On view through January 23
Contingency Plan showcases the work of nine graduating seniors in Studio Art and Photography at the University of Memphis. Despite quarantine and classes taught on Zoom, these students have persevered to make work exploring identity, humor, vulnerability, resilience, function, intuition, and memory.
Participating student artists: Tess Cleary, Ethan James McVay, Reanna Ruddick, Matthew Shibata, Erica Vanhaute, Vlad Volkov, Faith Waggener, Ashley Whitt, and Kristen Williams
Opening Friday, Nov. 19 from 6-8 pm
In the last five years, the Department of Art at the University of Memphis has experienced a generational sea change with new faculty and an expanded curriculum. These new voices and fresh viewpoints complement the decades of rich experiences provided by veteran faculty to create a full learning environment for our diverse community of students.
New Faculty: Connections presents the work of the most recent additions to the department, including seven artists and ….
Opening Friday, Nov. 19 from 6-8 pm
Contingency Plan showcases the work of nine graduating seniors in Studio Art and Photography at the University of Memphis. Despite quarantine and classes taught on Zoom, these students have persevered to make work exploring identity, humor, vulnerability, resilience, function, intuition, and memory.
Participating student artists: Tess Cleary, Ethan James McVay, Reanna Ruddick, Matthew Shibata, Erica Vanhaute, Vlad Volkov, Faith Waggener, Ashley Whitt, and Kristen Williams
This event is postponed until further notice.
Crosstown Arts, Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital, and the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) present the 7th annual Art of Science exhibition.
Local artists are paired up with medical research scientists and doctors from across Memphis. Together, scientists and artists create work that introduces new audiences to the science that is saving children’s lives everyday in Memphis.
Artists with work on view at Crosstown Arts will deliver talks in their respective galleries.
Artists Susan Lichtman and Dennis Congdon will discuss their work in Here Is Where We Meet in the West Gallery at 1 pm. Curator Laurel Suscy will deliver their introduction.
Artist Keiko Gonzalez will discuss his work in STUDIOS in the East Gallery at 2 pm. Crosstown Arts residency manager/artist Mary Jo Karimnia will deliver his introduction.
Free and open to the public
** This exhibition is temporarily suspended.
Painting, drawings, and digital drawings by Keiko Gonzalez in Crosstown Arts East Gallery.
** This exhibition is temporarily suspended.
Here Is Where We Meet features large-scale paintings and works on paper by Dennis Congdon and Susan Lichtman in the Crosstown Arts West Gallery.
Opening reception for painting, drawings, and digital drawings by Keiko Gonzalez in Crosstown Arts East Gallery.
On view through April 19.
Opening reception for new work by Dennis Congdon and Susan Lichtman in the Crosstown Arts West Gallery.
New work by Crosstown Arts resident artist Olaniyi R. Akindiya Akirash. This exhibition looks deep into the immigration issues that plague our society. It has become a big bone that has stuck in our throat, difficult to chew or swallow. It is a nightmarish, poisonous trauma that has stained our history forever.