Join us for a day of performances, art making, music, and more celebrating the exhibitions Lee Alexander McQueen & Ann Ray: Rendez-Vous, Shahpour Pouyan: Winter in Paradise, ¡Printing the Revolution! The Rise and Impact of Chicano Graphics, 1965 to Now, and Black Joy, in Spite of . . .
Schedule of Events
1:00–5:00 p.m.
- Demonstration: Creating Surfaces in Clay (Studio A)
Presented by the Clay Lady’s Campus
During this demonstration guests will watch the artist use clay-slab and hand-building techniques to create meaningful architectural structures inspired by the work of Shahpour Pouyan.
- Activity: Mask Making (Studio B)
Create pieces of wearable art in this mask-making activity inspired by the work of Alexander McQueen.
- Activity: Stamp! The Revolution (Studio C)
Make your own personalized button with markers and stamps inspired by the exhibition ¡Printing the Revolution! The Rise and Impact of Chicano Graphics, 1965 to Now.
- Fashion Market (Rechter Room)
Shop our artisan and handmade fashion market inspired by Lee Alexander McQueen! Local vendors Cereflora, Not Junk, Missy Made, GoodKidRageWRLD, RaeYoYoung, and T Gardens will be selling their fashionable wares throughout the day.
- Watercolor Portraits (Upper-Level East Foyer)
Presented by Mandy Berry Fine Art
Mandy Berry will be in ArtQuest creating free watercolor portraits for visitors. You can get a solo portrait or bring friends and family to add to your personalized artwork!
- Lowrider Cars (Turner Courtyard)
Presented by Chicano Dreamz Nashville Car Club
Admire prints of lowrider cars in the exhibition ¡Printing the Revolution!, then come outside to see the cars themselves! A lowrider is a customized car with a lowered body that became popular in Chicano culture in the 1940s and continues to be popular today. With unique and recognizable aesthetic properties, the cars are works of art. Chicano Dreamz Nashville Car Club will be displaying cars in the Turner Courtyard for guests to admire and take photos with.
- Celebrate a Changemaker (Upper-Level Galleries)
Learn about changemakers in ¡Printing the Revolution! and then design and color your own mini-poster of your favorite innovator. - Multisensory Cart (Ingram Gallery)
- Scavenger Hunt (Grand Lobby)
- Photobooth (Grand Lobby)
- Tabletop Games (Grand Lobby)
- Lawn Games (Turner Courtyard)
1:30–2:00 p.m.
- Performance: Nashville Pipes and Drums (Turner Courtyard)
Nashville Pipes and Drums has been Middle Tennessee’s premier bagpipe band since 1984. Their mission is to preserve and grow the musical tradition of the great Highland bagpipe and Scottish drumming in Nashville and draw on the rich cultural heritage of Scotland’s national instrument and Scottish military pipe bands.
1:30–2:30 p.m.
Docent-Guided Tour: Lee Alexander McQueen & Ann Ray: Rendez-Vous (Ingram Gallery)
2:00–4:00 p.m.
Community Street Jump Pop-Up
Presented by Music City Double Dutch (Auditorium)
Join us for some street-style jumping fun for the whole family! All ages welcomed, no experience necessary—we will teach on the spot!
Music City Double Dutch is a wellness and recreation program designed to improve healthy outcomes for at-risk communities by reducing obesity rates, youth crime and bullying prevention, increasing literacy, improving mental health, breaking generational poverty, and bridging the trans-generational gap by bringing everyone together of all ages. We create opportunities for at-risk communities to get healthier together One Hop. One Jump. One Leap at a time.
2:30–3:30 p.m.
Music in the Galleries: Mariachi México Internacional (Upper-Level Galleries)
3:30–4:00 p.m.
- Performance: Nashville Pipes and Drums (Turner Courtyard)
Nashville Pipes and Drums has been Middle Tennessee’s premier bagpipe band since 1984. Their mission is to preserve and grow the musical tradition of the great Highland bagpipe and Scottish drumming in Nashville and draw on the rich cultural heritage of Scotland’s national instrument and Scottish military pipe bands.
3:30–4:30 p.m.
Docent-Guided Tour: ¡Printing the Revolution! The Rise and Impact of Chicano Graphics, 1965 to Now (Upper-Level Galleries)
Admission
- Free for members and guests ages 18 and younger
- $15 for adults*
- $3 for EBT cardholders (with ID, per adult for up to 4 adults)
Tickets may be purchased on site on the day of the event. Advance tickets are not required.
*Military, senior, and student discounts are not available during Frist Arts Fest.
Parking
Discounted parking is available in the Frist Art Museum lots on a first-come, first-served basis.
Parking is at a premium in our area, but there are many lots close by. There is a parking lot on Tenth Avenue directly across the street from Cummins Station. There is also parking available in the Gateway Parking Lot behind Union Station, accessible from an entrance just past the Flying Saucer restaurant on Tenth Avenue.
Here’s an interactive map from Nashville Downtown Partnership’s Park It Downtown.
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