Welcome to the Bartlett Center

Inspiring creativity and enhancing community through engagement with world class visual and performing arts. Free and open to the public.

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Earthly Matters

February 7th – April 28th

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Unaccompanied

February 7th – May 12th

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Earthly Matters and Unaccompanied

Dual Public Reception

Thursday, February 16th

6:00PM – 8:00PM

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Artist Talk

Bo Bartlett

Kate Capshaw

and Joshua-Michèle Ross

w/ Amy Sherald as Moderator

February 15th @ 6PM

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FREE LIVE MODEL SESSIONS

Come to our Sketching Under the Skylight events every second Thursday! It’s free and open to ALL ages and skill levels!

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FREE VIRTUAL ART PROGRAMMING

Art Makes You Smart is a program which brings professional artists and BBC Artist Board members to the classroom to lead students in creative exploration. All video segments are available now to anyone, online, free of charge.

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Virtual Tour of the Bo Bartlett Center

While we do encourage and would love to see you at the center, if you are unable to visit in-person, please check out our virtual tour! The virtual tour allows you to walk through the entire center from your computer or TV!

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Recent Videos & Podcasts

COMPETERE: A Talk with Artist Couples

This talk, moderated by our Interim Director, Michael McFalls, features a panel of six of the artists in our exhibition, COMPETERE: An Exhibition of Artist Couples, on display from April 8th, 2022 – June 17th, 2022. The panel includes artist couples Inka Essenhigh & Steve Mumford, Betsy Eby & Bo Bartlett, and Kate Javens &…
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Virtual Artist Talk: Raheleh Filsoofi South Arts 2021 Tennessee Fellow

This virtual artist talk with Tennessee Fellow Raheleh Filsoofi is based around her artwork in the South Arts 2021 exhibition in the Bo Bartlett Center. Artist Biography:  Nashville resident Raheleh Filsoofi (b. 1975) was born and raised in Iran and has lived in the US South for more than 17 years. Among her solo exhibitions…
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