For the Locals: Free Admission to the Frist April 8-9!

The Frist Center Celebrates its 10th Birthday with FREE Admission and Festivities!

Friday, April 8 & Saturday, April 9
Free admission both days
in Nashville, TN

The Frist Center celebrates 10 years of stellar art exhibitions, education and enrichment programs, outreach, and service to the community with a weekend of celebration, including two free days of admission and a day of art-making activities.

This is to thank YOU for your support and patronage throughout the years and for making the Frist Center what it is today.

Schedule of Events:

Friday, April 8, FREE DAY
10:00 a.m.–9:00 p.m.

6:00–8:00 p.m.
Music in the Grand Lobby
Belmont Bluegrass Ensemble

Saturday, April 9, FREE DAY
10:00 a.m.–5:30 p.m.

Celebrate with a full day of art-making activities on Saturday:

Great Art Makes Great Memories
Collage, cut, color, and paste to create memory markers inspired by your favorite masterpiece!

Create, Collaborate, and Recreate: Carving the Carousel
Channel your inner sculptor: use modeling dough and sculptor’s tools to help remake the community art project, Carving the Carousel, which was originally made to celebrate the 2004 Red Grooms family day at the Frist Center.

Happy Birthday, Frist Center for the Visual Arts!
Work with longtime Frist Center collaborators and Nashville artists James Threalkill and Michael McBride to recreate the 2001 opening-day activity that invited visitors to create an artistic “tile” to be placed in a mural depicting the Frist Center.

Martin ArtQuest Gallery
Visit the Martin ArtQuest Gallery, located on the upper level, to experiment with a variety of exciting hands-on art activities ranging from draped figure drawing to printmaking. Enjoy additional activities inspired by Vishnu: Hinduism’s Blue-Skinned Savior.