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SUMMARY:Open Crit
DESCRIPTION:Facilitator: TBA\nPresenting artists: TBA \n\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-24/
LOCATION:TN
CATEGORIES:430,Programs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20180411T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20180411T160000
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SUMMARY:MicroCinema Club
DESCRIPTION:Monthly short film screening series\, presented by Indie Memphis & Crosstown Arts. \nThis month: Narrative Spotlight Shorts\nFilms include I Live Here\, Mrs. Drake\, Last Call Lenny\, Fry Day\, Gema\, and New Neighbors. \nDoors at 6:30 pm | Screening at 7 pm. Admission is pay-what-you-can
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/microcinema-club-16/
LOCATION:TN
CATEGORIES:430
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20180412T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20180412T153000
DTSTAMP:20260518T124945
CREATED:20180321T170205Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180402T202514Z
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SUMMARY:Talking Back to the Screen: Feminism & Film Criticism
DESCRIPTION:Monthly filmmaking forum presented by Indie Memphis and Crosstown Arts \nIn Alice Bolin’s upcoming book\, Dead Girls\, she writes about moving to L.A. and seeing the city through a white male literary lens\, and needing to trust her own eyes rather than what she’s read. Miriam Bale’s path through the male-dominated world of film criticism at New York newspapers was similarly one of learning to trust her own eyes. The two writers will have a dialogue about different ways to engage with writing about film\, a misogynistic industry\, as women. Dead Girls (which covers Twin Peaks to True Detective) is an essay collection out in June 2018 from William Morrow/ HarperCollins. Alice Bolin teaches nonfiction at the University of Memphis. \nMiriam Bale is new Senior Programmer of the Indie Memphis Film Festival. \nDoors open at 6:30pm | panel discussion begins at 7pm\nFree and open to the public\nComplimentary beverages
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/talking-back-to-the-screen-feminism-film-criticism/
LOCATION:TN
CATEGORIES:430
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20180413T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20180413T153000
DTSTAMP:20260518T124945
CREATED:20180124T203810Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180124T203810Z
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SUMMARY:Junior League Memphis Pop-Up Art Show
DESCRIPTION:Hosted by the Junior League of Memphis.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/junior-league-memphis-pop-up-art-show/
LOCATION:TN
CATEGORIES:430
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20180415T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20180415T110000
DTSTAMP:20260518T124945
CREATED:20180315T181951Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180413T151159Z
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SUMMARY:Resident Artists' Open Studio
DESCRIPTION:Visit Crosstown Arts resident artists’ studios and view their work in progress. Meet up in the  Crosstown Arts East Atrium (top of the red spiral staircase) at 2 pm for a guided tour. \nArtists include:\nYancy Villa-Calvo\nEric Clausen\nVanessa Gonzalez\nAverell Mondie\nTerri Phillips\nCarrie Rubinstein\nJosh Short\nPaul Taylor\nEmily C Thomas \n 
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/resident-artists-open-studio/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts Galleries\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Residency
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180417
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180423
DTSTAMP:20260518T124945
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SUMMARY:Mellotron Variations
DESCRIPTION:Multi-day festival featuring original musical compositions for the mellotron performed live alongside newly created multidisciplinary installations. \nSponsored in part by the National Endowment for the Arts \nPt. 1\nWednesday\, April 18\, 7 pm\nNew work for the mellotron by composer Robert G. Patterson\, performed by members of the Memphis Symphony Orchestra. A documentary featuring keyboardist Audie Smith. Performance by Ross Rice collaborating with the New Ballet Ensemble. \nFree | Open to the public \n\nPt. 2\nSaturday\, April 21\, 7:30 pm\nPerformance of new works and collaborations for the mellotron by Robby Grant\, Jonathan Kirkscey\, John Medeski\, and Pat Sansone. Projections by Winston Eggleston and John Markham. \nFree | Open to the public\nDoors 7:30 pm | Concert 8 pm \n\nPt. 3\nSunday\, April 22\, 12:30 pm\nReprise brunch featuring a performance of various acts from Part 1 of Mellotron Variations. Q&A sessions with performers from parts 1 and 2. \nLight refreshments will be served.\nFree | Open to the public\nDoors 12:30 pm | Performance 1 pm \n\n\n			\n				\n			\n			\n				\n			\n			\n				\n			\n			\n				\n			\n			\n				\n			\n			\n				\n			\n			\n				\n			\n			\n				\n			\n			\n				\n			\n			\n				\n			\n			\n				\n			\n			\n				\n			\n			\n				\n			\n			\n				\n			\n		\n\n\n\nAbout the artists: \nRobby Grant is a songwriter\, performer\, and producer who has recorded and released records over the past 15 years under both his name and the moniker Vending Machine. He spent the 1990s co-fronting and touring the country with Big Ass Truck and currently plays with the garage pop group Mouserocket. \nJonathan Kirkscey is a composer\, cellist\, and producer who performs regularly with the Memphis Symphony Orchestra and Mouserocket\, and is a co-founder of Blueshift Ensemble\, a contemporary classical chamber ensemble. As a film composer\, Jonathan has scored several award-winning documentaries including Best of Enemies\, directed by Morgan Neville\, and Won’t You Be My Neighbor\, a film about Fred Rogers which premieres in January 2018 at the Sundance film festival. \nWinston Eggleston is a woodworker and avid collector of Mellotrons (he recently built one from scratch). \nJohn Markham is a videographer and collaborates with the experimental group >mancontrol<. Together they created the oil-based light show that accompanied 2015’s Duets for Mellotron performance. \nPat Sansone is a multi-instrumentalist (guitar\, keyboard\, percussion\, harpsichord) from the bands Wilco and The Autumn Defense. \nJohn Medeski is an American jazz keyboard player and composer. Medeski is a veteran of New York’s 1990s avant-garde jazz scene and is known popularly as a member of Medeski Martin & Wood. \nRobert G. Patterson is a resident composer with the Luna Nova Ensemble. Recent accomplishments include commissions from Opera Memphis\, the One Coin Concert series in Osaka\, Japan\, and First Prize in the NATS Art Song Composition Award. In addition to his musical activities\, Patterson also has been a professional software developer\, and his interest in computers led him to become an expert in musical engraving using a computer. \nNew Ballet Ensemble and School is a thriving after school dance program in the heart of Midtown Memphis\, founded in 2001. Dancers from all over the Mid-South fill their studios six days a week\, training and exploring cultural forms of dance alongside a strong classical ballet curriculum. New Ballet Ensemble was awarded the National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Award in 2014\, recognizing the country’s best creative youth development programs for using engagement in the arts and the humanities to increase self-direction\, academic achievement\, graduation rates\, and college enrollment. \n\n\nRoss Rice might be best known as the lead singer/writer/keyboardist for Human Radio\, who hit Billboard Top Forty in 1990 with “Me & Elvis” (Columbia)\, but has also appeared frequently on Memphis stages with Big Ass Truck\, The Coolers\, Riverbluff Clan\, The Mudflaps\, and Ross Rice Group. Rice has produced\, toured\, and recorded with Peter Frampton\, George Clinton\, Todd Snider\, Adrian Belew\, Stephen Perkins (Janes Addiction)\, and Susannah Hoffs (Bangles)\, to name but a few. Presently residing in Murfreesboro\, Rice is enrolled in the MFA program in Recording Arts at MTSU\, and is working on a documentary comparing Memphis and Nashville recording styles.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/mellotron-variations/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts Galleries\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Gallery
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20180418T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20180418T160000
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SUMMARY:Indie Memphis Nights
DESCRIPTION:Join Indie Memphis and Crosstown Arts for monthly screenings of independent films. \nThis legendary\, low-budget\, entirely African-American produced and conceived meta-soap opera from Bill Gunn\, writer of the The Landlord and author of Rhinestone Sharecropping\, was recently rediscovered and restored. \nIntroduction by Indie Memphis Senior Programmer Miriam Bale.\nPay-what-you-can\nPresented by Orion FCU.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/indie-memphis-nights-2/
LOCATION:TN
CATEGORIES:430
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20180418T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20180418T170000
DTSTAMP:20260518T124945
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LAST-MODIFIED:20180417T170435Z
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SUMMARY:Mellotron Variations: Pt. 1
DESCRIPTION:New work for the mellotron by composer Robert G. Patterson\, performed by members of the Memphis Symphony Orchestra. A documentary featuring keyboardist Audie Smith. Performance by Ross Rice collaborating with the New Ballet Ensemble. \nFree | Open to the public \nMellotron Variation Part 2 will be on April 21st (free with ticket) and Part 3 will be on April 22nd. More info on those shows here: https://goo.gl/qNkoGv \nSponsored in part by the National Endowment for the Arts \n \n\nAbout the artists: \nRobert G. Patterson is a resident composer with the Luna Nova Ensemble. Recent accomplishments include commissions from Opera Memphis\, the One Coin Concert series in Osaka\, Japan\, and First Prize in the NATS Art Song Composition Award. In addition to his musical activities\, Patterson also has been a professional software developer\, and his interest in computers led him to become an expert in musical engraving using a computer. \nNew Ballet Ensemble and School is a thriving after school dance program in the heart of Midtown Memphis\, founded in 2001. Dancers from all over the Mid-South fill their studios six days a week\, training and exploring cultural forms of dance alongside a strong classical ballet curriculum. New Ballet Ensemble was awarded the National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Award in 2014\, recognizing the country’s best creative youth development programs for using engagement in the arts and the humanities to increase self-direction\, academic achievement\, graduation rates\, and college enrollment. \nRoss Rice might be best known as the lead singer/writer/keyboardist for Human Radio\, who hit Billboard Top Forty in 1990 with “Me & Elvis” (Columbia)\, but has also appeared frequently on Memphis stages with Big Ass Truck\, The Coolers\, Riverbluff Clan\, The Mudflaps\, and Ross Rice Group. Rice has produced\, toured\, and recorded with Peter Frampton\, George Clinton\, Todd Snider\, Adrian Belew\, Stephen Perkins (Janes Addiction)\, and Susannah Hoffs (Bangles)\, to name but a few. Presently residing in Murfreesboro\, Rice is enrolled in the MFA program in Recording Arts at MTSU\, and is working on a documentary comparing Memphis and Nashville recording styles. \n 
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/mellotron-variations-pt-1/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts Galleries\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Gallery
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20180419T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20180419T163000
DTSTAMP:20260518T124945
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SUMMARY:Outflix Film Festival Launch Party
DESCRIPTION:Screening of a short film highlighting the 20th anniversary of the Outflix Film Festival (the Mid-South’s LGBTQ film fest)\, plus a preview of new festival events for 2018 and information on sponsorship opportunities. \nDoors at 6:30 pm | party at 7 pm\nDonations accepted \n\n 
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/outflix-film-festival-launch-party/
LOCATION:TN
CATEGORIES:430
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20180421T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20180421T170000
DTSTAMP:20260518T124945
CREATED:20180227T153205Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180418T173557Z
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SUMMARY:Mellotron Variations: Pt. 2
DESCRIPTION:Due to demand\, we’re opening the 8 pm Mellotron Variations Pt. 2 performance up to everyone — no ticket required. So feel free to bring a friend\, even if they didn’t get a reserved ticket. All guests who reserved tickets for the 10:30 pm show are now welcome to come to the 8 pm show (the 10:30 show is rescheduled to the earlier time).\n\nTo accommodate everyone\, we’ve moved the 8 pm show to our East Atrium space\, which holds more guests than the Listening Room (where the show was planned to be). Just come up the red spiral staircase\, and you’ll land in the East Atrium.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPerformance of new works and collaborations for the mellotron by Robby Grant\, Jonathan Kirkscey\, John Medeski\, and Pat Sansone. \nProjections by Winston Eggleston and John Markham. \nFree | Open to the public\nDoors 7:30 pm | Concert 8 pm \n\nMellotron Variation Part 1 will be on April 18th and Part 3 will be on April 22nd. Neither of these will require reserved tickets. More info on those shows here: https://goo.gl/qNkoGv \nSponsored in part by the National Endowment for the Arts \n \n\n\n\nAbout the artists: \nRobby Grant is a songwriter\, performer\, and producer who has recorded and released records over the past 15 years under both his name and the moniker Vending Machine. He spent the 1990s co-fronting and touring the country with Big Ass Truck and currently plays with the garage pop group Mouserocket. \nJonathan Kirkscey is a composer\, cellist\, and producer who performs regularly with the Memphis Symphony Orchestra and Mouserocket\, and is a co-founder of Blueshift Ensemble\, a contemporary classical chamber ensemble. As a film composer\, Jonathan has scored several award-winning documentaries including Best of Enemies\, directed by Morgan Neville\, and Won’t You Be My Neighbor\, a film about Fred Rogers which premieres in January 2018 at the Sundance film festival. \nWinston Eggleston is a woodworker and avid collector of Mellotrons (he recently built one from scratch). \nJohn Markham is a videographer and collaborates with the experimental group >mancontrol<. Together they created the oil-based light show that accompanied 2015’s Duets for Mellotron performance. \nPat Sansone is a multi-instrumentalist (guitar\, keyboard\, percussion\, harpsichord) from the bands Wilco and The Autumn Defense. \nJohn Medeski is an American jazz keyboard player and composer. Medeski is a veteran of New York’s 1990s avant-garde jazz scene and is known popularly as a member of Medeski Martin & Wood.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/mellotron-variations-pt-2/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts Galleries\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Gallery
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20180422T073000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20180422T100000
DTSTAMP:20260518T124945
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SUMMARY:Mellotron Variations: Pt. 3
DESCRIPTION:Reprise brunch featuring a performance of various acts from Part 1 of Mellotron Variations. Q&A sessions with performers from parts 1 and 2. \nLight refreshments will be served.\nFree | Open to the public\nDoors 12:30 pm | Performance 1 pm \nMellotron Variation Part 1 will be on April 18th (free) and Part 2 will be on April 21st (free with ticket). More info on those shows here: https://goo.gl/qNkoGv \nSponsored in part by the National Endowment for the Arts
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/mellotron-variations-pt-3/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts Galleries\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Gallery
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20180424T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20180424T170000
DTSTAMP:20260518T124945
CREATED:20180416T161815Z
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SUMMARY:The Speed Trials Arcade
DESCRIPTION:New work by Crosstown Arts resident artist Josh Short \nInspired by 1980s era arcade games\, Josh Short has created a series of interactive driving simulators based on popular American mythologies about the road and our love/hate relationship with cars. Josh uses cast-off exercise equipment\, hand-made banners\, remote-controlled cars\, surveillance cameras\, and detritus found from the road to create a mechanical “Bricolage.” \nShort’s machines invite viewers to vicariously experience the life of a long haul trucker or an outlaw biker driving into the sunset. Using topical inspiration\, Josh has created a simulator “Slow Speed Chase” inspired by the 1994 O.J. Simpson white Bronco LA freeway incident. \nThe whole experience is moderated by the “Final Boss.” The artist controls the speed of the roads\, monitors the crashes\, and the arcade music accompanying the games. \nCome Experience the arcade that never was …
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/the-speed-trials-arcade/
LOCATION:TN
CATEGORIES:430
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20180425T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20180425T153000
DTSTAMP:20260518T124945
CREATED:20180418T182613Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180420T212034Z
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SUMMARY:Super Secrets
DESCRIPTION:A play written and performed by the students of Crosstown Youth Theatre. \n  \n 
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/super-secrets/
LOCATION:Rhodes McCoy Theater\, 2000 N. Parkway\, Memphis\, TN\, 38112\, United States
CATEGORIES:Programs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20180426T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20180426T150000
DTSTAMP:20260518T124945
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SUMMARY:Crosstown Arts Resident Artist Talks
DESCRIPTION:Resident artists Averell Mondie\, Vanessa Gonzalez\, Josh Short\, and Carrie Rubinstein will discuss their work. \nAbout the artists:\nAverell Mondie hails from Memphis\, TN. His self-taught photography focuses on portraiture\, street photography\, and photojournalism. Averell strives daily to capture city life\, particularly in his hometown\, in a unique gritty\, moody\, and minimalist style. \nSpurred often by galvanizing community development\, Averell walks\, bikes\, and buses through the corridors and alleys of Memphis\, chasing light and exploring relics deeply rooted in the city’s past. His style becomes more defined daily\, composing many of his shots with a cinematic frame\, focusing on low light\, aggressive shadows\, and desaturated tone. \nVanessa Gonzalez is a printmaker who uses mixed media in her art work. She was born in Laredo Texas and raised in Leon Mexico. Gonzalez was exposed to Latino art and culture from an early age\, which inspired her to become passionate to its rich cultural traditions. Vanessa is currently living in Memphis TN\, where she earned her Masters Degree in Fine Arts at Memphis College of Art and is an elementary school art teacher at a charter school. Vanessa’s work has being exhibited not only in the United States but also internationally in Mexico\, Australia\, and Germany. \nJoshua Short‘s work blurs the line between audience\, artwork\, and performer\, inviting the viewer to complete the art. Much like the all-American spectacle of pro-wrestling\, the audience is part of the performance. The action of entering into the artwork as a participant generates a more authentic experience by suspending the social filters that we carry into everyday life. Short uses cultural detritus as a point of departure. The inherited meanings found within cast-off objects combined with his artistic sensibilities creates an altered space that frames contemporary American Mythologies and Rituals. \nCarrie Rubinstein is a Brooklyn-based sculptor who creates life-sized installations from paper with pen and ink. She earned her B.A. in Studio Art from Smith College\, a Post Baccalaureate degree in Sculpture from Brandeis University\, and her M.F.A. in Sculpture from Hunter College with an exchange semester at L’École des Beaux Arts in Paris. In 2013\, she was a sculpture resident at the Vermont Studio Center. This experience generated early work for Retrofit\, a full room installation made entirely from paper through drawings\, hollow constructed forms\, and casting. Brooklyn’s Rhombus Space presented Retrofit\, which was Rubinstein’s first NYC solo show\, and she was their August 2015 artist-in residence. In June 2017\, Rubinstein created the paper installation\, Found Underground\, at Hunter College’s Thomas Hunter Project Space in Manhattan. In September 2017\, Retrofit traveled to the Krasl Art Center in St. Joseph\, MI. This was Rubinstein’s first solo museum show. Other notable NYC based group shows include exhibitions at Arts@Renaissance\, Brooklyn Museum’s Go Open Studio Project\, A.I.R. Gallery\, Orgy Park\, and The Roger Smith Hotel.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/crosstown-arts-resident-artist-talks-2/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts Galleries\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Gallery
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20180427T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20180427T150000
DTSTAMP:20260518T124945
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SUMMARY:Booksigning for "After the Dust Clears"
DESCRIPTION:Authors El and Zina Henry sign and share intimate stories from their new book\, After the Dust Clears\, a memoir on the pain of infidelity. \nBooks will be available for sale. \nOrganized by the authors
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/booksigning-for-after-the-dust-clears/
LOCATION:TN
CATEGORIES:430
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SUMMARY:Shoot & Splice: LensRentals.com Demo
DESCRIPTION:Monthly filmmaking forum hosted by Indie Memphis and Crosstown Arts. \nJoin Indie Memphis and Crosstown Arts as we welcome our friends from LensRentals.com. They will provide a camera and lens demonstration\, and they’ll showcase some of their latest gear. \nLensRentals.com is also a sponsor of the Indie Memphis IndieGrant program\, now entering its fifth year. The latest news on IndieGrants and call for submissions will also be announced soon. \nDoors at 6:30 pm | demo begins at 7 pm
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/shoot-splice-4/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, East Atrium\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, United States
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SUMMARY:MicroCinema Club
DESCRIPTION:Monthly short film screening series\, presented by Indie Memphis & Crosstown Arts. \nThis month: Live From Memphis Retrospective\nAn homage of over 10+ years of films\, projects\, and events from Live From Memphis — a volunteer organization in support of music\, film\, and art from local creatives. This is a pay-what-you-can event\, with proceeds going to Sarah Fleming and Chris Reyes’ legal fund during their fight to save their home from the Aparium Hotel Group. \nDoors at 6:30 pm | Screening at 7 pm.\nAdmission is pay-what-you-can.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/microcinema-club-17/
LOCATION:TN
CATEGORIES:430
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SUMMARY:Voices Up! On Feminism & Respect
DESCRIPTION:Spoken word performance on theme of feminism and respect. Hosted by poets Janay Kelley and Nadifah Rasheed. \nRefreshments sold by So Nuts and Confections \nThirty spots available for performers. To sign up\, email jazmin@crosstownarts.org. \nPlease list “Voices Up!” in the subject line of your email\, plus your name\, age\, and title of the spoken word piece that you will perform. \nThe guidelines: \n\nSubject matter must pertain to feminism and/or respect.\nPerformers must be 13 and up.\nEach performance has a three-minute time limit.\nIndividual and group sign-ups are welcome. One group counts as one sign-up.\nThis event is not a competitive slam. Think “showcase.”\nThe first 30 individuals/groups to email jazmin@crosstownarts.org will be listed in the line-up. Fifteen spots are reserved for teens. A waiting list will be kept in case performers cancel.\nRemember that kids will be present. Chose your (strong) words wisely.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/voices-up-on-feminism-respect/
LOCATION:Crosstown Concourse\, Big Stair\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, 2nd floor Central Atrium\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Programs
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SUMMARY:Raise Your Voice
DESCRIPTION:A Friendship Commanders Tour\nRock + Voter Registration \nFeaturing performances by Negro Terror\, Friendship Commanders\, and Blood Like Wine. \nAll ages welcome. Listen to music and register to vote. \n$7 cover
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/raise-your-voice/
LOCATION:TN
CATEGORIES:430
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20180505T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20180505T160000
DTSTAMP:20260518T124945
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SUMMARY:Cahoots
DESCRIPTION:A collaborative exhibition of painters from the University of Memphis. \nFeaturing work by Trudy Blackwell Goff\, Megan Chen\, Ivy-Jade Edwards\, Robert Fairchild\, Cameron Mallory\, Travis Washington\, Ras Rossetti\, Stephanie Curry\, and Jeff Carter.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/cahoots/
LOCATION:TN
CATEGORIES:430
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20180508T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20180508T150000
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SUMMARY:Open Crit
DESCRIPTION:Facilitator – Carrie Rubinstein\n\nPresenting Artists – Shabrika Randle\, Alzavier Brown\, Alex Paulus\, Joy Murray \n\n\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-25/
LOCATION:TN
CATEGORIES:430,Programs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20180510T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20180510T140000
DTSTAMP:20260518T124945
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LAST-MODIFIED:20180419T203855Z
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SUMMARY:Goodnight My Love: Closing Reception
DESCRIPTION:Closing reception for Goodnight My Love\, an exhibition of photographs from the Ernest Withers collection\, including works from Dr. Withers’ vast archive of more than one million negatives that have never been seen by the public. \nBooks of photography from the exhibition will be sold at the closing reception. \n\nAbout the artist:\nErnest Columbus Withers (1922-2007) was a freelance photojournalist in Memphis\, Tennessee and captured nearly 60 years of cultural history. \nBorn and raised in Memphis to Arthur and Pearl Withers\, Ernest was the fifth of six children. Ernest Withers’ love of photography was sparked when he received his first camera\, a hand-me-down gift from his sister when he was a young boy. When Withers enlisted in the army in 1942\, he was trained as a military photographer and learned darkroom development while serving in the South Pacific during World War II. \nAfter returning home to Memphis\, Withers was one of the first nine African Americans appointed to the Memphis Police Department and was given a beat right on Beale Street. While working as a police officer\, Withers continued to pursue his career as a photographer and in the 1950s\, he helped spur the movement for equal rights with a self-published photo pamphlet on the Emmitt Till murder and trial. Unfortunately\, Withers’ popularity as a photographer compromised his position as a police officer and eventually led to him leaving the Memphis Police Department. \nWithers’ collection includes pictures of early performances of Elvis Presley\, B.B. King\, Ike and Tina Turner\, Ray Charles\, Aretha Franklin\, Isaac Hayes\, Howlin’ Wolf\, and the list goes on and on. Many locals knew of Ernest Withers as “The Picture Taker” because he never went anywhere without his camera. He photographed the day to day life\, backyard get-togethers\, family reunions\, weddings\, proms\, and much more. \nIn his more than 60-year career\, Withers accumulated a collection of an estimated 1.8 million photographs; his works appeared in The New York Times\, The Washington Post\, The TriState Defender\, the Pittsburgh Courier\, Jet\, Ebony\, Newsweek\, Life\, People\, and Time\, and have been featured in touring exhibits and shows around the world. The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington D.C. currently displays over 30 of Ernest C. Withers’ images. \nFor his life’s work\, Withers was elected to the Black Press Hall of Fame and received an honorary doctorate from the Massachusetts College of Art. Withers had nine children and married his high school sweetheart\, Dorothy Curry. Ernest C. Withers passed away on Monday\, October 15\, 2007\, at the age of eighty-five. You can see his work at The Withers Collection Museum and Gallery in Memphis at 333 Beale Street.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/goodnight-my-love-closing-reception/
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:20180511T170000
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SUMMARY:Sound Observations: Maria Chavez & Christina Carter
DESCRIPTION:A musical performance and lecture series presented by Sonosphere in collaboration with Crosstown Arts \nMaria Chavez\, an abstract turntablist/sound artist/DJ of Lima\, Peru\, and vocalist/guitarist/pianist Christina Carter will collaborate on a performance. \nFree and open to the public (reserve free ticket on Eventbrite)\nDoors at 7:30 pm | concert at 8 pm \n\nAbout Sound Observations:\nIn this four-part series highlighting new explorations in sound\, musicians\, composers\, and scholars from across the country will showcase their unique talents through performances and lectures. Listen and experience sound as art through a variety of different approaches and mediums. \n\n\n\nAbout the artists:\nSound artist Maria Chavez utilizes accidents\, coincidence\, and failures to unite her sound sculptures\, installations\, and other works with her solo turntable performance practice. Routledge Press chose Maria to be on the cover of the latest edition of their Electronic and Experimental textbook that is distributed widely throughout academia. The book is used in universities and music programs all over the world as a first-year course for students interested in the world of avant garde and electronic sound practice. \nMaria wrote her first book on her unique approach to abstract turntablism in 2012 titled\, OF TECHNIQUE: Chance Procedures on Turntable (currently out of stock)\, a book of essays and illustrations that guide the novice turntablist to explore the world of needles and vinyl through the lens of deterioration\, destruction\, and the unexpected. \nMaria regularly teaches workshops introducing students to her turntable practice all over the world and has been a research fellow with the Sound Practice Research Department of Goldsmith’s University of London since 2015. \nShe presents lectures on sound art\, improvisation\, multi-channel speaker installation practice\, most recently for Rhode Island School of Design (RISD)\, Stony Brook University\, the Contemporary Arts Museum-Houston\, Berklee College-Valencia\, Spain and others later in the fall/winter season. \nChristina Carter was born in the bayou city of Houston\, Texas in November of 1968\, and co-founded the group Charalambides there in December of 1991. Ever since\, she has deeply mined her own vein of art-as-music with voice\, guitar\, and piano. For the past several years\, Christina has utilized extended improvisational guitar passages within and without song-medley structures\, and recently\, investigated ‘the song’ as a thing unto itself\, specifically concentrating on ‘the word’- both in her own lyric writing and her interpretations of the work of other lyricists. In addition to performing extensively in the US\, UK\, and Europe as a solo artist\, Christina has played and recorded in various groups and duos with Heather Leigh Murray (as Scorces)\, Maria Chavez\, Loren Connors\, Chris Corsano\, Dredd Foole\, Sandy Ewen\, Paul Flaherty and Thurston Moore. \n\nAbout Sonosphere:\nSonosphere is a Memphis-based podcast aimed at exploring sound in music and art movements through history and today. Past podcasts have featured ICEBERG New Music Collective\, John Cage\, Martin Heyne\, and Memphis Concrete\, among other artists and music events.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/sound-observations-maria-chavez-christina-carter/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts East Atrium\, 1350 Concourse Avenue\, Memphis\, TN\, United States
CATEGORIES:Programs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20180512T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20180512T160000
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SUMMARY:The Music of Grant Green
DESCRIPTION:Free and open to the public (register here)\nDoors at 5:30 pm | performance at 6 pm \nJazz tribute to the music of Grant Green\, featuring Joe Restivo (guitar)\, Alvie Givhan (piano)\, Tim Goodwin (acoustic bass)\, and Pee Wee Jackson (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. \nGrant Green was an American jazz guitarist and composer. Recording prolifically and mainly for Blue Note Records as both leader and sideman\, Green performed in the hard bop\, soul jazz\, bebop\, and Latin-tinged idioms throughout his career. \n\nAbout Joe Restivo:\nJoe Restivo is a guitar player with over 25 years of professional experience as a performer. He is a graduate of the prestigious Jazz and Contemporary Music Program at New School University. While in New York he performed and studied with such jazz luminaries as Jack Wilkins\, Junior Mance\, Cecil Bridgewater\, and Phil Markowitz. Heavily influenced and inspired by stylistically diverse soul and jazz guitarists such as Wes Montgomery\, Tal Farlow\, Steve Cropper\, and Reggie Young\, Joe has developed into a thoroughly in-demand guitarist and composer in Memphis. \n\n\n\nAbout Strictly Jazz Entertainment:\nStrictly Jazz Entertainment is committed to cultivating a growing community in the knowledge and appreciation of jazz. We facilitate dialogue and collaboration between the devoted supporters of jazz and the brand new constituents – those new to the genre – for the furthering of the jazz community. We provide a bridge between leading artists and a community that typically does not embrace jazz by promoting concerts in various venues to generate an atmosphere that is viable for the absorption of pure jazz.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/the-music-of-grant-green/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts Galleries\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Gallery
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20180516T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20180516T160000
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SUMMARY:Indie Wednesdays
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: Are We Not Cats — New Yorker Eli (Michael Patrick Nicholson) loses his girlfriend\, home\, and job in less than 24 hours. After landing a job transporting car parts upstate to make some quick cash\, he meets Anya (Chelsea Lopez)\, a young woman who shares his fetish for eating hair. In this gorgeously lensed oddball debut of Xander Robin\, expanded from his celebrated short film\, a slow building\, nerve-racking body horror plot is rapped in the concerns of indie rom coms\, with potentially grotesque situations giving way to oddly heartwarming moments of mutual appreciation among these two subterranean New York outliers. \nPreceded by the short film Lance Lizardi. \nAdmission is pay-what-you-can | Presented by Orion \n 
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/indie-wednesdays/
LOCATION:TN
CATEGORIES:430
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20180517T160000
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SUMMARY:Little Women
DESCRIPTION:An exhibition and performance by Nubia Yasin \nFeaturing Madaame Frankie\nCurated by Lawrence Matthews \nExhibition opens at 7 pm | performance at 8 pm \n\nExhibition Statement\nI’m a host of things\, but most inescapably\, I’m a black woman. Born of two black parents\, in a country like this one.  \nThe journey it takes to go from black girl to black woman is unlike any other coming of age story; it’s one that is more deeply rooted in trauma then I would like to admit. Before even realizing this fact\, I was writing about it. Writing poem after poem about girls learning silence from their mothers\, who learned it from their mothers. Generation after generation of women who grow smaller and smaller in the face of their demons. I wanted to make a body of work that gave these women (and myself) room to stretch\, to talk\, to release. Little Women is meant to “open the blinds” so to speak.  \nFeaturing the old family photos is meant to contrast the outward appearance of growing up\, which is fairly innocent\, with the reality of trauma. It’s set in a living room because\, often times\, that’s where the breaking of our women happens: in our own homes. Due to a constant cycle of shame and secrecy\, it’s an unfortunate truth that what happens in our homes stays in our homes for the most part.  \nEvery story in Little Women is a story about a girl who looks like me\, who is me. This isn’t just my story … it’s our story. \n\nArtist Statement\nMy work\, whether it be poetry\, film\, or photography\, is meant to give an honest and uncompromising glimpse into what it is to be black in America: the tragedy of it\, the triumph of it\, the nuance and layers. I think that too often\, black bodies are used to fill space\, to meet a quota\, to make a point. To write about two black people falling in love is immediately seen as radical or political\, never mind the fact that black people fall in love every day\, void of commentary. Every day\, black folk live their lives\, laugh\, cry\, fight\, and eat meals with one other without referencing the grand trauma of being Black in America\, without referencing the White Man.  \nThough I see the point in creating political work (and do so often)\, I feel it’s just as important to create work that simply speaks to the black existence without referencing whiteness at all. What I want to expose is the sociology of blackness\, the parts of us that make us beautifully\, agonizingly\, terrifyingly\, and gloriously human.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/little-women/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, Screening Room\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Gallery
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SUMMARY:Wish Book: Screening of James Benning's L. Cohen
DESCRIPTION:Screening of L. Cohen (2017) by artist James Benning. 45 minutes. \nThe film will screen at 1 pm\, 2 pm\, 3 pm\, 4 pm\, and 5 pm. \nSign up for a screening\n  \nCurated by Terri Phillips and 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. \n\nAbout the Artist:\nJames Benning has sometimes been referred to as a “filmmaker’s filmmaker”\, though he might prefer the more succinct “artist.” Alternately telescopic and microscopic\, his work often explores the American landscape and its social and environmental histories\, observing the movements and moments which characterize it in endlessly mutable patterns. \nEqually painterly\, sculptural\, and literate\, his films combine elements of sound and image in ways which invite interpretation through a uniquely cinematic immersion. Landscape is a function of time\, according to Benning\, and duration plays an important role in a viewer’s experience of his films\, endowing most of the work with distinctly cumulative effects. \nThe film’s narratives are generated by the highly subjective experience of prolonged observation. The rigorous formality of his approach generates meditations on place and memory\, prompting viewers to look more closely and differently at the spaces we inhabit. \nIn an environment increasingly mapped out by remote third party GPS systems\, Benning’s work reminds us what it is to see for ourselves. Benning began making films in the 1970s. Wish Book presents a selection of his most recent work\, much of which revisits and expands upon themes and motifs consistent throughout his oeuvre.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/wish-book-screening-of-james-bennings-l-cohen/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, Screening Room\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Gallery
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SUMMARY:Wish Book: James Benning
DESCRIPTION:Selected work by James Benning | Curated by Terri Phillips and Brian Pera \nLocations: Screening Room\, East Atrium\, & 430 gallery \nReception:\nSaturday\, May 19\, 7 pm — 430 N. Cleveland\nReception\, filmmaker Q&A\, and screening of measuring change (60 min)\, 2016\n \nScreening Times (Screening Room):\nFriday\, May 18 — L. Cohen (45 min)\, 2017 (sign up for a screening)\nSaturday\, May 19 —  Ash 01 (20 min)\, 2016 (sign up for a screening)\nSunday\, May 20 — READERS (108 min)\, 2017 (sign up for a screening) \nEast Atrium: \nScreenings of James Benning’s 52 Films project \n\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. \n\nAbout the Artist:\nJames Benning has sometimes been referred to as a “filmmaker’s filmmaker”\, though he might prefer the more succinct “artist.” Alternately telescopic and microscopic\, his work often explores the American landscape and its social and environmental histories\, observing the movements and moments which characterize it in endlessly mutable patterns. \nEqually painterly\, sculptural\, and literate\, his films combine elements of sound and image in ways which invite interpretation through a uniquely cinematic immersion. Landscape is a function of time\, according to Benning\, and duration plays an important role in a viewer’s experience of his films\, endowing most of the work with distinctly cumulative effects. \nThe film’s narratives are generated by the highly subjective experience of prolonged observation. The rigorous formality of his approach generates meditations on place and memory\, prompting viewers to look more closely and differently at the spaces we inhabit. \nIn an environment increasingly mapped out by remote third party GPS systems\, Benning’s work reminds us what it is to see for ourselves. Benning began making films in the 1970s. Wish Book presents a selection of his most recent work\, much of which revisits and expands upon themes and motifs consistent throughout his oeuvre.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/wish-book-james-benning/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, Screening Room\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
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SUMMARY:Wish Book: Screenings of James Benning's Ash 01
DESCRIPTION:Screenings of Ash 01 (2016) by artist James Benning. 20 minutes. \nThe film will screen at 1 pm\, 2 pm\,  3 pm\,  4 pm\, and 5 pm. \nSign up for a screening time\n  \nCurated by Terri Phillips and 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. \n\nAbout the Artist:\nJames Benning has sometimes been referred to as a “filmmaker’s filmmaker”\, though he might prefer the more succinct “artist.” Alternately telescopic and microscopic\, his work often explores the American landscape and its social and environmental histories\, observing the movements and moments which characterize it in endlessly mutable patterns. \nEqually painterly\, sculptural\, and literate\, his films combine elements of sound and image in ways which invite interpretation through a uniquely cinematic immersion. Landscape is a function of time\, according to Benning\, and duration plays an important role in a viewer’s experience of his films\, endowing most of the work with distinctly cumulative effects. \nThe film’s narratives are generated by the highly subjective experience of prolonged observation. The rigorous formality of his approach generates meditations on place and memory\, prompting viewers to look more closely and differently at the spaces we inhabit. \nIn an environment increasingly mapped out by remote third party GPS systems\, Benning’s work reminds us what it is to see for ourselves. Benning began making films in the 1970s. Wish Book presents a selection of his most recent work\, much of which revisits and expands upon themes and motifs consistent throughout his oeuvre.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/wish-book-screenings-of-james-bennings-ash-01/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, Screening Room\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
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SUMMARY:Wish Book: James Benning Reception & Screening
DESCRIPTION:Opening reception for selected work by James Benning | Curated by Terri Phillips and Brian Pera \nReception\, filmmaker Q&A\, and screening of measuring change (60 min)\, 2016 \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. \n\nAbout the Artist:\nJames Benning has sometimes been referred to as a “filmmaker’s filmmaker”\, though he might prefer the more succinct “artist.” Alternately telescopic and microscopic\, his work often explores the American landscape and its social and environmental histories\, observing the movements and moments which characterize it in endlessly mutable patterns. \nEqually painterly\, sculptural\, and literate\, his films combine elements of sound and image in ways which invite interpretation through a uniquely cinematic immersion. Landscape is a function of time\, according to Benning\, and duration plays an important role in a viewer’s experience of his films\, endowing most of the work with distinctly cumulative effects. \nThe film’s narratives are generated by the highly subjective experience of prolonged observation. The rigorous formality of his approach generates meditations on place and memory\, prompting viewers to look more closely and differently at the spaces we inhabit. \nIn an environment increasingly mapped out by remote third party GPS systems\, Benning’s work reminds us what it is to see for ourselves. Benning began making films in the 1970s. Wish Book presents a selection of his most recent work\, much of which revisits and expands upon themes and motifs consistent throughout his oeuvre.
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