Film Screening: Hunting
2015-06-18 14:00 - 16:00 (America/Chicago) | TN
Lacey Gaston and Robbie Dean are finally tying the knot. The church is booked, the flowers are picked, and the gong has been purchased. Enter Nicole Stadium, Robbie’s ex. They’ve known each other, as she and Robbie mention numerous times, since they were ‘this high.’ For Nicole, there ain’t gonna be no wedding; not if she can help it.
Kenneth Magazine is Robbie’s best friend. Kenneth loves to hunt those big deer. This season has been a little too good, and Kenneth has killed one deer too many. And guess who finds out? Chad ‘Gator’ Jeffries. He’s the most vigilant game warden in the county, and he’s hell-bent on proving Kenneth’s guilt.
Will Kenneth get busted and lose his hunter’s license?
Will Robbie end up with Nicole or Lacey?
The answers to these questions and many more fundamental questions about existence are contained within the frames of Will Goss’s Hunting.

Ink x Memory
2015-06-19 15:00 - 17:00 | TN
Presented by The Skull x Rose Tattoo Collective
Tattoo art exhibition

the pinch journal summer workshop series: creative nonfiction
2015-06-20 05:00 - 13:00 | story booth, 438 N. Cleveland St., Memphis, TN, 38104, United States
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.
From The Pinch:
If 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?
Cost to Attend:
One Workshop: $25
Two Workshops: $40
Three Workshops: $65

story booth summer workshop: flight plan
2015-06-21 - 2015-06-26 | story booth, 438 N. Cleveland St., Memphis, TN, 38104, United States
2 – 4:30 pm // ages 10 – 14
this experimental plane- and glider-building workshop helps students get a hands-on understanding of the forces of lift, weight, and drag.

working writers' cocktail hour
2015-06-23 12:30 - 14:00 | story booth, 438 N. Cleveland St., Memphis, TN, 38104, United States
in the interests of further cultivating and connecting the literary community of Memphis, story booth is excited to host Crosstown Arts’ first working writers’ cocktail hour.
MFA students to early/mid-career/accomplished writers (meaning published and not-yet-published)—whether they be writers of poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, screenwriting, playwriting, journalism, art writing—are all welcome here for an hour or so to do what it normally takes an expensive retreat to make happen: bring a group of writers together to stand around, have a drink, and make connections with other working writers they may or may not have known before.
whether or not your day-job is writing makes no difference — if you’re a working writer, you’re invited.

PechaKucha Night Volume 12
2015-06-25 13:30 - 15:00 | Phuong Long
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.
The key to PechaKucha Night is the 20×20 format: all presenters show 20 slides for 20 seconds each, making each presentation succinct and dynamic.

For our latest installment of PechaKucha, the evening’s theme is FOOD, which goes hand-in-hand with our venue du soir. We hope you will join us.
Here are the PechaKucha Night Volume 12 presenters:
Miles Tamboli, Wes Riddle, Ben McLean, Noah Campbell, Margarita Sandino, Onie Johns & Rachel Neely Williams.

Perpetual Discourse
2015-06-26 13:00 - 16:00 | TN
Artists’ Statements
Tori Cooper
Currently, my artwork focuses on the cultural, emotional and psychological connection to physical items and the process of repetitive action. We endlessly attach emotional significance to physical items. The item then comes to represent something greater and more powerful than a simple disposable object. The item becomes a tangible extension of emotions and memory. Thus, the mind and the spirit alike have great difficulty relinquishing these items of personal significance.
The series consists of interwoven reeds into 6″x6″ canvases. The movement of the reeds is seamless, having truly no end or beginning, but the direction of each reed changes. Some move rapidly in a whipping motion. While other pieces in the series are fluid and subtle and others cradling and protective. Each piece represents an emotional state of being present during the creation of the piece. Thus, the series seamlessly connects the artist, the viewer and the expressed emotional state of being in the piece.
Trevor Simpson
In this series I have set out to manipulate the plasticity of composition and form in unexpected arrangements. I allow for the viewer to be engaged in the compositional formulation of each piece. The viewer’s eye and imagination is left free to play within the negative and positive space of each piece. Thematically the series is a process-based exploration of form as well as a 2d interpretation of Tori Cooper’s 3d assemblages.
Ultimately, the pieces in the series create a collective lexicon of seemingly disparate arrangements. The series is a commentary on synchronicity and aligning what on the surface may appear to be fragmented.

Tamale Fest
2015-06-27 09:00 - 13:00 | Caritas Village, 2509 Harvard Ave., Memphis, 38112
Tamale Fest 2015 is the first annual fundraising event for Centro Cultural Latino de Memphis. 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.
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.
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.

Summer Horror Fest
2015-06-28 12:30 - 17:00 | TN
Summer Horror Fest features live music by A Great Leap Forward, Losing Mercury, Strange Armada, Red Tape Riot, Tax Free Gang & another band TBA

Book Release: MiID (Motivation, Inspiration, Innovation, Determination)
2015-07-02 13:00 - 16:00 | TN
This event is aimed at inspiring others to ultimately find their identities. Author Benjamin Hall will give a presentation about his new book and then invite the audience to participate in a discussion. There will be music, finger foods and a chance for people to connect with one another.

story booth summer workshop: super 8 film
2015-07-05 - 2015-07-10 | story booth, 438 N. Cleveland St., Memphis, TN, 38104, United States
2 – 4:30 pm // ages 10 – 14
this workshop gives participants the chance to script, shoot, splice, and screen their own independent, super 8 films in one week. we’ll premiere all films at a mini-film festival on the last Friday of the workshop. taught by Crosstown Arts’ professional videographer, Justin Thompson.

Greg Cote, Small Fires and More
2015-07-08 03:00 - 12:00 | TN
Houston, TX-based singer/songwriter, Greg Cote, performs with several local acts, including Small Fires, Animal Satire, Significant Other and Monticello.

Shoot & Splice: Music in Film
2015-07-08 13:30 - 16:00 | story booth, 438 N. Cleveland St., Memphis, TN, 38104, United States
Join Indie Memphis & Crosstown Arts for a special lyrical edition of Shoot & Splice. Studio/music label owner, Ward Archer, and film composers, Jonathan Kirkscey and Ted Speaker, will be on hand to discuss their process for composing music for film, recording techniques, the important intricacies of song selection, being a music supervisor and all things music and film.
Shoot & Splice is made possible with the support of ArtsMemphis and FirstTennessee Foundation | ArtsFirst.

I.D.
2015-07-08 - 2015-07-11 | TN
EXHIBITION SCHEDULE
Thursday, July 9: 10am – 6pm
Friday, July 10: Reception from 5 – 8pm
Saturday, July 11: 10am – 6pm
A group exhibition organized by Memphis College of Art and Crosstown Arts, featuring new works by MCA IDEALS participants, focused on the concept of identity.

I.D. JULY 9TH-11TH @ 430 N. CLEVELAND from Crosstown Arts on Vimeo.

Open Crit
2015-07-14 13:00 - 15:00 | TN
430 N. Cleveland
Second Tuesday of Each Month
Artist Setup: 5 – 6 pm / Critique & Discussion: 6 – 8 pm
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. The series will take place at Crosstown Arts exhibition space at 430 N. Cleveland.
A 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.
All 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/edu- cation in fine art. Participation is free and open to the public. Input during the critiques from everyone in attendance is welcomed and encouraged.
No 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. Par- ticipating 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.

To 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.

Name
Phone number
Email address
General description of the work to be discussed (i.e. “abstract paintings” or “video art”) & sizes of works and/or media types

Artists are asked to bring no more than 8 individual pieces (in any medium). Maximum run time for time-based work(s) is 10 minutes.
Participating 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.
Organized by Crosstown Arts in partnership with ArtsMemphis ArtsAccelerator.

Zine-Making Workshop
2015-07-18 08:00 - 11:00 | story booth, 438 N. Cleveland St., Memphis, TN, 38104, United States
Artists! Writers! Photographers!
You are cordially invited to attend a FREE zine-making workshop, where you can connect with other artists in the area and work on your own zine in a positive and welcoming environment.
***Materials provided***

Don’t know what a zine is? Never made a zine of your own? No problem! Brush up on a little zine history and learn some DIY techniques so you can get started on a zine of your very own!
Participants and other local zine-sters are invited to display and sell their final works at the Zine Fest Fair on Friday, July 24th from 4-6 PM. Please contact Erica Qualy (ericaqualy@yahoo.com) to reserve a table space.
Deadline for submissions is July 22nd, 2015
Submissions should be sent to
Story Booth
422 N. Cleveland St.
Memphis, TN 38104

XO: Collaborative Works by Chloe York & Eric Quick
2015-07-18 12:00 - 15:00 | TN
Artists’ Statement
Within our individual works, we explore the metaphor of the exoskeleton in its relation to the human practice of camouflage and self-defense. We wished to combine this shared interest in a collaborative series of mixed media paintings and sculptural installation. These works depict creatures that physically possess exoskeletons of their own.
This series, entitled XO is a play on the push and pull between abstraction and realism, each artist using his and her individual strengths to create a fully formed, cohesive creature with a disconnect in visual styles.

summer workshop: zine & bookmaking
2015-07-19 - 2015-07-24 | story booth, 438 N. Cleveland St., Memphis, TN, 38104, United States
2 – 4:30 pm // ages 10 – 14
this workshop gives participants the chance to write and self-publish an original “zine,” and then also to collaborate on an original story to be professionally published into a finished book. both of these projects allow participants to develop their creative writing and understand the elements of DIY and professional publishing, and each participant will leave with a finished zine and book in hand.

State of the Art
2015-07-22 13:00 - 16:00 | TN
Black liberation rapper Skipp Coon (Jackson, Mississippi) performs songs from his latest album Miles Garvey, and illustrator/painter/muralist Trevor FRE$H Coates (Detroit, Michigan) will be exhibiting his current collection Adventure to the Green.

Music by DJ Siphne Aaye. Presented by Dope Since 1980.

Kong Wee Pang and Jay Crum: Walking Eyes
2015-07-23 - 2015-08-15 | Crosstown Arts Galleries, 1350 Concourse Ave., Suite 280, Memphis, TN, 38104, United States
Reception: Friday, July 31, 6 – 9 pm
Roundtable Discussion: Saturday, August 15, 3 – 5 pm
Gallery Hours:
Tuesday – Saturday, 10 am – 6 pm
Walking Eyes is a collaborative exhibition by Kong Wee Pang and Jay Crum. Inspired by a month spent in Southeast Asia, each piece was developed through exchanges of ideas and sketches between the two artists. The work is informed by personal memories, hand-drawn maps, tropical flora, and Batik patterns. Many of the pieces have high levels of details with hidden treasures to encourage exploration. The show includes a collection of mixed-media works on paper and fabric, as well as an installation.
Collaborators in life and art, Kong Wee and Jay thoughtfully balance married life, creative exploration and professional growth through ongoing ventures like the playful TaroPop Studio, which they co-founded in 2009.

Artists Bios
Kong Wee Pang is a designer/artist from Malaysia. She graduated from Singapore Nanyang Academy of Fine Art. In 2001 she moved to the United States. She received a degree in fine art and design and an MFA from the Memphis College of Art. She currently works as an art director at the mid-south’s largest ad agency, archer>malmo. Her work has been shown in NYC’s Times Square, Spain, Italy, Berlin, Atlanta, Memphis and California.
Kong Wee on her practice:

My work is concerned with transformation. Coming from Malaysia, I have learned to adapt to a new way of life here in the United States. I exist in a liminal state living in two worlds. I have focused upon the notion of original self, outside influences and transmutation. Working with watercolor is meaningful to me. In Chinese we have a saying which translates roughly to “When you drink water, remember the spring.” The abstracted figures give me a chance to face my new freedom while remembering where I come from. It is found in translation.

Jay Crum is a designer, illustrator and artist. He was born in New Orleans, LA and currently lives in Memphis, TN. He received a BFA in printmaking in 2005 and has since been navigating the line where art and design meet. In 2009 he co-founded TaroPop, a small studio producing T-shirt designs and limited-edition art-prints. He received his MFA at Memphis College of Art in 2012. He has exhibited work in Memphis, Rome and Barcelona.

zine fest
2015-07-24 11:00 - 13:00 | story booth, 438 N. Cleveland St., Memphis, TN, 38104, United States
all-ages event showcasing underground zines created by local & inter/national artists.

When Writers Unite
2015-07-26 10:00 - 14:00 | TN
UGenius Inc presents its first local fundraiser/artist showcase, featuring writers of all kinds (poets, rappers, singers, etc.) delivering a positive message to our community and to our youth.
All proceeds will be used to provide personal hygiene items and back-to-school supplies, as well as funding the purchase of movies, books, etc. that will be shown and explained at local community center events bi-monthly.
Attendees are also welcome to bring nonperishable items for donation.

MicroCinema Club: 2015 Sundance Film Festival Award-Winning Shorts Tour
2015-07-28 13:30 - 16:00 | TN
Showcasing a wide variety of story and style, the 2015 Sundance Film Festival Short Film Tour is an 83- minute theatrical program of six short films that won awards at this year’s Festival, which over the course of its more than 30-year history has been widely considered the premier showcase for short films and the launchpad for many now-prominent independent filmmakers. Including fiction, documentary and animation from around the world, the distinct 2015 program traverses vibrant styles from wild comedy to quiet poetry. Each breaks through its limited timeframe with a high level of artistry and story that will resonate with audiences long after it ends.

2015 Sundance Film Festival Award-Winning Shorts on Tour from Sundance Shorts on Vimeo.
Films
World of Tomorrow
Short Film Jury Award (Best of Fest)
Written and directed by Don Hertzfeldt. U.S.A., 17 minutes.
A little girl is taken on a mind-bending tour of the distant future.
SMILF
Short Film Jury Prize: US Fiction
Written and directed by Frankie Shaw. USA, 9 minutes.
A young single mother struggles to balance her old life of freedom with her new one as mom. It all comes to a head during one particular nap-time when Bridgette invites an old friend over for a visit.
Oh Lucy!
Short Film Jury Prize: International Fiction
Written and directed by Atsuko Hirayanagi. Japan/Singapore/U.S.A, 22 minutes.
Setsuko, a 55-year-old single so-called office lady in Tokyo, is given a blonde wig and a new identity, Lucy, by her young, unconventional English-language teacher. “Lucy” awakens desires in Setsuko she never knew existed.
The Face of Ukraine: Casting Oksana Baiul
Short Film Jury Prize: Non-Fiction
Written and directed by Kitty Green. Russian and Ukrainian, 7 minutes.
Adorned in pink sequins, little girls from across a divided, war-torn Ukraine audition to play the role of Olympic champion figure skater Oksana Baiul, whose tears of joy once united their troubled country.
Storm hits jacket
Short Film Jury Prize: Animation
Written and directed by Paul Cabon. 2014, France, 13 minutes.
A storm reaches the shores of Brittany. Nature goes crazy, and two young scientists get caught up in the chaos. Espionage, romantic tension, and mysterious events clash with enthusiasm and randomness.
Object
Short Film Special Jury Prize for Poetic Vision
Written and directed by Paulina Skibińska. Poland, 15 minutes.
A creative image of an underwater search in the dimensions of two worlds—ice desert and under water— told from the point of view of the rescue team, of the diver, and of the ordinary people waiting on the shore.

Director Bios
SMILF: SMILF is Frankie Shaw’s first short film, which she wrote, directed and starred in. She is currently developing a TV show from the story. Shaw graduated from Barnard College of Columbia University with a degree in literature, then moved to Los Angeles where she currently lives. Shaw first received recognition acting in the completely improvised Sundance film The Freebie and then as the oddball drunken cheerleader in the sitcom Blue Mountain State.
OBJECT: Paulina Skibińska, born in 1987 in Kowary, near Jelenia Góra, Poland, graduated from the Post-Secondary Studio of Culture Animation in Wrocław in 2009. She earned her M.A. degree in screenwriting at the Łódź Film School (2014), where she is now pursuing her Ph.D. studies. OBJECT isher first film as director. Being a screenwriter of numerous internationally awarded short fiction and animated films, including http://, The Kiss and 48hTV, Paulina is presently at work on her full-length fiction debut film.
STORM HITS JACKET: Born in Brest in 1985, Paul Cabon is a French director and animator. After a course in applied arts at Estienne (Paris), he attended ESAAT in Roubaix where he graduated in animation. Between 2007 and 2009 he studied at La Poudrière in Valence, where he directed Sauvage, which won the special student film prize in the Annecy festival in 2010. He has worked as an animator, scriptwriter and background artist and character designer for the series Michel at Folimage and as an illustrator in various fanzines.
OH LUCY!: Atsuko Hirayanagi was born in Nagano and raised in Chiba, Japan. She is a recent graduate of NYU Tisch School of The Arts, Asia with an MFA in Film Production, where she received the Cathay Scholarship from Singapore’s Cathay Organization. Her short films have played at numerous film festivals, including Clermont-Ferrand and Tokyo Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia, where her MFA 2nd year project, Mō Ikkai, won the Grand Prix as well as the Japan Competition Best Short (Governor of Tokyo Award) and the Audience awards. Atsuko is currently developing a feature script of Oh Lucy!
THE FACE OF UKRAINE: CASTING OKSANA BAIUL: Kitty Green is an award-winning Australian filmmaker. In 2012, Kitty moved to her grandmother’s native Ukraine to shoot with the protest movement ‘Femen’. Her abduction by the KGB made headlines internationally. Her feature documentary, Ukraine Is Not A Brothel screened at the Venice Film Festival, SXSW, Hot Docs and over fifty festivals internationally. After Sundance, The Face of Ukraine: Casting Oksana Baiul made its European premiere at the Berlin Film Festival.
WORLD OF TOMORROW: Don Hertzfeldt is an Academy-Award nominated American animator and independent filmmaker. He is the creator of many animated films, including It’s Such a Beautiful Day, The Meaning of Life, and Rejected, and recently created a “couch gag” opening for The Simpsons. His films have received over 200 awards and have been presented around the world.

About The Sundance Film Festival Shorts Program
The Sundance Film Festival has introduced global audiences to some of the most groundbreaking films of the past three decades, including Whiplash,Boyhood, Rich Hill, Beasts of the Southern Wild, Fruitvale Station, Little Miss Sunshine, sex, lies, and videotape, Reservoir Dogs, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, An Inconvenient Truth, Precious and Napoleon Dynamite. Each year the Festival receives more than 8,000 short film submissions, selecting 60-80 to show. The Festival programs a 90-minute collection of shorts from its most recent Festival to go on a theatrical tour to independent art houses in more than 50 cities nationwide. It is one of very few theatrical releases of short films in America.
Fueled by artistic expression and limited only by their runtime, short films transcend traditional storytelling. They are a significant and popular way artists can connect with audiences. From documentary to animation, narrative to experimental, the abbreviated form is no longer just for the novice. Shorts have and will continue to be an important part of cinema, storytelling, and culture. The Festival has always treated short films with the highest regard and gives a home to new (and old) projects for audiences to discover and celebrate.
The Festival’s Short Film Program has long been established as a place to discover talented directors, such as past alums Wes Anderson, Todd Haynes, Nicole Holofcener, Spike Jonze, Paul Thomas Anderson, Lynne Ramsay, David O. Russell, Trey Parker and Matt Stone, Lake Bell, Jay and Mark Duplass, Alexander Payne, Debra Granik, Andrea Arnold, and many others.
Recent short film discoveries at the Festival include Golden Globe Award winner Jill Soloway (Transparent) and Academy Award nominee Damien Chazelle (Whiplash).
The Festival is the centerpiece of the year-round public programs for the nonprofit Institute, which also hosts 24 residency labs and grants more than $2.5 million to independent artists each year.

Walking Eyes: Opening Reception
2015-07-31 13:00 - 16:00 | Crosstown Arts Galleries, 1350 Concourse Ave., Suite 280, Memphis, TN, 38104, United States
Walking Eyes is a collaborative exhibition by Kong Wee Pang and Jay Crum. Inspired by a month spent in Southeast Asia, each piece was developed through exchanges of ideas and sketches between the two artists. The work is informed by personal memories, hand-drawn maps, tropical flora, and Batik patterns. Many of the pieces have high levels of details with hidden treasures to encourage exploration. The show includes a collection of mixed-media works on paper and fabric, as well as an installation.
Collaborators in life and art, Kong Wee and Jay thoughtfully balance married life, creative exploration and professional growth through ongoing ventures like the playful TaroPop Studio, which they co-founded in 2009.

Please join us for refreshments in the gallery to celebrate the exhibition, and visit the Walking Eyes page for more information.

Bizarre Bazaar: Larry Edwards' Painting Sale
2015-08-02 08:00 - 13:00 | TN
Shocking art at shockingly good prices!
This is a one-day-only special sale of his paintings, organized by Beth Edwards

Mark Edwards

Mark Edwards

Mark Edwards

Mark Edwards

Shoot & Splice: Intro to Film Lighting
2015-08-04 13:30 - 15:30 | TN
Lighting creates the foundation for a film’s mood and emotional tone, and it can have an immense impact on narrative coherence.
That’s why Indie Memphis and Crosstown Arts are teaming up with John Paul Clark and Firefly Grip and Electric to discuss everything from choosing the right gear to understanding the relationships between DPs, Gaffers & Key Grips.

It’s sure to be an illuminating evening, and we hope you join us.
6:30 pm – Refreshments + Networking
7:00 pm – Presentation

Shoot & Splice is made possible with the support of ArtsMemphis and FirstTennessee Foundation | ArtsFirst.

LOCATE Arts: Q&A Forum
2015-08-05 12:30 - 13:30 | Crosstown Arts Galleries, 1350 Concourse Ave., Suite 280, Memphis, TN, 38104, United States
LOCATE Arts is a brand new organization with plans to strengthen the connections between artists and patrons across Tennessee, while sharing the dynamic contemporary arts of our state with the rest of the country.
Co-founders, Carri Jobe and Brian R. Jobe, will be leading a discussion about the mission, vision and goals of LOCATE Arts. Please join us!

Themeless
2015-08-06 - 2015-08-08 | TN
Michael Chewning showcases his latest works.
Opening Reception: Friday, August 7, 6 – 9 pm
On View: Saturday, August 8, 10 am – 6 pm

Open Crit
2015-08-11 13:00 - 15:00 | TN
430 N. Cleveland
Second Tuesday of Each Month
Artist Setup: 5 – 6 pm / Critique & Discussion: 6 – 8 pm
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. The series will take place at Crosstown Arts exhibition space at 430 N. Cleveland.
A 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.
All 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.
No 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.

To 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.

Name
Phone number
Email address
General description of the work to be discussed (i.e. “abstract paintings” or “video art”) & sizes of works and/or media types

Artists are asked to bring no more than 8 individual pieces (in any medium). Maximum run time for time-based work(s) is 10 minutes.
Participating 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.
Organized by Crosstown Arts in partnership with ArtsMemphis ArtsAccelerator.

The Hues: A Fantasy of the Mind Art Show
2015-08-12 14:00 - 17:30 | TN
Memphis-born visual artist, Larry “Don Nosti” Itson, presents his first solo art show.
There will be music by Dj SpaceAge, refreshments and a $5 raffle to win one of Itson’s large paintings, prints and an exclusive t-shirt!
