Celebrating a full house of stunning art, the Frist Art Museum will hold a weekend-long Frist Arts Fest on November 4 – 5 spotlighting the exhibitions Multiplicity: Blackness in Contemporary American Collage, Raqib Shaw: Ballads of East and West, Art and Imagination in Spanish America, 1500–1800: Highlights from LACMA’s Collection, and The Power of Resilience.
On Saturday, Multiplicity artist Tschabalala Self will discuss her work with Frist Art Museum senior curator Katie Delmez in the auditorium, followed by two special performances of to the parts that make us whole, a dance piece choreographed by Eboné Amos.
On Sunday in the auditorium, there will be a traditional folkloric dance performance by the Ballet Folklorico Sol de Mexico; a classical South Asian kathak dance by the Upasana Performing Arts Center; and a step performance by The Marching Eta Psi Chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc., from Fisk University. In the Upper-Level Galleries, there will be two performances in partnership with Nashville Opera featuring Rubén Dario Gómez, Marcela Pinella, and Isaac Eicher.
All weekend, artists and organizations featured in The Power of Resilience will host an artists’ market and speak about their works in the exhibition. There will also be a traditional Mexican Ofrenda on view presented by Casa de la Cultura; guided exhibition tours; art-making activities in the Martin ArtQuest Gallery and in the studios with the Nashville Collage Collective, Casa de la Cultura, and Turnip Green Creative Reuse; food trucks; games; a photobooth; and more.
Admission to Frist Arts Fest is free for Frist members and guests ages 18 and younger. For all other guests, the regular $15 Adult Admission will apply both days. All normal discounts are suspended during the weekend.
Find more information at FristArtMuseum.org.
2023 Frist Arts Fest Schedule
Saturday, November 4
All Day
Martin ArtQuest® Gallery
Activities inspired by Multiplicity
Turner Courtyard
Food Trucks: Pepper Pott and Vansauwa’s Tacos and Vegan Eats
Lawn Games
Grand Lobby
Tabletop Games
Photobooth
Upper-Level West Foyer
Ofrenda presented by Casa de la Cultura
10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Rechter Room
The Power of Resilience Artists’ Market
Studio A
Studio Activity: Color Dance Collage
with Marla Faith, Nashville Collage Collective
Studio B
Studio Activity: Día de los Muertos Calacas Masks with Casa de la Cultura
Studio C
Studio Activity: Community Collage with Turnip Green Creative Reuse
10:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.
Upper-Level Galleries
Multisensory Exploration Station: Art and Imagination
Art and Imagination Scavenger Hunt
10:30–11:30 a.m.
Auditorium
Conversation: Tschabalala Self with Katie Delmez
1:00–5:00 p.m.
Café and Courtyard
Dear Hip-Hop: Celebrating 50 Years of Culture*
Presented by Soul’d Creative Collective
1:30–2:30 p.m.
Ingram Gallery
Docent-Guided Tour with ASL Interpretation: Multiplicity
2:30–3:00 p.m.
Auditorium
Performance: to the parts that make us whole* Choreographed by Eboné Amos
2:30–3:30 p.m.
Upper-Level Galleries
Docent-Guided Tour with ASL Interpretation: Art and Imagination
3:00–4:00 p.m.
Auditorium
Performance: to the parts that make us whole* Choreographed by Eboné Amos
3:30–4:30 p.m.
Grand Lobby
Docent-Guided Architecture Tour with ASL Interpretation
Sunday, November 5
All Day
Martin ArtQuest Gallery
Activities inspired by Multiplicity
Turner Courtyard
Food Trucks: Pepper Pott and Livvi’s Lunchbox
Lawn Games
Grand Lobby
Tabletop Games
Photobooth
Upper-Level West Foyer
Ofrenda
presented by Casa de la Cultura
1:00–4:00 p.m.
Upper-Level Gallery
Multisensory Exploration Station: Art and Imagination
Art and Imagination Scavenger Hunt
Various Locations
Las Catrinas
1:00–5:00 p.m.
Rechter Room
Power of Resilience Artists’ Market
Studio A
Studio Activity: Color Dance Collage with Marla Faith, Nashville Collage Collective
Studio B
Studio Activity: Día de los Muertos Calacas Masks with Casa de la Cultura
Studio C
Studio Activity: Community Collage with Turnip Green Creative Reuse
1:15–1:45 p.m.
Auditorium
Performance: Ballet Folklorico Sol de Mexico
1:30–2:00 p.m.
Upper-Level Galleries
Performance
Canción: Flowers of Spanish Song*
Presented by Rubén Dario Gómez in partnership with Nashville Opera
1:30–2:30 p.m.
Ingram Gallery
Docent-Guided Tour: Multiplicity
2:30–3:00 p.m.
Upper-Level Galleries
Family Tour: Multiplicity
Auditorium
Performance: Upasana Performing Arts Center
3:30–3:45 p.m.
Auditorium
Performance:
The Marching Eta Psi Chapter of Omega Psi Phi
Fraternity, Inc., from Fisk University
3:30–4:00 p.m.
Upper-Level Galleries
Performance
Canción: Flowers of Spanish Song*
Presented by Marcela Pinella and Isaac Eicher in partnership with Nashville Opera
