Frist Art Museum
The Frist Art Museum, formerly known as the Frist Center for the Visual Arts, is an art exhibition hall in Nashville, Tennessee, housed in the city's historic U.S. Post Office building, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Established
2001
919 Broadway
Nashville, TN 37203 (United States)
200,000[2]
Susan H. Edwards[3]
901 Broadway, Nashville, Tennessee
2.5 acres (1.0 ha)
1932
Marr & Holman
Moderne, Art Deco
Marr and Holman Buildings in Downtown Nashville TR (AD)
November 15, 1984
Exhibition and program information[edit]
As a non-collecting museum, the Frist does not have a permanent collection; rather, the center focuses on creating exhibitions as well as securing traveling exhibitions from around the country and the world.
Information regarding past, current and future exhibitions is found on the Frist's website. Each exhibition page contains detailed information about exhibition-related programs and an array of resources, including gallery guides, audio guides, videos and additional information from varying sources.
Martin ArtQuest (MAQ) is a permanent interactive gallery space at the Frist Art Museum.[9] The MAQ space consists of: a drawing station, a painting station, a printmaking station, a zoetrope station, a shadow theater, a stop-motion animation tool, an interactive Everbright wall composed of color-changing dials, a collaborative textile-weaving installation using a large six-sided art deco grid, a full-body-animated digital painting experience, and a sound pattern station which allows visitor to manipulate frequencies with sand on metal plates.[9] MAQ is run by the Frist's Educational department, which is led by Anne Henderson, who is the Director of Education and Community Engagement.[9]