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: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 BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20200308T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20201101T070000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20181214T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20181214T140000 DTSTAMP:20260519T232202 CREATED:20181031T215158Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181205T193342Z UID:10003410-1544788800-1544796000@crosstownarts.org SUMMARY:Brick Fiction Opening Reception DESCRIPTION:Solo exhibition of work by Carrie Rubinstein \nOn view: December 14-January 27 \nArtist Statement:\nInfluenced by the abundant brick and plaster walls of the Crosstown Concourse building in which it was conceived\, Brick Fiction consists of two freestanding wooden structures that are covered in drawings that mimic those surfaces. The walls of Crosstown Concourse reveal layers of sandblasted paint\, plaster\, brick\, and concrete from the previous century. The beauty of this raw surface inspires my sensibilities as an artist because it sparks my curiosity about the prior occupants of this place. \nBoth structures stand at 10 x 9 x 8’ tall and contain full-size doors and two windows. The viewer is invited to experience the work from its interior and perimeter. One structure features hand-drawn individual bricks for its entire exterior. Even though each structure is nine feet tall\, the overlapping placement of each interior drawing of plaster walls produces an unexpected intimacy. Other objects made entirely from hand-drawn and folded sheet paper include a ceiling that resembles wooden planks\, an electrical outlet\, and a three-dimensional fuse box with bolts and wire housing. \nRubinstein is motivated by the dichotomy of building representational space out of non-traditional construction materials. This natural tension drives her practice and she continually seeks to give it structure. Brick Fiction celebrates the renewal of an old space and its objects complement the revitalized edifice from which they are inspired. \n\nBrick Fiction is inspired by the raw beauty found in the walls of Crosstown Concourse\nAside from the wooden framework\, the objects are all hollow constructed sheet paper.\nUsing paper to represent solid construction materials is a driving force for the artist.\n\n\nAbout the artist:\nCarrie Rubinstein is a Brooklyn-based artist who creates ink drawings\, paper sculptures\, and watercolor paintings. She earned her BA in Studio Art from Smith College\, a post- baccalaureate degree in Sculpture from Brandeis University\, and her MFA in Sculpture from Hunter College with a semester at L’École des Beaux Arts in Paris. \nNotable NYC-based group shows include exhibitions at Arts@Renaissance\, Brooklyn Museum’s Go Open Studio Project\, A.I.R. Gallery\, Orgy Park\, The Roger Smith Hotel\, and TSA Gallery. In 2010-11\, Rubinstein coordinated the tART art collective\, and in 2013 was a sculpture resident at the Vermont Studio Center. \nHer VSC experience generated early work for Retrofit\, a full-room installation made entirely from paper through drawings\, hollow constructed sculptures\, and castings. Brooklyn’s Rhombus Space presented Retrofit\, which was Rubinstein’s first NYC solo show\, and she was their August 2015 artist-in-residence. In June 2017\, Rubinstein created the paper installation\, Found Underground\, at Hunter College’s Thomas Hunter Project Space in Manhattan. In September 2017\, Retrofit traveled to the Krasl Art Center in St. Joseph\, MI. This was Rubinstein’s first solo museum show. Rubinstein was honored to be a pilot artist in-residence at Crosstown Arts in Memphis for 2017-18. URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/brick-fiction-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/2018/10/CXA-BrickFiction-Social-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:20181214T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20181214T140000 DTSTAMP:20260519T232202 CREATED:20181031T191412Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181214T170711Z UID:10003406-1544788800-1544796000@crosstownarts.org SUMMARY:Homeward Bound Opening Reception DESCRIPTION:On view: December 14-January 27 \nOpening reception for a group show addressing the complex theme of “home.” \nA place of home has very different meanings to all of us. Sometimes it is a memory\, a sense of place\, a person\, a dream\, a certain chaos\, a metaphorical anchor\, a roof over our heads. \nAt 6:45 pm\, artist Areej Itayem will be performing in a sculpted pair of shoes in a piece titled “Zaman\, Al KabKab: An Indefinite Existence.” \n“I had three chairs in my house; one for solitude\, two for friendship\, three for society.”\n-Henry David Thoreau \n“Home is a name\, a word\, it is a strong one; stronger than magician ever spoke\, or spirit ever answered to\, in the strongest conjuration.” -Charles Dickens \n“Going home without my sorrow\nGoing home sometime tomorrow\nGoing home to where it’s better than before.\nGoing home without my burden\nGoing home behind the curtain\nGoing home without the costume that I wore.”\n-Leonard Cohen \n\nArtists: \nSantina Amato \nLily Anderson \nBinnie Babbage \nDan Ball \nAlexandra Barnett \nAlexandria Bell \nValerie Berlin \nLauren Blair \nHolt Brasher \nJesse Butcher \nHouston Cofield \nSarah Cohen \nAbigail Crenshaw \nSaj Crone \nPaola de la Calle \nEllen Dempsey \nMelissa Dunn \nRichard Echols \nWayne Edge \nBeth Edwards \nVeverly Edwards \nPaige Ellens \n\nRobert Fairchild \n\n\nShatara Ferguson \n\n\nNoa Fodrie \n\nSharon Havelka \nAreej Itayem \nMary Jo Karimnia \nTammy Kurre \nHeath Lail \nRobert La Warre \nRenee Lasater \nDarla Linerode-Henson \nMax Malcolms \nBart Mallard \nErika McCarthy \nRoss McLean \nAylen Mercado \nRob Moler \nCarl Moore \nNancy Morrow \nLake Newton \nClay Palmer \nAlex Paulus \nNikii Richey \nJuan Rojo \nRebecca Shapass \nGeoffrey Brent Shrewsbury \nCorkey Sinks \nAmanda Sparks \nRyan Steed \nCA Traen \nTammy Trosclair \nMary K VanGieson \nCorie Walker URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/homeward-bound-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/2018/10/CXA-HomewardBound-FB.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:20181213 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190128 DTSTAMP:20260519T232202 CREATED:20181031T215321Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181205T193254Z UID:10003412-1544724000-1548611999@crosstownarts.org SUMMARY:Brick Fiction DESCRIPTION:Solo exhibition of work by Carrie Rubinstein \nOpening: December 14\, 6-8 pm \nArtist Statement:\nInfluenced by the abundant brick and plaster walls of the Crosstown Concourse building in which it was conceived\, Brick Fiction consists of two freestanding wooden structures that are covered in drawings that mimic those surfaces. The walls of Crosstown Concourse reveal layers of sandblasted paint\, plaster\, brick\, and concrete from the previous century. The beauty of this raw surface inspires my sensibilities as an artist because it sparks my curiosity about the prior occupants of this place. \nBoth structures stand at 10 x 9 x 8’ tall and contain full-size doors and two windows. The viewer is invited to experience the work from its interior and perimeter. One structure features hand-drawn individual bricks for its entire exterior. Even though each structure is nine feet tall\, the overlapping placement of each interior drawing of plaster walls produces an unexpected intimacy. Other objects made entirely from hand-drawn and folded sheet paper include a ceiling that resembles wooden planks\, an electrical outlet\, and a three-dimensional fuse box with bolts and wire housing. \nRubinstein is motivated by the dichotomy of building representational space out of non-traditional construction materials. This natural tension drives her practice and she continually seeks to give it structure. Brick Fiction celebrates the renewal of an old space and its objects complement the revitalized edifice from which they are inspired. \n\nBrick Fiction is inspired by the raw beauty found in the walls of Crosstown Concourse\nAside from the wooden framework\, the objects are all hollow constructed sheet paper.\nUsing paper to represent solid construction materials is a driving force for the artist.\n\n\nAbout the artist:\nCarrie Rubinstein is a Brooklyn-based artist who creates ink drawings\, paper sculptures\, and watercolor paintings. She earned her BA in Studio Art from Smith College\, a post- baccalaureate degree in Sculpture from Brandeis University\, and her MFA in Sculpture from Hunter College with a semester at L’École des Beaux Arts in Paris. \nNotable NYC-based group shows include exhibitions at Arts@Renaissance\, Brooklyn Museum’s Go Open Studio Project\, A.I.R. Gallery\, Orgy Park\, The Roger Smith Hotel\, and TSA Gallery. In 2010-11\, Rubinstein coordinated the tART art collective\, and in 2013 was a sculpture resident at the Vermont Studio Center. \nHer VSC experience generated early work for Retrofit\, a full-room installation made entirely from paper through drawings\, hollow constructed sculptures\, and castings. Brooklyn’s Rhombus Space presented Retrofit\, which was Rubinstein’s first NYC solo show\, and she was their August 2015 artist-in-residence. In June 2017\, Rubinstein created the paper installation\, Found Underground\, at Hunter College’s Thomas Hunter Project Space in Manhattan. In September 2017\, Retrofit traveled to the Krasl Art Center in St. Joseph\, MI. This was Rubinstein’s first solo museum show. Rubinstein was honored to be a pilot artist in-residence at Crosstown Arts in Memphis for 2017-18. URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/brick-fiction/ 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/2018/10/CXA-BrickFiction-Social-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:20181213 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190128 DTSTAMP:20260519T232202 CREATED:20181031T191412Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181214T170758Z UID:10003405-1544724000-1548611999@crosstownarts.org SUMMARY:Homeward Bound DESCRIPTION:Group exhibition addressing the complex theme of home\, featuring work from more than 50 artists in genres ranging from painting to sculpture\, video to performance art. \nA place of home has very different meanings to all of us. Sometimes it is a memory\, a sense of place\, a person\, a dream\, a certain chaos\, a metaphorical anchor\, a roof over our heads. \nAt 6:45 pm\, artist Areej Itayem will be performing in a sculpted pair of shoes in a piece titled “Zaman\, Al KabKab: An Indefinite Existence.” \n“I had three chairs in my house; one for solitude\, two for friendship\, three for society.”\n-Henry David Thoreau \n“Home is a name\, a word\, it is a strong one; stronger than magician ever spoke\, or spirit ever answered to\, in the strongest conjuration.” -Charles Dickens \n“Going home without my sorrow\nGoing home sometime tomorrow\nGoing home to where it’s better than before.\nGoing home without my burden\nGoing home behind the curtain\nGoing home without the costume that I wore.”\n-Leonard Cohen. \n\nImportant dates:\nSubmission deadline: Saturday\, November 24\, 2018\nSelection notices sent: Tuesday\, December 4\, 2018\nArtwork drop-off: Wednesday\, December 5-Friday\, December 7\, 2018 (no late work accepted) \nOpening Event: Friday\, December 14\, 2018\nClosing date: January 27\, 2019\nArtwork pick-up: Monday\, January 28-Wednesday\, January 30\, 2019 \n\nArtists: \nSantina Amato \nLily Anderson \nBinnie Babbage \nDan Ball \nAlexandra Barnett \nAlexandria Bell \nValerie Berlin \nLauren Blair \nHolt Brasher \nJesse Butcher \nHouston Cofield \nSarah Cohen \nAbigail Crenshaw \nSaj Crone \nPaola de la Calle \nEllen Dempsey \nMelissa Dunn \nRichard Echols \nWayne Edge \nBeth Edwards \nVeverly Edwards \nPaige Ellens \n\nRobert Fairchild \n\n\nShatara Ferguson \n\n\nNoa Fodrie \n\nSharon Havelka \nAreej Itayem \nMary Jo Karimnia \nTammy Kurre \nHeath Lail \nRobert La Warre \nRenee Lasater \nDarla Linerode-Henson \nMax Malcolms \nBart Mallard \nErika McCarthy \nRoss McLean \nAylen Mercado \nRob Moler \nCarl Moore \nNancy Morrow \nLake Newton \nClay Palmer \nAlex Paulus \nNikii Richey \nJuan Rojo \nRebecca Shapass \nGeoffrey Brent Shrewsbury \nCorkey Sinks \nAmanda Sparks \nRyan Steed \nCA Traen \nTammy Trosclair \nMary K VanGieson \nCorie Walker URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/homeward-bound/ 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/2018/10/CXA-HomewardBound-FB.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:20181124 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181125 DTSTAMP:20260519T232202 CREATED:20181112T160649Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181115T160725Z UID:10003429-1543017600-1543103999@crosstownarts.org SUMMARY:Call to Artists: Homeward Bound DESCRIPTION:Open call to all artists to address the complex theme of “home.” All mediums encouraged\, painting\, photography\, performance\, sculpture\, mixed media\, video\, and sound. \nA place of home has very different meanings to all of us. Sometimes it is a memory\, a sense of place\, a person\, a dream\, a certain chaos\, a metaphorical anchor\, a roof over our heads. \n“I had three chairs in my house; one for solitude\, two for friendship\, three for society.”\n-Henry David Thoreau \n“Home is a name\, a word\, it is a strong one; stronger than magician ever spoke\, or spirit ever answered to\, in the strongest conjuration.” -Charles Dickens \n“Going home without my sorrow\nGoing home sometime tomorrow\nGoing home to where it’s better than before.\nGoing home without my burden\nGoing home behind the curtain\nGoing home without the costume that I wore.”\n-Leonard Cohen. \n\nImportant dates:\nSubmission deadline: Saturday\, November 24\, 2018\nSelection notices sent: Monday\, November 29\, 2018\nArtwork drop-off: Monday\, December 3-Friday\, December 7\, 2018 \nOpening Event: Friday\, December 14\, 2018\nClosing date: January 27\, 2019\nArtwork pick-up: Monday\, January 28-Wednesday\, January 30\, 2019 \nSubmission Form URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/call-to-artists-homeward-bound/ 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/2018/11/CXA-HomewardBound.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:20180928T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20180928T150000 DTSTAMP:20260519T232202 CREATED:20180830T163900Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180925T160627Z UID:10003360-1538139600-1538146800@crosstownarts.org SUMMARY:Opening Reception — Give a Damn! Music + Activism at Stax Records DESCRIPTION:On view: September 28-December 2 \n“Give a Damn\,” a title taken from the 1970 Staple Singers song\, is the culmination of a year-long examination of Stax Records’ commitment to political activism\, community engagement\, and social justice in the years following Dr. King’s 1968 assassination in Memphis. \nThis exhibition is presented by The Stax Museum of American Soul Music and hosted at Crosstown Arts. It features never-before-seen artifacts including Isaac Hayes’ 14-foot long custom-made office desk\, stage clothing worn by Johnnie Taylor and Isaac Hayes\, rare photos and documents\, short films\, music\, and original artwork contributed by Shelby County students. \nDJ LeRoy (PRE$$URE WORLD) will be spinning deep soul hits from Stax Records and rarely heard tracks from other top Memphis studios.\n\n\nHistorical background:\nFor the musicians and staff of Stax Records\, the 1968 assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King\, Jr. proved to be a catalyst for change. While never explicitly told to keep politics out of the studio\, most Stax artists kept their political preferences to themselves\, or simply chose not to engage. The death of Dr. King\, though\, literally put the struggle for freedom at the front door of Stax Records and made it difficult for those working within to ignore.  \nThe transformation began overnight\, with Stax artists Isaac Hayes and Rufus Thomas thrown into the role of peacekeepers during the unrest that followed Dr. King’s death. The era peaked at 1972’s Wattstax Festival\, where Stax gave an all-day concert for more than 112\,000 people in support of the community the wake of the Watts Rebellion\, and lasted until the studio’s doors closed in December 1975. \nStax artists increased their participation in civic causes\, initiated relationships with politicians and activists\, adjusted their sound and look to align with both a growing counterculture and black consciousness movement\, and became community leaders\, empowered by their success and support from label owner\, Al Bell. Simply put\, Stax Records began to “give a damn.” URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/opening-reception-give-a-damn-music-activism-at-stax-records/ 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/2018/08/2013-002-038.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:20180927 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181203 DTSTAMP:20260519T232202 CREATED:20180830T163156Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180910T202152Z UID:10003359-1538074800-1543773599@crosstownarts.org SUMMARY:Give a Damn! Music + Activism at Stax Records DESCRIPTION:On view: September 28-December 2\nOpening reception: Friday\, Sept. 28\, 6-8 pm \n“Give a Damn\,” a title taken from the 1970 Staple Singers song\, is the culmination of a year-long examination of Stax Records’ commitment to political activism\, community engagement\, and social justice in the years following Dr. King’s 1968 assassination in Memphis. \nThis exhibition is presented by The Stax Museum of American Soul Music and hosted at Crosstown Arts. It features never-before-seen artifacts including Isaac Hayes’ 14-foot long custom-made office desk\, stage clothing worn by Johnnie Taylor and Isaac Hayes\, rare photos and documents\, short films\, music\, and original artwork contributed by Shelby County students. \n\nHistorical background:\nFor the musicians and staff of Stax Records\, the 1968 assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King\, Jr. proved to be a catalyst for change. While never explicitly told to keep politics out of the studio\, most Stax artists kept their political preferences to themselves\, or simply chose not to engage. The death of Dr. King\, though\, literally put the struggle for freedom at the front door of Stax Records and made it difficult for those working within to ignore.  \nThe transformation began overnight\, with Stax artists Isaac Hayes and Rufus Thomas thrown into the role of peacekeepers during the unrest that followed Dr. King’s death. The era peaked at 1972’s Wattstax Festival\, where Stax gave an all-day concert for more than 112\,000 people in support of the community the wake of the Watts Rebellion\, and lasted until the studio’s doors closed in December 1975. \nStax artists increased their participation in civic causes\, initiated relationships with politicians and activists\, adjusted their sound and look to align with both a growing counterculture and black consciousness movement\, and became community leaders\, empowered by their success and support from label owner\, Al Bell. Simply put\, Stax Records began to “give a damn.” URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/give-a-damn-music-activism-at-stax-records/ 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/2018/08/2013-001-265.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:20180921T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20180921T150000 DTSTAMP:20260519T232202 CREATED:20180814T191746Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180914T143600Z UID:10002843-1537534800-1537542000@crosstownarts.org SUMMARY:Opening Reception for Wish Book: Lay of the Land with John Pearson DESCRIPTION:Exhibition of photographic works by John Pearson\nOn view: Sept. 21-Dec. 2\nLocation: East Gallery & East Atrium \nThese large-scale\, landscape cyanotypes on fabric link the tactile and the visual by committing the photographic process to the physical landscape. Pearson works outdoors on the ground\, making 1:1 indexical photographic prints during midday sunlight. In these photographs\, view is replaced by elemental record; while the horizon\, removed from the composition\, becomes the topographic support and source for construction of the images. \nPearson’s intention is not to convey the solely visual appearance of place — in this case\, the arid southern California landscape — but rather to invoke a more dynamic experience of place by means of the transformative nature of photography. \nPerformance by >mancontrol< at 7 pm\nRadical experiments in sound creation using light sensors and projected images to make “songs” in the moment. What you see makes what you hear! \n\nJoin the Revolutions Bicycle Co-op group ride to the Wish Book opening! The bike group will meet at 6 pm at the Explore Bike Share station in Overton Park. The ride rolls out at 6:15 pm. See their Facebook event page for more info.  \n\n\nArtist statement:\nMy intention is to provide the viewer a photograph that offers an experience of the landscape that does not rely solely on visual appearance.  An image of a different scope that conveys the material phenomena of a location\, a more tactile involvement with the landscape\, that attempts a solution to the distance conventional photography asserts. My interest is to bridge this gap between being immersed in a landscape and simply looking at it as a photograph.\n\nThese large-scale\, landscape cyanotypes represent an experience of the arid Southern California landscape.  They are made outdoors on the ground in the middle of the day in Griffith Park and Death Valley.  This is a rudimentary photography\, made without camera or film\, recording the moment\, the light\, and the terrain of a particular but negligible plot of ground in a vast space at high noon.  It is influenced by the landscape embodied in the 1840s cyanotype photograms of Anna Atkins\, and it responds to the grand vistas of photographers such as Ansel Adams by bringing vision back to the body and using what is within reach: rocks\, dirt\, open sky\, and sunlight. This series of photographs is an inquiry of place\, an expression of a phenomenological sensation\, and a proposition of sense.\n\nThe videos and photographs both are invested in observation\, the presence and action of light\, the parallels of light entering the shadowed interior of the camera and the eye functioning as an aperture to the blackness of the body’s interior.  That dependence of light on darkness interests me.  Video provides a physicality to the process of making images\, a physicality that links vision back to the body\, to movement and pulse\, rather than the mechanical idealized view of the camera.  Video is more performative and allows for an intuitive\, animated exploration of light.\n\n\n\nCurated by Terri Phillips and Brian Pera in collaboration with Crosstown Arts \nThe Wish Book series is a series focusing on non-traditional approaches to film as a medium. Curators Brian Pera and Terri Phillips welcome internationally recognized artists\, filmmakers\, and critics to Memphis for this exciting 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. URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/opening-reception-for-wish-book-lay-of-the-land-with-john-pearson/ LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, East Gallery\, Crosstown Concourse\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States CATEGORIES:Gallery ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://crosstownarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Screen-Shot-2018-08-14-at-2.09.45-PM.png 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:20180921T094500 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20180921T104500 DTSTAMP:20260519T232202 CREATED:20180920T183142Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180920T183728Z UID:10003399-1537523100-1537526700@crosstownarts.org SUMMARY:Artist Talk with John Pearson DESCRIPTION:Artist John Pearson will discuss his work in Wish Book: Lay of the Land. \nThese large-scale\, landscape cyanotypes on fabric link the tactile and the visual by committing the photographic process to the physical landscape. Pearson works outdoors on the ground\, making 1:1 indexical photographic prints during midday sunlight. In these photographs\, view is replaced by elemental record; while the horizon\, removed from the composition\, becomes the topographic support and source for construction of the images. \nPearson’s intention is not to convey the solely visual appearance of place — in this case\, the arid southern California landscape — but rather to invoke a more dynamic experience of place by means of the transformative nature of photography. \n\nCurated by Terri Phillips and Brian Pera in collaboration with Crosstown Arts \nThe Wish Book focuses on non-traditional approaches to film as a medium. Curators Brian Pera and Terri Phillips welcome internationally recognized artists\, filmmakers\, and critics to Memphis for this exciting 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. URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/artist-talk-with-john-pearson/ 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/2018/09/IMG_2589.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:20180920 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181203 DTSTAMP:20260519T232202 CREATED:20180814T191355Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180914T143631Z UID:10002841-1537470000-1543773599@crosstownarts.org SUMMARY:Wish Book: Lay of the Land with John Pearson DESCRIPTION:Exhibition of photographic works by John Pearson\nOpening reception: Friday\, Sept. 21\, 6-8 pm\nOn view: Sept. 21-Dec. 2\nLocation: East Gallery & East Atrium \nPerformance by >mancontrol< at 7 pm \nThese large-scale\, landscape cyanotypes on fabric link the tactile and the visual by committing the photographic process to the physical landscape. Pearson works outdoors on the ground\, making 1:1 indexical photographic prints during midday sunlight. In these photographs\, view is replaced by elemental record; while the horizon\, removed from the composition\, becomes the topographic support and source for construction of the images. \nPearson’s intention is not to convey the solely visual appearance of place — in this case\, the arid southern California landscape — but rather to invoke a more dynamic experience of place by means of the transformative nature of photography. \n\nArtist statement:\nMy intention is to provide the viewer a photograph that offers an experience of the landscape that does not rely solely on visual appearance.  An image of a different scope that conveys the material phenomena of a location\, a more tactile involvement with the landscape\, that attempts a solution to the distance conventional photography asserts. My interest is to bridge this gap between being immersed in a landscape and simply looking at it as a photograph.\n\nThese large-scale\, landscape cyanotypes represent an experience of the arid Southern California landscape.  They are made outdoors on the ground in the middle of the day in Griffith Park and Death Valley.  This is a rudimentary photography\, made without camera or film\, recording the moment\, the light\, and the terrain of a particular but negligible plot of ground in a vast space at high noon.  It is influenced by the landscape embodied in the 1840s cyanotype photograms of Anna Atkins\, and it responds to the grand vistas of photographers such as Ansel Adams by bringing vision back to the body and using what is within reach: rocks\, dirt\, open sky\, and sunlight. This series of photographs is an inquiry of place\, an expression of a phenomenological sensation\, and a proposition of sense.\n\nThe videos and photographs both are invested in observation\, the presence and action of light\, the parallels of light entering the shadowed interior of the camera and the eye functioning as an aperture to the blackness of the body’s interior.  That dependence of light on darkness interests me.  Video provides a physicality to the process of making images\, a physicality that links vision back to the body\, to movement and pulse\, rather than the mechanical idealized view of the camera.  Video is more performative and allows for an intuitive\, animated exploration of light.\n\n\nCurated by Terri Phillips and Brian Pera in collaboration with Crosstown Arts \nThe Wish Book series is a series focusing on non-traditional approaches to film as a medium. Curators Brian Pera and Terri Phillips welcome internationally recognized artists\, filmmakers\, and critics to Memphis for this exciting 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. URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/wish-book-lay-of-the-land-with-john-pearson/ LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, East Gallery\, Crosstown Concourse\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States CATEGORIES:Gallery ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://crosstownarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Screen-Shot-2018-08-14-at-2.09.45-PM.png 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:20180727T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20180727T160000 DTSTAMP:20260519T232202 CREATED:20180517T212334Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180619T163400Z UID:10003313-1532700000-1532707200@crosstownarts.org SUMMARY:Frances Berry & Jenny Fine: Tunnel Vision — Opening Reception DESCRIPTION:Opening reception for Tunnel Vision\, a collaborative installation by Frances Berry and Jenny Fine \nOn view through September 2 \n\nImplementing time as material\, artists Frances Berry and Jenny Fine join forces to create TUNNEL VISION\, a collaborative installation that explores the family photographic archive and the space of memory. \nCombining the historical form of the tunnel card with overlapping projections of still and moving imagery culled from the artists’ family archives\, TUNNEL VISION invites the viewer to become a part of this colliding Southern mind-scape. \n  URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/frances-berry-jenny-fine-tunnel-vision-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/2018/05/Tunnel-Vision.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:20180727T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20180727T160000 DTSTAMP:20260519T232202 CREATED:20180329T154935Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180724T190113Z UID:10002795-1532700000-1532707200@crosstownarts.org SUMMARY:Opening Reception for Art of the South 2018 DESCRIPTION:Opening reception for the fifth annual Art of the South exhibition\, presented by Number: Featuring work by artists from Alabama\, Arkansas\, Florida\, Georgia\, Kentucky\, Louisiana\, Maryland\, Missouri\, Mississippi\, North Carolina\, Oklahoma\, Tennessee\, Texas\, South Carolina\, Virginia\, West Virginia\, and Washington DC. \nThe exhibition is juried by Brian Jobe\, artist\, educator\, independent curator\, and non-profit co-director of Locate Arts based in Nashville\, TN. \nFeatured artists:\nRichard Armendariz\nApril Bachtel\nBridget Bailey\nLeticia Bajuyo\nOmari Booker\nMark Brosseau\nJason S. Brown\nRichie Budd\nNancy Cheairs\nPaul Collins\nSage Dawson\nDawn Dickins\nKimberly Dummons\nSamuel Dunson\nNatalie Eddings\nBrian Edmonds\nBeth Edwards\nVirginia Fleck\nLynne Ghenov \nMichael Giles\nBuster Graybill Flyswatter\nGeorganna Greene\nVirginia Griswold\nAndy Harding\nKatie Hargrave\nNatalie Harrison\nAnne Herbert \nChintia Kirana\nPaula Kovarik\nSilvan Laan\nTad  Lauritzen Wright\nKatie  Maish\nElysia Mann\nT. Michael Martin\nAlex McClurg\nErica Mendoza\nAverell Mondie & Terri Phillips\nJeffrey Morton\nJoe Nolan\nMeredith Olinger\nClay Palmer\nChristen Parker\nNick Peña\nGiang Pham\nNate Renner\nNikii Richey\nZach Searcy \nRyan Steed\nJason Stout\nHills Snyder\nChris Boyd Taylor\nAugusta Toppins\nNatalie Tyree\nMary VanGieson\nJonathan Whitfill\nA.C. Wilson\nTom Wixo\nJessica Wohl  URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/opening-reception-for-art-of-the-south-2018/ 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/2018/03/number-inc-art-of-the-south-billboard-3.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180726 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180903 DTSTAMP:20260519T232202 CREATED:20180517T212042Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180619T163422Z UID:10003312-1532631600-1535914799@crosstownarts.org SUMMARY:Frances Berry & Jenny Fine: Tunnel Vision DESCRIPTION:A collaborative installation by Frances Berry and Jenny Fine \nOn view through September 2\nOpening reception: Friday\, July 27\, 7-9 pm \n\nImplementing time as material\, artists Frances Berry and Jenny Fine join forces to create TUNNEL VISION\, a collaborative installation that explores the family photographic archive and the space of memory. \nCombining the historical form of the tunnel card with overlapping projections of still and moving imagery culled from the artists’ family archives\, TUNNEL VISION invites the viewer to become a part of this colliding Southern mind-scape. \n  URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/frances-berry-jenny-fine-tunnel-vision/ 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/2018/05/Tunnel-Vision.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:20180726 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180903 DTSTAMP:20260519T232202 CREATED:20180329T153935Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180620T165023Z UID:10002794-1532631600-1535914799@crosstownarts.org SUMMARY:Number: Presents Art of the South 2018 DESCRIPTION:The fifth annual Art of the South exhibition\, presented by Number:\, is open to all artists 18 and older working in any media residing in Alabama\, Arkansas\, Florida\, Georgia\, Kentucky\, Louisiana\, Maryland\, Missouri\, Mississippi\, North Carolina\, Oklahoma\, Tennessee\, Texas\, South Carolina\, Virginia\, West Virginia\, and Washington DC. \nThe exhibition will be juried by Brian Jobe\, artist\, educator\, independent curator\, and non-profit co-director of Locate Arts based in Nashville\, TN. \n\nFeatured artists:\nRichard Armendariz\nApril Bachtel\nBridget Bailey\nLeticia Bajuyo\nOmari Booker\nMark Brosseau\nJason S. Brown\nRichie Budd\nNancy Cheairs\nPaul Collins\nSage Dawson\nDawn Dickins\nKimberly Dummons\nSamuel Dunson\nNatalie Eddings\nBrian Edmonds\nBeth Edwards\nVirginia Fleck\nLynne Ghenov \nMichael Giles\nBuster Graybill Flyswatter\nGeorganna Greene\nVirginia Griswold\nAndy Harding\nKatie Hargrave\nNatalie Harrison\nAnne Herbert \nChintia Kirana\nPaula Kovarik\nSilvan Laan\nTad  Lauritzen Wright\nKatie  Maish\nElysia Mann\nT. Michael Martin\nAlex McClurg\nErica Mendoza\nAverell Mondie & Terri Phillips\nJeffrey Morton\nJoe Nolan\nMeredith Olinger\nClay Palmer\nChristen Parker\nNick Peña\nGiang Pham\nNate Renner\nNikii Richey\nZach Searcy \nRyan Steed\nJason Stout\nHills Snyder\nChris Boyd Taylor\nAugusta Toppins\nNatalie Tyree\nMary VanGieson\nJonathan Whitfill\nA.C. Wilson\nTom Wixo\nJessica Wohl  \n\nBiography of the Juror\nBrian Russell Jobe (American\, b. 1981) is an artist\, educator\, independent curator\, and\nnon-profit co-director based in Nashville\, TN. \nIn 2015\, Brian and Carolyn Jobe founded Locate Arts\, an organization that connects\nand promotes contemporary visual art in Tennessee. Presently\, he is the Co-Executive\nDirector of Locate Arts + Seed Space. He also teaches art courses at Lipscomb\nUniversity. \nJobe’s studio practice is focused on sculpture\, installation\, and public art. His solo\nexhibitions/ projects have been on view at venues such as Mixed Greens Gallery (New\nYork\, NY)\, Blue Star Contemporary Art Museum (San Antonio\, TX)\, the University of\nWyoming (Laramie\, WY)\, the University of Tennessee College of Architecture + Design\n(Knoxville\, TN)\, and the McNay Art Museum (San Antonio\, TX). \nBorn in Houston\, Texas and raised in Memphis\, Tennessee\, Jobe received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of Tennessee in 2004 and Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Texas at San Antonio in 2006. After living in Brooklyn\, NY for a time\, he relocated with his wife\, painter Carolyn Jobe\, to Tennessee. URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/number-presents-art-of-the-south-2018/ 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/2018/03/number-inc-art-of-the-south-billboard-3.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20180615T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20180615T160000 DTSTAMP:20260519T232202 CREATED:20180523T211834Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180605T145218Z UID:10002818-1529071200-1529078400@crosstownarts.org SUMMARY:The Music of Michael Brecker DESCRIPTION:Tickets: $15 (purchase on Eventbrite)\nDoors at 6:30 pm | show at 7 pm \nJazz tribute to saxophonist Michael Brecker featuring Lannie McMillian (tenor sax)\, Tony Thomas (piano)\, Austin Bradley (drums)\, Gerard Harris (guitar)\, and Scott Reed (bass). \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. \nMichael Leonard Brecker (March 29\, 1949 – January 13\, 2007) was an American jazz saxophonist and composer. He was awarded 15 Grammy Awards as both performer and composer. He was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from Berklee College of Music in 2004\, and was inducted into the Down Beat Jazz Hall of Fame in 2007. \n\nAbout Lannie McMillan:\nLannie McMillan is a lifelong\, full-time jazz performer. Lannie graduated from the University of Memphis with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Music Education. He has been a staff musician at many recording studios including Stax Records\, Shoe Productions\, and the Hi-Cream Studios. He has also performed with many well-known jazz artists\, such as Stan Kenton\, Buddy DeFranco\, Lou Soloff\, Dizzy Gillespie\, Clark Terry\, Louis Bellson\, Maynard Ferguson\, and Don Menza. In addition\, he participated in a blues seminar given at King George College and performed at the Montreaux Jazz Festival in 1993. Lannie McMillian is the featured saxophonist for Sunday Brunch at Owen Brennans. \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-michael-brecker/ LOCATION:Crosstown Arts East Atrium\, 1350 Concourse Avenue\, Memphis\, TN\, United States CATEGORIES:Gallery ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://crosstownarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/FB_IMG_1526938747727.jpg GEO:35.1521433;-90.0155942 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Crosstown Arts East Atrium 1350 Concourse Avenue Memphis TN United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=1350 Concourse Avenue:geo:-90.0155942,35.1521433 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20180613T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20180613T140000 DTSTAMP:20260519T232202 CREATED:20180521T164720Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180521T164720Z UID:10002814-1528894800-1528898400@crosstownarts.org SUMMARY:Pinkney Herbert: Artist Talk DESCRIPTION:Artist Pinkney Herbert will discuss his work in Distilled: The Narrative Transformed\, which will be on view at Crosstown Arts May 26-July 4.\n\n\n \n\n\nThis 30-year survey of Herbert’s work tracks his transition from narrative beginnings through the development of a personal abstract vocabulary that both thrills and seduces the viewer.\n\n\n\n\nArtist Statement:\nSince 2008\, I have divided my time between Memphis and New York. Working in both cities has inspired a sense of exploration and a certain amount of nervous energy in my paintings and drawings. My intent is to allow for the funky\, raw history of Memphis to collide with the frenetic energy of New York City. This dichotomy fires my intuitive impulses\, allowing them to surface and meet head​-on in an ever-changing conflict​ between the emotional and the cerebral. The gestural marks I make attempt to bridge that gap. I am influenced by many other sources\, including the figure\, architecture\, maps\, water\, music\, urban imagery\, and digital technology. During the last few years\, my goal has been to expand my abstract language to question and illuminate the connections and contradictions between my interior world and the real world. \n\nAbout the Artist:\nPinkney Herbert was born in Charlotte\, NC in 1954. He received his BA from Rhodes College and his MFA from the University of Memphis. Herbert is the recipient of Fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts\, the Tennessee Arts Commission\, and USIA-Arts  America. He is has exhibited throughout the US\, Europe\, Japan\, and Southeast Asia. His art is in numerous national and international collections and in the permanent collections of the New Orleans Museum of Art\, Ogden Museum of Southern Art\, Memphis Brooks Museum of Art\, and the Arkansas Arts Center\, among others. \nHerbert is represented by David Lusk Gallery\, Memphis\, TN; Sandler Hudson Gallery\, Atlanta\, GA; Boyd Satellite\, New Orleans\, LA; ADA Gallery\, Richmond\, VA; and Greg Thompson Fine Arts\, North Little Rock\, AR. He is a fellow and has served as trustee of the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts (VCCA)\, Amherst\, VA (2008-2017). He currently serves as president of VCCA-France\, a residency program in Auvillar\, France\, and has served on that board since 2009. He is also the founding director of Marshall Arts\, an alternative gallery\, performance\, and studio space he established in Memphis in 1992. For the past ten years\, he has divided his time equally between New York and Memphis. \nIn November 2015\, the Ewing Gallery of Art and Architecture at the University of Tennessee\, Knoxville mounted a 30-year survey of Herbert’s work entitled Distilled: The Narrative Transformed. In 2013-2014\, Herbert was awarded a year-long studio as part of the Marie Walsh Sharpe Foundation Space Program in Brooklyn\, NY. \nHerbert has taught painting and drawing at the University of Georgia Study Abroad Program in Cortona\, Italy\, and also at the Penland School of Crafts\, the Arrowmont School\, the Telluride School of Painting\, Rhodes College\, the University of Memphis\, and the Memphis College of Art. He has been a visiting artist at the University of Tennessee\, Knoxville\, TN; the Academy of Fine Arts\, Helsinki\, Finland; the Institute of Fine Arts\, Lahti\, Finland; the Academy of Fine Arts\, Prague\, Czech Republic; University of Fine Arts\, Hanoi\, Vietnam; and the Oberfalzer Kuntzlerhaus\, Schwandorf\, Germany. URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/pinkney-herbert-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/2018/04/Pinkney-Herbert-Pollination-Celebration-pastel-mixed-media-on-paper-96x-110-in.-1993-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20180526T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20180526T160000 DTSTAMP:20260519T232202 CREATED:20180419T161708Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180628T183646Z UID:10003289-1527339600-1527350400@crosstownarts.org SUMMARY:Opening Reception — Distilled: The Narrative Transformed DESCRIPTION:A 30-year survey of Pinkney Herbert’s vibrant body of work. \nThis exhibition tracks Herbert’s transition from his narrative beginnings through the development of a personal abstract vocabulary that both thrills and seduces the viewer. \nOn view through through July 3 \nCurated by Sam Yates\, T. Michael Martin\, and David Lusk in collaboration with Crosstown Arts \n\nArtist Statement:\nSince 2008\, I have divided my time between Memphis and New York. Working in both cities has inspired a sense of exploration and a certain amount of nervous energy in my paintings and drawings. My intent is to allow for the funky\, raw history of Memphis to collide with the frenetic energy of New York City. This dichotomy fires my intuitive impulses\, allowing them to surface and meet head​-on in an ever-changing conflict​ between the emotional and the cerebral. The gestural marks I make attempt to bridge that gap. I am influenced by many other sources\, including the figure\, architecture\, maps\, water\, music\, urban imagery\, and digital technology. During the last few years\, my goal has been to expand my abstract language to question and illuminate the connections and contradictions between my interior world and the real world. \nAbout the Artist:\nPinkney Herbert was born in Charlotte\, NC in 1954. He received his BA from Rhodes College and his MFA from the University of Memphis. Herbert is the recipient of Fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts\, the Tennessee Arts Commission\, and USIA-Arts  America. He is has exhibited throughout the US\, Europe\, Japan\, and Southeast Asia. His art is in numerous national and international collections and in the permanent collections of the New Orleans Museum of Art\, Ogden Museum of Southern Art\, Memphis Brooks Museum of Art\, and the Arkansas Arts Center\, among others. \nHerbert is represented by David Lusk Gallery\, Memphis\, TN; Sandler Hudson Gallery\, Atlanta\, GA; Boyd Satellite\, New Orleans\, LA; ADA Gallery\, Richmond\, VA; and Greg Thompson Fine Arts\, North Little Rock\, AR. He is a fellow and has served as trustee of the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts (VCCA)\, Amherst\, VA (2008-2017). He currently serves as president of VCCA-France\, a residency program in Auvillar\, France\, and has served on that board since 2009. He is also the founding director of Marshall Arts\, an alternative gallery\, performance\, and studio space he established in Memphis in 1992. For the past ten years\, he has divided his time equally between New York and Memphis. \nIn November 2015\, the Ewing Gallery of Art and Architecture at the University of Tennessee\, Knoxville mounted a 30-year survey of Herbert’s work entitled Distilled: The Narrative Transformed. In 2013-2014\, Herbert was awarded a year-long studio as part of the Marie Walsh Sharpe Foundation Space Program in Brooklyn\, NY. \nHerbert has taught painting and drawing at the University of Georgia Study Abroad Program in Cortona\, Italy\, and also at the Penland School of Crafts\, the Arrowmont School\, the Telluride School of Painting\, Rhodes College\, the University of Memphis\, and the Memphis College of Art. He has been a visiting artist at the University of Tennessee\, Knoxville\, TN; the Academy of Fine Arts\, Helsinki\, Finland; the Institute of Fine Arts\, Lahti\, Finland; the Academy of Fine Arts\, Prague\, Czech Republic; University of Fine Arts\, Hanoi\, Vietnam; and the Oberfalzer Kuntzlerhaus\, Schwandorf\, Germany. URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/opening-reception-distilled-the-narrative-transformed/ 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/2018/04/Pinkney-Herbert-Pollination-Celebration-pastel-mixed-media-on-paper-96x-110-in.-1993-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180525 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180704 DTSTAMP:20260519T232202 CREATED:20180419T160834Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180628T183714Z UID:10003288-1527274800-1530644399@crosstownarts.org SUMMARY:Pinkney Herbert — Distilled: The Narrative Transformed DESCRIPTION:A 30-year survey of Pinkney Herbert’s vibrant body of work. \nThis exhibition tracks Herbert’s transition from his narrative beginnings through the development of a personal abstract vocabulary that both thrills and seduces the viewer. \nOpening reception: Saturday\, May 26\, 6-9 pm \nCurated by Sam Yates\, T. Michael Martin\, and David Lusk in collaboration with Crosstown Arts \n\nArtist Statement:\nSince 2008\, I have divided my time between Memphis and New York. Working in both cities has inspired a sense of exploration and a certain amount of nervous energy in my paintings and drawings. My intent is to allow for the funky\, raw history of Memphis to collide with the frenetic energy of New York City. This dichotomy fires my intuitive impulses\, allowing them to surface and meet head​-on in an ever-changing conflict​ between the emotional and the cerebral. The gestural marks I make attempt to bridge that gap. I am influenced by many other sources\, including the figure\, architecture\, maps\, water\, music\, urban imagery\, and digital technology. During the last few years\, my goal has been to expand my abstract language to question and illuminate the connections and contradictions between my interior world and the real world. \nAbout the Artist:\nPinkney Herbert was born in Charlotte\, NC in 1954. He received his BA from Rhodes College and his MFA from the University of Memphis. Herbert is the recipient of Fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts\, the Tennessee Arts Commission\, and USIA-Arts  America. He is has exhibited throughout the US\, Europe\, Japan\, and Southeast Asia. His art is in numerous national and international collections and in the permanent collections of the New Orleans Museum of Art\, Ogden Museum of Southern Art\, Memphis Brooks Museum of Art\, and the Arkansas Arts Center\, among others. \nHerbert is represented by David Lusk Gallery\, Memphis\, TN; Sandler Hudson Gallery\, Atlanta\, GA; Boyd Satellite\, New Orleans\, LA; ADA Gallery\, Richmond\, VA; and Greg Thompson Fine Arts\, North Little Rock\, AR. He is a fellow and has served as trustee of the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts (VCCA)\, Amherst\, VA (2008-2017). He currently serves as president of VCCA-France\, a residency program in Auvillar\, France\, and has served on that board since 2009. He is also the founding director of Marshall Arts\, an alternative gallery\, performance\, and studio space he established in Memphis in 1992. For the past ten years\, he has divided his time equally between New York and Memphis. \nIn November 2015\, the Ewing Gallery of Art and Architecture at the University of Tennessee\, Knoxville mounted a 30-year survey of Herbert’s work entitled Distilled: The Narrative Transformed. In 2013-2014\, Herbert was awarded a year-long studio as part of the Marie Walsh Sharpe Foundation Space Program in Brooklyn\, NY. \nHerbert has taught painting and drawing at the University of Georgia Study Abroad Program in Cortona\, Italy\, and also at the Penland School of Crafts\, the Arrowmont School\, the Telluride School of Painting\, Rhodes College\, the University of Memphis\, and the Memphis College of Art. He has been a visiting artist at the University of Tennessee\, Knoxville\, TN; the Academy of Fine Arts\, Helsinki\, Finland; the Institute of Fine Arts\, Lahti\, Finland; the Academy of Fine Arts\, Prague\, Czech Republic; University of Fine Arts\, Hanoi\, Vietnam; and the Oberfalzer Kuntzlerhaus\, Schwandorf\, Germany. URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/pinkney-herbert-distilled-the-narrative-transformed/ 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/2018/04/Pinkney-Herbert-Pollination-Celebration-pastel-mixed-media-on-paper-96x-110-in.-1993-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180519 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180521 DTSTAMP:20260519T232202 CREATED:20180329T192713Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180404T200515Z UID:10002805-1526756400-1526842799@crosstownarts.org SUMMARY:Wish Book: Screening of James Benning's READERS DESCRIPTION:Screenings of READERS (2017) by artist James Benning. 108 minutes. \nThe film will screen at 1 pm\, 3 pm\, and 5 pm. \nSign up for a screening time\n  \nCurated by Terri Phillips and Brian Pera \n\nThe Wish Book series is a triannual exhibition with a focus on artists’ films. Curators Brian Pera and Terri Phillips welcome internationally recognized artists\, filmmakers\, and critics to Memphis for this exciting new series\, which takes its name from the famed Sears Catalog and is hosted by Crosstown Arts at Crosstown Concourse\, itself once a major Sears distribution center. Drawing from a wide range of topics\, techniques\, and perspectives\, the films index the scope of work being done by artists in moving pictures. \n\nAbout the Artist:\nJames Benning has sometimes been referred to as a “filmmaker’s filmmaker”\, though he might prefer the more succinct “artist.” Alternately telescopic and microscopic\, his work often explores the American landscape and its social and environmental histories\, observing the movements and moments which characterize it in endlessly mutable patterns. \nEqually painterly\, sculptural\, and literate\, his films combine elements of sound and image in ways which invite interpretation through a uniquely cinematic immersion. Landscape is a function of time\, according to Benning\, and duration plays an important role in a viewer’s experience of his films\, endowing most of the work with distinctly cumulative effects. \nThe film’s narratives are generated by the highly subjective experience of prolonged observation. The rigorous formality of his approach generates meditations on place and memory\, prompting viewers to look more closely and differently at the spaces we inhabit. \nIn an environment increasingly mapped out by remote third party GPS systems\, Benning’s work reminds us what it is to see for ourselves. Benning began making films in the 1970s. Wish Book presents a selection of his most recent work\, much of which revisits and expands upon themes and motifs consistent throughout his oeuvre. URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/wish-book-screening-of-james-bennings-readers/ LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, Screening Room\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States CATEGORIES:Gallery ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://crosstownarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Screen-Shot-2018-03-29-at-2.10.42-PM.png 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:20180518 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180520 DTSTAMP:20260519T232202 CREATED:20180329T192344Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180404T201203Z UID:10002803-1526670000-1526756399@crosstownarts.org SUMMARY:Wish Book: Screenings of James Benning's Ash 01 DESCRIPTION:Screenings of Ash 01 (2016) by artist James Benning. 20 minutes. \nThe film will screen at 1 pm\, 2 pm\,  3 pm\,  4 pm\, and 5 pm. \nSign up for a screening time\n  \nCurated by Terri Phillips and Brian Pera \n\nThe Wish Book series is a triannual exhibition with a focus on artists’ films. Curators Brian Pera and Terri Phillips welcome internationally recognized artists\, filmmakers\, and critics to Memphis for this exciting new series\, which takes its name from the famed Sears Catalog and is hosted by Crosstown Arts at Crosstown Concourse\, itself once a major Sears distribution center. Drawing from a wide range of topics\, techniques\, and perspectives\, the films index the scope of work being done by artists in moving pictures. \n\nAbout the Artist:\nJames Benning has sometimes been referred to as a “filmmaker’s filmmaker”\, though he might prefer the more succinct “artist.” Alternately telescopic and microscopic\, his work often explores the American landscape and its social and environmental histories\, observing the movements and moments which characterize it in endlessly mutable patterns. \nEqually painterly\, sculptural\, and literate\, his films combine elements of sound and image in ways which invite interpretation through a uniquely cinematic immersion. Landscape is a function of time\, according to Benning\, and duration plays an important role in a viewer’s experience of his films\, endowing most of the work with distinctly cumulative effects. \nThe film’s narratives are generated by the highly subjective experience of prolonged observation. The rigorous formality of his approach generates meditations on place and memory\, prompting viewers to look more closely and differently at the spaces we inhabit. \nIn an environment increasingly mapped out by remote third party GPS systems\, Benning’s work reminds us what it is to see for ourselves. Benning began making films in the 1970s. Wish Book presents a selection of his most recent work\, much of which revisits and expands upon themes and motifs consistent throughout his oeuvre. URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/wish-book-screenings-of-james-bennings-ash-01/ LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, Screening Room\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States CATEGORIES:Gallery ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://crosstownarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Screen-Shot-2018-03-29-at-2.10.42-PM.png 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:20180517 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180521 DTSTAMP:20260519T232202 CREATED:20180329T191141Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180404T200821Z UID:10002797-1526583600-1526842799@crosstownarts.org SUMMARY:Wish Book: James Benning DESCRIPTION:Selected work by James Benning | Curated by Terri Phillips and Brian Pera \nLocations: Screening Room\, East Atrium\, & 430 gallery \nReception:\nSaturday\, May 19\, 7 pm — 430 N. Cleveland\nReception\, filmmaker Q&A\, and screening of measuring change (60 min)\, 2016\n \nScreening Times (Screening Room):\nFriday\, May 18 — L. Cohen (45 min)\, 2017 (sign up for a screening)\nSaturday\, May 19 —  Ash 01 (20 min)\, 2016 (sign up for a screening)\nSunday\, May 20 — READERS (108 min)\, 2017 (sign up for a screening) \nEast Atrium: \nScreenings of James Benning’s 52 Films project \n\n\nThe Wish Book series is a triannual exhibition with a focus on artists’ films. Curators Brian Pera and Terri Phillips welcome internationally recognized artists\, filmmakers\, and critics to Memphis for this exciting new series\, which takes its name from the famed Sears Catalog and is hosted by Crosstown Arts at Crosstown Concourse\, itself once a major Sears distribution center. Drawing from a wide range of topics\, techniques\, and perspectives\, the films index the scope of work being done by artists in moving pictures. \n\nAbout the Artist:\nJames Benning has sometimes been referred to as a “filmmaker’s filmmaker”\, though he might prefer the more succinct “artist.” Alternately telescopic and microscopic\, his work often explores the American landscape and its social and environmental histories\, observing the movements and moments which characterize it in endlessly mutable patterns. \nEqually painterly\, sculptural\, and literate\, his films combine elements of sound and image in ways which invite interpretation through a uniquely cinematic immersion. Landscape is a function of time\, according to Benning\, and duration plays an important role in a viewer’s experience of his films\, endowing most of the work with distinctly cumulative effects. \nThe film’s narratives are generated by the highly subjective experience of prolonged observation. The rigorous formality of his approach generates meditations on place and memory\, prompting viewers to look more closely and differently at the spaces we inhabit. \nIn an environment increasingly mapped out by remote third party GPS systems\, Benning’s work reminds us what it is to see for ourselves. Benning began making films in the 1970s. Wish Book presents a selection of his most recent work\, much of which revisits and expands upon themes and motifs consistent throughout his oeuvre. URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/wish-book-james-benning/ LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, Screening Room\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States CATEGORIES:Gallery ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://crosstownarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Screen-Shot-2018-03-29-at-2.10.42-PM.png 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:20180517 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180519 DTSTAMP:20260519T232202 CREATED:20180329T192001Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180404T201006Z UID:10002801-1526583600-1526669999@crosstownarts.org SUMMARY:Wish Book: Screening of James Benning's L. Cohen DESCRIPTION:Screening of L. Cohen (2017) by artist James Benning. 45 minutes. \nThe film will screen at 1 pm\, 2 pm\, 3 pm\, 4 pm\, and 5 pm. \nSign up for a screening\n  \nCurated by Terri Phillips and Brian Pera \n\nThe Wish Book series is a triannual exhibition with a focus on artists’ films. Curators Brian Pera and Terri Phillips welcome internationally recognized artists\, filmmakers\, and critics to Memphis for this exciting new series\, which takes its name from the famed Sears Catalog and is hosted by Crosstown Arts at Crosstown Concourse\, itself once a major Sears distribution center. Drawing from a wide range of topics\, techniques\, and perspectives\, the films index the scope of work being done by artists in moving pictures. \n\nAbout the Artist:\nJames Benning has sometimes been referred to as a “filmmaker’s filmmaker”\, though he might prefer the more succinct “artist.” Alternately telescopic and microscopic\, his work often explores the American landscape and its social and environmental histories\, observing the movements and moments which characterize it in endlessly mutable patterns. \nEqually painterly\, sculptural\, and literate\, his films combine elements of sound and image in ways which invite interpretation through a uniquely cinematic immersion. Landscape is a function of time\, according to Benning\, and duration plays an important role in a viewer’s experience of his films\, endowing most of the work with distinctly cumulative effects. \nThe film’s narratives are generated by the highly subjective experience of prolonged observation. The rigorous formality of his approach generates meditations on place and memory\, prompting viewers to look more closely and differently at the spaces we inhabit. \nIn an environment increasingly mapped out by remote third party GPS systems\, Benning’s work reminds us what it is to see for ourselves. Benning began making films in the 1970s. Wish Book presents a selection of his most recent work\, much of which revisits and expands upon themes and motifs consistent throughout his oeuvre. URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/wish-book-screening-of-james-bennings-l-cohen/ LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, Screening Room\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States CATEGORIES:Gallery ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://crosstownarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Screen-Shot-2018-03-29-at-2.10.42-PM.png 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:20180517T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20180517T160000 DTSTAMP:20260519T232202 CREATED:20180405T200652Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180405T200652Z UID:10003277-1526565600-1526572800@crosstownarts.org SUMMARY:Little Women DESCRIPTION:An exhibition and performance by Nubia Yasin \nFeaturing Madaame Frankie\nCurated by Lawrence Matthews \nExhibition opens at 7 pm | performance at 8 pm \n\nExhibition Statement\nI’m a host of things\, but most inescapably\, I’m a black woman. Born of two black parents\, in a country like this one. \nThe journey it takes to go from black girl to black woman is unlike any other coming of age story; it’s one that is more deeply rooted in trauma then I would like to admit. Before even realizing this fact\, I was writing about it. Writing poem after poem about girls learning silence from their mothers\, who learned it from their mothers. Generation after generation of women who grow smaller and smaller in the face of their demons. I wanted to make a body of work that gave these women (and myself) room to stretch\, to talk\, to release. Little Women is meant to “open the blinds” so to speak. \nFeaturing the old family photos is meant to contrast the outward appearance of growing up\, which is fairly innocent\, with the reality of trauma. It’s set in a living room because\, often times\, that’s where the breaking of our women happens: in our own homes. Due to a constant cycle of shame and secrecy\, it’s an unfortunate truth that what happens in our homes stays in our homes for the most part. \nEvery story in Little Women is a story about a girl who looks like me\, who is me. This isn’t just my story … it’s our story. \n\nArtist Statement\nMy work\, whether it be poetry\, film\, or photography\, is meant to give an honest and uncompromising glimpse into what it is to be black in America: the tragedy of it\, the triumph of it\, the nuance and layers. I think that too often\, black bodies are used to fill space\, to meet a quota\, to make a point. To write about two black people falling in love is immediately seen as radical or political\, never mind the fact that black people fall in love every day\, void of commentary. Every day\, black folk live their lives\, laugh\, cry\, fight\, and eat meals with one other without referencing the grand trauma of being Black in America\, without referencing the White Man. \nThough I see the point in creating political work (and do so often)\, I feel it’s just as important to create work that simply speaks to the black existence without referencing whiteness at all. What I want to expose is the sociology of blackness\, the parts of us that make us beautifully\, agonizingly\, terrifyingly\, and gloriously human. URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/little-women/ LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, Screening Room\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States CATEGORIES:Gallery ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://crosstownarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Screen-Shot-2018-04-05-at-2.26.31-PM.png 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:20180512T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20180512T160000 DTSTAMP:20260519T232202 CREATED:20180315T174722Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180504T140129Z UID:10003264-1526128200-1526140800@crosstownarts.org SUMMARY:The Music of Grant Green DESCRIPTION:Free and open to the public (register here)\nDoors at 5:30 pm | performance at 6 pm \nJazz tribute to the music of Grant Green\, featuring Joe Restivo (guitar)\, Alvie Givhan (piano)\, Tim Goodwin (acoustic bass)\, and Pee Wee Jackson (drums). \nThe Crosstown Jazz Series\, presented by Strictly Jazz Entertainment in collaboration with Crosstown Arts\, is designed to salute classic jazz music as contemporary musicians perform the work of the legends. \nGrant Green was an American jazz guitarist and composer. Recording prolifically and mainly for Blue Note Records as both leader and sideman\, Green performed in the hard bop\, soul jazz\, bebop\, and Latin-tinged idioms throughout his career. \n\nAbout Joe Restivo:\nJoe Restivo is a guitar player with over 25 years of professional experience as a performer. He is a graduate of the prestigious Jazz and Contemporary Music Program at New School University. While in New York he performed and studied with such jazz luminaries as Jack Wilkins\, Junior Mance\, Cecil Bridgewater\, and Phil Markowitz. Heavily influenced and inspired by stylistically diverse soul and jazz guitarists such as Wes Montgomery\, Tal Farlow\, Steve Cropper\, and Reggie Young\, Joe has developed into a thoroughly in-demand guitarist and composer in Memphis. \n\n\n\nAbout Strictly Jazz Entertainment:\nStrictly Jazz Entertainment is committed to cultivating a growing community in the knowledge and appreciation of jazz. We facilitate dialogue and collaboration between the devoted supporters of jazz and the brand new constituents – those new to the genre – for the furthering of the jazz community. We provide a bridge between leading artists and a community that typically does not embrace jazz by promoting concerts in various venues to generate an atmosphere that is viable for the absorption of pure jazz. URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/the-music-of-grant-green/ LOCATION:Crosstown Arts Galleries\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States CATEGORIES:Gallery ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://crosstownarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/IMGL8148edit.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20180510T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20180510T140000 DTSTAMP:20260519T232202 CREATED:20180419T203855Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180419T203855Z UID:10003296-1525953600-1525960800@crosstownarts.org SUMMARY:Goodnight My Love: Closing Reception DESCRIPTION:Closing reception for Goodnight My Love\, an exhibition of photographs from the Ernest Withers collection\, including works from Dr. Withers’ vast archive of more than one million negatives that have never been seen by the public. \nBooks of photography from the exhibition will be sold at the closing reception. \n\nAbout the artist:\nErnest Columbus Withers (1922-2007) was a freelance photojournalist in Memphis\, Tennessee and captured nearly 60 years of cultural history. \nBorn and raised in Memphis to Arthur and Pearl Withers\, Ernest was the fifth of six children. Ernest Withers’ love of photography was sparked when he received his first camera\, a hand-me-down gift from his sister when he was a young boy. When Withers enlisted in the army in 1942\, he was trained as a military photographer and learned darkroom development while serving in the South Pacific during World War II. \nAfter returning home to Memphis\, Withers was one of the first nine African Americans appointed to the Memphis Police Department and was given a beat right on Beale Street. While working as a police officer\, Withers continued to pursue his career as a photographer and in the 1950s\, he helped spur the movement for equal rights with a self-published photo pamphlet on the Emmitt Till murder and trial. Unfortunately\, Withers’ popularity as a photographer compromised his position as a police officer and eventually led to him leaving the Memphis Police Department. \nWithers’ collection includes pictures of early performances of Elvis Presley\, B.B. King\, Ike and Tina Turner\, Ray Charles\, Aretha Franklin\, Isaac Hayes\, Howlin’ Wolf\, and the list goes on and on. Many locals knew of Ernest Withers as “The Picture Taker” because he never went anywhere without his camera. He photographed the day to day life\, backyard get-togethers\, family reunions\, weddings\, proms\, and much more. \nIn his more than 60-year career\, Withers accumulated a collection of an estimated 1.8 million photographs; his works appeared in The New York Times\, The Washington Post\, The TriState Defender\, the Pittsburgh Courier\, Jet\, Ebony\, Newsweek\, Life\, People\, and Time\, and have been featured in touring exhibits and shows around the world. The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington D.C. currently displays over 30 of Ernest C. Withers’ images. \nFor his life’s work\, Withers was elected to the Black Press Hall of Fame and received an honorary doctorate from the Massachusetts College of Art. Withers had nine children and married his high school sweetheart\, Dorothy Curry. Ernest C. Withers passed away on Monday\, October 15\, 2007\, at the age of eighty-five. You can see his work at The Withers Collection Museum and Gallery in Memphis at 333 Beale Street. URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/goodnight-my-love-closing-reception/ LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, East Gallery\, Crosstown Concourse\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States CATEGORIES:Gallery ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://crosstownarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Ernest-Withers.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:20180426T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20180426T150000 DTSTAMP:20260519T232202 CREATED:20180328T214557Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180419T192447Z UID:10002793-1524747600-1524754800@crosstownarts.org SUMMARY:Crosstown Arts Resident Artist Talks DESCRIPTION:Resident artists Averell Mondie\, Vanessa Gonzalez\, Josh Short\, and Carrie Rubinstein will discuss their work. \nAbout the artists:\nAverell Mondie hails from Memphis\, TN. His self-taught photography focuses on portraiture\, street photography\, and photojournalism. Averell strives daily to capture city life\, particularly in his hometown\, in a unique gritty\, moody\, and minimalist style. \nSpurred often by galvanizing community development\, Averell walks\, bikes\, and buses through the corridors and alleys of Memphis\, chasing light and exploring relics deeply rooted in the city’s past. His style becomes more defined daily\, composing many of his shots with a cinematic frame\, focusing on low light\, aggressive shadows\, and desaturated tone. \nVanessa Gonzalez is a printmaker who uses mixed media in her art work. She was born in Laredo Texas and raised in Leon Mexico. Gonzalez was exposed to Latino art and culture from an early age\, which inspired her to become passionate to its rich cultural traditions. Vanessa is currently living in Memphis TN\, where she earned her Masters Degree in Fine Arts at Memphis College of Art and is an elementary school art teacher at a charter school. Vanessa’s work has being exhibited not only in the United States but also internationally in Mexico\, Australia\, and Germany. \nJoshua Short‘s work blurs the line between audience\, artwork\, and performer\, inviting the viewer to complete the art. Much like the all-American spectacle of pro-wrestling\, the audience is part of the performance. The action of entering into the artwork as a participant generates a more authentic experience by suspending the social filters that we carry into everyday life. Short uses cultural detritus as a point of departure. The inherited meanings found within cast-off objects combined with his artistic sensibilities creates an altered space that frames contemporary American Mythologies and Rituals. \nCarrie Rubinstein is a Brooklyn-based sculptor who creates life-sized installations from paper with pen and ink. She earned her B.A. in Studio Art from Smith College\, a Post Baccalaureate degree in Sculpture from Brandeis University\, and her M.F.A. in Sculpture from Hunter College with an exchange semester at L’École des Beaux Arts in Paris. In 2013\, she was a sculpture resident at the Vermont Studio Center. This experience generated early work for Retrofit\, a full room installation made entirely from paper through drawings\, hollow constructed forms\, and casting. Brooklyn’s Rhombus Space presented Retrofit\, which was Rubinstein’s first NYC solo show\, and she was their August 2015 artist-in residence. In June 2017\, Rubinstein created the paper installation\, Found Underground\, at Hunter College’s Thomas Hunter Project Space in Manhattan. In September 2017\, Retrofit traveled to the Krasl Art Center in St. Joseph\, MI. This was Rubinstein’s first solo museum show. Other notable NYC based group shows include exhibitions at Arts@Renaissance\, Brooklyn Museum’s Go Open Studio Project\, A.I.R. Gallery\, Orgy Park\, and The Roger Smith Hotel. URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/crosstown-arts-resident-artist-talks-2/ LOCATION:Crosstown Arts Galleries\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States CATEGORIES:Gallery ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://crosstownarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/FUnderground_Crosstown_025.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20180422T073000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20180422T100000 DTSTAMP:20260519T232202 CREATED:20180227T155718Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180409T191014Z UID:10003261-1524382200-1524391200@crosstownarts.org SUMMARY:Mellotron Variations: Pt. 3 DESCRIPTION:Reprise brunch featuring a performance of various acts from Part 1 of Mellotron Variations. Q&A sessions with performers from parts 1 and 2. \nLight refreshments will be served.\nFree | Open to the public\nDoors 12:30 pm | Performance 1 pm \nMellotron Variation Part 1 will be on April 18th (free) and Part 2 will be on April 21st (free with ticket). More info on those shows here: https://goo.gl/qNkoGv \nSponsored in part by the National Endowment for the Arts URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/mellotron-variations-pt-3/ LOCATION:Crosstown Arts Galleries\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States CATEGORIES:Gallery ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://crosstownarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/CXA-MellotronVariations-PT3-Instagram.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20180421T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20180421T170000 DTSTAMP:20260519T232202 CREATED:20180227T153205Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180418T173557Z UID:10003258-1524321000-1524330000@crosstownarts.org SUMMARY:Mellotron Variations: Pt. 2 DESCRIPTION:Due to demand\, we’re opening the 8 pm Mellotron Variations Pt. 2 performance up to everyone — no ticket required. So feel free to bring a friend\, even if they didn’t get a reserved ticket. All guests who reserved tickets for the 10:30 pm show are now welcome to come to the 8 pm show (the 10:30 show is rescheduled to the earlier time).\n\nTo accommodate everyone\, we’ve moved the 8 pm show to our East Atrium space\, which holds more guests than the Listening Room (where the show was planned to be). Just come up the red spiral staircase\, and you’ll land in the East Atrium.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPerformance of new works and collaborations for the mellotron by Robby Grant\, Jonathan Kirkscey\, John Medeski\, and Pat Sansone. \nProjections by Winston Eggleston and John Markham. \nFree | Open to the public\nDoors 7:30 pm | Concert 8 pm \n\nMellotron Variation Part 1 will be on April 18th and Part 3 will be on April 22nd. Neither of these will require reserved tickets. More info on those shows here: https://goo.gl/qNkoGv \nSponsored in part by the National Endowment for the Arts \n \n\n\n\nAbout the artists: \nRobby Grant is a songwriter\, performer\, and producer who has recorded and released records over the past 15 years under both his name and the moniker Vending Machine. He spent the 1990s co-fronting and touring the country with Big Ass Truck and currently plays with the garage pop group Mouserocket. \nJonathan Kirkscey is a composer\, cellist\, and producer who performs regularly with the Memphis Symphony Orchestra and Mouserocket\, and is a co-founder of Blueshift Ensemble\, a contemporary classical chamber ensemble. As a film composer\, Jonathan has scored several award-winning documentaries including Best of Enemies\, directed by Morgan Neville\, and Won’t You Be My Neighbor\, a film about Fred Rogers which premieres in January 2018 at the Sundance film festival. \nWinston Eggleston is a woodworker and avid collector of Mellotrons (he recently built one from scratch). \nJohn Markham is a videographer and collaborates with the experimental group >mancontrol<. Together they created the oil-based light show that accompanied 2015’s Duets for Mellotron performance. \nPat Sansone is a multi-instrumentalist (guitar\, keyboard\, percussion\, harpsichord) from the bands Wilco and The Autumn Defense. \nJohn Medeski is an American jazz keyboard player and composer. Medeski is a veteran of New York’s 1990s avant-garde jazz scene and is known popularly as a member of Medeski Martin & Wood. URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/mellotron-variations-pt-2/ LOCATION:Crosstown Arts Galleries\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States CATEGORIES:Gallery ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://crosstownarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/CXA-MellotronVariations-PT2-Instagram.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20180418T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20180418T170000 DTSTAMP:20260519T232202 CREATED:20180227T154532Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180417T170435Z UID:10003260-1524060000-1524070800@crosstownarts.org SUMMARY:Mellotron Variations: Pt. 1 DESCRIPTION:New work for the mellotron by composer Robert G. Patterson\, performed by members of the Memphis Symphony Orchestra. A documentary featuring keyboardist Audie Smith. Performance by Ross Rice collaborating with the New Ballet Ensemble. \nFree | Open to the public \nMellotron Variation Part 2 will be on April 21st (free with ticket) and Part 3 will be on April 22nd. More info on those shows here: https://goo.gl/qNkoGv \nSponsored in part by the National Endowment for the Arts \n \n\nAbout the artists: \nRobert G. Patterson is a resident composer with the Luna Nova Ensemble. Recent accomplishments include commissions from Opera Memphis\, the One Coin Concert series in Osaka\, Japan\, and First Prize in the NATS Art Song Composition Award. In addition to his musical activities\, Patterson also has been a professional software developer\, and his interest in computers led him to become an expert in musical engraving using a computer. \nNew Ballet Ensemble and School is a thriving after school dance program in the heart of Midtown Memphis\, founded in 2001. Dancers from all over the Mid-South fill their studios six days a week\, training and exploring cultural forms of dance alongside a strong classical ballet curriculum. New Ballet Ensemble was awarded the National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Award in 2014\, recognizing the country’s best creative youth development programs for using engagement in the arts and the humanities to increase self-direction\, academic achievement\, graduation rates\, and college enrollment. \nRoss Rice might be best known as the lead singer/writer/keyboardist for Human Radio\, who hit Billboard Top Forty in 1990 with “Me & Elvis” (Columbia)\, but has also appeared frequently on Memphis stages with Big Ass Truck\, The Coolers\, Riverbluff Clan\, The Mudflaps\, and Ross Rice Group. Rice has produced\, toured\, and recorded with Peter Frampton\, George Clinton\, Todd Snider\, Adrian Belew\, Stephen Perkins (Janes Addiction)\, and Susannah Hoffs (Bangles)\, to name but a few. Presently residing in Murfreesboro\, Rice is enrolled in the MFA program in Recording Arts at MTSU\, and is working on a documentary comparing Memphis and Nashville recording styles. \n  URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/mellotron-variations-pt-1/ LOCATION:Crosstown Arts Galleries\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States CATEGORIES:Gallery ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://crosstownarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/CXA-MellotronVariations-PT1-Instagram.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180417 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180423 DTSTAMP:20260519T232202 CREATED:20180227T170539Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180502T163359Z UID:10003263-1523991600-1524423599@crosstownarts.org SUMMARY:Mellotron Variations DESCRIPTION:Multi-day festival featuring original musical compositions for the mellotron performed live alongside newly created multidisciplinary installations. \nSponsored in part by the National Endowment for the Arts \nPt. 1\nWednesday\, April 18\, 7 pm\nNew work for the mellotron by composer Robert G. Patterson\, performed by members of the Memphis Symphony Orchestra. A documentary featuring keyboardist Audie Smith. Performance by Ross Rice collaborating with the New Ballet Ensemble. \nFree | Open to the public \n\nPt. 2\nSaturday\, April 21\, 7:30 pm\nPerformance of new works and collaborations for the mellotron by Robby Grant\, Jonathan Kirkscey\, John Medeski\, and Pat Sansone. Projections by Winston Eggleston and John Markham. \nFree | Open to the public\nDoors 7:30 pm | Concert 8 pm \n\nPt. 3\nSunday\, April 22\, 12:30 pm\nReprise brunch featuring a performance of various acts from Part 1 of Mellotron Variations. Q&A sessions with performers from parts 1 and 2. \nLight refreshments will be served.\nFree | Open to the public\nDoors 12:30 pm | Performance 1 pm \n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\nAbout the artists: \nRobby Grant is a songwriter\, performer\, and producer who has recorded and released records over the past 15 years under both his name and the moniker Vending Machine. He spent the 1990s co-fronting and touring the country with Big Ass Truck and currently plays with the garage pop group Mouserocket. \nJonathan Kirkscey is a composer\, cellist\, and producer who performs regularly with the Memphis Symphony Orchestra and Mouserocket\, and is a co-founder of Blueshift Ensemble\, a contemporary classical chamber ensemble. As a film composer\, Jonathan has scored several award-winning documentaries including Best of Enemies\, directed by Morgan Neville\, and Won’t You Be My Neighbor\, a film about Fred Rogers which premieres in January 2018 at the Sundance film festival. \nWinston Eggleston is a woodworker and avid collector of Mellotrons (he recently built one from scratch). \nJohn Markham is a videographer and collaborates with the experimental group >mancontrol<. Together they created the oil-based light show that accompanied 2015’s Duets for Mellotron performance. \nPat Sansone is a multi-instrumentalist (guitar\, keyboard\, percussion\, harpsichord) from the bands Wilco and The Autumn Defense. \nJohn Medeski is an American jazz keyboard player and composer. Medeski is a veteran of New York’s 1990s avant-garde jazz scene and is known popularly as a member of Medeski Martin & Wood. \nRobert G. Patterson is a resident composer with the Luna Nova Ensemble. Recent accomplishments include commissions from Opera Memphis\, the One Coin Concert series in Osaka\, Japan\, and First Prize in the NATS Art Song Composition Award. In addition to his musical activities\, Patterson also has been a professional software developer\, and his interest in computers led him to become an expert in musical engraving using a computer. \nNew Ballet Ensemble and School is a thriving after school dance program in the heart of Midtown Memphis\, founded in 2001. Dancers from all over the Mid-South fill their studios six days a week\, training and exploring cultural forms of dance alongside a strong classical ballet curriculum. New Ballet Ensemble was awarded the National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Award in 2014\, recognizing the country’s best creative youth development programs for using engagement in the arts and the humanities to increase self-direction\, academic achievement\, graduation rates\, and college enrollment. \n\n\nRoss Rice might be best known as the lead singer/writer/keyboardist for Human Radio\, who hit Billboard Top Forty in 1990 with “Me & Elvis” (Columbia)\, but has also appeared frequently on Memphis stages with Big Ass Truck\, The Coolers\, Riverbluff Clan\, The Mudflaps\, and Ross Rice Group. Rice has produced\, toured\, and recorded with Peter Frampton\, George Clinton\, Todd Snider\, Adrian Belew\, Stephen Perkins (Janes Addiction)\, and Susannah Hoffs (Bangles)\, to name but a few. Presently residing in Murfreesboro\, Rice is enrolled in the MFA program in Recording Arts at MTSU\, and is working on a documentary comparing Memphis and Nashville recording styles. URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/mellotron-variations/ LOCATION:Crosstown Arts Galleries\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States CATEGORIES:Gallery ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://crosstownarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/CXA-MellotronPt2-FB-ProfilePic.png END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR