Kids Club

What is the Frist Center Kids Club?

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, a variety of art classes and activities, and rewards for participation.

How do you become a member of Kids Club?

To become a member of the Frist Center Kids Club, fill out the Kids Club Registration Form and bring it with you to any one of our Saturday programs.

What does the Kids Club membership include?

• Kids Club card
• Free art classes and activities
• Rewards for participation
• Special mailings

Make your reservation for monthly Kids Club activities

Due to a limited number of space in each class, reservations are required and can be made two weeks prior to each class. Call 615.744.3357 to make your reservation.

Sign-in for the activity begins 30 minutes before the class in the upper-level foyer of the Frist Center.

Please note, even if you are a current Kids Club member, it is important that you make a reservation each time you plan to participate in the Kids Club Saturday activity. This helps us to manage the class sizes. Also, you do not have to be a Kids Club Member to participate in the Saturday activities, but reservations are requested.
 

Schedule:

Kids Club is offered at three different times (10:30 a.m., 1:00 p.m., or 3:00 p.m.) on the 2nd Saturday of each month.

Meet in the Upper-Level foyer of the Frist Center
Call 615.744.3357 for reservations and details.

SATURDAY, MAY 12
10:30 a.m., 1:00 p.m., or 3:00 p.m.
Scary Monsters, Super Creeps
Create a monster mash-up inspired by your favorite fairy-tale villain.  Inspired by the exhibition Fairy Tales, Monsters, and the Genetic Imagination, participants will combine materials and textures to generate something creepy and unique!

SATURDAY, JUNE 9
10:30 a.m., 1:00 p.m., or 3:00 p.m.
Stencil-a-Story
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.

SATURDAY, JULY 14
10:30 a.m., 1:00 p.m., or 3:00 p.m.
Quilting Abstraction
Try your hand at a mixed media weaving project. Inspired by the exhibition Creation Story: Gee’s Bend Quilts and the Art of Thornton Dial, participants will use decorative paper, fabric, ribbon, and paint to explore how color, shape, and pattern are related to quiltmaking.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 11
10:30 a.m., 1:00 p.m., or 3:00 p.m.
Oodles of Doodles
Inspired by the whimsical drawings of Alabama artist Bill Traylor, kids will use cardboard and charcoal sticks to craft free handed doodles into beautifully colored artworks.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 8
10:30 a.m., 1:00 p.m., or 3:00 p.m.
Cloud Creatures
Let your imagination soar! Use cloud studies and a multitude of blues to paint your own watercolor community of cloud characters. This activity is inspired by the exhibition Constable: Oil Sketches from the Victoria and Albert Museum.