Current Exhibitions

Jan 26–Apr 28, 2024

Southern/Modern

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Jan 26–Apr 28, 2024

Carving a New Tradition: The Art of LaToya M. Hobbs

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Aug 25, 2023–Apr 1, 2024

The Power of Resilience

Three colorful paintings using abstract elements to represent landscapes
Aug 11, 2023–Jul 28, 2024

Afrofuturistic Visions: Dreamscapes of Sicasso

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Exhibition of Modern Art Created in the American South Now Open

Southern/Modern features works drawn from public and private collections across the country and is the first comprehensive survey of paintings and works on paper created in the American South from 1913 to 1955. The exhibition focuses on artists such as Carroll Cloar, Aaron Douglas, Caroline Durieux, Will Henry Stevens, Alma Thomas, and others who worked in states below the Mason-Dixon line and as far west as those bordering the Mississippi River. It also includes artists from outside the South as well as Thomas Hart Benton, Elizabeth Catlett, Jacob Lawrence, and others whose works reflect on Southern experiences from a distance.

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See Woodblocks, Prints, and Mixed-Media Works by LaToya M. Hobbs

Carving a New Tradition showcases a selection of recent prints and mixed-media artwork from the studio of the Arkansas-born, Baltimore-based painter and printmaker LaToya M. Hobbs. In her practice, Hobbs explores Black womanhood, family, labor, self-care, and the rich traditions of printmaking while pushing the medium’s boundaries.

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Upcoming Events & Programs

Thursday, February 8, 2024, 6:30–7:00 p.m.

Gallery Talk: Carving a New Tradition 

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Sunday, February 11, 2024, 1:00–5:30 p.m.

Family Sunday: Southern/Modern

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Sunday, February 11, 2024, 1:00–4:00 p.m.

Family Drop-In ARTlab: Simply Nashville Collage

A building structure made of different pieces of felt
Thursday, February 15, 2024, 6:30–7:30 p.m.

Sound Bath Meditation

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Saturday, February 17, 2024, 1:00–4:00 p.m.

Adult ARTlab: Deconstructing/
Reconstructing Pictures

Abstract painting of muted colors with a white cloud like poof in the middle of the painting
Sunday, February 18, 2024, 3:00–4:30 p.m.

Jazz on the Move: Charles Mingus

Charles Mingus
Thursday, February 22, 2024, 6:00–7:30 p.m.

Music in the Café: Nick Tabron

Nick Tabron
Thursday, February 22, 2024, 6:30–7:30 p.m.

Tour and Sketch: African American Artists in Southern/Modern

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Thursday, February 29, 2024, 6:30–7:30 p.m.

A Peek Behind the Curtain: The Making of Monuments and Myths

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