PARTHENON CALENDAR
Christy Lee Rogers - The Muses
East Gallery
Emerging from the darkest depths and exploding in a burst of light, Christy Lee Rogers’ photographs in The Muses are sure to inspire. Figures and fabric combust in radiant scenes evoking memories of passion, tragedy, and playful exuberance.
Alan LeQuire — Monumental Figures
Nashville’s most prominent sculptor returns to the Parthenon with a new body of work that celebrates contemporary people, including Nashville natives, activists, musicians, and athletes.
Goddess in Progress
East Gallery
Get the story behind the creation and construction of Nashville’s Athena Parthenos with this historic exhibit. Travel with LeQuire on his journey to creating and scaling a figure that became the largest indoor sculpture in the Western world.
Middle Tennessee Regional Student Art Exhibition
Naos, Level 2
Browse visual art created by talented young artists during the Middle Tennessee Regional Student Art Exhibition on display January 23 - March 1, 2025.
Opening Reception— Christy Lee Rogers: The Muses
6 - 8 PM — RSVP required
Attend a special preview of the Parthenon’s newest exhibit Christy Lee Rogers: The Muses.
This event is FREE with RSVP.
David Gootnick: Contemporary Kumiko
East Gallery
David Gootnick’s work is a contemporary interpretation of kumiko in which he uses traditional woodworking techniques to create pieces with both modern and ancient motifs.
Opening Reception— David Gootnick: Contemporary Kumiko
6 - 8 PM — RSVP required
Attend a special preview of the Parthenon’s newest exhibit David Gootnick: Contemporary Kumiko.
Community Celebration: Repatriation and Its Impact Deaccession Event
Join us for a community celebration to mark the closing of the popular Repatriation and Its Impact exhibition. The Parthenon, Metro Parks, and the Centennial Parks Conservancy are hosting an informal celebration with music, food, entertainment, and family-friendly activities.
Repatriation and Its Impact
East Gallery
Repatriation and Its Impact is an exhibit exploring and celebrating repatriation in museums. By tracing the history of Repatriation efforts and the societal impacts, Repatriation aims to engage visitors with an issue facing museums and communities around the world.
Opening Reception— Repatriation and Its Impact
6 - 8 PM — RSVP required
Attend a special preview of the Parthenon’s newest exhibit Repatriation and Its Impact.
16th Annual MTRSAE Awards Ceremony
5:30 - 7:30 PM, RSVP
RSVP to attend the 16th Annual Middle Tennessee Regional Student Art Exhibition Awards Ceremony.
Duncan McDaniel: Fountain
East Gallery
A Nashville premiere! McDaniel is renowned for playful interactions with light, color, and sculptural design elements.
Opening Reception— Duncan McDaniel: Fountain
6 - 8 PM, RSVP required
Attend a special preview of the Parthenon’s newest exhibit by Duncan McDaniel entitled Fountain.
Ethos: The Alchemy of Spirit and Light
East Gallery
Artist London Amara uses large-format collodion wet plate photography to produce mystical landscapes and intimate portraits.
SEE YOU ME
SEE YOU ME is an exhibition of large format photographs, super 8 footage and mixed media sculpture debuting at the Parthenon that explores the creative relationship and ongoing body of work between photographer Emily Dorio and artist Karen Elson.
Tennessee Triennial Exhibition
East & West Galleries
The Parthenon and Centennial Park Conservancy are proud to present Tennessee Triennial from January 27 through May 7. Painter Lakesha Moore, sculptor Desmond Lewis, and photographer Houston Cofield created artwork aligning with the theme of Re-Pair.
Fifteenth Annual Middle Tennessee Regional Student Art Exhibition Awards Ceremony
Join us for the Fifteenth Annual Middle Tennessee Regional Student Art Exhibition Awards Ceremony at the Parthenon on December 8 from 5 PM to 7:30 PM. RSVP below!
The exhibition will be on display at the Parthenon from December 5 through January 6, 2023.
The Odyssey: A Retelling, by Lisa Bachman Jones
The Parthenon and Centennial Park Conservancy are proud to present The Odyssey: A Retelling, by Lisa Bachman Jones in the East Gallery of the Parthenon.
Jones is a Nashville-based artist interested in entropy and interconnectivity. Working across disciplines, she investigates the everyday through a lens of care.
Looking Back - 125 Years After the Tennessee Centennial Exposition
In celebration of the 125th anniversary of the Tennessee Centennial Exposition, explore an immersive gallery full of previously unseen Exposition photographs, listen to musical compositions created specifically for the Exposition, and view rare artifacts relating to the fair held in honor of Tennessee’s 100 years of statehood.
Red Arrow - Show Up!
Red Arrow – Show Up! celebrates the eighth anniversary of East Nashville’s Red Arrow Gallery. Red Arrow founder Katie Shaw describes this exhibition as “a curated selection of contemporary paintings, photography, and sculpture created by artists who are living and working now.”