Once a year, the Frist Center partners with organizations to provide art educational programs to Nashville-area communities. This partnership begins by offering the Art Trunk Program* to groups of all ages throughout Davidson County and features collaborations with trusted community institutions serving pre-school and after-school youth, English as a second language and adult basic education learners, families, and senior citizen groups.

As the outreach partnership develops, it is designed to enable our community partners to become ambassadors of the Frist Center. Ambassadors are entrusted to share the common goal of facilitating other unique programs that give community members the ability to see their world in inspiring ways through art. All partners are able to apply for a transportation subsidy to make it possible for them to visit the Frist Center and experience its historical building, exhibitions, and the many programs offered.

*Current art trunks are only available to our community partners located within Davidson County. The Frist Center Art Trunk Program also provides training for community partner staff on using the Art Trunks, training for Frist Center intern artists and volunteers, and a transportation subsidy.
 

The Frist Center would like to welcome our new 2009–2010 Community Partners!

• Nashville Public Library
  • Hadley Branch
  • North Branch
     
• Metro Parks and Recreation
  • Cleveland Park
  • Park wood Community Center
     
• Youth Encouragement Services
   
• Bellevue Lifelong Learning Center- Fifty Forward
   
• New Vision Inc.

Current Community Partners (from 2000–2008)

• Nashville Public Library
  • Edgehill Branch
  • Donelson Branch
  • Green Hills Branch
  • Inglewood Branch
  • Main Library
  • Hermitage Branch
  • East Branch
  • Goodlettsville Branch
  • Southeast Branch
  • Bellevue Branch
  • Richland Park Branch
  • Bordeaux Branch
  • Edmonson Pike Branch
  • Thompson Lane Branch
  • Looby Branch
  • Madison Branch
  • Pruitt Branch  
     
• Metro Parks and Recreation
  • Coleman Community Center
  • Hermitage Community Center
  • Antioch Community Center
  • Easley Community Center
  • East Community Center
  • Kirkpatrick Community Center
  • McFerrin Community Center
  • Shelby Park Community Center
  • Watkins Park Community Center
  • Looby Community Center
  • Bellevue Community Center
  • South Inglewood Community Center
  • Hartmann Park Community Center
  • Sevier Park Community Center
  • McCabe Community Center
  • Elizabeth Senior Center
  • Edgehill Center
     
• The Salama Institute
• The Senior Center for the Arts
• ArtEMBRACE-YMCA Fun Company
• Nashville Adult Literacy
• Safe Haven Family Shelter
• Vanderbilt Children's Hospital
• Catholic Charities of Tennessee, Inc.
• Friendship Community Outreach Center
• Nashville Area Habitat for Humanity
• Magdalene
• Oasis Center
• 18th Ave. Family Enrichment Center
• Fifty Forward Bordeaux (formerly Northwest Senior Center)
• St. Luke's Community House
• Northwest Family YMCA
• Martha O'Bryan Center
• Woodbine Community Organization
• Bethlehem Centers of Nashville
• Project for Neighborhood Aftercare
   
   

Criteria for Community Partnerships:

1. The partner organization should have a strong foundation of programs, staff, and financial support. 

Community partners should have longevity, stability, and be firmly rooted in Davidson County.


2. Frist Center partner organizations will collectively represent the geographical, ethnic, cultural, and age diversity of Davidson County.

In an effort to reach diverse communities, it is a priority to ultimately partner with organizations  
located within or serving all parts of Davidson County. The Frist Center also seeks to develop
partnerships that reflect the ethnic, cultural, and age diversity of Nashville and Davidson
County.


3. Compatibility of institutional goals and objectives.

Whether or not the partner organization has art programming in place, the Frist Center’s 
activities should be a natural fit for the organization’s mission and goal.


4. Available Transportation

Visiting the Frist Center is essential to forming successful community partnerships. Learn more about our Transportation Subsidy.