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SUMMARY:Maestras: A Night for Women's Art
DESCRIPTION:An initial event to encourage the display and support for women artists. Sometimes women want a special moment to tell the world our thoughts and dreams.  Featured works from Barbara J. Lester\, Lurlynn Franklin\, Dawn Kimble\, and Beverly Dorsey. \nExhibition organized by WfPAC for Privy Concepts
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/maestras-a-night-for-womens-art/
CATEGORIES:430
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SUMMARY:The Paw Project Film Screening
DESCRIPTION:Join Memphis Pets Alive! for a special screening of The Paw Project\, a documentary whose organizational mission is to educate the public about the painful and crippling effects of cat declawing\, to promote animal welfare by ending the practice of declaw surgery\, and to rehabilitate declawed big cats. Doors will open at 6:30 and the film will begin at 7:00 (and last approximately one hour). Light snacks will be available as well as beverages [donations are accepted and encouraged!]. \nPresale tickets will be available for $5.00 and we will sell tickets at the door as well\, but keep in mind seating is limited! Thank you to the Paw Project for allowing us to share this film with the Memphis community and your support in doing so!\n\nABOUT THE FILM\nIn the United States today\, six out of ten pet owners consider their pets to be family members. Today\, 36\,117\,000 households have a pet cat in the home. (” U.S. Pet Ownership Statistics.” U.S. Pet Ownership Statistics. N.p.\, n.d. Web. 22 July 2011.) Currently\, approximately 25% of these cats are declawed. While cat owners are unaware of the true nature of this surgery. They are never told that it is an amputation of the last toe bones in a cat’s paw; and it actually does more harm than good. \nTHE PAW PROJECT is a documentary that takes us inside the issue. Sharing testimony from industry professionals and pet-owners alike\, THE PAW PROJECT examines the emotional and physical cost that a cat pays when declawed; and reveals the profit that the procedure generates for veterinary doctors across the nation. Despite the physical and behavioral harm inflicted on cats that are declawed\, many veterinarians continue to recommend the procedure\, which costs upwards of $900.00 per hour – even for very young kittens. \nVeterinarian Dr. Jennifer Conrad wants it stop. While it often puts her at odds with many in her professional field\, she continues to lead the struggle. Step by step\, the film follows Conrad as she refutes arguments from representatives of the California Veterinary Medical Association (CVMA)\, and the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA)\, all in her effort to protect the well being of these felines. THE PAW PROJECT chronicles her journey from her work as an exotic animal veterinarian in Hollywood to legislative hearings\, where she urges elected officials to ban declawing. \nFor more information\, please visit www.pawproject.org.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/the-paw-project-film-screening/
CATEGORIES:430
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20160608T140000
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SUMMARY:Working Writer's Cocktail Hour\, 4th edition
DESCRIPTION:In the interests of further cultivating and connecting the writing community of Memphis\, story booth is hosting the fourth edition of Crosstown Arts‘ Working Writers’ Cocktail Hour\, on Wednesday\, June 8\, from 5:30 to 7 pm\, in conjunction with sponsor Memphis Daily News. \nAll writers who live and work in Memphis–whether writers of poetry\, fiction\, creative nonfiction\, screenwriting\, playwriting\, journalism\, art writing\, music writing—are invited to visit story booth for an hour (or so) to do what it normally takes an expensive conference to make happen during the down-times: bring a group of writers together to mingle\, have a drink\, and make connections with other working writers they may or may not have known before. The founding idea of San Francisco Writers’ Grotto serves as some inspiration here: “Our original hypothesis–that community nurtures productivity–has proven abundantly true.” \nWhether your day-job is writing-related or not–if you work at writing\, this means you. \nThis event is free. story booth’s address is 438 N. Cleveland Ave. \nFor more information on story booth or Crosstown Arts\, call Nat Akin at 901.573.8444\, or visit crosstownarts.org.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/working-writers-cocktail-hour-4th-edition/
LOCATION:story booth\, 438 N. Cleveland St.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20160607T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20160607T160000
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SUMMARY:Shoot & Splice
DESCRIPTION:Film professionals Eldon Holliday (Memphis Public Library & Information Center); Chad Schaffler (filmmaker); Danielle Smith (The Withers Museum) and Jonathan Thomason (Master Video) will discuss research\, licensing\, transferring\, and other topics related to the use of historical documents and media. \nMonthly filmmaking forum presented by Crosstown Arts & Indie Memphis
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/shoot-splice-3/
CATEGORIES:430,Programs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20160605T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20160605T120000
DTSTAMP:20260518T131619
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SUMMARY:Desert Migration (Outflix Film Festival)
DESCRIPTION:Saved by the introduction of protease inhibitors in the mid-1990s\, many HIV positive men needed to rebuild the lives they thought they’d never be able to live. In an effort to reach equilibrium with the virus inside them\, some migrated to Southern California’s Palm Springs in the hope of finding a healing desert oasis. But is this environment\, with its tolerant population and constant sunshine\, enough to eradicate the grief they carry within them\, and strengthen them against the medications slowly poisoning their bodies? \n\nDirected by Daniel F. Cardone\nUSA | 80 minutes | 2015 \nFilm Screening with panel discussion to follow. \n\n\n\n\nOutflix Ticket Website: http://outflixfestival.org/events/desert-migration/\nMovie Website: www.desertmigrationmovie.com\n Synopsis: http://desertmigrationmovie.com/synopsis
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/desert-migration-outflix-film-festival/
CATEGORIES:430
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20160604T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20160604T170000
DTSTAMP:20260518T131619
CREATED:20160524T195303Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160524T195323Z
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SUMMARY:Crosstown Beans
DESCRIPTION:Hip-hop showcase
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/crosstown-beans/
CATEGORIES:430
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20160603T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20160603T150000
DTSTAMP:20260518T131619
CREATED:20160524T195123Z
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SUMMARY:Brushes & Wings
DESCRIPTION:Art show featuring Darrell Jones & Jamond Bullock \nPlus special guest artists \nRSVP: info@roughfeathers.com \nPresented by Rough Feathers Clothing
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/brushes-wings/
CATEGORIES:430
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20160603T050000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20160729T170000
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SUMMARY:The Moonpie Project presents Lauren Asta
DESCRIPTION:On view through July 29 \n\n                 \n\n\n    \nLauren Asta is a San Francisco-based artist specializing in illustration\, oddity art\, doodle art\, street art and murals. Her art studio is known as the Arthole and is located in Alameda\, California. Her murals are all hand painted without any aid of a sketch or projector. She works completely free hand. Currently she is on a tour across the United States attacking any wall she can get her hands on to paint murals (indoor and/or outdoor). \nYou can follow her progress on instagram: @lauren_asta or on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LalaAsta. \nThe Moonpie Project is an ongoing\, rotating mural series curated by Michael Roy in memory of muralist Brad Wells \nOrganized in collaboration with Crosstown Arts
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/the-moonpie-project-presents-lauren-asta/
LOCATION:Crosstown Alley\, 430 N. Cleveland
CATEGORIES:Programs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20160527T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20160527T173000
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SUMMARY:ALERO by Don Lifted
DESCRIPTION:Lawrence “Don Lifted” Matthews will be sharing the final mixes of his long awaited project “Alero.” The album will be accompanied by two abstract short films that inspired each song’s musical aesthetic. \nThere will also be a short artist talk with Q&A and more surprises. \nThe 9 track album is fairly short and will start at exactly 9:30 pm. \nFacebook event \nArtist Website 
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/alero-by-don-lifted/
CATEGORIES:430
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20160526T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20160526T160000
DTSTAMP:20260518T131619
CREATED:20160427T153334Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160427T153620Z
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SUMMARY:Ihcilon + The Family Ghost
DESCRIPTION:Drone/dark ambient artist Ihcilon with the synthesizer-infused post-punk group The Family Ghost followed by a freestyle collaboration between the two acts. \nFree show\nDoors at 6pm\, music at 7 pm \nIhcilon: Often described as abstract\, experimental\, dark\, strange and distorted electronic tones. ihcilon.bandcamp.com \nThe Family Ghost: One of the longest running post-punk bands in Memphis. Known for their high energy\, melodic instrumentation\, and unexpected sounds. thefamilyghost.bandcamp.com
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/angry-young-computer-with-special-guests/
CATEGORIES:430
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20160524T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20160524T160000
DTSTAMP:20260518T131619
CREATED:20160427T151426Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160427T151602Z
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SUMMARY:If a Tree Falls
DESCRIPTION:What happens when 8 artists from different backgrounds and mediums are given identical giant cross-section of the same tree? \nGroup exhibition organized by Cara Di Stefano
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/if-a-tree-falls/
CATEGORIES:430
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20160521T070000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20160521T130000
DTSTAMP:20260518T131619
CREATED:20160427T152353Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160503T182741Z
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SUMMARY:Rod Kirby Show: A Volatile Mix of Creativity and Imagination
DESCRIPTION:Featuring fine art\, photography\, and multimedia from artist & photographer\, Rod Kirby.\nLight refreshments available. \nOrganized by the artist 
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/rod-kirby-show-a-volatile-mix-of-creativity-and-imagination/
CATEGORIES:430
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20160520T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20160520T160000
DTSTAMP:20260518T131619
CREATED:20160512T194930Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160512T195155Z
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SUMMARY:Six Points
DESCRIPTION:On view: Wednesday-Friday\, May 18-20 from 10-6pm\nClosing event: Friday\, May 20 from 6-9pm\nSix Points is anchored by Six Chairs by six Memphis artists: Mary K VanGieson\, Jennifer Sargent\, Carrol McTyre\, Paula Kovarik\, Mary Jo Karimnia and Kerri Dugan\, who have been meeting monthly for the past year\, in each other’s homes and studios\, to share artwork\, food and conversation. In addition\, each artist has created an individual piece for the show. The work is as much about coming together as it is about individuality and is a reflection of the comradery\, support and elevated level of excellence we are currently feeling in our local visual arts culture. Please come and celebrate with us! \nThe exhibition is organized by the artists. \nLearn more about Six Points
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/six-points/
CATEGORIES:430
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20160519T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20160519T160000
DTSTAMP:20260518T131619
CREATED:20160509T182448Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160509T185207Z
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SUMMARY:Spillit & Crosstown Arts present: Dear Diary
DESCRIPTION:Come witness Spillit’s collaboration with Crosstown Arts: Pecha Kucha Night – Dear Diary \nYou asked\, we listened. Here’s what to do: \n1. Bust out your old diaries from childhood and adolescence and pick out golden entries. Awkward\, sweet\, idiotic\, embarassingly hopeful… you get the idea. \n2. Pick 20 images that will be slides to go along with your diary reading. You’ll have twenty seconds per slide\, making your presentation six minutes and forty seconds of glory. \nInterested in presenting? Email Emily Halpern: emily@crosstownarts.org \nLink to example presentation:\nhttps://vimeo.com/album/3464881/video/68457336
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/spillit-crosstown-arts-present-dear-diary/
LOCATION:Amurica\, 410 N. Cleveland\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Programs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20160517T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20160517T150000
DTSTAMP:20260518T131619
CREATED:20160303T192908Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160412T153051Z
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SUMMARY:Hustle: Website Design & Management
DESCRIPTION:Making artwork is the best part of an art career but promoting your work can be a critical key to success. Demystify the process of promoting yourself through a website and complementary social media strategies. Learn how to do it yourself or what to consider when hiring a professional. \nProgram begins at 6 pm\nComplimentary food and drinks  \nHustle: professional development for artists is a free program organized by ArtsMemphis\, UrbanArt Commission\, and Crosstown Arts. The series will provide visual artists with information\, resources\, and opportunities to support them in the development of their professional careers. Workshop topics will range from positive studio practices to pricing work and navigating gallery representation. Questions? Contact Mary Jo Karimnia at maryjo@crosstownarts.org
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/hustle-website-design-management/
CATEGORIES:Programs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20160513T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20160513T160000
DTSTAMP:20260518T131619
CREATED:20160426T200102Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160426T200102Z
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SUMMARY:Galleria Oscuro
DESCRIPTION:Group show of work by Steven Crowe\, Wess Loudenslager\, and Kyoku Kashu \nOrganized by Silent Scream Enterprises
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/galleria-oscuro/
CATEGORIES:430
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20160512T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20160512T150000
DTSTAMP:20260518T131619
CREATED:20160502T162921Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160502T164012Z
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SUMMARY:Woodworking Show
DESCRIPTION:Peruse fine woodworking designed and handcrafted by Caleb Sweazy right here in Memphis\, Tennessee. \nOrganized by Caleb Sweazy 
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/woodworking-show/
LOCATION:story booth\, 438 N. Cleveland St.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20160510T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20160510T150000
DTSTAMP:20260518T131619
CREATED:20151215T182353Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160426T195734Z
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SUMMARY:Open Crit
DESCRIPTION:Artist installation 5-6 pm\nDiscussion 6-8 pm \nCrosstown 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. \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. \n\nTo participate\, artists can sign up here: \nOpen Crit Request form \n  \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. \nOrganized by Crosstown Arts in partnership with ArtsMemphis ArtsAccelerator.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/open-crit-may/
CATEGORIES:Programs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20160509T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20160509T170000
DTSTAMP:20260518T131619
CREATED:20160315T200159Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160427T151047Z
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SUMMARY:Microcinema Club
DESCRIPTION:Monthly short film screening series presented by Indie Memphis and Crosstown Arts \nMay program: Best of Indie Memphis Film Festival After Dark Shorts \n7 pm doors open | 7:30 pm screening | Pay-what-you can admission | Free food & drinks \nSUPPORTED BY ARTSMEMPHIS AND THE FIRST TENNESSEE FOUNDATION | ARTSFIRST
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/microcinema-club-4/
CATEGORIES:430,Programs
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20160507T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20160507T160000
DTSTAMP:20260518T131619
CREATED:20160426T194431Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160426T194438Z
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SUMMARY:NJ Woods: House Keys
DESCRIPTION:“House Keys\,” New works by N.J. Woods celebrating one of the most fundamental needs for all people: shelter. This exhibition will feature collages of ordinary wood keys\, a tool made to tighten stretched canvas\, repurposed varying bands of warm colors. N.J.’s genre paintings on canvas will also be on display\, Saturday\, May 7th\, at Crosstown Arts\, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. \nN.J. Woods \nInspired by her Memphis upbringing and Mississippi relatives\, NJ Woods paints scenes of rustic life from memory and imagination. NJ’s distinctive creativity blossomed by watching her father Yancy paint in the middle room of their shotgun home. Where\, as the third born of nine children\, NJ used tempera paint to scribble pictures on the windows. She’s since traded in the tempera for acrylic and window panes\, for canvas.\nNJ grew up in the shotgun littered community of Orange Mound\, the first African-American neighborhood built by African-Americans in the United States. Most of her work revolves around the shotgun house and its imprint on the African-American and Southern experience.\nHer primitive style of painting\, heavily influenced by visits to her Grandma Sarah’s house in Coldwater\, MS and other country relatives\, often reflects the dichotomy of city life juxtaposed with rural traditions and stories. These stories transferred onto the canvas\, typify slices of life during the sharecropping and civil rights eras marked by her adroit use of emotive colors\, folksy compositions and poetic titles. NJ’s subject matter and style is often compared to renowned artists Carroll Cloar and Clementine Hunter.\nAlthough NJ’s been painting professionally for more than 12 years\, just before her work really began to sell she was a home health attendant for several years. Today\, NJ’s work has been shown in several galleries around the country — Tennessee\, Mississippi\, Texas and New York\, to name a few. Her work has been exhibited at Dixon Gallery and Gardens Museum and the Brooks Museum\, both in Memphis\, Tennessee. In August 2008\, NJ was invited to be a guest lecturer for the Lunch and Learn series at the Dixon Gallery and Gardens\, during the Ancestry and Innovation: African American Art from the American Folk Art Museum exhibition. She opened her first temporary pop-up gallery in 2013 through the MEMShop incubation program\, where she introduced and exhibited her own work and art from established and emerging artists to the community in the Broad Avenue Arts district. You can see her latest public art project in her neighborhood\, titled “Headshots”\, an abstract\, geo-centric mural at Jackson and Evergreen in the Vollintine and Evergreen community. NJ plans to do more public art work projects in the future to expand her practice.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/nj-woods-house-keys/
CATEGORIES:430
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SUMMARY:Artist Talk: Corkey Sinks
DESCRIPTION:Current resident artist Corkey Sinks will give a talk on the work she created during her residency at Crosstown Arts. \nSinks embraces the human tendency to find meaningful patterns within the noise of collective information. Through sculpture\, textiles\, printed matter\, and drawing\, Sinks’ works explore American occultism and self-help culture\, objects manifested through a struggle to understand the systems we occupy. \nCorkey Sinks (b. Dallas\, TX) is an artist based in Memphis\, TN. She received a BA in Media Studies from the Johnston Center for Integrative Studies at the University of Redlands\, CA in 2005 and an MFA in Studio Art from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2012. Sinks has exhibited work throughout the United States and Mexico. In 2015\, her book\, Demon Baby Project: Events\, Coincidences\, and Repercussions was published by No Coast. Upcoming exhibitions include Artificial Tide\, a solo exhibition at The Packing Plant in Nashville\, TN and We gave Our Best\, Now the Rest is Up to the Hope Chest\, a group show at Im Ersten in Vienna\, Austria. \nImage: Corkey Sinks\, Thirteen Is a Cozy Number\, 2016\, Hand-cut\, heat fused plastic\, brass grommets\, 9’x9′
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/artist-talk-corkey-sinks/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts Studio Residency\, 424 N. Cleveland - Back Entrance\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Residency
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20160506T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20160506T160000
DTSTAMP:20260518T131619
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SUMMARY:Impossible Language
DESCRIPTION:NEW LOCATION: Crosstown Arts at 430 N. Cleveland  \nThe final “episode” of this season Impossible Language will incorporate poetry and visual projections. Featuring readings and more by: \nDOUGLAS PICCINNINI was born in New York City in 1982. He has been awarded residencies by The Vermont Studio Center\, Art Farm in Marquette\, NE and\, The Elizabeth Bishop Society of Nova Scotia. In 2014\, he was selected by Dorothea Lasky as a winner of the Summer Literary Seminars for Poetry. He is the author of Story Book: a novella\, and a collection of poems\, Blood Oboe. \nCHRIS HOSEA was born in Princeton\, New Jersey\, in 1973\, and his first book of poems\, Put Your Hands In\, was selected by John Ashbery as the winner of the Walt Whitman Award from the Academy of American Poets. His work as a visual artist includes Over Time Across Space\, with Kim Bennett\, which was the subject of a 2015 full-gallery exhibition at Transmitter in Brooklyn\, New York. His poems have appeared in 6×6\, The American Poetry Review\, Boston Review\, Brooklyn Rail\, Web Conjunctions\, Denver Quarterly\, Harvard Review\, New American Review\, Prelude\, White Wall Review\, and VOLT. He lives in Brooklyn. \nJONATHAN MAY grew up in Zimbabwe as the child of missionaries. He lives and teaches in Memphis\, TN. His work has appeared or is forthcoming in [PANK]\, Superstition Review\, Shark Reef\, Duende\, One\, Winter Tangerine Review\, and Rock & Sling. He’s recently translated the play Dreams by Günter Eich into English. Read more at http://memphisjon.wordpress.com/
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/impossible-language-6/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20160505T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20160505T170000
DTSTAMP:20260518T131619
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SUMMARY:The Moonpie Project presents: Birdcap & Ninjacat
DESCRIPTION:A new interactive collaboration by Birdcap + Ninjacat\nDue to rain\, the activation/projection is postponed: new date TBA!\n \nLocation: Crosstown Arts alley between 430 & 438 N. Cleveland \nFree food + drinks \nThe Moonpie Project is an ongoing\, rotating mural series curated by Michael Roy in memory of muralist Brad Wells \nOrganized in collaboration with Crosstown Arts
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/the-moonpie-project-presents-birdcap-ninjacat/
CATEGORIES:Programs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20160505T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20160505T160000
DTSTAMP:20260518T131619
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SUMMARY:Chaotic Alignment: New Work by Corkey Sinks
DESCRIPTION:Exhibition: Thursday\, May 5\,  6-9 pm | 430 N. Cleveland\nLecture: Saturday\, May 7\, 4 pm | Residency Studio\, 424 N. Cleveland – Back entrance\nONE NIGHT ONLY! This exhibition features new work by Corkey Sinks\, created during her residency at Crosstown Arts. Sinks embraces the human tendency to find meaningful patterns within the noise of collective information. Through sculpture\, textiles\, printed matter\, and drawing\, Sinks’ works explore American occultism and self-help culture\, objects manifested through a struggle to understand the systems we occupy. \nCorkey Sinks (b. Dallas\, TX) is an artist based in Memphis\, TN. She received a BA in Media Studies from the Johnston Center for Integrative Studies at the University of Redlands\, CA in 2005 and an MFA in Studio Art from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2012. Sinks has exhibited work throughout the United States and Mexico. In 2015\, her book\, Demon Baby Project: Events\, Coincidences\, and Repercussions was published by No Coast. Upcoming exhibitions include Artificial Tide\, a solo exhibition at The Packing Plant in Nashville\, TN and We gave Our Best\, Now the Rest is Up to the Hope Chest\, a group show at Im Ersten in Vienna\, Austria. \nImage: Corkey Sinks\, Thirteen Is a Cozy Number\, 2016\, Hand-cut\, heat fused plastic\, brass grommets\, 9’x9′
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/chaotic-alignment-new-work-by-corkey-sinks/
CATEGORIES:Residency
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20160505T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20160505T111500
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SUMMARY:Northwest Prep Residency Book Release: Stereotyped from the Jump
DESCRIPTION:story booth would like to thank the administration and faculty of Northwest Preparatory Academy for working with us to to create our first-ever class residency. \nFor four weeks in March on Tuesday and Thursday mornings\, young writers from Northwest Prep met in story booth for workshop sessions as part of their English class to produce the writing (and the cover art) for each of these original\, limited-edition books. \nSpecific thanks go to Ms. Crystal Johnson-Evans\, teaching artist and Northwest Prep’s English Language Arts Department Chair; and to  Northwest Prep Principal\, Mr. Roger Jones\, for embracing the idea and allowing Northwest Prep students to participate in this literary-arts experience.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/northwest-prep-residency-book-release-stereotyped-from-the-jump/
LOCATION:story booth\, 438 N. Cleveland St.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20160503T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20160503T160000
DTSTAMP:20260518T131619
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SUMMARY:Shoot & Splice: Examining Video Art
DESCRIPTION:A Method to the Madness: Examining Video Art\nTraditionally Shoot & Splice has explored technique rooted in narrative\, documentary\, and commercial film and video production\, but this month we will examine the craft of capturing moving images solely to facilitate creative expression. \nJoin accomplished video artists Brian Pera\, Corkey Sinks & Jill Wissmiller for a discussion on the concepts\, production\, and showing of video art. \nBrian Pera‘s films include The Way I See Things\, Woman’s Picture\, and Only Child. The latter two are part of an ongoing series obsessively preoccupied with women he remembers from his childhood. With perfumer Andy Tauer he created a perfume line\, Tableau de Parfums\, the scents of which relate thematically and otherwise to the universe of the films. He’s the author of the novel Troublemaker and co-editor of Life As We Show It: Writings on Film. Currently he’s working on an installation piece called Sorry Not Sorry with Joel Parsons and Terri Phillips. \nCorkey Sinks (b. Dallas\, TX) is an artist based in Memphis\, TN.  Sinks works in a variety of media including sculpture\, textiles\, printed matter\, and video. She received a BA in Media Studies from the Johnston Center for Integrative Studies at the University of Redlands\, CA in 2005 and an MFA in Studio Art from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2012. Sinks is the current artist in residence at Crosstown Arts. She has exhibited work throughout the United States and Mexico. In 2015\, her book\, Demon Baby Project: Events\, Coincidences\, and Repercussions was published by No Coast. Upcoming exhibitions include Artificial Tide\, a solo exhibition at The Packing Plant in Nashville\, TN and We gave Our Best\, Now the Rest is Up to the Hope Chest\, a group show at Im Ersten in Vienna\, Austria. \nJill Wissmiller is a Midwestern farmer’s daughter transplanted to the Midsouth\, where she is Chair of Design and Associate Professor of Digital Media at the Memphis College of Art. Wissmiller’s research and creative work is concerned with nontraditional cinema spectatorship and production. She has recently completed a motion picture manifesto that calls for a strict ban of standard definition video being projected upon anything other than glitter.  Her video work has been screened at a variety of venues both nationally and internationally\, including the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery\, Palm Springs International Short Film Festival\, Moscow International Film Festival\, and Electrofringe New Media Arts Festival Australia. \n\nPresented by Indie Memphis and Crosstown Arts  \nDOORS OPEN AT 6:30 PM | PANEL DISCUSSION BEGINS AT 7:00 PM | FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/shoot-splice-examining-video-art/
CATEGORIES:430,Programs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20160429T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20160429T160000
DTSTAMP:20260518T131619
CREATED:20160425T202124Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160427T154358Z
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SUMMARY:Javon McBride: Exclusive
DESCRIPTION:Reception: Friday\, April 29\, 6-9 pm\nOn view: Saturday\, April 30\, 11 am-5 pm\nThis show will showcase original oil paintings and sculptures created by JaVon McBride.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/javon-mcbride-exclusive/
CATEGORIES:430
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20160429T050000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20160521T130000
DTSTAMP:20260518T131619
CREATED:20160211T203131Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160520T194004Z
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SUMMARY:Belongings II: Repurposed
DESCRIPTION:Opening Reception: Friday\, April 29\, 6-9 pm\n\n\nCall to Artists – February 2016\nBelongings II: Repurposed \nAn open call exhibition organized by Crosstown Arts and the Cleveland Street Flea Market \nThis second incarnation of the Belongings show continues in the spirit of community and the reuse and re-imagining of objects. All artists are invited to participate by purchasing any object of inspiration from the Cleveland Street Flea Market at 438 N Cleveland to transform into (or use as inspiration for) a new work of art. \nThe nostalgia and surprise felt when browsing at a flea market is a ripe field for artistic interpretation. A psychedelic print from the 70’s can inspire a color scheme or shape motif. A plastic bust of Scooby Doo can evoke early childhood Saturday mornings in front of the TV. A cover of an early genre pulp fiction paperback might be a poignant reminder of how prevalent attitudes have changed since the 1950’s. \nOne submission per artist will be accepted based on the guidelines below. All artists are welcome to participate regardless of their level of expertise or prior art experience. \nBelongings II: Repurposed will be on view at \nCrosstown Arts Gallery\, 422 N Cleveland\, April 29- May 14\, 2016  \n\nCall for Submissions\n1. Submit via Formstack \nClick here to submit \n2. Important Dates \nArtwork submission deadline/drop-off: Monday\, April 25\, 2-7 pm at Crosstown Arts at 422 N Cleveland \nOpening Reception: Friday\, April 29\, 6-9 pm \nGallery Hours: Tuesday-Saturday\, April 29 – May 14\, 10 am – 6 pm \nArtwork pick-up: Sunday\, May 15\, 2-5 pm and Monday\, May 16\, 12-6 pm \n3. Fees\nThere is no fee to participate in the show other than the cost of purchasing an item from the Cleveland Street Flea Market to be incorporated into or used as inspiration for the artwork for the show. Prices of objects in the flea market are $1+ \n4. Size limit\nThere is no restriction on size of artwork other than reasonable passage through a standard doorway. \n5. Display requirements\nAll artwork must be delivered ready to hang/install to be included in the exhibition. Please communicate any specific installation needs (special handling\, pedestal needs\, AV equipment needs\, etc) by email to maryjo@crosstownarts.org before delivery. \n6.Sales\nCrosstown Arts will facilitate sales via cash\, check (made out to the artist) or Visa/MasterCard via square during the run of the show. More details to follow. \nContact: For more information please contact Mary Jo Karimnia at maryjo@crosstownarts.org or 901-626-6298
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/belongings-ii-repurposed/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts Galleries\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Gallery
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20160427T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20160427T160000
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SUMMARY:Art by RL Banker
DESCRIPTION:Exhibition by local artist RL Banker
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/the-academy-silent-auction-art-by-rl-banker/
CATEGORIES:430
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20160423T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20160423T160000
DTSTAMP:20260518T131619
CREATED:20160421T153246Z
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SUMMARY:Memphis Cartonera Project Exhibit & Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, April 23\, 6-9 pm Opening Reception \nSunday\, April 24\, 12-5 pm Exhibit & Workshop \nCelebrate with Memphis Cartonera! \n\nCome learn about the fast-growing “Cartonera” movement from South America\, and its revolutionary new way to think about art and literature’s place in our lives.\nWe are a cooperative publishing house dedicated to democratizing literature and art\, to foster literacy\, and to work in sustainable ways.\nJoin us for our exhibit and workshop and:\n• Learn about the origins of Cartonera publishing in Latin America\, and now in Memphis\n• Meet the local artists and organizations spearheading the project (Centro Cultural Latino\, Latino Memphis\, Cazateatro\, Danza Azteca Quetzalcoatl\, Refugee Empowerment Program\, and Caritas Village)\n• See original works and hand-made editions of the classics\n• Paint\, read\, and make your own Cartonera book\n• Enjoy Enedyi’s Tamales and aguas frescas\, paletas from La Michoacana\, and other South American treats \n\n\n\nOrganized by Rhodes College + Centro Cultural Latino\, Latino Memphis\, Cazateatro\, Danza Azteca Quetzalcoatl\, Refugee Empowerment Program\, Caritas Village \n 
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/memphis-cartonera-project-exhibit-workshop/
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