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SUMMARY:Original Art by Mark
DESCRIPTION:Exhibition of paintings by Mark Kevin Jones\, “the return of the passionate and driven one\,” organized by the artist. \nAdditional gallery hours: Tuesday\, March 22\, 1-6 pm.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/original-art-by-mark/
CATEGORIES:430
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SUMMARY:Screenprinting Workshop
DESCRIPTION:tuesdays from 3 to 4:45 pm\, begins Feb. 16—lasts 6 weeks \nfree program for high school students—max 15 participants \nled by Memphis College of Arts graduate students Lindsey Mashburn and Kayla Selby \nto sign up\, please contact Nat Akin at nat@crosstownarts.org or 901-573-8444 \nThis workshop will be a once-a-week introduction to screen printing\, open to all levels of students. Screen printing has been used over the decades to create vibrant advertisements\, pop-culture art\, underground propaganda\, and so much more.  We will focus primarily on learning the basic techniques involved; focusing on a more traditional\, hands-on\, reduction approach. The class will show students how to create vibrant\, creative works of art\, and we will draw inspiration from our favorite books\, movies\, and plays.  Screen printing is an incredibly versatile artistic practice\, and over the course of this workshop students will gain the confidence and skills they need to create a wide range of new work.  If our schedule allows us the time\, we will also show the students how to create some fairly simple\, handmade paper books to show off their new prints. Materials will be provided\, come with a can-do attitude and be willing to get a little messy! This workshop will culminate in a public gallery show. \n 
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/screenprinting-workshop/
LOCATION:story booth\, 438 N. Cleveland St.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
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SUMMARY:Impossible Language
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/impossible-language-4/
LOCATION:story booth\, 438 N. Cleveland St.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
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SUMMARY:New Works by Olga King
DESCRIPTION:RECEPTION: FRIDAY\, MARCH 18\, 6-8 pm\nADDITIONAL GALLERY HOURS: SATURDAY\, MARCH 19\, 10 am – 3pm\nThe Russian painter who now calls Memphis home will be showing an array of watercolor and acrylic works\, from representational florals to ethereal faces. Best known in the region for her jewelry\, this will be King’s first show for her artwork. \nA portion of proceeds from sales will benefit the Church Health Center. For more information\, contact Ken Hall\, hallk@churchhealthcenter.org
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/new-works-by-olga-king/
CATEGORIES:430
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20160316T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20160316T160000
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SUMMARY:MicroCinema Club: Rural Route Film Tour
DESCRIPTION:Organized by Indie Memphis and Crosstown Arts\n The Very Best of the Rural Route Film Festival Volume 2 \n\nIndie Memphis & Crosstown Arts’ MicroCinema Club will screen The Very Best of the Rural Route Film Festival Volume II at Crosstown Arts on March 16. The line-up consists of ten short films from the past five seasons of Rural Route programming\, with shooting locations that span all seven continents. \n\nThe Rural Route Film Festival highlights work about unique people and places outside of the bustle of the city\, normally overlooked by the mainstream media. Taking in a Rural Route program is like choosing the road less travelled\, and learning something new about our constantly amazing world. \n\npresented by Indie Memphis and Crosstown Arts \nMonthly short film screening series  \n430 N. Cleveland | 6:30 pm doors open | 7 pm presentation | Pay-what-you can admission | Free food & drinks \nSUPPORTED BY ARTSMEMPHIS AND THE FIRST TENNESSEE FOUNDATION | ARTSFIRST
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/microcinema-club-2/
CATEGORIES:Programs
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SUMMARY:Hustle: Tax Issues for the Creative Type
DESCRIPTION:Confused about how tax laws apply to your artistic process?  Not sure what to save or how to organize your paperwork as it relates to sales\, expenses\, and income? Let Debbie Dye\, CPA\, guide you through the unique rules and regulations that apply to artists. \nDoors open at 6 pm; program begins at 6:30 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 \n 
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/hustle-tax-issues-for-the-creative-type/
LOCATION:story booth\, 438 N. Cleveland St.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
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SUMMARY:Shayna Rain
DESCRIPTION:Indie rock group Shayna Rain (Las Vegas\, NV) stops in Memphis on their spring tour. \nhttp://shaynarain.com/
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/shayna-rain/
CATEGORIES:430
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20160312T070000
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SUMMARY:Open Studio: Corkey Sinks
DESCRIPTION:Meet current studio resident Corkey Sinks and see her works in progress. \nSinks’ Samplers reference historical quilting patterns and needlework produced to demonstrate skill. These works often include decorative borders and lines of text. The language often incorporated an inspirational or religious sentiment\, one that illustrated the maker’s values and desires. Sinks culls language from contemporary self-help and diet advertisements on television\, in magazines\, and on social media. \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. Through sculpture\, textiles\, printed matter\, and geometric pattern-making\, Sinks creates a path for the paranoid spirit. Referencing new religious movements and self-help techniques\, she imagines practical and psycho-spiritual coping strategies for the American condition. \nImage: Corkey Sinks\, Sampler: Goodbye Belly Fat\, 2016; Watercolor and graphite\, 10″x10″
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/open-studio-corkey-sinks/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts Studio Residency\, 424 N. Cleveland - Back Entrance\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Residency
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SUMMARY:Young Collectors
DESCRIPTION:Organized by Young Arts Patrons\, Young Collectors Memphis is a contemporary art fair and exhibition established as part of YAP’s annual arts programming. The exhibition is recognized for connecting emerging artists with the opportunity to access a diverse audience and allows young and young at heart collectors to engage in events and programs to build their personal collections. \nMore details and ticket information \n\n\n\nFriday\, March 11\, 2016 \n7pm-10pm Art Fair Open \n7pm -Young Collectors Opening Reception & Cocktails \nSaturday\, March 12\, 2016 \n10am- LeBonheur Children’s Hospital Breakfast & Tour with ‎Art Project Director at Le Bonheur Children’s Medical Center (Limited Tickets Available) \nNoon- 7pm- Art Fair Open \n2pm- Artists in Conversation \n4pm- The Beginners Guide to Collecting Art \n7pm- Live Performance from Unapologetic Artist\, Cameron Bethany.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/young-collectors/
CATEGORIES:430
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20160308T060000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20160308T080000
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LAST-MODIFIED:20151215T182353Z
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SUMMARY:Open Crit
DESCRIPTION: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. \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-4/
CATEGORIES:Programs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20160304T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20160304T150000
DTSTAMP:20260518T135327
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LAST-MODIFIED:20160210T181647Z
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SUMMARY:Crosstown Outside-In
DESCRIPTION:Reception: Friday\, March 4\, 6-9 pm \nGallery hours: Saturday\, March 5\, 10 am – 4 pm \n\nExhibition of oils on canvas by Tom Stem depicting Crosstown’s construction and rebirth. \n 
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/crosstown-outside-in/
CATEGORIES:430
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20160304T040000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20160402T130000
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SUMMARY:do it
DESCRIPTION:OPENING RECEPTION: FRIDAY\, MARCH 4\, 6-9 PM\nARTIST TALKS AND PERFORMANCE: SATURDAY\, MARCH 5\, 5-7 PM\nIn the early nineties the international curator Hans Ulrich Obrist and the artists Bertrand Lavier and Christian Boltanski wanted more flexible and open-ended art exhibitions.  Could “scores” or written instructions by artists\, as a point of departure\, be interpreted anew every time they were enacted? Twenty years later the exhibition they came to call do it grew to include instructions by nearly three-hundred artists\, choreographers\, writers\, and poets and has been featured in more than fifty exhibitions worldwide. This spring the Art Museum of the University of Memphis in collaboration with the Lambuth campus and Crosstown Arts will present more than 2 dozen interpretations of the do it instructions.\n\nCrosstown Arts:  March 4 – April 2\nAMUM: April 9 – May 7\nUniversity of Memphis Lambuth: March 17 \nPROJECTS ON VIEW AT CROSSTOWN ARTS:\n\nJoseph Grigely instruction interpreted by Johnathan Payne\n\n\nFelix Gonzales-Torres Untitled interpreted by Joel Parsons (installation image on homepage)\n\n\nTracey Emin What Would Tracy Do? interpreted by Terri Jones\n\n\nRirkrit Tiravanija Untitled interpreted by Catherine Pena\n\n\nClaire Fontaine instruction interpreted by Terry Lynn\n\n\nMeg Cranston instruction interpreted by Corkey Sinks\n\n\ndo it is an exhibition conceived and curated by Hans Ulrich Obrist\, and organized by Independent Curators International (ICI)\, New York. do it and the accompanying publication\, do it: the compendium\, were made possible\, in part\, by grants from the Elizabeth Firestone Graham Foundation\, the Robert Sterling Clark Foundation\, and with the generous support from Project Perpetual and ICI’s International Forum and Board of Trustees.\n  \n\n  \nSponsored locally by The University of Memphis Student Activity Fee Fund
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/do-it/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts Galleries\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Gallery
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SUMMARY:Shoot and Splice: Working with Unions
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Indie Memphis & Crosstown Arts \nHave you worked with a union on a film production? Are you a crew member interested in learning more about the role of unions in our industry? \nJoin us for a panel discussion with union representatives Rusty Burrell\, Peter Kurland\, Cristopher Crowther\, and Jordan Danelz who will share their thoughts and answer your questions. \nDoors open at 6:30 PM; Panel discussion begins at 7:00 PM\nComplimentary food and beverages will be available \nFree & open to the public thanks to support by ArtsFirst: First Tennessee Foundation and ArtsMemphis. \nPANELISTS:\nRusty Burrell: Central Region Director International Cinematographers Guild I.A.T.S.E. Local #600 \nPeter Kurland: Sound Technician and Business Agent Studio Mechanics I.A.T.S.E. Local #492\, Academy Award Nominee \nChristopher Crowther: Lighting Technician/Best Boy\, West Tn and North MS Regional Rep I.A.T.S.E. Local #492 \nJordan Danelz: Lighting Technician/Gaffer\, Political/Social Media Committee Chairman I.A.T.S.E. Local #492
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/shoot-and-splice-working-with-unions/
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20160301T140000
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LAST-MODIFIED:20160323T173608Z
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SUMMARY:Hustle: Writing about your Art Practice
DESCRIPTION:PROGRAM SUMMARY\nMost artists want their artwork to speak for itself but fans\, patrons\, grant and residency panels\, advanced degree programs\, gallery directors\, museums\, and the press often ask for words to go along with the work. Joel Parsons will guide us through the pitfalls and pleasures of writing about our work. Come prepared to do a writing exercise or two and to help others explore their writing process. \n\nRESOURCES\nHandout \n\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-writing-about-your-art-practice/
LOCATION:story booth\, 438 N. Cleveland St.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Programs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20160227T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20160227T160000
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SUMMARY:Impossible Language
DESCRIPTION:New from the Impossible Language reading series\, this feature will allow Memphis-based poets to share writing that they have recently finished or\, even more frightening\, are currently working on. For the kick off of the spring season and this feature\, IL welcomes Aaron Brame\, Matthew Hellams\, Kat Moore\, and Tara Mae Mulroy.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/impossible-language-3/
LOCATION:story booth\, 438 N. Cleveland St.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20160226T060000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20160227T120000
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SUMMARY:in·form
DESCRIPTION:Exhibition Opportunity for Art Instructors \nArt instructors are critical members of thriving creative communities. They are responsible for passing core principles of art appreciation and a wide range of art production techniques to each new generation\, often supporting both artists and non-artist viewers. Many art instructors are also practicing artists\, balancing their own studio practice with the goal of helping others.  \nCrosstown Arts would like to invite you to share your personal work and experience with a broad audience through the following events. \nExhibition  \nin·form \nFriday\, February 26 & Saturday\, February 27\, 2016 (gallery hours: noon-6 pm) \nOpening Reception: Friday\, February 26\, 6-9 pm \nThis exhibition opportunity is open to all self-defined art instructors in any capacity residing in the greater Memphis Area. This is a non-juried showcase. Each artist/instructor may submit up to three pieces (minimum one will show) in any genre. All artwork should be ready to hang or install. Works larger than 4’x4′ (2D)\, 1’x1’x2′ (3D) and alternative genres or installations are subject to approval based on space limitations. Work can be listed for sale and Crosstown Arts does not take a commission. \nPlease submit information and images through this online form by Friday\, February 19th. \nIf you have questions\, please contact Brittney Bullock brittney@crosstownarts.org \nProgram/Event \nPecha Kucha Volume 13: The Art of Teaching Art \nThursday\, February 25\, 6:30 pm \nPecha Kucha 20×20 is a narrative presentation program organized by Crosstown Arts in which participants give casual and fun (yet fast-paced) presentations of 20 slides/images\, with 20 seconds allowed per slide (total time: 6 mins\, 40 secs.) Share the interesting or innovative things that you do in your classroom or studio\, your stories\, memories\, pitfalls\, triumphs\, or dreams about the future. Or join us to hear presentations by your local colleagues.  \nIf you are interested in presenting at this event or have questions\, please contact Emily Halpern\, emily@crosstownarts.org by Monday\, February 15. \nImportant Dates & Info\nSubmission Form: https://crosstownarts.formstack.com/forms/artinstructor \nSubmission deadline: Friday\, February 19 \nResponse/confirmation of pieces that will show: Monday\, February 22\, noon \nArtwork drop-off: Tuesday\, February 23\, 12-7 pm \nPecha Kucha Event: Thursday\, February 25\, 6:30 pm \nExhibition Opening Reception: Friday\, February 26\, 6-9 pm \nGallery hours: Friday\, February 26 & Saturday\, February 27\, noon – 6 pm \nArtwork pick up: Sunday\, February 28\, 3-5:00pm or Monday\, February 29\, 10-5 pm \nAll events and art drop-off and pick up will take place at Crosstown Arts\, 430 N Cleveland\, Memphis.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/in%c2%b7form/
CATEGORIES:430,Programs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20160225T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20160225T143000
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SUMMARY:Pecha Kucha 14: The Art of Teaching Art
DESCRIPTION:Opportunity for Art Instructors\nPecha Kucha 20×20 is a narrative presentation program organized by Crosstown Arts in which participants give casual and fun (yet fast-paced) presentations of 20 slides/images\, with 20 seconds allowed per slide (total time: 6 mins\, 40 secs.) Share the interesting or innovative things that you do in your classroom or studio\, your stories\, memories\, pitfalls\, triumphs\, or dreams about the future. Or join us to hear presentations by your local colleagues. \nThis event is organized in conjunction with the exhibition in·form. \nPechaKucha 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. \nThe key to PechaKucha Night is the 20×20 format: all presenters show 20 slides for 20 seconds each\, making each presentation succinct and dynamic. \nPecha Kucha Night is devised\,  shared\, and supported by Klein Dytham Architecture\, Tokyo.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/pecha-kucha-14-the-art-of-teaching-art/
CATEGORIES:430,Programs
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SUMMARY:Working Writer's Cocktail Hour
DESCRIPTION:In the interests of further cultivating and connecting the literary community of Memphis\, story booth is hosting the third edition of Crosstown Arts‘ Working Writers’ Cocktail Hour. \nCollege and MFA students to early/mid-career/accomplished (meaning published and not-yet-published) writers who live and work in Memphis are welcome. Whether writers of poetry\, fiction\, creative nonfiction\, screenwriting\, playwriting\, journalism\, art writing\, music writing—all are invited to visit story booth 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. \nWhether the day-job is writing-related or not–if you’re a working writer\, this means you. \nFor more info contact Nat Akin at nat@crosstownarts.org
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/working-writers-cocktail-hour-2/
LOCATION:story booth\, 438 N. Cleveland St.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
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SUMMARY:Visual Reverberations
DESCRIPTION:Opening Reception: Friday\, February 19\, 6-9 pm \nGallery Hours: Saturday – Sunday\, February 20-21\, 11 am – 5 pm \nVisual Reverberations is a group show featuring abstract works of art that echo the \nintuitive thoughts and experiences of the artist. Just as the duration of sound is \nabsorbed by space\, these works of art visually embody the notion of a continuing \neffect translated compositionally. This exhibition explores the relationship between \nthinking and feeling as it drives the creative process\, revealing to the viewer the \nexpressive interaction between the artist and the work. Each work carries a rhythm \nof its own that resonates through the space inviting the viewer to look and listen. \nCurated by Victoria Barrera\, and featuring work by Dana Finimore\, Mary Michael \nRyan\, Amy Hofstetter\, Danielle Meseika\, and Katherine Dean.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/visual-reverberations/
CATEGORIES:430
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20160219T060000
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SUMMARY:Memphis: Art & Place - Art & Community Place-based Session
DESCRIPTION:Organized by the Memphis Center at Rhodes College\nFebruary 18\, 19\, and 20\, 2016  \nRegistration Page \nFull conference information \nThe arts are central to Memphis’ identity—innovations in music\, dance\, performance\, and the visual arts continue to define and shape our sense of this place. Increasingly\, the arts are understood as having a key role in social change\, community building\, and urban development. Mel Chin will be the conference’s keynote speaker as part of the Communities in Conversation series. The Memphis Center at Rhodes College will partner with local leaders\, artists\, and stakeholders to host conversations about the role of the arts in Memphis\, with sessions held at Rhodes College and in three Memphis neighborhoods: Crosstown\, the Edge District\, and Orange Mound. The conference is free to attend ($5 ballet performance optional) with registration. \nPlease sign up at our Registration Page and keep updated via our Facebook event page. \n  \n 
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/memphis-art-place-art-community-session/
LOCATION:story booth\, 438 N. Cleveland St.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Programs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20160217T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20160217T150000
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SUMMARY:Microcinema Club
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Crosstown Arts & Indie Memphis\nJoin us for an encore screening of the Documentary Shorts Block from our 2015 Indie Memphis Film Festival. These films were quite popular but we know a lot of people didn’t have a chance to see them.\n\n\n83 Min. Total Running Time\n\n\n\n\nThe Button King (8:04 min.) – directed by Ava Lowrey\nInsomnia leads to an inspired talent in this documentary short about Dalton Stevens\, the Button King. \nSandorkraut (12:00 min.) – directed by Ann Husaini and Emily Lobsenz\nA portrait of acclaimed author and “fermentation guru” Sandor Katz\, whose revival of ancient culinary methods has transformed his relationship with life and death. \nAmerican Renaissance (9:21 min.) – directed by Jarred Alterman and Ryan Scafuro\nExplore the fantastic world of Elizabethan England… in a small town in upstate New York. “American Renaissance” takes you on a rollicking journey to one of the largest renaissance faires in the US\, and a portrait of the characters that return year after year. \nCollinsville Trade Day\, 1988 (6:47 min.) – directed by Charles Keener & Jason LaRay Keener\nA documentary about a small town market\, shot on VHS by a curious grandfather in 1988. \nGoran (10:38 min.) – directed by Roberto Santaguida\nJoy and frustration as constructed by Goran Gostojić of Novi Sad. \nThe House is Innocent (12:15 min.) – directed by Nicholas Coles\nTom and Barbara’s new home has a notorious past and it’s going to take more than a fresh coat of paint to whitewash its macabre history. \nJake Plays First Base (4:55 min.) – directed by Josh Harrell\nJake just graduated to coach-pitch little league on his baseball team\, and he’s set the East Nashville Little League on fire! Needless to say\, Jake has big plans for his baseball future. \nSeven Ways From Sunday (7:34 min.) – directed by Robert Sickels\nChronicles a series of unexpectedly startling moments of personal revelation\, resulting in a powerful meditation on how seemingly fleeting moments of human contact can have profound long-term repercussions. \nMy Sister Ate the Zoo (10:40 min.) – directed by Maya Zhang\nAn ordinary phone call between a mother and a daughter\, taking the audience on an emotional journey.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/microcinema-club/
CATEGORIES:430,Programs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20160216T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20160216T160000
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SUMMARY:Illanostalgia presents Born Free
DESCRIPTION:Art by Killion
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/illanostalgia-presents-born-free/
CATEGORIES:430
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20160213T040000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20160213T060000
DTSTAMP:20260518T135327
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SUMMARY:Memphis Urban Sketchers
DESCRIPTION:Join the Memphis Urban Sketchers will meet at the Cleveland Street Flea Market for their February sketching session. \nLearn more
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/memphis-urban-sketchers/
LOCATION:Cleveland Street Flea Market\, 438 N. Cleveland\, Memphis\, 38104\, United States
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20160211T140000
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SUMMARY:Visiting Writer Ed Tarkington
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts and the Booksellers at Laurelwood present Visiting Writer Ed Tarkington\n“Love can make people do terrible things.” \nWelcome to Spencerville\, Virginia\, 1977. Eight-year-old Rocky worships his older brother\, Paul. Sixteen and full of rebel cool\, Paul spends his days cruising in his Chevy Nova blasting Neil Young\, cigarette dangling from his lips\, arm slung around his beautiful\, troubled girlfriend. Paul is happy to have his younger brother as his sidekick. Then one day\, in an act of vengeance against their father\, Paul picks up Rocky from school and nearly abandons him in the woods. Afterward\, Paul disappears. \nSeven years later\, Rocky is a teenager himself. He hasn’t forgotten being abandoned by his boyhood hero\, but he’s getting over it\, with the help of the wealthy neighbors’ daughter\, ten years his senior\, who has taken him as her lover. Unbeknownst to both of them\, their affair will set in motion a course of events that rains catastrophe on both their families. After a mysterious double murder brings terror and suspicion to their small town\, Rocky and his family must reckon with the past and find out how much forgiveness their hearts can hold. \n\n\n\nPraise For Only Love Can Break Your Heart:\n“A lush mystery-within-a-coming-of-age-tale-within-a-Southern-Gothic. If a book could have an Instagram filter\, Tarkington’s would be set on something called ‘Nostalgic’ . . . interesting\, readable and beautifully written.”—NPR Books \n“A clear winner—a taut\, engrossing\, crisply written tale of loss and abiding love.”—Charlotte Observer \n“Tarkington’s writing is talky\, devoid of flash\, and calls to mind a young Pat Conroy . . . propulsion is its primary attribute. Not mere plot propulsion—though there’s plenty of that\, especially after the corpses turn up—but emotional propulsion: Tarkington’s fidelity to period and place is matched by his fidelity to human contradictions\, to the gray area between heroism and villainy in which most of us reside. The gothic elements add spice\, but the protein in this assured debut—the part that sticks to your ribs—is the beautiful but ever-threatened connection between Rocky and Paul. Only Love Can Break Your Heart is a novel about brotherhood\, most of all\, about the delicate fortress of that bond.” —Garden & Gun \n“This heartbreakingly effective coming-of-age story about the importance of love in one’s life is replete with moments of harsh cruelty and tender love. Beautifully written….Readers will stop and reread paragraphs\, not because of confusion but for the pure joy of the language . . . Fans of Kathryn Stockett’s The Help will embrace debut author Tarkington’s depiction of Southern life at a time of changing social mores. Most of all\, readers who can’t get enough of Wiley Cash\, Ron Rash\, and Brian Panowich will delight in discovering this fine new writer.” —Library Journal\, starred review \n“A coming-of-age story that evolves into a whodunit with tangled roots in three families whose lives collide in 1977… [a] well-plotted\, generous inquiry into the intricacies of the human heart — especially the broken variety … Secrets abound\, imaginations run wild …”—Atlanta Journal Constitution \n“This is a wonderful novel about a small Southern town and love within\, and outside of\, families. It is not a typical coming-of-age story.”—Daily American (Somerset\, PA) \n“A rich\, moody\, moving novel about growing up and growing old before your time. Tarkington’s people are rakes\, rascals\, irascible losers\, femme fatales\, rich buffoons\, dunderheads\, beautiful loons\, and one very cool dude\, all balanced by the voice of a narrator you come to love as much as he loves his doomed older brother. On top of all that\, it’s a very fun\, deeply satisfying\, page-turner of a book.” —Brad Watson\, author of The Heaven of Mercury and Aliens in the Prime of Their Lives \n“Well-written and observed  . . . Tarkington carefully lays out his elaborate storyline and sensitively depicts his troubled characters.” —Kirkus Reviews \n“Welcome to small town\, late 1970s\, old money Virginia where teenagers can still roam wild and free. Ed Tarkington’s Only Love Can Break Your Heart brilliantly explores the winding roads and cul-de-sacs of love\, especially the troubled and troubling bond between two step-brothers\, Paul and Rocky Askew. Narrated by Rocky\, the younger of the two\, in a voice that is beguiling and wise\, this addictive tale of abandonment and forgiveness will haunt you long after you’ve turned the last page.”—Elizabeth Stuckey-French\, author of The Revenge of the Radioactive Lady \n“A wonderful\, beauty-haunted piece of work.  Tarkington’s voice in his hard-to-put-down debut novel has a timeless feel to its cadences\, the same bittersweet music we hear in the storytelling of the best of our Southern writers who remind us how hard the world can be for dreamers.”—Bob Shacochis\, author of The Woman Who Lost Her Soul \n“A reader need not be a disciple of rock legend Neil Young to find that Only Love Can Break Your Heart strikes a nostalgic chord. But for those of us who appreciate Young’s immense musical gifts\, Ed Tarkington’s debut novel will likely prove twice as harmonious. In many ways a classic coming-of-age story\, the novel also digs deep into the loamy depths of the modern Southern Gothic genre\, circa 1970s . . . Tarkington’s impressive first novel achieves every author’s goal: Once you start reading\, you can’t stop. And as an added bonus for Neil Young fans\, Tarkington’s riveting tale provides plenty of classic rock riffs\, too.”—BookPage  \n“Ed Tarkington kicks off his first novel\, Only Love Can Break Your Heart\, with a ghost\, a gun and an abandoned\, white-pillared Southern mansion called Twin Oaks. He wraps it up with a grisly double murder in the same place. In between\, his story touches on nearly every benchmark of good Southern Gothic literature: violence\, sex\, money\, sibling rivalry\, antipsychotic drugs\, incest\, abortion\, religious fanaticism and plenty of alcohol . . . he tells his story with the confident ease of Dickens in Great Expectations . . . an accomplished\, confident coming-of-age story in the Southern Gothic tradition”—Shelf Awareness for Readers \n“Well-written and observed  . . . Tarkington carefully lays out his elaborate storyline and sensitively depicts his troubled characters.”—Kirkus Reviews \n“A grisly and suspenseful debut novel.”—Nashville Lifestyles \n“I’m speechless.  I don’t remember the last debut novel that kept me turning pages enthralled.  Only Love Can Break Your Heart is part The Graduate\, part southern gothic dysfunctional family\, part Edisto\, part The Moviegoer.  It’s all Ed Tarkington\, though.  Funny\, desperate\, sad\, tender\, suspenseful\, intelligent\, insightful\, and full of nothing but heart\, heart\, heart.” – George Singleton\, author of Between Wrecks and The Half-Mammals of Dixie \n “Ed Tarkington’s first novel manages an expert narrative feat—it is somehow both ruminative and remarkably suspenseful. A novel of family and love and class\, of beautiful youth and terrible consequences. And of heartbreak\, of course\, as the title makes plain and life makes inescapable. Readers will be born along on the strength and clarity of Tarkington’s prose\, the twists and pivots of his plot. Only Love Can Break the Heart is a truly auspicious debut.”—Michael Knight\, author ofThe Typist \n“Tarkington’s childhood was accompanied by the sounds of classic rock . . . and now it’s at the heart of his debut novel\, Only Love Can Break Your Heart\, a story of love\, loyalty\, murder and vinyl.”—The Tennessean (Nashville) \n“Ed Tarkington’s Only Love Can Break Your Heart harkens back to predecessors such as Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird and Carson McCullers’s The Heart is a Lonely Hunter\, Dorothy Allison’s Bastard Out of Carolina\, and Sue Monk Kidd’s The Secret Life of Bees . . . At the core of this small-town Southern story there are universal truths that transcend regionalism. If not for the crackling emotion powering this traditional bildungsroman—the loss of love to death and time\, the struggle to find and keep a home\, the confusion and despair of growing up—its straightforward prose might fall flat. From the opening page of Only Love Can Break Your Heart to the wrenching last\, human relationships remain the narrative’s most compelling force  . . .Yes\, this is a novel about love\, but not just the romantic kind. It’s an ode to love in all of its complicated forms: between estranged brothers\, between fathers and prodigal sons\, between a boy and his hometown.” Amy Greene\, New York Times bestselling author ofBloodroot \, for Chapter16.org (Nashville) \n“Tarkington’s debut novel is an elegant bildungsroman that lays open the strange and dangerous world of old-money and new-money Virginians\, and those who exist between these worlds and who are often trapped between them.  The depiction of these people\, places\, and culture is spot-on and Tarkington’s love for the greatest state in the union warms this tale.  Humming in the background is a soundtrack for the glory days of rock and roll\, as young Rocky drops the needle on another Neil Young album\, creating a tender paean for the romantic and doomed nostalgics from a previous generation who carry this music into the present and future. The plot turns along family strife\, naked desire\, and sometimes violent treachery\, but at its core Only Love Can Break Your Heartis a love story that just might break your heart\, too.”—Matt Bondurant\, author of The Night Swimmer and The Wettest County in the World \n“Tarkington’s prose is effortlessly smooth\, almost disappearing into itself\, making an engrossing and surprisingly comfortable read. Rocky’s voice becomes our own\, his confusion ours\, and his yearning to love and be loved an echo of what it means to be young. Tarkington succeeds in a difficult dance\, creating a story that is at once bizarre and utterly familiar. He asks us to remember that we are all trying desperately to be loved\, often failing\, but trying.” – Erika Swyler\, Washington Independent Review of Books \n“Only Love Can Break Your Heart is the 195th book I’ve read this year. Out of those 195\, I’ve only handed out a handful of 5 Star ratings. I don’t know what it was about this novel that sucked me in\, but boy did it and I couldn’t put it down … Hot damn but the fella can write!” – 52 Book Minimum Blog \n“From beginning to end\, the plotline is intense\, never flagging. From the bleeding heart Tarkington stitches on Rocky’s sleeve there arises both scandal and rivalry\, along with a touch of the paranormal and religious faith.” –Booklist \n 
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/visiting-writer-ed-tarkington/
LOCATION:story booth\, 438 N. Cleveland St.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
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SUMMARY:The Art of Love
DESCRIPTION:L3 Television is producing 3 new shows during the spring of 2016. This event is a special live taping called “L3 Television Presents: The Art of Love\,” with a spoken word performance\, fashion show\, and cooking demo.\n\nFirst\, the TV show Lights in the City will interview local spoken word artist Timothy “UrbanThoughts” Moore and he will recite some original spoken word love sonnets.\n\nThen the TV show The Style Center will interview local stylist Jennifer Graham of Jenuinely Chic Fashions. She will be sponsoring a fashion show with a focus on sexy\, Valentine’s Day attire.\n\nFinally Tanocha Thedford of  From our Table\, To your Kitchen will display some creative\, love-inspired dishes and do a live cooking demonstration.\n\nOrganized by L3 Television and LeMarcus Jones.\nFree community event; limited capacity. Light refreshments will be served.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/the-art-of-love/
CATEGORIES:430
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SUMMARY:Open Crit
DESCRIPTION: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. \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/
CATEGORIES:Programs
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SUMMARY:A Valentine Extravaganza
DESCRIPTION:The Memphis Arts Collective presents A Valentine Extravaganza  \nWork by: \n\n\n\n\n\n\nAva & Wayne Ginn\nJan Shively\nSarah Terry\nErica Bodine\nLizi Beard Ward\nSherry Robinson\nNicola Tupis\nCindy Uphoff\nFee Fi Fibby\nChuck Parr\nPaulette Regan\nBrian Maness\nMary Adcox\nShannon Maltby\nDon Blalock\nAngi Cooper\nTatia Johnson\nJennifer Hyatt\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGroup exhibition organized by The Memphis Arts Collective
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/a-valentine-extravaganza/
CATEGORIES:430
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SUMMARY:Blind Navigator
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts is pleased to present “Blind Navigator\,” an exhibition of new individual and collaborative works by New York-based artist Clare Torina and Memphis-based artist Alex Paulus. \nClare Torina’s recent paintings and objects refer to one another in sequence\, symbolism\, and mimicry. She pulls from a personal set of fascinations – her dog (Lolita)\, the Illuminati\, basketball\, patriarchal painting history\, ancient art – and subjugates their representations to a multitude of transitions using color models and plays on style. \nAlex Paulus’s pieces address broken things that must be repeatedly fixed or altered to allow them to continue to function. The subject matter ranges from common objects to human emotions to animals nearing extinction. He presents these damaged subjects\, which can be overlooked and ignored\, that ultimately need to be recognized and reconciled. \nAt the heart of this exhibition is an acknowledgement of the bewilderment and reformation during creative process. Together\, the artists volley to find a metaphor for the act of seeing and being seen while in the throes of malfunction. The blind navigator is the artist\, the viewer\, and the work itself feeling its way through shadows. \nClare Torina is an interdisciplinary artist living and working in New York. After undergraduate study at the University of Memphis\, she received an MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and was a resident at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. Her work has been exhibited in New York\, Chicago\, Memphis\, and abroad. Additional information and images of her work can be found at claretorina.com. \nAlex Paulus is originally from southeast Missouri\, but has been a resident of Memphis\, TN since 2007. He received his MFA in 2009 from the Memphis College of Art and has been teaching ever since. Paulus’s work has been shown in numerous galleries in Memphis\, Nashville\, Dallas\, St. Louis\, and many others. His work has also been published in Studio Visit magazine and Beautiful/Decay. Additional information and images of his work can be seen at alexanderpaulus.blogspot.com. \nExhibition Press: Memphis Flyer | Commercial Appeal
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/blind-navigator/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts Galleries\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Gallery
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SUMMARY:Aesthetics
DESCRIPTION:Screening of Aesthetics\, documenting the skateboarding community of Memphis\,  featuring Adrian Akin\, Matt Maddox\, Glenn Fiscus\, Mitch Loughridge\, Zac Roberts\, Josh Stewart\, Kirkwood Vangeli\, and many more. Plus live music. Organized by Fluxus Skateboards.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/aesthetics/
CATEGORIES:430
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SUMMARY:Shoot & Splice: Corey Parker - Acting on Camera & Working with Actors
DESCRIPTION:COREY PARKER: ACTING ON CAMERA & WORKING WITH ACTORS  \nPresented by Crosstown Arts & Indie Memphis \nCrosstown Arts and Indie Memphis are pleased to welcome actor and acting coach Corey Parker to February’s Shoot & Splice.  Corey will discuss acting for the camera along with a panel of local actors who have worked with him and have appeared in local indie film productions.   \nCorey Parker’s actors have appeared in The Bourne Supremacy\, Chavez\, Don’t Come Knockin’\, The Final Cut\, Masters of Sex\, Chicago Med\, Quantico\, House M.D.\, Mad Men\, Revenge\, The Closer\, as well as on Broadway: Raisin in the Sun\, You Can’t Take it With You\, Sylvia\, Catch Me if You Can\, Lysistrata Jones. He has starred or costarred as an actor in films at Universal\, 20th Century Fox\, Lorimar\, Vestron\, as well  starring or costarring on Showtime\, BBC\, PBS\, ABC\, NBC\, and CBS and FOX.  He has coached writers on tour and at TEDglobal. Locally\, he has worked with Brian Pera\, Mike McCarthy\, Ryan Parker\, Willy Bearden\, Bryan Artiles. He was a guest artist at Rhodes College from 2008-2014\, and has taught acting at many studios in New York and L.A. He is a member of the Actors Studio and the Ensemble Studio Theater in New York. Corey interviews actors. directors\, producers\, teachers and casting directors on his blog: memphisactor.blogspot.com \nConnect\, converse\, listen and learn at Shoot & Splice\, our monthly filmmaking forum. Arrive early to hang out with fellow attendees\, then grab a drink and kick back for the evening’s presentation. A wide variety of technical\, educational\, and fun topics of interest to the Memphis filmmaking community will be featured. Don’t miss this monthly opportunity to be a part of the Memphis filmmaking community and learn things you probably didn’t know you wanted to know. Have an idea for a topic you’d like to see covered? Email justin@crosstownarts.org.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/shoot-splice-corey-parker-acting-on-camera/
CATEGORIES:430
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