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Crosstown Arts Fall 2021 resident artists Anthony Wilson, Tm. Prudhomme, Sharon Havelka, and Melissa Dunn will present artist talks.
Free and open to the public. Masks are required at this event.
Anthony Wilson is a guitarist and composer from Los Angeles, California.
He is known for a wide-ranging body of work that moves effortlessly across genres. In recent years, his growing dedication to songcraft and photography have added further depth to an already diverse catalog of works.
His most recent releases are the album/photobook “Songs and Photographs” (2019) and “The Plan of Paris,” to be released in Fall 2021.
Mr. Prudhomme has steadily performed and recorded with a variety of musical acts around the country and abroad for the past 35+ years. While having experience as a record producer, music publisher, booking agent, and label chief, he primarily identifies as a songwriter, credited with over 100 original compositions released on over 10 studio albums by various artists and labels.
Sharon Havelka was born in Memphis, TN, and graduated with a BFA from Memphis College of Art in 1994. She received her registered nurse licensure in 2009, and she currently works as an ICU RN at the Veterans Administration. She has a history of painting, mixed-media construction, wood work, and bookmaking but is currently focused on mixed-media quilting. She received the ArtsAccelerator Grant in 2019, and her work has been exhibited in such shows as the Dixon Memphis 2021, Quilt National ’21, Art Quilt Elements, 62nd Delta Exhibition, and SAQA 3D Expressions.
Melissa Dunn’s studio is in her house in Memphis, TN, the city where she was born and has spent most of her life. Her contemplative drawings and paintings are based in abstraction and informed by her musical life, her gardening life, her personal collection of artwork, and a close study of the world. She exhibits locally and regionally and is an active member of her local arts community. She has taught at Flicker Street Studio for over 10 years and Carpenter Art Garden for over seven years and served on the ArtsMemphis Artist Advisory Council for three years. Among Melissa’s most recent projects is a large piece for the newly renovated Memphis International Airport awarded by the Urban Art Commission.
