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SUMMARY:Memphis Quarantine
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts presents an exhibition of photographer Jamie Harmon’s Memphis Quarantine photographs.\n\nFrom March 13-May 31\, 2020\, Jamie Harmon photographed more than 2\,000 people at more than 800 homes in the Greater Memphis area to document life during the quarantine period of the global Covid-19 pandemic. Through portraiture\, the images document Memphis residents’ shared isolation anxieties and bonds renewed by survival\, hope\, and solidarity.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Jamie Harmon: \nJamie Harmon is a Memphis-based photographer with decades of experience in documenting both found objects and human subjects through film and digital media. A visual anthropologist\, Harmon’s photographs have been featured in the New York Times\, CBS News\, Bitter Southerner and Memphis Magazine. His latest project “Quarantine Memphis” offers an intimate\, early record of life during the 2020 global pandemic through showcasing home-bound notable local figures and everyday Memphians. Through portraiture\, the images document Memphis residents’ shared isolation anxieties and bonds renewed by survival\, hope and solidarity. His other work includes an ongoing portable studio called “Amurica\,” a renovated midcentury Airstream trailer lit with bright\, whimsical props that help visitors come alive with color in the shutter. Grounded in an exploration of place from community to individual to object\, Harmon’s work breathes in a sincere interest in capturing human emotion and character as story. \nArtist Statement:\nThe Memphis Quarantine Project started on March 13\, 2020\, when I\, along with many others\, officially started distancing from one another. I thought I needed something to keep me busy but still be safe. I assumed this would only be for a few weeks and asked a friend if I could photograph them from outside their home. This led to posting an open invitation on social media\, and the project quickly grew to hundreds of people. I eventually reached over 1\,200 people on the sign up link before I had to put a freeze on it. \nFrom March 13 through May 31\, 2020\, I photographed over 800 dwellings and 2\,000 people with an average of 13 photoshoots a day\, each lasting between 15 -30 minutes. Leah Keys\, my partner\, sorted and scheduled all 800 requests by zip code and surrounding cities in the greater Memphis area with daily efficiency routes\, which made it possible to keep such a tight schedule. After the photos were taken\, there was still editing and sorting to do. Generally 8 hours of shooting would lead to another 8 hours of editing. So even though the shooting stopped at the end of May\, the editing continued every day until July. \nThe project was free for participants. Each home\, person\, or family received a private web link with edited images that they could download at no charge. Although many people donated to the project\, it was never advertised as a requirement in efforts to keep participation equitable.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/memphis-quarantine/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts Galleries\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Gallery
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SUMMARY:Opening Reception for New Faculty: Connections
DESCRIPTION:On view through January 23 \nIn the last five years\, the Department of Art at the University of Memphis has experienced a generational sea change with new faculty and an expanded curriculum. These new voices and fresh viewpoints complement the decades of rich experiences provided by veteran faculty to create a full learning environment for our diverse community of students. \nNew Faculty:  Connections presents the work of the most recent additions to the department\, including seven artists and two art historians. In conjunction with the exhibition\, programming will highlight collaborative curriculums\, insight into reading materials that inform their research as an educator\, artist\, or historian\, and opportunities to create bridges outside of the academic sphere. \nParticipating educators include: Dr. Lucienne Auz\, Hamlett Dobbins\, Kelsey Harrison\, Dr. Rebecca Howard\, Coe Lapossy\, Kate Roberts\, Ramona Sonin\, Ash Thayer\, and Lisa Williamson
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/opening-reception-for-new-faculty-connections/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, East Gallery\, Crosstown Concourse\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Gallery
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SUMMARY:Opening Reception for Contingency Plan
DESCRIPTION:On view through January 23 \nContingency Plan showcases the work of nine graduating seniors in Studio Art and Photography at the University of Memphis. Despite quarantine and classes taught on Zoom\, these students have persevered to make work exploring identity\, humor\, vulnerability\, resilience\, function\, intuition\, and memory. \nParticipating student artists: Tess Cleary\, Ethan James McVay\, Reanna Ruddick\, Matthew Shibata\, Erica Vanhaute\, Vlad Volkov\, Faith Waggener\, Ashley Whitt\, and Kristen Williams
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/opening-reception-for-contingency-plan/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, West Gallery\, Crosstown Concourse\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Gallery
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20211118
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220124
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SUMMARY:New Faculty: Connections
DESCRIPTION:Opening Friday\, Nov. 19 from 6-8 pm \nIn the last five years\, the Department of Art at the University of Memphis has experienced a generational sea change with new faculty and an expanded curriculum. These new voices and fresh viewpoints complement the decades of rich experiences provided by veteran faculty to create a full learning environment for our diverse community of students. \nNew Faculty:  Connections presents the work of the most recent additions to the department\, including seven artists and two art historians. In conjunction with the exhibition\, programming will highlight collaborative curriculums\, insight into reading materials that inform their research as an educator\, artist\, or historian\, and opportunities to create bridges outside of the academic sphere. \nParticipating educators include: Dr. Lucienne Auz\, Hamlett Dobbins\, Kelsey Harrison\, Dr. Rebecca Howard\, Coe Lapossy\, Kate Roberts\, Ramona Sonin\, Ash Thayer\, and Lisa Williamson
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/new-faculty-connections/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, East Gallery\, Crosstown Concourse\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Gallery
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20211118
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220124
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SUMMARY:Contingency Plan
DESCRIPTION:Opening Friday\, Nov. 19 from 6-8 pm \nContingency Plan showcases the work of nine graduating seniors in Studio Art and Photography at the University of Memphis. Despite quarantine and classes taught on Zoom\, these students have persevered to make work exploring identity\, humor\, vulnerability\, resilience\, function\, intuition\, and memory. \nParticipating student artists: Tess Cleary\, Ethan James McVay\, Reanna Ruddick\, Matthew Shibata\, Erica Vanhaute\, Vlad Volkov\, Faith Waggener\, Ashley Whitt\, and Kristen Williams \n 
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/contingency-plan/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, West Gallery\, Crosstown Concourse\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Gallery
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200514
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200817
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SUMMARY:POSTPONED Art of Science 2020
DESCRIPTION:This event is postponed until further notice. \nCrosstown Arts\, Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital\, and the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) present the 7th annual Art of Science exhibition. \nLocal artists are paired up with medical research scientists and doctors from across Memphis. Together\, scientists and artists create work that introduces new audiences to the science that is saving children’s lives everyday in Memphis. \nResearchers at Le Bonheur and UTHSC not only strive to prevent and cure childhood illnesses\, but are also making discoveries that can improve the health and well-being of all Memphians. By making art inspired by their research\, Art of Science artists create unique portals that enable viewers to peer inside the laboratories of these renowned facilities.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/art-of-science-2020/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts Galleries\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Gallery
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SUMMARY:Exhibition Artist Talks
DESCRIPTION:Artists with work on view at Crosstown Arts will deliver talks in their respective galleries. \nArtists Susan Lichtman and Dennis Congdon will discuss their work in Here Is Where We Meet in the West Gallery at 1 pm. Curator Laurel Suscy will deliver their introduction. \nArtist Keiko Gonzalez will discuss his work in STUDIOS in the East Gallery at 2 pm. Crosstown Arts residency manager/artist Mary Jo Karimnia will deliver his introduction. \nFree and open to the public
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/exhibition-artist-talks/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts at Crosstown Concourse\, 1350 Concourse Avenue\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Gallery,Gallery,West Gallery
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200228
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200420
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SUMMARY:STUDIOS: Keiko Gonzalez
DESCRIPTION:** This exhibition is temporarily suspended. \nPainting\, drawings\, and digital drawings by Keiko Gonzalez in Crosstown Arts East Gallery. \nAbout Keiko Gonzalez:\nKeiko Gonzalez was born in Texas and raised in the U.S. and Bolivia. Keiko studied art in Texas and received an advanced degree and the Ralph Bunche Fellowship from Rutgers University Mason Gross School of Art. He has also traveled and studied in Europe. His intuitive practice has been honed for over 25 years on three continents. Although Keiko’s primary medium is paint\, he is also at ease sculpting\, drawing\, and producing multimedia installations. \nKeiko shows in Bolivia in La Paz\, Santa Cruz\, Cochabamba\, Sucre and in cities all over South America. He has represented Bolivia in biennials in La Paz\, Venice\, Sao Paulo\, and Cairo\, taking several First Place and Grand Prize awards. Keiko shows in Germany\, Hungary\, The Netherlands\, Spain\, and extensively in North America\, including Panama City\, Mexico City\, Miami\, Houston\, Atlanta\, New York\, Memphis\, and Toronto. Keiko’s work is exhibited regularly at art fairs and is included in several major museum collections in North and South America.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/studios-keiko-gonzalez/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, East Gallery\, Crosstown Concourse\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Gallery,Gallery
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SUMMARY:Here Is Where We Meet: Dennis Congdon & Susan Lichtman
DESCRIPTION:** This exhibition is temporarily suspended. \nHere Is Where We Meet features large-scale paintings and works on paper by Dennis Congdon and Susan Lichtman. \nThe artists’ styles are decidedly distinct and yet united by the deliberate attention given to the way in which a painting is constructed. Congdon makes playfully saturated works with the use of a stencil template. Lichtman is a figurative painter of domestic spaces who understands the practice of painting to be a “life of the mind.”  Here is Where We Meet looks at how each artist riffs on the language of painting as well as the written word. \nThroughout the exhibition\, writers and poets will be invited to respond to the visual works.  Curator Laurel Sucsy states\, “I am inspired by the relationship between painters and poets and how artists working in each discipline use the other for inspiration and structure.” \nIn the month of April\, the gallery will host a poetry night during which a collection of responses will be presented to the public. \nCurated by Laurel Sucsy\nThis LifeWorks exhibition was made possible by the generous support of the Don Pelts Memorial Foundation. \n Dennis Congdon:\nDennis Congdon holds a BFA in Painting from RISD and an MFA from Yale. In 1983\, he won the Prix de Rome and became a Fellow at the American Academy in Rome.  He has taught painting and drawing at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and the Tyler School of Art and has been on the faculty at RISD since 1984. In 2003\, he received a Guggenheim Foundation fellowship\, and in 2010\, he received RISD’s John R. Frazier Award for Excellence in Teaching.  \nCongdon’s work has been exhibited widely. Since 2013\, he has had three solo shows in New York City: CUE Foundation in 2013 (curated by Stanley Whitney\,); Horton Gallery in 2014 ; and “Congeries” at Zieher Smith and Horton Gallery in 2015. In 2015\, his large work “Hummocks” was included in the James and Audrey Foster Prize Exhibition at the ICA Boston (curated by kijidome). \n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n\nAbout Susan Lichtman:\nSusan Lichtman is a figurative painter of domestic spaces\, working out of her home studio in southeastern Massachusetts. She is the Charles Bloom Professor of the Arts of Design at Brandeis University\, where she has taught painting and drawing since 1980.  \nLichtman received her undergraduate degree from Brown University and an MFA in Painting from Yale University School of Art. A recipient of a 2018 fellowship from the Massachusetts Cultural Council\, she also has awards from the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation. She was the Frances Niederer Artist-in-Residence at Hollins University in 2017 and has been a visiting critic and lecturer at studio art programs throughout the U.S. and Europe. Lichtman has recently exhibited paintings at Steven Harvey Fine Arts Projects in New York\, at Gross McCleaf Gallery in Philadelphia\, and the Wilson Museum of Hollins University in Roanoke\, VA.  \n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n\nAbout the Curator (Laurel Sucsy):\nLaurel Sucsy is a painter and writer living in Memphis\, TN. She received a BA from Bowdoin College and an MFA from Tyler School of Art. She has taught at Rhodes College and Memphis College of Art. Recent curatorial projects include Between the Eyes\, an exploration into abstract painting and how we see it. Recent exhibitions include Finding the Edge\, at The Dixon Gallery and Gardens (TN) and Paintings at John Davis Gallery (NY). She is the director of LifeWorks\, which aims to activate a sense of community through exposure to the arts.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/here-is-where-we-meet-dennis-congden-susan-lichtman/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, West Gallery\, Crosstown Concourse\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Gallery,West Gallery
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SUMMARY:Opening Reception — STUDIOS
DESCRIPTION:Opening reception for painting\, drawings\, and digital drawings by Keiko Gonzalez in Crosstown Arts East Gallery.\nOn view through April 19. \nAbout Keiko Gonzalez:\nKeiko Gonzalez was born in Texas and raised in the U.S. and Bolivia. Keiko studied art in Texas and received an advanced degree and the Ralph Bunche Fellowship from Rutgers University Mason Gross School of Art. He has also traveled and studied in Europe. His intuitive practice has been honed for over 25 years on three continents. Although Keiko’s primary medium is paint\, he is also at ease sculpting\, drawing\, and producing multimedia installations. \nKeiko shows in Bolivia in La Paz\, Santa Cruz\, Cochabamba\, Sucre and in cities all over South America. He has represented Bolivia in biennials in La Paz\, Venice\, Sao Paulo\, and Cairo\, taking several First Place and Grand Prize awards. Keiko shows in Germany\, Hungary\, The Netherlands\, Spain\, and extensively in North America\, including Panama City\, Mexico City\, Miami\, Houston\, Atlanta\, New York\, Memphis\, and Toronto. Keiko’s work is exhibited regularly at art fairs and is included in several major museum collections in North and South America.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/opening-reception-studios/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, East Gallery\, Crosstown Concourse\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Gallery,Gallery
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SUMMARY:Opening Reception — Here Is Where We Meet
DESCRIPTION:On view through April 19 \nHere Is Where We Meet will feature large-scale paintings and works on paper by Dennis Congdon and Susan Lichtman. \nThe artists’ styles are decidedly distinct and yet united by the deliberate attention given to the way in which a painting is constructed. Congdon makes playfully saturated works with the use of a stencil template. Lichtman is a figurative painter of domestic spaces who understands the practice of painting to be a “life of the mind.”  Here is Where We Meet looks at how each artist riffs on the language of painting as well as the written word. \nThroughout the exhibition\, writers and poets will be invited to respond to the visual works.  Curator Laurel Sucsy states\, “I am inspired by the relationship between painters and poets and how artists working in each discipline use the other for inspiration and structure.” \nIn the month of April\, the gallery will host a poetry night during which a collection of responses will be presented to the public. \nPlease join the artists and curator for a discussion on Saturday\, Feb 29th at 1:00 in the West Gallery. \nCurated by Laurel Sucsy\nThis LifeWorks exhibition was made possible by the generous support of the Don Pelts Memorial Foundation. \nAbout Dennis Congdon:\nDennis Congdon holds a BFA in Painting from RISD and an MFA from Yale. In 1983\, he won the Prix de Rome and became a Fellow at the American Academy in Rome.  He has taught painting and drawing at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and the Tyler School of Art and has been on the faculty at RISD since 1984. In 2003\, he received a Guggenheim Foundation fellowship\, and in 2010\, he received RISD’s John R. Frazier Award for Excellence in Teaching.  \nCongdon’s work has been exhibited widely. Since 2013\, he has had three solo shows in New York City: CUE Foundation in 2013 (curated by Stanley Whitney\,); Horton Gallery in 2014 ; and “Congeries” at Zieher Smith and Horton Gallery in 2015. In 2015\, his large work “Hummocks” was included in the James and Audrey Foster Prize Exhibition at the ICA Boston (curated by kijidome). \n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n\nAbout Susan Lichtman:\nSusan Lichtman is a figurative painter of domestic spaces\, working out of her home studio in southeastern Massachusetts. She is the Charles Bloom Professor of the Arts of Design at Brandeis University\, where she has taught painting and drawing since 1980. \nLichtman received her undergraduate degree from Brown University and an MFA in Painting from Yale University School of Art. A recipient of a 2018 fellowship from the Massachusetts Cultural Council\, she also has awards from the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation. She was the Frances Niederer Artist-in-Residence at Hollins University in 2017 and has been a visiting critic and lecturer at studio art programs throughout the U.S. and Europe. Lichtman has recently exhibited paintings at Steven Harvey Fine Arts Projects in New York\, at Gross McCleaf Gallery in Philadelphia\, and the Wilson Museum of Hollins University in Roanoke\, VA. \n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n\nAbout the Curator (Laurel Sucsy):\nLaurel Sucsy is a painter and writer living in Memphis\, TN. She received a BA from Bowdoin College and an MFA from Tyler School of Art. She has taught at Rhodes College and Memphis College of Art. Recent curatorial projects include Between the Eyes\, an exploration into abstract painting and how we see it. Recent exhibitions include Finding the Edge\, at The Dixon Gallery and Gardens (TN) and Paintings at John Davis Gallery (NY). She is the director of LifeWorks\, which aims to activate a sense of community through exposure to the arts.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/opening-reception-here-is-where-we-meet/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, West Gallery\, Crosstown Concourse\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Gallery,West Gallery
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SUMMARY:Olaniyi R. Akindiya Akirash: Asiko — Moments
DESCRIPTION:New work by Crosstown Arts resident artist Olaniyi R. Akindiya Akirash.\nOn view through Feb. 9\, 2020 in the East Gallery at Crosstown Arts \n\n                 \n\n\n    \nArtist Statement:\nI wake in the depth of night. When I close my eyes\, I feel something is blocking my view. I can‘t breathe deep or stand up from my bed. It feels like something is holding me down. I try to turn my head right or left\, but it is impossible. I try to scream. I can’t find my voice. I think maybe I am dead\, but I still feel that I am breathing. The dead don’t breathe. \nI start to pray as millions of questions pump up my mind. I ask myself\, have I done well in this world? What should I have done better? All the while my bed and pillow turning to a swimming pool of sweat. \nThen suddenly a breeze blows and everything changes. I become myself again. I wake up. I am in a 6’ x 9’ rectangle with a metal rods and a door padlocked. I look at my right someone is standing in another 6’ x 9’\, also on my left. This pattern continues ahead of and behind me. What has happened to me? Have I become an animal in a cage? What day is it? What month\, what year? I ask\, but the only response I get is tears. \nThen a voice suddenly says\, “You are going back to where you come from. You are being deported.” \nI ask again\, “Where are my wife\, my kids? Can I say bye to them?” No more answers. All I continue hearing is the song of tears from the men\, women\, and children around me in other 6 x 9’. \nYou are in a place where there is no way out\, nowhere to go. It is your day to have the worst day of your life. When it hurts too much to move\, I am here to be the first one to help. I am here to stand between you and chaos. I am the first responder. What you see as you look into the mirror is your guardian angel. \nIt is a blessing to have another chance to see the sun again\, another opportunity to right the wrong. \nThis exhibition looks deep into the immigration issues that plague our society. It has become a big bone that has stuck in our throat\, difficult to chew or swallow. It is a nightmarish\, poisonous trauma that has stained our history forever. \nWhy do we go from here? What will those children that they took from their parents think of us in decades to come? \nThis exhibition is not to criticize anybody\, but to create dialogue to find ways to correct our wrongs; to see how we can come to a better existence with our neighbors. How can we heal the wounds\, drain the venom\, and live together in mutual respect and dignity? \nWalk a Mile in Someone’s Shoes:\nAs a part of the Asiko exhibition by Akirash\, from November 22\, 2019 through February 9\, 2020\, the artist asks members of the community to bring in a pair of new or slightly worn shoes to leave in the gallery. You can drop off your shoes at the Crosstown Arts front desk at the top of the red staircase in the East Atrium. With a permanent marker\, Akirash asks each person to write one word on the bottom of each shoe that best describes the original owner. When you drop off your shoes\, you will be given a special ticket. With this ticket\, you can take another pair of shoes at the opening or during the run of the exhibition. We ask you to walk a mile in someone else’s shoes. \nAbout the Artist:\nOlaniyi Rasheed Akindiya (aka Akirash) was born in Lagos\, Nigeria and earned his BS in Biochemistry from the Federal University of Agriculture Abeokuta Nigeria and studied Fine and Applied Art at the Institute of Textile Technology Art & Design Lagos. He currently lives and works between Lagos and Austin\, Texas\, creating work that focuses on fleeting moments that reflect on rural and urban life\, the accelerated pace of development\, and social infrastructure among other topics. He uses various materials and techniques\, including re-purposed items with results ranging from mixed media\, sculpture\, painting\, installation\, video\, and photography to sound and performance work. \nAkirash received the Otis & Velma Davis Dozier Travel Grant Award from the Dallas Museum of Art in 2019 to travel to Cameroon\, Ghana\, and the Bahamas for ongoing research into masks\, masquerades\, costumes\, and symbols as a form of communication rooted in Africa that has spread all over the world. \nOther awards include CORE Funding from the Cultural Art Division of Austin TX\,  the Innovative Artist Award from Mid America Artist Alliance (MAAA / NEA)\, the Pollock Krasner Foundation Award\, the Cultural Initiative & Capacity Building Grant\, Culture Alive Austin\, The Santo Foundation Grant\, and the Commonwealth Connection Award. Facebook\, Instagram\, Twitter\, Pinterest\, Youtube \n“My work focuses on moments of time\, fleeting moments that can be easily forgotten or transformed. Reflecting on rural versus urban life\, the accelerated pace of development and social infrastructure. My works and performative activities play around social subjectivities with dramatic components\, breaking down conventional barriers. \nMy work is designed to create comfort\, peace\, and solace. I believe that art can be a balm to the soul\, revealing a quiet inner truth. My art is a reflection of the joys of life\, directly inspired by rhythm\, harmony\, and the movement of daily existence.”
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/olaniyi-r-akindiya-akirash-asiko-moments/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, East Gallery\, Crosstown Concourse\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Gallery,Gallery
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SUMMARY:Color Schemes: The Value of Intensity
DESCRIPTION:Group exhibition featuring artists whose use of color is a primary consideration in their work. Our senses are affected by the vibrations of color immediately and intrinsically. \nThis exhibition will focus on the meaning\, sensitivity\, and passion that the intensity of color creates. \nFeaturing work by:  Haelim Allen\, Hannah Bevens\, Justin Bowles\, Amelia Briggs\, Maysey Craddock\, Hamlett Dobbins\, Melissa Dunn\, Wayne Edge\, Beth Edwards\, Dana Finimore\, Lauren Fogg\, Vanessa Gonzalez\, Jamie Harmon\, Sharon Havelka\, Suzy Hendrix\, Anthony Lee\, Susan Maakestad\, Lester Merriweather\, Lake Newton\, Meredith Olinger\, Valia Oliver\, Eric Painter\, Joel Parsons\, Alex Paulus\, Juan Rojo\, Kayla Selby\, Joey Slaughter\, Valerie Sparks\, Roy Tamboli\, Kirsten Williams\, and Jon Woodhams.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/color-schemes-the-value-of-intensity/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, West Gallery\, Crosstown Concourse\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Gallery,West Gallery
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SUMMARY:Ezra Johnson: Selected Animations
DESCRIPTION:On view through Feb. 9\, 2020 \nNew work by Tampa\, Florida-based artist Ezra Johnson in the Screening Room. \nArtist Statement:\n* What Visions Burn 2006 — What Visions Burn was the first animation I ever made. I was getting my MFA at Hunter College in New York and decided to go for it four months before my thesis exhibition after seeing the work of William Kentridge at the MOMA. I wondered what it would be like in paint and went to my studio on 41st street and made the sequence where a silhouetted figure cuts a painting out of the frame that night. I did it by balancing my Cannon Elf camera on a book and shooting the painting against the wall. Because I didn’t have a tripod\, you can see the camera wiggle a lot. The next days\, weeks\, and months I made more and more footage\, most everything I made became What Visions Burn. The processes are invented to solve the problem of each unique scene. I never studied animation so I never learned how else to do it. I used oil paint frame by frame to make certain parts\, such as the sky in the opening. I used collage components and photocopies of drawings to make other parts\, like the police chase. In many scenes\, I combined both techniques. I was exhilarated by inventing new ways to make images and to tell stories. \n* Endless Surface 2016 — Endless Surface was created over the course of one month while I was teaching in Paris. I wanted to make an animation where the narrative wasn’t created by moving characters from scene to scene but by morphing one image into another. I was thinking of the cross-dissolve transitions that Hollywood films use in flashback sequences. This approach makes it less about storytelling and more like “a heap of broken images\,” as T.S. Elliot wrote in The Waste Land: “What are the roots that clutch\, what branches grow/Out of this stony rubbish? Son of man\,/You cannot say\, or guess\, for you know only/A heap of broken images\, where the sun beats… \n* River 2018 — Currently\, I live on the Hillsborough River in Tampa\, Florida. At certain times\, especially after a hard rain I am appalled by the vast amount of trash that floats by or washes up on the banks. This river is home to manatees\, dolphins\, alligators\, large turtles\, and tons of different types of fish. I find it difficult to deal with my shock and frustration by people’s indifference to the environment. I’ve been cleaning what I could since I moved here in 2015\, and then I started painting the trash in 2018 and made this animation. I’ve always loved to use objects and logos from commercial culture in my work. With “River\,” I was able to do that and make a piece that addressed my frustrations at the same time. I decided to zoom out and show the process of animating through the tools at work in the margins. I enjoy the combination of the two kinds of work happening at once: There is the river with its flow pushing an absurd quantity of objects from the right to the left and there are the tools lined up on the edges\, organized for efficiency while making the illusion happen. \n* Trampoline and Shapeshifter 2008\nTrampoline and Shapeshifter were both made as screensavers\, commissioned by the DIA Center in New York. They are an example of the two main approaches I’ve developed to create the animations. Trampoline is made using collage paintings on cut paper\, where if you look closely\, you can see that there are only ten or so components that are used over and over to make an infinite loop. \nShapeshifter is made by moving oil paint; basically painting\, taking a shot\, and repainting over and over. If you look closely\, you can see traces of paint from the previous frame that weren’t entirely wiped away. \nAbout the artist:\nEzra Johnson was born in 1975 in Wenatchee Washington. His work moves between painting\, sculpture and animation. Johnson has exhibited his work at The Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art in Kansas\, The Hammer museum in Los Angeles\, Site Santa Fe in New Mexico as well as having regular exhibitions at prestigious galleries in the US and abroad. Mr. Johnson currently lives and works in Tampa\, Fl.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/ezra-johnson-what-visions-burn/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, Screening Room\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Gallery,Screening Room
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SUMMARY:Opening Reception for Olaniyi R. Akindiya Akirash: Asiko — Moments
DESCRIPTION:Opening reception for new work by Crosstown Arts resident artist Olaniyi R. Akindiya Akirash.\nOn view through Feb. 9\, 2020 in the East Gallery at Crosstown Arts \nArtist Statement:\nI wake in the depth of night. When I close my eyes\, I feel something is blocking my view. I can‘t breathe deep or stand up from my bed. It feels like something is holding me down. I try to turn my head right or left\, but it is impossible. I try to scream. I can’t find my voice. I think maybe I am dead\, but I still feel that I am breathing. The dead don’t breathe. \nI start to pray as millions of questions pump up my mind. I ask myself\, have I done well in this world? What should I have done better? All the while my bed and pillow turning to a swimming pool of sweat. \nThen suddenly a breeze blows and everything changes. I become myself again. I wake up. I am in a 6’ x 9’ rectangle with a metal rods and a door padlocked. I look at my right someone is standing in another 6’ x 9’\, also on my left. This pattern continues ahead of and behind me. What has happened to me? Have I become an animal in a cage? What day is it? What month\, what year? I ask\, but the only response I get is tears. \nThen a voice suddenly says\, “You are going back to where you come from. You are being deported.” \nI ask again\, “Where are my wife\, my kids? Can I say bye to them?” No more answers. All I continue hearing is the song of tears from the men\, women\, and children around me in other 6 x 9’. \nYou are in a place where there is no way out\, nowhere to go. It is your day to have the worst day of your life. When it hurts too much to move\, I am here to be the first one to help. I am here to stand between you and chaos. I am the first responder. What you see as you look into the mirror is your guardian angel. \nIt is a blessing to have another chance to see the sun again\, another opportunity to right the wrong. \nThis exhibition looks deep into the immigration issues that plague our society. It has become a big bone that has stuck in our throat\, difficult to chew or swallow. It is a nightmarish\, poisonous trauma that has stained our history forever. \nWhy do we go from here? What will those children that they took from their parents think of us in decades to come? \nThis exhibition is not to criticize anybody\, but to create dialogue to find ways to correct our wrongs; to see how we can come to a better existence with our neighbors. How can we heal the wounds\, drain the venom\, and live together in mutual respect and dignity? \nWalk a Mile in Someone’s Shoes:\nAs a part of the Asiko exhibition by Akirash\, from November 22\, 2019 through February 9\, 2020\, the artist asks members of the community to bring in a pair of new or slightly worn shoes to leave in the gallery. You can drop off your shoes at the Crosstown Arts front desk at the top of the red staircase in the East Atrium. With a permanent marker\, Akirash asks each person to write one word on the bottom of each shoe that best describes the original owner. When you drop off your shoes\, you will be given a special ticket. With this ticket\, you can take another pair of shoes at the opening or during the run of the exhibition. We ask you to walk a mile in someone else’s shoes. \nAbout the Artist:\nOlaniyi Rasheed Akindiya (aka Akirash) was born in Lagos\, Nigeria and earned his BS in Biochemistry from the Federal University of Agriculture Abeokuta Nigeria and studied Fine and Applied Art at the Institute of Textile Technology Art & Design Lagos. He currently lives and works between Lagos and Austin\, Texas\, creating work that focuses on fleeting moments that reflect on rural and urban life\, the accelerated pace of development\, and social infrastructure among other topics. He uses various materials and techniques\, including re-purposed items with results ranging from mixed media\, sculpture\, painting\, installation\, video\, and photography to sound and performance work. \nAkirash received the Otis & Velma Davis Dozier Travel Grant Award from the Dallas Museum of Art in 2019 to travel to Cameroon\, Ghana\, and the Bahamas for ongoing research into masks\, masquerades\, costumes\, and symbols as a form of communication rooted in Africa that has spread all over the world. \nOther awards include CORE Funding from the Cultural Art Division of Austin TX\,  the Innovative Artist Award from Mid America Artist Alliance (MAAA / NEA)\, the Pollock Krasner Foundation Award\, the Cultural Initiative & Capacity Building Grant\, Culture Alive Austin\, The Santo Foundation Grant\, and the Commonwealth Connection Award. Facebook\, Instagram\, Twitter\, Pinterest\, Youtube \n“My work focuses on moments of time\, fleeting moments that can be easily forgotten or transformed. Reflecting on rural versus urban life\, the accelerated pace of development and social infrastructure. My works and performative activities play around social subjectivities with dramatic components\, breaking down conventional barriers. \nMy work is designed to create comfort\, peace\, and solace. I believe that art can be a balm to the soul\, revealing a quiet inner truth. My art is a reflection of the joys of life\, directly inspired by rhythm\, harmony\, and the movement of daily existence.”
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/opening-reception-for-olaniyi-r-akindiya-akirash-asiko-moments/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, East Gallery\, Crosstown Concourse\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Gallery,Gallery
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SUMMARY:Opening Reception for Color Schemes: The Value of Intensity
DESCRIPTION:On view through Feb. 9\, 2020 \nGroup exhibition featuring artists whose use of color is a primary consideration in their work. Our senses are affected by the vibrations of color immediately and intrinsically. \nThis exhibition will focus on the meaning\, sensitivity\, and passion that the intensity of color creates. \nFeaturing work by:  Haelim Allen\, Hannah Bevens\, Justin Bowles\, Amelia Briggs\, Maysey Craddock\, Hamlett Dobbins\, Melissa Dunn\, Wayne Edge\, Beth Edwards\, Dana Finimore\, Lauren Fogg\, Vanessa Gonzalez\, Jamie Harmon\, Sharon Havelka\, Suzy Hendrix\, Anthony Lee\, Susan Maakestahdt\, Lester Merriweather\, Lake Newton\, Meredith Olinger\, Valia Oliver\, Eric Painter\, Joel Parsons\, Alex Paulus\, Juan Rojo\, Kayla Selby\, Joey Slaughter\, Valerie Sparks\, Roy Tamboli\, Kirsten Williams\, and Jon Woodhams.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/opening-reception-for-color-schemes-the-value-of-intensity/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, West Gallery\, Crosstown Concourse\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Gallery,West Gallery
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SUMMARY:Opening Reception for Ezra Johnson: Selected Animations
DESCRIPTION:On view through Feb. 9\, 2020 \nNew work by Tampa\, Florida-based artist Ezra Johnson in the Screening Room. \nEzra Johnson was born in 1975 in Wenatchee Washington. His work moves between painting\, sculpture and animation. Johnson has exhibited his work at The Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art in Kansas\, The Hammer museum in Los Angeles\, Site Santa Fe in New Mexico as well as having regular exhibitions at prestigious galleries in the US and abroad. Mr. Johnson currently lives and works in Tampa\, Fl.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/opening-reception-for-ezra-johnson-what-visions-burn/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, Screening Room\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Gallery,Screening Room
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20191015
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SUMMARY:Open Call — Color Schemes: The Value of Intensity
DESCRIPTION:Color Schemes: The Value of Intensity\nOpen call to visual artists in any medium whose use of color is a primary consideration in their work. Our senses are affected by the vibrations of color immediately and intrinsically. \nThis exhibition will focus on the meaning\, sensitivity\, and passion that the intensity of color creates. \nPlease submit up to 10 images of work\, a short statement\, and bio. \nImportant Dates:\nDeadline for submissions: Monday\, October 14\, 2019\nNotifications will be sent out Friday\, October 25\, 2019 \nExhibition dates:  November 22\, 2019 – February 9\, 2020 \nSubmit Your Work
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/open-call-color-schemes/
LOCATION:TN
CATEGORIES:Gallery
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190823
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SUMMARY:Wang Chen: The Sin Park
DESCRIPTION:Join us in the Screening Room at Crosstown Arts for a new exhibition of work by Wang Chen. Chen’s work will also be exhibited on the pop-out walls in the East Atrium. \nWang Chen is a multimedia artist whose work incorporates installation\, performance\, drawing and animation to create digital videos that depict fantasy worlds with humanoid characters\, whom she uses to examine gender\, sexuality\, and politics. By layering different mediums into one digital composition\, Chen creates an overwhelming fantasy world of multiple\, moveable layers and elements that together become unstoppable and continuously transforming as a way of considering the possibilities of imagined worlds. \nIn her videos\, hand-sewn costumes fuse the human body into the virtual space where humanness blends in\, dissolves\, and potentially succumbs to the digital fantasy. As the costumed performer\, Chen herself becomes a physical component of the worlds she creates\, becoming multiple. These clones represent variously unstable identities:  undefined genders\, cartoonish humanoids\, ghostlike apparitions and thus can adopt multiple identities\, abstracting her own role as the artist-architect to become many things at once. \nChen’s playground of electric city-space\, neon landscapes\, and nightmarish amusement parks becomes itself a representation\, if not a fun-house mirror\, of our own reality.  The juxtaposition and melting of these dark yet fantastical scenes act as a playful reflection of Chen’s complicated response and rejection of societal norms while constructing a new vision of gender and sexuality in our world. \nThis work may not be appropriate for younger audiences. \nAbout Wang Chen:\nWang Chen was born in China and is a multimedia artist currently living and working in NYC. The installations that Chen creates begin with physical drawings. Chen makes costumes and props for her videos and builds unimaginable spaces using virtual reality. Chen received her BFA in Painting from Virginia Commonwealth University and an MFA in Photography from the Rochester Institute of Technology. Her work has been exhibited/screened internationally in China\, UK\, US\, Sweden\, Venezuela\, and Greece. Chen has participated in several residencies including The Studios at MASS MoCA\, the NYFA Immigrant Mentoring Program\, and the Crosstown Arts artist residency program. She is the fellowship recipient of Roswell Artist in Residency\, Vermont Studio Center and Nars Foundation.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/chen-wang-the-sin-park/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, Screening Room\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Atrium,Gallery,Screening Room
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190823
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20191022
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SUMMARY:Jia Wang: Residual Imprint
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an exhibition of new work by Jia Wang. Jia’s work explores the traumatic memories that are prevalent in a family. Examining and displaying how trauma is revealed through complex family relationships and how it alters an individual and a family’s identity when visualized. Her work addresses both a personal and cultural perspectives\, through site-specific installation comprised of video\, collage\, and photographic images. \nIn Jia’s work\, she exploring domestic violence and sharing her visual inquiry into trauma through personal storytelling. These stories are both past’s future and future’s past\, physically and psychologically speaking. In traditional Chinese culture\, the family is the most basic unit and many aspects of Chinese life can be tied to honoring one’s parents or ancestors. Family practices\, such as interactions between family members and disciplinary actions\, are passed down from one generation to another. Family is the most intimate relationship but also the most confusing as love and hostility can be difficult to separate. \nAbout Jia Wang:\nJia Wang was born in Lanzhou\, Gnasu Province\, China. She holds a BFA in Photography from the Beijing Film Academy\, Beijing\, China and an MFA in Imaging Arts from the Rochester Institute of Technology\, Rochester\, NY. Jia has exhibited internationally including in the Three Shadows Photography Art Center\, Beijing\, China\, the Yeiser Art Center\, Pauducah\, KY\, and the PH21 Gallery in Budapest\, Hungary. Her art work has published in Art Maze Mag\, UK\, ArtAscent Magazine\, USA\, and the PhotoWorld magazine\, China. Residences include the Chanorth Residency Program and the Crosstown Arts Residency Program. In Fall 2019\, Jia will participate in the Bronx Museum’s AIM (Artist in the Marketplace) Program. \n\nTOMORROW at The Green Room at Crosstown Arts! Come hear the TULSA REVUE featuring John Fullbright\, Paul Benjaman\, Jacob Tovar & special guest Jesse Aycock! Experience individual sets from each artist with a supporting cast of players\, as the the evening wraps with all joining together for a family jam of epic proportion.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/jia-wang-residual-imprint/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, East Gallery\, Crosstown Concourse\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Gallery,Gallery
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190823
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SUMMARY:Scott Carter: Counterpoint
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an exhibition of new work by Scott Carter. The artist’s intent is that this body of work reflects a fragile intertwining of music\, performance\, and sculpture while reflecting both digital and intuitive methods of problem solving in the studio. \nAbout the exhibition:\nThis exhibition emphasizes a relationship between disparate voices. As a metaphor\, these\nvoices represent contrasting and divergent forms of the artist’s creative practice. Carter’s\ninterest in music\, performance and sculpture oscillates between utter failure\, disinterest and frustration to moments where both practices seemingly make sense existing in the same place\, both physically and metaphorically. This body of work represents the struggle to produce in both creative fields. \nDuring his recent residency at Crosstown Arts\, Carter was allowed the freedom and space to work intuitively and pursue both of these creative endeavors with the assistance of digital tools and advanced fabrication equipment. The artist’s intent is that this body of work reflects a fragile intertwining of music\, performance and sculpture while reflecting both digital and intuitive methods of problem solving in the studio. \n\nArtist statement:\nThe connections between humans and the built environment interest me\, serving as the\nprimary source material for my work. I formulate thoughtful assessments of my environment\, exploring connections between art\, design and sound. \nThe physical development of my work is related to a tactile sense for materials. Through\nthe process of examining materials and their function\, I am interested in bestowing new\nvalue and subverting function. My practice often involves a re-purposing of materials ranging from drywall\, carpet\, and fluorescent lights to used guitars\, drum sets\, and\nelectronic components. Metaphorically\, these material transitions allow me to explore my\ninterests in the way we experience culture\, objects and physical environments. \n\nAbout the artist:\nSCOTT CARTER (b. 1984\, United States) is a Wisconsin-based artist\, whose work is influenced by the experience of living amongst mass-produced materials\, spaces and objects that are inherent in contemporary architecture and design. His work manifests as immersive installations and interactive objects that facilitate subtle shifts in value and attempt to redefine utility in relation to everyday experiences. His practice parallels contemporary discourse in art\, design\, architecture\, and sound. \nScott received his MFA in Sculpture from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in\n2011\, where he was the first recipient of the Eldon Danhausen Fellowship for Sculpture.\nHe has attended funded residencies at the Vermont Studio Center in Johnson\, Vermont and the Ox Bow School of Art in Saugatuck\, Michigan. In addition he is a recipient of the Efroymson Contemporary Arts Fellowship for Midwestern artists (2013) and a first place recipient of the Beers Contemporary Emerging Artist Award in Sculpture (2013) \nSelected solo shows include include Velocity – Linda Warren Projects\, Chicago\, Il (2017); The Nature of Being – Pinnacle Gallery\, Savannah\, Ga (2015); The Shape of Things – Beers Contemporary\, London (2014); Disonar – Evanston Art Center\, Evanston\, Il (2013) and Force Majeure – Linda Warren Projects\, Chicago\, Il (2012); Recent group exhibitions include as site specific installation for In Situ and Linda Warren Projects at Expo Chicago (2014)\, Building Stories – Kohler Arts Center\, Sheboygan WI (2014) and I am What I am Doing – La Esquina Gallery\, Kansas City\, MO (2014). \nIn addition\, he was a visiting artist as part of DeFINE Art 2015 at the Savannah College of Art and Design in Savannah Georgia and recently completed a three month residency as part of the Kohler Arts/Industry program in Kohler\, Wisconsin.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/scott-carter-counterpoint/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, West Gallery\, Crosstown Concourse\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Gallery,West Gallery
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SUMMARY:Opening Reception — Wang Chen: The Sin Park
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an opening reception of new work by artist Wang Chen. Chen’s work will be on view in the Screening Room at Crosstown Arts and projected onto walls in the East Atrium. On view through October 20. \nWang Chen is a multimedia artist whose work incorporates installation\, performance\, drawing and animation to create digital videos that depict fantasy worlds with humanoid characters\, whom she uses to examine gender\, sexuality\, and politics. By layering different mediums into one digital composition\, Chen creates an overwhelming fantasy world of multiple\, moveable layers and elements that together become unstoppable and continuously transforming as a way of considering the possibilities of imagined worlds. \nIn her videos\, hand-sewn costumes fuse the human body into the virtual space where humanness blends in\, dissolves\, and potentially succumbs to the digital fantasy. As the costumed performer\, Chen herself becomes a physical component of the worlds she creates\, becoming multiple. These clones represent variously unstable identities:  undefined genders\, cartoonish humanoids\, ghostlike apparitions and thus can adopt multiple identities\, abstracting her own role as the artist-architect to become many things at once. \nChen’s playground of electric city-space\, neon landscapes\, and nightmarish amusement parks becomes itself a representation\, if not a fun-house mirror\, of our own reality.  The juxtaposition and melting of these dark yet fantastical scenes act as a playful reflection of Chen’s complicated response and rejection of societal norms while constructing a new vision of gender and sexuality in our world. \nThis work may not be appropriate for younger audiences. \nAbout Wang Chen:\nWang Chen was born in China and is a multimedia artist currently living and working in NYC. The installations that Chen creates begin with physical drawings. Chen makes costumes and props for her videos and builds unimaginable spaces using virtual reality. Chen received her BFA in Painting from Virginia Commonwealth University and an MFA in Photography from the Rochester Institute of Technology. Her work has been exhibited/screened internationally in China\, UK\, US\, Sweden\, Venezuela\, and Greece. Chen has participated in several residencies including The Studios at MASS MoCA and the NYFA Immigrant Mentoring Program. She is the fellowship recipient of Roswell Artist in Residency\, Vermont Studio Center and Nars Foundation.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/opening-reception-chen-wang-the-sin-park/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, Screening Room\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Atrium,Gallery,Screening Room
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SUMMARY:Opening Reception — Jia Wang: Residual Imprint
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an opening reception of new work by Jia Wang. On view through Oct. 20. \nJia’s work explores the traumatic memories that are prevalent in a family. Examining and displaying how trauma is revealed through complex family relationships and how it alters an individual and a family’s identity when visualized. Her work addresses both a personal and cultural perspectives\, through site-specific installation comprised of video\, collage\, and photographic images. \nIn Jia’s work\, she exploring domestic violence and sharing her visual inquiry into trauma through personal storytelling. These stories are both past’s future and future’s past\, physically and psychologically speaking. In traditional Chinese culture\, the family is the most basic unit and many aspects of Chinese life can be tied to honoring one’s parents or ancestors. Family practices\, such as interactions between family members and disciplinary actions\, are passed down from one generation to another. Family is the most intimate relationship but also the most confusing as love and hostility can be difficult to separate. \nAbout Jia Wang:\nJia Wang was born in Lanzhou\, Gansu Provence\, China. She holds a BFA in Photography from the Beijing Film Academy\, Beijing\, China and an MFA in Imaging Arts from the Rochester Institute of Technology\, Rochester\, NY. Jia has exhibited internationally including in the Three Shadows Photography Art Center\, Beijing\, China\, the Yeiser Art Center\, Pauducah\, KY\, and the PH21 Gallery in Budapest\, Hungary. Her art work has published in Art Maze Mag\, UK\, ArtAscent Magazine\, USA\, and the PhotoWorld magazine\, China. Residences include the Chanorth Residency Program and the Crosstown Arts Residency Program. In Fall 2019\, Jia will participate in the Bronx Museum’s AIM (Artist in the Marketplace) Program. \n 
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/opening-reception-jia-wang-residual-imprint/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, East Gallery\, Crosstown Concourse\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Gallery,Gallery
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SUMMARY:Opening Reception — Scott Carter: Counterpoint
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an exhibition of new work by Scott Carter. The artist’s intent is that this body of work reflects a fragile intertwining of music\, performance\, and sculpture while reflecting both digital and intuitive methods of problem solving in the studio. \nAbout the exhibition:\nThis exhibition emphasizes a relationship between disparate voices. As a metaphor\, these\nvoices represent contrasting and divergent forms of the artist’s creative practice. Carter’s\ninterest in music\, performance and sculpture oscillates between utter failure\, disinterest and frustration to moments where both practices seemingly make sense existing in the same place\, both physically and metaphorically. This body of work represents the struggle to produce in both creative fields. \nDuring his recent residency at Crosstown Arts\, Carter was allowed the freedom and space to work intuitively and pursue both of these creative endeavors with the assistance of digital tools and advanced fabrication equipment. The artist’s intent is that this body of work reflects a fragile intertwining of music\, performance and sculpture while reflecting both digital and intuitive methods of problem solving in the studio. \n\nArtist statement:\nThe connections between humans and the built environment interest me\, serving as the\nprimary source material for my work. I formulate thoughtful assessments of my environment\, exploring connections between art\, design and sound. \nThe physical development of my work is related to a tactile sense for materials. Through\nthe process of examining materials and their function\, I am interested in bestowing new\nvalue and subverting function. My practice often involves a re-purposing of materials ranging from drywall\, carpet\, and fluorescent lights to used guitars\, drum sets\, and\nelectronic components. Metaphorically\, these material transitions allow me to explore my\ninterests in the way we experience culture\, objects and physical environments. \n\nAbout the artist:\nSCOTT CARTER (b. 1984\, United States) is a Wisconsin-based artist\, whose work is influenced by the experience of living amongst mass-produced materials\, spaces and objects that are inherent in contemporary architecture and design. His work manifests as immersive installations and interactive objects that facilitate subtle shifts in value and attempt to redefine utility in relation to everyday experiences. His practice parallels contemporary discourse in art\, design\, architecture\, and sound. \nScott received his MFA in Sculpture from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in\n2011\, where he was the first recipient of the Eldon Danhausen Fellowship for Sculpture.\nHe has attended funded residencies at the Vermont Studio Center in Johnson\, Vermont and the Ox Bow School of Art in Saugatuck\, Michigan. In addition he is a recipient of the Efroymson Contemporary Arts Fellowship for Midwestern artists (2013) and a first place recipient of the Beers Contemporary Emerging Artist Award in Sculpture (2013) \nSelected solo shows include include Velocity – Linda Warren Projects\, Chicago\, Il (2017); The Nature of Being – Pinnacle Gallery\, Savannah\, Ga (2015); The Shape of Things – Beers Contemporary\, London (2014); Disonar – Evanston Art Center\, Evanston\, Il (2013) and Force Majeure – Linda Warren Projects\, Chicago\, Il (2012); Recent group exhibitions include as site specific installation for In Situ and Linda Warren Projects at Expo Chicago (2014)\, Building Stories – Kohler Arts Center\, Sheboygan WI (2014) and I am What I am Doing – La Esquina Gallery\, Kansas City\, MO (2014). \nIn addition\, he was a visiting artist as part of DeFINE Art 2015 at the Savannah College of Art and Design in Savannah Georgia and recently completed a three month residency as part of the Kohler Arts/Industry program in Kohler\, Wisconsin.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/opening-reception-scott-carter-counterpoint/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, West Gallery\, Crosstown Concourse\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Gallery,West Gallery
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20190728T080000
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SUMMARY:Stitched Finale
DESCRIPTION:Join us on July 28 from 1-3 pm to celebrate the STITCHED exhibitions at Crosstown Arts. This will be the last time you’ll be able to see the shows. We’re going to announce the viewer’s choice awards\, debut the community quilt made during Maria Shell’s workshop in June\, and acknowledge all of the artists and volunteers who made these shows a reality. \nAnnouncement of the Viewer’s Choice awards will be at 2pm. We will be asking artists to take their quilts down during the celebration. Artists are encouraged to take pictures of your quilt and post them on the Stitched2019 Facebook page as a remembrance of the events. If you will be picking up a quilt for another person you will need to have written permission from that person. \nBLUE show posters will be available at the event. \nIf you have a quilt in the show and are unable to attend the event\, your quilt will be available for pick up from July 29-August 2 from 12-4pm\, Tuesday through Friday at Crosstown Arts. Note that the galleries are closed on Monday.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/stitched-finale/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts Galleries\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Gallery
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20190725T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20190725T160000
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SUMMARY:Opening Reception for Negative Space
DESCRIPTION:Exhibition of works in the miniscule spaces around the first and second floor of Crosstown Concourse in the Central and East Atria. Curated by Crosstown Arts resident artist Aubree Penney. On view through August 25. \nFeatured artists: Sully Allen\, Jesse Butcher\, Zahria Cook\, Dehanza\, Mulanre “Eddie” Gan\, Mary Jo Karimnia\, Melanie Manos\, Jeremiah Matthews and Kayla Selby\, Natalie Minik\, Alex Paulus\, Cat Peña\, Nick Peña\, Terri Phillips\, Corkey Sinks\, Joey Slaughter\, Jessica Weaver\, Terri Weaver\, and Tad Lauritzen Wright. \nEngaging with the architecture and history of Crosstown and the residues of both its predecessor Sears and its subsequent transformation\, group exhibition Negative Space operates within unused miniscule spaces in public areas of Crosstown Concourse. Numerous holes\, nails\, and small architectural elements pockmark walls and columns\, bearing evidence of past usage. Negative Space invites current Artists in Residence at Crosstown Arts as well as local community artists to embrace these underutilized spaces for art display. Negative Space offers artists and audience members an opportunity both to explore the Concourse and to consider scale and intimacy in public art display. \nThis opening event is part of the Crosstown Arts Resident Artist Showcase on Thursday\, July 25 from 6-9 pm. \nSchedule of events:\n* 6-9 pm — Opening reception for Negative Space\, an art show featuring works in holes and on hooks and architecture shelves on 1st & 2nd floor of Central & East Atria. Curated by resident Aubree Penney. \n* 6-7 pm — Open studio for Joey Slaughter in Studio 104 in Shared Art Making \n* 7-7:30 pm — A work-in-progress screening for #BlackGirlhood by Dehanza Rogers on East Atrium stage \n* 7:30-8 pm — Performance piece by Melanie Manos on second floor of Central Atrium \n* 7 pm through the evening — Work by Natalie Minik projected on column in the East Atrium \n* 8 pm — Collaborative performance by Eden Wiseman\, Ori Dvir\, Baishui\, and Sarah Ledbetter with an installation by Eden Wiseman and Nick Peña in The Green Room \n* 8:40 pm — Theatrical performance by Valerie Houston \n* 9 pm — Performance by Melanie Manos in The Green Room
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/opening-reception-for-negative-space/
LOCATION:Central Atrium\, Crosstown Concourse\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Gallery
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SUMMARY:Negative Space
DESCRIPTION:Exhibition of works in the miniscule spaces around the first and second floor of Crosstown Concourse in the Central and East Atria. Curated by Crosstown Arts resident artist Aubree Penney. \nFeatured artists: Sully Allen\, Jesse Butcher\, Zahria Cook\, Dehanza\, Mulanre “Eddie” Gan\, Mary Jo Karimnia\, Melanie Manos\, Jeremiah Matthews and Kayla Selby\, Natalie Minik\, Alex Paulus\, Cat Peña\, Nick Peña\, Terri Phillips\, Corkey Sinks\, Joey Slaughter\, Jessica Weaver\, Terri Weaver\, and Tad Lauritzen Wright. \nEngaging with the architecture and history of Crosstown and the residues of both its predecessor Sears and its subsequent transformation\, group exhibition Negative Space operates within unused miniscule spaces in public areas of Crosstown Concourse. Numerous holes\, nails\, and small architectural elements pockmark walls and columns\, bearing evidence of past usage. Negative Space invites current Artists in Residence at Crosstown Arts as well as local community artists to embrace these underutilized spaces for art display. Negative Space offers artists and audience members an opportunity both to explore the Concourse and to consider scale and intimacy in public art display.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/negative-space/
LOCATION:Central Atrium\, Crosstown Concourse\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Gallery
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190509
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190729
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SUMMARY:Stitched: Celebrating the Art of Quilting
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts welcomes Stitched: Celebrating the Art of Quilting from May 10-July 28\, 2019. This festival will feature two art exhibitions\, public quilting workshops\, and a Gathering of the Guilds showcase. \n\nEXHIBITIONS\nOn view: May 10-July 28\nBoth exhibitions are on view Tuesdays-Fridays\, 10 am-8 pm; Saturdays\, 10 am-6 pm; and Sundays\, noon-6 pm. Crosstown Arts galleries are closed on Mondays. \nMasterworks: Abstract & Geometric\nMark your calendar for this international quilt show illustrating the diversity of quilting today. These works of art represent a range of styles across the abstract art spectrum. From 1965 through today\, the art quilt movement has grown to become one of the most exciting art forms of the 21st century. The Masterworks: Abstract & Geometric show brings artwork from 29 internationally known artists working in the quilt medium to Memphis. \nBLUE: A regional quilt challenge\nA regional quilt challenge in conjunction with Stitched: The Art of Quilting. The BLUE challenge features over 230 quilts in blue made by quilters and artists from the Mid-South. Artists were asked to design traditional\, modern or art-focused quilts. These range from appliquéd\, pieced\, collaged\, fused\, engineered\, hand- or machine-stitched\, 3-D\, painted\, sculpted\, and any variation in between. The only thing they have in common: 3 layers and stitching. \nOpening weekend events\nMay 10\, 2019 – Opening reception\, 6 -9 pm\nMay 11\, 2019 – Art Quilts Unfolding: 50 years of Innovation\, 1 pm\nLearn more about the art of quilting from Martha Sielman\, the curator of the Masterworks: Abstract & Geometric show and author of Art Quilts Unfolding: 50 Years of Innovation. \n\nWORKSHOPS\nMay 18\, 2019 — Family Crest Workshop\nJoin Amie Plumley\, author of the popular Sewing School books\, to create your own Family Crest. Each family grouping can work together using quilting techniques. \nJune 26\, 2019 — Community Quilt Workshop\nJoin Maria Shell\, internationally recognized quilter\, to create quilt blocks that will be assembled into a community quilt. \n\nMEETUP\nJune 8\, 2019 — Memphis Quilts\nBring your favorite quilt\, one you made\, or one that someone else made\, and show it off. You will have one minute — and only one minute — to do some serious flaunting and bragging. Bring it on!­ We will be presenting the longest show-and-tell in history in the Central Atrium of Crosstown Concourse. And\, Nancy McDonough\, quilt appraiser\, will make presentations throughout the day about the value of quilts. Bring your guild\, family members and friends to the celebration of all things quilting! Sign up for a presentation time here.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/stitched/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts at Crosstown Concourse\, 1350 Concourse Avenue\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Gallery
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SUMMARY:BLUE
DESCRIPTION:A regional quilt challenge in conjunction with Stitched: The Art of Quilting. The BLUE challenge features over 230 quilts in blue made by quilters and artists from the Mid-South. \nArtists were asked to design traditional\, modern or art-focused quilts. These range from appliquéd\, pieced\, collaged\, fused\, engineered\, hand- or machine-stitched\, 3-D\, painted\, sculpted\, and any variation in between. The only thing they have in common: 3 layers and stitching. \nThis event is in conjunction with Stitched: Celebrating the Art of Quilting — a festival at Crosstown Arts with art exhibitions\, public quilting workshops\, and a Gathering of the Guilds showcase. Stitched runs from May 10-July 28\, 2019.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/blue/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts Galleries\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Gallery
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20190402T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20190402T120000
DTSTAMP:20260519T224726
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SUMMARY:Culture Club: Young Collectors Contemporary Art Fair
DESCRIPTION:Culture Club invites you to Crosstown Arts on Tuesday\, April 2 to view the current exhibition Young Collectors Contemporary Art Fair presented by Young Arts Patrons. \nThe exhibition showcases a national roster of emerging artists from Memphis and beyond.  Please join our conversation with Young Arts Patrons founder and executive director Whitney Hardy\, as she discusses the significance of collecting art and supporting emerging artists. \n\nMission Statement:\n\nCulture Club is an emergent conversation project for women hosted by Linda Pelts in conjunction with Crosstown Arts. By sharing the experience of art throughout our city\, we aim to activate our sense of community\, build new friendships and open minds.\n\nCulture Club is open to the public. If you identify as a women and are interested in joining the conversation\, please contact Laurel Sucsy at laurel@crosstownarts.org. 
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/culture-club-young-collectors-contemporary-art-fair/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts Galleries\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Gallery
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