Join us for a gallery talk with Harrison Douglass, the Frist Art Museum Education and Engagement Department’s summer intern. Together, we’ll explore Ellen Altfest’s work on display in the exhibition Forever. We will discuss Altfest’s uniquely meditative approach to painting, shaped by her tenure in various residencies from Temecula, California, to Kyoto, Japan, as well as broader themes of ego, breaking from identification with the mind, and the power of living radically in the present.
About Harrison Douglass
Harrison Douglass is an undergraduate architecture student and rising senior at Brown University interested in modern and contemporary art, theater and performance, and explorations in space and place. His studies focus on twentieth-century performance spaces and material culture, with particular attention to Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes. Having recently returned from a semester at Sorbonne Université in Paris, he is currently preparing his honors thesis on narrative experiences of architecture and urban environments, focusing on surrealist, psychogeographic representations of Paris.
His experience in event planning and theater production have led him to the Frist Art Museum, where he currently works with the Education and Engagement Department to structure public programming and community engagement. Born and raised in Nashville, Harrison is a longtime Frist visitor and is excited for the opportunity to contribute to the museum’s important role in the city’s rapidly evolving cultural landscape.
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