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SUMMARY:Wish Book: James Benning
DESCRIPTION:Selected work by James Benning | Curated by Terri Phillips and Brian Pera \nLocations: Screening Room\, East Atrium\, & 430 gallery \nReception:\nSaturday\, May 19\, 7 pm — 430 N. Cleveland\nReception\, filmmaker Q&A\, and screening of measuring change (60 min)\, 2016\n \nScreening Times (Screening Room):\nFriday\, May 18 — L. Cohen (45 min)\, 2017 (sign up for a screening)\nSaturday\, May 19 —  Ash 01 (20 min)\, 2016 (sign up for a screening)\nSunday\, May 20 — READERS (108 min)\, 2017 (sign up for a screening) \nEast Atrium: \nScreenings of James Benning’s 52 Films project \n\n\nThe Wish Book series is a triannual exhibition with a focus on artists’ films. Curators Brian Pera and Terri Phillips welcome internationally recognized artists\, filmmakers\, and critics to Memphis for this exciting new series\, which takes its name from the famed Sears Catalog and is hosted by Crosstown Arts at Crosstown Concourse\, itself once a major Sears distribution center. Drawing from a wide range of topics\, techniques\, and perspectives\, the films index the scope of work being done by artists in moving pictures. \n\nAbout the Artist:\nJames Benning has sometimes been referred to as a “filmmaker’s filmmaker”\, though he might prefer the more succinct “artist.” Alternately telescopic and microscopic\, his work often explores the American landscape and its social and environmental histories\, observing the movements and moments which characterize it in endlessly mutable patterns. \nEqually painterly\, sculptural\, and literate\, his films combine elements of sound and image in ways which invite interpretation through a uniquely cinematic immersion. Landscape is a function of time\, according to Benning\, and duration plays an important role in a viewer’s experience of his films\, endowing most of the work with distinctly cumulative effects. \nThe film’s narratives are generated by the highly subjective experience of prolonged observation. The rigorous formality of his approach generates meditations on place and memory\, prompting viewers to look more closely and differently at the spaces we inhabit. \nIn an environment increasingly mapped out by remote third party GPS systems\, Benning’s work reminds us what it is to see for ourselves. Benning began making films in the 1970s. Wish Book presents a selection of his most recent work\, much of which revisits and expands upon themes and motifs consistent throughout his oeuvre.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/wish-book-james-benning/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, Screening Room\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
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SUMMARY:Wish Book: Screening of James Benning's L. Cohen
DESCRIPTION:Screening of L. Cohen (2017) by artist James Benning. 45 minutes. \nThe film will screen at 1 pm\, 2 pm\, 3 pm\, 4 pm\, and 5 pm. \nSign up for a screening\n  \nCurated by Terri Phillips and Brian Pera \n\nThe Wish Book series is a triannual exhibition with a focus on artists’ films. Curators Brian Pera and Terri Phillips welcome internationally recognized artists\, filmmakers\, and critics to Memphis for this exciting new series\, which takes its name from the famed Sears Catalog and is hosted by Crosstown Arts at Crosstown Concourse\, itself once a major Sears distribution center. Drawing from a wide range of topics\, techniques\, and perspectives\, the films index the scope of work being done by artists in moving pictures. \n\nAbout the Artist:\nJames Benning has sometimes been referred to as a “filmmaker’s filmmaker”\, though he might prefer the more succinct “artist.” Alternately telescopic and microscopic\, his work often explores the American landscape and its social and environmental histories\, observing the movements and moments which characterize it in endlessly mutable patterns. \nEqually painterly\, sculptural\, and literate\, his films combine elements of sound and image in ways which invite interpretation through a uniquely cinematic immersion. Landscape is a function of time\, according to Benning\, and duration plays an important role in a viewer’s experience of his films\, endowing most of the work with distinctly cumulative effects. \nThe film’s narratives are generated by the highly subjective experience of prolonged observation. The rigorous formality of his approach generates meditations on place and memory\, prompting viewers to look more closely and differently at the spaces we inhabit. \nIn an environment increasingly mapped out by remote third party GPS systems\, Benning’s work reminds us what it is to see for ourselves. Benning began making films in the 1970s. Wish Book presents a selection of his most recent work\, much of which revisits and expands upon themes and motifs consistent throughout his oeuvre.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/wish-book-screening-of-james-bennings-l-cohen/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, Screening Room\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
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SUMMARY:Little Women
DESCRIPTION:An exhibition and performance by Nubia Yasin \nFeaturing Madaame Frankie\nCurated by Lawrence Matthews \nExhibition opens at 7 pm | performance at 8 pm \n\nExhibition Statement\nI’m a host of things\, but most inescapably\, I’m a black woman. Born of two black parents\, in a country like this one.  \nThe journey it takes to go from black girl to black woman is unlike any other coming of age story; it’s one that is more deeply rooted in trauma then I would like to admit. Before even realizing this fact\, I was writing about it. Writing poem after poem about girls learning silence from their mothers\, who learned it from their mothers. Generation after generation of women who grow smaller and smaller in the face of their demons. I wanted to make a body of work that gave these women (and myself) room to stretch\, to talk\, to release. Little Women is meant to “open the blinds” so to speak.  \nFeaturing the old family photos is meant to contrast the outward appearance of growing up\, which is fairly innocent\, with the reality of trauma. It’s set in a living room because\, often times\, that’s where the breaking of our women happens: in our own homes. Due to a constant cycle of shame and secrecy\, it’s an unfortunate truth that what happens in our homes stays in our homes for the most part.  \nEvery story in Little Women is a story about a girl who looks like me\, who is me. This isn’t just my story … it’s our story. \n\nArtist Statement\nMy work\, whether it be poetry\, film\, or photography\, is meant to give an honest and uncompromising glimpse into what it is to be black in America: the tragedy of it\, the triumph of it\, the nuance and layers. I think that too often\, black bodies are used to fill space\, to meet a quota\, to make a point. To write about two black people falling in love is immediately seen as radical or political\, never mind the fact that black people fall in love every day\, void of commentary. Every day\, black folk live their lives\, laugh\, cry\, fight\, and eat meals with one other without referencing the grand trauma of being Black in America\, without referencing the White Man.  \nThough I see the point in creating political work (and do so often)\, I feel it’s just as important to create work that simply speaks to the black existence without referencing whiteness at all. What I want to expose is the sociology of blackness\, the parts of us that make us beautifully\, agonizingly\, terrifyingly\, and gloriously human.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/little-women/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, Screening Room\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
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SUMMARY:The Music of Grant Green
DESCRIPTION:Free and open to the public (register here)\nDoors at 5:30 pm | performance at 6 pm \nJazz tribute to the music of Grant Green\, featuring Joe Restivo (guitar)\, Alvie Givhan (piano)\, Tim Goodwin (acoustic bass)\, and Pee Wee Jackson (drums). \nThe Crosstown Jazz Series\, presented by Strictly Jazz Entertainment in collaboration with Crosstown Arts\, is designed to salute classic jazz music as contemporary musicians perform the work of the legends. \nGrant Green was an American jazz guitarist and composer. Recording prolifically and mainly for Blue Note Records as both leader and sideman\, Green performed in the hard bop\, soul jazz\, bebop\, and Latin-tinged idioms throughout his career. \n\nAbout Joe Restivo:\nJoe Restivo is a guitar player with over 25 years of professional experience as a performer. He is a graduate of the prestigious Jazz and Contemporary Music Program at New School University. While in New York he performed and studied with such jazz luminaries as Jack Wilkins\, Junior Mance\, Cecil Bridgewater\, and Phil Markowitz. Heavily influenced and inspired by stylistically diverse soul and jazz guitarists such as Wes Montgomery\, Tal Farlow\, Steve Cropper\, and Reggie Young\, Joe has developed into a thoroughly in-demand guitarist and composer in Memphis. \n\n\n\nAbout Strictly Jazz Entertainment:\nStrictly Jazz Entertainment is committed to cultivating a growing community in the knowledge and appreciation of jazz. We facilitate dialogue and collaboration between the devoted supporters of jazz and the brand new constituents – those new to the genre – for the furthering of the jazz community. We provide a bridge between leading artists and a community that typically does not embrace jazz by promoting concerts in various venues to generate an atmosphere that is viable for the absorption of pure jazz.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/the-music-of-grant-green/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts Galleries\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
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SUMMARY:Goodnight My Love: Closing Reception
DESCRIPTION:Closing reception for Goodnight My Love\, an exhibition of photographs from the Ernest Withers collection\, including works from Dr. Withers’ vast archive of more than one million negatives that have never been seen by the public. \nBooks of photography from the exhibition will be sold at the closing reception. \n\nAbout the artist:\nErnest Columbus Withers (1922-2007) was a freelance photojournalist in Memphis\, Tennessee and captured nearly 60 years of cultural history. \nBorn and raised in Memphis to Arthur and Pearl Withers\, Ernest was the fifth of six children. Ernest Withers’ love of photography was sparked when he received his first camera\, a hand-me-down gift from his sister when he was a young boy. When Withers enlisted in the army in 1942\, he was trained as a military photographer and learned darkroom development while serving in the South Pacific during World War II. \nAfter returning home to Memphis\, Withers was one of the first nine African Americans appointed to the Memphis Police Department and was given a beat right on Beale Street. While working as a police officer\, Withers continued to pursue his career as a photographer and in the 1950s\, he helped spur the movement for equal rights with a self-published photo pamphlet on the Emmitt Till murder and trial. Unfortunately\, Withers’ popularity as a photographer compromised his position as a police officer and eventually led to him leaving the Memphis Police Department. \nWithers’ collection includes pictures of early performances of Elvis Presley\, B.B. King\, Ike and Tina Turner\, Ray Charles\, Aretha Franklin\, Isaac Hayes\, Howlin’ Wolf\, and the list goes on and on. Many locals knew of Ernest Withers as “The Picture Taker” because he never went anywhere without his camera. He photographed the day to day life\, backyard get-togethers\, family reunions\, weddings\, proms\, and much more. \nIn his more than 60-year career\, Withers accumulated a collection of an estimated 1.8 million photographs; his works appeared in The New York Times\, The Washington Post\, The TriState Defender\, the Pittsburgh Courier\, Jet\, Ebony\, Newsweek\, Life\, People\, and Time\, and have been featured in touring exhibits and shows around the world. The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington D.C. currently displays over 30 of Ernest C. Withers’ images. \nFor his life’s work\, Withers was elected to the Black Press Hall of Fame and received an honorary doctorate from the Massachusetts College of Art. Withers had nine children and married his high school sweetheart\, Dorothy Curry. Ernest C. Withers passed away on Monday\, October 15\, 2007\, at the age of eighty-five. You can see his work at The Withers Collection Museum and Gallery in Memphis at 333 Beale Street.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/goodnight-my-love-closing-reception/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, East Gallery\, Crosstown Concourse\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Gallery
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20180426T130000
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SUMMARY:Crosstown Arts Resident Artist Talks
DESCRIPTION:Resident artists Averell Mondie\, Vanessa Gonzalez\, Josh Short\, and Carrie Rubinstein will discuss their work. \nAbout the artists:\nAverell Mondie hails from Memphis\, TN. His self-taught photography focuses on portraiture\, street photography\, and photojournalism. Averell strives daily to capture city life\, particularly in his hometown\, in a unique gritty\, moody\, and minimalist style. \nSpurred often by galvanizing community development\, Averell walks\, bikes\, and buses through the corridors and alleys of Memphis\, chasing light and exploring relics deeply rooted in the city’s past. His style becomes more defined daily\, composing many of his shots with a cinematic frame\, focusing on low light\, aggressive shadows\, and desaturated tone. \nVanessa Gonzalez is a printmaker who uses mixed media in her art work. She was born in Laredo Texas and raised in Leon Mexico. Gonzalez was exposed to Latino art and culture from an early age\, which inspired her to become passionate to its rich cultural traditions. Vanessa is currently living in Memphis TN\, where she earned her Masters Degree in Fine Arts at Memphis College of Art and is an elementary school art teacher at a charter school. Vanessa’s work has being exhibited not only in the United States but also internationally in Mexico\, Australia\, and Germany. \nJoshua Short‘s work blurs the line between audience\, artwork\, and performer\, inviting the viewer to complete the art. Much like the all-American spectacle of pro-wrestling\, the audience is part of the performance. The action of entering into the artwork as a participant generates a more authentic experience by suspending the social filters that we carry into everyday life. Short uses cultural detritus as a point of departure. The inherited meanings found within cast-off objects combined with his artistic sensibilities creates an altered space that frames contemporary American Mythologies and Rituals. \nCarrie Rubinstein is a Brooklyn-based sculptor who creates life-sized installations from paper with pen and ink. She earned her B.A. in Studio Art from Smith College\, a Post Baccalaureate degree in Sculpture from Brandeis University\, and her M.F.A. in Sculpture from Hunter College with an exchange semester at L’École des Beaux Arts in Paris. In 2013\, she was a sculpture resident at the Vermont Studio Center. This experience generated early work for Retrofit\, a full room installation made entirely from paper through drawings\, hollow constructed forms\, and casting. Brooklyn’s Rhombus Space presented Retrofit\, which was Rubinstein’s first NYC solo show\, and she was their August 2015 artist-in residence. In June 2017\, Rubinstein created the paper installation\, Found Underground\, at Hunter College’s Thomas Hunter Project Space in Manhattan. In September 2017\, Retrofit traveled to the Krasl Art Center in St. Joseph\, MI. This was Rubinstein’s first solo museum show. Other notable NYC based group shows include exhibitions at Arts@Renaissance\, Brooklyn Museum’s Go Open Studio Project\, A.I.R. Gallery\, Orgy Park\, and The Roger Smith Hotel.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/crosstown-arts-resident-artist-talks-2/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts Galleries\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
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SUMMARY:Mellotron Variations: Pt. 3
DESCRIPTION:Reprise brunch featuring a performance of various acts from Part 1 of Mellotron Variations. Q&A sessions with performers from parts 1 and 2. \nLight refreshments will be served.\nFree | Open to the public\nDoors 12:30 pm | Performance 1 pm \nMellotron Variation Part 1 will be on April 18th (free) and Part 2 will be on April 21st (free with ticket). More info on those shows here: https://goo.gl/qNkoGv \nSponsored in part by the National Endowment for the Arts
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/mellotron-variations-pt-3/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts Galleries\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
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SUMMARY:Mellotron Variations: Pt. 2
DESCRIPTION:Due to demand\, we’re opening the 8 pm Mellotron Variations Pt. 2 performance up to everyone — no ticket required. So feel free to bring a friend\, even if they didn’t get a reserved ticket. All guests who reserved tickets for the 10:30 pm show are now welcome to come to the 8 pm show (the 10:30 show is rescheduled to the earlier time).\n\nTo accommodate everyone\, we’ve moved the 8 pm show to our East Atrium space\, which holds more guests than the Listening Room (where the show was planned to be). Just come up the red spiral staircase\, and you’ll land in the East Atrium.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPerformance of new works and collaborations for the mellotron by Robby Grant\, Jonathan Kirkscey\, John Medeski\, and Pat Sansone. \nProjections by Winston Eggleston and John Markham. \nFree | Open to the public\nDoors 7:30 pm | Concert 8 pm \n\nMellotron Variation Part 1 will be on April 18th and Part 3 will be on April 22nd. Neither of these will require reserved tickets. More info on those shows here: https://goo.gl/qNkoGv \nSponsored in part by the National Endowment for the Arts \n \n\n\n\nAbout the artists: \nRobby Grant is a songwriter\, performer\, and producer who has recorded and released records over the past 15 years under both his name and the moniker Vending Machine. He spent the 1990s co-fronting and touring the country with Big Ass Truck and currently plays with the garage pop group Mouserocket. \nJonathan Kirkscey is a composer\, cellist\, and producer who performs regularly with the Memphis Symphony Orchestra and Mouserocket\, and is a co-founder of Blueshift Ensemble\, a contemporary classical chamber ensemble. As a film composer\, Jonathan has scored several award-winning documentaries including Best of Enemies\, directed by Morgan Neville\, and Won’t You Be My Neighbor\, a film about Fred Rogers which premieres in January 2018 at the Sundance film festival. \nWinston Eggleston is a woodworker and avid collector of Mellotrons (he recently built one from scratch). \nJohn Markham is a videographer and collaborates with the experimental group >mancontrol<. Together they created the oil-based light show that accompanied 2015’s Duets for Mellotron performance. \nPat Sansone is a multi-instrumentalist (guitar\, keyboard\, percussion\, harpsichord) from the bands Wilco and The Autumn Defense. \nJohn Medeski is an American jazz keyboard player and composer. Medeski is a veteran of New York’s 1990s avant-garde jazz scene and is known popularly as a member of Medeski Martin & Wood.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/mellotron-variations-pt-2/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts Galleries\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Gallery
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20180418T170000
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SUMMARY:Mellotron Variations: Pt. 1
DESCRIPTION:New work for the mellotron by composer Robert G. Patterson\, performed by members of the Memphis Symphony Orchestra. A documentary featuring keyboardist Audie Smith. Performance by Ross Rice collaborating with the New Ballet Ensemble. \nFree | Open to the public \nMellotron Variation Part 2 will be on April 21st (free with ticket) and Part 3 will be on April 22nd. More info on those shows here: https://goo.gl/qNkoGv \nSponsored in part by the National Endowment for the Arts \n \n\nAbout the artists: \nRobert G. Patterson is a resident composer with the Luna Nova Ensemble. Recent accomplishments include commissions from Opera Memphis\, the One Coin Concert series in Osaka\, Japan\, and First Prize in the NATS Art Song Composition Award. In addition to his musical activities\, Patterson also has been a professional software developer\, and his interest in computers led him to become an expert in musical engraving using a computer. \nNew Ballet Ensemble and School is a thriving after school dance program in the heart of Midtown Memphis\, founded in 2001. Dancers from all over the Mid-South fill their studios six days a week\, training and exploring cultural forms of dance alongside a strong classical ballet curriculum. New Ballet Ensemble was awarded the National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Award in 2014\, recognizing the country’s best creative youth development programs for using engagement in the arts and the humanities to increase self-direction\, academic achievement\, graduation rates\, and college enrollment. \nRoss Rice might be best known as the lead singer/writer/keyboardist for Human Radio\, who hit Billboard Top Forty in 1990 with “Me & Elvis” (Columbia)\, but has also appeared frequently on Memphis stages with Big Ass Truck\, The Coolers\, Riverbluff Clan\, The Mudflaps\, and Ross Rice Group. Rice has produced\, toured\, and recorded with Peter Frampton\, George Clinton\, Todd Snider\, Adrian Belew\, Stephen Perkins (Janes Addiction)\, and Susannah Hoffs (Bangles)\, to name but a few. Presently residing in Murfreesboro\, Rice is enrolled in the MFA program in Recording Arts at MTSU\, and is working on a documentary comparing Memphis and Nashville recording styles. \n 
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/mellotron-variations-pt-1/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts Galleries\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
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SUMMARY:Mellotron Variations
DESCRIPTION:Multi-day festival featuring original musical compositions for the mellotron performed live alongside newly created multidisciplinary installations. \nSponsored in part by the National Endowment for the Arts \nPt. 1\nWednesday\, April 18\, 7 pm\nNew work for the mellotron by composer Robert G. Patterson\, performed by members of the Memphis Symphony Orchestra. A documentary featuring keyboardist Audie Smith. Performance by Ross Rice collaborating with the New Ballet Ensemble. \nFree | Open to the public \n\nPt. 2\nSaturday\, April 21\, 7:30 pm\nPerformance of new works and collaborations for the mellotron by Robby Grant\, Jonathan Kirkscey\, John Medeski\, and Pat Sansone. Projections by Winston Eggleston and John Markham. \nFree | Open to the public\nDoors 7:30 pm | Concert 8 pm \n\nPt. 3\nSunday\, April 22\, 12:30 pm\nReprise brunch featuring a performance of various acts from Part 1 of Mellotron Variations. Q&A sessions with performers from parts 1 and 2. \nLight refreshments will be served.\nFree | Open to the public\nDoors 12:30 pm | Performance 1 pm \n\n\n			\n				\n			\n			\n				\n			\n			\n				\n			\n			\n				\n			\n			\n				\n			\n			\n				\n			\n			\n				\n			\n			\n				\n			\n			\n				\n			\n			\n				\n			\n			\n				\n			\n			\n				\n			\n			\n				\n			\n			\n				\n			\n		\n\n\n\nAbout the artists: \nRobby Grant is a songwriter\, performer\, and producer who has recorded and released records over the past 15 years under both his name and the moniker Vending Machine. He spent the 1990s co-fronting and touring the country with Big Ass Truck and currently plays with the garage pop group Mouserocket. \nJonathan Kirkscey is a composer\, cellist\, and producer who performs regularly with the Memphis Symphony Orchestra and Mouserocket\, and is a co-founder of Blueshift Ensemble\, a contemporary classical chamber ensemble. As a film composer\, Jonathan has scored several award-winning documentaries including Best of Enemies\, directed by Morgan Neville\, and Won’t You Be My Neighbor\, a film about Fred Rogers which premieres in January 2018 at the Sundance film festival. \nWinston Eggleston is a woodworker and avid collector of Mellotrons (he recently built one from scratch). \nJohn Markham is a videographer and collaborates with the experimental group >mancontrol<. Together they created the oil-based light show that accompanied 2015’s Duets for Mellotron performance. \nPat Sansone is a multi-instrumentalist (guitar\, keyboard\, percussion\, harpsichord) from the bands Wilco and The Autumn Defense. \nJohn Medeski is an American jazz keyboard player and composer. Medeski is a veteran of New York’s 1990s avant-garde jazz scene and is known popularly as a member of Medeski Martin & Wood. \nRobert G. Patterson is a resident composer with the Luna Nova Ensemble. Recent accomplishments include commissions from Opera Memphis\, the One Coin Concert series in Osaka\, Japan\, and First Prize in the NATS Art Song Composition Award. In addition to his musical activities\, Patterson also has been a professional software developer\, and his interest in computers led him to become an expert in musical engraving using a computer. \nNew Ballet Ensemble and School is a thriving after school dance program in the heart of Midtown Memphis\, founded in 2001. Dancers from all over the Mid-South fill their studios six days a week\, training and exploring cultural forms of dance alongside a strong classical ballet curriculum. New Ballet Ensemble was awarded the National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Award in 2014\, recognizing the country’s best creative youth development programs for using engagement in the arts and the humanities to increase self-direction\, academic achievement\, graduation rates\, and college enrollment. \n\n\nRoss Rice might be best known as the lead singer/writer/keyboardist for Human Radio\, who hit Billboard Top Forty in 1990 with “Me & Elvis” (Columbia)\, but has also appeared frequently on Memphis stages with Big Ass Truck\, The Coolers\, Riverbluff Clan\, The Mudflaps\, and Ross Rice Group. Rice has produced\, toured\, and recorded with Peter Frampton\, George Clinton\, Todd Snider\, Adrian Belew\, Stephen Perkins (Janes Addiction)\, and Susannah Hoffs (Bangles)\, to name but a few. Presently residing in Murfreesboro\, Rice is enrolled in the MFA program in Recording Arts at MTSU\, and is working on a documentary comparing Memphis and Nashville recording styles.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/mellotron-variations/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts Galleries\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Gallery
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SUMMARY:Sound Observations: Tara Rodgers
DESCRIPTION:A musical performance and lecture series presented by Sonosphere in collaboration with Crosstown Arts \nJoin us on Saturday\, March 31 for a performance and artist talk by Tara Rodgers (Analog Tara)\, a multi-instrumentalist composer and historian of electronic music and sound who produces techno tracks using analog sound sources. \n\nArtist Talk\nCrosstown Concourse Theater Stair\nNoon | free and open to the public | light refreshments \nPerformance\nCrosstown Arts East Atrium\nDoors at 7:30 pm | show at 8 pm\n$12 tickets (purchase on Eventbrite) \n\nAbout Sound Observations:\nIn this four-part series highlighting new explorations in sound\, musicians\, composers\, and scholars from across the country will showcase their unique talents through performances and lectures. Listen and experience sound as art through a variety of different approaches and mediums.  \n\nAbout the artist:\nTara Rodgers (Analog Tara) is a multi-instrumentalist composer and historian of electronic music and sound\, originally from upstate New York and now based in the Washington\, DC area.  \nShe earned an MFA in Electronic Music & Recording Media at Mills College and a PhD in Communication Studies at McGill University. Her work has been presented at the Tate Modern (London)\, the Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art (Toronto)\, Eyebeam (NYC)\, on the Le Tigre Remix album\, and in many other forums.  \nShe is the author of numerous essays on music\, technology\, and culture\, and of Pink Noises: Women on Electronic Music and Sound (Duke University Press\, 2010)\, a collection of interviews that received the 2011 Pauline Alderman Book Award from the International Alliance for Women in Music.  \nShe has taught at Dartmouth College\, the University of Maryland\, and the School of the Museum of Fine Arts\, Boston\, and has served on the editorial boards of Leonardo Music Journal and Women & Music. \n\nAbout Sonosphere:\nSonosphere is a Memphis-based podcast aimed at exploring sound in music and art movements through history and today. Past podcasts have featured ICEBERG New Music Collective\, John Cage\, Martin Heyne\, and Memphis Concrete\, among other artists and music events. \n 
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/sound-observations-tara-rodgers/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts Galleries\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Gallery
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SUMMARY:Young Collectors Contemporary
DESCRIPTION:Young Arts Patrons is pleased to present Young Collectors Contemporary\, a four-day art experience. \nPart exhibition/part immersive professional development seminar/part contemporary arts conference\, Young Collectors Contemporary is a cutting-edge art fair that is multidisciplinary in scope. The goal is to expand the spectrum of emerging artists to new and existing collectors to support the arts economy. \nThe exhibition that goes along with the conference will remain on view at Crosstown Arts through April 28. After the ticketed events\, the exhibition will be free and open to the public. \nPurchase tickets | See the schedule \n\nArtists include Kid Bazzle\, Elliot Jerome Brown\, Zhiwan Cheung\, Sean G. Clark\, Jennifer Crescuillo\, Doughjoe\, Meredith Edmondson\, Jodi Hayes\, Leanna Hicks\, Desmond Lewis\, Tiff Massey\, Lena Murrell\, Dawn Okoro\, Daniel Peterson\, Diedra Pigues\, Kristin Rambo\, Nate Renner\, Robert Schoolfield\, Emile Stark-Menneg\, Anna Wehrwein\, and Christina Wiggins. \nSpeakers include Daniel Peterson\, Troy Wiggins\, Rog & Bee Walker\, Lauren Rossi\, Norf Artist Collective\, Darren Isom\, Cameron Hamilton\, Dr. Patricia Daigle\, Tami Sawyer\, and Cezanne Charles. More to be announced. \n\nConference events:\nThursday\, March 22\nArt Collector Bus Tour 5:30 P.M. \nFriday\, March 23\nArtists Workshops**  10:00 A.M – 3:00 P.M.\nOpening Night Party** 7:00 P.M. \nSaturday\, March 24\nConversations Series** 10:00 A.M \nSunday\, March 25\nYoga** 10:00 A.M\n \n*All events require a ticket that can be purchased at bit.ly/YCC2018 \n**Event will take place at Crosstown Arts \n\nLearn more\nPurchase tickets
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/young-collectors-contemporary/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, West Gallery\, Crosstown Concourse\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
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SUMMARY:Ernest Withers: Goodnight My Love — Opening Reception
DESCRIPTION:An exhibition of photographs from the Ernest Withers collection\, including works from Dr. Withers’ vast archive of more than one million negatives that have never been seen by the public. \nOn view: March 17-May 13 \n\nAbout the artist:\nErnest Columbus Withers (1922-2007) was a freelance photojournalist in Memphis\, Tennessee and captured nearly 60 years of cultural history.  \nBorn and raised in Memphis to Arthur and Pearl Withers\, Ernest was the fifth of six children. Ernest Withers’ love of photography was sparked when he received his first camera\, a hand-me-down gift from his sister when he was a young boy. When Withers enlisted in the army in 1942\, he was trained as a military photographer and learned darkroom development while serving in the South Pacific during World War II. \n After returning home to Memphis\, Withers was one of the first nine African Americans appointed to the Memphis Police Department and was given a beat right on Beale Street. While working as a police officer\, Withers continued to pursue his career as a photographer and in the 1950s\, he helped spur the movement for equal rights with a self-published photo pamphlet on the Emmitt Till murder and trial. Unfortunately\, Withers’ popularity as a photographer compromised his position as a police officer and eventually led to him leaving the Memphis Police Department. \nWithers’ collection includes pictures of early performances of Elvis Presley\, B.B. King\, Ike and Tina Turner\, Ray Charles\, Aretha Franklin\, Isaac Hayes\, Howlin’ Wolf\, and the list goes on and on. Many locals knew of Ernest Withers as “The Picture Taker” because he never went anywhere without his camera. He photographed the day to day life\, backyard get-togethers\, family reunions\, weddings\, proms\, and much more. \nIn his more than 60-year career\, Withers accumulated a collection of an estimated 1.8 million photographs; his works appeared in The New York Times\, The Washington Post\, The TriState Defender\, the Pittsburgh Courier\, Jet\, Ebony\, Newsweek\, Life\, People\, and Time\, and have been featured in touring exhibits and shows around the world. The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington D.C. currently displays over 30 of Ernest C. Withers’ images.  \nFor his life’s work\, Withers was elected to the Black Press Hall of Fame and received an honorary doctorate from the Massachusetts College of Art. Withers had nine children and married his high school sweetheart\, Dorothy Curry. Ernest C. Withers passed away on Monday\, October 15\, 2007\, at the age of eighty-five. You can see his work at The Withers Collection Museum and Gallery in Memphis at 333 Beale Street.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/ernest-withers-goodnight-my-love-opening-reception/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, East Gallery\, Crosstown Concourse\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
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SUMMARY:Ernest Withers: Goodnight My Love
DESCRIPTION:An exhibition of photographs from the Ernest Withers collection\, including works from Dr. Withers’ vast archive of more than one million negatives that have never been seen by the public. \nOn view: March 17-May 13\nOpening reception: Saturday\, March 17\, 6-8 pm \n\nAbout the artist:\nErnest Columbus Withers (1922-2007) was a freelance photojournalist in Memphis\, Tennessee and captured nearly 60 years of cultural history.  \nBorn and raised in Memphis to Arthur and Pearl Withers\, Ernest was the fifth of six children. Ernest Withers’ love of photography was sparked when he received his first camera\, a hand-me-down gift from his sister when he was a young boy. When Withers enlisted in the army in 1942\, he was trained as a military photographer and learned darkroom development while serving in the South Pacific during World War II. \n After returning home to Memphis\, Withers was one of the first nine African Americans appointed to the Memphis Police Department and was given a beat right on Beale Street. While working as a police officer\, Withers continued to pursue his career as a photographer and in the 1950s\, he helped spur the movement for equal rights with a self-published photo pamphlet on the Emmitt Till murder and trial. Unfortunately\, Withers’ popularity as a photographer compromised his position as a police officer and eventually led to him leaving the Memphis Police Department. \nWithers’ collection includes pictures of early performances of Elvis Presley\, B.B. King\, Ike and Tina Turner\, Ray Charles\, Aretha Franklin\, Isaac Hayes\, Howlin’ Wolf\, and the list goes on and on. Many locals knew of Ernest Withers as “The Picture Taker” because he never went anywhere without his camera. He photographed the day to day life\, backyard get-togethers\, family reunions\, weddings\, proms\, and much more. \nIn his more than 60-year career\, Withers accumulated a collection of an estimated 1.8 million photographs; his works appeared in The New York Times\, The Washington Post\, The TriState Defender\, the Pittsburgh Courier\, Jet\, Ebony\, Newsweek\, Life\, People\, and Time\, and have been featured in touring exhibits and shows around the world. The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington D.C. currently displays over 30 of Ernest C. Withers’ images.  \nFor his life’s work\, Withers was elected to the Black Press Hall of Fame and received an honorary doctorate from the Massachusetts College of Art. Withers had nine children and married his high school sweetheart\, Dorothy Curry. Ernest C. Withers passed away on Monday\, October 15\, 2007\, at the age of eighty-five. You can see his work at The Withers Collection Museum and Gallery in Memphis at 333 Beale Street.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/goodnight-my-love/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, East Gallery\, Crosstown Concourse\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
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SUMMARY:The Music of John Coltrane
DESCRIPTION:Tickets $15 (purchase on Eventbrite)\nDoors at 6:30 pm | performance at 7 pm \nJazz tribute to the music of John Coltrane featuring Art Edmaiston (saxophones)\, Tim Goodwin (acoustic bass)\, Gerald Stephens (piano)\, Logan Hanna (guitar)\, and Chad Anderson (drums). \nThe Crosstown Jazz Series\, presented by Strictly Jazz Entertainment in collaboration with Crosstown Arts\, is designed to salute classic jazz music as contemporary musicians perform the work of the legends. \nJohn William Coltrane was an American jazz saxophonist and composer. Working in the bebop and hard bop idioms early in his career\, Coltrane helped pioneer the use of modes in jazz and was later at the forefront of free jazz. He led at least fifty recording sessions during his career and appeared as a sideman on many albums by other musicians\, including trumpeter Miles Davis and pianist Thelonious Monk. \n \n\nAbout Arthur Edmaiston:\nSaxophonist Arthur Edmaiston was raised in the small town of Troy in Northwest Tennessee but came to Memphis to pursue a degree in Jazz Performance in 1990 and has called the Bluff City home since then. \nEarly in his search for musical information\, Art found a mentor in the great Lannie McMillan who offered guidance on stage and off for the budding saxophonist. Allen Rippe\, professor of saxophone at the University of Memphis\, also led Edmaiston toward higher levels of achievement through his masterful tutelage. \nCountless hours of practicing and late nights jamming with the finest musicians in Memphis and around the world has brought Edmaiston to where he is today; a Grammy-nominated\, seasoned professional of stage and studio with no sign of slowing down. \nOver the years\, Art has played for hundreds of thousands of tourists on world-famous Beale Street\, as well as having recorded and toured internationally with such artists as Gregg Allman\, Bobby “Blue” Bland\, JJ Grey & MOFRO\, and the International Jazz Master Dee Dee Bridgewater. New recording projects are due for release in 2018 with a varying array of artists: John Paul Keith\, the Love Light Orchestra\, Marcella & Her Lovers\, Scott Thompson’s Rescue Animals\, among others. \nEdmaiston has established himself as a leader in music in Memphis and is grateful to be sharing his gift with all who will listen. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Strictly Jazz Entertainment:\nStrictly Jazz Entertainment is committed to cultivating a growing community in the knowledge and appreciation of jazz. We facilitate dialogue and collaboration between the devoted supporters of jazz and the brand new constituents – those new to the genre – for the furthering of the jazz community. We provide a bridge between leading artists and a community that typically does not embrace jazz by promoting concerts in various venues to generate an atmosphere that is viable for the absorption of pure jazz.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/the-music-of-john-coltrane/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts Galleries\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
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SUMMARY:Artist Talk: Pam McDonnell
DESCRIPTION:Pam McDonnell discusses her work in “Material Equivalence.” \nOn view through March 11 \n\nArtist Statement:\nMaterial Equivalence is my exploration of the Spanish term “duende.” It describes the wordless reaction a person feels from experiencing the output of another person’s creativity. It can be seen in work that has a certain quality of passion and inspiration. Work with duende is said to have a soul\, be highly expressive\, and authentic. \nIn making this body of work\, I tried not to focus on whether a certain piece exhibited this\nheightened state of emotion because I wanted to leave that determination to the viewer. Instead\, I practiced noticing and trusting when I felt expressive and authentic and staying grounded in the assurance that the work was\, in a sense\, “making itself.” \nThis exhibition is titled “Material Equivalence” after a philosophical formula that sets out to prove an “if and only if” relationship. Here\, it would state that “the work has duende\, if\, and only if\, the viewer experiences the work as work with a soul and finds it full of passion and inspiration.” \n\nAbout the Artist:\nPam McDonnell earned her BFA from University of Memphis in 2005 and has exhibited her work at a number of local galleries and studios\, including David Lusk Gallery and Flicker Street Studio. Her work is displayed in public collections at Iberia Bank\, West Cancer Center\, and Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/artist-talk-pam-mcdonnell/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts Galleries\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
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SUMMARY:Artist Talks: Terri Phillips & Emily C. Thomas
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts resident artists Terri Phillips and Emily C. Thomas will discuss their work currently on view in “Don’t Look for My Heart” (West Gallery) and “Imprismed” (East Gallery)\, respectively. Terri’s exhibition is on view through March 11. Emily’s exhibition will remain on view through March 8. \n\nAbout Terri Phillips:\nPhillips draws from a multiplicity of artistic traditions\, including sculpture\, performance\, film\, installation\, sound\, and photography. Her work incorporates humble materials and everyday objects to create scenes of magic realism based on an abstracted narrative of the artist’s history. Phillips choses materials based on their tactile and sensual qualities to provoke intuitive responses that include the viewer in completing the process of the narrative. Together these elements transform the experience with the intimacy of memory and the subconscious. She returns to Memphis after completing her education at California Institute of the Arts\, Beaux-Arts\, and Pepperdine University and has exhibited and curated internationally. \nAbout Emily C. Thomas:\nBorn and raised in Memphis\, Tennessee\, Emily C. Thomas is an interdisciplinary\, project-based artist who has lived and worked in New York\, Los Angeles\, Santa Barbara\, Memphis\, and Amsterdam\, The Netherlands. She received a BFA from NYU in 2009 and a MFA from UC Santa Barbara in 2015. \nThomas’ practice is a holistic response to the fragmentation of consciousness\, resulting from institutionalized segregation of knowledge and the classification of individuals into cultural\, social\, gender\, and human vs. nonhuman roles. Acting as a medium\, she conjures visions of trans-rational and transpersonal realms that dissolve divisions within consciousness. \nShe materializes these visionary states through installation\, animation\, film\, sculpture\, painting\, and sound to fabricate self-reflecting worlds of initiatory experience. As cognizant of the digital as she is of the archaic (a time when the disciplines of philosophy\, science\, religion\, magic\, and art were one unified field of exploration)\, her work often juxtaposes the concepts of Enlightenment within Eastern and New Age spiritual practices and The Scientific Revolution’s Age of Enlightenment that developed within 18th-century Europe. \nHer imagery frequently alludes to the practice of observing color\, light\, and darkness as a way to gain insight into the spiritual and scientific nature of reality. Her work is created by equal parts research\, imagination\, and hands-on experimentation with materials and technology. The result is an aesthetic that embraces elements of the handmade alongside digital and obsolete technologies.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/artist-talks-terri-phillips-emily-c-thomas/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts Galleries\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
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SUMMARY:Artist Talk: Elizabeth Alley
DESCRIPTION:Elizabeth Alley discusses her work in “Two Stories of Iceland\,” a narrative exploration of Icelandic stories and landscape in small paintings and drawings. \nOn view: January 26-March 11 \n\nArtist Statement:\nIceland is dramatic and magical\, with mountains\, lava fields\, the original geyser\, visible tectonic plates\, and rivers that dramatically cut through the landscape and produce giant waterfalls that look like they drop into the abyss. Just looking at the rocks covered with moss\, or the lupin flowers creating an intricate pattern\, or the steam venting out of hot springs in the distance makes you feel like you are in a magical story. The people are lovely with a dry and dark sense of humor and a deep belief in spirits\, which is fitting for a place where the landscape feels like a presence. \nTwo Stories of Iceland is a narrative exploration of stories of Iceland in small paintings and drawings. In one series\, a true story about a young woman who disappeared\, plays out in small ink drawings that tell the story of the ensuing search\, investigation\, and the impact this event had on the community. Another series is of a trip I took to Iceland in 2015 with my best friend\, who is Icelandic\, and our families. As I tell the story of the trip in small paintings and drawings\, I re-live the trip obsessively. \nTelling these stories through sketching and painting keeps me connected to the experience and to this place that now lives in my heart. \n\nAbout the Artist:\nElizabeth Alley was born in Memphis\, Tennessee\, and has a Bachelor of Fine Arts in painting from the University of Memphis. In addition to making paintings and filling up sketchbooks\, she teaches at Flicker Street Studio and organizes Memphis Urban Sketchers. Since 1999\, she has organized\, curated\, produced\, and participated in 32 solo and group shows. \nShe spent over 11 years in public art administration\, two years in the roller derby\, served as president of Urban Sketchers\, and by day works as a technical communicator with a flair for project management. Other interests include reading\, traveling\, making lists\, and staring out the window.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/artist-talk-elizabeth-alley/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts Galleries\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
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SUMMARY:Kevin Brooks: Bonfire
DESCRIPTION:Screening of Bonfire — A meditative piece on the nature of love and heartbreak from Director Kevin Brooks.\nStarring Kevin Brooks\, Jasmine Settles\, and Fred Jones.\n12 minutes
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/kevin-brooks-bonfire/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, Screening Room\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
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SUMMARY:SOLD OUT - The Music of Ella Fitzgerald
DESCRIPTION:THIS EVENT HAS SOLD OUT. Please check back soon for info on the March Crosstown Jazz Series performance. \nTickets – $15 (purchase on Eventbrite) \nJazz tribute to the music of Ella Fitzgerald featuring Jiana Hunter (vocals)\, Alvie Givhan (piano)\, Sylvester Sample (acoustic bass)\, Kelvin Walters (alto saxophone)\, and James Sexton (drums). \nThe Crosstown Jazz Series\, presented by Strictly Jazz Entertainment in collaboration with Crosstown Arts\, is designed to salute classic jazz music as contemporary musicians perform the work of the legends. \nDubbed “The First Lady of Song\,” Ella Fitzgerald was the most popular female jazz singer in the United States for more than half a century. In her lifetime\, she won 13 Grammy awards and sold over 40 million albums. Her voice was flexible\, wide-ranging\, accurate and ageless. She could sing sultry ballads\, sweet jazz and imitate every instrument in an orchestra. \nDoors at 6:30 pm | performance at 7 pm \n\n \nAbout Jiana Hunter:\nJiana Hunter received her Bachelor of Music Education degree from Kentucky State University and a Master of Music degree in Jazz Studies Performance (Voice) from Western Michigan University. Having journeyed from Motown to the Memphis by way of Cincinnati\, Ohio\, Jiana has been a music educator and presenter for Music Educator Association Conferences in Ohio\, Michigan and Tennessee. Special topics include: artistry\, genre authenticity\, vocal health and state presence. \nJiana served as the Vocal Division Head of Visible Music College\, Professor of Vocal Jazz at\nOakland University\, Jazz Voice instructor for Arts League of Michigan and master class\npresenter at Middle Tennessee State University hosted by Dr. Cedric Dent. (Take 6) Jiana has also taught choral and/or vocal jazz for the dynamic\, community and student-centered program of Stax Music Academy\, Shelby County Schools and St. Georges Independent Schools. \nActive in the music community\, Jiana can be found singing lead and backing vocalist in the\ngenres of Pop\, Soul\, Jazz\, Gospel/Praise and Worship and Gospel Jazz. Locally\, Jiana has\nperformed alongside of Steve Lee\, Prime Cut Band and Bamboo Forest in addition to various sponsored events by Memphis Music Commission\, Dizzy Bird Jazz Lounge and national corporations. \nJiana has performed with notable musical imprints such as Darmon Meader\, Billy Hart\, Bobby McFerrin\, Pastor Marvin L. Winans (Perfecting Church)\, Michael F. Mack\, Dorinda Clark Cole\, Jonathan Dunn\, Tamela Mann\, Donnie McClurkin\, Donald Lawrence\, Phil Perry\, Maysa\, Anthony Hamilton\, Eric Roberson and KEM. \nMs. Hunter is an active songwriter and arranger. Her arrangements have been performed and/or recorded with students from Gold Company (WMU)\, The School for Creative and Performing Arts\, (Cinti\, Ohio) Marvin L. Winans Academy of Performing Arts (Detroit\, Mi) and Stax Music Academy. \nJiana released her first Gospel Jazz single “True Love” (on a digital media outlets) from her\nupcoming debut album “For You.” \n\nAbout Strictly Jazz Entertainment:\nStrictly Jazz Entertainment is committed to cultivating a growing community in the knowledge and appreciation of jazz. We facilitate dialogue and collaboration between the devoted supporters of jazz and the brand new constituents – those new to the genre – for the furthering of the jazz community. We provide a bridge between leading artists and a community that typically does not embrace jazz by promoting concerts in various venues to generate an atmosphere that is viable for the absorption of pure jazz.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/the-music-of-ella-fitzgerald/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts Galleries\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
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SUMMARY:The Music of Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers: The Early Years
DESCRIPTION:THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT. Please check back soon for details on the next Crosstown Jazz Series performance \n\nJazz performance featuring Stephen Lee (piano)\, Sal Crocker (tenor saxophone)\, Johnny Yancey (trumpet)\, John Birdsong (acoustic bass)\, and Renardo Ward (drums). \nThe Crosstown Jazz Series\, presented by Strictly Jazz Entertainment in collaboration with Crosstown Arts\, is designed to salute classic jazz music as contemporary musicians perform the work of the legends. \nThe Jazz Messengers were an influential jazz combo that existed for over thirty-five years beginning in the early 1950s as a collective\, and ending when long-time leader and founding drummer Art Blakey died in 1990. Blakey led or co-led the group from the outset.  “Art Blakey” and “Jazz Messengers” became synonymous over the years\, though Blakey did lead non-Messenger recording sessions and played as a sideman for other groups throughout his career. \nDoors at 6:30 pm | performance at 7 pm\nComplimentary beverages
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/the-music-of-art-blakey-the-jazz-messengers-the-early-years/
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SUMMARY:Don't Look for My Heart: Opening Reception
DESCRIPTION:New work by Terri Phillips — a canopy of black garments that loom over a pond of demolished confections\, evoking a scene of quiet despair and a state of ruin. \nArtist Statement:\nTerri Phillips draws from a multiplicity of artistic traditions\, including sculpture\, performance\, film\, installation\, sound\, and photography. Her work incorporates humble materials and everyday objects to create scenes of magic realism based on an abstracted narrative of the artist’s history. Phillips chooses materials based on their tactile and sensual qualities to provoke intuitive responses that include the viewer in completing the process of the narrative. Together these elements transform the experience with the intimacy of memory and the subconscious. \nAbout the Artist:\nPhillips returns to Memphis after completing her education at California Institute of the Arts\, Beaux-Arts\, and Pepperdine University. She has been an adjunct art instructor at Memphis College of Art and University of Memphis for the past several years and has exhibited and curated internationally
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/dont-look-for-my-heart-opening-reception/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, West Gallery\, Crosstown Concourse\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
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SUMMARY:Material Equivalence: Opening Reception
DESCRIPTION:New work by Memphis-based artist Pam McDonnell \nOn view: January 26-March 11\nOpening reception:  Friday\, January 26\, 6-8 pm \n\nArtist Statement:\nMaterial Equivalence is my exploration of the Spanish term “duende.” It describes the wordless reaction a person feels from experiencing the output of another person’s creativity. It can be seen in work that has a certain quality of passion and inspiration. Work with duende is said to have a soul\, be highly expressive\, and authentic. \nIn making this body of work\, I tried not to focus on whether a certain piece exhibited this\nheightened state of emotion because I wanted to leave that determination to the viewer. Instead\, I practiced noticing and trusting when I felt expressive and authentic and staying grounded in the assurance that the work was\, in a sense\, “making itself.” \nThis exhibition is titled “Material Equivalence” after a philosophical formula that sets out to prove an “if and only if” relationship. Here\, it would state that “the work has duende\, if\, and only if\, the viewer experiences the work as work with a soul and finds it full of passion and inspiration.” \n\nAbout the Artist:\nPam McDonnell earned her BFA from University of Memphis in 2005 and has exhibited her work at a number of local galleries and studios\, including David Lusk Gallery and Flicker Street Studio. Her work is displayed in public collections at Iberia Bank\, West Cancer Center\, and Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital. \n 
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/pam-mcdonnell-material-equivalence/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, East Gallery\, Crosstown Concourse\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Gallery
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SUMMARY:Two Stories of Iceland: Opening Reception
DESCRIPTION:A narrative exploration of Icelandic stories and landscape in small paintings and drawings by Elizabeth Alley. \nOn view: January 26-March 11\nOpening reception: Friday\, January 26\, 6-8 pm \n\nArtist Statement:\nIceland is dramatic and magical\, with mountains\, lava fields\, the original geyser\, visible tectonic plates\, and rivers that dramatically cut through the landscape and produce giant waterfalls that look like they drop into the abyss. Just looking at the rocks covered with moss\, or the lupin flowers creating an intricate pattern\, or the steam venting out of hot springs in the distance makes you feel like you are in a magical story. The people are lovely with a dry and dark sense of humor and a deep belief in spirits\, which is fitting for a place where the landscape feels like a presence. \nTwo Stories of Iceland is a narrative exploration of stories of Iceland in small paintings and drawings. In one series\, a true story about a young woman who disappeared\, plays out in small ink drawings that tell the story of the ensuing search\, investigation\, and the impact this event had on the community. Another series is of a trip I took to Iceland in 2015 with my best friend\, who is Icelandic\, and our families. As I tell the story of the trip in small paintings and drawings\, I re-live the trip obsessively. \nTelling these stories through sketching and painting keeps me connected to the experience and to this place that now lives in my heart. \n\nAbout the artist:\nElizabeth Alley was born in Memphis\, Tennessee\, and has a Bachelor of Fine Arts in painting from the University of Memphis. In addition to making paintings and filling up sketchbooks\, she teaches at Flicker Street Studio and organizes Memphis Urban Sketchers. Since 1999\, she has organized\, curated\, produced\, and participated in 32 solo and group shows. \nShe spent over 11 years in public art administration\, two years in the roller derby\, served as president of Urban Sketchers\, and by day works as a technical communicator with a flair for project management. Other interests include reading\, traveling\, making lists\, and staring out the window.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/two-stories-of-iceland-opening-reception/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, East Gallery\, Crosstown Concourse\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
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SUMMARY:Imprismed: Opening Reception
DESCRIPTION:An exhibition of paintings\, sculpture\, and digital objects that constructs a dialectic between the repression and cultivation of psycho-sexual energies through the ages. \nOn view: January 26-March 11\nOpening reception: Friday\, January 26\, 6-8 pm \n\n“The most perfect medium would be an invisible one.” — Terence McKenna \nImagine walking into a gallery space and telepathically downloading a mirage of visions\, ideas\, and living information. IMPRISMED proposes to explore the unconscious infrastructures that inform our perceptions within the lineage of visionary thinkers and cultural commentators such as Marshall McLuhan. \nDuring the 1960s\, McLuhan became a leading intellectual\, initiating the emerging field of Media studies. He coined revolutionary maxims such as “the medium is the message\,” and even predicted the internet nearly 30 years before its invention. This show contains paintings\, sounds\, sculpture and digital objects made of light — a full range of materials dating back through humanity’s most historic to most recent artistic innovations — all  of which attempt to nurture an awareness of how the medium defines their meaning. \nHuman history contains many examples of the use of torture devices on individuals in order to extract information or force confessions\, such as their use during the Salem Witch Trials and Spanish Inquisition. Back in the 1800s\, Native American peoples were wary of their souls being captured if they allowed themselves to be the subject of a photographs\, as if the spirit might become locked into the material density of film. McLuhan also warned against such phenomena when he said\, “The more data banks record about us\, the less we exist.” \nIn our time\, we willingly use internet search engines and other digital platforms such as Facebook that extract our personal information and archive it within a massive database. One use for this pooling of data is for the creation of A.I. or artificial intelligence. Coincidentally\, the National Security Agency’s (NSA) surveillance operation which collects data through major internet platforms\, such as Yahoo\, Google\, Facebook\, Microsoft\, YouTube\, Skype\, and Apple\, is referred to under the code name PRISM. If mediums themselves are the crystalized remains of our communicative processes\, does the accumulation of data put the human spirit at risk for eternal imprisonment within the material realm? \nThe crystalline mineral structure is also capable of producing electricity and sending signals. Digital and nanotechnologies depend upon crystals to control the operations of their systems. Quartz watches\, computers\, cell phones\, solar panels\, and liquid crystal displays (LCD) contain a matrix of crystalline technology. Within a spiritual context\, many New Age syncretic religions also utilize the energetic qualities of crystals and mineral formations within the ritual setting. In this context\, crystals and minerals act as catalysts for the transformation of psycho-sexual energies. \nPart visual boot camp\, part torture dungeon and New Age sanctuary\, IMPRISMED constructs a dialectic between the repression and cultivation of psycho-sexual energies through the ages. \n  \n\nAbout the Artist:\nBorn and raised in Memphis\, Tennessee\, Emily C. Thomas is an interdisciplinary\, project-based artist who has lived and worked in New York\, Los Angeles\, Santa Barbara\, Memphis\, and Amsterdam\, The Netherlands. She received a BFA from NYU in 2009 and a MFA from UC Santa Barbara in 2015. \nThomas’ practice is a holistic response to the fragmentation of consciousness\, resulting from institutionalized segregation of knowledge and the classification of individuals into cultural\, social\, gender\, and human vs. nonhuman roles. Acting as a medium\, she conjures visions of trans-rational and transpersonal realms that dissolve divisions within consciousness. \nShe materializes these visionary states through installation\, animation\, film\, sculpture\, painting\, and sound to fabricate self-reflecting worlds of initiatory experience. As cognizant of the digital as she is of the archaic (a time when the disciplines of philosophy\, science\, religion\, magic\, and art were one unified field of exploration)\, her work often juxtaposes the concepts of Enlightenment within Eastern and New Age spiritual practices and The Scientific Revolution’s Age of Enlightenment that developed within 18th-century Europe. \nHer imagery frequently alludes to the practice of observing color\, light\, and darkness as a way to gain insight into the spiritual and scientific nature of reality. Her work is created by equal parts research\, imagination\, and hands-on experimentation with materials and technology. The result is an aesthetic that embraces elements of the handmade alongside digital and obsolete technologies.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/imprismed-opening-reception/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, West Gallery\, Crosstown Concourse\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Gallery
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SUMMARY:Terri Phillips: Don't Look for My Heart
DESCRIPTION:On view through March 11\nOpening reception: Friday\, Jan. 26\, 6-8 pm \nGallery hours:\nTuesday-Friday\, 10 am-8 pm\nSaturday\, 10 am-6 pm\nSunday\, noon-6 pm \nA canopy of black garments that loom over a pond of demolished confections\, evoking a scene of quiet despair and a state of ruin. \nArtist Statement:\nTerri Phillips draws from a multiplicity of artistic traditions\, including sculpture\, performance\, film\, installation\, sound\, and photography. Her work incorporates humble materials and everyday objects to create scenes of magic realism based on an abstracted narrative of the artist’s history. Phillips chooses materials based on their tactile and sensual qualities to provoke intuitive responses that include the viewer in completing the process of the narrative. Together these elements transform the experience with the intimacy of memory and the subconscious. \nAbout the Artist:\nPhillips returns to Memphis after completing her education at California Institute of the Arts\, Beaux-Arts\, and Pepperdine University. She has been an adjunct art instructor at Memphis College of Art and University of Memphis for the past several years and has exhibited and curated internationally
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/terri-phillips-dont-look-for-my-heart/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, West Gallery\, Crosstown Concourse\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
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SUMMARY:Pam McDonnell: Material Equivalence
DESCRIPTION:New work by Memphis-based artist Pam McDonnell\nCurated by Anna Wunderlich\n \nOn view: January 26-March 11\nOpening reception:  Friday\, January 26\, 6-8 pm \nGallery hours:\nTuesday-Friday\, 10 am-8 pm\nSaturday\, 10 am-6 pm\nSunday\, noon-6 pm \n\nArtist Statement:\nMaterial Equivalence is my exploration of the Spanish term “duende.” It describes the wordless reaction a person feels from experiencing the output of another person’s creativity. It can be seen in work that has a certain quality of passion and inspiration. Work with duende is said to have a soul\, be highly expressive\, and authentic. \nIn making this body of work\, I tried not to focus on whether a certain piece exhibited this\nheightened state of emotion because I wanted to leave that determination to the viewer. Instead\, I practiced noticing and trusting when I felt expressive and authentic and staying grounded in the assurance that the work was\, in a sense\, “making itself.” \nThis exhibition is titled “Material Equivalence” after a philosophical formula that sets out to prove an “if and only if” relationship. Here\, it would state that “the work has duende\, if\, and only if\, the viewer experiences the work as work with a soul and finds it full of passion and inspiration.” \n\nAbout the Artist:\nPam McDonnell earned her BFA from University of Memphis in 2005 and has exhibited her work at a number of local galleries and studios\, including David Lusk Gallery and Flicker Street Studio. Her work is displayed in public collections at Iberia Bank\, West Cancer Center\, and Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital. \nContact information for Anna Wunderlich:\nwunderlichart@gmail.com\n901-230-7171
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/pam-mcdonnell-material-equivalence-2/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, East Gallery\, Crosstown Concourse\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Gallery
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SUMMARY:Elizabeth Alley: Two Stories of Iceland
DESCRIPTION:A narrative exploration of Icelandic stories and landscape in small paintings and drawings by Elizabeth Alley. \nOn view: January 26-March 11\nOpening reception: Friday\, January 26\, 6-8 pm \nGallery hours:\nTuesday-Friday\, 10 am-8 pm\nSaturday\, 10 am-6 pm\nSunday\, noon-6 pm \n\nArtist Statement:\nIceland is dramatic and magical\, with mountains\, lava fields\, the original geyser\, visible tectonic plates\, and rivers that dramatically cut through the landscape and produce giant waterfalls that look like they drop into the abyss. Just looking at the rocks covered with moss\, or the lupin flowers creating an intricate pattern\, or the steam venting out of hot springs in the distance makes you feel like you are in a magical story. The people are lovely with a dry and dark sense of humor and a deep belief in spirits\, which is fitting for a place where the landscape feels like a presence. \nTwo Stories of Iceland is a narrative exploration of stories of Iceland in small paintings and drawings. In one series\, a true story about a young woman who disappeared\, plays out in small ink drawings that tell the story of the ensuing search\, investigation\, and the impact this event had on the community. Another series is of a trip I took to Iceland in 2015 with my best friend\, who is Icelandic\, and our families. As I tell the story of the trip in small paintings and drawings\, I re-live the trip obsessively.  \nTelling these stories through sketching and painting keeps me connected to the experience and to this place that now lives in my heart.\n \n\nAbout the Artist:\nElizabeth Alley was born in Memphis\, Tennessee\, and has a Bachelor of Fine Arts in painting from the University of Memphis. In addition to making paintings and filling up sketchbooks\, she teaches at Flicker Street Studio and organizes Memphis Urban Sketchers. Since 1999\, she has organized\, curated\, produced\, and participated in 32 solo and group shows. \nShe spent over 11 years in public art administration\, two years in the roller derby\, served as president of Urban Sketchers\, and by day works as a technical communicator with a flair for project management. Other interests include reading\, traveling\, making lists\, and staring out the window.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/elizabeth-alley-two-stories-of-iceland/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, East Gallery\, Crosstown Concourse\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
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SUMMARY:Emily C. Thomas: Imprismed
DESCRIPTION:An exhibition of paintings\, sculpture\, and digital objects that constructs a dialectic between the repression and cultivation of psycho-sexual energies through the ages. \nOn view: January 26-March 11\nOpening reception: Friday\, January 26\, 6-8 pm \nGallery hours:\nTuesday-Friday\, 10 am-8 pm\nSaturday\, 10 am-6 pm\nSunday\, noon-6 pm \n\n“The most perfect medium would be an invisible one.” — Terence McKenna \nImagine walking into a gallery space and telepathically downloading a mirage of visions\, ideas\, and living information. IMPRISMED proposes to explore the unconscious infrastructures that inform our perceptions within the lineage of visionary thinkers and cultural commentators such as Marshall McLuhan. \nDuring the 1960s\, McLuhan became a leading intellectual\, initiating the emerging field of Media studies. He coined revolutionary maxims such as “the medium is the message\,” and even predicted the internet nearly 30 years before its invention. This show contains paintings\, sounds\, sculpture and digital objects made of light — a full range of materials dating back through humanity’s most historic to most recent artistic innovations — all  of which attempt to nurture an awareness of how the medium defines their meaning. \nHuman history contains many examples of the use of torture devices on individuals in order to extract information or force confessions\, such as their use during the Salem Witch Trials and Spanish Inquisition. Back in the 1800s\, Native American peoples were wary of their souls being captured if they allowed themselves to be the subject of a photographs\, as if the spirit might become locked into the material density of film. McLuhan also warned against such phenomena when he said\, “The more data banks record about us\, the less we exist.” \nIn our time\, we willingly use internet search engines and other digital platforms such as Facebook that extract our personal information and archive it within a massive database. One use for this pooling of data is for the creation of A.I. or artificial intelligence. Coincidentally\, the National Security Agency’s (NSA) surveillance operation which collects data through major internet platforms\, such as Yahoo\, Google\, Facebook\, Microsoft\, YouTube\, Skype\, and Apple\, is referred to under the code name PRISM. If mediums themselves are the crystalized remains of our communicative processes\, does the accumulation of data put the human spirit at risk for eternal imprisonment within the material realm? \nThe crystalline mineral structure is capable of producing electricity and sending signals. Digital and nanotechnologies depend upon crystals to control the operations of their systems. Quartz watches\, computers\, cell phones\, solar panels\, and liquid crystal displays (LCD) contain a matrix of crystalline technology. Within a spiritual context\, many New Age syncretic religions also utilize the energetic qualities of crystals and mineral formations within the ritual setting. In this context\, crystals and minerals act as catalysts for the transformation of psycho-sexual energies \nPart visual boot camp\, part torture dungeon and New Age sanctuary\, IMPRISMED constructs a dialectic between the repression and cultivation of psycho-sexual energies through the ages. \n\nAbout the Artist:\nBorn and raised in Memphis\, Tennessee\, Emily C. Thomas is an interdisciplinary\, project-based artist who has lived and worked in New York\, Los Angeles\, Santa Barbara\, Memphis\, and Amsterdam\, The Netherlands. She received a BFA from NYU in 2009 and a MFA from UC Santa Barbara in 2015. \nThomas’ practice is a holistic response to the fragmentation of consciousness\, resulting from institutionalized segregation of knowledge and the classification of individuals into cultural\, social\, gender\, and human vs. nonhuman roles. Acting as a medium\, she conjures visions of trans-rational and transpersonal realms that dissolve divisions within consciousness. \nShe materializes these visionary states through installation\, animation\, film\, sculpture\, painting\, and sound to fabricate self-reflecting worlds of initiatory experience. As cognizant of the digital as she is of the archaic (a time when the disciplines of philosophy\, science\, religion\, magic\, and art were one unified field of exploration)\, her work often juxtaposes the concepts of Enlightenment within Eastern and New Age spiritual practices and The Scientific Revolution’s Age of Enlightenment that developed within 18th-century Europe. \nHer imagery frequently alludes to the practice of observing color\, light\, and darkness as a way to gain insight into the spiritual and scientific nature of reality. Her work is created by equal parts research\, imagination\, and hands-on experimentation with materials and technology. The result is an aesthetic that embraces elements of the handmade alongside digital and obsolete technologies.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/emily-c-thomas-imprismed/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, West Gallery\, Crosstown Concourse\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
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SUMMARY:Wish Book: William E. Jones Artist Talk & Screening
DESCRIPTION:Locations: Screening Room & East Atrium \nEncore screening of William E. Jones’ Fall Into Ruin and artist talk by curator Brian Pera \n\nCurated by Terri Phillips and Brian Pera \nThe Wish Book series is a triannual exhibition with a focus on artists’ films. Curators Brian Pera and Terri Phillips welcome internationally recognized artists\, filmmakers\, and critics to Memphis for this exciting new series\, which takes its name from the famed Sears Catalog and is hosted by Crosstown Arts at Crosstown Concourse\, itself once a major Sears distribution center. Drawing from a wide range of topics\, techniques\, and perspectives\, the films index the scope of work being done by artists in moving pictures. \nAbout the Artist:\nWilliam E. Jones has made the films Massillon (1991) and Finished (1997)\, which won a Los Angeles Film Critics Association award\, the documentary Is It Really So Strange?  (2004)\, and many videos including The Fall of Communism as Seen in Gay Pornography (1998). His work was included in the 1993 and 2008 Whitney Biennials\, and he has had retrospectives at Tate Modern (2005)\, Anthology Film Archives (2010)\, and the Austrian Film Museum (2011). His books include “Killed”: Rejected Images of the Farm Security Administration (2010)\, Halsted Plays Himself (2011)\, and Imitation of Christ\, named one of the best photo books of 2013 by Time magazine.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/wishbook-william-e-jones-screening/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts Galleries\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
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