Events

Upcoming events

May 24

Asian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month Arts Festival

Saturday, May 24, 2025, 11:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.

Auditorium Free

Come celebrate Asian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month with API Middle Tennessee for their fifth annual Arts Festival! Join us to enjoy food, arts vendors, a K-Pop DJ, and cultural performances throughout the day.  About API Middle Tennessee API Middle Tennessee emerged out of community conversations that started in 2019. Read More
May 25

Curators’ Perspectives: Kindred Spirits

Sunday, May 25, 2025, 2:00–3:00 p.m.

Auditorium Gallery admission required

Join Julie McGee, associate professor of art history and Africana studies at the University of Delaware; Jamaal B. Sheats, associate provost of art and culture at Fisk University and director and curator of the Fisk University Galleries; and Michael Ewing, associate curator at the Frist Art Museum, for this discussion about the exhibition Kindred Spirits: Intergenerational Forms of Expression, 1966–1999. Read More
May 25

Architecture Tour

Sunday, May 25, 2025, 3:30–4:30 p.m.

Meet in the Grand Lobby Free; no reservations necessary

Offered every Saturday and Sunday at 3:30 p.m.
When was the Frist Art Museum built? Who was the architect? Can you tell me about the floors in the galleries? Enjoy a guided tour of our landmark art deco building at 3:30 p.m. every Saturday and Sunday. Read More
May 29

Drop-In Drawing

Thursday, May 29, 2025, 6:00–8:00 p.m.

Gallery admission required Materials included (first come, first served); all skill levels are welcome

Practice different techniques and skills, access technical guidance, and be inspired by the artworks in our galleries and the architecture of our building. Borrow materials from the station near the Ingram Gallery Information Desk or bring your own! (Note that only pencils and digital drawing surfaces are allowed in the… Read More
May 29

Thirty-Minute Exhibition Tour 

Thursday, May 29, 2025, 6:30–7:00 p.m.

Gallery admission required

Repeats every Thursday evening
Learn more about David C. Driskell & Friends: Creativity, Collaboration, and Friendship on this informal thirty-minute tour with a Frist Art Museum docent. Tours meet at the Ingram Gallery Information Desk. Read More
May 30

Performance: Pierpaolo Foti

Friday, May 30, 2025, 6:00–6:30 p.m.

Auditorium Included with gallery admission

Presented by the Consul of Italy, Allegra Baistrocchi, and the Honorary Consul of Italy, Chris Caputo, this special performance by Venetian electric violinist Pierpaolo Foti celebrates the seventy-ninth anniversary of the Republic of Italy and the opening of the exhibition Venice and the Ottoman Empire.  Immediately following the performance, join Stefano… Read More
May 30

Opening Conversation: Venice and the Ottoman Empire

Friday, May 30, 2025, 6:30–7:30 p.m.

Auditorium Gallery admission required

Presented by Dr. Stefano Carboni, exhibition curator, and Trinita Kennedy, Frist Art Museum curator at large Join Stefano Carboni, exhibition curator, and Trinita Kennedy, Frist Art Museum curator at large, for this conversation about the exhibition Venice and the Ottoman Empire. Just prior to the conversation from 6:00 to 6:30… Read More
May 31

Opening Conversation: Ellen Altfest: Forever

Saturday, May 31, 2025, 12:00–1:00 p.m.

Auditorium Gallery admission required

Presented by Ellen Altfest and Mark Scala Join artist Ellen Altfest and Mark Scala, Frist Art Museum chief curator, for this conversation about the exhibition Ellen Altfest: Forever. About Ellen Altfest Ellen Altfest lives and works in New York City and Rising Fawn, Georgia. She received an MFA from Yale… Read More
May 31

Architecture Tour

Saturday, May 31, 2025, 3:30–4:30 p.m.

Meet in the Grand Lobby Free; no reservations necessary

Offered every Saturday and Sunday at 3:30 p.m.
When was the Frist Art Museum built? Who was the architect? Can you tell me about the floors in the galleries? Enjoy a guided tour of our landmark art deco building at 3:30 p.m. every Saturday and Sunday. Read More
Jun 5

Woven Nashville: An Evening of Music, Art, and Conversation

Thursday, June 5, 2025, 6:30–7:30 p.m.

Café Cheeserie Free

Woven Nashville: An Evening of Music, Art, and Conversation is a creative experience hosted by Sunday Night Soul’s Jason Eskridge and East Side Storytellin’s Chuck Beard. This monthly event brings together unique pairings of extraordinary Nashville creators working in all kinds of media. Each specially curated show will pair musicians… Read More

Exhibitions on view today