Frist Center for the Visual Arts
Podcasts

Hear internationally renowned archaeologist Dr. Zahi Hawass in part two of a podcast moderated by Frist Center Executive Director Susan Edwards, presented in conjuction with The Quest for Immortality exhibition on view at the Frist through October 8, 2006.
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Hear internationally renowned archaeologist Dr. Zahi Hawass in a two-part podcast moderated by Frist Center Executive Director Susan Edwards, presented in conjuction with The Quest for Immortality exhibition on view at the Frist through October 8, 2006.
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First Amendment Center Executive Director Gene Policinski discusses the importance of the Pulitzer Prize and the significant role photography plays in American journalism with Frist Center Communications Director Ellen Pryor. Look for more discussions with First Amendment Center representatives as the Frist and First Amendment Centers continue their "First at the Frist; Frist at the First" collaboration.
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Performance artist, author, story teller and actress Estelle Condra takes us on "her" tour of Beyond Sight: African Touch Gallery, the Frist Center's first tactile exhibition.
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Listen in as Associate Curator Nancy Cason walks through the Conte Community Arts Gallery discussing the Lost Boys of Sudan exhibition. As a special unexpected treat, one of the Lost Boys living in Nashville drops by and joins in on the conversation.
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Associate Curator Nancy Cason talks about the African Art, African Voices: Long Steps Never Broke a Back exhibition at the Frist Center through April 30, 2006. This exhibition was drawn primarily from the Seattle Museum of Art's remarkable African collections. Both traditional and contemporary works are on view, illustrating both worlds modern Africans inhabit.
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Ken Swanson, dean of Christ Church Cathedral in Nashville, has a casual conversation with Frist Center Community Relations Manager Adelaide Vienneau about his personal reflections on the Hudson River School exhibition. To view an image from the Hudson River School exhibition while listening, click "Read More."
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Frist Center Exhibitions Curator Mark Scala leads an ARTini talk with Frist Center visitors focusing on a few works in the Hudson River School: Masterworks from the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art exhibition. To view an image from this exhibition while listening, click "Read More."
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Listen in on a conversation with Frist Center Exhibitions Curator Mark Scala and Community Relations Manager Adelaide Vienneau as they walk through the Hudson River School exhibition. To view a work as you listen, click "Read More."
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Nancy Cason, Frist Center Associate Curator, and artist Deborah Aschheim talk about Aschheim's installation in the Gordon Contemporary Artists Project Gallery. To view the installation as you listen, click "Read More."
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Listen in on a casual conversation between Mark Scala, Frist Center Exhibitions Curator, and Frist patrons as they discuss artist Barbara Yontz's Especially Considering Exposure. To view the work as you listen, click "Read More."
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The Frist Center's ever-popular Martin ArtQuest interactive gallery is alive with the gleeful sounds of art making, featuring some of the Frist's most exuberant visitors. Join podcaster Bill Butler as he samples the award-winning Martin ArtQuest Gallery.
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Popular Frist docent, Mancil Ezell, offers a brief history of one of Nashville's architectural and historical treasures. The Frist Center, housed Nashville's historic old post office building was dedicated in 1934 and warmly restored prior to the Frist Center’s opening in April 2001. In this podcast, Mancil offers a "taste" of his popular architectural tour of the building.
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Frist Curator Mark Scala, joined by docents Jay Turman and Mancil Ezell, discusses the Frist Center's new The Fragile Species: New Art Nashville exhibition comprising the work of artists working today in Nashville and Middle Tennessee.

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