Past Exhibitions
Our archive of exhibitions previously viewed at the Frist Center.
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Franklin Special School District Art Show
February 12, 2012 — The 2012 Franklin Special School District Art Show features some of the finest artwork created by students in the district. More than sixty young artists from kindergarten through eighth grade are included in this exhibition. Elementary and middle school art teachers...
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Wilson County Schools Art Show
February 11, 2012 — The 2012 Wilson County Schools Art Show features some of the finest artwork created by students in the district. More than one hundred-fifty young artists from kindergarten through twelfth grade are included in this exhibition. Elementary and middle school art...
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Answers to Questions: John Wood and Paul Harrison
February 3, 2012 — Answers to Questions features ten videos by the British collaborators John Wood and Paul Harrison. With a deadpan delivery worthy of Buster Keaton, Wood and Harrison create intimate, formally structured mise-en-scènes in which they use...
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To See as Artists See: American Art from The Phillips Collection
February 3, 2012 — The first international exhibition organized by The Phillips Collection to feature an overview of the museum’s renowned American collection, To See as Artists See incorporates nearly 100 works by 68 artists, including outstanding paintings by George Inness, Winslow Homer, Edward Hicks,...
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A Decade of Community Outreach
October 20, 2011 — In August 2000, well before the grand opening on April 8, 2001, the Frist Center for the Visual Arts launched its outreach programs by developing community partnerships with respected community organizations in Davidson County. From the beginning, the Frist Center’s intent...
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Egypt and the Creation of Desire
October 7, 2011 — Ancient Egypt has had a significant impact on the cultural imagination of the West. Since the early nineteenth century, its images have been integrated into American literature, architecture, art, film, politics, and religion. This fascination for all things...
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To Live Forever: Egyptian Treasures from the Brooklyn Museum
October 7, 2011 — Following the incredibly successful Quest for Immortality exhibition, which came to the Frist Center in 2006, To Live Forever: Egyptian Treasures from the Brooklyn Museum includes 109 important works from the superb collection of the Brooklyn Museum that illustrate Egyptian beliefs regarding...
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MarÃa Magdalena Campos-Pons: Journeys
October 7, 2011 — The Cuban-born artist María Magdelena Campos-Pons creates photographs, video, and multi-media installations that tell the story of the survival of African cultures by evoking rites, myths, and narratives that have evolved through generations. Her work symbolically follows the history...
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Telling Your Heritage: A Community Partner Art Show
September 16, 2011 — Location: Upper-Level Foyer FREE Partnering with more than fifteen different community organizations, the Frist Center’s outreach team has worked to create the opportunity to celebrate our varied heritages through artwork inspired by personal family stories and...
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Tracey Snelling’s “Woman on the Run”
September 9, 2011 — Tracey Snelling’s sculptures of rundown buildings on the outskirts of town show a keen sensitivity to the psychological tensions and hidden narratives of ordinary life. “Woman on the Run”—the artist’s most ambitious work to dateâ€...
