Past Events › East Gallery
April 2022
The Fourth Kind
This Friday, April 22, 2022 from 6-8pm, join us for an opening reception for “Long Story Short” (presented by University of Memphis BFA students in the West Gallery) and “Fourth Kind” (presented by University of Memphis graduate students in the East Gallery). The shows will be on view through Sunday, May 1, 2022
February 2020
Exhibition Artist Talks
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
STUDIOS: Keiko Gonzalez
** This exhibition is temporarily suspended.
Painting, drawings, and digital drawings by Keiko Gonzalez in Crosstown Arts East Gallery.
Opening Reception — STUDIOS
Opening reception for painting, drawings, and digital drawings by Keiko Gonzalez in Crosstown Arts East Gallery.
On view through April 19.
January 2020
Family Workshop: Hang It Up
Drawing inspiration from Akirash’s beautiful hanging sculptures in Asiko: Moments in the East Gallery, participants will use bottles, cans, plastics ,and other recycled items to build their own hanging piece.
December 2019
Family Workshop: Akirash Inspirations
Participants will explore Akirash’s work in Asiko: Moments, on display in the East Gallery, and spend 10-20 minutes sketching their own inspired works based on the exhibit.
Afterward, participants will finish their work with acrylic paint in the East Atrium.
All supplies/materials provided. Free and open to the public (children under 12 must be with an adult), RSVP encouraged at joy@crosstownarts.org.
Artist Talk: Akirash
Crosstown Arts resident artist Olaniyi R. Akindiya Akirash will discuss his work in Asiko: Moments, currently on view in the East Gallery.
Free and open to the public. RSVP encouraged at joy@crosstownarts.org.
November 2019
Olaniyi R. Akindiya Akirash: Asiko — Moments
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.
Opening Reception for Olaniyi R. Akindiya Akirash: Asiko — Moments
Opening reception for 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.
August 2019
Jia Wang: Residual Imprint
Join us for an exhibition of new work by Jia Wang. Jia’s work explores the traumatic memories that are prevalent in a family. Examining and displaying how trauma is revealed through complex family relationships and how it alters an individual and a family’s identity when visualized. Her work addresses both a personal and cultural perspectives, through site-specific installation comprised of video, collage, and photographic images.
