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Celebrate the enduring legacy of local HBCU art programs as seen in our current exhibitions Kindred Spirits and David C. Driskell & Friends. This Frist Friday is a toast to creativity, collaboration, and community. Break out your smartest looks and come dance, mingle, and make art!

RAIDEN will be spinning tunes all night long in the Grand Lobby. At 8:30 p.m., Frist Associate Curator Michael Ewing and Hikko Mori will present a special exhibition-inspired DJ set.
Throughout the evening in Martin ArtQuest, Dominique “YOUNIQUE” Coleman will host a “Design Your Own Sneaker” activity. Add your sneaker creation to our display wall and at the end of the event, Dominique will choose his favorite design—earning the winner a free Frist membership!
From 8:30 to 9:30 p.m., join Frist staff and curators for engaging Art Chats in the galleries.
Pre-game at 6:00 p.m. with live music in Café Cheeserie and themed menu items available until 9:00 p.m.

Members party with us with half-price admission, so join today!

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Sunday is the last day to see Farm to Table: Art, Food, and Identity in the Age of Impressionism, Tennessee Harvest: 1870s-1920s, and M. Florine Démosthène & Didier William: What the Body Carries before they’re gone!

Members, make plans to attend the Member Morning on Sunday, May 4, from 11:00 to 1:00 p.m. Enjoy docent-led tours, exclusive time in our galleries, and light bites from Café Cheeserie! Learn more.

An black and white image of Michael D. Atkins, John Simmons, and George Walker III is shown.

The Frequency of Images: Photography in Kindred Spirits
Thursday, May 1, 6:30–7:30 p.m.

Join photographers Michael D. Atkins, John Simmons, and George Walker III for this conversation with Frist Art Museum Associate Curator Michael Ewing about their works in the exhibition Kindred Spirits: Intergenerational Forms of Expression, 1966–1999.

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Image of a woman standing in a field at Bloomsbury Farm.

On the Farm: Picnic and Tour
Saturday, May 3, 10:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m.
Ingram Gallery and Bloomsbury Farm

Get a closer look at local organic farming. We will start the day at the Frist with a guided tour of Farm to Table, then head to Bloomsbury Farm in Smyrna, Tennessee, for a group picnic on the beautiful grounds provided by the Grilled Cheeserie, featuring local and organic ingredients. After lunch, we’ll tour the grounds at Bloomsbury Farm to see, feel, and taste the spring season!

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Music of the Black Diaspora
Presented by Nashville Opera’s Opera On Wheels
Sunday, May 4, 2:30–3:30 p.m.
Auditorium

Join us for a special performance from the Nashville Opera with operatic, musical theatre, and spiritual selections by Black composers and arrangers. This performance is inspired by David C. Driskell & Friends and Kindred Spirits.

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Woven Nashville: An Evening of Music, Art, and Conversation
Thursday, May 8, 6:30–7:30 p.m.
Café Cheeserie

Experience an evening of reflection and inspirational conversation with Nashville creatives, hosted by Sunday Night Soul’s Jason Eskridge and East Side Storytellin’s Chuck Beard.

This featured guests this month are Kaleah Wooten, a vocalist, songwriter, and producer from Huntsville, Alabama, and Ciona Rouse, a Nashville-based poet, editor, and educator.

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A hand holds a flower bouquet made of cut paper.

Family Sunday
Sunday, May 11, 1:00–5:30 p.m.

Bring your family for a day of art-filled fun!

Take a family exhibition tour, explore painting, printmaking, and animation in Martin ArtQuest, and stop by our Drop-In ARTlab to make your very own flower bouquet!

Kids ages 18 and younger get FREE admission every day at the Frist!

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Four females practice yoga in a grassy courtyard outdoors.

Yoga in the Courtyard
Thursday, May 15, 6:00–7:00 p.m.

BYOYM (bring your own yoga mat) for a Small World Yoga class in our Turner Courtyard. Mats are not required but are recommended.

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Nashville Bonsai Society’s 50th Anniversary Celebration and Showcase
Saturday, May 17, 10:00 a.m.–5:30 p.m. &
Sunday, May 18, 1:00–5:30 p.m.

Celebrate the living art of bonsai with the Nashville Bonsai Society! On both days, carefully curated trees from featured artists in Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi will be on display. The courtyard will also host vendors for bonsai artists and enthusiasts and will feature pre-bonsai, planting materials, and handmade pottery.

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A handmade vase with texture is shown with clay-making tools beside it.

Adult ARTlab: Organically Shaped Vase
Saturday, May 17, 11:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.
Upper-Level Galleries & Clay Lady Campus

Join artist Alyssa Gorman and learn how to use basic hand-building methods to create an organically shaped vase! We’ll start with a tour of David C. Driskell & Friends and Kindred Spirits to get inspiration for our organic creations.

Following the lunch break, we’ll meet up at the Clay Lady Campus, where you will hand-build your very own vases, with the option to add color and surface decoration.

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Current Exhibitions

Claude Monet. La Meule (The Haystack), 1891. Oil on canvas; 28 7/8 x 36 1/2 in. Private collection

Farm to Table:
Art, Food, and Identity in the Age of Impressionism

Closing Sunday, May 4

Catherine Wiley. Morning Milking Time, ca. 1915. Oil on canvas; 46 x 36 1/4 in. Knoxville Museum of Art, 2012 joint purchase of the Calvin M. McClung Historical Collection, Knox County Public Library, and the KMA with funds provided by the C. M. McClung Collection Endowment, Natalie and Jim Haslam, Ann and Steve Bailey, Ellen “Sis” Mitchell, Kay and Jim Clayton, Laura and Jason Bales, Patricia and Alan Rutenberg, John Z. C. Thomas, and Kimbro Maguire and Penny Lynch

Tennessee Harvest:
1870s–1920s

Closing Sunday, May 4

M. Florine Démosthène. For Those Who Know, Part 2, 2024. Mylar, acrylic, and glitter; 39 x 27 1/2 in. Courtesy of the artist. © M. Florine Démosthène & Didier William. Redemption, Resurrection, 2023. Acrylic, ink, and wood carving on panel; 106 x 70 in. Courtesy of the artist and James Fuentes Gallery. Image courtesy of Pilar Corrias Gallery. © Didier William

M. Florine Démosthène and Didier William:
What the Body Carries

Closing Sunday, May 4

David C. Driskell & Friends: Creativity, Collaboration, and Friendship

Walter Henry Williams, Jr. Roots, 1975–77. Oil and mixed media on wood board; 47 3/4 x 60 7/8 in. Courtesy of Fisk University Galleries, Nashville, TN, 1991.2211. Photo: Jerry Atnip

Kindred Spirits: Intergenerational Forms of Expression, 1966–1999

Mariam Speyer. Tomato Harvest at Wonderful People MicroFarm, 2024. Digital print; 16 x 20 in. Courtesy of the artist. © Mariam Speyer

Enough to Go Around: Food and Community in Nashville

Sole Study

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Monday: 10:00 a.m.–5:30 p.m.
Thursday: 10:00 a.m.–8:00 p.m.
Friday–Saturday: 10:00 a.m.–5:30 p.m.

Sunday: 1:00-5:30 p.m.

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