintings from the Bob Jones University Museum & Gallery
Upper-Level Galleries
September 9, 2011–February 5, 2012
Bob Jones University Museum and Gallery in Greenville, SC, possesses one of the finest and largest collections of Old Master paintings in the United States. This exhibition focuses on its Northern Renaissance pictures, which have sat in relative obscurity since they were acquired in the mid-twentieth century. Twenty-eight fifteenth- and sixteenth-century paintings from Germany, France, the Lowlands, and Spain, including four that have recently undergone cleaning, have been selected for this presentation. The fully illustrated catalog, published by the Frist Center, sheds new light on the formation of this impressive collection and explores the context in which these complex and breathtakingly beautiful paintings were made.
This exhibition was organized by the Frist Center for the Visual Arts and the Bob Jones University Museum & Gallery.
The exhibition and its accompanying catalogue were made possible in part by the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, New York, with additional support from the Metro Nashville Arts Commission and the Tennessee Arts Commission.
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Tracey Snelling’s “Woman on the Run”
Upper-Level Galleries
September 9, 2011–February 5, 2012
Tracey Snelling’s sculptures of highly detailed vernacular buildings, streets, and rundown neighborhoods show a keen sensitivity to the psychological tensions and hidden narratives of modern life through the evocation of small-town America in the mid-20th century. Woman on the Run—a large tableau of architecture, sculpture, film, video, neon signs, audio and materials drawn from everyday life—provides a film-noir-like setting for a crime story in which a mysterious woman in Arizona is sought for questioning in the disappearance of her missing husband.
Tracey Snelling’s “Woman on the Run” has been organized by the Frist Center for Visual Arts, Nashville, Tennessee, and the Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art (SECCA), Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
Presenting Sponsor: Morgan Keegan
The Frist Center for the Visual Arts is supported in part by the Metro Nashville Arts Commission and the Tennessee Arts Commission.
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Connecting Cultures: Children’s Stories From Across the World
Conte Community Arts Gallery
April 15, 2011–June 3, 2012
The Frist Center for the Visual Arts has partnered with ten local and regional community organizations to present Connecting Cultures: Children’s Stories from Across the World, an exhibition inspired by children’s stories that is designed to reflect the unique cultural values of each participating community. Connecting Cultures will be on view in the Conte Community Arts Gallery April 15, 2011, through March 27, 2012. The exhibition kicks off a celebration of Nashville’s diverse ethnic communities that will include related monthly programs throughout the year. The Presenting Sponsor for Connecting Cultures is the Nissan Foundation.
This exhibition was organized by the Frist Center for the Visual Arts.
Presenting Sponsor: Nissan Foundation
The Frist Center for the Visual Arts is supported in part by the Metro Nashville Arts Commission and the Tennessee Arts Commission.
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Upcoming Exhibitions
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To See as Artists See: American Art from The Phillips Collection
Feb. 3–May 6, 2012
Ingram Gallery
The first international exhibition organized by the Phillips Collection to feature an overview of the museum’s renowned American collection, To See as Artists See incorporates more than 100 works by 75 artists, including outstanding paintings by George Inness, Winslow Homer, Edward Hicks, Edward Hopper, Maurice Prendergast, John Sloan, Arthur Dove, Georgia O’Keeffe, John Marin, Stuart Davis, Milton Avery, Jacob Lawrence, Adolph Gottlieb, Philip Guston, Richard Diebenkorn, Robert Motherwell and many others. Since opening in 1921, the Phillips has been an active champion of American art, singling out artists who followed their own vision independent of fashionable styles and schools. Its collection of American masterworks celebrates the best of American art from the late 19th through the 20th century.
This exhibition has been organized by The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C.
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Answers to Questions: John Wood & Paul Harrison
Gordon Contemporary Artists Project Gallery
Feb. 3–May 6, 2012
Answers to Questions features nine videos by the British collaborators John Wood and Paul Harrison. With a deadpan delivery worthy of Buster Keaton, Wood and Harrison create intimate, formally structured mise-en-scènes in which they use their own bodies in restrained interactions with such commonplace items as tennis balls, chairs and strings. The artists delight in orchestrating the comic consequences of inertia, gravity and the law of falling bodies in these low-tech physics experiments. Their blend of elegant conceptualism and slapstick conveys a sense of inspired pranksterism.
This exhibition has been organized by the Frist Center for the Visual Arts.
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Fairy Tales, Monsters, and the Genetic Imagination
Invented Bodies / Hidden Meanings
Feb. 24–May 28, 2012
Upper-Level Galleries
Fairy Tales, Monsters, and the Genetic Imagination is an exhibition of works by contemporary artists who invent humanlike, animal or hybrid creatures to symbolize life’s mysteries, desires and fears. Finding inspiration in sources ranging from Aesop’s Fables to the products of genetic experimentation, the artists in the exhibition examine interactions between nature and humanity in the context of oral and written lore, psychology, ethics and visions of the future in both science and science fiction. The exhibition will include approximately 60 contemporary paintings, photographs, sculptures and video works.
This exhibition is organized by the Frist Center for the Visual Arts and curated by Frist Center Chief Curator
Mark Scala.
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About the Frist Center
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 (open until 5:30 p.m. each day) features 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 $10.00 for adults and $7.00 for seniors, military and college students with ID. College students are admitted free Thursday and Friday evenings (with the exception of Frist Fridays), 5–9 p.m. Discounts are offered for groups of 10 or more with advance reservation by calling (615) 744-3247.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 website at www.fristcenter.org.
Award-winning Nashville visual artist edie Maney will present original acrylic paintings during a solo exhibition from Jan. 3-Feb. 28, 2012 in The Art Gallery at the University Club of Nashville at Vanderbilt, 2402 Garland Ave. near Hillsboro Village. 
Marvin Hamlisch
Dr. Atomic & Mr. Haydn
Valentines with Johnny Mathis
Ballet Folklórico de Antioquia, Columbia
Music, Noise & Silence 
Bruce Hornsby
James O’Donnell 
Mozart & Copland