AT THE FRIST: November-January Calendar of Events
Calendar of Events
November 1, 2017–January 31, 2018
- Please disregard previous versions of this calendar. This information is current as of October 26, 2017. Dates and programs are subject to change.
OF SPECIAL NOTE IN NOVEMBER
Thursday, November 2 Curator’s Tour: World War I and
American Art presented by Trinita
Kennedy, Frist Center curator
Mondays, November 6 Second Harvest Donation Days
–December 18
Friday, November 10 Exhibition Opens: Nick Cave: Feat.
Friday, November 10 Two-day historic photography
and Saturday, November 11 workshop: Vandyke Brown Printing, with Erin Kice
Sunday, November 12 Family Festival Day: Nick Cave: Feat.
Tuesdays, November 14 “Food for Thought: Changing the
and December 12 World”
Saturday, November 18 Lecture: “Warrior Brain to Artist
Brain”
Monday, November 27 Artful Tales: Story Time in the Galleries
NOVEMBER 2017
Thursday, November 2 Curator’s Tour: World War I and
Noon American Art presented by Trinita Kennedy,
Meet at the exhibition entrance Frist Center curator
Free to members; admission required for not-yet-members
Join curator Trinita Kennedy as she explores how a wide range of American artists responded to the First World War. Special consideration will be given to how artists represented airplanes, barbed wire, poisonous gas, submarines, tanks, and other characteristic weapons of the conflict. Social issues, such as the wartime roles taken on by women and the participation of African Americans on the battlefield, will also be highlighted.
Educational Programming and Community Outreach Activity Sponsors for World War I and American Art:
Ameriprise Financial | Cracker Barrel
Thursday, November 2 Music at the Frist
6:00–8:00 p.m. Classical guitarist Michael Roberts
Frist Center Café
Free
Michael Roberts is a Nashville-based classical guitarist and composer who is active around the country. A student and teacher of many different musical styles, he has studied with world-class master Michael Lorimer (of the Segovia school) and internationally renowned professor Rob Nathanson. His recent concerts include a rare 15-guitar performance of Steve Reich’s Electric Counterpoint and atmospheric shows for Chihuly and Andy Warhol art exhibits. He regularly composes classical and pop music for the guitar, as well as cinematic soundtracks, and tours nationally with rock band Dead Man’s Mail.
His latest compilation of original work includes a string quartet, a piano sonata, his first symphony, and various tone poems. A full-length classical guitar album is on the way. It will feature his New Etudes, as well as works by Enrique Granados and others.
Admission is free for college students with valid school ID on Thursday and Friday evenings from 5:00 to 9:00 p.m. (with the exception of Frist Fridays).
Friday, November 3 Music at the Frist
6:00–8:00 p.m. Choro Nashville (Brazilian music)
Frist Center Café
Free
Choro Nashville is a six-member acoustic music group dedicated to the century-old Brazilian music known as Choro or Chorinho, which today still influences much of Brazil’s best-known music. Choro is often compared to American ragtime music, with a mixture of improvisation and composition played to an energetic and syncopated rhythm.
Choro Nashville features Randy Leago on woodwinds and cavaquinho, Chris Moran on guitar and bandolim, Larry Seeman on seven-string guitar and cavaquinho, Carlos Ruiz on percussion, and Jonah Kraut on guitar.
Admission is free for college students with valid school ID on Thursday and Friday evenings from 5:00 to 9:00 p.m. (with the exception of Frist Fridays).
Saturday, November 4 Docent-Guided Exhibition Tour with ASL
1:30 p.m. Interpretation
Meet at the Frist Center’s Gallery
Information Desk
Gallery admission required; members free
On the first Saturday of each month, we offer an informal docent-guided tour with certified American Sign Language interpretation. The tour focuses on a current exhibition and originates at the information desk inside the entrance to the galleries. Our docents also conduct tours on most weekdays and weekends at 1:30 p.m.; reservations are not required. To check availability, contact Visitor Services at 615.744.3277.
ASL interpretation is generously supported by the Memorial Foundation and by Bridges for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing.
Saturday, November 4 Architecture Tour with ASL Interpretation
4:30 p.m.
Meet in the Frist Center’s Grand Lobby
Free
Coming to the First Saturday Art Crawl, or to another downtown Nashville event? Enhance your weekend with a visit to the Frist Center. Stop at our café between 2 and 5 p.m. for Dessert Happy Hour (free coffee with the purchase of any dessert), and enjoy a guided tour of our landmark art deco building at 4:30 p.m.
On the first Saturday of each month, certified American Sign Language interpretation is provided with the tour, with the generous support of the Memorial Foundation ASL interpretation is generously supported by the Memorial Foundation and by Bridges for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing. Architecture tours are sponsored by Messer Construction. For more information, contact Visitor Services at 615.744.3277.
Mondays, November 6–December 18 Second Harvest Donation Days
Beginning on November 6, the Frist Center will offer free admission on Mondays to guests bringing nonperishable food items for Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee, through December 18. Since 2012, Frist Center visitors have donated more than 20,000 pounds of food to Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee. This year, Pinnacle Financial Partners will be partnering with the Frist to encourage participation in the holiday drive. Look for the collection barrels next to Visitor Services. The items most needed by Second Harvest are canned chicken, fruit, tuna, and vegetables; cereal; pasta; and peanut butter. We look forward to seeing you—thank you for your generosity.
Thursday, November 9 Music at the Frist
6:00–8:00 p.m. Meet the Seavers
Grand Lobby
Free
Husband and wife duo Jace K. Seavers and Dorothy Gilmore-Seavers make up the elegant jazz duo Meet the
Seavers. With music and lyrics composed by Jace, the compositions are rooted in swing but rarely follow the traditional chord changes and rhythms familiar to swing purists. Critics have called his thoughtful lyrics, complex time signatures and bubble-off-center chordings “ambitious,” “insightful” and “brilliant.”
Admission is free for college students with valid school ID on Thursday and Friday evenings from 5:00 to 9:00 p.m. (with the exception of Frist Fridays).
Friday, November 10 Exhibition Opens
- Nick Cave: Feat.
Friday, November 10 Two-day historic photography workshop:
and Saturday, November 11 Vandyke Brown Printing, with Erin Kice
November 10: 3:00–6:00 p.m. at the Frist Center
November 11: 10:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m. at the Frist Center
$50 members; $65 not-yet members
All skill levels welcome; ages 18 and older only
Registration required by November 3. Visit fristcenter/studio to reserve your place. Questions? Call 615.744.3355.
In this workshop, Erin Kice, local artist and co-founder of Nashville Community Darkroom, will teach the basics of chemistry, light exposure, and multiple historic photo processes. On Day 1, study key iconic photographs and learn about early twentieth-century techniques. On Day 2, following a guided tour of the Frist exhibition World War I and American Art, practice creating your own photographic images in the Frist Center studios, where you will hand-coat papers with chemicals and tone images after development, combining historic and new processes for unique results. Photographic knowledge or experience is not required.
Erin Kice earned her BA and MA in photojournalism and mass communication from the University of Southern Mississippi. A film and alternative process photographer, she has taught traditional photography at all skill levels.
“Vandyke Brown Printing” is part of the Frist Center’s World War I and American Art Studio Workshop Series. The final workshop in the series is “Two-day poster workshop: Persuaded by Posters” (January 12–13, 2018).
World War I and American Art, the first major exhibition to examine how American artists reacted to the First World War, will be on view at the Frist Center through January 21, 2018.
Educational Programming and Community Outreach Activity Sponsors for World War I and American Art:
Ameriprise Financial | Cracker Barrel
Friday, November 10 Music at the Frist
6:00–8:00 p.m. Jazz guitarist Geary Moore
Frist Center Café
Free
A native of Pittsburgh, Geary Moore lived and performed in the New York metropolitan area for a number of years and now lives in Nashville. His fluid and inventive style attests to the depth of his background in jazz, R&B, and pop music. An accomplished composer as well as a master technician, Mr. Moore has composed a repertoire of original tunes.
Mr. Moore has performed with numerous highly respected musicians, including Arthur Prysock, Peaches & Herb, Jon Faddis, Billy Drummond, Slide Hampton, T.S. Monk, Bob Cranshaw, and many more.
Admission is free for college students with valid school ID on Thursday and Friday evenings from 5:00 to 9:00 p.m. (with the exception of Frist Fridays).
Saturday, November 11 Veterans Day
10:00 a.m.–5:30 p.m.
Free admission will be extended today to veterans; active-duty, retired, Reserve, and National Guard service members; and their families. Visitors need only identify themselves to any member of the Visitor Services staff as veterans or service members for free admission. Visitors will also have the opportunity to watch the Nashville Veterans Day Parade from the Frist Center’s Broadway terrace.
Saturday, November 11 Figure Drawing at the Frist
1:00–4:00 p.m.
Participants will be notified of location.
$15 members; $20 not-yet-members (gallery admission and parking validation included)
Space is limited to 15 participants. Ages 18 and older only, please
Registration required by the first Saturday of each month. Visit fristcenter.org/studio to reserve your place. Questions? Call 615.744.3355.
Want to study the human form? Enhance and expand your artistic practice every month by participating in this new series of noninstructional figure drawing sessions at the Frist. Each session will offer exhibition-themed poses from a live model along with access to masterworks in our galleries. Admission and parking are included.
Please bring your own nontoxic drawing mediums and sketchpads to this workshop; only pencils are allowed in our galleries (provided as needed).
Saturday, November 11 Architecture Tour
4:30 p.m.
Meet in the Frist Center’s 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 some of the questions answered in the Frist Center’s popular architecture tours, sponsored by Messer Construction. Learn more about our landmark art deco building from one of our always-engaging docents.
Sunday, November 12 Family Festival Day: Nick Cave: Feat.
1:00–5:30 p.m.
Free
Bring your family and friends to the Frist Center to celebrate the opening of the exhibition Nick Cave: Feat. This FREE Family Festival Day will be filled with unique gallery experiences, fun art-making activities, a silent disco, a grand finale performance by the VSA TN Movement Connection Dance Program, and so much more! Community members who participated in the creation of the exhibition Extrasensory are invited to see their work in the Conte Community Arts Gallery, and visitors are invited to dress in bright colors, wild patterns, or anything that stimulates the senses! All programs are free and offered on a first-come, first-served basis while supplies last.
Educational Programming and Community Outreach Activity Sponsor for Nick Cave: Feat.: Ameriprise Financial
Tuesdays, November 14 “Food for Thought: Changing the World”
and December 12
11:30 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Lunch begins at 11:30 a.m., with presentation at noon
Frist Center Auditorium
Free with advance registration (lunch and gallery admission included)
Call Vanderbilt University at 615.322.8585 to reserve your place:
Registration for the November 14 program opens October 24.
Registration for the December 12 program opens November 21.
In partnership with Vanderbilt University’s Office of Community, Neighborhood, and Government Relations, the Frist Center presents “Food for Thought,” lunchtime conversations with Vanderbilt professors, Frist Center curators, and other members of the Nashville community. During the November 14 session, panelists will focus on the exhibition World War I and American Art and explore how the conflict shaped art as well as global affairs. On December 12, inspired by the exhibition Nick Cave: Feat., panelists will delve into how contemporary performance art can offer powerful and transformative opportunities for communities.
Educational Programming and Community Outreach Activity Sponsors for World War I and American Art:
Ameriprise Financial | Cracker Barrel
Thursday, November 16 Drop-In Drawing
5:00–8:00 p.m.
Admission required; members free
(materials included). All skill levels welcome.
On the third Thursday of each month, practice different techniques and skills in our galleries and on our campus. Be inspired by the artworks and the architecture of the building. We provide pencils, paper, and other supplies; ask at the Ingram Gallery Information Desk for the checkout station.
Thursday, November 16 Educator SPARK Evening
5:30–8:00 p.m.
Frist Center Studios | Free for K–12,
homeschool, and college/university
educators (gallery admission and parking validation included)
Join us for Educator SPARK each month from September through May. Spark your creativity and curiosity by exploring Frist Center exhibitions, enjoying light refreshments, and conversing with other educators between 5:30 and 8:00 p.m. Be energized by the 6:00–6:30 p.m. idea exchange session. This month, guest presenter Brandon Donahue will talk about his artistic practice. Brandon is an artist and assistant art professor at Tennessee State University.
Thursday, November 16 Educator Appreciation Night
5:30–9:00 p.m.
Check in at the Rechter Room
(valid school ID card required)
Free for educators (all subjects, grades K–12)
and guests (one guest per educator)
Questions? Contact Shaun Giles at sgiles@fristcenter.org.
Come learn what the Frist Center can offer to you and your curriculum. Enjoy SPARK discussions, live music, our Drop-In Drawing workshop, and gallery tours. Receive special discounts in the café and gift shop, and on memberships purchased during this event.
Thursday, November 16 Music at the Frist
6:00–8:00 p.m. Contrarian Ensemble
Frist Center Café
Free
The Contrarian Ensemble—Bruce Baxter (accordion), John Hedgecoth (mandolin), Mike Teaney (guitar), and Svend Thomsen (fiddle)—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. From tunes that would feel at home in a Paris café to the music of Bill Monroe, the Contrarian Ensemble’s superb musicianship always delights.
Admission is free for college students with valid school ID on Thursday and Friday evenings from 5:00 to 9:00 p.m. (with the exception of Frist Fridays).
Friday, November 17 Music at the Frist
6:00–8:00 p.m. Mandolinist Mike Compton
Frist Center Café
Free
Mike Compton is a Grammy and International Bluegrass Music Association Award–winning recording artist; a solo, duo and band performer; and a passionate mandolin teacher. The New York Times calls Compton “a new bluegrass instrumental hero.”
Born in Meridian, Mississippi, Compton took up the mandolin as a teenager. Drawn to the powerful mix of old-time fiddle stylings, blues influences and pure creativity embodied in Bill Monroe’s playing, he moved to Nashville in 1977 and quickly found work with veteran banjoist and former Monroe sideman Hubert Davis. In Nashville, Compton recorded albums with the John Hartford String Band and toured extensively with the band until Hartford’s death in 2001. At the same time, he collaborated with other masters, including guitarist David Grier, renowned mandolinists David Grisman and Mike Marshall, and producer T-Bone Burnett, for whom he performed not only as a Soggy Bottom Boy on 2001’s Grammy Album of the Year, O Brother, Where Art Thou?, but on the following Grammy-winning Down from the Mountain soundtrack and tours, and on the Cold Mountain soundtrack and tours.
Honored in 2002 with a special resolution by the Mississippi State Senate for his accomplishments, Mike Compton is in demand today at every level, from solo tours, treasured performances with the Nashville Bluegrass Band, and appearances with Grier and other duet partners, to instructional settings like the International Bluegrass Music Museum’s wildly successful Monroe Mandolin Camp, to studio recordings with bluegrass legends such as Ralph Stanley and country stars like Faith Hill. As Mandolin Magazine put it, Mike Compton is simply “a certified mandolin icon.”
Admission is free for college students with valid school ID on Thursday and Friday evenings from 5:00 to 9:00 p.m. (with the exception of Frist Fridays).
Saturday, November 18 Lecture: “Warrior Brain to Artist Brain”
11:00 a.m.
presented by Richard Casper, USMC combat veteran and co-founder of CreatiVets
Frist Center Auditorium
Free
Richard Casper is a United States Marine Corps veteran and the co-founder and program director of CreatiVets, a nonprofit organization that creates a safe, communal environment for veterans to make art and music. In his acclaimed lecture “Warrior Brain to Artist Brain,” he explores his own journey to recovery. During a tour of duty in Iraq, Casper was hit in four separate IED (Improvised Explosive Device) explosions that resulted in traumatic brain injuries and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
A graduate of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Richard credits art with helping him reclaim his life and giving it purpose. Through CreatiVets, he talks and teaches across the country (including at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and Virginia Commonwealth University) in his outreach to veterans, championing art and music as inspirational tools in the healing process.
Educational Programming and Community Outreach Activity Sponsors for World War I and American Art:
Ameriprise Financial | Cracker Barrel
Saturday, November 18 Architecture Tour
4:30 p.m.
Meet in the Frist Center’s 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 some of the questions answered in the Frist Center’s popular architecture tours, sponsored by Messer Construction. Learn more about our landmark art deco building from one of our always-engaging docents.
Monday, November 20 Senior Monday
10 a.m.–5:30 p.m.
The Frist Center presents Senior Mondays, a series of events for those who admit their senior status. On these days, gallery admission is $6.00 (1/2 the price of regular adult admission) for seniors. Senior parking is $5.00 in the Frist Center lots as long as spaces are available. Seniors receive a 15 percent discount on gift shop purchases and on café refreshments purchased during the visit. Seniors are invited to enjoy live music by Harry Stephenson, aka “Snappy Pappy,” in the Grand Lobby from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. Special gallery talks and other activities are scheduled throughout the day. We are grateful to the Jackson National Community Fund for their support of Senior Mondays.
Thursday, November 23 Frist Center closed for Thanksgiving
Friday, November 24 Music at the Frist
6:00–8:00 p.m. Barry and Holly Tashian and the Eclectic Five
Frist Center Café Band
Free
For the fourth consecutive year in what has become a post-Thanksgiving tradition, Barry and Holly Tashian and the Eclectic Five will perform the Friday evening after Thanksgiving. Last year, the café was full-to-overflowing from the first note until last.
Barry and Holly Tashian (guitar, upright bass and vocals) have toured worldwide and made numerous appearances on The Grand Ole Opry, A Prairie Home Companion and many other international radio and television programs. Their songs have been recorded by Kenny Rogers, Solomon Burke, Irish crooner Daniel O’Donnell and others. In 1966, Barry and his band The Remains opened for The Beatles’ last American tour. From 1980 to 1989 Barry toured and recorded with Emmylou Harris’ Hot Band. Since 1972 Barry and Holly have recorded seven award-winning albums for Rounder Records, Copper Creek and Strictly Country.
Al and Emily Cantrell (guitar, fiddle and vocals) have been featured on Mountain Stage, Riders Radio Theater, Folk Sampler, eTown and River City Folk, as well as numerous other nationally syndicated radio programs. Their four critically acclaimed albums are on radio playlists worldwide and include the talents of Béla Fleck, Jerry Douglas, Tim O’Brien and Riders in the Sky. Robert Redford hand-picked them to play old-time music on-screen in his hit movie A River Runs Through It. “She sings like an angel, he plays like the devil.” – The Tennessean.
Al Goll (Dobro) is an adjunct professor of Dobro at Belmont Academy of Music, and a regular performer and contributor at The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum. He has toured extensively throughout the U.S. and Europe, playing country, bluegrass and Hawaiian music. He has also performed at the Frist Center with Al Nobriga.
Admission is free for college students with valid school ID on Thursday and Friday evenings from 5:00 to 9:00 p.m. (with the exception of Frist Fridays).
Saturday, November 25 Architecture Tour
4:30 p.m.
Meet in the Frist Center’s 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 some of the questions answered in the Frist Center’s popular architecture tours, sponsored by Messer Construction. Learn more about our landmark art deco building from one of our always-engaging docents.
Monday, November 27 Artful Tales: Story Time in the Galleries
10:30 a.m.
Last Monday of each month (January–November)
Meet at the Frist Center’s Gallery Information Desk
Free to 18 and younger, and to members; gallery admission required for not-yet-members
Join an educator in the galleries to hear a story connected to our current exhibitions. Then, head upstairs to the Martin ArtQuest Gallery for more exhibition-inspired activities.
Thursday, November 30 Music at the Frist
6:00–8:00 p.m. Duette (vocal duo)
Frist Center Café
Free
Duette (Duane Spencer and Paulette Licitra) is an alternative acoustic band of ukulele and guitar, with tight, irresistible harmonies. Their addictive music is fun, quirky, and succinct. Spencer was a member of the legendary Martha’s Vineyard band Mr. Timothy Charles Duane (aka TCD); he toured the Northeast with the soul-calypso (soca) group Target Rhythm Band, and has played, recorded, and collaborated with a varied list of artists, including Van Morrison, Fred Lipsius, Roly Salley, Richard Bell, Clark Pierson, John Hall, James Taylor, Carly Simon, Kate Taylor, Maria Muldaur, Bobby Cochran, and Mark Volman. Licitra has written songs for theater and has produced music-related television, films, and videos. In Nashville, she is also known as Chef Paulette on WSMV-TV Channel 4.
Admission is free for college students with valid school ID on Thursday and Friday evenings from 5:00 to 9:00 p.m. (with the exception of Frist Fridays).
DECEMBER 2017
Friday, December 1 Music at the Frist
6:00–8:00 p.m. Jazz vocalist Arte’Mis
Frist Center Café
Free
Arte’Mis (Tramaine Robinson) grew up singing in a church choir in Knoxville. Now residing in Nashville, she has
carried that soulful foundation to everything from jazz and R&B to classical and musical theater, influenced by the
likes of Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, and Jill Scott.
Admission is free for college students with valid school ID on Thursday and Friday evenings from 5:00 to 9:00 p.m.
(with the exception of Frist Fridays).
Saturday, December 2 Docent-Guided Exhibition Tour with ASL
1:30 p.m. with ASL Interpretation
Meet at the Frist Center’s Gallery Information Desk
Gallery admission required; members free
On the first Saturday of each month, we offer an informal docent-guided tour with certified American Sign Language interpretation. The tour focuses on a current exhibition and originates at the information desk inside the entrance to the galleries. Our docents also conduct tours on most weekdays and weekends at 1:30 p.m.; reservations are not required. To check availability, contact Visitor Services at 615.744.3277.
ASL interpretation is generously supported by the Memorial Foundation and by Bridges for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing.
Saturday, December 2 Holiday Concert: Nashville Flute Choir
1:00 p.m.
Frist Center Grand Lobby
Free
The Nashville Flute Choir is a group of musicians from Nashville and surrounding areas. The ensemble performs around the city for various events and provides an opportunity for flutists to share their love of music with the community. Enjoy an afternoon of holiday cheer performed by the Nashville Flute Choir.
Saturday, December 2 Blair Suzuki Strings Holiday Concert
2:00 p.m.
Frist Center Auditorium
Free
The Blair School of Music’s Suzuki Strings perform songs of the season in an event that has become a Frist Center holiday tradition. Enjoy the talents of approximately fifty violin and cello students, ages 5–13. In addition to traditional carols, they will perform classical works by composers such as Bach, Handel, and Vivaldi. The Blair Children’s Cello Choir and Violin Performing Group are directed by Zach Ebin.
Saturday, December 2 Architecture Tour with ASL Interpretation
4:30 p.m.
Meet in the Frist Center’s Grand Lobby
Free
Coming to the First Saturday Art Crawl, or to another downtown Nashville event? Enhance your weekend with a visit to the Frist Center. Stop at our café between 2 and 5 p.m. for Dessert Happy Hour (free coffee with the purchase of any dessert), and enjoy a guided tour of our landmark art deco building at 4:30 p.m.
On the first Saturday of each month, certified American Sign Language interpretation is provided with the tour, with the generous support of the Memorial Foundation and Bridges for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing. Architecture tours are sponsored by Messer Construction. For more information, contact Visitor Services at 615.744.3277.
Thursday, December 7 Music at the Frist
6:00–8:00 p.m. Songwriter Ronny Criss and Friends
Frist Center Café
Free
Singer-songwriter Ronny Criss gathers a number of his songwriting friends for evenings of original music.
Born in Arkansas and raised in Chicago, Criss is a talented tunesmith with Southern roots and a Midwestern sensibility. Join him and some of Nashville’s newcomers as well as established writers in the Frist Café.
Admission is free for college students with valid school ID on Thursday and Friday evenings from 5:00 to 9:00 p.m. (with the exception of Frist Fridays).
Friday, December 8 Two-Day Educator Workshop: Stories of Self
and Saturday, December 9 and Society: Teaching with Contemporary Art
9:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m. each day and the Work of Nick Cave
Frist Center Studios
Registration for one or two days: $25 per day for Frist Center members; $30 per day for not-yet-members.
All materials, gallery admission, parking in Frist Center lots, continental breakfast, and lunch included
Advance registration required by December 4. Visit fristcenter.org/educator to reserve your place. Questions? Call 615.744.3355.
This two-day workshop will explore the motivations and expanding methods of contemporary artists, with a focus on the exhibition Nick Cave: Feat. Building on the theme of storytelling as a means of personal expression and social connection, participants will engage with the artwork on view, discuss thematic and inquiry-based approaches to exploring contemporary art, participate in hands-on art-making, and develop ideas for student-centered curriculum and teaching with the work of Nick Cave and other artists.
PRESENTERS
Jessica Hamlin is a visiting clinical professor in the art education program at Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development at New York University. Previously she served as the director of education for Art21, initiating the Art21 Educators professional learning community and Creative Chemistries, a platform for timely exchanges between artists, educators, policy makers, academics, and community-based educators. She has also served as the director of the Saturday Art School at Pratt University, the education coordinator and gallery educator for the nonprofit artist space Art in General, and a consultant for a range of nonprofit organizations and school districts on curriculum design and strategic planning.
Dennis Greenwell has been teaching visual art in Middle Tennessee public high schools since 1998. He was in graphic design before earning a master’s degree in art education from East Tennessee State University. He is currently at Central Magnet School in Murfreesboro. Selected to be part of Art21 Educators’ year 4 cohort, in 2012, Dennis stayed active in the program, serving as a mentor for the year 5 cohort. He is a working artist whose art has been exhibited at several colleges and universities, and his most recent show, Tragic Disclosures, offered reflections on LGBT youth and their struggles to be accepted.
Frist Center educator workshops are designed for educators of all subjects, pre-K–12, but all are welcome.
Friday, December 8 Music at the Frist
6:00–8:00 p.m. Singer-songwriter Rae Hering
Frist Center Café
Free
Belmont University graduate Rae Hering’s sophisticated alternative pop music ranges from playful to melancholy to funky. She is a multi-instrumentalist whose 2014 release The Shy Gemini Sessions features two versions of seven songs; the “A” side was recorded with a band, and the “B” side was recorded as a solo performer.
Admission is free for college students with valid school ID on Thursday and Friday evenings from 5:00 to 9:00 p.m. (with the exception of Frist Fridays).
Friday, December 8 Film: Sergeant York
6:30–9:00 p.m.
Frist Center Auditorium
Free; first come, first seated.
Shown in conjunction with the exhibition World War I and American Art, Sergeant York tells the incredible true story of Tennessee war hero Alvin C. York, one of the most decorated soldiers of World War I. The film follows York from his humble beginnings in the mountains of Tennessee to the front lines in France, where both his beliefs and courage were tested in battle.
Preceding the film, Michael E. Birdwell will speak on the life of Sergeant York and depictions of history in film. Michael E. Birdwell is a professor in history at Tennessee Tech and curator of Alvin C. York’s Papers, which are housed in Cookeville. His scholarly articles have been published in Film History, Literature/Film Quarterly, and The Columbia Companion to Film. He is the author of Celluloid Soldiers: The Warner Bros. Campaign Against Nazism. Directed by Howard Hawks, 1941. 134 minutes. DVD. Not rated.
Saturday, December 9 Figure Drawing at the Frist
1:00–4:00 p.m.
Participants will be notified of location.
$15 members; $20 not-yet-members (gallery admission and parking validation included)
Space is limited to 15 participants. Ages 18 and older only, please.
Registration required by the first Saturday of each month. Visit fristcenter.org/studio to reserve your place. Questions? Call 615.744.3355.
Want to study the human form? Enhance and expand your artistic practice every month by participating in this new series of noninstructional figure drawing sessions at the Frist. Each session will offer exhibition-themed poses from a live model along with access to masterworks in our galleries. Admission and parking are included.
Please bring your own nontoxic drawing mediums and sketchpads to this workshop; only pencils are allowed in our galleries (provided as needed).
Saturday, December 9 Architecture Tour
4:30 p.m.
Meet in the Frist Center’s 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 some of the questions answered in the Frist Center’s popular architecture tours, sponsored by Messer Construction. Learn more about our landmark art deco building from one of our always-engaging docents.
Tuesday, December 12 “Food for Thought: Changing the World”
11:30 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Lunch begins at 11:30 a.m., with presentation at noon
Frist Center Auditorium
Free with advance registration (lunch and gallery admission included)
Call Vanderbilt University at 615.322.8585 to reserve your place: Registration opens November 21.
In partnership with Vanderbilt University’s Office of Community, Neighborhood, and Government Relations, the Frist Center presents “Food for Thought,” lunchtime conversations with Vanderbilt professors, Frist Center curators, and other members of the Nashville community. During this session, inspired by the exhibition Nick Cave: Feat., panelists will delve into how contemporary performance art can offer powerful and transformative opportunities for communities.
Educational Programming and Community Outreach Activity Sponsor for Nick Cave: Feat.: Ameriprise Financial
Thursday, December 14 Educator SPARK Evening
5:30–8:00 p.m.
Frist Center Studios | Free for K–12,
homeschool, and college/university educators
(gallery admission and parking validation included)
Join us for Educator SPARK each month from September through May. Spark your creativity and curiosity by exploring Frist Center exhibitions, enjoying light refreshments, and conversing with other educators between 5:30 and 8:00 p.m. Be energized by the 6:00–6:30 p.m. idea exchange session (led by a different host each month).
Thursday, December 14 Music at the Frist
6:00–8:00 p.m. Fingerstyle guitarist Dan Bankhurst
Frist Center Café
Free
Dan Bankhurst was eleven years old when he took his father’s old ES-335 out of the closet and started to play for the first time. Inspired by his older brother, an accomplished electric guitarist in his own right, and by his father, Dan quickly became enamored with the guitar and has since dedicated himself to the instrument with spectacular results. In September 2013, he won the International Home of the Legends Thumbpicking Competition at the Merle Travis Center in Powderly, Kentucky.
Dan’s earliest experiences were mostly rooted in blues, so he initially was an electric guitarist playing in the styles of Stevie Ray Vaughan, Albert King, and Jimi Hendrix. As a teenager he began to branch out into jazz, and he acknowledges George Benson, Joe Pass, and Django Reinhardt as major influences.
Admission is free for college students with valid school ID on Thursday and Friday evenings from 5:00 to 9:00 p.m. (with the exception of Frist Fridays).
Friday, December 14 Music at the Frist
6:00–8:00 p.m. Contrarian Ensemble (early music)
Frist Center Café
Free
The Contrarian Ensemble—Bruce Baxter (accordion), John Hedgecoth (mandolin), Mike Teaney (guitar), and Svend Thomsen (fiddle)—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. From tunes that would feel at home in a Paris café to songs by Bill Monroe, the Contrarian Ensemble’s superb musicianship is always a delight.
Admission is free for college students with valid school ID on Thursday and Friday evenings from 5:00 to 9:00 p.m. (with the exception of Frist Fridays).
Saturday, December 16 Architecture Tour
4:30 p.m.
Meet in the Frist Center’s 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 some of the questions answered in the Frist Center’s popular architecture tours, sponsored by Messer Construction. Learn more about our landmark art deco building from one of our always-engaging docents.
Monday, December 18 Senior Monday Special Event: Nashville in 10:30 a.m. Harmony followed by Holiday Sing-Along
Frist Center Auditorium with Sarah Martin McConnell
Free
Music for Seniors presents Nashville in Harmony, followed by a festive holiday sing-along of seasonal favorites with Sarah Martin McConnell. Visit fristcenter.org for more about this annual tradition and our Senior Mondays, held on the third Monday of each month.
Monday, December 18 Senior Monday
10:00 a.m.–5:30 p.m.
The Frist Center presents Senior Mondays, a series of events for those who admit their senior status. On these days, gallery admission is $6.00 (1/2 the price of regular adult admission) for seniors. Senior parking is $5.00 in the Frist Center lots as long as spaces are available. Seniors receive a 15 percent discount on gift shop purchases and on café refreshments purchased during the visit. Seniors are invited to enjoy live music by Harry Stephenson, aka “Snappy Pappy,” in the Grand Lobby from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. Special gallery talks and other activities are scheduled throughout the day. We are grateful to the Jackson National Community Fund for their support of Senior Mondays.
Monday, December 18 Concert: The Providence Pipes
2:00 p.m.
Frist Center Grand Lobby
Free
The Providence Pipes enjoy playing a wide range of music from the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, and the early Baroque and contemporary periods. Their repertoire includes classical pieces as well as folk songs, carols, and current hits. Their popular holiday concert is a combination of traditional Christmas and Hanukkah music.
Thursday, December 21 Music at the Frist
6:00–8:00 p.m. Mandolinist Mike Compton
Frist Center Café
Free
Mike Compton is a Grammy and International Bluegrass Music Association Award–winning recording artist; a solo, duo and band performer; and a passionate mandolin teacher. The New York Times calls Compton “a new bluegrass instrumental hero.”
Born in Meridian, Mississippi, Compton took up the mandolin as a teenager. Drawn to the powerful mix of old-time fiddle stylings, blues influences and pure creativity embodied in Bill Monroe’s playing, he moved to Nashville in 1977 and quickly found work with veteran banjoist and former Monroe sideman Hubert Davis. In Nashville, Compton recorded albums with the John Hartford String Band and toured extensively with the band until Hartford’s death in 2001. At the same time, he collaborated with other masters, including guitarist David Grier, renowned mandolinists David Grisman and Mike Marshall, and producer T-Bone Burnett, for whom he performed not only as a Soggy Bottom Boy on 2001’s Grammy Album of the Year, O Brother, Where Art Thou?, but on the following Grammy-winning Down from the Mountain soundtrack and tours, and on the Cold Mountain soundtrack and tours.
Honored in 2002 with a special resolution by the Mississippi State Senate for his accomplishments, Mike Compton is in demand today at every level, from solo tours, treasured performances with the Nashville Bluegrass Band, and appearances with Grier and other duet partners, to instructional settings like the International Bluegrass Music Museum’s wildly successful Monroe Mandolin Camp, to studio recordings with bluegrass legends such as Ralph Stanley and country stars like Faith Hill. As Mandolin Magazine put it, Mike Compton is simply “a certified mandolin icon.”
Thursday, December 21 Drop-In Drawing
5:00–8:00 p.m.
Admission required; members free
(materials included). All skill levels welcome.
On the third Thursday of each month, check out drawing materials to practice different techniques and skills, and be inspired by the artworks in the galleries and the architecture of the building. Art supplies will be available near the Information Desk in the Ingram Gallery.
Friday, December 22 Music at the Frist
6:00–8:00 p.m. Classical guitarist Grant Ferris
Frist Center Café
Free
Grant Ferris, a Nashville-based guitarist, composer, and songwriter, holds a master’s degree in classical guitar performance from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, where he received a scholarship to study under David Tanenbaum. He also earned a Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Denver and was the first recipient of the Helen M. Garrett Award for the Outstanding Graduating Classical Guitarist.
A recipient of the Louis Armstrong Jazz Award, Ferris has been praised for his versatility as a guitarist playing in all styles from classical to jazz to country to rock. As a songwriter, Grant’s has worked extensively with his sister, recording artist Ferris. As a composer, Ferris’ work embraces American genres and styles. In the spring of 2012, his work “A Craftful Butchering of Jesse James,” co-written with Bay Area flutist Courtney Wise, was praised for its entertainment value and dedication to American styles of music. Recent works include a guitar duet entitled “UP,” written for Duo Tandem, and a 2013 EP, Ten and Six, comprising solo guitar works.
Admission is free for college students with valid school ID on Thursday and Friday evenings from 5:00 to 9:00 p.m. (with the exception of Frist Fridays).
Saturday, December 23 Architecture Tour
4:30 p.m.
Meet in the Frist Center’s 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 some of the questions answered in the Frist Center’s popular architecture tours, sponsored by Messer Construction. Learn more about our landmark art deco building from one of our always-engaging docents.
Sunday, December 24, and Monday, December 25 Frist Center closed
Thursday, December 28 Mando Bistro
6:00–8:00 p.m.
Frist Center Café
Free
Mando Bistro is an ensemble inspired by the music of many countries and the musicianship and composing talents of artists such as Django Reinhardt, Antonio Carlos Jobim, and the tunes in the Great American Songbook.
Mando Bistro includes George Pearce (tenor guitar and bouzouki), James DiGiralomo (accordion), and Al Goll (acoustic steel).
Thursday, December 28 Music at the Frist
6:00–8:00 p.m. Classical guitarist Michael Roberts
Grand Lobby
Free
Michael Roberts is a Nashville-based classical guitarist and composer who is active around the country. A student and teacher of many different musical styles, he has studied with world-class master Michael Lorimer (of the Segovia school) and internationally renowned professor Rob Nathanson. His recent concerts include a rare 15-guitar performance of Steve Reich’s Electric Counterpoint and atmospheric shows for Chihuly and Andy Warhol art exhibits. He regularly composes classical and pop music for the guitar, as well as cinematic soundtracks, and tours nationally with rock band Dead Man’s Mail.
His latest compilation of original work includes a string quartet, a piano sonata, his first symphony, and various tone poems. A full-length classical guitar album is on the way. It will feature his New Etudes, as well as works by Enrique Granados and others.
Admission is free for college students with valid school ID on Thursday and Friday evenings from 5:00 to 9:00 p.m. (with the exception of Frist Fridays).
Friday, December 29 Music at the Frist
6:00–8:00 p.m. Classical guitarist Michael Roberts
Frist Center Café
Free
Michael Roberts is a Nashville-based classical guitarist and composer who is active around the country. A student and teacher of many different musical styles, he has studied with world-class master Michael Lorimer (of the Segovia school) and internationally renowned professor Rob Nathanson. His recent concerts include a rare 15-guitar performance of Steve Reich’s Electric Counterpoint and atmospheric shows for Chihuly and Andy Warhol art exhibits. He regularly composes classical and pop music for the guitar, as well as cinematic soundtracks, and tours nationally with rock band Dead Man’s Mail.
His latest compilation of original work includes a string quartet, a piano sonata, his first symphony, and various tone poems. A full-length classical guitar album is on the way. It will feature his New Etudes, as well as works by Enrique Granados and others.
Admission is free for college students with valid school ID on Thursday and Friday evenings from 5:00 to 9:00 p.m. (with the exception of Frist Fridays).
Saturday, December 30 Architecture Tour
4:30 p.m.
Meet in the Frist Center’s 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 some of the questions answered in the Frist Center’s popular architecture tours, sponsored by Messer Construction. Stroll around the Frist Center as you learn more about our landmark building from one of our always-engaging docents.
JANUARY 2017
Monday, January 1 Frist Center closed
Thursday, January 4 Music at the Frist
6:00–8:00 p.m. Shelby Bottom Duo
Frist Center Café
Free
Michael August and Nell Levin formed the Shelby Bottom String Band in 2008. Shelby Bottom Duo continues the band’s tradition of entertaining, irreverent social commentary, humanity, and humor. Their repertoire includes originals like “East Nashville Rag,” the title cut of the band’s CD; “Displacement Blues,” named by the Tennessean as “Nashville’s newest social justice anthem,” and “Fat and Bald,” an audience favorite about life’s unintended consequences. Admission is free for college students with valid school ID on Thursday and Friday evenings from 5:00 to 9:00 p.m. (with the exception of Frist Fridays).
Friday, January 5 Music at the Frist
6:00–8:00 p.m. Tantsova Grupa (Eastern European Folk Dance)
Frist Center Café
Free
Tantsova Grupa, Bulgarian for “dance group,” is a Nashville-based musical ensemble created in 2009 to accompany the Nashville International Folk Dancers. The band’s repertoire includes village dances from Bulgaria, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Armenia, Russia, Hungary, France and Israel. Tantsova Grupa has performed for Nashville International Folk Dancers’ Autumn Leaves workshops; Celebration of Cultures, Celebrate Nashville and Folk Fest in Centennial Park; international dance workshops in Knoxville; The Ravenwood Annual International Food & Music Festival; and public libraries in Middle Tennessee.
The musicians are: Nermin Begovic, accordion; Mary Lou Durham, fiddle; Janet Epstein, recorders; Michael Lewandowski, mandolin; Billy Ramirez, drums; and Carole VanderWal, clarinet. For more information, visit www.nifddance.com. Folk dancers welcome!
Saturday, January 6 Docent-Guided Exhibition Tour with ASL
1:30 p.m. Interpreter
Meet at the Frist Center’s Gallery Information Desk
Gallery admission required; members free
On the first Saturday of each month, we offer an informal docent-guided tour with certified American Sign Language interpretation. The tour focuses on a current exhibition and originates at the information desk inside the entrance to the galleries.
Our docents also conduct tours on most weekdays and weekends at 1:30 p.m.; reservations are not required. To check availability, contact Visitor Services at 615.744.3277.
ASL interpretation is generously supported by the Memorial Foundation and by Bridges, a Nashville-area nonprofit resource for deaf, hard of hearing, and hearing communities.
Saturday, January 6 Architecture Tour with ASL Interpreter
4:30 p.m.
Meet in the Frist Center’s Grand Lobby
Free
Coming to the First Saturday Art Crawl, or to another downtown Nashville event? Enhance your weekend with a visit to the Frist Center. Stop at our café between 2 and 5 p.m. for Dessert Happy Hour (free coffee with the purchase of any dessert), and enjoy a guided tour of our landmark art deco building at 4:30 p.m.
On the first Saturday of each month, certified American Sign Language interpretation is provided with the tour, with the generous support of the Memorial Foundation and Bridges for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing. Architecture tours are sponsored by Messer Construction. For more information, contact Visitor Services at 615.744.3277.
Thursday, January 11 Curator’s Tour: Nick Cave: Feat.
Noon
presented by Katie Delmez, Frist Center curator
Meet at the exhibition entrance
Free to members; admission required for not-yet-members
Nick Cave: Feat. includes dynamic works in diverse mediums, from sculpture to video. While the engaging visuals may draw visitors to the exhibition, deeper conversations reveal how Cave delves into issues of identity, social justice, and the expressive power of contemporary art. Join Katie Delmez, Frist Center curator, to take a deeper look at the meanings behind Cave’s work.
Educational Programming and Community Outreach Activity Sponsor for Nick Cave: Feat.: Ameriprise Financial
Friday, January 11 Music at the Frist
6:00–8:00 p.m. Fiddlers Billy Contreras and Buddy Spicher
Frist Center Café
Free
Buddy Spicher and Billy Contreras have been twin fiddle partners for more than 20 years. They honed their skills weekly during a five-year year stint at Wolfy’s in downtown Nashville in the late 1990s. They have both played with Hank Thompson, Ray Price, George Jones, and Crystal Gayle. The joy they share in creating, practicing, and performing their artistic style of twin fiddling resounds through the countless hours they’ve spent developing their unique craft.
Fiddler Buddy Spicher is a legend in the Nashville recording business. A member of the famed Nashville “A Team,” Buddy has performed with a long list of major country artists of the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, including Patsy Cline, Bob Wills, Hank Snow, Hank Thompson, Marty Robbins, Charley Pride, and Ray Price. The demand for his talents didn’t stop at country; he can be heard on recordings by artists such as Elvis Presley, Gary Burton, Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, The Monkees, Linda Ronstadt, Ray Charles, Henry Mancini and Dan Fogelberg. Buddy is prominently included as a “Nashville Cat” in one of the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum’s current exhibitions, Dylan, Cash and the Nashville Cats.
Billy Contreras is widely acknowledged as one of the finest fiddlers of his generation. He has studied with Buddy Spicher and renowned classical violinist Rachel-Barton-Pine. Contreras has performed or recorded with Lionel Hampton, George Jones, Doc Severinsen, Hank Thompson, Hank Jones, Crystal Gayle, Grady Tate, Charlie Louvin, Al Grey, Ray Price, the Cincinnati Pops and the Nashville Symphony Orchestra. The range of venues that have featured him is a testament to his versatility: the Grand Ole Opry, the Ryman Auditorium, Bridgestone Arena, The Roxy, the Viper Room, the Kennedy Center, Farm Aid, Bonnaroo, Merlefest, and on CBS, CMT, and TNN television networks. Not only is Billy an in-demand artist, educator, and session player, he also is a sought-after arranger and producer. Contreras currently teaches at Belmont University.
Friday, January 12, and Saturday Two-day poster workshop: Persuaded by
January 13, 2018 Posters
January 12: 6:00–8:00 p.m. at the Frist Center
January 13: 9:30–11:00 a.m. at Hatch Show Print
$20 members; $25 not-yet-members
All skill levels welcome; ages 18 and older only
Registration required by January 5. Limited to 15 participants.
Visit fristcenter/studio to reserve your place. Questions? Call 615.744.3355.
Join us for exclusive conversations on the power of print and posters, and how they inspired, informed, and persuaded Americans to play crucial roles in World War I. Grab this rare chance to talk one-on-one with both a Frist Center curator and a Hatch Show print educator on the significance of prints in America and their place in our Nashville story. On Day 1 of this workshop, you’ll participate in a guided tour of the exhibition World War I and American Art, during which special attention will be paid to posters by both famous and forgotten illustrators. On Day 2, respond to the exhibition and its themes by making and sharing your own poster in the Hatch Show Print classroom.
Hatch Show Print, started in 1879, was a busy letterpress shop during the early 1900s and has continued to meet the printing needs of its customers. Each Hatch Show Print poster is a unique creation, individually handcrafted and inked onto paper with the centuries-old technique of letterpress printing.
World War I and American Art, the first major exhibition to examine how American artists reacted to the First World War, will be on view at the Frist Center through January 21, 2018.
Educational Programming and Community Outreach Activity Sponsors for World War I and American Art: Ameriprise Financial | Cracker Barrel
Friday, January 12 Music at the Frist
6:00–8:00 p.m. Classical guitarist Michael Roberts
Frist Center Café
Free
Michael Roberts is a Nashville-based classical guitarist and composer who is active around the country. A student and teacher of many different musical styles, he has studied with world-class master Michael Lorimer (of the Segovia school) and internationally renowned professor Rob Nathanson. His recent concerts include a rare 15-guitar performance of Steve Reich’s Electric Counterpoint and atmospheric shows for Chihuly and Andy Warhol art exhibits. He regularly composes classical and pop music for the guitar, as well as cinematic soundtracks, and tours nationally with rock band Dead Man’s Mail.
His latest compilation of original work includes a string quartet, a piano sonata, his first symphony, and various tone poems. A full-length classical guitar album is on the way. It will feature his New Etudes, as well as works by Enrique Granados and others.
Admission is free for college students with valid school ID on Thursday and Friday evenings from 5:00 to 9:00 p.m. (with the exception of Frist Fridays).
Saturday, January 13 Architecture Tour
4:30 p.m.
Meet in the Frist Center’s 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 some of the questions answered in the Frist Center’s popular architecture tours, sponsored by Messer Construction. Learn more about our landmark art deco building from one of our always-engaging docents.
Monday, January 15 Senior Monday
10:00 a.m.–5:30 p.m.
The Frist Center presents Senior Mondays, a series of events for those who admit their senior status. On these days, gallery admission is $6.00 (1/2 the price of regular adult admission) for seniors. Senior parking is $5.00 in the Frist Center lots as long as spaces are available. Seniors receive a 15 percent discount on gift shop purchases and on café refreshments purchased during the visit. Seniors are invited to enjoy live music by Harry Stephenson, aka “Snappy Pappy,” in the Grand Lobby from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. Special gallery talks and other activities are scheduled throughout the day. We are grateful to the Jackson National Community Fund for their support of Senior Mondays.
Thursday, January 18 Drop-In Drawing
5:00–8:00 p.m.
Admission required; members free (materials included). All skill levels welcome.
Drop-In Drawing turns 5 years old! To celebrate, we will add Etch A Sketches for the evening. On the third Thursday of each month, check out drawing materials and Etch A Sketches (or bring your own) to practice different techniques and skills, and be inspired by the artworks in the galleries and the architecture of the building. Art supplies will be available near the Information Desk in the Ingram Gallery.
Thursday, January 18 Educator SPARK Evening
5:30–8:00 p.m.
Frist Center Studios | Free for K–12,
homeschool, and college/university educators
(gallery admission and parking validation included)
Join us for Educator SPARK each month from September through May. Spark your creativity and curiosity by exploring Frist Center exhibitions, enjoying light refreshments, and conversing with other educators between 5:30 and 8:00 p.m. Be energized by the 6:00–6:30 p.m. idea exchange session (led by a different host each month).
Thursday, January 18 Music at the Frist
6:00–8:00 p.m. Singer-Songwriter Barbara Jenice
Frist Center Café
Free
Influenced by her parents love of music—The Isley Brothers, Anita Baker, Carla Thomas, Aretha Franklin, Billie Holiday, Blue Magic, Chaka Khan, The Beatles, James Taylor—as well as the folk, rock and reggae she came to love as a teen, Barbara Jenice blends it all into a uniquely powerful and evocative easy listening groove.
Jenice’s JazzEclecticFolk Project moves with her from Memphis to Nashville—an energetic fusion band of rotating artists. Individual personalities collaborate in genre-bending explorations—jazz meets folk, funk, soul, rock, hip-hop, and even gospel and country.
Through a lifetime of writing and performing music, Jenice shares an incredible journey of recovery through song. She continues to make headway in the music industry under the mentorship of legendary Memphis Music Hall of Fame inductees David Porter and Carla “Gee Whiz” Thomas.
Friday, January 19 Music at the Frist
6:00–8:00 p.m. Contrarian Ensemble
Frist Center Café
Free
The Contrarian Ensemble—Bruce Baxter (accordion), John Hedgecoth (mandolin), Mike Teaney (guitar), and Svend Thomsen (fiddle)—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. From tunes that would feel at home in a Paris café to the music of Bill Monroe, the Contrarian Ensemble’s superb musicianship always delights.
Admission is free for college students with valid school ID on Thursday and Friday evenings from 5:00 to 9:00 p.m. (with the exception of Frist Fridays).
Saturday, January 20 Architecture Tour
4:30 p.m.
Meet in the Frist Center’s 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 some of the questions answered in the Frist Center’s popular architecture tours, sponsored by Messer Construction. Learn more about our landmark art deco building from one of our always-engaging docents.
Sunday, January 21 Exhibition Closes
World War I and American Art
Thursday, January 25 Music at the Frist
6:00–8:00 p.m. Classical guitarist Grant Ferris
Frist Center Café
Free
Grant Ferris, a Nashville-based guitarist, composer, and songwriter, holds a master’s degree in classical guitar performance from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, where he received a scholarship to study under David Tanenbaum. He also earned a Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Denver and was the first recipient of the Helen M. Garrett Award for the Outstanding Graduating Classical Guitarist.
A recipient of the Louis Armstrong Jazz Award, Ferris has been praised for his versatility as a guitarist playing in all styles from classical to jazz to country to rock. As a songwriter, Grant’s has worked extensively with his sister, recording artist Ferris. As a composer, Ferris’ work embraces American genres and styles. In the spring of 2012, his work “A Craftful Butchering of Jesse James,” co-written with Bay Area flutist Courtney Wise, was praised for its entertainment value and dedication to American styles of music. Recent works include a guitar duet entitled “UP,” written for Duo Tandem, and a 2013 EP, Ten and Six, comprising solo guitar works.
Admission is free for college students with valid school ID on Thursday and Friday evenings from 5:00 to 9:00 p.m. (with the exception of Frist Fridays).
Friday, January 26 Music at the Frist
6:00–8:00 p.m. Jazz vocalist Arte’Mis
Frist Center Café
Free
Arte’Mis (Tramaine Robinson) grew up singing in a church choir in Knoxville. Now residing in Nashville, she has
carried that soulful foundation to everything from jazz and R&B to classical and musical theater, influenced by the
likes of Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, and Jill Scott.
Admission is free for college students with valid school ID on Thursday and Friday evenings from 5:00 to 9:00 p.m.
(with the exception of Frist Fridays).
Friday, January 26 Happening in Nick Cave: Feat.
7:00 p.m.
Upper-Level Galleries
Free to members; admission required for not-yet-members
Experience Nick Cave: Feat. through in-gallery performances that will delight and inspire you. Join local storytellers, musicians, and dancers as they respond to Cave’s works and engage with the exhibition through imaginative artistic encounter. No two happenings will be the same, so come to each one to experience Nick Cave: Feat. in new ways.
Check future calendars for additional Happenings.
Educational Programming and Community Outreach Activity Sponsor for Nick Cave: Feat.: Ameriprise Financial
Saturday, January 27 Architecture Tour
4:30 p.m.
Meet in the Frist Center’s 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 some of the questions answered in the Frist Center’s popular architecture tours, sponsored by Messer Construction. Learn more about our landmark art deco building from one of our always-engaging docents.
Monday, January 29 Family Mondays
10:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m.
Last Monday of every month
$12.00 per family unit
The Frist loves families! Bring the whole family for the cost of one adult admission! Join us on the last Monday of each month for special programming, including story time and family tours, and then enjoy Martin ArtQuest activities in our studios—reserved just for families!
Current Exhibitions
World War I and American Art
October 6, 2017–January 21, 2018
Ingram Gallery
World War I and American Art is the first major exhibition to examine ways in which American artists reacted to the First World War, which happened while modernist art was being digested, adapted, and transformed by the American art world. Images made during the war reveal American artists in transition, using more experimental forms to capture the apocalyptic tenor of the conflict while also drawing on a straightforward realist manner to make the human experience accessible to their audience. George Bellows, Marsden Hartley, Childe Hassam, Georgia O’Keeffe, and John Singer Sargent are among the more than seventy artists in this exhibition whose responses to and experiences in the Great War are explored. Mirroring the historical unfolding of the war itself, the exhibition’s organization first shows how artists interpreted the threat of war and the debate to enter it, and then how World War I involved them directly as soldiers, relief workers, political dissenters, and official artists. The exhibition includes many high-profile loans, including Sargent’s Gassed from the Imperial War Museums, London, which has not been seen in the United States since 1999.
This exhibition was organized by the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.
Extrasensory
October 13, 2017–March 25, 2018
Conte Community Arts Gallery
Inspired by the dynamism and multisensory engagement of Nick Cave’s work, this companion exhibition to Nick Cave: Feat. features art made by members of the Middle Tennessee community. Local teaching artists led open workshops for community members of all abilities and learning styles to collaborate on creating works of art, each engaging the five senses through tactile responses by visitors. The artworks address themes of dreaming, transformation, and creative expression while highlighting various aspects of Cave’s work. Partner organizations for this program include Empower TN, Tennessee Disability Coalition, and VSA Tennessee: The State Organization on Arts and Disability.
This exhibition was organized by the Frist Center for the Visual Arts.
Upcoming Exhibitions
Nick Cave: Feat.
November 10, 2017–June 24, 2018
Upper-Level Galleries
Chicago-based artist Nick Cave (b. 1959) is best known for his elaborate “soundsuits,” human-shaped sculptural forms composed of a wide variety of found and repurposed commonplace materials. This dynamic exhibition will include a selection of soundsuits, as well as a projected video, several wall-mounted sculptures, and a large multimedia installation. The works are accessible to audiences of all ages and socioeconomic backgrounds, and on a deeper level speak to issues of racial and social justice and the need for more time and space in contemporary society to cultivate individual dreams and aspirations.
This exhibition was organized by the Frist Center for the Visual Arts.
Sumner County Schools Art Show
December 9, 2017–January 3, 2018
Upper-Level Education Corridor
The second annual Sumner County Schools Art Show features artwork created by young artists from kindergarten through twelfth grade.
Elementary and middle school art teachers will select two works per grade level, and high school art teachers will select two works from each art course offered at their schools. All Sumner County Schools are eligible to participate.
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About the Frist Center
Accredited by the American Alliance of Museums, the Frist Center for the Visual Arts is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit art exhibition center dedicated to presenting and originating high-quality exhibitions with related educational programs and community outreach activities. Located at 919 Broadway in downtown Nashville, Tenn., the Frist Center offers the finest visual art from local, regional, national, and international sources in exhibitions that inspire people through art to look at their world in new ways. The Frist Center’s Martin ArtQuest Gallery features interactive stations relating to Frist Center exhibitions. Information on accessibility can be found at fristcenter.org/accessibility. Gallery admission is free for visitors 18 and younger and for members; $12 for adults; $9 for seniors and college students with ID; and $7 for active military. College students are admitted free Thursday and Friday evenings (with the exception of Frist Fridays), 5:00–9:00 p.m. Groups of 10 or more can receive discounts with advance reservations by calling 615.744.3247. The galleries, café, and gift shop are open seven days a week: Mondays through Wednesdays, and Saturdays, 10:00 a.m.–5:30 p.m.; Thursdays and Fridays, 10:00 a.m.–9:00 p.m.; and Sundays, 1:00–5:30 p.m., with the café opening at noon. For additional information, call 615.244.3340 or visit fristcenter.org.
