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SUMMARY:the pinch journal summer workshop series: poetry
DESCRIPTION:story booth is proud to host its first incarnation of adult literary programming\, three one-day workshops offered by University of Memphis MFA candidates and editors of The Pinch Literary Journal. \nFrom The Pinch:\nIf you are a fan of the Pinch\, you know that we pride ourselves on selecting and publishing diverse poetry\, fiction\, and creative non-fiction. We are also a hardworking staff of graduate students in the English Department at the University of Memphis. We take and teach classes in creative writing at the university and we work hard for the Pinch. We write\, we publish\, we are the people we want to see in literary journals. We’d like to share some of that experience with the creative community in Memphis. We’ve got a plan. It’s a good one. Won’t you join us? \nCost to Attend:\nOne Workshop: $25\nTwo Workshops: $40\nThree Workshops: $65
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/pinch-workshop-poetry/
LOCATION:story booth\, 438 N. Cleveland St.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Programs
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SUMMARY:Community Mural Talk with Guisela Latorre
DESCRIPTION:Presented by UrbanArt Commission and Crosstown Arts in partnership with Caritas Village\, Hope Gallery & Centro Cultural: \nJoin us for a presentation on muralism in international contexts with visiting scholar Guisela Latorre from the University of Ohio Department of Art/Department of Gender Studies. Her talk will explore her research around Chicana/o murals in California and muralism and graffiti in post-dictatorship Chile. \nGuisela Latorre specializes in modern and contemporary U.S. Latina/o and Latin American art with a special emphasis on gender and women artists. Her first book titled Walls of Empowerment: Chicana/o Indigenist Murals from California (U. of Texas Press 2008)\, explored the recurrence of indigenist motifs in Chicana/o community murals from the 1970s to the turn of the millennium. Her other publications include “Border Consciousness and Artivist Aesthetics: Richard Lou’s Performance and Multimedia Artwork” in the American Studies Journal (2012)\, “New Approaches to Chicana/o Art: The Visual and the Political as Cognitive Process” in Image & Narrative (2010)\, and “Icons of Love and Devotion: Alma López’s Art” in Feminist Studies (Spring/Summer 2008). Latorre’s recent research activities include the co-editorship of the feminist journal Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies and work on a second book project of the graffiti and mural movement in Chile during the post-dictatorship era. She teaches classes on Latina/Chicana feminism\, visual culture and Latina/o art.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/mural-talk-guisela-latorre/
LOCATION:Caritas Village\, 2509 Harvard Ave.\, Memphis\, 38112
CATEGORIES:Programs
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SUMMARY:Shoot & Splice: Gear Up with LensRentals.com
DESCRIPTION:Erik Morrison and a team from LensRentals.com are hosting a show-and-tell about the latest and greatest cameras and gear. Erik and his team have helped thousands of cinematographers and commercial shooters choose the right equipment for each unique production\, and you are invited to pick their brains! \nFree & open to the public. \n\nShoot & Splice is presented by Indie Memphis and Crosstown Arts with the support of ArtsMemphis and FirstTennessee Foundation | ArtsFirst.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/shoot-splice-lensrentals/
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SUMMARY:Centro Cultural Collaboration
DESCRIPTION:Supported by the First Tennessee Foundation/ArtsFirst and ArtsMemphis\nCrosstown Arts is pleased to partner with Centro Cultural Latino de Memphis for a series of exhibitions and events to showcase the work of Latino artists living and working in Memphis and to celebrate elements and traditions of Latino culture as an integral part of the creative community of Memphis. This partnership is made possible by a generous grant from the First Tennessee Foundation\, ArtsFirst and ArtsMemphis. The partnership builds on the substantial work that Centro Cultural Latino de Memphis has accomplished and furthers Crosstown Arts’ ongoing mission to help combine audiences\, further expand inclusivity and provide opportunities to all of Memphis’ creative community. \nTwo large-scale partnership events were Stories on My Back on view at Crosstown Arts during the month of June 2015\, and the Tamale Fest at Caritas Village\, held on June 28\, 2015. Created by bi-cultural Memphis artist Richard Lou\, Stories On My Back is a multi-media installation that incorporates audio\, video\, digital photographs\, thousands of tamale leaves. This work has never been installed or seen in its entirety in Memphis. Later that month\, Crosstown Arts was an integral partner with Centro Cultural and Caritas Village for the Tamale Fest\, the first annual fundraising event for Centro Cultural. This event featured tamale-cooking teams and contests\, tamale tastings\, food trucks\, live entertainment\, an artist market and family activities. \nIn addition to an 18-month schedule of exhibitions and events\, detailed below\, several longer-term artistic projects will be launched through the partnership: the Crosstown-Centro Billboard Program will feature artwork displayed on a billboard on North Cleveland; and the Tamale Stories video project will capture and share the diverse Memphis’ community’s cross-cultural stories and memories of the beloved “tamal” or “tamale.” \n\nCalendar of Events\nSPRING 2015\nCentro Cultural Spring Showcase\nSaturday\, April 25\, 5-7 pm\, Crosstown Arts\, 430 N. Cleveland \nShowcase of visual and performing arts organized by Centro Cultural \nTamale Cooking Demo\nSaturday\, May 16\, 2 pm\, at Latino Memphis\, 6041 Mt. Moriah Rd \nThis one-hour cooking demo will be facilitated by a local tamale-making expert (or “tamalero/a” in Spanish). The tamalero/a will share his/her own family recipe and will walk the attendees through a step-by-step process for making tamales at home. \n$10 admission/donation to benefit Centro Cultural. \nSUMMER 2015\nRichard Lou: Stories on my Back\nMultumedia installation on view June 5-July 4\, 2015\, Crosstown Arts Gallery\, 422 N. Cleveland\nOpening Night: Friday\, June 5\, 6-9 pm\nFood trucks\, live music and more \nExhibition Programs: Saturday\, June 6\, 2-4 pm\nLecture by Visiting Scholar Guisela LaTorre\, 430 N. Cleveland\, 2 pm\nGallery Talk with Richard Lou & Guisela LaTorre\, 422 N. Cleveland\, 3 pm \nTamale Cooking Demo\nSunday\, June 7\, 3 pm\, Crosstown Arts\, 430 N. Cleveland\nThis one-hour cooking demo will be facilitated by a local tamale-making expert (or “tamalero/a” in Spanish). The tamalero/a will share his/her own family recipe and will walk the attendees through a step-by-step process for making tamales at home.\n$10 admission/donation to benefit Centro Cultural. \nPechaKucha Night Volume 12\nThursday\, June 25\, 6:30 pm\, Phuong Long\, 306 N. Cleveland\nAn evening of fun\, fast-paced presentations themed around food\, made by community members. Presenters for this installment: Miles Tamboli\, Wes Riddle\, Ben McLean\, Noah Campbell\, Margarita Sandino\, Onie Johns\, Rachel Neely Williams & Edna Banks-Hawkins\nFree admission. \nTamale Fest\nSaturday\, June 27\, 2-6 pm\, Caritas Village\, 2509 Harvard Avenue in Binghampton\nOrganized by Centro Cultural\, Caritas Village and Crosstown Arts\nTamale Fest 2015 is the first annual fundraising event for Centro Cultural. The festival will have main stage live entertainment\, a tamale team cooking contest\, a tamale tasting tent\, a kids’ activity corner\, art vendors\, food trucks and a photo booth. Centro Cultural was founded in 2011 and has been operating as a 100% volunteer-run organization. Accomplishments to date include over 60 cultural workshops taught\, 13 showcases celebrated\, 6 art exhibits produced\, collaboration with Dixon Gallery and Gardens produced the first contemporary Latino Art exhibition in Memphis\, current development of a book based on immigrant stories in Binghamton and over 5000 hours of volunteer time given. The purpose of the Tamale Fest is to share and celebrate Latino culture\, bring people together for a positive cultural experience and to raise money to allow Centro Cultural to expand their programs and administration. \nFALL 2015\nCentro Cultural Visual Arts Showcase\nFriday\, November 6-28\, 2015\, Crosstown Arts Gallery\, 422 N. Cleveland \nFALL 2016\nExhibition of Latino/a Artist Portraits\nNovember 2016\, Crosstown Arts Gallery\, 422 N. Cleveland \nONGOING / UPCOMING\n\nCrosstown-Centro Billboard Program at 431 N. Cleveland\nCentro Cultural’s Latino/a Artist Registry\nTamale Stories video project
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/centro-cultural-collaboration/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts Galleries\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
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SUMMARY:Road Trip: 30 Americans at Arkansas Arts Center
DESCRIPTION:30 Americans presents a sweeping survey of artwork by many of the most influential African American artists of the last four decades. Organized by the Rubell Family Collection\, Miami\, the exhibition features work by such early and influential artists as Barkley L. Hendricks\, Robert Colescott and Jean-Michel Basquiat\, and those of younger and emerging artists\, like Kehinde Wiley\, Wangechi Mutu\, and Shinique Smith. \n\n8 am: Meet at parking lot on Cooper next to Hattiloo Theater\, please park in Overton Square parking garage\n8:30 am: Bus departs for Little Rock\n11 am-12 pm: Guided tour of 30 Americans\n12-1 pm: Explore gallery at your leisure\, eat lunch at the Arts Center cafe\, or pack a picnic\n1:30 pm: Depart Little Rock\n4:30 pm/5pm: Arrive in Memphis\n\nTrip fee: $25 (includes transportation and guided tour of exhibition) Admission to the Museum is FREE!
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/road-trip-30americans/
LOCATION:Arkansas Arts Center\, 501 E 9th St\, Little Rock\, 72202
CATEGORIES:Programs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20150523T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20150523T160000
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SUMMARY:Impossible Language
DESCRIPTION:Impossible Language celebrates spring by bringing you fresh\, unique voices in contemporary poetry. This installment features readings from Ruth Baumann\, PJ Williams\, Ashley Chambers & Heidi Staples. \nBecome better acquainted with this ongoing poetry reading series by following here: Twitter @impossiblelang\, Facebook or Tumblr.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/impossible-language-0515/
CATEGORIES:430,Programs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20150512T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20150512T150000
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SUMMARY:Open Crit
DESCRIPTION:430 N. Cleveland\nSecond Tuesday of Each Month\nArtist Setup: 5 – 6 pm / Critique & Discussion: 6 – 8 pm \nMay Artists: Jim Anderson\, Elisabeth Eickhoff\, Dan Ross & Meghan Vaziri\nFacilitator: Laurel Sucsy \nCrosstown Arts’ Open Crit series\, organized in partnership with ArtsMemphis\, is a monthly critique event where visual artists are invited to bring new and/or in-progress studio work for critical feedback and group discussion particular to each artist’s practice. The series will take place at Crosstown Arts exhibition space at 430 N. Cleveland. \nA dedicated facilitator with experience in a group critique setting will guide discussion for each critique event\, which will include up to 4 artists’ work\, with 15-25 minutes devoted to the work of each. \nAll visual artists and anyone interested in joining the discussion are welcome to participate regardless of their level of expertise\, prior professional art experience or background/education in fine art. Participation is free and open to the public. Input during the critiques from everyone in attendance is welcomed and encouraged. \nNo formal preparation is necessary for participating artists\, who will have an opportunity to introduce and contextualize their work on view at the beginning of each critique. Participating artists are only asked to be open to (and interested in) considering reactions to their work by the group\, which will always be done in a supportive\, constructive and casual environment\, but could at the same time be challenging. \n\nTo participate\, artists can send the following info via email to Brittney Bullock (brittney@ crosstownarts.org) with the subject line “Open Crit.” Submissions will be accepted and scheduled based on availability. There is no submission fee. \n\nName\nPhone number\nEmail address\nGeneral description of the work to be discussed (i.e. “abstract paintings” or “video art”) & sizes of works and/or media types\n\nArtists are asked to bring no more than 8 individual pieces (in any medium). Maximum run time for time-based work(s) is 10 minutes. \nParticipating artists are encouraged to invite friends\, peers and colleagues to the open crits\, both to see their work in progress and to give constructive feedback. \nOrganized by Crosstown Arts in partnership with ArtsMemphis ArtsAccelerator.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/open-crit-0515/
CATEGORIES:430,Programs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20150505T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20150505T160000
DTSTAMP:20260514T123021
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LAST-MODIFIED:20150707T070722Z
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SUMMARY:Shoot & Splice: Film and the Law
DESCRIPTION:Memphis filmmakers are known for a guerrilla\, DIY-style of filmmaking. While the mantra may be better to beg forgiveness than ask permission\, sometimes it pays to get good advice on the front end. Join entertainment attorneys Malcolm Futhey\, Anita Modak-Truran and Bruce Newman as they argue the case that filmmakers should be aware of the law and seek good counsel. \n\nShoot & Splice is presented by Indie Memphis and Crosstown Arts with the support of ArtsMemphis and FirstTennessee Foundation | ArtsFirst.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/shoot-splice-the-law/
CATEGORIES:430,Programs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20150501T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20150501T123000
DTSTAMP:20260514T123021
CREATED:20150707T063813Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20150724T215456Z
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SUMMARY:Eye on Abstraction: All-Ages Workshop
DESCRIPTION:An after-school workshop all about abstraction. Explore our current abstract painting exhibition\, Between the Eyes (in the gallery at 422 N. Cleveland). Then meet in story booth for hands-on art activities for all ages\, led by artists Laurel Sucsy (Between the Eyes curator)\, Mary Jo Karimnia\, and Brittney Bullock. \nThis is a free\, drop-in program: come when you wish\, no registration necessary! \nChildren must be accompanied by adults.\nSnacks and drinks will be served. \n(Image: Rubens Ghenov)
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/eye-on-abstraction/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts Galleries\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Gallery,Programs
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20150429
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20150503
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SUMMARY:Epic Vision
DESCRIPTION:  \nEXHIBITION SCHEDULE\nThursday\, April 30 – Saturday\, May 2 // 10am – 6pm\nSaturday\, May 2: Closing Reception // 6 – 8pm \n\n                 \n\n\n    \n“When I tell people I create\, they think I’m a musician.”- Michael Williams \nCrosstown Arts is pleased to present an exhibition of over 50 paintings by Crosstown residents Michael Williams and his mother\, Mattie Williams. Although working in clearly distinct styles\, their process involves a delicate exchange: Mattie inspired Michael to paint\, and Michael names Mattie’s paintings. Both artists are self-taught and have been painting most of their lives. Michael is visually impaired\, so he uses tools like powerful magnifying glasses and bright lights to enhance his limited field of vision\, seeking to capture realistic perspectives in his landscapes. Mattie uses acrylic paint to create abstract works with bold colors and repeated patterns\, often floral or geometric forms. Together\, their works demonstrate how the act of creating can strengthen the ties that bind people to one another — through family\, through paint. \nMichael was born with an eye disorder known as Stargardt’s Disease and recently founded a non-profit organization\, International Association for Sight Impaired Artists. The organization’s mission is to educate\, empower and support individuals who are blind or visually impaired to be involved in the visual\, performing and literary arts. Michael hopes to inspire others with sight impairments not to limit themselves creatively. \nHe has won many awards in several art competitions\, including Memphis Technical High School “Outstanding Art Student” Award in the 1980s\, St. Joseph Hospital Pen and Ink Art Competition\, Southland Mall Scholastic Art Competition\, Mid South Fair Pen and Ink Art Competition\, and the American Printing House for the Blind International Art Competition in 2009\, 2010\, 2012 and 2014.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/epic-vision/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20150425T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20150425T140000
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SUMMARY:Centro Cultural Spring Showcase
DESCRIPTION:Centro Cultural Latino de Memphis invites you to their first exhibition of 2015\, featuring visual art\, as well as musical and dance performances. \nThis program is part of Crosstown Arts & Centro Cultural’s ongoing Spring/Summer 2015 collaboration\, supported by FirstTennessee Foundation | ArtsFirst and ArtsMemphis.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/centro-showcase-2015/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20150414T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20150414T150000
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SUMMARY:Open Crit
DESCRIPTION:430 N. Cleveland\nSecond Tuesday of Each Month\nArtist Setup: 5 – 6 pm / Critique & Discussion: 6 – 8 pm \nCrosstown Arts’ Open Crit series\, organized in partnership with ArtsMemphis\, is a monthly critique event where visual artists are invited to bring new and/or in-progress studio work for critical feedback and group discussion particular to each artist’s practice. The series will take place at Crosstown Arts exhibition space at 430 N. Cleveland. \nA dedicated facilitator with experience in a group critique setting will guide discussion for each critique event\, which will include up to 4 artists’ work\, with 15-25 minutes devoted to the work of each. \nAll visual artists and anyone interested in joining the discussion are welcome to participate regardless of their level of expertise\, prior professional art experience or background/education in fine art. Participation is free and open to the public. Input during the critiques from everyone in attendance is welcomed and encouraged. \nNo formal preparation is necessary for participating artists\, who will have an opportunity to introduce and contextualize their work on view at the beginning of each critique. Participating artists are only asked to be open to (and interested in) considering reactions to their work by the group\, which will always be done in a supportive\, constructive and casual environment\, but could at the same time be challenging. \n\nTo participate\, artists can send the following info via email to Brittney Bullock (brittney@ crosstownarts.org) with the subject line “Open Crit.” Submissions will be accepted and scheduled based on availability. There is no submission fee. \n\nName\nPhone number\nEmail address\nGeneral description of the work to be discussed (i.e. “abstract paintings” or “video art”) & sizes of works and/or media types\n\nArtists are asked to bring no more than 8 individual pieces (in any medium). Maximum run time for time-based work(s) is 10 minutes. \nParticipating artists are encouraged to invite friends\, peers and colleagues to the open crits\, both to see their work in progress and to give constructive feedback. \nOrganized by Crosstown Arts in partnership with ArtsMemphis ArtsAccelerator.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/open-crit-0415/
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SUMMARY:Delta Jewels: Visiting Artist\, Alysia Burton Steele
DESCRIPTION:Event Schedule\n6 pm: Fellowship Hour at story booth (438 N. Cleveland)\n6 pm: Exhibition in the Gallery (422 N. Cleveland)\n7- 9 pm: Program & Book-signing in the Gallery \nCrosstown Arts and The Booksellers at Laurelwood welcome photojournalist Alysia Burton Steele to Memphis to celebrate the publication of Delta Jewels\, her collection of portraits and oral histories of church mothers of the Mississippi Delta. \nThe event is free and open to the public and will include a program and book-signing with the artist\, an art exhibition of photo prints from the book\, live choir music\, food & drinks. Several of the church mothers featured in the book will also be present. \nInspired by memories of her beloved grandmother\, photographer and author Alysia Burton Steele–picture editor on a Pulitzer Prize-winning team–combines heart-wrenching narrative with poignant photographs of more than 50 female church elders in the Mississippi Delta. \nThese ordinary women lived extraordinary lives under the harshest conditions of the Jim Crow era and during the courageous changes of the Civil Rights Movement. With the help of local pastors\, Steele recorded these living witnesses to history and folk ways\, and shares the significance of being a Black woman–child\, daughter\, sister\, wife\, mother\, and grandmother in Mississippi–a Jewel of the Delta. From the stand Mrs. Tennie Self took for her marriage to be acknowledged in the phone book\, to the life-threatening sacrifice required to vote for the first time\, these 50 inspiring portraits are the faces of love and triumph that will teach readers faith and courage in difficult times. \n\nAlysia Burton Steele has been a photographer for over 25 years and currently teaches photojournalism\, layout and design\, multimedia\, and journalism writing at the University of Mississippi.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/delta-jewels/
LOCATION:story booth\, 438 N. Cleveland St.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
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SUMMARY:Shoot & Splice: What It Means to Be a Producer
DESCRIPTION:Indie Memphis & Crosstown Arts announce the return of Shoot & Splice! \nEver wonder what it takes to produce an independent film or commercial project? Have you ever asked yourself what a producer even does?! \nFilm Producers raise money for projects\, hire directors\, DP’s\, actors and editors\, manage schedules\, find distributors\, massage egos and everything in between. Please join us for a discussion with three of the most talented producers in Memphis\, Waheed AlQawasmi\, Laura Jean Hocking and Ryan Watt. \n\n  \nWaheed AlQawasmi started his career as a producer and filmmaker in high school\, where he garnered a number of awards including the first National Student Emmy Awards at the age of 15. Waheed’s work includes Home Town Glory and Scorned. Waheed produced and directed a variety of music videos for artists such as Taylor Swift\, The Band Perry\, The Delta Saints\, as well as TV commercials and web content for GoDaddy and Google. His most recent project includes a one-hour TV special titled Outnumbered Hunger\, which is fronted by Reba McEntire to raise awareness about the hunger issues facing the United States. \nLaura Jean Hocking is a Memphis filmmaker best known for producing Indie Memphis award winners Antenna and Automusik Can Do No Wrong\, as well the popular feature\, Eat\, with her husband C. Scott McCoy and Oddly Buoyant Productions. She is currently editing and associate producing Bad\, Bad Men for Old School Pictures. \nRyan Watt is a media producer and marketing consultant\, as well as Director of Development at New School Media\, Inc. He has produced numerous independent feature films plus shorts\, music and web videos. His feature productions include Pilgrim Song\, Forty Years From Yesterday\, Open Five\, The Romance of Loneliness and Daylight Fades. Ryan is a board member of the Indie Memphis film festival and an alumnus of the Venice Biennale Cinema program. \n\n  \nShoot & Splice is made possible with the support of ArtsMemphis and FirstTennessee Foundation | ArtsFirst.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/shoot-splice-producer/
CATEGORIES:430,Programs
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SUMMARY:PechaKucha Night Volume 11
DESCRIPTION:PechaKucha Nights began in Tokyo as an opportunity for artists\, designers and architects to show samples of their work through a concise\, timed presentation in a relaxed community setting. Now\, PechaKucha Nights take place all over the world and feature presenters from innumerably diverse backgrounds. \nThe key to PechaKucha Night is the 20×20 format: all presenters show 20 slides for 20 seconds each\, making each presentation succinct and dynamic. \n\nHere are the PechaKucha Night Volume 11 presenters:\nJohn Klyce Minervini\, Jody Stokes-Casey\, Hunter Braithwaite\, Eileen Havant Townsend and Anna Mullins
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/pechakucha-night-volume-11/
CATEGORIES:430,Programs
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SUMMARY:Belongings
DESCRIPTION:An open call exhibition organized by Crosstown Arts and the Cleveland Street Flea Market \nA flea market is filled with unique objects invoking curiosity\, nostalgia\, humor and surprise. A blue and white Pyrex bowl recalls helping Grandma mix stuffing for holidays past. A cut-crystal candy dish reminds us just how much we love that old-world pink color. A darkly framed formula-landscape evokes dreams of scary monsters. A planet-shaped radio\, reflecting design aspects of the early Star Wars days\, reminds us of the exact one we had as a kid\, except in yellow. These objects and curiosities are a ripe cache for inspiration – as is the community at the Cleveland Street Flea Market where some of the vendors have been in business there since the market opened sixteen years ago. \nArtists are invited to participate in the Belongings exhibition by purchasing any object of inspiration from the Cleveland Street Flea Market to transform into (or use as inspiration for) a new work of art. \nAll artists are welcome to participate regardless of their level of expertise or prior art experience. \n***Opening Reception: Friday\, March 27\, 6-9 pm PLUS installation by Mark Nowell at the Cleveland Street Flea Market AND open hours at you+me on view at 422 N. Cleveland Gallery\n***Gallery Crawl + Group Discussion: Saturday\, March 28\, 2 pm\n***Exhibition open: Friday-Sunday\, March 27-29\, noon – 6 pm \nAn open call exhibition organized by Crosstown Arts and the Cleveland Street Flea Mark \nDownload Belongings artwork list \nPlease contact Mary Jo Karimnia (626-6298 / maryjo@crosstownarts.org) or individual artists with sales inquiries. Crosstown Arts does not manage sales or take commissions.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/belongings/
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SUMMARY:Visiting Writer Jamie Kornegay
DESCRIPTION:Join us for our latest collaboration with The Booksellers at Laurelwood as we welcome Jamie Kornegay to Memphis to read from and sign his first novel\, SOIL. Jamie is also the owner of Turnrow Book Co.\, in Greenwood\, MS\, so please help us celebrate this writer who daily champions other writers in his work as an independent bookseller.With elements of rural noir\, dark comedy and domestic dysfunction\, SOIL – published by Simon & Schuster – is a modern tragedy that pays homage to Mississippi’s great literary tradition — from William Faulkner to Larry Brown and Barry Hannah — and adds a manic dose of Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment for good measure. \nDistrustful of modern society\, environmental scientist Jay Mize moves his family off the grid to a stretch of riverbottom farmland in the Mississippi hills\, where he hopes to position himself at the forefront of a revolution in agriculture. After suffering drought\, flood\, pestilence and family turmoil\, Jay uncovers a dead body in his water-logged field. Rather than alert the authorities\, he mounts a paranoid cover-up\, which invites more unwanted trouble to his sacred homestead. \nBeset by a growing madness\, Jay is pitted against his estranged wife\, who has become unhinged by her own trials\, and a local deputy\, whose interest in the family is not strictly in the pursuit of justice. Through a maze of misperceptions and personal obsessions\, these characters endeavor — however clumsily — to uphold their own sense of honor as they tumble toward a showdown in the treacherous mudflats.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/visiting-writer-jamie-kornegay/
LOCATION:story booth\, 438 N. Cleveland St.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
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SUMMARY:Visiting Writer Amy Greene
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Booksellers at Laurelwood and Crosstown Arts \nReading and discussion with the author and WKNO’s Darel Snodgrass\nFree admission and refreshments \nAuthor’s website \nReviews of “Long Man” \n“The Tennessee Valley Authority was designed to help modernize the state during the Great Depression\, but [it] only spells destruction for the town of Yuneetah. Greene’s excellent second novel focuses on the holdouts who refuse to leave\, chief among them a husband and wife [whose] 3-year-old daughter goes missing. The lead suspect in her disappearance is a one-eyed Yuneetah native who’s spent much of his life as a drifter connected to violent protests against [the] government. Greene’s [prose] is sinuous and tonally mythic; Gracie’s disappearance\, alongside Amos’ cat-and-mouse game with authorities\, gives the novel a welcome propulsion. Long Man fully inhabits the ironies inherent in destroying a place in the name of progress . . . A smart and moody historical novel that evokes the best widescreen Southern literature.” —Kirkus (starred review)\n\n“Haunting . . . Long Man revisits blue-collar Appalachia with the same lyricism Greene brought to her magnificent first novel\, Bloodroot . . . With searing eloquence\, she seems to channel the frustrations of generations of rural poor in this stark indictment of a government hell-bent on destroying a long-standing community. Her stunning insight into a proud and insular people is voiced with cold clarity and burning anger.” —Joanne Wilkinson\, Booklist (starred review)\n\n“Unforgettable. Like a classical myth\, Greene’s second novel\, set in the summer of 1936\, transforms a period of cataclysmic history into a gorgeous\, tragic tale filled with heroes and heroines . . . Greene’s enormous talent animates the voices and landscape of East Tennessee so vividly\, and creates such exquisite tension\, that the reader is left devastated.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)\n\n“A gem. Long Man is so palpably real that I feel I’ve spent the last few days actually living in Greene’s corner of Depression-era Tennessee. Only a handful of writers can bring a place to life with this much texture\, and bring characters to life in such a visceral manner. These people and this place will live on in my imagination for the rest of my life. Greene is a special writer\, and Long Man is a special book—a beautiful piece of work. How I long for more novels like hers.” —Steve Yarbrough\, author of Prisoners of War and The Realm of Last Chances
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/visiting-writer-amy-greene/
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SUMMARY:Visiting Writer Alan Lightman
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Burke’s Book Store and Crosstown Arts\n  \nMr. Lightman will be reading from and signing copies of his memoir\, Screening Room: Family Pictures ($25.95 hardcover\, Pantheon Books)  \nA Q & A session will be moderated by Memphis historian and author Wayne Dowdy \nFrom the acclaimed author of the international best seller Einstein’s Dreams\, here is a stunning\, lyrical memoir of Memphis from the 1930s through the 1960s that includes the early days of the movies and a powerful grandfather whose ghost remains an ever-present force in the lives of his descendants. Alan Lightman’s grandfather M.A. Lightman was the family’s undisputed patriarch: it was his movie theater empire that catapulted the Lightmans to prominence in the South\, his fearless success that both galvanized and paralyzed his children and grandchildren. In this moving\, impressionistic memoir\, the author chronicles his return to Memphis in an attempt to understand the origins he so eagerly left behind forty years earlier. As aging uncles and aunts begin telling family stories\, Lightman rediscovers his southern roots and slowly recognizes the errors in his perceptions of both his grandfather and his father\, who was himself crushed by M.A. The result is an unforgettable family saga that extends from 1880 to the present\, set against a throbbing century of Memphis–the rhythm and blues\, the barbecue and pecan pie\, the segregated society–and including personal encounters with Elvis\, Martin Luther King Jr.\, and E. H. “Boss” Crump. At the heart of it all is a family haunted by the memory of its domineering patriarch and the author’s struggle to understand his conflicted loyalties. \n2015 marks the 100th anniversary of Malco Theatres\, created by Lightman’s grandfatther in 1915. Available for purchase at this event will be the commemorative Memphis Heritage 2015 calendar\, which showcases vintage photographs of Malco movie marquees\, theater lobbies and other images from decades past. \nAlan Lightman is the author of several novels\, including Einstein’s Dreams\, a New York Times and international bestseller\, and The Diagnosis\, a finalist for the 2000 National Book Award. He is also the author of several collections of essays and numerous books on science. His work has appeared in the Atlantic\, Granta\, The New Yorker\, the New York Review of Books\, and Nature\, among many other publications. A theoretical physicist as well as a writer\, he has served on the faculties of Harvard and MIT\, where he was the first person to receive a dual faculty appointment in science and the humanities. He lives in the Boston area.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/visiting-writer-alan-lightman/
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SUMMARY:Delicate Tension
DESCRIPTION:Featuring work by members of the Pine Hill Community Center\, Lewis Senior Center and Memphis Knit Mafia\, plus Nikkila Carrol and Morgan Montalvo \n“Delicate Tension” connects a diverse group of Memphis-area crocheters and showcases their work in a public setting\, some for the very first time. \nThe exhibition not only exposes the generational contrasts of needlework created by a wide range of artisans/artists with varying techniques and aesthetic concerns\, but also aims to re-imagine defined notions of fine art and craft.\n\nOrganized by Crosstown Arts / Brittney Bullock
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/delicate-tension/
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SUMMARY:Visiting Writer Tim Johnston
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts & Booksellers at Laurelwood present Visiting Writer Tim Johnston \nPlease join us (in collaboration with The Booksellers at Laurelwood) to welcome Crosstown Arts first Visiting Writer for 2015\, Tim Johnston\, to read from and sign his thrilling debut adult novel\, Descent (Algonquin Books). A story that begins as a family’s fated summer trip to the Rocky Mountains quickly reveals itself to be both a gripping page-turner and a satisfying work of literary fiction reflecting on the personal nature of loss and longing from several characters’ perspectives.\nTim’s previous works of fiction include the young adult novel Never So Green (FSG) and the story collection Irish Girl (UNT Press)\, winner of the prestigious Katherine Anne Porter Prize in Short Fiction\, a collection of which David Sedaris said\, “It’s dark in here\, but brilliant. Tim Johnston is as wise as he is original\, and his stories are impossible to forget.” \nTim Johnston is currently teaching in the Creative Writing Program at the University of Memphis\, where he is the director of the The Pinch Literary Journal. Please help us give him his overdue welcome to Memphis in celebration of this fine work of fiction. \nAs always\, free and open to the public. \nAdvance praise for Descent: \n“Outstanding . . . The days when you had to choose between a great story and a great piece of writing? Gone.” —Esquire \n“I’ve read many variations on this theme\, some quite good\, but never one as powerful as Tim Johnston’s Descent… The story unfolds brilliantly\, always surprisingly\, but the glory of Descent lies not in its plot but in the quality of the writing. The magic of his prose equals the horror of Johnston’s story; each somehow enhances the other. . . . Read this astonishing novel. It’s the best of both worlds.”\n—The Washington Post \n“This is much more than your typical thriller. Tim Johnston has written a book that makes Gone Girl seem gimmicky…Johnson is an excellent writer. You want to set this one down so you can take a breath\, and keep reading–all at the same time.”\n—Alan Cheuse\, on NPR’s All Things Considered
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/visiting-writer-tim-johnston/
CATEGORIES:Programs
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SUMMARY:Visting Writer Jacqueline Woodson
DESCRIPTION:Please join us at story booth on Monday\, Oct. 13\, from 3 to 5 to welcome Crosstown Arts’ latest visiting writer\, Jacqueline Woodson\, as she reads from and discusses her National Book Award-nominated memoir in verse\, “Brown Girl Dreaming.” Thanks to The Booksellers at Laurelwood for affording us this rare opportunity to let our young writers interact with a professional writer of such high acclaim. All ages welcome for this one. \nJacqueline Woodson won the National Book Award after her visit to Crosstown Arts!
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/visting-writer-jacqueline-woodson/
LOCATION:story booth\, 438 N. Cleveland St.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Programs
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SUMMARY:Mid-South Book Festival
DESCRIPTION:presented by Literacy Mid-South\nEvents at story booth\, 438 N. Cleveland \n\nMaking Memphis\nThursday\, September 25\, 6 pm\nstory booth\, 438 N. Cleveland\, free admission\nFestival kick-off with authors Dan Conaway\, Willy Bearden\, and Corey Mesler\, with moderator Harry Freeman from WEVL.  \nImpossible Language \nFriday\, September 26\, 8 pm\, readings begin at 8:30\nstory booth\, 438 N. Cleveland\, free admission\nFall premiere of poetry reading series created and hosted by poet Ashley Roach-Freiman.  \nLearn more about the festival and these events
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/mid-south-book-festival/
LOCATION:story booth\, 438 N. Cleveland St.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
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SUMMARY:Visiting Writer: John Brandon
DESCRIPTION:Reading and booksigning of Further Joy
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/visiting-writer-john-brandon/
LOCATION:story booth\, 438 N. Cleveland St.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
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SUMMARY:Visiting Writer: Michael Pollan
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Crosstown Arts\, Booksellers at Laurelwood\, Church Health Center and Memphis Center for Food & Faith \nInternationally-acclaimed\, bestselling author Michael Pollan visited Memphis for a reading\, booksigning\, and dinner event on Tuesday\, May 20\, in conjunction with the paperback release of his most recent book\, Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation. \nPrior to the reading\, Chef Miles McMath and organizers hosted an outdoor barbecue featuring locally-sourced meat and produce\, with the food and cocktail menu based around the themes of the book.  Local acoustic duo Deering and Down as well as members of story booth’s spring music production workshop performed live. \nThis event was presented by Crosstown Arts in collaboration with The Booksellers at Laurelwood\, the Church Health Center\, and Memphis Center for Food & Faith\,  and benefited the new nonprofit local foods distributor\, Bring It Food Hub. Admission to reading was free and dinner tickets were offered at $20. \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			\n			\n				\n			\n			\n				\n			\n			\n				\n			\n			\n				\n			\n			\n				\n			\n			\n				\n			\n			\n				\n			\n		\n\nFor the past twenty-five years\, Michael Pollan has been writing books and articles about the places where nature and culture intersect: on our plates\, in our farms and gardens\, and in the built environment. \nIn Cooked\, Pollan explores the previously uncharted territory of his own kitchen. Here\, he explores the enduring power of the four classical elements—fire\, water\, air\, and earth— to transform the stuff of nature into delicious things to eat and drink. Apprenticing himself to a succession of culinary masters\, Pollan learns how to grill with fire\, cook with liquid\, bake bread\, and ferment everything from cheese to beer. In the course of his journey\, he discovers that the cook occupies a special place in the world\, standing squarely between nature and culture. Both realms are transformed by cooking\, and so\, in the process\, is the cook. \n\nA portion of book sales and proceeds from dinner tickets will help to support the Pay It Forward CSA program of Bring It Food Hub\, which provides fresh fruit and vegetables for families in need. \nBring It is partnering with the Church Health Center to increase access to healthy and delicious locally-grown food. \n\nMore about the author: \nMichael Pollan is author of Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation and of four New York Times’ bestsellers: Food Rules: An Eater’s Manual (2010); In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto (2008); The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals (2006) and The Botany of Desire: A Plant’s-Eye View of the World (2001). The Omnivore’s Dilemma was named one of the ten best books of 2006 by both the New York Times and the Washington Post. It also won the California Book Award\, the Northern California Book Award\, the James Beard Award\, and was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. \nPollan was named to the 2010 TIME 100\, the magazine’s annual list of the world’s 100 most influential people. In 2009 he was named by Newsweek as one of the top 10 “New Thought Leaders.” A contributing writer to The New York Times Magazine since 1987\, his writing has received numerous awards. \nIn addition to publishing regularly in The New York Times Magazine\, his articles have appeared in Harper’s (where he served as executive editor from 1984 to 1994)\, National Geographic\, Mother Jones\, The Nation\, The New York Review of Books\, Vogue\, Travel + Leisure\, Gourmet\, House & Garden and Gardens Illustrated\, among others. \nIn 2003\, Pollan was appointed the John S. and James L. Knight Professor of Journalism at UC Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism\, and the director of the Knight Program in Science and Environmental Journalism. In addition to teaching\, he lectures widely on food\, agriculture\, health and the environment. \nDetails: \nVisiting Writer Michael Pollan \nPresented by Crosstown Arts\, The Booksellers at Laurelwood\, Church Health Center\, and Memphis Center for Food & Faith \nTuesday\, May 20 \n7:00 pm reception; 7:30 pm program begins \nCrosstown Arts\, 430 N. Cleveland \nAdmission to the reading is free. For the booksigning\, you must purchase a paperback copy of Cooked from The Booksellers at Laurelwood\, which includes a line ticket. A portion of book sales benefit new local foods distributor\, Bring It Food Hub. \nBack Alley BBQ with Chef Miles McMath \n5-7 pm \nAlley behind 430 N. Cleveland; access from front or rear parking lots. \nLimited dinner tickets are now sold out. \nProceeds benefit new local foods distributor Bring It Food Hub. \nOpen House at the Church Health Center \n5-7 pm \n420 N. Cleveland \nLearn more about the Church Health Center’s programs and enjoy appetizers and drinks. \nContacts: \nCrosstown Arts – Emily Halpern\, Emily@crosstownarts.org \nThe Booksellers at Laurelwood – Macon Wilson\, mwilson@dkbks.com \n  \n 
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/visiting-writer-michael-pollan/
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SUMMARY:Visiting Writer Holly George-Warren
DESCRIPTION:An event to celebrate the release of\nA Man Called Destruction: The Life and Music of Alex Chilton\nThe first biography of the influential musician and forebear of the indie-rock scene\nby Holly George-Warren\npresented by Crosstown Arts and The Booksellers at Laurelwood \n\n\nConversation with the author and Andria Lisle at 7 pm\nLive performance by Loveland Duren at 8 pm\n(Vicki Loveland and Van Duren)\nOpening Act: Ross Johnson and the Klitz\nExhibit by Vincent Astor and more\nFree admission
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/visiting-writer-holly-george-warren/
LOCATION:story booth\, 438 N. Cleveland St.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
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SUMMARY:Visiting Writer Bill Cotter & The Grown Up Lady Story Company
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts and The Booksellers at Laurelwood present visiting writer Bill Cotter and The Grown Up Lady Story Company \nThe author will read from his most recent novel “The Parallel Apartments” \n\n\nJustine Moppett is 34\, pregnant\, and fleeing an abusive relationship in New York to dig up an even more traumatic childhood in Austin. Waiting for her there is a cast of more than a dozen misfits — a hemophobic aspiring serial killer\, a deranged soprano opera singer\, a debt-addicted entrepreneur-cum-madam\, a matchmaking hermaphrodite — each hurtling toward their own calamities\, and\, ultimately\, toward each other. A Texan Gabriel Garcia Marquez who writes tragicomic twists reminiscent of John Kennedy Toole\, Bill Cotter produces some of the most visceral\, absurd\, and downright hilarious sentences to be found in fiction today. “The Parallel Apartments” is a bold leap forward for a writer whose protean talents\, whose sheer exuberance for language and what a novel can do\, marks him as one of the most exciting stylists in America.Bill Cotter was born in Dallas in 1964 and has worked as an antiquarian book dealer and restorer since 2000. He lives in Austin\, TX\, with the storyteller Annie La Ganga. His first novel was “Fever Chart.” \n\n\n\nhttp://www.grownupladystorycompany.com/
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/visiting-writer-bill-cotter-the-grown-up-lady-story-company/
LOCATION:story booth\, 438 N. Cleveland St.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
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SUMMARY:Visiting Writer James Scott
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for a reading of “The Kept” and conversation with the writer and WKNO’s Justin Willingham \nBooksigning to follow\nFree admission \nRecent review in the New York Times \n“James Scott has written a riveting and memorable debut novel.” \n—Tom Perrotta\, author of “Little Children” and “Election” \n“Scott is both compassionate moralist and master storyteller in this outstanding debut.” \n—Kirkus\, ★ starred review \n“By the end of the book\, you’ll be convinced that [Scott] can do just about anything.” \n—Kevin Wilson\, author of “The Family Fang” \nIn the winter of 1897\, Elspeth Howell treks across miles of snow and ice to the isolated farmstead in upstate New York where she and her husband have raised their five children. Her midwife’s salary is tucked into the toes of her boots\, and her pack is full of gifts for her family. But as she crests the final hill\, and sees her darkened house and a smokeless chimney\, immediately she knows that an unthinkable crime has destroyed the life she so carefully built. Her lone comfort is her twelve-year-old son\, Caleb\, who joins her in mourning the tragedy and planning its reprisal. Their long journey leads them to a rough-hewn lake town\, defined by the violence both of its landscape and of its inhabitants. There Caleb is forced into a brutal adulthood\, as he slowly discovers truths about his family he never suspected\, and Elspeth must confront the terrible urges and unceasing temptations that have haunted her for years. Throughout it all\, the love between mother and son serves as the only shield against a merciless world.                          \nWKNO’s Book Club Pick \n \n 
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/visiting-writer-james-scott/
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SUMMARY:Jeannie Tomlinson Saltmarsh: Are There Fish in Lick Creek?
DESCRIPTION:Sculpture Unveileing: Are There Fish in Lick Creek?\nby Jeannie Tomlinson Saltmarsh\, Winner of Memfeast 2013\nV&E Greenline at Evergreen Street near Tutwiler \nJoin us for the unveiling of “Are there Fish in Lick Creek” with live music\, food\, drinks and fun for the whole family! Bluegrass by Eric Lewis and others\, plus the Tamale Trolley. \nRead the article about the project in the Memphis Flyer
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/jeannie-tomlinson-saltmarsh-are-there-fish-in-lick-creek/
LOCATION:V&E Greenline\, Tutwiler and Avalon
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SUMMARY:Theaster Gates: A Way of Working
DESCRIPTION:Sears Crosstown Building\, 495 N. Watkins\, Free admission \nIn partnership with VO2 Networx\, the University of Memphis Department of Art\, Memphis College of Art\, and Rhodes College Art Department\, Crosstown Arts is pleased to welcome internationally-recognized installation and social practice artist Theaster Gates for a public lecture and panel discussion at Sears Crosstown on the evening of Saturday\, November 16. \nHis presentation\, “A Way of Working\,” will introduce and explore his artistic practice and ways of working with various systems\, including university\, philanthropic\, government\, studio and museum structures\, to create new models for creative engagement and redevelopment. \nThe historic Sears Crosstown building is in its last few months as an abandoned structure\, as the Crosstown Development Project will begin construction in early 2014.  Gates’ lecture and panel discussion will highlight this monumental moment of remaking place and space. \nFollowing the lecture\, a panel discussion will be held with Gates and members of the Crosstown Development Project’s design team. Panelists include Walter Hood\, professor of Landscape Architecture & Environmental Planning and Urban Design at the University of California\, Berkeley and founder and principal at Hood Design\, and Frank Ricks\, principal at Looney Ricks Kiss. Todd Richardson of the Crosstown Development Project will moderate the discussion. \nRead an interview with Theaster Gates in the New York Times \nRecent media in Chicago Magazine\, W Magazine and Art in America \nAbout the artist: \nChicago-based artist Theaster Gates has developed an expanded practice that includes space development\, object making\, performance and critical engagement with many publics. Founder of the non-profit Rebuild Foundation\, Gates is currently Director of Arts and Public Life at the University of Chicago. \nGates’ current exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art\, Chicago extends the work he conceived for dOCUMENTA(13) in Kassel\, Germany. Recent exhibition and performance venues also include the Whitechapel Gallery\, London; Punta della Dogana\, Venice; Fabric Workshop and Museum\, Philadelphia\, PA; Birmingham Museum of Art; Contemporary Art Museum\, Houston; Locust Projects\, Miami; the Seattle Art Museum; Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art; Milwaukee Art Museum; Contemporary Arts Museum Houston; the Armory Show and the Whitney Biennial in New York. \nIn 2012\, Gates was awarded the inaugural Vera List Center Prize for Art and Politics\, the Wall Street Journal’s Arts Innovator of the Year\, a Creative Time Global Residency Fellowship\, and became a United States Artists Kippy Fellow. Gates has also received awards and grants from Creative Capital\, the Joyce Foundation\, Graham Foundation\, Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts\, and Artadia. He is represented by Kavi Gupta Gallery in Chicago and White Cube in London. \nArtist website \nCrosstown Arts thanks Elliot Perry for co-organizing this program. \nSpecial thanks to our program sponsors and partners:
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/theaster-gates-a-way-of-working/
LOCATION:Crosstown Concourse\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104
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