It's officially summer come June and this summer season promises to be an active one at the Frist Center. Next month kicks off with the opening of Metamorphoses: Drawings by Erin Anfinson, Kristi Hargrove, Mark Hosford, and Chris Scarborough in the Conte Community Arts Gallery, and is shortly followed by the opening of Constable: Oil Sketches from the Victoria and Albert Museum on June 22. The Frist has collaborated with Watkins College on an quilting workshop with edgy quilter Ben Venom and the second installment of Frist Fridays on June 29th features Sam Bush with special guest Lera Lynn.
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.
Thursday and Friday evenings from June 1 through July 27, 2012, visitors are invited to create cardboard drawings in the Grand Lobby using the modest materials of artist Bill Traylor and inspiration from the exhibition Bill Traylor: Drawings from the Collections of the High Museum of Art and the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, on view in the Ingram Gallery from May 25 through September 3, 2012.
Born into slavery, artist Bill Traylor moved to Montgomery, Alabama, around 1928 where he began drawing at the age of 82. Most of his works were composed with limited materials like found cardboard, pencils and poster paint to portray his own life experiences and observations. Traylor's ability to create such moving artwork from simple geometric shapes and the few materials that were available to him is what solidified his place among some of the most respected American artists from the twentieth century. Following in Traylor's footsteps, visitors will be using colored pencils and charcoal on cardboard to create their own piece of artwork reflecting their life experiences. This art-making activity in the Grand Lobby is free and open to all visitors.
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.
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.
Thursday and Friday evenings from June 1 through July 27, 2012, visitors are invited to create cardboard drawings in the Grand Lobby using the modest materials of artist Bill Traylor and inspiration from the exhibition Bill Traylor: Drawings from the Collections of the High Museum of Art and the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, on view in the Ingram Gallery from May 25 through September 3, 2012.
Born into slavery, artist Bill Traylor moved to Montgomery, Alabama, around 1928 where he began drawing at the age of 82. Most of his works were composed with limited materials like found cardboard, pencils and poster paint to portray his own life experiences and observations. Traylor's ability to create such moving artwork from simple geometric shapes and the few materials that were available to him is what solidified his place among some of the most respected American artists from the twentieth century. Following in Traylor's footsteps, visitors will be using colored pencils and charcoal on cardboard to create their own piece of artwork reflecting their life experiences. This art-making activity in the Grand Lobby is free and open to all visitors.
Artist's Forum is a program in which Nashville-based and regional emerging and recognized artists discuss the thoughts and processes behind their work. Participants are encouraged to come and be part of a dialogue about the artistic process.
? Metamorphoses: Drawings by Erin Anfinson, Kristi Hargrove, Mark Hosford, and Chris Scarborough
o Conte Community Arts Gallery
Friday, June 8 Music at the Frist
6:00 – 8:00 p.m. Fuzzmuzz (ambient electronica)
Free
Fuzzmuzz is an electro-acoustic, ambient artist who took the musical pulses of Miami, New York and LA before settling into the studio in 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.
Friday, June 8 Art-Making in the Lobby: The Simple Life
6:00–8:00 p.m.
Free
Thursday and Friday evenings from June 1 through July 27, 2012, visitors are invited to create cardboard drawings in the Grand Lobby using the modest materials of artist Bill Traylor and inspiration from the exhibition Bill Traylor: Drawings from the Collections of the High Museum of Art and the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, on view in the Ingram Gallery from May 25 through September 3, 2012.
Born into slavery, artist Bill Traylor moved to Montgomery, Alabama, around 1928 where he began drawing at the age of 82. Most of his works were composed with limited materials like found cardboard, pencils and poster paint to portray his own life experiences and observations. Traylor's ability to create such moving artwork from simple geometric shapes and the few materials that were available to him is what solidified his place among some of the most respected American artists from the twentieth century. Following in Traylor's footsteps, visitors will be using colored pencils and charcoal on cardboard to create their own piece of artwork reflecting their life experiences. This art-making activity in the Grand Lobby is free and open to all visitors.
Saturday, June 9 Kids Club: Stencil-a-Story
10:30 a.m., 1:00 p.m., 3:00 p.m.
Meet in the upper level foyer
Registration required. Call 615.744.3357 to make your reservation.
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: Create handmade stencils and craft a storytelling artwork! Drawing on the exhibition Connecting Cultures: Children's Stories from Across the World, participants will create stencil imagery and invent a special tale with personal flair.
Sunday, June 10 Frist in the Community:
3:00–5:00 p.m. 27th Purity Miss Martha's Ice Cream
First Presbyterian Church Crankin' and Summer Social
4815 Franklin Road
$10 for adults, $8 for children
Join the Frist Center for the Visual Arts' outreach educators at the 27th Purity Miss Martha's Ice Cream Crankin' and Summer Social at the First Presbyterian Church. While you sample hundreds of gallons of homemade ice cream in dozens of flavors, do a hands-on art activity developed in conjunction with the Frist Center exhibition Creation Story: Gee's Bend Quilts and the Art of Thornton Dial.
Thursday, June 14 Music at the Frist
6:00 – 8:00 p.m. Contrarian Ensemble (early music)
Free
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.
Thursday, June 14 Art-Making in the Lobby: The Simple Life
6:00–8:00 p.m.
Free
Thursday and Friday evenings from June 1 through July 27, 2012, visitors are invited to create cardboard drawings in the Grand Lobby using the modest materials of artist Bill Traylor and inspiration from the exhibition Bill Traylor: Drawings from the Collections of the High Museum of Art and the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, on view in the Ingram Gallery from May 25 through September 3, 2012.
Born into slavery, artist Bill Traylor moved to Montgomery, Alabama, around 1928 where he began drawing at the age of 82. Most of his works were composed with limited materials like found cardboard, pencils and poster paint to portray his own life experiences and observations. Traylor's ability to create such moving artwork from simple geometric shapes and the few materials that were available to him is what solidified his place among some of the most respected American artists from the twentieth century. Following in Traylor's footsteps, visitors will be using colored pencils and charcoal on cardboard to create their own piece of artwork reflecting their life experiences. This art-making activity in the Grand Lobby is free and open to all visitors.
Thursday, June 14 Artist's Perspective: Ben Venom "Heavy Quilting"
6:30 p.m.
Frist Center Auditorium
Free; seating is first come, first seated
In this lecture, San Francisco-based artist Ben Venom will discuss his interest in juxtaposing traditional handmade crafts with one of the more extreme musical genres, heavy metal. His work can be described as a collision of Iron Maiden metal ballads with the outrageous stage antics of Ozzy Osbourne. His work is serious, yet attempts to take on a B-movie horror film style, where even the beasts of metal need a warm blanket to sleep with.
Friday, June 15 Don't Be Square: Adult Studio Series-A Two-Part and Saturday, June 16 Workshop at Watkins College of Art, Design and Film
10:00 a.m.–4:00p.m. Guest Artist: Ben Venom
$120 per participant. Cost includes gallery admission, parking, lunch during both sessions, and some materials. Participants must provide their own sewing machine, T-shirts, and fabrics.
Registration opens on April 1 through the following link: http://www.watkins.edu/community or participants may call 615.277.7455.
Join San Francisco-based artist Ben Venom for a two-day workshop exploring quilt design and construction and challenging the concept that quilting is only the domain of folk art. The workshop will begin at the Frist Center with a tour of the exhibition Creation Story: Gee's Bend Quilts and the Art of Thornton Dial followed by lunch. In the afternoon, and the following day, the program will continue at Watkins College of Art, Design & Film where participants will create an individually designed small quilting square from their own worn out T-shirt of found fabric. The workshops will cover appliqué, basting, and quilt construction. No prior experience with quilting is required.
Presented in collaboration with Watkins College of Art, Design & Film
Workshop One
Friday, June 15
• Introduction to class
• Tour Creation Story: Gee's Bend Quilts and the Art of Thornton Dial in the Frist Center
• Draw out designs for templates
• Cut tees / fabric to size
• Machine sew design together
Workshop Two
Saturday, June 16
• Safety pin / Baste fabric in preparation for quilting
• Design Quilting pattern
• Studio time / troubleshooting
Suggested Reading: Dare to Be Square Quilting: A Block-by-Block Guide to Making Patchwork and Quilts by Boo Davis
Friday, June 15 Music at the Frist
6:00 – 8:00 p.m. Lindsay George (jazz vocalist)
Free
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.
Friday, June 15 Art-Making in the Lobby: The Simple Life
6:00–8:00 p.m.
Free
Thursday and Friday evenings from June 1 through July 27, 2012, visitors are invited to create cardboard drawings in the Grand Lobby using the modest materials of artist Bill Traylor and inspiration from the exhibition Bill Traylor: Drawings from the Collections of the High Museum of Art and the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, on view in the Ingram Gallery from May 25 through September 3, 2012.
Born into slavery, artist Bill Traylor moved to Montgomery, Alabama, around 1928 where he began drawing at the age of 82. Most of his works were composed with limited materials like found cardboard, pencils and poster paint to portray his own life experiences and observations. Traylor's ability to create such moving artwork from simple geometric shapes and the few materials that were available to him is what solidified his place among some of the most respected American artists from the twentieth century. Following in Traylor's footsteps, visitors will be using colored pencils and charcoal on cardboard to create their own piece of artwork reflecting their life experiences. This art-making activity in the Grand Lobby is free and open to all visitors.
Friday, June 15 Film: Manufactured Landscapes
7:00 p.m.
Frist Center Auditorium
Free; seating is first come, first seated
Canadian photographer Edward Burtynsky is fascinated by the subject of the topographical landscape as it has been irrevocably altered by industries that feed the world's appetite for material goods. Edward Burtynsky: The Industrial Sublime on view in the Gordon Contemporary Artists Project Gallery from June 25 through September 3, 2012, presents the beauty and evidence of destruction in landscapes that have been altered by human industry, exploring the tensions between aesthetics, economics, and environmentalism.
About the film:
Manufactured Landscapes is a documentary on the world and work of Edward Burtynsky. Internationally acclaimed for his large-scale photographs of "Manufactured Landscapes"-quarries, recycling yards, factories, mines, and dams-Burtynsky creates stunningly beautiful art from civilization's materials and debris. With breathtaking sequences, such as the opening tracking shot through an almost endless factory, the filmmakers also extend the narratives of Burtynsky's photographs, allowing us to meditate on our impact on the planet and witness both the epicenters of industrial endeavor and the dumping grounds of its waste. The film powerfully shifts our consciousness about the world and the way we live in it, without simplistic judgments or reductive resolutions. Directed by Jennifer Baichwal, 2006. 90 minutes. 35mm. Unrated.
Sunday, June 17 Artful Tales: "The River that Gave Gifts"
2:00– 3:00 p.m.
Frist Center Auditorium/Studios
Free
Join in a story about sharing creativity and the spirit of community. Afterwards, collaborate with family and friends to create an artwork connected to the tradition of quiltmaking. This program complements the Frist Center's current exhibition Creation Story: Gee's Bend Quilts and the Art of Thornton Dial.
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. This program is part of the Connecting Cultures: Children's Stories from Across the World exhibition and is funded in part by the Nissan Foundation and Publix Super Markets Charities.
Monday, June 18 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 Frist Center 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 throughout the day.
Thursday, June 21 Music at the Frist
6:00 – 8:00 p.m. Geary Moore (jazz guitarist)
Free
An accomplished composer, as well as master technician, Geary Moore has performed with a "Who's Who" of music masters, including George Benson, Jimmy Ponder, Arthur Prysock, David "Fat Head" Newman, Ruth Brown, Jimmy McGriff, Bootsie Barnes and T.S. Monk.
Thursday, June 21 Art-Making in the Lobby: The Simple Life
6:00–8:00 p.m.
Free
Thursday and Friday evenings from June 1 through July 27, 2012, visitors are invited to create cardboard drawings in the Grand Lobby using the modest materials of artist Bill Traylor and inspiration from the exhibition Bill Traylor: Drawings from the Collections of the High Museum of Art and the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, on view in the Ingram Gallery from May 25 through September 3, 2012.
Born into slavery, artist Bill Traylor moved to Montgomery, Alabama, around 1928 where he began drawing at the age of 82. Most of his works were composed with limited materials like found cardboard, pencils and poster paint to portray his own life experiences and observations. Traylor's ability to create such moving artwork from simple geometric shapes and the few materials that were available to him is what solidified his place among some of the most respected American artists from the twentieth century. Following in Traylor's footsteps, visitors will be using colored pencils and charcoal on cardboard to create their own piece of artwork reflecting their life experiences. This art-making activity in the Grand Lobby is free and open to all visitors.
Friday, June 22 Exhibition Opens to the Public
? Constable: Oil Sketches from the Victoria and Albert Museum
o Upper-Level Galleries
Friday, June 22 Music at the Frist
6:00 – 8:00 p.m. Fuzzmuzz (ambient electronica)
Free
Fuzzmuzz is an electro-acoustic, ambient artist who took the musical pulses of Miami, New York and LA before settling into the studio in 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.
Friday, June 22 Art-Making in the Lobby: The Simple Life
6:00–8:00 p.m.
Free
Thursday and Friday evenings from June 1 through July 27, 2012, visitors are invited to create cardboard drawings in the Grand Lobby using the modest materials of artist Bill Traylor and inspiration from the exhibition Bill Traylor: Drawings from the Collections of the High Museum of Art and the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, on view in the Ingram Gallery from May 25 through September 3, 2012.
Born into slavery, artist Bill Traylor moved to Montgomery, Alabama, around 1928 where he began drawing at the age of 82. Most of his works were composed with limited materials like found cardboard, pencils and poster paint to portray his own life experiences and observations. Traylor's ability to create such moving artwork from simple geometric shapes and the few materials that were available to him is what solidified his place among some of the most respected American artists from the twentieth century. Following in Traylor's footsteps, visitors will be using colored pencils and charcoal on cardboard to create their own piece of artwork reflecting their life experiences. This art-making activity in the Grand Lobby is free and open to all visitors.
Friday, June 22 Curator's Perspective: "A Conservative Revolutionary: John Constable and Art History"
6:30 p.m.
Frist Center Auditorium presented by Dr. Mark Evans, senior curator of Free; seating is first come, first seated paintings at the Victoria and Albert Museum Dr. Mark Evans, senior curator of paintings at the Victoria and Albert Museum will contrast John Constable's ideas on the history of landscape painting, as revealed by lectures he gave in 1833 and 1836, with critics' shocked responses to his apparent lack of finish and disregard for formal decorum. Dr. Evans surveys Constable's posthumous international celebrity as a precursor of the Impressionists, or even a prophet of photography (the daguerreotype was invented two years after his death). Ironically, reverence for the old masters seems to have furnished the mainspring of Constable's own revolutionary break with the conventions of past art.
Thursday, June 28 Music at the Frist
6:00 – 8:00 p.m. Mean Mary (multi-instrumentalist, folk vocalist)
Free
'Mean Mary' James, a Florida native now based in Nashville, began life as a musical prodigy-could read music before she could read words and co-wrote songs at age five. By age seven she was proficient on the guitar, banjo, & violin, and entertained audiences with regular appearances on television and in live performances at venues across the US with her vocal and instrumental skills. Her fascinating life has been one long road show interspersed with TV, radio, and film. She has performed more than 500 live TV shows and over 4,000 road shows-including national festivals, fairs, cruises, colleges, theatres, clubs and house concerts.
Thursday, June 28 Art-Making in the Lobby: The Simple Life
6:00–8:00 p.m.
Free
Thursday and Friday evenings from June 1 through July 27, 2012, visitors are invited to create cardboard drawings in the Grand Lobby using the modest materials of artist Bill Traylor and inspiration from the exhibition Bill Traylor: Drawings from the Collections of the High Museum of Art and the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, on view in the Ingram Gallery from May 25 through September 3, 2012.
Born into slavery, artist Bill Traylor moved to Montgomery, Alabama, around 1928 where he began drawing at the age of 82. Most of his works were composed with limited materials like found cardboard, pencils and poster paint to portray his own life experiences and observations. Traylor's ability to create such moving artwork from simple geometric shapes and the few materials that were available to him is what solidified his place among some of the most respected American artists from the twentieth century. Following in Traylor's footsteps, visitors will be using colored pencils and charcoal on cardboard to create their own piece of artwork reflecting their life experiences. This art-making activity in the Grand Lobby is free and open to all visitors.
Friday, June 29 Frist Fridays Concert Series:
6:00–9:00 p.m. Sam Bush with special guest Lera Lynn
Turner Courtyard
General admission: $10 adults
Admission for Members and youth 18 and younger is FREE.
The second installment of the Frist Center for the Visual Arts' four-part Frist Fridays summer concert series features Grammy Award winning multi-instrumentalist Sam Bush with special guest Lera Lynn. The series takes place in the Frist Center's Turner Courtyard on the final Friday of each month, May through August, from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. Patrons are invited to enjoy an evening of live music, light snacks and beverages, as well as the diverse exhibitions on view in the Frist Center's galleries. Frist Fridays take place rain or shine.
Sam Bush is not old enough to be a musical legend, but he is. Called the King of Telluride and the King of Newgrass, Bush has been honored by the Americana Music Association and the International Bluegrass Music Association.
Mandolin player extraordinaire, three-time national junior fiddle champion, Grammy-winning vocalist and co-founder of the seminal Newgrass Revival band, Bush has had a major hand in altering the landscape of American music and influenced at least a couple of generations of instrumentalists in the meantime. Newgrass Revival, with its amalgamation of bluegrass, jazz, rock, reggae and blues, continues to live large in the minds and hearts of fans of progressive bluegrass the world over. Sam Bush has played with a staggering array of artists, including Emmylou Harris, Doc Watson, Garth Brooks, Bela Fleck, Charlie Haden and Lyle Lovett, Del McCoury and Edgar Meyer, to name only a few.
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