Each year the education outreach program serves an average of 2,000 people in 30 different groups, including Head Start / pre-school classes, after-school programs, English as a Second Language and Adult Basic Education classes and senior citizen groups through the Multiple Visit program, Art Trunk program and special initiatives.

All education outreach programs are designed to enrich appreciation for and understanding of current and upcoming art exhibitions at the Frist Center.  Each program has a theme and includes reproductions of artwork from specific exhibitions, three art activity sessions and art materials for 20 individuals.  The three sessions, which are conducted onsite at the partner organization, culminate with a visit to the Frist Center and a docent-led exhibition tour.

Current community partners include:

• Northwest Family YMCA
• Martha O’Bryan Center
• Edgehill Center
• Woodbine Community Organization
• Bethlehem Centers of Nashville
• Metro Parks and Recreation
• Nashville Public Library
• Senior Citizens, Inc. – Hadley Park
• Magdalene House
• Oasis Center
• 18th Avenue Child Care Center

Hispanic Outreach Project for Education (HOPE)

The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), a federal agency, has awarded a Museums for America grant to the Frist Center in support of the Hispanic Outreach Project for Education (HOPE). The Museums for America grants seek to strengthen a museum’s ability to serve the public more effectively by supporting high-priority activities that advance the institution’s mission and strategic goals.

Designed to enhance and sustain the Frist Center’s relationship with the local Hispanic community, HOPE consists of three major elements:

• A teen printmaking program and exhibition entitled Contemporary Cultures: Prints by Antioch High School Students. This printmaking program is currently underway with students from Antioch High School in the Metropolitan Nashville Public School system.
  
  
• A multiple-visit program with local outreach partners
  
  
• A free Family Day on March 11, 2007, during the exhibition Mexico and Modern Printmaking. The grant also funds a part-time bilingual educator to implement the programs. A community advisory group was formed specifically for this grant.
  
  
  

• Community Mural projects with the United Way of Metropolitan Nashville Family Resource Centers.
  
  
• Partnership with the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center for Research on Human Development, including the Susan Gray School and Explorers Unlimited, a camp for children with Down syndrome.
  
  
• Project Access, a collaborative program between with the Nashville Public Library designed to serve the adult immigrant and refugee community in Nashville.
  
  
• Various other partnerships that conclude in exhibitions of community work at the Frist Center and other Nashville locations.