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  • Visual Reverberations

    Group show curated by Victoria Barrera featuring work by Dana Finimore, Mary Michael
    Ryan, Amy Hofstetter, Danielle Meseika, and Katherine Dean

  • Working Writer’s Cocktail Hour

    story booth 438 N. Cleveland St., Memphis, TN, United States

    In the interests of further cultivating and connecting the literary community of Memphis, story booth is hosting the third edition of Crosstown Arts' Working Writers' Cocktail Hour. College and MFA students to early/mid-career/accomplished (meaning published and not-yet-published) writers who live and work in Memphis are welcome. Whether writers of poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, screenwriting, playwriting, […]

  • Pecha Kucha 14: The Art of Teaching Art

    Opportunity for Art Instructors Pecha Kucha 20×20 is a narrative presentation program organized by Crosstown Arts in which participants give casual and fun (yet fast-paced) presentations of 20 slides/images, with 20 seconds allowed per slide (total time: 6 mins, 40 secs.) Share the interesting or innovative things that you do in your classroom or studio, […]

  • in·form

    Exhibition Opportunity for Art Instructors Art instructors are critical members of thriving creative communities. They are responsible for passing core principles of art appreciation and a wide range of art production techniques to each new generation, often supporting both artists and non-artist viewers. Many art instructors are also practicing artists, balancing their own studio practice with […]

  • Impossible Language

    story booth 438 N. Cleveland St., Memphis, TN, United States

    New from the Impossible Language reading series, this feature will allow Memphis-based poets to share writing that they have recently finished or, even more frightening, are currently working on. For the kick off of the spring season and this feature, IL welcomes Aaron Brame, Matthew Hellams, Kat Moore, and Tara Mae Mulroy.

  • Hustle: Writing about your Art Practice

    story booth 438 N. Cleveland St., Memphis, TN, United States

    PROGRAM SUMMARY Most artists want their artwork to speak for itself but fans, patrons, grant and residency panels, advanced degree programs, gallery directors, museums, and the press often ask for words to go along with the work. Joel Parsons will guide us through the pitfalls and pleasures of writing about our work. Come prepared to […]

  • Shoot and Splice: Working with Unions

    Presented by Indie Memphis & Crosstown Arts Have you worked with a union on a film production? Are you a crew member interested in learning more about the role of unions in our industry? Join us for a panel discussion with union representatives Rusty Burrell, Peter Kurland, Cristopher Crowther, and Jordan Danelz who will share […]

  • do it

    Crosstown Arts Galleries 1350 Concourse Ave., Suite 280, Memphis, TN, United States

    OPENING RECEPTION: FRIDAY, MARCH 4, 6-9 PM ARTIST TALKS AND PERFORMANCE: SATURDAY, MARCH 5, 5-7 PM In the early nineties the international curator Hans Ulrich Obrist and the artists Bertrand Lavier and Christian Boltanski wanted more flexible and open-ended art exhibitions.  Could “scores” or written instructions by artists, as a point of departure, be interpreted […]

  • Crosstown Outside-In

    Exhibition of oils on canvas by Tom Stem depicting Crosstown's construction and rebirth

  • Open Crit

    Crosstown 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. A dedicated facilitator with experience in a group critique setting will guide discussion for each critique event, […]