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SUMMARY:Art/Race/Violence: A Collaborative Response
DESCRIPTION:Organized by Dr. Earnestine Jenkins and Richard A. Lou (from the University of Memphis) in collaboration with Crosstown Arts \nGallery Hours:\nMonday-Friday 10 am-8 pm\nSaturday 10 am-6 pm\nSunday noon-6 pm \nClick here to read Artists’ Statements\n\nFeaturing work by artist teams:\nJamin Carter and Mary Jo Karimnia (with Special Design Work for American Heritage Lotto by Christian Westphal)\nAndrea Morales and Terry Lynn\nLisa Williamson and Lurlynn Franklin\nYancy Villa-Calvo and Lawrence Matthews\nJamond Bullock and Cat Pena (video work by local artist Perry Kirkland and survivor profiles from #SurvivedAndPunished)\nKarina Alvarez and Carl Moore\nJin Powell and Jesse Butcher\nAgustin Diaz\, Brittney Bullock and Brenda Joysmith \nOpening reception will feature a curator talk at 3 pm followed by spoken word performances from Janay Kelly\, Nadifah Rasheed\, Tray Butler\, Roberto Alfaro\, and Jessica Taylor. \n\nMore events:\nArt/Race/Violence: Artist+Community Conversation\nWednesday\, Nov 29\, 12-1 pm\nGalleries\nConversation with artist teams Jamin Carter and Mary Jo Karimnia and Terry Lynn and Andrea Morales\, led by Ladrica Menson-Furr and Richard Lou. \nArt/Race/Violence: Artist+Community Conversation\nThursday\, Dec 7\, 12-1 pm\nGalleries\nConversation with artist teams Yancy Villa-Calvo and Lawrence Matthews\, Cat Pena and Jamond Bullock\, led by Tami Sawyer. \nArt/Race/Violence: Panel Discussion\nThursday\, January 11\, 6-8 pm\nTheater Stair\nSpeakers as of November 7: Shahidah Jones\, Antonio De Velasco\, Tom Carlson \n\n“There has never been a free people\, a free country\, a real democracy on the face of this Earth. In a city of some 300\,000 slaves and 90\,000 so called free men\, Plato sat down and praised freedom in exquisitely elegant phrases.” -Lerone Bennett Jr. \n“We are equidistant from utopia and Armageddon.” -Guillermo Gomez-Pena \nArt/Race/Violence: A Collaborative Response is a multidisciplinary project organized by visual culture historian Dr. Earnestine Jenkins and artist Richard Lou in collaboration with Crosstown Arts. Through this project\, local artists collectively explore intersections of race and systemic violence through the lens of cultural expression. Conceived to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Ell Persons’ very public murder by members of the Memphis community through the act of lynching\, the project was further inspired by recent events to memorialize lynching sites in the broader Memphis community in an effort to bring about greater understanding of racial oppression and violence in the South. \nThe organizers aim for more challenging\, candid and unvarnished representations of our city’s history through a range of educational programming\, including panel discussions which began last spring\, a collaborative exhibition (with performances and talks by the artists) opening this November\, community conversations\, and film screenings. On March 16th of 2017\, the University of Memphis Art History and African-American Studies programs jointly hosted “Ida B. Wells: A Blues Woman.” Panelists Earnestine Jenkins\, George Lipsitz\, and Celeste Bernier looked at Ida B. Wells and the beginnings of resistance to lynching within the context of the late 19th century\, linking it to modern social movements. Panelists addressed how the arts are linked to the culture of resistance\, as Ida B. Wells was the first strategist to use visual images\, specifically lynching photographs\, as proof of the racial violence so endemic to the South. \nMuch as Wells did a century ago\, the artists and cultural workers involved in this exhibition were invited to reflect upon the nature of Memphis’ past and present and use their creative work as a social instrument for change. One of the distinctive components of this collaborative process began with the curators selecting artist teams to conceive of and co-create new work to share with the public. The participants attended a series of workshops and panel discussions and were given access to a wide array of resources\, articles\, and media for their research. The artist teams — Jamin Carter and Mary Jo Karimnia; Andrea Morales and Terry Lynn; Lisa Williamson and Lurlynn Franklin; Yancy Villa and Lawrence Matthews; Jamond Bullock and Cat Pena; Karina Alvarez and Carl Moore; Jin Powell and Jesse Butcher; and Agustin Diaz\, Brittney Bullock and Brenda Joysmith — have created 8 new installations in a range of media\, including video\, sound\, sculpture\, and performance\, which will be on view in Crosstown Arts’ new galleries at Crosstown Concourse. \nIn Martha Stoudt’s book\, The Sociopath Next Door\, she states that it is natural for individuals to question their moral compass when surrounded by unethical attitudes and behaviors; the notion of “if you can’t beat them\, join them” is an understandable inclination. However\, Stoudt counters that when faced with that lack of consciousness\, we do not need less consciousness; we need more. As artists\, the search to make work that matters carries a greater significance since the last U.S. Presidential election cycle. The spectre of a divided nation (an inequality that marginalized and subjugated communities living in the U.S. are intimately familiar with and have endured for centuries) has re-inserted itself into the current national public discourse. The idea that there are large segments of the U.S. population\, living side by side\, in parallel universes — the haves and the have-nots\, the subjected and the privileged — has become the rule\, not the exception\, in how we now imagine ourselves as citizens of the United States. Participating artists in this project are challenged to create work that speaks to and crosses these divides. \nArt/Race/Violence: A Collaborative Response will utilize the arts across diverse disciplines\, media\, and varied forms of cultural expression. The exhibition will challenge artists to use diverse media to reclaim cultural expression of humankind’s (or “this country’s”) history of racially motivated violence\, as well to examine this history from multiple viewpoints. The project is designed to call on artists to reflect upon the nature of our past and present day in Memphis and to think of their creative work as a social instrument\, or as Estella Conwill Majozo stated\, “To search for the good and make it matter.” \n\n			\n				\n			\n			\n				\n			\n			\n				\n			\n			\n				\n			\n			\n				\n			\n			\n				\n			\n			\n				\n			\n			\n				\n			\n			\n				\n			\n			\n				\n			\n		\n\n\nHISTORICAL BACKGROUND\nCompiled by Dr. Earnestine Jenkins \nLynching\, the collective\, systematic terrorism directed mostly toward African Americans by white mobs\, arose following Reconstruction and persisted well into the 20th century. Most lynchings in Tennessee occurred in the western and middle parts of the state. Lynchings are documented in 70 Tennessee counties with Shelby County ranking first. According to Margaret Vandiver in Lethal Punishment: Lynchings and Legal Executions in the South\, there were at least 15 lynchings in Shelby County. Ninety-nine percent of lynchers in the U.S. escaped arrest and punishment. Memphis is particularly significant in reference to two high-profile executions that attracted national attention and propelled individuals and organizations to act. \nPeople’s Grocery Lynching & Ida B. Wells\nIn March of 1892\, black business owner Thomas Moss and his employees\, Calvin McDowell and Will Stewart\, were arrested for defending themselves against an attack on their store\, People’s Grocery\, in an area just outside Memphis. The three were defending themselves from police officers and the white owner of a neighboring grocery. In the fray\, several deputies were wounded but survived. \nMoss\, McDowell\, and Stewart were booked into the downtown jail\, but they were later pulled from the jail by a white mob. The three were dragged to a deserted rail yard in North Memphis and shot to death. \nThe murder of the young men enraged journalist Ida B. Wells\, and this incident became a turning point in her life. She began traveling the south to investigate reports of white violence against blacks. She found middle-class black people were just as subject to murder by whites as poor blacks were. Wells discovered that black men were often being lynched not for rape but as punishment for having sexual relations with consenting white women. Wells asserted that the real reason for lynching was in retribution to black economic progress. She first published her findings in an 1892 pamphlet entitled “Southern Horrors: Lynch Law in All Its Phases.” \n“Nobody in this section of the community believes that old threadbare lie that Negro men rape white women. If Southern men are not careful\, a conclusion might be reached which will be very damaging to the moral reputation of their women\,” wrote Wells. \nIn retaliation\, Wells’ life was threatened in Memphis newspaper articles\, the writers of which assumed she was a man. The Memphis Scimitar issued this warning: “It will be the duty of those whom he has attacked to tie the wretch to a stake\, brand him in the forehead with a hot iron\, and perform upon him a surgical operation with a pair of shears.” \nWhite males destroyed Wells’ newspaper\, which was housed in an office on historic Beale Street. Wells was out of town at the time\, and she chose not to return. She went on to launch a national crusade against lynching in the U.S. and abroad. \nThe Ell Persons Lynching & the NAACP in Memphis\nEll Persons\, accused of raping and murdering a 16-year-old white girl named Antoinette Rappel\, was burned alive near the Macon Road Bridge at the Wolf River on May 22nd\, 1917. Drawn by headlines in The Commercial Appeal\, several thousand men\, women\, and children showed up to watch as Persons was decapitated\, dismembered\, and had his heart cut out. Rappel’s mother declared\, “Let the Negro suffer as my little girl suffered\, only 10 times worse.” The mob enjoyed the spectacle as they chewed gum\, ate sandwiches\, and enjoyed soft drinks. \nPerson’s head was later thrown into a crowd of African Americans on Beale Street. No one was ever charged with the crime. Persons’ death was one of the most vicious lynchings in American history. After the event\, horrified African Americans in Memphis gathered to express their pain. When NAACP Field Secretary James Weldon Johnson arrived in Memphis to investigate the lynching\, Robert R. Church\, Jr. brought him to this site where an American flag marked the charred and blackened earth. Johnson found no evidence that Persons killed Rappel. He wrote that “the truth flashed over me that in large measure the race question involves the saving of black America’s body and white America’s soul.” \nJohnson found a black community ready to take a stand in combating daily racism and violence in the South. With the help of Robert Church\, Jr. and businessman Bert Roddy\, the Memphis branch of the NAACP was organized with 53 members. It was the first NAACP branch in Tennessee and only the fourth branch in the South. The next year\, when Johnson made his tour of NAACP branches\, he returned to speak on April 14th to an audience of about 2\,500 people crowded into Church Park and Auditorium. The meeting launched a vigorous campaign\, growing the membership to 924. \nRobert Church Jr. publicly denounced lynching and endorsed the work of the NAACP when it was dangerous to do so. At the first Lincoln Republican League meeting at Church Auditorium following the Ell Persons atrocity\, Church spoke to over 3\,000 people\, proclaiming “I would be untrue to you as your elected leader if I should remain silent against shame and crime of lawlessness of any character\, and I could not if I would hold my peace against the lynching or burning of a human being …” \nBy 1919\, the Memphis NAACP was the largest branch in the South. Robert Church\, Jr. was the first Southerner elected to the NAACP’s National Board of Directors\, helping to launch 68 branches in 14 states. Together\, the lynching of Ell Persons and the establishment of the Memphis NAACP in 1917 changed the political landscape of the South.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/artraceviolence-a-collaborative-response/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts Galleries\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
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SUMMARY:Lavender’s Landscape
DESCRIPTION:Anthony Lee\n\nLatex and Urethane on Panel\, Triptych\, 2017 \n\n\nComposing a triptych\, these works by artist Anthony Lee are a continuous\, long-scale\, lavender tonal gradient\, equal in light value but demonstrating the effect of desaturation. Viewed from left to right\, it begins as  intense lavender\, and then through gradation it finishes into its grey equivalent. This adds a fourth-dimensional sense of movement or transfer within the works\, allowing the viewer’s eyes to calmly experience the space in the works as they seemlessly shift color.\n\nA high-gloss reflective stripe appears at bottom 3/8 of triptych\, to alter the color value. It is also the artist’s attempt to simulate the only straight line found in nature — the horizon. The purest horizons are a visual illusion created by the perceived meeting of only the sky and shimmering water.\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout the Artist:\nLee’s initial body of works were mixed-media panels with heavy color saturation and symbolic narrative content. His work has been featured at the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art\, Powerhouse\, Dixon Gallery and Gardens\, Memphis College of Art\, Arkansas Arts Center\, National Civil Rights Museum\, Caribbean Museum Center for the Arts\, and several galleries throughout the U.S. He has also created many public art projects and large-scale mural works\, of which one was nationally recognized and awarded in 2009. His au courant mode of painting is geometric abstraction with neo-minimalist sensibilities that echo Ellsworth Kelly and Peter Halley.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/lavenders-landscape/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts Galleries\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Gallery
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20180102T150000
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SUMMARY:Shoot & Splice: Filmmaker Feedback
DESCRIPTION:Monthly filmmaking forum presented by Indie Memphis and Crosstown Arts. \n\nAttention all Memphis filmmakers\, actors\, and crew members! We want to hear from you! As Indie Memphis enters the new year\, they are seeking more opportunities to engage with the specific needs of our local filmmaking community. We will host an open discussion about what you would like to see from Indie Memphis\, as well as the rest of the filmmaking community at large\, over the next year. \nComplimentary food and drinks will be available and\, as always\, this Shoot & Splice is FREE and open to the public.\n\nDoors at 6:30 pm | Discussion at 7 pm
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/shoot-splice-filmmaker-feedback/
CATEGORIES:430
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20180103T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20180103T130000
DTSTAMP:20260518T071131
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SUMMARY:Art/Race/Violence: Artist + Community Conversation
DESCRIPTION:Conversation with artist teams Lisa Williamson and Lurlynn Franklin; Carl Moore and Karina Alvarez; Brittney Bullock\, Agustin Diaz\, and Brenda Joysmith; co-curator Richard Lou\, and Professor Holly Yu. Moderated by Dr. Earnestine Jenkins. \nArt/Race/Violence: A Collaborative Response is a multidisciplinary project organized by visual culture historian Dr. Earnestine Jenkins and artist Richard Lou in collaboration with Crosstown Arts. Through this project\, local artists collectively explore intersections of race and systemic violence through the lens of cultural expression. Conceived to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Ell Persons’ very public murder by members of the Memphis community through the act of lynching\, the project was further inspired by recent events to memorialize lynching sites in the broader Memphis community in an effort to bring about greater understanding of racial oppression and violence in the South. \nThe organizers aim for more challenging\, candid and unvarnished representations of our city’s history through a range of educational programming\, including panel discussions which began last spring\, a collaborative exhibition (with performances and talks by the artists) opening this November\, community conversations\, and film screenings. \nThe exhibition features work by artist teams:\nJamin Carter and Mary Jo Karimnia (with Special Design Work for American Heritage Lotto by Christian Westphal)\nAndrea Morales and Terry Lynn\nLisa Williamson and Lurlynn Franklin\nYancy Villa and Lawrence Matthews\nJamond Bullock and Cat Pena (video work by local artist Perry Kirkland and survivor profiles from #SurvivedAndPunished)\nKarina Alvarez and Carl Moore\nJin Powell and Jesse Butcher\nAgustin Diaz\, Brittney Bullock and Brenda Joysmith
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/art-race-violence-artist-community-conversation/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts Galleries\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Gallery
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20180103T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20180103T150000
DTSTAMP:20260518T071131
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LAST-MODIFIED:20171218T201837Z
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SUMMARY:MicroCinema Club
DESCRIPTION:Monthly short film screening series\, presented by Indie Memphis & Crosstown Arts. \nThis month: The Eyeslicer Q&A\nAn episode of the mind-melting new “secret TV show” — directed by over 50 of the most daring American filmmakers working — that will mince your retinas into a delicious ceviche. (Tribeca premiere) \nDoors at 6:30 pm | Screening at 7 pm. Admission is pay-what-you-can.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/microcinema-club-14/
CATEGORIES:430
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20180109T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20180109T140000
DTSTAMP:20260518T071131
CREATED:20151215T182353Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180108T164946Z
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SUMMARY:Open Crit
DESCRIPTION:Facilitator: Carrie Rubinstein \n\n\nPresenting artists: \n\n\n– Elizabeth Brothers\n\n\n– Tom Stem\n\n\n– Hilary Martin\n\n\n– Alex Paulus\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCrosstown Arts’ Open Crit series 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. \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. \nSpecial thanks to Art Center for donating a $25 gift certificate for each participating artist. \n\nTo participate\, artists can sign up here: \nOpen Crit Request form \n  \nContact Mary Jo at maryjo@crosstownarts.org with any questions!  \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. \n 
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/open-crit-21/
CATEGORIES:430,Programs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20180111T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20180111T140000
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SUMMARY:Art/Race/Violence: Panel Discussion
DESCRIPTION:Panel discussion featuring Shahidah Jones\, Antonio De Velasco\, Randell Gamble\, and exhibition co-curators Richard Lou and Dr. Earnestine Jenkins. \n\nLocation: Informal performance stage in Crosstown Arts East Atrium\, Suite 280\n\n\n\nArt/Race/Violence: A Collaborative Response is a multidisciplinary project organized by visual culture historian Dr. Earnestine Jenkins and artist Richard Lou in collaboration with Crosstown Arts. Through this project\, local artists collectively explore intersections of race and systemic violence through the lens of cultural expression. Conceived to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Ell Persons’ very public murder by members of the Memphis community through the act of lynching\, the project was further inspired by recent events to memorialize lynching sites in the broader Memphis community in an effort to bring about greater understanding of racial oppression and violence in the South. \nThe organizers aim for more challenging\, candid and unvarnished representations of our city’s history through a range of educational programming\, including panel discussions which began last spring\, a collaborative exhibition (with performances and talks by the artists) opening this November\, community conversations\, and film screenings. \nThe exhibition features work by artist teams:\nJamin Carter and Mary Jo Karimnia (with Special Design Work for American Heritage Lotto by Christian Westphal)\nAndrea Morales and Terry Lynn\nLisa Williamson and Lurlynn Franklin\nYancy Villa-Calvo and Lawrence Matthews\nJamond Bullock and Cat Pena (video work by local artist Perry Kirkland and survivor profiles from #SurvivedAndPunished)\nKarina Alvarez and Carl Moore\nJin Powell and Jesse Butcher\nAgustin Diaz\, Brittney Bullock and Brenda Joysmith
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/artraceviolence-panel-discussion/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts Galleries\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20180118T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20180118T140000
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SUMMARY:Crosstown Getdown
DESCRIPTION:Join us for Crosstown Getdown\, a monthly dance series at Crosstown Concourse. Each month will feature a new dance theme with free lessons followed by music and dancing. \nThis month: Steppin’\, Memphis-Style! \nMeet up in the West Atrium. Pat and Rose Moore will bring the Smooth Steppers in for a free dance lesson at 6 pm\, followed by a dance party from 6:30-8 pm.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/crosstown-getdown-2/
LOCATION:Crosstown Concourse\, West Atrium\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Programs
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SUMMARY:Wish Book: William E. Jones
DESCRIPTION:Selected work by William E. Jones | Curated by Terri Phillips and Brian Pera\nOn view through Feb. 11 \nLocations: Screening Room & East Atrium \nReceptions:\nFriday\, Jan. 19\, 6-9 pm (screening runs from 7-9 pm)\nSaturday\, Jan. 20\, 7-9 pm (screening & artist talk with Brian Pera) \n\nThe Wish Book series is a triannual exhibition with a focus on artists’ films. Curators Brian Pera and Terri Phillips welcome internationally recognized artists\, filmmakers\, and critics to Memphis for this exciting new series\, which takes its name from the famed Sears Catalog and is hosted by Crosstown Arts at Crosstown Concourse\, itself once a major Sears distribution center. Drawing from a wide range of topics\, techniques\, and perspectives\, the films index the scope of work being done by artists in moving pictures. \nAbout the Artist:\nWilliam E. Jones has made the films Massillon (1991) and Finished (1997)\, which won a Los Angeles Film Critics Association award\, the documentary Is It Really So Strange?  (2004)\, and many videos including The Fall of Communism as Seen in Gay Pornography (1998). His work was included in the 1993 and 2008 Whitney Biennials\, and he has had retrospectives at Tate Modern (2005)\, Anthology Film Archives (2010)\, and the Austrian Film Museum (2011). His books include “Killed”: Rejected Images of the Farm Security Administration (2010)\, Halsted Plays Himself (2011)\, and Imitation of Christ\, named one of the best photo books of 2013 by Time magazine. \n 
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/wishbook-william-e-jones/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, Screening Room\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Gallery
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20180119T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20180119T140000
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SUMMARY:The Big Deal
DESCRIPTION:Even the greatest artists need to clear out the old ideas (no matter how wonderful they are) to make room for new directions and possibilities. \nJoin us for a group show featuring Allison Lawyer\, Lewis Feibelman\, Jennifer Balink\, and Paul Miller and get ready for some great art at even greater prices. The show is organized by Nikii Richey.  Cash\, check\, or charge. \nFriday\, January 19th\, 6pm-8pm\nSaturday\, January 20th\, 12pm-5pm
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/the-big-deal/
CATEGORIES:430
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20180119T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20180119T150000
DTSTAMP:20260518T071131
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SUMMARY:Wish Book: William E. Jones Reception & Screening
DESCRIPTION:Locations: Screening Room & East Atrium \nOpening night reception runs from 6-9 pm | Screening begins at 7 pm \n\nCurated by Terri Phillips and Brian Pera \nThe Wish Book series is a triannual exhibition with a focus on artists’ films. Curators Brian Pera and Terri Phillips welcome internationally recognized artists\, filmmakers\, and critics to Memphis for this exciting new series\, which takes its name from the famed Sears Catalog and is hosted by Crosstown Arts at Crosstown Concourse\, itself once a major Sears distribution center. Drawing from a wide range of topics\, techniques\, and perspectives\, the films index the scope of work being done by artists in moving pictures. \nAbout the Artist:\nWilliam E. Jones has made the films Massillon (1991) and Finished (1997)\, which won a Los Angeles Film Critics Association award\, the documentary Is It Really So Strange?  (2004)\, and many videos including The Fall of Communism as Seen in Gay Pornography (1998). His work was included in the 1993 and 2008 Whitney Biennials\, and he has had retrospectives at Tate Modern (2005)\, Anthology Film Archives (2010)\, and the Austrian Film Museum (2011). His books include “Killed”: Rejected Images of the Farm Security Administration (2010)\, Halsted Plays Himself (2011)\, and Imitation of Christ\, named one of the best photo books of 2013 by Time magazine.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/wishbook-william-e-jones-reception-screening/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, Screening Room\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Gallery
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20180120T060000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20180120T110000
DTSTAMP:20260518T071131
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SUMMARY:The Big Deal
DESCRIPTION:Even the greatest artists need to clear out the old ideas (no matter how wonderful they are) to make room for new directions and possibilities. \nJoin us for a group show featuring Allison Lawyer\, Lewis Feibelman\, Jennifer Balink\, and Paul Miller and get ready for some great art at even greater prices. The show is organized by Nikii Richey.  Cash\, check\, or charge. \nFriday\, January 19th\, 6pm-8pm\nSaturday\, January 20th\, 12pm-5pm
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/the-big-deal-2/
CATEGORIES:430
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20180120T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20180120T150000
DTSTAMP:20260518T071131
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SUMMARY:Wish Book: William E. Jones Artist Talk & Screening
DESCRIPTION:Locations: Screening Room & East Atrium \nEncore screening of William E. Jones’ Fall Into Ruin and artist talk by curator Brian Pera \n\nCurated by Terri Phillips and Brian Pera \nThe Wish Book series is a triannual exhibition with a focus on artists’ films. Curators Brian Pera and Terri Phillips welcome internationally recognized artists\, filmmakers\, and critics to Memphis for this exciting new series\, which takes its name from the famed Sears Catalog and is hosted by Crosstown Arts at Crosstown Concourse\, itself once a major Sears distribution center. Drawing from a wide range of topics\, techniques\, and perspectives\, the films index the scope of work being done by artists in moving pictures. \nAbout the Artist:\nWilliam E. Jones has made the films Massillon (1991) and Finished (1997)\, which won a Los Angeles Film Critics Association award\, the documentary Is It Really So Strange?  (2004)\, and many videos including The Fall of Communism as Seen in Gay Pornography (1998). His work was included in the 1993 and 2008 Whitney Biennials\, and he has had retrospectives at Tate Modern (2005)\, Anthology Film Archives (2010)\, and the Austrian Film Museum (2011). His books include “Killed”: Rejected Images of the Farm Security Administration (2010)\, Halsted Plays Himself (2011)\, and Imitation of Christ\, named one of the best photo books of 2013 by Time magazine.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/wishbook-william-e-jones-screening/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts Galleries\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Gallery
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20180124T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20180124T174500
DTSTAMP:20260518T071131
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SUMMARY:Afrospace
DESCRIPTION:Intergalactic sounds of the African disapora featuring J. Mack\, Spekulate the Philosopher\, Lady Celest\, Jayvee the Prince\, and DJ Space Age. \nDoors open at 7 pm\n$5 before 8 pm/$10 after 8 pm
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/afrospace/
CATEGORIES:430
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20180125T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20180125T150000
DTSTAMP:20260518T071131
CREATED:20180110T211053Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180110T211053Z
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SUMMARY:Indie Memphis Nights
DESCRIPTION:Weekly film screenings hosted by Indie Memphis. Films will screen at Crosstown Arts\, Malco’s Studio on the Square\, and Ridgeway Theatre on a rotating basis. \nThis week: Wilderness — John\, a jazz musician\, and Alice\, his new girlfriend\, flee to the coast and discover the vulnerabilities\, flaws\, and manipulations that were previously masked by the blissful waves of new love. \n \nPresented by Orion FCU\nAdmission is pay-what-you-can.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/indie-memphis-nights/
CATEGORIES:430
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180125
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180309
DTSTAMP:20260518T071131
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SUMMARY:Emily C. Thomas: Imprismed
DESCRIPTION:An exhibition of paintings\, sculpture\, and digital objects that constructs a dialectic between the repression and cultivation of psycho-sexual energies through the ages. \nOn view: January 26-March 11\nOpening reception: Friday\, January 26\, 6-8 pm \nGallery hours:\nTuesday-Friday\, 10 am-8 pm\nSaturday\, 10 am-6 pm\nSunday\, noon-6 pm \n\n“The most perfect medium would be an invisible one.” — Terence McKenna \nImagine walking into a gallery space and telepathically downloading a mirage of visions\, ideas\, and living information. IMPRISMED proposes to explore the unconscious infrastructures that inform our perceptions within the lineage of visionary thinkers and cultural commentators such as Marshall McLuhan. \nDuring the 1960s\, McLuhan became a leading intellectual\, initiating the emerging field of Media studies. He coined revolutionary maxims such as “the medium is the message\,” and even predicted the internet nearly 30 years before its invention. This show contains paintings\, sounds\, sculpture and digital objects made of light — a full range of materials dating back through humanity’s most historic to most recent artistic innovations — all  of which attempt to nurture an awareness of how the medium defines their meaning. \nHuman history contains many examples of the use of torture devices on individuals in order to extract information or force confessions\, such as their use during the Salem Witch Trials and Spanish Inquisition. Back in the 1800s\, Native American peoples were wary of their souls being captured if they allowed themselves to be the subject of a photographs\, as if the spirit might become locked into the material density of film. McLuhan also warned against such phenomena when he said\, “The more data banks record about us\, the less we exist.” \nIn our time\, we willingly use internet search engines and other digital platforms such as Facebook that extract our personal information and archive it within a massive database. One use for this pooling of data is for the creation of A.I. or artificial intelligence. Coincidentally\, the National Security Agency’s (NSA) surveillance operation which collects data through major internet platforms\, such as Yahoo\, Google\, Facebook\, Microsoft\, YouTube\, Skype\, and Apple\, is referred to under the code name PRISM. If mediums themselves are the crystalized remains of our communicative processes\, does the accumulation of data put the human spirit at risk for eternal imprisonment within the material realm? \nThe crystalline mineral structure is capable of producing electricity and sending signals. Digital and nanotechnologies depend upon crystals to control the operations of their systems. Quartz watches\, computers\, cell phones\, solar panels\, and liquid crystal displays (LCD) contain a matrix of crystalline technology. Within a spiritual context\, many New Age syncretic religions also utilize the energetic qualities of crystals and mineral formations within the ritual setting. In this context\, crystals and minerals act as catalysts for the transformation of psycho-sexual energies \nPart visual boot camp\, part torture dungeon and New Age sanctuary\, IMPRISMED constructs a dialectic between the repression and cultivation of psycho-sexual energies through the ages. \n\nAbout the Artist:\nBorn and raised in Memphis\, Tennessee\, Emily C. Thomas is an interdisciplinary\, project-based artist who has lived and worked in New York\, Los Angeles\, Santa Barbara\, Memphis\, and Amsterdam\, The Netherlands. She received a BFA from NYU in 2009 and a MFA from UC Santa Barbara in 2015. \nThomas’ practice is a holistic response to the fragmentation of consciousness\, resulting from institutionalized segregation of knowledge and the classification of individuals into cultural\, social\, gender\, and human vs. nonhuman roles. Acting as a medium\, she conjures visions of trans-rational and transpersonal realms that dissolve divisions within consciousness. \nShe materializes these visionary states through installation\, animation\, film\, sculpture\, painting\, and sound to fabricate self-reflecting worlds of initiatory experience. As cognizant of the digital as she is of the archaic (a time when the disciplines of philosophy\, science\, religion\, magic\, and art were one unified field of exploration)\, her work often juxtaposes the concepts of Enlightenment within Eastern and New Age spiritual practices and The Scientific Revolution’s Age of Enlightenment that developed within 18th-century Europe. \nHer imagery frequently alludes to the practice of observing color\, light\, and darkness as a way to gain insight into the spiritual and scientific nature of reality. Her work is created by equal parts research\, imagination\, and hands-on experimentation with materials and technology. The result is an aesthetic that embraces elements of the handmade alongside digital and obsolete technologies.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/emily-c-thomas-imprismed/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, West Gallery\, Crosstown Concourse\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Gallery
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180125
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180312
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SUMMARY:Elizabeth Alley: Two Stories of Iceland
DESCRIPTION:A narrative exploration of Icelandic stories and landscape in small paintings and drawings by Elizabeth Alley. \nOn view: January 26-March 11\nOpening reception: Friday\, January 26\, 6-8 pm \nGallery hours:\nTuesday-Friday\, 10 am-8 pm\nSaturday\, 10 am-6 pm\nSunday\, noon-6 pm \n\nArtist Statement:\nIceland is dramatic and magical\, with mountains\, lava fields\, the original geyser\, visible tectonic plates\, and rivers that dramatically cut through the landscape and produce giant waterfalls that look like they drop into the abyss. Just looking at the rocks covered with moss\, or the lupin flowers creating an intricate pattern\, or the steam venting out of hot springs in the distance makes you feel like you are in a magical story. The people are lovely with a dry and dark sense of humor and a deep belief in spirits\, which is fitting for a place where the landscape feels like a presence. \nTwo Stories of Iceland is a narrative exploration of stories of Iceland in small paintings and drawings. In one series\, a true story about a young woman who disappeared\, plays out in small ink drawings that tell the story of the ensuing search\, investigation\, and the impact this event had on the community. Another series is of a trip I took to Iceland in 2015 with my best friend\, who is Icelandic\, and our families. As I tell the story of the trip in small paintings and drawings\, I re-live the trip obsessively.  \nTelling these stories through sketching and painting keeps me connected to the experience and to this place that now lives in my heart.\n \n\nAbout the Artist:\nElizabeth Alley was born in Memphis\, Tennessee\, and has a Bachelor of Fine Arts in painting from the University of Memphis. In addition to making paintings and filling up sketchbooks\, she teaches at Flicker Street Studio and organizes Memphis Urban Sketchers. Since 1999\, she has organized\, curated\, produced\, and participated in 32 solo and group shows. \nShe spent over 11 years in public art administration\, two years in the roller derby\, served as president of Urban Sketchers\, and by day works as a technical communicator with a flair for project management. Other interests include reading\, traveling\, making lists\, and staring out the window.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/elizabeth-alley-two-stories-of-iceland/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, East Gallery\, Crosstown Concourse\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Gallery
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180125
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180312
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SUMMARY:Pam McDonnell: Material Equivalence
DESCRIPTION:New work by Memphis-based artist Pam McDonnell\nCurated by Anna Wunderlich\n \nOn view: January 26-March 11\nOpening reception:  Friday\, January 26\, 6-8 pm \nGallery hours:\nTuesday-Friday\, 10 am-8 pm\nSaturday\, 10 am-6 pm\nSunday\, noon-6 pm \n\nArtist Statement:\nMaterial Equivalence is my exploration of the Spanish term “duende.” It describes the wordless reaction a person feels from experiencing the output of another person’s creativity. It can be seen in work that has a certain quality of passion and inspiration. Work with duende is said to have a soul\, be highly expressive\, and authentic. \nIn making this body of work\, I tried not to focus on whether a certain piece exhibited this\nheightened state of emotion because I wanted to leave that determination to the viewer. Instead\, I practiced noticing and trusting when I felt expressive and authentic and staying grounded in the assurance that the work was\, in a sense\, “making itself.” \nThis exhibition is titled “Material Equivalence” after a philosophical formula that sets out to prove an “if and only if” relationship. Here\, it would state that “the work has duende\, if\, and only if\, the viewer experiences the work as work with a soul and finds it full of passion and inspiration.” \n\nAbout the Artist:\nPam McDonnell earned her BFA from University of Memphis in 2005 and has exhibited her work at a number of local galleries and studios\, including David Lusk Gallery and Flicker Street Studio. Her work is displayed in public collections at Iberia Bank\, West Cancer Center\, and Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital. \nContact information for Anna Wunderlich:\nwunderlichart@gmail.com\n901-230-7171
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/pam-mcdonnell-material-equivalence-2/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, East Gallery\, Crosstown Concourse\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Gallery
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180312
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SUMMARY:Terri Phillips: Don't Look for My Heart
DESCRIPTION:On view through March 11\nOpening reception: Friday\, Jan. 26\, 6-8 pm \nGallery hours:\nTuesday-Friday\, 10 am-8 pm\nSaturday\, 10 am-6 pm\nSunday\, noon-6 pm \nA canopy of black garments that loom over a pond of demolished confections\, evoking a scene of quiet despair and a state of ruin. \nArtist Statement:\nTerri Phillips draws from a multiplicity of artistic traditions\, including sculpture\, performance\, film\, installation\, sound\, and photography. Her work incorporates humble materials and everyday objects to create scenes of magic realism based on an abstracted narrative of the artist’s history. Phillips chooses materials based on their tactile and sensual qualities to provoke intuitive responses that include the viewer in completing the process of the narrative. Together these elements transform the experience with the intimacy of memory and the subconscious. \nAbout the Artist:\nPhillips returns to Memphis after completing her education at California Institute of the Arts\, Beaux-Arts\, and Pepperdine University. She has been an adjunct art instructor at Memphis College of Art and University of Memphis for the past several years and has exhibited and curated internationally
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/terri-phillips-dont-look-for-my-heart/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, West Gallery\, Crosstown Concourse\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Gallery
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20180126T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20180126T140000
DTSTAMP:20260518T071131
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SUMMARY:Imprismed: Opening Reception
DESCRIPTION:An exhibition of paintings\, sculpture\, and digital objects that constructs a dialectic between the repression and cultivation of psycho-sexual energies through the ages. \nOn view: January 26-March 11\nOpening reception: Friday\, January 26\, 6-8 pm \n\n“The most perfect medium would be an invisible one.” — Terence McKenna \nImagine walking into a gallery space and telepathically downloading a mirage of visions\, ideas\, and living information. IMPRISMED proposes to explore the unconscious infrastructures that inform our perceptions within the lineage of visionary thinkers and cultural commentators such as Marshall McLuhan. \nDuring the 1960s\, McLuhan became a leading intellectual\, initiating the emerging field of Media studies. He coined revolutionary maxims such as “the medium is the message\,” and even predicted the internet nearly 30 years before its invention. This show contains paintings\, sounds\, sculpture and digital objects made of light — a full range of materials dating back through humanity’s most historic to most recent artistic innovations — all  of which attempt to nurture an awareness of how the medium defines their meaning. \nHuman history contains many examples of the use of torture devices on individuals in order to extract information or force confessions\, such as their use during the Salem Witch Trials and Spanish Inquisition. Back in the 1800s\, Native American peoples were wary of their souls being captured if they allowed themselves to be the subject of a photographs\, as if the spirit might become locked into the material density of film. McLuhan also warned against such phenomena when he said\, “The more data banks record about us\, the less we exist.” \nIn our time\, we willingly use internet search engines and other digital platforms such as Facebook that extract our personal information and archive it within a massive database. One use for this pooling of data is for the creation of A.I. or artificial intelligence. Coincidentally\, the National Security Agency’s (NSA) surveillance operation which collects data through major internet platforms\, such as Yahoo\, Google\, Facebook\, Microsoft\, YouTube\, Skype\, and Apple\, is referred to under the code name PRISM. If mediums themselves are the crystalized remains of our communicative processes\, does the accumulation of data put the human spirit at risk for eternal imprisonment within the material realm? \nThe crystalline mineral structure is also capable of producing electricity and sending signals. Digital and nanotechnologies depend upon crystals to control the operations of their systems. Quartz watches\, computers\, cell phones\, solar panels\, and liquid crystal displays (LCD) contain a matrix of crystalline technology. Within a spiritual context\, many New Age syncretic religions also utilize the energetic qualities of crystals and mineral formations within the ritual setting. In this context\, crystals and minerals act as catalysts for the transformation of psycho-sexual energies. \nPart visual boot camp\, part torture dungeon and New Age sanctuary\, IMPRISMED constructs a dialectic between the repression and cultivation of psycho-sexual energies through the ages. \n  \n\nAbout the Artist:\nBorn and raised in Memphis\, Tennessee\, Emily C. Thomas is an interdisciplinary\, project-based artist who has lived and worked in New York\, Los Angeles\, Santa Barbara\, Memphis\, and Amsterdam\, The Netherlands. She received a BFA from NYU in 2009 and a MFA from UC Santa Barbara in 2015. \nThomas’ practice is a holistic response to the fragmentation of consciousness\, resulting from institutionalized segregation of knowledge and the classification of individuals into cultural\, social\, gender\, and human vs. nonhuman roles. Acting as a medium\, she conjures visions of trans-rational and transpersonal realms that dissolve divisions within consciousness. \nShe materializes these visionary states through installation\, animation\, film\, sculpture\, painting\, and sound to fabricate self-reflecting worlds of initiatory experience. As cognizant of the digital as she is of the archaic (a time when the disciplines of philosophy\, science\, religion\, magic\, and art were one unified field of exploration)\, her work often juxtaposes the concepts of Enlightenment within Eastern and New Age spiritual practices and The Scientific Revolution’s Age of Enlightenment that developed within 18th-century Europe. \nHer imagery frequently alludes to the practice of observing color\, light\, and darkness as a way to gain insight into the spiritual and scientific nature of reality. Her work is created by equal parts research\, imagination\, and hands-on experimentation with materials and technology. The result is an aesthetic that embraces elements of the handmade alongside digital and obsolete technologies.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/imprismed-opening-reception/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, West Gallery\, Crosstown Concourse\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Gallery
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SUMMARY:Two Stories of Iceland: Opening Reception
DESCRIPTION:A narrative exploration of Icelandic stories and landscape in small paintings and drawings by Elizabeth Alley. \nOn view: January 26-March 11\nOpening reception: Friday\, January 26\, 6-8 pm \n\nArtist Statement:\nIceland is dramatic and magical\, with mountains\, lava fields\, the original geyser\, visible tectonic plates\, and rivers that dramatically cut through the landscape and produce giant waterfalls that look like they drop into the abyss. Just looking at the rocks covered with moss\, or the lupin flowers creating an intricate pattern\, or the steam venting out of hot springs in the distance makes you feel like you are in a magical story. The people are lovely with a dry and dark sense of humor and a deep belief in spirits\, which is fitting for a place where the landscape feels like a presence. \nTwo Stories of Iceland is a narrative exploration of stories of Iceland in small paintings and drawings. In one series\, a true story about a young woman who disappeared\, plays out in small ink drawings that tell the story of the ensuing search\, investigation\, and the impact this event had on the community. Another series is of a trip I took to Iceland in 2015 with my best friend\, who is Icelandic\, and our families. As I tell the story of the trip in small paintings and drawings\, I re-live the trip obsessively. \nTelling these stories through sketching and painting keeps me connected to the experience and to this place that now lives in my heart. \n\nAbout the artist:\nElizabeth Alley was born in Memphis\, Tennessee\, and has a Bachelor of Fine Arts in painting from the University of Memphis. In addition to making paintings and filling up sketchbooks\, she teaches at Flicker Street Studio and organizes Memphis Urban Sketchers. Since 1999\, she has organized\, curated\, produced\, and participated in 32 solo and group shows. \nShe spent over 11 years in public art administration\, two years in the roller derby\, served as president of Urban Sketchers\, and by day works as a technical communicator with a flair for project management. Other interests include reading\, traveling\, making lists\, and staring out the window.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/two-stories-of-iceland-opening-reception/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, East Gallery\, Crosstown Concourse\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Gallery
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20180126T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20180126T140000
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SUMMARY:Material Equivalence: Opening Reception
DESCRIPTION:New work by Memphis-based artist Pam McDonnell \nOn view: January 26-March 11\nOpening reception:  Friday\, January 26\, 6-8 pm \n\nArtist Statement:\nMaterial Equivalence is my exploration of the Spanish term “duende.” It describes the wordless reaction a person feels from experiencing the output of another person’s creativity. It can be seen in work that has a certain quality of passion and inspiration. Work with duende is said to have a soul\, be highly expressive\, and authentic. \nIn making this body of work\, I tried not to focus on whether a certain piece exhibited this\nheightened state of emotion because I wanted to leave that determination to the viewer. Instead\, I practiced noticing and trusting when I felt expressive and authentic and staying grounded in the assurance that the work was\, in a sense\, “making itself.” \nThis exhibition is titled “Material Equivalence” after a philosophical formula that sets out to prove an “if and only if” relationship. Here\, it would state that “the work has duende\, if\, and only if\, the viewer experiences the work as work with a soul and finds it full of passion and inspiration.” \n\nAbout the Artist:\nPam McDonnell earned her BFA from University of Memphis in 2005 and has exhibited her work at a number of local galleries and studios\, including David Lusk Gallery and Flicker Street Studio. Her work is displayed in public collections at Iberia Bank\, West Cancer Center\, and Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital. \n 
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/pam-mcdonnell-material-equivalence/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, East Gallery\, Crosstown Concourse\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Gallery
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20180126T140000
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SUMMARY:Don't Look for My Heart: Opening Reception
DESCRIPTION:New work by Terri Phillips — a canopy of black garments that loom over a pond of demolished confections\, evoking a scene of quiet despair and a state of ruin. \nArtist Statement:\nTerri Phillips draws from a multiplicity of artistic traditions\, including sculpture\, performance\, film\, installation\, sound\, and photography. Her work incorporates humble materials and everyday objects to create scenes of magic realism based on an abstracted narrative of the artist’s history. Phillips chooses materials based on their tactile and sensual qualities to provoke intuitive responses that include the viewer in completing the process of the narrative. Together these elements transform the experience with the intimacy of memory and the subconscious. \nAbout the Artist:\nPhillips returns to Memphis after completing her education at California Institute of the Arts\, Beaux-Arts\, and Pepperdine University. She has been an adjunct art instructor at Memphis College of Art and University of Memphis for the past several years and has exhibited and curated internationally
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/dont-look-for-my-heart-opening-reception/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, West Gallery\, Crosstown Concourse\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Gallery
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20180126T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20180126T160000
DTSTAMP:20260518T071131
CREATED:20180103T202159Z
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SUMMARY:Memphis Gives Music Fest
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the first annual Memphis Music Gives Fest — a benefit concert showcasing Memphis music talent. Seventy-five percent of all proceeds will be donated to the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Memphis. \nFeaturing music by Austin Blue\, the PRVLG\, Sky King\, Good Bueno\, and Houstn.\nVendors: Gypsy Apparel\, Contact Skateshop (Fluxus)\, and Odd Collar Magazine. \nDoors at 7 pm | Music at 7:20 pm\nAdmission: Pay What You Can ($5 suggested donation)
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/memphis-gives-music-fest/
CATEGORIES:430
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20180127T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20180127T150000
DTSTAMP:20260518T071131
CREATED:20171219T205658Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180123T192820Z
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SUMMARY:The Music of Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers: The Early Years
DESCRIPTION:THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT. Please check back soon for details on the next Crosstown Jazz Series performance \n\nJazz performance featuring Stephen Lee (piano)\, Sal Crocker (tenor saxophone)\, Johnny Yancey (trumpet)\, John Birdsong (acoustic bass)\, and Renardo Ward (drums). \nThe Crosstown Jazz Series\, presented by Strictly Jazz Entertainment in collaboration with Crosstown Arts\, is designed to salute classic jazz music as contemporary musicians perform the work of the legends. \nThe Jazz Messengers were an influential jazz combo that existed for over thirty-five years beginning in the early 1950s as a collective\, and ending when long-time leader and founding drummer Art Blakey died in 1990. Blakey led or co-led the group from the outset.  “Art Blakey” and “Jazz Messengers” became synonymous over the years\, though Blakey did lead non-Messenger recording sessions and played as a sideman for other groups throughout his career. \nDoors at 6:30 pm | performance at 7 pm\nComplimentary beverages
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/the-music-of-art-blakey-the-jazz-messengers-the-early-years/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts Galleries\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Gallery
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20180127T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20180127T153000
DTSTAMP:20260518T071131
CREATED:20180124T204450Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180124T204450Z
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SUMMARY:Just Once: A Musical Theatre Cabaret
DESCRIPTION:A benefit performance by and for the Central High School theatre program. \nDoors open at 6:30 pm\nSuggested donation: $10
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/just-once-a-musical-theatre-cabaret/
CATEGORIES:430
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20180130T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20180130T150000
DTSTAMP:20260518T071131
CREATED:20180110T222143Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180110T222143Z
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SUMMARY:Paint Night
DESCRIPTION:Local artist Hillary Butler will lead guests in an art project. \nLight refreshments will be served.\nHosted by Pat\, Matt\, and Stephanie of Edward Jones. \nOpen to the public\nRSVP to Stephanie McVay at 901-767-8781
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/paint-night/
CATEGORIES:430
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20180131T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20180131T150000
DTSTAMP:20260518T071131
CREATED:20180110T210659Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180110T210659Z
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SUMMARY:Indie Wednesday Film Series
DESCRIPTION:Weekly film screenings hosted by Indie Memphis. Films will screen at Crosstown Arts\, Malco’s Studio on the Square\, and Ridgeway Theatre on a rotating basis. \nThis week: Saturday Church — A 14 year-old-boy\, struggling with gender identity and religion\, begins to use fantasy to escape his life in the inner city and find his passion in the process. 2017 Jury and Audience Winner at Outflix Film Festival. \nAdmission is pay-what-you-can. \nPresented by Orion FCU.\nCommunity sponsor: Outflix Film Festival
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/indie-wednesday-film-series-11/
CATEGORIES:430
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20180201T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20180201T150000
DTSTAMP:20260518T071131
CREATED:20180117T210035Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180122T171924Z
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SUMMARY:Anti-Twilight Dark Band
DESCRIPTION:An evening of ambient improvisation with Jimmy Crosthwait and Greg Faiers. \n\nAnti-Twilight Dark Band: The intersection of ambient music\, jazz and improvisation. \nThe Anti-Twilight Dark Band features Jimmy Crosthwait on zen chimes and Greg Faiers playing heavily processed guitar. The chimes are a byproduct of Crosthwait’s metal art work. He uses sticks (various metal and wooden implements) to create a musical percussive effect. Jimmy’s zen chimes have a sound all their own but do suggest southeast Asian and African influences. \nGreg’s guitar work / atmospherics is heavily influenced by the likes of Brian Eno\, Robert Fripp\, Daniel Lanois\, David Sylvian\, and others well known in the ambient music world. While some sequences are preconceived\, most of the performances are truly improvised on the fly.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/anti-twilight-dark-band/
CATEGORIES:430
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20180202T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20180202T113000
DTSTAMP:20260518T071131
CREATED:20180202T154154Z
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SUMMARY:Cellular Structure
DESCRIPTION:Artist Yvonne Bobo will construct a 28-foot-by-16-foot sculpture inside the 430 N. Cleveland gallery space. A series of pulleys will create a floating twist. \nThe public is invited to watch from 4-5:30 pm. Free.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/cellular-structure/
CATEGORIES:430
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