OZ Arts Nashville

Faustin Linyekula

with Heru Shabaka-Ra

(Kisangani, Democratic Republic of Congo)

My Body, My Archive

January 24 & 25

Tickets from $25

“Quite possibly the most important artist working on the African continent today.”

Frieze Magazine

With a gripping blend of exquisite movement, poetic text, and evocative live music, internationally acclaimed Congolese artist Faustin Linyekula reckons with what it means to seek beauty — to write or sing or dance — when surrounded by violence and loss.

Neko Case in Conversation with Ann Powers

Friday, January 31 at 8PM

Tickets $43

Parnassus Books and OZ Arts are pleased to present an evening of conversation with Grammy-nominated musician Neko Case! NPR music critic Ann Powers joins the influential artist as they discuss Neko’s new book The Harder I Fight, The More I Love You. In this “heartbreaking and funny” new memoir, Neko brings her trademark candor and precision to tell the story of her evolution from an invisible girl “raised by two dogs and a space heater” in rural Washington state to her improbable emergence as an internationally-acclaimed talent. Tickets at parnassusbooks.net.

Wednesday, February 19, 2025
6:30PM

Conversations at OZ celebrates the art of conversation with community leaders and vibrant personalities. One of the most dynamic annual benefits in Nashville, the seated dinner invites guests to engage in insightful dialogue on a range of contemporary topics including arts and culture, social issues, business, and government. Participants choose their conversation host from a roster of more than 30 prominent community figures at the time of their reservation. Tickets will go on sale in January.

Soon-ho Park & Bereishit Dance

(Seoul, South Korea)

March 5 & 6

Tickets from $30

“Exhilarating…Cherishes physical risks and the swift, fearless execution of daunting tasks”

The New York Times

With live music and intensely physical movement that draws from martial arts, Hip-hop, and street dance, choreographer Soon-ho Park and his internationally-acclaimed Bereishit Dance Company create groundbreaking performances that take your breath away.

DANNY SOFA

Passages of Light

September 4, 2024 - January 17, 2025

Presented in partnership with Cë Gallery
Opening reception: Thursday, October 3 from 5:30pm-7:30pm

Featuring a dreamlike landscape of vivid characters, creatures, and iconography, Danny Sofa’s dynamic paintings highlight figures who exist in states of emotional transition and transformation. Sofa’s vivid imagery is fantastical and at times nightmarish, as huddled groups create solidarity banding together, animals bark and howl, and one landscape melts into the next. Be sure to check out this collection of large-scale paintings from an exciting new voice in Nashville’s visual arts scene.