BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Crosstown Arts - ECPv6.16.2//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://crosstownarts.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Crosstown Arts REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20150308T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20151101T070000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20160313T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20161106T070000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20170312T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20171105T070000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20180311T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20181104T070000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20190310T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20191103T070000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20180127T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20180127T150000 DTSTAMP:20260519T235232 CREATED:20171219T205658Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180123T192820Z UID:10003203-1517056200-1517065200@crosstownarts.org 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/ LOCATION:Crosstown Arts Galleries\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States CATEGORIES:Gallery ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://crosstownarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/artblakey_5050callout.jpg GEO:35.1522897;-90.0132964 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Crosstown Arts Galleries 1350 Concourse Ave. Suite 280 Memphis TN 38104 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280:geo:-90.0132964,35.1522897 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20180126T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20180126T140000 DTSTAMP:20260519T235232 CREATED:20171218T213135Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180129T163808Z UID:10003201-1516968000-1516975200@crosstownarts.org 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 CATEGORIES:Gallery ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://crosstownarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/TerriPhillips.jpg GEO:35.1521433;-90.0155942 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Crosstown Arts West Gallery Crosstown Concourse 1350 Concourse Ave. Memphis TN 38104 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=1350 Concourse Ave.:geo:-90.0155942,35.1521433 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20180126T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20180126T140000 DTSTAMP:20260519T235232 CREATED:20171213T163652Z LAST-MODIFIED:20171213T163748Z UID:10002757-1516968000-1516975200@crosstownarts.org 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://crosstownarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/USE-THIS-ONE-FOR-WEB-marketing-1.jpg GEO:35.1521433;-90.0155942 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Crosstown Arts East Gallery Crosstown Concourse 1350 Concourse Ave. Memphis TN 38104 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=1350 Concourse Ave.:geo:-90.0155942,35.1521433 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20180126T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20180126T140000 DTSTAMP:20260519T235232 CREATED:20171212T181954Z LAST-MODIFIED:20171212T181954Z UID:10002755-1516968000-1516975200@crosstownarts.org 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 CATEGORIES:Gallery ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://crosstownarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/EAlley-Two-Stories-of-Iceland.jpg GEO:35.1521433;-90.0155942 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Crosstown Arts East Gallery Crosstown Concourse 1350 Concourse Ave. Memphis TN 38104 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=1350 Concourse Ave.:geo:-90.0155942,35.1521433 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20180126T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20180126T140000 DTSTAMP:20260519T235232 CREATED:20171212T181653Z LAST-MODIFIED:20171215T203402Z UID:10002753-1516968000-1516975200@crosstownarts.org 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://crosstownarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Screen-Shot-2017-12-12-at-12.00.01-PM.png GEO:35.1521433;-90.0155942 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Crosstown Arts West Gallery Crosstown Concourse 1350 Concourse Ave. Memphis TN 38104 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=1350 Concourse Ave.:geo:-90.0155942,35.1521433 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180125 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180312 DTSTAMP:20260519T235232 CREATED:20171218T212426Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180205T200922Z UID:10003199-1516903200-1520794799@crosstownarts.org 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 CATEGORIES:Gallery ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://crosstownarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/TerriPhillips.jpg GEO:35.1521433;-90.0155942 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Crosstown Arts West Gallery Crosstown Concourse 1350 Concourse Ave. Memphis TN 38104 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=1350 Concourse Ave.:geo:-90.0155942,35.1521433 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180125 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180312 DTSTAMP:20260519T235232 CREATED:20171213T163906Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180205T200853Z UID:10003190-1516903200-1520794799@crosstownarts.org 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://crosstownarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/USE-THIS-ONE-FOR-WEB-marketing-1.jpg GEO:35.1521433;-90.0155942 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Crosstown Arts East Gallery Crosstown Concourse 1350 Concourse Ave. Memphis TN 38104 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=1350 Concourse Ave.:geo:-90.0155942,35.1521433 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180125 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180312 DTSTAMP:20260519T235232 CREATED:20171212T173842Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180205T200712Z UID:10002749-1516903200-1520794799@crosstownarts.org 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 CATEGORIES:Gallery ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://crosstownarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/EAlley-Two-Stories-of-Iceland.jpg GEO:35.1521433;-90.0155942 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Crosstown Arts East Gallery Crosstown Concourse 1350 Concourse Ave. Memphis TN 38104 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=1350 Concourse Ave.:geo:-90.0155942,35.1521433 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180125 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180309 DTSTAMP:20260519T235232 CREATED:20171212T180035Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180216T211753Z UID:10002751-1516903200-1520531999@crosstownarts.org 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 CATEGORIES:Gallery ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://crosstownarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Screen-Shot-2017-12-12-at-12.00.01-PM.png GEO:35.1521433;-90.0155942 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Crosstown Arts West Gallery Crosstown Concourse 1350 Concourse Ave. Memphis TN 38104 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=1350 Concourse Ave.:geo:-90.0155942,35.1521433 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20180120T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20180120T150000 DTSTAMP:20260519T235232 CREATED:20171214T224822Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180119T205535Z UID:10003194-1516453200-1516460400@crosstownarts.org 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 CATEGORIES:Gallery ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://crosstownarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Screen-Shot-2017-12-14-at-4.47.36-PM.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20180119T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20180119T150000 DTSTAMP:20260519T235232 CREATED:20171214T224441Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180119T205501Z UID:10003193-1516363200-1516374000@crosstownarts.org SUMMARY:Wish Book: William E. Jones Reception & Screening DESCRIPTION:Locations: Screening Room & East Atrium \nOpening night reception runs from 6-9 pm | Screening begins at 7 pm \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-reception-screening/ LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, Screening Room\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States CATEGORIES:Gallery ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://crosstownarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/WJ-17-001h.jpg GEO:35.1521433;-90.0155942 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Crosstown Arts Screening Room 1350 Concourse Ave. Memphis TN 38104 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=1350 Concourse Ave.:geo:-90.0155942,35.1521433 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180118 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180212 DTSTAMP:20260519T235232 CREATED:20171214T223657Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180119T205425Z UID:10003192-1516298400-1518371999@crosstownarts.org SUMMARY:Wish Book: William E. Jones DESCRIPTION:Selected work by William E. Jones | Curated by Terri Phillips and Brian Pera\nOn view through Feb. 11 \nLocations: Screening Room & East Atrium \nReceptions:\nFriday\, Jan. 19\, 6-9 pm (screening runs from 7-9 pm)\nSaturday\, Jan. 20\, 7-9 pm (screening & artist talk with 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. \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. \n  URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/wishbook-william-e-jones/ LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, Screening Room\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States CATEGORIES:Gallery ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://crosstownarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/William-E.-Jones-Paris-Tavitian.jpg GEO:35.1521433;-90.0155942 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Crosstown Arts Screening Room 1350 Concourse Ave. Memphis TN 38104 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=1350 Concourse Ave.:geo:-90.0155942,35.1521433 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20180103T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20180103T130000 DTSTAMP:20260519T235232 CREATED:20171212T231453Z LAST-MODIFIED:20171212T231453Z UID:10002756-1514980800-1514984400@crosstownarts.org SUMMARY:Art/Race/Violence: Artist + Community Conversation DESCRIPTION:Conversation with artist teams Lisa Williamson and Lurlynn Franklin; Carl Moore and Karina Alvarez; Brittney Bullock\, Agustin Diaz\, and Brenda Joysmith; co-curator Richard Lou\, and Professor Holly Yu. Moderated by Dr. Earnestine Jenkins. \nArt/Race/Violence: A Collaborative Response is a multidisciplinary project organized by visual culture historian Dr. Earnestine Jenkins and artist Richard Lou in collaboration with Crosstown Arts. Through this project\, local artists collectively explore intersections of race and systemic violence through the lens of cultural expression. Conceived to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Ell Persons’ very public murder by members of the Memphis community through the act of lynching\, the project was further inspired by recent events to memorialize lynching sites in the broader Memphis community in an effort to bring about greater understanding of racial oppression and violence in the South. \nThe organizers aim for more challenging\, candid and unvarnished representations of our city’s history through a range of educational programming\, including panel discussions which began last spring\, a collaborative exhibition (with performances and talks by the artists) opening this November\, community conversations\, and film screenings. \nThe exhibition features work by artist teams:\nJamin Carter and Mary Jo Karimnia (with Special Design Work for American Heritage Lotto by Christian Westphal)\nAndrea Morales and Terry Lynn\nLisa Williamson and Lurlynn Franklin\nYancy Villa and Lawrence Matthews\nJamond Bullock and Cat Pena (video work by local artist Perry Kirkland and survivor profiles from #SurvivedAndPunished)\nKarina Alvarez and Carl Moore\nJin Powell and Jesse Butcher\nAgustin Diaz\, Brittney Bullock and Brenda Joysmith URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/art-race-violence-artist-community-conversation/ LOCATION:Crosstown Arts Galleries\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States CATEGORIES:Gallery ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://crosstownarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Art-Race-Violence-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20171111 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180115 DTSTAMP:20260519T235232 CREATED:20171205T202119Z LAST-MODIFIED:20171205T202142Z UID:10002745-1510423200-1515952799@crosstownarts.org SUMMARY:Lavender’s Landscape DESCRIPTION:Anthony Lee\n\nLatex and Urethane on Panel\, Triptych\, 2017 \n\n\nComposing a triptych\, these works by artist Anthony Lee are a continuous\, long-scale\, lavender tonal gradient\, equal in light value but demonstrating the effect of desaturation. Viewed from left to right\, it begins as  intense lavender\, and then through gradation it finishes into its grey equivalent. This adds a fourth-dimensional sense of movement or transfer within the works\, allowing the viewer’s eyes to calmly experience the space in the works as they seemlessly shift color.\n\nA high-gloss reflective stripe appears at bottom 3/8 of triptych\, to alter the color value. It is also the artist’s attempt to simulate the only straight line found in nature — the horizon. The purest horizons are a visual illusion created by the perceived meeting of only the sky and shimmering water.\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout the Artist:\nLee’s initial body of works were mixed-media panels with heavy color saturation and symbolic narrative content. His work has been featured at the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art\, Powerhouse\, Dixon Gallery and Gardens\, Memphis College of Art\, Arkansas Arts Center\, National Civil Rights Museum\, Caribbean Museum Center for the Arts\, and several galleries throughout the U.S. He has also created many public art projects and large-scale mural works\, of which one was nationally recognized and awarded in 2009. His au courant mode of painting is geometric abstraction with neo-minimalist sensibilities that echo Ellsworth Kelly and Peter Halley. URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/lavenders-landscape/ LOCATION:Crosstown Arts Galleries\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States CATEGORIES:Gallery ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://crosstownarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/IMG_4469.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20171111 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180112 DTSTAMP:20260519T235232 CREATED:20171019T201444Z LAST-MODIFIED:20171214T200857Z UID:10003147-1510423200-1515693599@crosstownarts.org SUMMARY:Art/Race/Violence: A Collaborative Response DESCRIPTION:Organized by Dr. Earnestine Jenkins and Richard A. Lou (from the University of Memphis) in collaboration with Crosstown Arts \nGallery Hours:\nMonday-Friday 10 am-8 pm\nSaturday 10 am-6 pm\nSunday noon-6 pm \nClick here to read Artists’ Statements\n\nFeaturing work by artist teams:\nJamin Carter and Mary Jo Karimnia (with Special Design Work for American Heritage Lotto by Christian Westphal)\nAndrea Morales and Terry Lynn\nLisa Williamson and Lurlynn Franklin\nYancy Villa-Calvo and Lawrence Matthews\nJamond Bullock and Cat Pena (video work by local artist Perry Kirkland and survivor profiles from #SurvivedAndPunished)\nKarina Alvarez and Carl Moore\nJin Powell and Jesse Butcher\nAgustin Diaz\, Brittney Bullock and Brenda Joysmith \nOpening reception will feature a curator talk at 3 pm followed by spoken word performances from Janay Kelly\, Nadifah Rasheed\, Tray Butler\, Roberto Alfaro\, and Jessica Taylor. \n\nMore events:\nArt/Race/Violence: Artist+Community Conversation\nWednesday\, Nov 29\, 12-1 pm\nGalleries\nConversation with artist teams Jamin Carter and Mary Jo Karimnia and Terry Lynn and Andrea Morales\, led by Ladrica Menson-Furr and Richard Lou. \nArt/Race/Violence: Artist+Community Conversation\nThursday\, Dec 7\, 12-1 pm\nGalleries\nConversation with artist teams Yancy Villa-Calvo and Lawrence Matthews\, Cat Pena and Jamond Bullock\, led by Tami Sawyer. \nArt/Race/Violence: Panel Discussion\nThursday\, January 11\, 6-8 pm\nTheater Stair\nSpeakers as of November 7: Shahidah Jones\, Antonio De Velasco\, Tom Carlson \n\n“There has never been a free people\, a free country\, a real democracy on the face of this Earth. In a city of some 300\,000 slaves and 90\,000 so called free men\, Plato sat down and praised freedom in exquisitely elegant phrases.” -Lerone Bennett Jr. \n“We are equidistant from utopia and Armageddon.” -Guillermo Gomez-Pena \nArt/Race/Violence: A Collaborative Response is a multidisciplinary project organized by visual culture historian Dr. Earnestine Jenkins and artist Richard Lou in collaboration with Crosstown Arts. Through this project\, local artists collectively explore intersections of race and systemic violence through the lens of cultural expression. Conceived to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Ell Persons’ very public murder by members of the Memphis community through the act of lynching\, the project was further inspired by recent events to memorialize lynching sites in the broader Memphis community in an effort to bring about greater understanding of racial oppression and violence in the South. \nThe organizers aim for more challenging\, candid and unvarnished representations of our city’s history through a range of educational programming\, including panel discussions which began last spring\, a collaborative exhibition (with performances and talks by the artists) opening this November\, community conversations\, and film screenings. On March 16th of 2017\, the University of Memphis Art History and African-American Studies programs jointly hosted “Ida B. Wells: A Blues Woman.” Panelists Earnestine Jenkins\, George Lipsitz\, and Celeste Bernier looked at Ida B. Wells and the beginnings of resistance to lynching within the context of the late 19th century\, linking it to modern social movements. Panelists addressed how the arts are linked to the culture of resistance\, as Ida B. Wells was the first strategist to use visual images\, specifically lynching photographs\, as proof of the racial violence so endemic to the South. \nMuch as Wells did a century ago\, the artists and cultural workers involved in this exhibition were invited to reflect upon the nature of Memphis’ past and present and use their creative work as a social instrument for change. One of the distinctive components of this collaborative process began with the curators selecting artist teams to conceive of and co-create new work to share with the public. The participants attended a series of workshops and panel discussions and were given access to a wide array of resources\, articles\, and media for their research. The artist teams — Jamin Carter and Mary Jo Karimnia; Andrea Morales and Terry Lynn; Lisa Williamson and Lurlynn Franklin; Yancy Villa and Lawrence Matthews; Jamond Bullock and Cat Pena; Karina Alvarez and Carl Moore; Jin Powell and Jesse Butcher; and Agustin Diaz\, Brittney Bullock and Brenda Joysmith — have created 8 new installations in a range of media\, including video\, sound\, sculpture\, and performance\, which will be on view in Crosstown Arts’ new galleries at Crosstown Concourse. \nIn Martha Stoudt’s book\, The Sociopath Next Door\, she states that it is natural for individuals to question their moral compass when surrounded by unethical attitudes and behaviors; the notion of “if you can’t beat them\, join them” is an understandable inclination. However\, Stoudt counters that when faced with that lack of consciousness\, we do not need less consciousness; we need more. As artists\, the search to make work that matters carries a greater significance since the last U.S. Presidential election cycle. The spectre of a divided nation (an inequality that marginalized and subjugated communities living in the U.S. are intimately familiar with and have endured for centuries) has re-inserted itself into the current national public discourse. The idea that there are large segments of the U.S. population\, living side by side\, in parallel universes — the haves and the have-nots\, the subjected and the privileged — has become the rule\, not the exception\, in how we now imagine ourselves as citizens of the United States. Participating artists in this project are challenged to create work that speaks to and crosses these divides. \nArt/Race/Violence: A Collaborative Response will utilize the arts across diverse disciplines\, media\, and varied forms of cultural expression. The exhibition will challenge artists to use diverse media to reclaim cultural expression of humankind’s (or “this country’s”) history of racially motivated violence\, as well to examine this history from multiple viewpoints. The project is designed to call on artists to reflect upon the nature of our past and present day in Memphis and to think of their creative work as a social instrument\, or as Estella Conwill Majozo stated\, “To search for the good and make it matter.” \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\nHISTORICAL BACKGROUND\nCompiled by Dr. Earnestine Jenkins \nLynching\, the collective\, systematic terrorism directed mostly toward African Americans by white mobs\, arose following Reconstruction and persisted well into the 20th century. Most lynchings in Tennessee occurred in the western and middle parts of the state. Lynchings are documented in 70 Tennessee counties with Shelby County ranking first. According to Margaret Vandiver in Lethal Punishment: Lynchings and Legal Executions in the South\, there were at least 15 lynchings in Shelby County. Ninety-nine percent of lynchers in the U.S. escaped arrest and punishment. Memphis is particularly significant in reference to two high-profile executions that attracted national attention and propelled individuals and organizations to act. \nPeople’s Grocery Lynching & Ida B. Wells\nIn March of 1892\, black business owner Thomas Moss and his employees\, Calvin McDowell and Will Stewart\, were arrested for defending themselves against an attack on their store\, People’s Grocery\, in an area just outside Memphis. The three were defending themselves from police officers and the white owner of a neighboring grocery. In the fray\, several deputies were wounded but survived. \nMoss\, McDowell\, and Stewart were booked into the downtown jail\, but they were later pulled from the jail by a white mob. The three were dragged to a deserted rail yard in North Memphis and shot to death. \nThe murder of the young men enraged journalist Ida B. Wells\, and this incident became a turning point in her life. She began traveling the south to investigate reports of white violence against blacks. She found middle-class black people were just as subject to murder by whites as poor blacks were. Wells discovered that black men were often being lynched not for rape but as punishment for having sexual relations with consenting white women. Wells asserted that the real reason for lynching was in retribution to black economic progress. She first published her findings in an 1892 pamphlet entitled “Southern Horrors: Lynch Law in All Its Phases.” \n“Nobody in this section of the community believes that old threadbare lie that Negro men rape white women. If Southern men are not careful\, a conclusion might be reached which will be very damaging to the moral reputation of their women\,” wrote Wells. \nIn retaliation\, Wells’ life was threatened in Memphis newspaper articles\, the writers of which assumed she was a man. The Memphis Scimitar issued this warning: “It will be the duty of those whom he has attacked to tie the wretch to a stake\, brand him in the forehead with a hot iron\, and perform upon him a surgical operation with a pair of shears.” \nWhite males destroyed Wells’ newspaper\, which was housed in an office on historic Beale Street. Wells was out of town at the time\, and she chose not to return. She went on to launch a national crusade against lynching in the U.S. and abroad. \nThe Ell Persons Lynching & the NAACP in Memphis\nEll Persons\, accused of raping and murdering a 16-year-old white girl named Antoinette Rappel\, was burned alive near the Macon Road Bridge at the Wolf River on May 22nd\, 1917. Drawn by headlines in The Commercial Appeal\, several thousand men\, women\, and children showed up to watch as Persons was decapitated\, dismembered\, and had his heart cut out. Rappel’s mother declared\, “Let the Negro suffer as my little girl suffered\, only 10 times worse.” The mob enjoyed the spectacle as they chewed gum\, ate sandwiches\, and enjoyed soft drinks. \nPerson’s head was later thrown into a crowd of African Americans on Beale Street. No one was ever charged with the crime. Persons’ death was one of the most vicious lynchings in American history. After the event\, horrified African Americans in Memphis gathered to express their pain. When NAACP Field Secretary James Weldon Johnson arrived in Memphis to investigate the lynching\, Robert R. Church\, Jr. brought him to this site where an American flag marked the charred and blackened earth. Johnson found no evidence that Persons killed Rappel. He wrote that “the truth flashed over me that in large measure the race question involves the saving of black America’s body and white America’s soul.” \nJohnson found a black community ready to take a stand in combating daily racism and violence in the South. With the help of Robert Church\, Jr. and businessman Bert Roddy\, the Memphis branch of the NAACP was organized with 53 members. It was the first NAACP branch in Tennessee and only the fourth branch in the South. The next year\, when Johnson made his tour of NAACP branches\, he returned to speak on April 14th to an audience of about 2\,500 people crowded into Church Park and Auditorium. The meeting launched a vigorous campaign\, growing the membership to 924. \nRobert Church Jr. publicly denounced lynching and endorsed the work of the NAACP when it was dangerous to do so. At the first Lincoln Republican League meeting at Church Auditorium following the Ell Persons atrocity\, Church spoke to over 3\,000 people\, proclaiming “I would be untrue to you as your elected leader if I should remain silent against shame and crime of lawlessness of any character\, and I could not if I would hold my peace against the lynching or burning of a human being …” \nBy 1919\, the Memphis NAACP was the largest branch in the South. Robert Church\, Jr. was the first Southerner elected to the NAACP’s National Board of Directors\, helping to launch 68 branches in 14 states. Together\, the lynching of Ell Persons and the establishment of the Memphis NAACP in 1917 changed the political landscape of the South. URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/artraceviolence-a-collaborative-response/ LOCATION:Crosstown Arts Galleries\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States CATEGORIES:Gallery ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://crosstownarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/fistDraft2small-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20171021T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20171021T160000 DTSTAMP:20260519T235232 CREATED:20170928T175516Z LAST-MODIFIED:20171017T150729Z UID:10002718-1508594400-1508601600@crosstownarts.org SUMMARY:The Music of Sarah Vaughan: Sassy's Return DESCRIPTION:Tickets – $15 (purchase on Eventbrite)\nDoors at 6:30 pm | performance at 7 pm \nJazz performance featuring Jamille Hunter (vocals)\, Keenan Shotwell (piano)\, Vince Oglesby (bass)\, Isaac Daniels (saxophone)\, and Chris Pat (drums) performing the works of jazz legend Sarah Vaughan. \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. \n \n\nAbout Jamille Hunter:\nJamille JAM Hunter and Mood Swing is a Memphis-based jazz band led by Jamille Hunter and Keenan Shotwell. Jam is a dynamic vocalist who is making her mark on the jazz scene with her mesmerizing vocals and contemporary approach to classic and modern jazz. The group was formed in 2010 and recently released their third music project on June 17\, 2017 titled “Sassy’s Return — The SV Project.” \n“Sassy’s Return” is already in rotation on several radio stations. The two previous releases contained original music written by Jamille JAM Hunter. Mood Swing has performed at the River Arts Fest\, On Location: International Film and Music Festival\, The Black Arts Fest\, and the Memphis International Jazz Festival\, in addition to numerous clubs and other venues.   \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-sarah-vaughn-sassys-return/ LOCATION:Crosstown Arts Galleries\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States CATEGORIES:Gallery ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://crosstownarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Screen-Shot-2017-10-17-at-10.05.16-AM.png GEO:35.1522897;-90.0132964 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Crosstown Arts Galleries 1350 Concourse Ave. Suite 280 Memphis TN 38104 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280:geo:-90.0132964,35.1522897 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20170916T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20170916T160000 DTSTAMP:20260519T235232 CREATED:20170810T204912Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170912T193802Z UID:10003112-1505570400-1505577600@crosstownarts.org SUMMARY:SOLD OUT - The Music of Julian Edwin "Cannonball" Adderley DESCRIPTION:THIS EVENT HAS SOLD OUT.\nTicket sales have closed\, as we have limited seating capacity. \n\nTickets – $10 (purchase on Eventbrite)\nCash bar\nDoors at 6:30 p.m. | show at 7 p.m. \n\nJazz performance featuring Dr. Bill Hurd (alto and soprano sax)\, Sylvester Sample (acoustic bass)\, Alvie Givhan (piano)\, Gerard Harris (guitar)\, 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. \n\nAbout Dr. Bill Hurd:\nOphthalmologist Dr. Bill Hurd’s music career dates back to his college days\, when he won the saxophone award in the 1967 Notre Dame Collegiate Jazz Festival. Since then\, he has recorded with Kirk Whalum on his album\, Into My Soul; performed as the opening act for Najee\, Joe Sample\, and David Sanborn; performed alongside Mulgrew Miller\, Norman Conners\, and Bobby Lyle; and recorded with Charles Curl on three albums. \nHurd has operated a private ophthalmology private practice for more than 30 years. He’s traveled on a dozen international medical/surgical mission trips to Africa and Madagascar. He holds two U.S. and foreign patents for medical devices. \nHurd graduated from Manassas High School in Memphis in 1965 and went on to the University of Notre Dame\, where he earned a B.S. in electrical engineering. He earned his MBA in IT at M.I.T. in Cambridge\, Massachusetts and received an M.D. degree at Meharry Medical College. \nHurd also boasted an impressive athletic career in his youth. He broke a national high school 100-yard-dash record with time of 9.3 sec. in 1965. He was a 1968 Olympic Trials finalist in the 100 meter and 200 meter races\, and he received a 1994 NCAA Silver Anniversary Award along with Kareem Abdul Jabaar\, Calvin Hill\, Jim Ryun\, Lee Evans and Leroy Keys. \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-julian-edwin-cannonball-adderley/ LOCATION:Crosstown Arts Galleries\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States CATEGORIES:Gallery ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://crosstownarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Screen-Shot-2017-09-12-at-2.37.34-PM.png GEO:35.1522897;-90.0132964 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Crosstown Arts Galleries 1350 Concourse Ave. Suite 280 Memphis TN 38104 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280:geo:-90.0132964,35.1522897 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20170819T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20170819T140000 DTSTAMP:20260519T235232 CREATED:20170622T190746Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170807T155401Z UID:10003093-1503140400-1503151200@crosstownarts.org SUMMARY:Potluck DESCRIPTION:Collaborative installation of artist-designed place settings on view in Crosstown Arts’ East Atrium in Crosstown Concourse as part of the Concourse Opening Day Celebration. More than 80 artists are participating (full list below). \nAt a typical potluck\, individuals are asked to contribute a shared food item. But in this case\, individuals were invited to bring to the table their individual interpretation of a meal’s structural elements: a place setting.  Altogether\, these unique place settings create a large-scale collaborative table-top installation\, a collective visual feast. \nWhile a place setting is defined as “a complete set of dishes and cutlery provided for one person at a meal\,” these works look beyond a purely literal interpretation of the term. Each place setting personifies its maker. \nThis installation concept was inspired in part by artist Judy Chicago’s work\, The Dinner Party (1979).  \nArtists include Nate Renner\, Sarah Terry\, Erica Qualy\, Eric Clausen\, Mary Long\, Judith Dierkes\, Meredith Wilson\, Elizabeth Brothers\, Breezy Lucia\, Nicole Dorsey\, Beverly Dorsey\, Ethan Taylor\, Jan Shivley\, Danielle Sierra\, Peg Holton\, Valerie Shavers\, E. Stuart Lacey\, Baleigh Kuhar\, Zach Kremer\, Dale Martin\, Paula Kovarik\, Mary Jo Karimnia\, Jay Etkin\, Corie Walker\, Carol DeForest\, MaryRea Ragghianti\, Carrol Harding McTyre\, Keysha Warr\, Ashley Tew\, Wei Chu Su\, Katie Maish\, Danielle Sumler\, Sheri Bancroft\, Jonathan May\, Valerie Sparks\, Christiana Leibovich\, Jamin Carter\, Aundra McCoy\, RahLeeCoh Ishakarah\, Bryan Blankenship\, Fred Wimmer\, Deanna Hamsley\, Monica Bushong\, Renee Lasater\, Erika Roberts\, Jin Powell\, John Powell\, Alex Paulus\, Terri Phillips\, Kyle Statham\, Maria Ferguson\, Nicole Miller\, Lea Holland\, Mary K VanGieson\, Danielle Sumler\, Rachel McCasky\, Miriam Oliphant\, Karina Alvarez\, Cedar Nordbye\, Melissa Dunn\, Kevin Sutton\, Kimberly Scott\, Christian Alene\, Sadie Tomes\, Zachary Morgan\, Jonah Westbrook\, Carol Blumthal\, Kevin Burge\, Katie\, Schwehr\, Brantley Ellzey\, Hannah Coakley\, Alisha Wroblewski\, Karen Dixon\, Alyce Burr\, Eric Quick\, Chloe York\, Luke Ramsey\, Cassie Wiegmann\, Darla Linerode-Henson\, and Mary Vaux Hansen. URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/potluck-exhibition-opportunity/ LOCATION:East Atrium\, Crosstown Concourse\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States CATEGORIES:Gallery ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/gif:https://crosstownarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Plates.gif GEO:35.1521433;-90.0155942 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=East Atrium Crosstown Concourse 1350 Concourse Ave. Memphis TN 38104 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=1350 Concourse Ave.:geo:-90.0155942,35.1521433 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20170708T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20170708T160000 DTSTAMP:20260519T235232 CREATED:20170516T153251Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170628T184851Z UID:10003064-1499522400-1499529600@crosstownarts.org SUMMARY:SOLD OUT Thelonious Monk: The Music of Monk DESCRIPTION:Ticket sales for this event have closed\, as we have reached seating capacity. The next event in this series will be announced soon. \n***** \nTickets – $10 (purchase tickets on Eventbrite)\nCash bar\nDoors at 6:30 p.m. | show at 7 p.m. \n\nJazz performance featuring Stephen Lee (piano)\, Johnny Yancey (Trumpet)\, Sylvester Sample (Acoustic Bass) and Nygel Yancey (Drums) celebrating the legacy of Thelonious Monk. \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. \n\nAbout Stephen Lee:\nJazz pianist Stephen Lee cut his teeth playing at Smalls Jazz Club in New York City’s Greenwich Village in the late 90s\, but he’s been playing piano and organ since the age of eight. His passion for jazz was born in college\, when he attended the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. \nStephen spent time as a touring musician with the Carnival Cruise Line and even did stints in Paris and Switzerland with the Legendary Paris Gospel Extravaganza and Jazz Life with the Janis Carter Quartet. His journey eventually took him to New York City\, where he worked as musical director of Manhattan’s Crenshaw Christian Center under Dr. Frederick Price. \nTough economic times eventually led Lee back to his hometown of Memphis. Stephen says being back in Memphis has turned out to be the best thing for his career. He’s finished his first album\, Songs in the Key of My Life\, and he plays regular gigs at the Westin Hotel downtown. \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/thelonious-monk-the-music-of-monk/ LOCATION:Crosstown Arts Galleries\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States CATEGORIES:Gallery ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://crosstownarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Monk-Stephen-Lee-1.jpeg GEO:35.1522897;-90.0132964 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Crosstown Arts Galleries 1350 Concourse Ave. Suite 280 Memphis TN 38104 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280:geo:-90.0132964,35.1522897 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20170630T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20170630T170000 DTSTAMP:20260519T235232 CREATED:20170515T191507Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170630T141223Z UID:10003063-1498833000-1498842000@crosstownarts.org SUMMARY:SOLD OUT -- An Evening with Wu Fei DESCRIPTION:Ticket sales for this event have closed\, as we have reached seating capacity.  \n****** \nPresented by Sonosphere in collaboration with Crosstown Arts \nAn interactive performance with Wu Fei\, a genre-bending composer\, guzheng virtuoso\, and vocalist from Nashville — by way of Beijing. Wu Fei blends her Western and Chinese traditional sensibilities with a contemporary\, idiosyncratic\, experimental dialect as she performs original compositions on the guzheng\, an ancient 21-string Chinese zither. \nTickets: $15 (purchase on Eventbrite)\nCash bar\nDoors at 7:30 p.m. | Performance at 8 p.m. \n\nAbout Wu Fei:\nWu Fei\, a native of Beijing and a current Nashville resident\, is a master of the guzheng\, the ancient 21-string Chinese zither. She was trained as a Western classical composer\, a vocalist\, and plays beautifully in the guzheng’s vernacular — a musical language which is at least 2\,000 years old. She mixes her Western and Chinese traditional sensibilities with a contemporary\, idiosyncratic\, experimental dialect nurtured by years spent at Mills College and immersed in the New York downtown improvisation scene which revolved around venues like The Stone\, where Fei has frequently performed and curated. \nWu Fei composes for choir\, string quartet\, chamber ensemble\, Balinese gamelan\, and orchestra; her commissions range from a composition for Percussions Claviers de Lyon that premiered in the Forbidden City Concert Hall in Beijing to live performances in Paris and Tokyo for luxury brand Hermès. \nIn addition to her own original compositions\, Fei has collaborated with many artists of different disciplines and genres ranging\, from Béla Fleck to avant garde composer John Zorn. She has taken her guzheng and music around the world and touring highlights include composition premiere at the Forbidden City Concert Hall in Beijing\, the MoMA in New York City\, North Sea Jazz Festival in the Netherlands\, Vossa Jazz Festival in Norway\, Europalia in Belgium\, and the Big Ears Festival in Knoxville. Wu Fei was recently commissioned by Intersection Ensemble in Nashville to create new classical work for guzheng\, voice\, and western chamber ensemble which she titled If I Was A Batman Queen. \n\nAbout the guzheng:\nWu Fei’s instrument\, the guzheng\, is more than 2\,000 years old. It became prominent during the Qin Dynasty (221 to 206 BCE)\, and by the Tang Dynasty (618 CE to 907 CE)\, the guzheng was arguably the most commonly played instrument in China. \nThe guzheng has 21 strings\, which were once made from silk but now they are almost always metal nylon which increase the instrument’s volume and timbre. There are many techniques used in the playing of the guzheng\, including basic plucking actions (right or both hands) at the right portion and pressing actions at the left portion (by the left hand to produce pitch ornamentations and vibrato) as well as tremolo (right hand). These techniques of playing the guzheng can create sounds that can evoke the sense of a cascading waterfall\, thunder\, horses’ hooves\, and even the scenic countryside. \n\nAbout Sonosphere:\nSonosphere is a Memphis-based podcast aimed at exploring sound in music and art movements through history and today. \n  URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/an-evening-with-wu-fei/ LOCATION:Crosstown Arts Galleries\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States CATEGORIES:Gallery ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://crosstownarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Screen-Shot-2017-05-15-at-11.55.33-AM.png GEO:35.1522897;-90.0132964 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Crosstown Arts Galleries 1350 Concourse Ave. Suite 280 Memphis TN 38104 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280:geo:-90.0132964,35.1522897 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20170515T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20170605T180000 DTSTAMP:20260519T235232 CREATED:20170511T170957Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170523T175704Z UID:10003061-1494810000-1496685600@crosstownarts.org SUMMARY:Barrier Free DESCRIPTION:A portion of a socially engaged art installation designed for the Latino Memphis Festival by Yancy Villa-Calvo will be on view at in the Crosstown Concourse’s Central Atrium in this week-long pop-up exhibition. \nBuilding on the current and controversial idea of the proposed wall along the US-Mexico border\, the installation aims to create awareness and encourages viewers to pause\, reflect\, and act. \nThe installation attempts to be inclusive and open to interpretation. Symbols make reference to barriers around nationality\, race\, religion\, sexual orientation and identity\, gender\, and socioeconomic aspects. This project is less about the actual wall and more about the systematic attempts to divide individuals\, families\, and communities. \n\nYancy will give an artist talk in front of the installation on Tuesday\, May 30\, noon-12:30 p.m. A Q&A will follow. \n\nioby Campaign URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/barrier-free/ LOCATION:Crosstown Concourse\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104 CATEGORIES:Gallery ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://crosstownarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Barrier-Free.png GEO:35.1521433;-90.0155942 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Crosstown Concourse 1350 Concourse Ave. Memphis TN 38104;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=1350 Concourse Ave.:geo:-90.0155942,35.1521433 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20170225T040000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20170225T080000 DTSTAMP:20260519T235232 CREATED:20170208T213515Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170221T200524Z UID:10002635-1487995200-1488009600@crosstownarts.org SUMMARY:Yoga with Cats DESCRIPTION:The We Need to Talk exhibition — an open call show of break-up art and artifacts — may have you feeling a little broken-hearted. But those old relationships were in the past. That was zen. This is meow. \nOn the final day of the exhibition\, we invite you to take a moment to “paws” and reflect and heal your broken heart in this Yoga with Cats event hosted by Memphis Animals Services (MAS)\, Crosstown Arts\, and Co-Motion Studio. \nMAS will have approximately 10 adoptable cats at the Crosstown Arts gallery from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Adriene Holland\, co-owner of Co-Motion Studio\, will teach two yoga classes — one at 11 a.m. and another at noon — during which cats will be free-roaming and interacting with the yogis. \nPeople can participate by either attending a class at 11 a.m. or noon\, or by visiting between 10 to 11 a.m. or 1 to 2 p.m. to play with (and hopefully adopt) kitties. To attend a class\, sign up here. The 11 a.m. class is now full. \nThe class is free to attend to those who plan to adopt a cat. Participants who aren’t able to adopt a cat are asked to make a pay-what- you-can donation. Participants are asked to bring their own yoga mats\, as Crosstown Arts will not have any extra mats to loan. \nAll cat adoptions at the Yoga with Cats event will be $35 cash-only (nearly half off the regular adoption fee) and will include spay/neuter\, microchip\, vaccinations\, FIV/FeLV test\, customized ID tag (to be picked up at the shelter)\, and a collar. \nSign up for a yoga class URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/yoga-with-cats/ LOCATION:Crosstown Arts Galleries\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States CATEGORIES:Gallery ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://crosstownarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/cat-yoga.jpg GEO:35.1522897;-90.0132964 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Crosstown Arts Galleries 1350 Concourse Ave. Suite 280 Memphis TN 38104 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280:geo:-90.0132964,35.1522897 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20170210T040000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20170225T120000 DTSTAMP:20260519T235232 CREATED:20161216T174812Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170222T222427Z UID:10002899-1486699200-1488024000@crosstownarts.org SUMMARY:We Need to Talk DESCRIPTION:An open call exhibition of break-up art and artifacts submitted by more than 40 local artists. \nExhibition Opening Reception: Friday\, February 10\, 5-8 p.m.\nExhibition on View: February 10-February 25 \n\nSometimes\, love ends. Romantic relationships\, familial relationships\, relationships with places\, our former selves\, or even really\, really great pieces of pizza — they all have to end. These relationships tend to be hard to let go of. Whether the break-up was genial\, terrible\, or downright awful\, most people have an object\, memento\, or souvenir of each broken relationship that they just can’t throw away. These mundane objects are transformed into totems of memory\, becoming the holy tangibles of a relationship ceased. This exhibition focuses on those objects and their stories and aims to offer one final bit of catharsis. Or at least a final chance to say … “Boy\, Bye!!!”  \nThe idea for this exhibition is drawn from the Museum of Broken Relationships\, which has two locations in Los Angeles and Zagreb\, Croatia. The museum website states: “The original concepts of an artist ex-couple in the midst of their own breakup\, whom wondered what people did with objects that had been meaningful in their relationships. In 2006\, they had their first exhibition and the Museum has since toured internationally\, amassing an amazing collection. They opened their permanent museum in Zagreb\, Croatia in 2010\, and a follow-up museum has also sprung up in Los Angeles\, California.” \nCrosstown Arts has organized this exhibition to coincide with The Break Up Show 6\, taking place at The New Daisy Theater on Saturday\, February 11th. During the opening reception of “We Need To Talk” on Friday\, February 10th\, The Break-Up Show cast will be performing a free and open-to-the-public dress rehearsal of The Break Up Show 6 next door at 430 N. Cleveland. \nSome work may be listed for sale. Crosstown Arts does not take a commission. \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\nParticipating Artists: \nNanette Freeman\nBeth Edwards\nErica Qualy\nEthel Floon\nHannah Chipman\nRichard Fudge\nCarrie Schule\nMarilyn League\nBryan Martin\nKatie Lothrop\nBritynn Davis\nChristine Shapiro\nDemar Jones\nTerri Weaver\nJamond Bullock\nJonathan May\nTemple Faux Daniels\nRobin Jayne Henderson\nEthan Taylor\nRaquela Adams\nAndri Alexandrou\nBria Johnson\nCaolinn Golden\nO. Gustavo Plascencia\nChristy\nJudith Dierkes\nSpencer Durden\nJeremiah Matthews\nMelinda Posey\nBrent Gaia\nDarren Floyd\nMatt Christy\nDanielle Sumler\nMargaret Henderson\nSarah Dorou\nChelle Ellis\nAmber George\nNathan Parten\nJana Wilson\nBianca Phillips URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/we-need-to-talk/ LOCATION:Crosstown Arts Galleries\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States CATEGORIES:Gallery ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://crosstownarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/WE-NEED-TO-TALK-CROSSTOWN-2017-01.jpeg GEO:35.1522897;-90.0132964 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Crosstown Arts Galleries 1350 Concourse Ave. Suite 280 Memphis TN 38104 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280:geo:-90.0132964,35.1522897 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20170113T040000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20170113T140000 DTSTAMP:20260519T235232 CREATED:20170104T171932Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170109T201334Z UID:10002911-1484280000-1484316000@crosstownarts.org SUMMARY:Mellotron Record Release & Pick-up DESCRIPTION:Duets for Mellotron — a blue vinyl gatefold LP package of a live performance by Jonathan Kirkscey and Robby Grant\, organized in collaboration with Winston Eggleston — will be available for pre-order pick-up on January 13\, 14\, 17 and 18. A limited number of copies will also be available to the general public for $20 each. \nTimes for pick-up:\nFriday 1/13: 10 a.m. – 8 p.m.\n(On Friday\, from 6-8 p.m.\, there will be screenings of Winston Eggleston’s “Liquid Light Show” and Crosstown Arts’ Mellotron video. Jonathan and Robby will be on hand for a meet-and-greet\, and cocktails will be available).\nSaturday 1/14: 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.\n Sunday 1/15: CLOSED\n Monday 1/16: CLOSED\n Tuesday 1/17: 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.\n Wednesday 1/18: 10 a.m.- 6 p.m. \nThe album was originally performed during the “Duets for Mellotron” event at Crosstown Arts on April 16-17\, 2016. \nFacebook event for pre-order pick-up \n\nThis unique performance — the world’s first Mellotron duet — features an obscure but ingenious keyboard instrument invented in the 1940s which was designed to reproduce the sound of virtually any acoustic\, electromechanical\, or synthesized instrument. \nThe Mellotron is essentially a giant cassette tape player\, operated manually by pressing keys on a keyboard. When a key is struck\, a prerecorded sound is played/heard\, conceptually making the Mellotron an analog forerunner to digital sampling. \nThe M400 and a new M4000 cycling Mellotron\, from Winston Eggleston’s small but diverse Mellotron collection\, will be played at the performance. Eggleston will also share a series of new site-specific digital projections to complement the music. \n  URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/mellotron-record-pick-up/ LOCATION:Crosstown Arts Galleries\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States CATEGORIES:Gallery ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://crosstownarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Screen-Shot-2017-01-05-at-2.45.35-PM.png GEO:35.1522897;-90.0132964 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Crosstown Arts Galleries 1350 Concourse Ave. Suite 280 Memphis TN 38104 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280:geo:-90.0132964,35.1522897 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20161215T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20161215T150000 DTSTAMP:20260519T235232 CREATED:20161028T150804Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170222T222824Z UID:10002874-1481808600-1481814000@crosstownarts.org SUMMARY:Crown\, Teeth & Tears DESCRIPTION:A unique experience of experimental chamber music curated by Terri Phillips featuring the Blueshift Ensemble. \nDoors open at 7:30 p.m./performance begins at 8 p.m. Approximate performance time: 45 minutes \nTickets are $10. Holiday cocktail included in the price of admission. Click here to purchase. \n\nLimited number of chair seating available; standing room also available \n\n \n\n\nAbout Terri Phillips\nTerri Phillips is an artist and writer from Alabama\, currently living in Memphis.  She is a recipient of the ArtsMemphis Accelerator grant and has exhibited and curated internationally. She is a graduate of California Institute of the Arts and Pepperdine University.  Her work has been written about in ArtForum\, The New York Times\,LA Times\, Sculpture Magazine\, and The Commercial Appeal.  She has written three books of poetry and is currently finishing a record of country songs with the artist Jim Ovelmen. \n\n\nAbout Blueshift Ensemble\nBlueshift is a Memphis­-based contemporary chamber music ensemble dedicated to bringing artists and audiences together through artistic collaboration. By programming both new and existing classical repertoire alongside multi­-genre collaborations\, Blueshift aims to connect a wider audience to today’s classical music. The ensemble draws upon Memphis’ uniquely diverse musical heritage by combining classical music with popular music genres such as rock\, blues\, soul\, and hip-hop and featuring local musicians\, dancers\, visual artists\, and composers. \n\nAbout the musicians \nA native of Brazil\, Mariama Alcântara grew up in a musical family and began studying the violin at age seven. She made her solo debut at age 12 with the Paraiba Symphony Orchestra\, and since then she has appeared as a soloist with several orchestras in her home country. Mariama moved to the United States in 2012\, and received her bachelor’s degree in violin performance from the University of Memphis where she studied with Dr. Soh-Hyun Altino and Dr. Marcin Arendt. She has performed with many orchestras including the Jackson Symphony (TN)\, Starkville Symphony (MS)\, Sinfonietta Orchestra (TN)\, Memphis Repertory Orchestra\, and Memphis Symphony (Feb. 2017). Mariama is now an IRIS Orchestra Artist Fellow and a member of the C3 Strings Trio. She also instructs and mentors elementary and middle school students as a Memphis Music Initiative fellow. \n\nBlueshift Ensemble Artistic Director and flutist\, Jenny Davis is a Memphis-based flutist who regularly performs with the Luna Nova Ensemble and the Memphis Repertory Orchestra and maintains a large private teaching studio. She has also performed with other area ensembles including the Memphis Symphony Orchestra\, PRIZM Ensemble\, Balmoral Chamber Orchestra\, and is a member of the River City Flute Quartet. In past summers\, Jenny has performed at the New Music on the Point contemporary chamber music festival\, the Cortona Sessions for New Music in Cortona\, Italy\, the National Music Festival\, and the Belvedere Chamber Music Festival. Jenny was a finalist in the 35th Annual James Pappoutsakis Memorial Flute Competition\, as well as alternate finalist in the 2015 Chicago Flute Club Donald Peck International Competition and 2014 Mid-South Flute Society Young Artist Competition. In addition to performing and teaching\, Jenny serves on the boards of the Beethoven Club of Memphis and the Mid-South Flute Society and is a co-founder of the Greater Memphis Flute Club. Jenny holds degrees in flute performance from Boston University\, Middle Tennessee State University\, and two years of additional post-graduate flute studies with Trevor Wye at Studio in Kent\, United Kingdom. \n\n Andre Dyachenko currently serves as the principal clarinetist with Memphis Symphony Orchestra. Mr. Dyachenko has performed as a member Minnesota Orchestra\, Houston Symphony\, Houston Grand Opera and as a guest principal with Seattle Symphony Orchestra and Arkansas Symphony Orchestra. During summers he has participated in several music festivals\, including Music Academy of the West\, Spoleto USA\, Hot Springs Music Festival and Feodosia Music Festival. Mr. Dyachenko is a recipient of First and Grand Prize at the International Competition for Woodwind Players in Kharkiv and First Prize at the International Clarinet Association Orchestral Competition. He had his first solo debut with the orchestra at the age 14 playing Weber Concerto No. 1. Mr. Dyachenko performed numerous solo recitals around Europe and US. Mr. Dyachenko started his education at the age of 7 in Kharkiv Special Secondary School of Music under guidance of Valeriy Altukhov. In 1996 he was awarded full scholarship to study clarinet at Interlochen Arts Academy with Richard Hawkins. Mr. Dyachenko also holds bachelor’s degree from University of Michigan and master’s degree from University of Minnesota and Doctor of Music degree from Rice University. Among his teachers are Fred Ormand\, Burt Hara\, Richie Hawley\, Lee Morgan\, Yehuda Gilad\, Richard Hawkins and Michael Webster. \n\n Logan Hanna is a guitarist and educator from Memphis. He currently works with different jazz groups around town\, and is a member of The Mighty Souls Brass Band\, Big Barton\, and the Memphis Ukulele Band. For the last 8 years\, Logan has also been recording and performing with Grace Askew. He is also currently on the adjust faculty at the University of Memphis where he teaches Intro To Jazz Guitar. Heavily influenced by guitar greats such as Bill Frisell\, Jim Hall\, Marc Ribot\, Albert King\, T-Bone Walker\, Steve Cropper\, and Don Rich\, Logan enjoys being somewhat of a musical chameleon blending styles to fit the music he is playing. \n\nDelara Hashemi is a freelance musician and teacher in the Memphis area. She subs with the Memphis Symphony\, the Memphis Symphony Woodwind Quintet\, and plays in the BlueShift Ensemble and Poplar Wind Trio. She has performed in the National Flute Association (NFA) Collegiate Flute Choir at conventions in 2009 and 2011. Delara was the 2011 and 2012 Music Teachers National Association State Winner in Oklahoma\, Young Artist Performance – Woodwinds. Delara completed degrees in flute performance at the University of Memphis where she studied flute with Prof. Elise Blatchford\, and the University of Central Oklahoma where she studied flute with Dr. Emily Butterfield. \n\nBlueshift cellist and Composer-in-Residence\, Jonathan Kirkscey is a composer\, producer\, and cellist who regularly performs with the Memphis Symphony Orchestra\, Mouserocket and Luna Nova Ensemble. As a film composer\, Jonathan scored the documentary “Best of Enemies”\, directed by Morgan Neville (20 Feet From Stardom) and Robert Gordon\, which premiered at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival. His score for “Best of Enemies” earned him the International Documentary Association’s award for best original music in a documentary feature.  He also composed music for the Netflix original documentary series “Chelsea Does”\, which premiered at Sundance in January of 2016. Jonathan also recently scored the short film “Our Conductor” directed by Craig Brewer for the Memphis Grizzlies. Jonathan has provided arrangements for the Memphis Symphony Orchestra and has had several original pieces for orchestra performed by the MSO. As an arranger and performer he has worked with Cat Power\, Al Green\, Ra Ra Riot\, Smokey Robinson\, Johnny Mathis\, Steve Jordan\, Daniel Johnston\, Jay Reatard\, North Mississippi Allstars\, Lucero\, Amy Lavere\, Kallen Esperian\, and many others. \n\nEd Murray is a graduate of the New England Conservatory and was a student of Vic Firth. He has held the position of Assistant Principal of Percussion/Timpani in the Memphis Symphony Orchestra since 1987\, and has been a member of the Iris Orchestra since the year 2000. Ed has been the first-call percussionist for the Orpheum Theatre Touring Shows since 1990 and is the drummer for the Memphis Symphony Orchestra Big Band.  He was a soloist with the Memphis Symphony Orchestra on three separate occasions\, featured on Xylophone\, Marimba and World Percussion. He was the Principal Percussionist for the Mexico City Philharmonic\, 1985-1987\, and has performed with such artists as Yo-Yo Ma\, Itzhak Perlman\, Aretha Franklin\, Johnny Mathis and  Joshua Bell. \n\nRenée Kemper Murray has called Memphis her home since 2004. She has been a Musical Director for many Regional Theaters across the U.S. such as the Fulton Opera House (PA)\, the Barter Theater (VA)\, the Old Creamery (Iowa)\, and the Tri-Arts Sharon Playhouse (CT). After completing Graduate School at the University of Memphis (2006)\, she joined the production staff at Memphis’ Playhouse on the Square as the Resident Music Director for seven years. She is now in her third year with St. George’s Independent Schools as Music Artist-in-Residence and Fine Arts educator at their Memphis Campus. In addition to her Master of Music degree in Collaborative Piano Performance\, she holds a Bachelor of Music degree in Piano Performance from Southwestern University (Georgetown\, TX) and has attended the Aspen School of Music in Colorado. She has received five Ostrander awards and two Memphis Theater Awards for Excellence in Musical Direction as well as two Ostrander Awards for singing roles in theater – one for her featured role in Jaques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris and the other for Leading Actress in the musical\, A Closer Walk with Patsy Cline. She has played with the Memphis Symphony Orchestra Big Band\, continues to play for shows\, performs as singer and guitarist in her own band\, and is a member of Blueshift Ensemble. \n\nViolinist Marisa Polesky is a member of the Memphis Symphony Orchestra and the IRIS Orchestra. In addition\, she works with the Memphis Music Initiative as a mentor/teacher at White Station Middle and High Schools and teaches at St Louis School. \n\nJennifer Puckett currently serves as principal violist with the Memphis Symphony Orchestra. Prior to her tenure here in Memphis\, she completed three years with the New World Symphony in Miami Beach\, Florida. She has been on the EMF faculty since the summer of 2005. Mrs. Puckett has been teaching private lessons since 1996. She has taught with different Suzuki programs and is the founder of the East Memphis Music Academy. Her current private studio consist violin and viola students of all ages. Originally trained as a violinist\, she received her Bachelor’s degree in violin performance from the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa. Some of the summer music festivals she attended in the past are the Aspen Music Festival\, Meadowmount School of Music\, National Repertory Orchestra\, Spoleto USA\, and the Brevard Music Center. The Aspen Music Festival led her to the University of Colorado in Boulder where she received her Master’s degree in viola performance. Mrs. Puckett held graduate quartet and teaching assistantships for the three years that she was at the University of Colorado. Over the years she has played professionally with many other orchestras including the Colorado Symphony\, Alabama Symphony\, and the Arizona Music Festival to name a few. In addition to her position with the Memphis Symphony\, her leadership experience includes principal viola on numerous occasions with the New World Symphony\, and throughout her college career as concertmaster\, principal second violin\, and principal viola. \n\nJonathan Russ composes direct\, expressive music with an eye towards social good\, drawing from the languages of contemporary classical music\, musical theater\, and indie rock. He is Composer-In-Residence with the Blueshift Ensemble and the American Chamber Ensemble\, and is a founding member of the ICEBERG New Music composers’ collective. Jonathan has worked with Marimolin\, Sō Percussion (through their Summer Institute)\, members of the JACK Quartet and International Contemporary Ensemble\, clarinetist Stanley Drucker (NY Philharmonic)\, mezzo-soprano Jennifer Beattie\, and pianists Amir Khosrowpour and Marilyn Lehman. Awards include the MA-ASTA Composition Competition\, ShoutHouse Call For Scores\, and the Boston Conservatory Choral Composers’ Competition. Jonathan has held residencies at the Brush Creek Foundation for the Arts and the Hambidge Center\, was featured at the inaugural New Music On The Bayou Festival\, and will be in residence at Arteles and the Kimmel Harding Nelson Center in 2017. Upcoming projects include a book of piano pieces\, an opera about a hermetic young woman\, and a piece for New York-based ensemble loadbang. As a guitarist\, Jonathan has performed with indie bands Young Yeller and Lucky Sons\, and has played in musical theater pits throughout New York. He holds a master’s in composition from The Boston Conservatory\, where he studied with Andy Vores and Curtis Hughes\, as well as a BA from Brown University in music and an MFA from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts in musical theater writing. www.jonathanrussmusic.com URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/crown-tear-and-tears/ LOCATION:Crosstown Arts Galleries\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States CATEGORIES:Gallery ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://crosstownarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Image-for-Web.jpg GEO:35.1522897;-90.0132964 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Crosstown Arts Galleries 1350 Concourse Ave. Suite 280 Memphis TN 38104 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280:geo:-90.0132964,35.1522897 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20161119T040000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20161204T120000 DTSTAMP:20260519T235232 CREATED:20161020T160117Z LAST-MODIFIED:20161122T221203Z UID:10002870-1479528000-1480852800@crosstownarts.org SUMMARY:Retos y Retratos DESCRIPTION:OPENING RECEPTION: FRIDAY\, NOVEMBER 18\, 6-9 PM \nNoviembre 19 hasta Diciembre 4\nRecepción: Viernes\, 18 de noviembre 6 – 9 PM \nHorario de la Galería: de Martes a Sábado\, 10 AM – 6 PM \nThe gallery will be closed November 24-25 for the Thanksgiving holiday. \n\nRetos y Retratos\, an exhibition of portraits of Latino/a artists and samples of their work\, strives to give a voice to the struggles\, triumphs\, and experiences of this community of artists in Memphis. Committed to different forms of expression\, united by art and the challenges they have faced\, these artists seek to preserve and communicate their roots. The portraits demonstrate both the artistic and intimate side of these creators. \nOrganized by Centro Cultural Latino Cultural Center in collaboration with Crosstown Arts. \n\nRetos y Retratos es una  muestra de arte Latino en Memphis que busca dar una voz a los procesos y experiencias de sus artistas.  Entregados a diferentes formas de expresión\, unidos por el arte y los retos alcanzados\, estos artistas buscan conservar y comunicar sus raíces. Los  retratos presentados nos muestran el lado artístico y a la vez intimo de estos  creadores. URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/retos-y-retratos/ LOCATION:Crosstown Arts Galleries\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States CATEGORIES:Gallery ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://crosstownarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Agustin-Diaz.jpg GEO:35.1522897;-90.0132964 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Crosstown Arts Galleries 1350 Concourse Ave. Suite 280 Memphis TN 38104 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280:geo:-90.0132964,35.1522897 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20161027T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20161027T150000 DTSTAMP:20260519T235233 CREATED:20160930T213000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20161019T202718Z UID:10002578-1477573200-1477580400@crosstownarts.org SUMMARY:Artist Talk: Brantley Ellzey DESCRIPTION:Artist and architect Brantley Ellzey discusses his work on display in “Sweet\,” an exhibition of over 20 new works created from hand-rolled construction paper in a kaleidoscopic array of colors and forms. \n“Sweet” is on display from October 7th through November 5th. \n\nArtist Biography\nBrantley Ellzey is an architect and artist who has operated an independent studio in the Crosstown neighborhood of Memphis since 2010.  With degrees in Architecture and Theater Design from Tulane University\, Ellzey creates art that illustrates the precision and structural form of architecture while embodying the colorful thrill and drama of the theater.  His works consist primarily of paper from magazines\, books and other printed media which he deconstructs\, rolls and methodically builds into complex\, layered forms.  Drawing from the themes of the selected materials\, he expresses the anatomy of a journal\, making the subject and content visually apparent in the piece with lines\, color and overall construction.  His work is in numerous private and corporate collections throughout the United States\, such as Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital\, West Cancer Center\, Bass Berry + Sims\, Wunderlich Securities\, and Iberia Bank. Examples of his architectural work are First Congregational Church\, The Museum of Modern Spinal Surgery at Medtronic\,The Kemmons Wilson Exhibit at the Kemmons Wilson School of Hospitality and Resort Management at University of Memphis\, the renovation of Immaculate Conception Cathedral\, and Ballet Memphis (Cordova). URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/brantley-ellzey-artist-talk/ LOCATION:Crosstown Arts Galleries\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States CATEGORIES:Gallery ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://crosstownarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/20160523_ellzey_0004-Edit-1.jpg GEO:35.1522897;-90.0132964 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Crosstown Arts Galleries 1350 Concourse Ave. Suite 280 Memphis TN 38104 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280:geo:-90.0132964,35.1522897 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20161007T050000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20161105T130000 DTSTAMP:20260519T235233 CREATED:20160822T171728Z LAST-MODIFIED:20161110T215111Z UID:10002831-1475816400-1478350800@crosstownarts.org SUMMARY:Brantley Ellzey: SWEET DESCRIPTION:OPENING RECEPTION: FRIDAY\, OCTOBER 7\, 6-9 PM \n\nCrosstown Arts is pleased to present SWEET\, an exhibition of 20 new works by Memphis-based artist and architect\, Brantley Ellzey. \nFor the past 15 years\, Ellzey’s practice has typically involved media-based content in service to a particular subject. His works consist primarily of paper from magazines\, books\, and other printed media which he deconstructs\, rolls and methodically builds into complex\, layered forms.  Hand-rolled\, individual pages contain information that create an archive\, a time capsule of a specific theme and period. He has spent the last few years working on commissions that involved this concept\, giving him less control over palette or pattern. \nWith approximately 20 new pieces on view in SWEET\, Ellzey continues his exploration of the rolled paper module\, the process in creating the module\, and the resulting compositions and textures when the module is replicated and combined. In the process of these works\, Ellzey’s architectural training is evident. He was always drawn to model-making and the notion of creating things by hand. Modules provide scale and the hand is visible in the final product\, as each roll of paper is meticulously reworked by the artist. “This process of rolling is a meditative process. I find great inspiration in mundane\, methodical tasks. My mind is free to concentrate on exactly how and why I’m driven to create a particular piece.” The rolled pages that make up his work are filled with energy\, like springs waiting to snap back. \n“You say to a brick\, “What do you want\, brick?” And brick says to you\, “I like an arch.” -Louis Kahn \nThroughout SWEET\, Ellzey returns to the origins of his process by focusing on elements of color\, form\, and composition. In paring down the recent works to their basics\, Ellzey also simplified his inspirations and returned to his past. He began to revisit children’s books that formed his earliest visual memories and researched artists and designers that were working in the early sixties. Through this process he discovered the work of Mary Blair.  An unsung hero of the Disney animation studios and creative force in advertising and design\, Blair was responsible for the “It’s A Small World” attraction for the New York World’s Fair and then Disneyland. The juxtapositions of color with folk art patterning and imagery in her work hugely influenced his perception of the world as a child. Blair’s work as well as the styles of Alexander Girard and Charles and Ray Eames have guided the color and energy of Ellzey’s new body of work. \nDuring this tumultuous political season\, the process of creating these pieces\, as well as the imagery and materials involved\, has been a bulwark against a daily barrage of cynicism and acrimony. SWEET is unabashedly happy and optimistic\, and Ellzey hopes his audience will be similarly inspired. \n\n \n\n\n \n\nArtist Biography \nBrantley Ellzey is an architect and artist who has operated an independent studio in the Crosstown neighborhood of Memphis since 2010.  With degrees in Architecture and Theater Design from Tulane University\, Ellzey creates art that illustrates the precision and structural form of architecture while embodying the colorful thrill and drama of the theater.  His works consist primarily of paper from magazines\, books and other printed media which he deconstructs\, rolls and methodically builds into complex\, layered forms.  Drawing from the themes of the selected materials\, he expresses the anatomy of a journal\, making the subject and content visually apparent in the piece with lines\, color and overall construction.  His work is in numerous private and corporate collections throughout the United States\, such as Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital\, West Cancer Center\, Bass Berry + Sims\, Wunderlich Securities\, and Iberia Bank. Examples of his architectural work are First Congregational Church\, The Museum of Modern Spinal Surgery at Medtronic\,The Kemmons Wilson Exhibit at the Kemmons Wilson School of Hospitality and Resort Management at University of Memphis\, the renovation of Immaculate Conception Cathedral\, and Ballet Memphis (Cordova). URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/brantley-ellzey-sweet/ LOCATION:Crosstown Arts Galleries\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States CATEGORIES:Gallery ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://crosstownarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Screen-Shot-2016-08-17-at-3.14.55-PM.png GEO:35.1522897;-90.0132964 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Crosstown Arts Galleries 1350 Concourse Ave. Suite 280 Memphis TN 38104 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280:geo:-90.0132964,35.1522897 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20160928T050000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20161002T130000 DTSTAMP:20260519T235233 CREATED:20160908T195306Z LAST-MODIFIED:20160908T195848Z UID:10002844-1475038800-1475413200@crosstownarts.org SUMMARY:Torn Down By Thursday DESCRIPTION:Opening Reception: Wednesday\, September 28\, 6-9 pm\nOn view Thursday-Sunday\, September 29-October 2 \n\nAn exhibition of  flyers and posters from Memphis’ underground music scene\, from the 1970s to now \nOrganized by Goner Records | GONERFEST 13 URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/torn-down-by-thursday/ LOCATION:TN CATEGORIES:Gallery ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://crosstownarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/gonerfest13artshow001.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20160922T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20160922T153000 DTSTAMP:20260519T235233 CREATED:20160902T162429Z LAST-MODIFIED:20160902T173856Z UID:10002837-1474547400-1474558200@crosstownarts.org SUMMARY:Exhibit: Hope DESCRIPTION:On view at Arts on the Grounds at New Hope Christian Academy\nOrganized by Crosstown Arts and Elliot Perry in collaboration with New Hope\n\n\n\nElliot Perry and Crosstown Arts are collaborating with New Hope Christian Academy (NHCA)\, an urban elementary school in the Frayser community of Memphis\, to curate Exhibit: Hope. The show is a component of a larger arts-focused fundraising event\, Arts on the Grounds\, that will celebrate and benefit NHCA and its Arts Academy program. \n\nLester Merriweather\nGreely Myatt\nTerry Lynn\nKong Wee Pang\nCathy Lancaster\nNancy Dorman\nEmily Ozier\nCathy Graham\nCarl Moore\nMelody Weintraub\nMary Jo Karimnia\nHamlett Dobbins\nRachael Grant\nLawrence Matthews\nPinkney Herbert\nYancy Villa Calvo\nDanny Broadway\nChloe York\nSusan Maakestad\n\n\n  \nNew Hope currently enrolls over 420 students from grades PK3 – 6th and is now in its 20th year. The school offers a challenging intellectual and Christ-centered learning environment with a wide range of academic and extracurricular opportunities for its students. The unique school grounds consist of a working “urban” farm\, an adjacent “urban” forest of several acres (for experimental outdoor learning)\, as well as a STEAM-inspired maker space. Through these upcoming events\, we look forward to raising awareness of the future needs (and current highlights) of NHCA’s growing Arts Academy program. \n\nFor more information\, please contact Gray Byrd\, Development Coordinator at New Hope Christian Academy at gbyrd@newhopememphis.org. URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/exhibit-hope/ LOCATION:New Hope Christian Academy\, 3000 University St\, Memphis\, TN\, 38127\, United States CATEGORIES:Gallery ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://crosstownarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/C_Moore.jpg GEO:35.2077197;-89.989726 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=New Hope Christian Academy 3000 University St Memphis TN 38127 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=3000 University St:geo:-89.989726,35.2077197 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR