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All Past Presentations

2024

Anniversary Celebration
OZ Arts 10th Anniversary Bash Local Artists
Local Artist
Apr. 5, 2024
Gallery Exhibition
Shabazz Larkin MAY I BE BRAVE ENOUGH TO SPEAK MY TRUTH
Gallery Exhibition
Feb. 1 - Mar. 21, 2024
DANCE
Mazelfreten (France) RAVE LUCID
MainStage
Feb. 29 - Mar. 2, 2024
Fundraiser
Conversations at OZ 2024 An evening of dinner and dialogue benefitting OZ Arts Nashville
MainStage
Feb. 21, 2024
DANCE
SHAMEL PITTS | TRIBE BLACK HOLE – Trilogy And Triathlon
MainStage
Feb. 2 - Feb. 3, 2024

2023

Gallery Exhibition
Curated by Daniel Jones AT YOUR SERVICE
Gallery Exhibition
Nov. 30 - Jan. 20, 2024
THEATER
GEOFF SOBELLE FOOD
MainStage
Nov. 30 - Dec. 10, 2023
Gallery Exhibition
Benjy Russell There’s a poem in my garden
Gallery Exhibition
Sep. 5 - Nov. 17, 2023
dance
RENNIE HARRIS PRESENTS Rome & Jewels
MainStage
Nov. 9 - Nov. 11, 2023
HALLOWEEN
FABLE CRY Festival of Ghouls IX
MainStage
Oct. 28, 2023
MUSIC
JOHN CAMERON MITCHELL, STEPHEN TRASK & AMBER MARTIN A Benefit for ACLU of Tennessee
MainStage
Oct. 20 - Oct. 21, 2023
MULTIDISCIPLINARY
THE WALK PRODUCTIONS & HANDSPRING PUPPET COMPANY Little Amal
Visiting Artist
Oct. 5, 2023
Dance / Multimedia
Compagnie Käfig (France) PIXEL
MainStage
Sep. 6 - Sep. 7, 2023
Gallery Exhibition
XPayne Past, Present, and Afrofuturism
Gallery Exhibition
Apr. 14 - Aug. 25, 2023
Multidisciplinary
Local Artists Brave New Works
Local Artist
May. 18 - May. 20, 2023
Dance / Music / Theater
Gregory Maqoma's Vuyani Dance Theatre (South Africa) Cion: Requiem of Ravel’s Boléro
MainStage
May. 4 - May. 6, 2023
DANCE / MUSIC
The Yeli Ensemble, Windship Boyd & Christophe Konkobo Timbuktu Within
MainStage
Apr. 14 - Apr. 15, 2023
Gallery Exhibition
Nuveen Barwari & Lauren Gregory FLORAL MAPS
Gallery Exhibition
Feb. 2 - Apr. 9, 2023
Add-On Event
Joan Baez in conversation with Emmylou Harris
Visiting Artist
Apr. 8, 2023
M multimedia / Music
Kid Koala (Montreal) The Storyville Mosquito A Theatrical Cinema Experience
MainStage
Mar. 23 - Mar. 25, 2023
Music
DakhaBrakha (Ukraine) One Year After the Invasion
MainStage
Feb. 25, 2023
Fundraiser
Conversations at OZ 2023 An evening of dinner and dialogue benefitting OZ Arts Nashville
Fundraiser
Feb. 22, 2023
Dance
Compagnie Hervé Koubi (France/Algeria) What the Day Owes to the Night
MainStage
Feb. 2 - Feb. 4, 2023

2022

Gallery Exhibition
Joseph Patrick Damn GOOD Designer GENES
Gallery Exhibition
Oct. 3 - Jan. 3, 2023
Music
Martha Redbone Bone Hill
MainStage
Dec. 2 - Dec. 3, 2022
Storytelling/Music
Patti Smith Songs & Stories
MainStage
Nov. 21, 2022
Music / Dance
New Dialect & American Modern Opera Company Broken Theater
MainStage
Nov. 17 - Nov. 19, 2022
Halloween
Fable Cry Festival of Ghouls
MainStage
Oct. 29, 2022
Cabaret
Meow Meow
MainStage
Oct. 28, 2022
Dance
A.I.M. by Kyle Abraham An Untitled Love
MainStage
Oct. 20 - Oct. 22, 2022
Film / Poetry
Kindling Arts x Defy Film Festival GENDERBEND
MainStage
May. 14 - May. 22, 2022
Multidisciplinary
Brave New Works Lab
Local Artist
May. 12 - May. 21, 2022
Dance
Malpaso Dance (Havana, Cuba)
Visiting Artist
Apr. 29 - Apr. 30, 2022
Multimedia / Theater
Gob Squad (Berlin, Germany) Kitchen: You’ve Never Had it So Good
Visiting Artist
Mar. 24 - Mar. 27, 2022
INTERDISCIPLINARY
Portals: A Performance Party Adia Victoria, Vadis Turner, Alanna Royale
Local Artist
Mar. 4 - Mar. 5, 2022
Streaming
Dave Ragland, Shabaz Ujima, Inversion Vocal Ensemble, Diaspora Orchestra Steal Away - Virtual Edition
Local Artist
Jan. 27 - Feb. 27, 2022
Fundraiser
Conversations at OZ 2022 A Virtual Fundraiser for OZ Arts Nashville
Fundraiser
Feb. 23, 2022
Dance
Ronald K. Brown / EVIDENCE Grace, Mercy and
The Equality of Night and Day
Visiting Artist
Feb. 10 - Feb. 12, 2022

2021

Dance / MUSIC
Dave Ragland, Shabaz Ujima, Inversion Vocal Ensemble, Diaspora Orchestra Steal Away
Local Artist
Dec. 2 - Dec. 5, 2021
Multimedia Performance
Miwa Matreyek Infinitely Yours and Myth & Infrastructure
Visiting Artist
Nov. 11 - Nov. 13, 2021
Cabaret
Fable Cry Festival of Ghouls
Local Artist
Oct. 30, 2021
Dance
Rennie Harris / Puremovement Nuttin' But A Word
Visiting Artist
Oct. 14 - Oct. 16, 2021
Fundraiser
Beyond Bourbon
Fundraiser
Sep. 22, 2021
Dance
Becca Hoback ENACTOR
Local Artist
Jun. 24 - Jun. 26, 2021
Musical Theater
Sloppy Bonnie A Roadkill Musical for the Modern Chick
Local Artist
May. 20 - Jun. 5, 2021
Film / Poetry
Defy Film Festival and Kindling Arts Festival 12 Poetry into Film Collaborations
Local Artist
May. 7 - May. 8, 2021
Dance / MUSIC
David Flores / George Miller PRISM
Local Artist
Mar. 12 - Mar. 28, 2021
THEATER, MUSIC
Under The Radar The Public Theater
Virtual
Jan. 6 - Jan. 17, 2021

2020

GALLERY EXHIBITION
Various Artists Long Distance
Gallery Exhibition
Oct. 1 - Dec. 21, 2020
Multimedia / Theatre
Manual Cinema Christmas Carol
Virtual
Dec. 19, 2020
THEATER, MUSIC
Taylor Mac Holiday Sauce... Pandemic!
Virtual
Dec. 12, 2020
DANCE, MUSIC, THEATER
Fast/Forward: Nashville Artists Look to Our Future
Now On Demand
Virtual
Nov. 19 - Nov. 21, 2020
Spoken Word
Roger Guenveur Smith & Caroline Randall Williams How the Past Informs the Present
Virtual
Oct. 29, 2020
performance film
Jana Harper This Holding: Traces of Contact
Local Artist
May. 29, 2020
GALLERY EXHIBITION
Under a Dream Selected Works of Doris Wasserman
Gallery Exhibition
Feb. 23 - Mar. 12, 2020
Multimedia / Theatre
TeatroCinema "Plata Quemada (Burnt Money)"
Visiting Artist
Mar. 7, 2020
Dance
New Dialect The Triangle
Local Artist
Feb. 23, 2020
Fundraiser
Conversations at OZ 2020
Fundraiser
Feb. 5, 2020
Music / Theatre
Stew and Heidi Notes of a Native Song
Visiting Artist
Feb. 1, 2020
Dance / Music
Maya Beiser, Wendy Whelan, Lucinda Childs, David Lang The Day
Visiting Artist
Jan. 18, 2020

2019

EXHIBITION
CAMPING ALONE Selected Works of John Paul Kesling
Gallery Exhibition
Sep. 11 - Dec. 31, 2019
Interdisciplinary
Portara Ensemble, Ciona Rouse, Jeff Coffin, Epiphany Dance Partners The Longest Night
Local Artist
Dec. 20 - Dec. 21, 2019
Music
Medeski, Sansone, Kirkscey, Grant Mellotron Variations
Local Artist
Dec. 7, 2019
Dance
Companhia Urbana de Dança (Brazil) Na Pista and ID: ENTIDADES
Visiting Artist
Nov. 17, 2019
Interdisciplinary
Fable Cry Festival of Ghouls
Local Artist
Nov. 2, 2019
Multimedia / Theatre
Manual Cinema Frankenstein
Visiting Artist
Oct. 26, 2019
Storytelling
The Moth Nashville GrandSLAM
Local Artist
Oct. 10, 2019
Multimedia / Dance
Hiroaki Umeda / S20 Split Flow and Holistic Strata
Visiting Artist
Sep. 19 - Sep. 21, 2019
Fundraiser
CigArt
Fundraiser
Sep. 11, 2019
EXHIBITION
These Shapes Mean Something Curated by Sasha Campbell
Gallery Exhibition
Aug. 16 - Sep. 4, 2019
Family
Miwa Matreyek, Sankofa Drum & Dance, Grupo Balança, and more Family Day 2019
Visiting Artist
Aug. 17, 2019
EXHIBITION
Tess Erlenborn "Muddle"
Gallery Exhibition
Mar. 29 - Aug. 2, 2019
Dance Theater
Windship Boyd and Other Artists Papalagui Exposed
TNT
May. 10 - May. 11, 2019
Live Storytelling
Curated by Jakob Lewis ATTEND
TNT
May. 1, 2019
EXHIBITION
Brian Wooden "Obscura"
Gallery Exhibition
Feb. 8 - Mar. 26, 2019
Music + Film
Kronos Quartet A Thousand Thoughts: A Live Documentary with the Kronos Quartet written and directed by Sam Green and Joe Bini
MainStage
Mar. 22 - Mar. 23, 2019
Dance
New Dialect with special guest and choreographer Roy Assaf The Triangle & Girls
MainStage
Feb. 22 - Feb. 24, 2019
Fundraiser
Conversations 2019
Fundraiser
Feb. 6, 2019
Fundraiser
Conversations 2019
Fundraiser
Feb. 6, 2019

2018

EXHIBITION
Joseph Patrick "The Socialized Experiment"
Gallery Exhibition
Dec. 5 - Jan. 20, 2019
Multidisciplinary
curated by Jason Shelton The Longest Night
TNT
Dec. 19, 2018
Dance
Camille A. Brown & Dancers INK
MainStage
Dec. 14 - Dec. 15, 2018
Multidisciplinary
curated by Tony Perrin Ghosted
TNT
Nov. 15, 2018
Exhibition
Cano A. Ozgener Life Made Me An Artist… At Age Seventy
Gallery Exhibition
Jun. 24 - Oct. 31, 2018
Theater
Phantom Limb Company Falling Out
MainStage
Oct. 12 - Oct. 13, 2018
Fundraiser
CigArt
Fundraiser
Aug. 29, 2018
Family
Beth Reitmeyeer in Collaboration with Adventure Science Center Family Day at OZ
MainStage
Aug. 18, 2018
Gallery
Alex Lockwood TARGETS
Gallery Exhibition
Apr. 2 - Jun. 30, 2018
Multi-Arts
MusiCircus - Curated by Colleen Phelps
TNT
May. 17, 2018
Music
chatterbird OZ Arts presents The Artists’ Lounge with CHATTERBIRD at The Cordelle
The Artists' Lounge
Apr. 19, 2018
Music
Kid Koala Satellite
MainStage
Apr. 13 - Apr. 15, 2018
Music
Rushes Ensemble & Mantra Percussion - Curated by Maya Stone
TNT
Mar. 22, 2018
Gallery Exhibition
Sophia Eisenbart & Dylan Moss
Gallery Exhibition
Jan. 27 - Mar. 15, 2018
Theater
Robin Frohardt The Pigeoning
MainStage
Feb. 16 - Feb. 17, 2018
Dance
STREB SEA (Singular Extreme Actions)
MainStage
Jan. 27 - Jan. 28, 2018

2017

Gallery Exhibition
Cano Ozgener A Flair For Color
Gallery Exhibition
Dec. 1 - Jan. 19, 2018
Music
Renée Fleming
Chairman's Choice
Dec. 1, 2017
Satire
Bassem Youssef The Joke Is Mightier Than The Sword
MainStage
Nov. 18, 2017
Exhibition
Jeana Eve Klein Recent Activity
Gallery Exhibition
Oct. 3 - Nov. 18, 2017
Theater
En Garde Arts Wilderness
MainStage
Oct. 20 - Oct. 22, 2017
Music
Tracy Silverman and Vanderbilt University Orchestra Love Song to the Sun
TNT
Oct. 5, 2017
Dance
zoe | juniper Clear and Sweet
MainStage
Sep. 15 - Sep. 16, 2017
Fundraiser
CigArt 2017 Dinner, Drinks and Art Among Friends
Fundraiser
Aug. 30 - Aug. 31, 2017
Family
Family Day at OZ BMX Pros Trick Team/Brandon Donahue
MainStage
Aug. 19, 2017
Music
Singing School with Justin Bowen
The Artists' Lounge
Jul. 25, 2017
Theater
Directed by Jaclynn Jutting Sea Wall
TNT
Jul. 20, 2017
Dance & Visual Art
FALL & Mary Mooney A Bending Of Its Own Kind
TNT
Jun. 15, 2017
Music
Minton Sparks New Deals...WPA #2
The Artists' Lounge
Jun. 11, 2017
Music
Abigail Washburn & Wu Fei International Children's Day
MainStage
Jun. 1, 2017
Live-Action Graphic Novel
The Intergalactic Nemesis Robot Planet Rising & Twin Infinity
MainStage
Apr. 28 - Apr. 29, 2017
Visual Art
Heeseop Yoon Hide and Seek
MainStage
Feb. 9 - Mar. 18, 2017
Jeremiah Reynolds Respectable Rebels
The Artists' Lounge
Feb. 22, 2017
Music
TNT | ALIAS Chamber Ensemble Reclaiming Peace: Honoring International Holocaust Remembrance Day
TNT
Jan. 24, 2017

2016

Dance
Dorrance Dance ETM: Double Down
MainStage
Dec. 9 - Dec. 10, 2016
Theater
one step at a time like this SINCE I SUPPOSE
MainStage
Oct. 7 - Oct. 23, 2016
Music
Kyle J. Baker with AVILA SOUL Back Beat Heart
The Artists' Lounge
Jul. 27, 2016
visual art
Addam Yekutieli Vicariously Speaking
Gallery Exhibition
Jun. 21 - Jun. 25, 2016
visual art festival
OZ Art Fest
MainStage
Jun. 21 - Jun. 25, 2016
Visual Art
JR’s Global Portrait Project Inside Out
MainStage
Jun. 24 - Jun. 25, 2016
immersive
Tony Youngblood Modular Art Pods
TNT
Jun. 23, 2016
storytelling
Mike Daisey Great and Secret Guide to Nashville
Gallery Exhibition
Jun. 21, 2016
Storytelling
Mike Daisey, Southern Word, and The Moth Mainstage Speak Easy: A Celebration of the Written and Spoken Word
MainStage
May. 4 - May. 7, 2016
Poetry
Poetry Sucks! Nashville, LANGUAGE City, USA
The Artists' Lounge
Apr. 20, 2016
Music
Kaki King The Neck is a Bridge to the Body
MainStage
Apr. 15 - Apr. 16, 2016
Dance
New Dialect Souvenirs
MainStage
Apr. 1 - Apr. 2, 2016
Music
Sun Conductor
The Artists' Lounge
Mar. 23, 2016
Multimedia
Kid Koala Nufonia Must Fall Live
MainStage
Mar. 4 - Mar. 5, 2016
Music
Cristina Spinei and Sound Riot featuring Blind Ear
The Artists' Lounge
Feb. 23, 2016
Music
Taylor Mac A 24-Decade History of Popular Music: 1806-1836
MainStage
Feb. 19 - Feb. 20, 2016
Music
Tim Easton with Special Guest Ariel Bui
The Artists' Lounge
Jan. 13, 2016

2015

Music
Wu Fei
The Artists' Lounge
Dec. 16, 2015
Visual Art
Bryce McCloud Our Town Together Heroic: The World’s Largest Stamp Portrait Project
TNT
Dec. 8 - Dec. 10, 2015
Visual Art
Red Arrow Gallery Opening Exhibition
Gallery Exhibition
Nov. 5 - Dec. 5, 2015
Music-Theater
Julia Wolfe, SITI Company and Bang on a Can All-Stars Steel Hammer
MainStage
Nov. 20 - Nov. 21, 2015
Dance
Laurel Desmaris & Rebekah Hampton Barger
The Artists' Lounge
Nov. 4, 2015
Music
Cole Dumas & Tracy Silverman
The Artists' Lounge
Oct. 20, 2015
Dance
Kyle Abraham/ Abraham.In.Motion When The Wolves Came In
MainStage
Oct. 8 - Oct. 9, 2015
FILM
Film:Masters The Modern School of Film
MainStage
Sep. 10 - Sep. 12, 2015
Family
Sound Maze with Rinde Eckert and Paul Dresher Family Day 2015
MainStage
Aug. 15, 2015
Poetry
Stephanie Pruitt em·bod·i·ment: Poetry Through the Five Senses
TNT
Jul. 23, 2015
Theater
Phantom Limb Company Memory Rings
MainStage
Jun. 19 - Jun. 20, 2015
Dance
Trisha Brown Dance Company A Retrospective in Three Parts
MainStage
May. 14 - May. 16, 2015
Music
William Tyler Corduroy Roads
TNT
Apr. 16, 2015
Multimedia
Pi Day 2015
MainStage
Mar. 14, 2015
Multimedia
Laurie Anderson The Language of the Future
MainStage
Mar. 12 - Mar. 13, 2015
Visual Art
Alex Lockwood Shake
TNT
Feb. 26 - Mar. 5, 2015
Multimedia
13 Most Beautiful...Songs for Andy Warhol's Screen Tests
MainStage
Jan. 17, 2015

2014

Photography
Connie Richardson Eye of the Beholder
TNT
Nov. 20, 2014
Music
Vijay Iyer Music of Transformation
MainStage
Nov. 8 - Nov. 9, 2014
Photography
Michael Weintrob InstrumentHead
TNT
Oct. 16 - Oct. 18, 2014
Dance
Bandaloop Look Up Nashville! & Harboring
MainStage
Oct. 10 - Oct. 11, 2014
Theater
The Actor's Gang A Midsummer Night's Dream
MainStage
Sep. 12 - Sep. 13, 2014
Dance
Banning Bouldin & New Dialect Multilingual
TNT
Aug. 21, 2014
Family
Featuring Dan Zanes & Friends Family Day at OZ Arts
MainStage
Aug. 9, 2014
Visual Art
Cory Basil Here Lies Cory Basil
TNT
Jul. 17, 2014
Music
An Evening of Chamber Music Featuring Philip Glass & Tim Fain
MainStage
Jun. 20 - Jun. 21, 2014
Theater
Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord The Suit
MainStage
May. 22 - May. 24, 2014
Variety
Hunter Armistead Ziegfeld Girls
TNT
May. 15, 2014
Film Premiere
"Love Is Alive" and "The Upside of Down"
TNT
Apr. 16, 2014
Multimedia
ETHEL, Directed by Steve Cosson Documerica and ETHEL+
MainStage
Apr. 11, 2014
Exhibition
Herb Williams Personal Best
TNT
Mar. 20, 2014
Theater
The Intergalactic Nemesis Book 1: Target Earth
MainStage
Mar. 7 - Mar. 8, 2014
music
Chancellor Warhol Illuminate Paris
TNT
Feb. 21, 2014
Dance
Wayne McGregor | Random Dance Far
MainStage
Feb. 13, 2014

1970

MainStage
Apr. 20 - Apr. 20, 2024
MainStage
Apr. 20 - Apr. 20, 2024