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About the Exhibitions: Bleeding Together – A Correspondence Andres Arauz and Abby Meyers bring their wheat-pasted street art into the gallery, transforming collages and poems into wheat-pasted wood panels. Their work invites viewers into a collaborative and vulnerable space, exploring healing and shared community. atured Arsts – The Metal Museum This exhibit showcases the artistic practices […]

Thursday, September 11 6–8 PM The Galleries at Crosstown Arts Free and open to the public   Join us for a special evening with exhibiting artists Alexandra Rose, Anthony George, Tad Lauritzen Wright, Andres Arauz, and Abby Meyers as they discuss their current work on view at Crosstown Arts. This is a unique opportunity to hear directly from the artists about […]

On view through January 25, 2026Crosstown Arts GalleriesFree and open to the public Tues-Friday from 11-8pm and Saturday and Sunday from noon-6pm In Reflection + Ritual + Refuge, artist Brantley Ellzey weaves a world where repetition becomes remembrance, where reflection fractures into beauty, and where the quiet, persistent act of making becomes a form of […]

Friday, October 10, 2025 | 6-9 pm | Crosstown Arts Galleries Free and open to the public Join us for the opening of Reflection + Ritual + Refuge, a major solo exhibition by Memphis-based artist Brantley Ellzey. Brantley Ellzey REFLECTION + RITUAL + REFUGE STATEMENT In Reflection + Ritual + Refuge, artist Brantley Ellzey weaves a world […]

January 17, 2026 Crosstown Arts Galleries 1PM Free and Open to the Public   Join us for an artist talk with Brantley Ellzey, an opportunity to meet the artist and engage directly with a practice that moves through the galleries and screening room as a single, unfolding gesture. Across film, installation, and material studies, Ellzey […]

Crosstown Arts presents three exhibitions: Shades of Heritage by Wiley Henry, A Rabbit With a Gun by Lawrence Matthews, and Club Walrus, Fluvial Effluvia, and Know No Now by Karl Erickson. The exhibitions bring together three distinct artistic practices that explore themes of heritage, perception, identity, and humanity’s relationship with the wider world. On view […]

Friday, March 13, 2026 | 6–8 PMFree and open to the public Celebrate the opening of our Spring exhibitions with an evening of art, conversation, and community. This reception brings together three distinct bodies of work spanning painting, installation, and multimedia exploration across our galleries and screening spaces. Featuring: Wiley Henry East GalleryShades of Heritage […]

Join us for a conversation with our Spring exhibiting artists—Wiley Henry, Lawrence Matthews, and Karl Erickson—on Thursday, May 28 from 6–8pm. Working across painting, drawing, animation, installation, and multimedia, these artists explore identity, perception, and the complex relationships between human and non-human worlds. From Henry’s emotionally charged figurative work rooted in heritage and personal history, […]

Three new exhibitions at Crosstown Arts, featuring works by Barbara Penn, George Edward Walker, and Romain Collin in collaboration with filmmaker Matthew Palmer. In Big Life, Long Life, Barbara Penn draws from literary, poetic, and everyday sources to explore the space between the personal and the political. Working with painting, drawing, text, and collage, Penn […]

Artist Talk with Barbara Penn and George Edward Walker Thursday, August 27, 2026 6–8 p.m. Crosstown Arts Join exhibiting artists Barbara Penn and George Edward Walker for a conversation about their current exhibitions at Crosstown Arts. In Big Life, Long Life, Penn uses painting, drawing, text, and collage to explore the space between the personal […]