The USDA estimates that 30 to 40 percent of the food supply in the United States is wasted, but changes can be made to decrease waste and make nutritious food available for everyone. Greater Nashville area artists are invited to submit for consideration art that explores topics of food justice, food production, or food’s role in bringing people together. Enough to Go Around will be a companion exhibition to two shows on view in the Ingram Gallery from January 31 through May 4, 2025: Farm to Table: Art, Food, and Identity in the Age of Impressionism and Tennessee Harvest, 1870s–1920s.
Farm to Table: Art, Food, and Identity in the Age of Impressionism explores the intersections of art, gastronomy, and national identity in late nineteenth-century France. In a survey beginning with the 1870 Prussian siege of Paris and the resultant food crisis and continuing through the 1890s, Farm to Table showcases the work of artists such as Rosa Bonheur, Gustave Courbet, Paul Gauguin, Claude Monet, and Camille Pissarro who captured France’s unique relationship with food, from production to preparation and consumption.
Tennessee Harvest: 1870s–1920s, presented in partnership with the Tennessee State Museum, focuses on nineteenth- and early twentiethth-century painters taking both realist and impressionist approaches to the depiction of food and its cultivation in this state. A companion show to Farm to Table: Art, Food, and Identity in the Age of Impressionism, this exhibition shows how artists like Lloyd Branson, George Chambers, Gilbert Gaul, Cornelius Hankins, Willie Betty Newman, Catherine Wiley, and others absorbed and adapted European influences in both subject matter and style.
Participants are asked to submit works highlighting issues of food justice, food access, and food labor including:
RESOURCES
The Nashville Food Project
Feedback Nashville
Napier Kitchen Table Fellowship
Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee
secondharvestmidtn.org/learn/hunger-education/
Tennessee Justice Center
US Department of Agriculture
usda.gov/topics/food-and-nutrition
TIMELINE
December 1, 2024 Submission period closes
December 2–9, 2024 Submissions juried
December 10, 2024 Selected artists notified via email
Dec. 12, 2024–Jan. 12, 2025 Selected artworks shipped/delivered to the Frist Art Museum
March 21, 2025 Exhibition opens
March 22, 2025 Artists’ reception (invitation only)
July 2025 (Date TBD) Exhibition closes
Dates subject to change without notice.
ABOUT THE VENUE
About the Frist Art Museum: Located in Nashville, the Frist is a nonprofit art museum, with approximately 24,000 square feet of gallery space. It presents the finest visual art from local, state, and regional artists, as well as major US and international exhibitions.
About the Conte Community Arts Gallery: While the Frist brings art from all over the world to Nashville, the Conte Community Arts Gallery is dedicated to local artists. Enough to Go Around: Food and Community in Nashville will be displayed in this space, which is the major entryway into the Frist.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
Eligibility: All Greater Nashville area artists 18 and older are encouraged to submit artwork.
Submission process: Each artist may submit images of up to 3 two-dimensional or video works. Images must be at least 3MB and videos should not exceed five minutes. Works should be no larger than 48 inches on their longest side. Works must be submitted via the ARTcall.org website by December 1, 2024, at 11:59 p.m. CT to be considered. Artists must provide accurate dimensions for each work as it would be displayed. File size of each submission must be under 25 MB. There is no submission fee. A confirmation email will be sent upon receipt of each submission. By submitting work for consideration, the artist warrants and represents to the Frist Art Museum that the work is an original creation of the artist and does not infringe upon a third party’s copyright or other intellectual property or other rights.
Exhibiting Artists: The Frist will mat and/or frame selected works for display. The exhibition will be on view from March 21 to July 2025 (closing date TBD). A panel of collaborators, artists, and curators will select works for the exhibition. The selected artists and their guests will be invited to a reception in March 22, 2025, to recognize the artists and celebrate the exhibition. Each artist whose work is selected will receive a $100 honorarium.
Permissions granted to the Frist Art Museum: By submitting artwork for consideration, the artist certifies that they own the copyright to their work, and they are entitled to license the rights herein on a nonexclusive and gratis basis to the museum. The artist grants permission for any of their exhibition artwork to be photographed by the public for personal use and to be photographed, filmed, or telecast for promotional and documentation purposes by the museum or the media while on display. The artist grants the museum permission to use any submitted materials in its promotional and educational efforts in support of this exhibition, including but not limited to release of images and media files to the press for editorial review, publication on the Frist’s website and social media pages (at 72 ppi), promotional and marketing endeavors of the museum, publication in print and digital formats in support of the exhibition in components like the exhibition gallery guide or invitation, and any other noncommercial use. The artist also understands that the museum will make an effort to include a credit line acknowledging the artist and their work whenever the work is published but that space and other factors are sometimes constraints to this recognition.
Questions? Contact Shaun Giles at sgiles@FristArtMuseum.org.
