The Watkins College of Art invites the public to enjoy gallery exhibitions and related programming. A current list of Events & Exhibitions can be found here, and admission is always free.
Upcoming Events
Exhibition Schedule
Obscuring, Revealing | Contemporary Photography in Nashville
October 19 – December 04
Reception: October 22 from 4-6pm
Leu Gallery in the Lila D. Bunch Library
Obscuring, Revealing brings together a varied group of Nashville-based photographers who are testing the boundaries of documentary practice. Through personal narrative, formal experimentation, historical allusion, alternative processes, and even the blurring of fact and fiction, these artists offer complex and provocative pictures of contemporary life, ones that prompt reflection on what photography makes visible and what it obscures. In doing so, the exhibition highlights the vital work being made by photographers in and around Nashville while also inviting visitors to rethink the possibilities of documentary photography.
Exhibiting artists include Caroline Allison, Sam Angel, Carolyn Benedict Fraser, Arielle Gray, Allie Horick, Stacey Kranitz, Jack Latham, Armon Means, Vesna Pavlović, Kristine Potter, Tamara Reynolds, and Christine Rogers.
The Architecture of Prayer
August 19 – October 23
Reception: September 10 from 4:30-6pm
Gallery 121 in the Leu Center for the Visual Arts
The Architecture of Prayer is an international survey of the contemporary church and its architecture. The exhibition showcases drawings of historic church buildings in dialogue with new projects built in the 21st century—contributed by over 25 global architecture firms. Collectively, the work demonstrates a rich diversity of design thinking and applied theology from Catholic, Orthodox and Protestant traditions. Curation by Amanda Iglesias, Senior Fellow, O’More College of Architecture and Design.
This exhibition is supported by the Creative Arts Collective for Christian Life and Faith, O’More College of Architecture and Design, Watkins College of Art, and the Frist Art Museum.
Upcoming Exhibitions
November 02 – December 04
Reception: November 05 from 4:30-6pm
Gallery 121 in the Leu Center for the Visual Arts
The photographs in Year of the Fallen Oak were made in the Cumberland Plateau during a time of grief and transition: the unexpected death of my father-in-law Doug, the birth of Derrick’s first grandchildren, and our move to Arkansas. The making of this work has been a process of saying goodbye to what was, a series of unresolved gestures echoing through time. Loss and vulnerability are topics we explore together as I ask my family members to photograph with me in a spirit of reciprocity and exchange, collaborating in a shared exploration of place and memory.
The Watkins College of Art invites the community to enjoy exhibitions and related programming. All galleries are free and open to the public. Sign up to receive the monthly WCA Gallery Newsletter and stay up to date on the latest open programming. You can also follow us on Facebook and Instagram.
Do you have questions about our galleries? Please reach out via email to Katie Mitchell, Director of Galleries & Programming.
Galleries
The Watkins College of Art operates four art galleries in Nashville that promote the exhibition of current student, faculty, alumni, and contemporary artists.