Kevin Murphy Addresses Environmental Costs of Urban Teardowns

In 2013 alone, more than 500 houses were demolished in Nashville, Tennessee, a sharp increase from previous years. And hundreds of additional teardowns are expected in a city that’s projected to add a million residents over the next two decades. Nashville is hardly the only North American city to experience a recent wave of teardowns….

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on July 29, 2015 in HART, HART in Nashville, VRC

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HART Society to Host Tour of Frist Exhibit with Vivien Fryd

The HART Society will host a tour of “Real/Surreal: Selections from the Whitney Museum of American Art,” an exhibit at the Frist Center for the Visual Arts, on Thursday, September 18. Vivien Fryd, professor of history of art, will lead the tour, and students and faculty should plan to meet in Cohen’s 21st Avenue lobby…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on September 9, 2014 in Events, HART, HART in Nashville, Student/Alumni, VRC

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Fryd Teaches American Realism and Surrealism Course at the Frist

Vivien Fryd, professor of history of art, taught a three-week course on American realism and surrealism in late August and early September at the Frist Center for the Visual Arts in Nashville. Fryd led participants in understanding major movements within American art history from 1920 to 1950 as represented by works in the current exhibit,…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on September 8, 2014 in Events, HART, HART in Nashville, VRC

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Vivien Fryd to Lecture on Andy Warhol at Cheekwood on July 17

Fifty years ago, during the summer of 1964, Andy Warhol began working on silkscreen paintings of Flowers, a subject that would preoccupy him for the rest of his life. Best known for his vibrant pop imagery and searing commentary on art and popular culture, Warhol’s flower imagery reveals a softer, more intimate side of the…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on July 15, 2014 in HART, HART in Nashville, Lectures, VRC

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Halle O’Neal to Present Lecture at Cheekwood on May 15

Celebrated for its flexibility and strength, the perennial bamboo has enjoyed diverse lives in Japanese art and culture—from delectable edibles and delicately carved tea utensils to bold ink splashes and conceptual sculptures. Hallie O’Neal, Mellon Assistant Professor of History of Art, will explore these various manifestations, many of which balance on the edge of function…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on May 13, 2014 in HART, HART in Nashville, Lectures, VRC

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HART Students Study Aaron Douglas Murals at Fisk University

Standing beneath one of Aaron Douglas’s murals in the card catalogue room of the former Cravath Memorial Library (now Cravath Hall, the main administrative building) at Fisk University in Nashville are (left to right) Demi Landstadt, Khalila Blake, and Sujin Shin, students in Rebecca VanDiver’s African American Art class. VanDiver, senior lecturer in the department…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on March 6, 2014 in HART, HART in Nashville, VRC

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Rebecca VanDiver Featured in Frist Lecture Series on December 2

In partnership with Vanderbilt University’s Office of Community, Neighborhood, and Government Relations, “Food for Thought: Visualizing America through Art by African American Artists and Norman Rockwell” is a three-part lecture series held at the Frist Center for the Visual Arts and presented by Vanderbilt professors who are exploring issues about what it means to be…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on December 2, 2013 in HART, HART in Nashville, Lectures, VRC

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