Current Art Gallery Shows

Visions & Voices: The Civil Rights Movement in Nashville & Tennessee, in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Nashville Sit-in Movement
February 9 - May 22
Location: Courtyard Gallery

Nashville was a principal training ground for some of the nation's most influential leaders in the civil rights movement, many of whom were schooled in the techniques of nonviolent protest. Along with the Nashville community, a group of young Nashville college students organized the Nashville sit-ins, city marches, and an effective downtown store boycott that led to the desegregation of public accommodations in the city.

The Nashville protests came to serve as models for later protests throughout the South, and its leaders went on to make pivotal contributions to the success of the civil rights movement, including the Freedom Rides of 1961, the formation of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and the Southern Student Organizing Committee, historic protests in Selma, Alabama, and the 1963 March on Washington.

Opening reception: 3:00 p.m. on February 13, 2010

Art Makes Place
October 17 2009 - March 26 2010
Location: Art Gallery
http://www.n-cap.org/

Encouraging partnership between artists and the public, Art Makes Place is a year-long project featuring 7 artists who made 7 temporary community and performance-based artworks for public spaces in Nashville. Each project began with a lecture/workshop with Metro Nashville Public School students, continued with participation from Vanderbilt University, Frist Center for the Visual Arts, and the larger Nashville community, and resulted in a temporary artwork presented in public spaces throughout Nashville. The project culminates with this exhibition of artwork from the project.