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Frist Center for the Visual Arts

Civil Rights Photos At The Frist Show How Nashville Media Took Sides

Emily Siner

May 1, 2018

Black leaders march down Jefferson Street in 1960.

Listen Some of the closest witnesses to the Nashville civil rights movement were photographers from the city’s two major newspapers at the time, The Tennessean and the Nashville Banner. A selection of their photos — and the Frist Art Museum’s latest exhibit that displays them — offer a glimpse into how media outlets chose to […]

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, WPLN News Tagged With: Frist Art Museum, Frist Center for the Visual Arts

Carrie Mae Weems Exhibit Cementing Frist’s Spot on the Art Map

Nina Cardona

September 20, 2012

Nashville’s Frist Center for the Visual Arts is garnering national attention this week. The museum is giving a major American artist her first ever retrospective.

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, WPLN News Tagged With: Carrie Mae Weems, Frist Center for the Visual Arts

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