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SUMMARY:The Moonpie Project presents: Killer Napkins
DESCRIPTION:A new mural by Jason Spencer \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-killer-napkins/
LOCATION:Crosstown Alley\, 430 N. Cleveland
CATEGORIES:Programs
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SUMMARY:Brantley Ellzey: SWEET
DESCRIPTION:OPENING RECEPTION: FRIDAY\, OCTOBER 7\, 6-9 PM \n\nCrosstown Arts is pleased to present SWEET\, an exhibition of 20 new works by Memphis-based artist and architect\, Brantley Ellzey. \nFor the past 15 years\, Ellzey’s practice has typically involved media-based content in service to a particular subject. His works consist primarily of paper from magazines\, books\, and other printed media which he deconstructs\, rolls and methodically builds into complex\, layered forms.  Hand-rolled\, individual pages contain information that create an archive\, a time capsule of a specific theme and period. He has spent the last few years working on commissions that involved this concept\, giving him less control over palette or pattern. \nWith approximately 20 new pieces on view in SWEET\, Ellzey continues his exploration of the rolled paper module\, the process in creating the module\, and the resulting compositions and textures when the module is replicated and combined. In the process of these works\, Ellzey’s architectural training is evident. He was always drawn to model-making and the notion of creating things by hand. Modules provide scale and the hand is visible in the final product\, as each roll of paper is meticulously reworked by the artist. “This process of rolling is a meditative process. I find great inspiration in mundane\, methodical tasks. My mind is free to concentrate on exactly how and why I’m driven to create a particular piece.” The rolled pages that make up his work are filled with energy\, like springs waiting to snap back. \n“You say to a brick\, “What do you want\, brick?” And brick says to you\, “I like an arch.” -Louis Kahn \nThroughout SWEET\, Ellzey returns to the origins of his process by focusing on elements of color\, form\, and composition. In paring down the recent works to their basics\, Ellzey also simplified his inspirations and returned to his past. He began to revisit children’s books that formed his earliest visual memories and researched artists and designers that were working in the early sixties. Through this process he discovered the work of Mary Blair.  An unsung hero of the Disney animation studios and creative force in advertising and design\, Blair was responsible for the “It’s A Small World” attraction for the New York World’s Fair and then Disneyland. The juxtapositions of color with folk art patterning and imagery in her work hugely influenced his perception of the world as a child. Blair’s work as well as the styles of Alexander Girard and Charles and Ray Eames have guided the color and energy of Ellzey’s new body of work. \nDuring this tumultuous political season\, the process of creating these pieces\, as well as the imagery and materials involved\, has been a bulwark against a daily barrage of cynicism and acrimony. SWEET is unabashedly happy and optimistic\, and Ellzey hopes his audience will be similarly inspired. \n\n                 \n\n\n    \n\nArtist Biography \nBrantley Ellzey is an architect and artist who has operated an independent studio in the Crosstown neighborhood of Memphis since 2010.  With degrees in Architecture and Theater Design from Tulane University\, Ellzey creates art that illustrates the precision and structural form of architecture while embodying the colorful thrill and drama of the theater.  His works consist primarily of paper from magazines\, books and other printed media which he deconstructs\, rolls and methodically builds into complex\, layered forms.  Drawing from the themes of the selected materials\, he expresses the anatomy of a journal\, making the subject and content visually apparent in the piece with lines\, color and overall construction.  His work is in numerous private and corporate collections throughout the United States\, such as Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital\, West Cancer Center\, Bass Berry + Sims\, Wunderlich Securities\, and Iberia Bank. Examples of his architectural work are First Congregational Church\, The Museum of Modern Spinal Surgery at Medtronic\,The Kemmons Wilson Exhibit at the Kemmons Wilson School of Hospitality and Resort Management at University of Memphis\, the renovation of Immaculate Conception Cathedral\, and Ballet Memphis (Cordova).
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/brantley-ellzey-sweet/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts Galleries\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
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SUMMARY:Shoot & Splice: Creating Special Effects
DESCRIPTION:Monthly filmmaking forum presented by Crosstown Arts & Indie Memphis\n Doors open at 6:30 PM; Panel discussion begins at 7:00 PM \n\n\n\n\n\n\nCREATING SPECIAL EFFECTS with DAN BAKER & ERIC QUICK \nDan Baker and Eric Quick are film makers and creators of special effects.  Dan and Eric will lead a workshop on creating a practical effect and then bringing that effect digitally into your final edit.  Come learn from two of the best just in time to finish that Halloween short! \nDan Baker \nDan Baker satisfies his passion for learning by writing and directing films. He studied screenwriting under Academy Award nominated writer Mark Medoff (CHILDREN OF A LESSER GOD). He has been involved in productions for TED Talks\, ABC\, CBS\, HGTV\, BET\, National Geographic\, and Discovery ID\, his short films and book trailers have won festival awards\, and he has taught multi-media production internationally. \nEric Quick \nGraduating from the Memphis College of Art with a focus in Sculpture and Art History\, Eric Quick began pursuing a career in special effects. After 4 years of creating prosthetics and props for film and theatre productions around the country\, as well as co-creating and operating his own special effects business for almost 3 years\, he decided to become more involved in the filmmaking process. Eric is currently working with several Memphis film projects as a production designer and writer\, while still making special effects for theatre and film.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/shoot-splice-creating-special-effects/
LOCATION:TN
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SUMMARY:LIFE. STRUGGLE. FEARFULLY. BELOVED: An (Art)form of Worship
DESCRIPTION:Opening Reception: Thursday\, September 29\, 5-9 pm\nArtist Talk: Saturday\, October 1\, 2-4 pm\nGallery Hours: 12-5 pm \n\nArtists:\nDanielle Sierra\nAmybeth Rice\nAngela Meyers\nApril Wright
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/life-struggle-fearfully-beloved-an-artform-of-worship/
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CATEGORIES:430
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SUMMARY:Torn Down By Thursday
DESCRIPTION:Opening Reception: Wednesday\, September 28\, 6-9 pm\nOn view Thursday-Sunday\, September 29-October 2 \n\nAn exhibition of  flyers and posters from Memphis’ underground music scene\, from the 1970s to now \nOrganized by Goner Records | GONERFEST 13
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/torn-down-by-thursday/
LOCATION:TN
CATEGORIES:Gallery
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SUMMARY:Microcinema Club: Best of DC Shorts
DESCRIPTION:NEW SUMMER HOURS: Doors open at 7 pm / Screening begins at 7:30 pm.\nAdmission is Pay-What-You-Can. Beverages will be available. \nThe 2015 DC Shorts Film Festival** showcases one of the largest collection of short films in the USA. Out of 1\,300 entries from around the globe\, their programmers selected 125 unique films that reflect the 24 nations they represent. Indie Memphis had the unique opportunity to choose our very own BEST OF from their amazing 2015 lineup. \nMOVING ON | Comedy | USA | 11 min.\nWhat happens when you wake up to the news you need to move on — and move out at the same time? \nSTUTTERER | Drama | Ireland | 13 min.\nGreenwood speaks eloquently in his head\, but his interactions with the world are hampered by his stutter. \nTHE BRIDGE PARTNER | Horror/Suspense | USA | 14 min.\nParanoia takes over a reluctant senior when she is threatened by her bridge partner. \nSHOK | Drama | UK | 21 min.\nThe friendship of two boys is tested as they battle for survival during the Kosovo war.\n*2016 Oscar-nominated Live Action Short Film* \nDISCIPLINE | Drama | Switzerland | 12 min.\nAs a result of publicly disciplining his daughter\, a man sets off a string of altercations. \nBARRIO BOY | Experimental | USA | 8 min.\nA Latino barber secretly falls in love with a handsome Irish stranger over the course of a haircut. \nHELP POINT | Comedy\, Drama | UK | 13 min.\nTwo people meet while searching for their cars in an airport parking lot. \nHAZEL + LOUIS: ANIMAL AGENTS | Comedy | USA | 9 min.\nIn Hollywood\, it’s all about who you know. That’s why all of the A-List animals know Hazel and Louis. \n****Some of these films have mature content/adult themes/strong language/adult humor. If you have specific questions regarding the films in this block\, please email Brighid Wheeler at brighid@indiememphis.com and she will be more than happy to answer any questions regarding the content \nPresented in collaboration with Crosstown Arts and made possible through support by ArtsFirst\, the First Tennessee Foundation and ArtsMemphis
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/microcinema-club-best-of-dc-shorts/
LOCATION:TN
CATEGORIES:430
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SUMMARY:Exhibit: Hope
DESCRIPTION:On view at Arts on the Grounds at New Hope Christian Academy\nOrganized by Crosstown Arts and Elliot Perry in collaboration with New Hope\n\n\n\nElliot Perry and Crosstown Arts are collaborating with New Hope Christian Academy (NHCA)\, an urban elementary school in the Frayser community of Memphis\, to curate Exhibit: Hope. The show is a component of a larger arts-focused fundraising event\, Arts on the Grounds\, that will celebrate and benefit NHCA and its Arts Academy program. \n\nLester Merriweather\nGreely Myatt\nTerry Lynn\nKong Wee Pang\nCathy Lancaster\nNancy Dorman\nEmily Ozier\nCathy Graham\nCarl Moore\nMelody Weintraub\nMary Jo Karimnia\nHamlett Dobbins\nRachael Grant\nLawrence Matthews\nPinkney Herbert\nYancy Villa Calvo\nDanny Broadway\nChloe York\nSusan Maakestad\n\n\n  \nNew Hope currently enrolls over 420 students from grades PK3 – 6th and is now in its 20th year. The school offers a challenging intellectual and Christ-centered learning environment with a wide range of academic and extracurricular opportunities for its students. The unique school grounds consist of a working “urban” farm\, an adjacent “urban” forest of several acres (for experimental outdoor learning)\, as well as a STEAM-inspired maker space. Through these upcoming events\, we look forward to raising awareness of the future needs (and current highlights) of NHCA’s growing Arts Academy program. \n\nFor more information\, please contact Gray Byrd\, Development Coordinator at New Hope Christian Academy at gbyrd@newhopememphis.org.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/exhibit-hope/
LOCATION:New Hope Christian Academy\, 3000 University St\, Memphis\, TN\, 38127\, United States
CATEGORIES:Gallery
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20160920T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20160920T150000
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SUMMARY:Open Crit
DESCRIPTION:Artist installation 5-6 pm\nDiscussion 6-8 pm \n\nFacilitator: Carrol Harding McTyre\n\nParticipating artists:\n– Kai Myers\n– Nick Canterucci\n– Danielle Sierra\n– Craig Lafferty\n\nContact MaryJo@crosstownarts.org to get involved!  \n\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  \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. \nOrganized by Crosstown Arts in partnership with ArtsMemphis ArtsAccelerator.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/open-crit-8/
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SUMMARY:G Works by Clarence Glaspie
DESCRIPTION:Debut exhibition of Cooper-Young artist Clarence Glaspie \nOrganized by the artist
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/g-works-by-clarence-glaspie/
LOCATION:TN
CATEGORIES:430
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20160914T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20160914T160000
DTSTAMP:20260518T100446
CREATED:20160906T174058Z
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SUMMARY:Acoustic Soul Series Featuring Fred X & Friends
DESCRIPTION:Featuring Fred X & Friends\nA Night of Soul Music & Poetry\nPerformances from Poet Mane Called Hawk\, Instantly G\, Omega Forte\, Kiña del Mar\, and Toothbrush Jesus \nDj Infamous Flame on the 1s & 2s\n$7 Advance Tickets available at  eventbrite.com\, $10 at the Door\nComplimentary Wine & Appetizers\nVendors: Gifts of Nature\, I Dream Boutique\, and New Tribe Tees\nRichard’s Food Truck
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/acoustic-soul-series-featuring-fred-x-friends/
LOCATION:TN
CATEGORIES:430
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20160913T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20160913T150000
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CREATED:20160906T181911Z
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SUMMARY:Hustle: Demystifying Public Art with the Urban Art Commission
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a discussion with Lauren Kennedy\, Siphne Sylve and Allison Hennie of the UrbanArt Commission to learn more about UAC\, its resources and opportunities. Why is UAC involved in Hustle\, and what resources can it offer Memphis artists? Explore UAC’s public art process as well as the future of the organization. \nPresentation with Q&A to follow. \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-demystifying-public-art-with-the-urban-art-commission/
LOCATION:story booth\, 438 N. Cleveland St.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Programs
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SUMMARY:Visiting Writer Jacqueline Woodson
DESCRIPTION:THE FIRST OFFICIAL EVENT OF THE 2016 MID-SOUTH BOOK FESTIVAL! \n\nJoin us for an evening with the author of the best-selling memoir “Brown Girl Dreaming\,” Jacqueline Woodson\, as she shares with us her lyrical new novel\, “Another Brooklyn.” \nAbout the book:\nRunning into a long-ago friend sets memory from the 1970s in motion for August\, transporting her to a time and a place where friendship was everything until it wasn’t. For August and her girls\, sharing confidences as they ambled through neighborhood streets\, Brooklyn was a place where they believed that they were beautiful\, talented\, brilliant a part of a future that belonged to them. But beneath the hopeful veneer\, there was another Brooklyn\, a dangerous place where grown men reached for innocent girls in dark hallways\, where ghosts haunted the night\, where mothers disappeared. A world where madness was just a sunset away and fathers found hope in religion. Like Louise Meriwether’s Daddy Was a Number Runner and Dorothy Allison’s Bastard Out of Carolina\, Jacqueline Woodson’s Another Brooklyn heartbreakingly illuminates the formative time when childhood gives way to adulthood\, the promise and peril of growing up\, and exquisitely renders a powerful\, indelible\, and fleeting friendship that united four young lives. \nAbout the author:\nJacqueline Woodson is the bestselling author of more than two dozen award-winning books for young adults\, middle graders\, and children\, including the New York Times bestselling memoir Brown Girl Dreaming\, which won the 2014 National Book Award\, the Coretta Scott King Award\, a Newbery Honor Award\, an NAACP Image Award\, and the Sibert Honor Award. Woodson was recently named the Young People’s Poet Laureate by the Poetry Foundation. She lives with her family in Brooklyn\, New York.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/visiting-writer-jacqueline-woodson/
LOCATION:story booth\, 438 N. Cleveland St.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20160907T160000
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SUMMARY:Film Fatales Speaker Series: August Palmer
DESCRIPTION:Join Film Fatales and Indie Memphis at Crosstown Arts Wednesday\, September 7th for FF Speaker Series featuring Filmmaker Augusta Palmer. It’s a free community event thanks to support by Crosstown Arts and Indie Memphis. \nNetworking\, eating\, and drinking at 6:30pm; speaker presentation begins at 7:00 pm. \nCrossing Genres: From Documentary to Fiction Film and Back Again\nFilmmaker Augusta Palmer will screen her short\, A is for Aye-Aye: An Abecedarian Adventure (2015)\, and talk about working across genres\, the wild\, wild world of creating content for children\, and her new project\, The Blues Society. \nAbout Augusta Palmer\nAugusta Palmer is a filmmaker and scholar best known for The Hand of Fatima (2009)\, a feature documentary about music\, mysticism\, and family history. Her award-winning documentary and experimental video work has screened in national and international festivals\, as well as at venues like New York’s Anthology Film Archives. Her first fiction short\, A is for Aye-Aye: An Abecedarian Adventure (2015)\, has played in festivals from New Zealand to New York. She is currently at work on a new documentary called The Blues Society\, about the Memphis Country Blues Festivals of the 1960s. She is also an Assistant Professor of Communication Arts at St. Francis College in Brooklyn\, New York.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/film-fatales-speaker-series-august-palmer/
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CATEGORIES:430
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20160906T160000
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SUMMARY:Shoot & Splice: Costume Design on a Budget
DESCRIPTION:Monthly filmmaking forum presented by Crosstown Arts & Indie Memphis\nDoors open at 6:30 PM; Panel discussion begins at 7:00 PM \n\nBruce Bui (Ballet Memphis) will discuss his methods for costume design on productions and tips for getting the most out of a small budget on independent films. \n\nBruce is originally from Southern California and a graduate of CLU\, who now lives in Memphis\, and is going into his sixteenth season as the Wardrobe Director and Resident Costume Designer for Ballet Memphis.  His works can be seen regularly on the Orpheum stage and numerous other venues around the mid-south\, and nationally.  His designs have been praised as “dazzling” by Critical Dance Magazine\, and a “Master of Chiffon” by the Commercial Appeal.  He has worked with companies such as Kingsmen Shakespeare Festival\, Tennessee Shakespeare Company\, Trey McIntyre Project\, Ballet De Moines\, The Harid Conservatory\, The Western Stage\, among others.  Some of his specialty garments can be seen on Mrs. Tennessee for Mrs. America\, At Home Tennessee Magazine’s featured wedding issue\, The Memphis Mystic Krew court\, Curb Couture Trashion Show\, and Condomonium.  Bruce has also worked on several commercials here in the Mid-South.  When not working behind the scenes\, Bruce enjoys acting\, and regularly appears in The Break-Up Show\, and shows with Friends of George’s.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/shoot-splice-costume-design-on-a-budget/
LOCATION:TN
CATEGORIES:430,Programs
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SUMMARY:Crosstown 'Clectic
DESCRIPTION:Tennessee Craft Southwest presents a juried two-day show which blends art gallery with booths of fine crafts created by local artists. \nPreview Party: Friday\, August 26\, 5-8 pm\nMain Event: Saturday\, August 27\, 11 am – 5 pm \nFor more information visit TennesseeCraftSouthwest.com \nFacebook event
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/crosstown-clectic-craft-show/
LOCATION:TN
CATEGORIES:430
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SUMMARY:Andrea Morales: Again As Usual
DESCRIPTION:One-night only exhibition of new work by Crosstown Arts’ summer studio resident artist\, Andrea Morales\, created during her residency session. \n“Change in a community is subtle on a day to day basis\, but is something we experience simultaneously. For better or worse\, that means what is now won’t be so in a few. These images look at Vollentine Evergreen\, Crosstown\, and North Memphis neighborhoods as communities in transition. By cataloguing moments\, both mundane and celebratory\, photographs can inform a portrait in our memories.”\n-Andrea Morales \nAndrea Morales was born in Peru\, raised in Miami\, and currently resides in the Crosstown neighborhood of Memphis. She is an artist\, photojournalist\, freelance photographer\, and teacher.  She works regularly for the New York Times and other well-known publications.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/andrea-morales-again-as-usual/
LOCATION:TN
CATEGORIES:Residency
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SUMMARY:Working Writer's Cocktail Hour\, 5th ed.
DESCRIPTION:the back-to-school edition. for writers. \nin the interests of continuing to further cultivate and connect the writing community of Memphis\, story booth is hosting the 5th edition of Crosstown Arts‘ Working Writers’ Cocktail Hour\, on Wednesday\, August 24\, 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. \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-5th-ed/
LOCATION:story booth\, 438 N. Cleveland St.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
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SUMMARY:SoundOff: Lawrence "Boo" Mitchell
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Crosstown Arts in collaboration with The Memphis Chapter of the Recording Academy \nSoundOff is a quarterly forum for exploring the art and the science of audio recording and its storied and innovative history here in Memphis. Learn the craft from the producers and engineers that helped to create and continue to shape the Memphis Sound. SoundOff is for musicians\, professional recording engineers\, producers\, and anyone interested in better understanding audio recording. \nThe series kicks of with Boo Mitchell\, record producer and chief engineer for world famous Royal Studios. Join us for a discussion with Boo about his role in recording the Grammy Award winning hit song “Uptown Funk” and other projects at Royal Studios. \nDoors open at 6:30; program begins at 7 pm\nComplimentary food & drinks\nFree and open to the public  \nJoin/share event on Facebook
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/soundoff-boo-mitchell/
LOCATION:TN
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SUMMARY:Tommy Kha: A Real Imitation Booksigning
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a reading\, signing\, and sale of “A Real Imitation” (Ain’t Bad) with New York/Memphis-based artist Tommy Kha. \n\n\n\nGrowing up in Memphis\, Tennessee\, Tommy Kha felt a pervasive alienation from his surroundings and was often mistaken for a tourist or ‘foreigner.’ Gesturing to his eyes\, strangers would inquire about his ethnicity. As he approached adolescence\, these inquiries evolved into questions concerning his sexuality\, adding a new layer to his perceived outsider status. These experiences followed him even to graduate school at Yale University\, where declining to give a stranger a cigarette outside a bar was met with the impertinent invitation for Kha\, a native Memphian of Chinese descent\, to “go back to Japan.” Though these hurtful experiences had become commonplace\, Kha remained unscathed; he’d been hearing these types of things his whole life. Discussing his recent series A Real Imitation and how he remains unable to broach the subject of his sexuality with his mother\, grandmother\, and most of his family\, Kha says\, “I think subconsciously\, I made these pictures as a response to feeling forced to hide. So I’m trading guises and trying to reflect that. I think this is how the project will end—when they find out.” \nThrough A Real Imitation\, Kha uses a discordant mix of performance\, self- portraiture\, and iconic pictures of the Memphis landscape to understand and underscore his uncanny and complex experience of feeling like an outsider at home and in his own skin. Obsessed with photography’s ability to reveal and conceal\, Kha’s work pushes its function (as Diane Arbus once described it) as a purveyor of secrets. Straying from loud or heavy-handed depictions of cultural identity\, he illustrates his alienation with a constellation of visual poems that quietly capture a disruption between his projected likenesses and how he sees himself. \n-Jon Feinstein
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/tommy-kha-a-real-imitation-booksigning/
LOCATION:story booth\, 438 N. Cleveland St.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
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SUMMARY:Anthology: Somewhere Not Here
DESCRIPTION:OPENING FRIDAY\, AUGUST 19\, 6-9 pm\nON VIEW THROUGH SEPTEMBER 17\nRelated event: A Real Imitation\n\nCURATED BY TOMMY KHA\nPao Houa Her\nManal Abu-Shaheen\nJohanna Case-Hofmeister\nJen Davis\nCurran Hatleberg\nKa-Man Tse\nPixy Liao\nJoel W. Fisher\nDru Donovan\nMichael Marcelle\nFarah Al Qasimi\nSara Maria Salamone\nJustine Kurland\nRyan James MacFarland\nShane Lavalette\nRory Mulligan\nHannah Price\nNelson Chan\nLilly McElroy \n\nCrosstown Arts is pleased to present Anthology: Somewhere Not Here\, an exhibition of photography and video curated by New York/Memphis-based artist Tommy Kha. \nAnthology collects images by an array of contemporary photographers sharing a common process instead of specific genre or subject. The works are informed by the acts of their journeys—seeking\, feeling\, and finding through passages of time and place. \nFeatured artists include Pao Houa Her\, Manal Abu-Shaheen\, Johanna Case-Hofmeister\, Jen Davis\, Curran Hatleberg\, Ka-Man Tse\, Pixy Liao\, Joel W. Fisher\, Dru Donovan\, Michael Marcelle\, Farah Al Qasimi\, Sara Maria Salamone\, Justine Kurland\, Ryan James MacFarland\, Shane Lavalette\, Rory Mulligan\, Hannah Price\, Nelson Chan\, and Lilly McElroy. \nLearn more about the artists below. \nFrom the curator \nLife is not about significant details\, illuminated a flash\, fixed forever. Photographs are. \n– Susan Sontag \nSomewhere Not Here brings together a diverse group of contemporary photographers. Rather than relying on a particular theme\, the selected artists and works are connected through a hunting and gathering gesture in picture making. \nThe pictures\, intentionally printed in small format to reference drug store prints and postcards\, vary in subject matter and genre. They share and borrow languages such as landscape\, the open road\, picture as document\, and street photography. \nThe photographers are nomadic\, always in search of images that are elusive and not always present\, not easily hunted. \nCurran Hatleberg and Justine Kurland actively travel the American Road\, while Manal Abu-Shaheen seeks her subjects in further places\, crossing vast oceans to photograph in her home country. \nOften\, the way home is the source of the artists’ images. Ka-man Tse presents a picture of the personal journey\, of her wife and Tse’s parents sharing a meal together in the same frame. Lilly McElroy’s video\, Hopeful Romantic\, reflects another aspect of artist’s performative nature—a performed Lilly McElroy. The video is edited to Bruce Springsteen’s “Dancing in the Dark” as she drives from Maine to California. \nSome respond on impulse\, referencing modes of transport\, manifested as a sort of muse—a sitter for the camera. At times\, these modes become a temporary studio space for Pixy Liao\, as she travels back to China with her boyfriend\, Moro Magario. \nOthers respond to constraints. Hannah Price’s pictures may take cues from Oulipo\, a French literary movement\, where she actively makes photographs “during a time people consider to be the most menacing; during the dark nights and of those who blend in with it. At night\, I roam the streets looking for subjects of this type.” \nThe rest could be seen as collections of the world seen in passing—the gathered. \n\nAbout Tommy Kha \nTommy Kha (b. 1988\, Memphis\, Tennessee) received his BFA in Photography from Memphis College of Art and his MFA from Yale University School of Art. His work has been published in Modern Painters\, Humble Arts\, Slate\, the Huffington Post\, Blouin ArtInfo\, BUTT Magazine\, Buzzfeed\, and Miranda July’s “We Think Alone” and exhibited at Deli Gallery\, Ryerson Artspace\, Georgia Scherman Projects\, Aperture\, Signal Gallery\, ALLGOLD at MoMA PS1 Printshop\, Johalla ProAjects\, Yongkang Lu Art\, and Kunstverein Wolfsburg. He was an artist-in-residence through the Center for Photography at Woodstock and Light Work. Recently\, Kha published his first monograph\, A Real Imitation\, through Aint-Bad Magazine. He currently lives and works in New York City and Memphis.\nLearn more \n\n\nAbout the Artists \nPao Houa Her was born somewhere in the northern jungles of Laos. She fled Laos with her family when she was a baby\, crossed the Mekong on her mother’s back\, was fed opium to keep from crying\, lived in the refugee camps in Thailand and landed in America on a silver metal bird in the mid 1980s. She is a visual artist who works within multiple genres of photography. She has exhibited in numerous shows both nationally and internationally including a solo show at the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University. Her received her BFA from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design and her MFA from Yale University. \nManal Abu-Shaheen is a Lebanese-American photographer currently living and working in Long Island City\, NY. She was born in Beirut in 1982 and moved from Lebanon to New York in 2000. Abu-Shaheen received a MFA in Photography from the Yale School of Art\, New Haven\, CT in 2011; a BA from Sarah Lawrence College\, Bronxville\, NY in 2003; and attended Lebanese American University\, Byblos\, Lebanon in 1999. Her work has been exhibited at the Queens Museum\, Queens\, NY (2016); The Center for Fine Art Photography\, Fort Collins\, CO (2016); The Bronx Museum of the Arts\, Bronx\, NY (2015); The Print Shop at MoMA PS1\, Queens\, NY (2014); Camera Club of New York\, NY (2013); and Welch School of Art and Design Galleries\, Atlanta\, GA (2012)\, among others. She is a recipient of the 2016/17 A.I.R Gallery Fellowship and the 2015 Artist in the Marketplace Residency program at the Bronx Museum of the Arts. She currently teaches at the City College of New York. \nJohanna Case-Hofmeister received an MFA from Yale University in 2013. She went on to study projection design and technology at the Yale School of Drama. Her photography has been exhibited nationally and internationally. She is currently an Associate Professor in Photography at Long Island University. \nJen Davis is a New York based photographer. For the past fourteen years she has been working on a series of Self-Portrait’s dealing with issues regarding beauty\, identity\, and body image. She has also been exploring men as a subject\, and is interested in investigating the idea of the relationship\, both physical and psychological\, with her camera. Her first monograph titled Eleven Years\, published by Kehrer Verlag (Germany) was released in the Spring of 2014 accompanied by her first solo show in New York City at ClampArt. She received an MFA from Yale University in 2008\, and BFA from Columbia College Chicago in 2002. Davis’ work has been exhibited both nationally and internationally. In the fall of 2016 Davis will have a solo exhibition in FotoFocus 2016 Biennial in Cincinnati\, Ohio. Her photographs are in the collections of the Art Institute of Chicago\, The Sir Elton John Photography Collection\, and The Library of Congress\, Museum of Fine Arts\, Boston. Davis is represented by Lee Marks Fine Art and ClampArt\, NY. \nCurran Hatleberg (b. 1982\, Washington\, DC) received his MFA from Yale University in 2010. His work has been exhibited nationally and internationally\, including recent shows at Higher Pictures gallery and Fraenkel Gallery. He is the recipient of a 2015 Magnum Emergency Fund grant\, a 2014 Aaron Siskind Foundation Individual Photographer’s Fellowship grant\, and the 2010 Richard Benson Prize for excellence in photography. Hatleberg’s work is held in various museum collections\, including the SF MoMA\, the Center for Contemporary Photography\, the Davison Art Center at Wesleyan University\, the Williams College Museum of Art\, and the Yale University Art Gallery. Lost Coast\, his forthcoming monograph\, will be released by TBW Books in fall 2016. \nKa-Man Tse is a photographer and video artist based in New York.  She received an MFA from Yale University in 2009\, and a BA from Bard College in 2003.   Her images are informed by the points of intersection between the LGBTQ and the Asian Pacific Islander communities\, and what is shared and negotiated between the two seemingly divergent worlds.  Her photography and video begin from small gestures and moments that then unfold in public and private spaces. She has exhibited internationally and nationally; including the Lianzhou Foto Festival in Guangdong\, China\, the Museum of Chinese in America in New York\, NY\, the Bronx Museum of the Arts in New York\, NY; Cornell University\, the Palm Springs Art Museum in California\, Capricious Gallery in New York\, NY\, the Philadelphia Photo Arts Center\, and Gallery 339 in Philadelphia\, and the Eighth Veil in Los Angeles.  She was a SPARC Artist-in-Residence through the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs\, and completed the Artist in the Marketplace Program through the Bronx Museum of Arts. She is the recipient of the 2014-2015 Robert Giard Fellowship.  She currently teaches at Yale University\, where she was appointed lecturer in 2013\, as well Parsons the New School of Design\, since 2011. This spring\, Tse mounted her first solo exhibition at the Silver Eye Center for Photography in Pittsburgh\, PA. Her current project\, Narrow Distances is currently on view in a solo exhibition at Lumenvisum in Hong Kong this summer (July 23 – August 21\, 2016); her work is also currently on view at the New York Public Library\, Mulberry Street Branch in Soho (June 1 – September 7\, 2016). \nBorn and raised in Shanghai\, China\, Pixy Liao is an artist currently resides in Brooklyn.She is a recipient of NYFA Fellowship in photography\, En Foco’s New Works Fellowship and LensCulture Exposure Awards\, etc. She has done artist residencies at Pioneer Works\, Light Work\, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council\, Center for Photography at Woodstock\, and Camera Club of New York. Liao’s photographs have been exhibited internationally\, including He Xiangning Art Museum (China)\, Asia Society (Houston)\, Flower Gallery (NY)\,  VT Artsalon (Taiwan)\, Kips Gallery (Korea)\, The Running Horse Contemporary Art Space (Lebanon)\,  Format (UK)\, Noorderlicht (Netherland)\, etc\,.Liao holds a MFA in photography from University of Memphis. \nJoel W. Fisher (b. Newport\, VT) received a Bachelor of Arts in English from the University of New Hampshire in 1997 and a Master in Fine Arts from the Rhode Island School of Design in 2006. From 2006-2007 he worked and studied at the Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst in Leipzig\, Germany on a Fulbright Fellowship. His work has shown both nationally and internationally in both group and solo exhibitions. Work in collaboration with J.T. Leonard entitled Landmark was shown in group and two person exhibitions including Wassaic Projects’ Return to Rattlesnake Mountain\, AD/HD at KNOWMOREGAMES and P-R-I-M-E-T-I-M-E Galleries in Brooklyn\, and solo exhibitions in Kansas City and Indianapolis in 2013 and 2014. A monograph entitled Landmark was published by Daylight Books in the spring of 2015 and was short-listed for the Aperture Foundation First Book Prize. Work from an on-going solo project entitled Agapage appeared in exhibitions Shifting Practices: Allusions\, Interventions\, and Conventions in Contemporary Photography at The Art Gym at Marylhurst University and The Heart is a Lonely Hunter at the Fraenkel Gallery in 2015. Joel has received grants from the Oregon Arts Commission\, Ford Family and Mellon Foundations and was a participant in the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council’s Workspace Program (2015-2016). Joel also co-curated and wrote the introduction for the exhibition catalog Reinventing Documentary: The Art of Allan Sekula (2015). Joel was a Visiting Assistant Professor at the Rochester Institute of Technology\, an area head of photography at the City College of New York (CUNY)\, and is currently an Assistant Professor of Art and Studio Head of Photography at Lewis and Clark College. \nDru Donovan received a BFA from California College of the Arts in 2004 and an MFA from Yale School of Art in 2009. Donovan’s work has shown nationally and internationally and was included in reGeneration2: Tomorrow’s Photographers Today at the Musée de l’Elysée in Lausanne\, Switzerland\, and in the 2010 California Biennial at the Orange County Museum of Art\, Fraenkel Gallery\, Yancey Richardson Gallery\, Hap Gallery and Philadelphia Photo Arts Center. Donovan’s photographs have been published in Aperture Magazine\, Blind Spot\, Picture Magazine\, Matte Magazine\, The New York Times Magazine and Vice. Her work is in the collections of Deutsche Bank and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. In 2011TBW Books published her first book\, Lifting Water. In 2011-2012 she participated in the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council’s Workspace studio residency. Awards Donovan has received are the John Gutmann Photography Fellowship in 2015 and is a 2016-2017 John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellow. She has taught at many institutions including Parsons School for Design\, Pratt Institute\, Lewis & Clark College\, University of Hartford and Yale University and will be a Visiting Lecturer at Harvard in the fall of 2016. \nMichael Marcelle was born in New Jersey in 1983\, received a BA from Bard College in 2005 and an MFA from Yale University in 2013. His work has been exhibited at Aperture Foundation\, Interstate Projects\, Pioneer Works\, Austin Center for Photography\, and has been featured in The New Yorker\, Vice Magazine\, Vogue\, Paper Journal\, and more. \nFarah Al Qasimi\, born 1991 in Abu Dhabi\, is an artist and musician. Farah studied photography and music at Yale University (New Haven\, Connecticut) and is currently an MFA candidate in the Photography program at the Yale School of Art. Farah has participated in residencies at the Burren College of Art in Ireland\, at her studio in Dubai (with the support of the Abu Dhabi Music and Arts Foundation) and at the School of Visual Arts in New York. Recent shows include Coming Up Roses at The Third Line\, Dubai; Biennial for Arab Photography at Institut du Monde Arabe\, Paris; Emirati Expressions at Manarat al Saadiyat\, Abu Dhabi; Walls and Margins at the Barjeel Art Foundation\, Sharjah; and Black Mirror at the Aperture Foundation\, New York. \nSara Maria Salamone is a photographer and independent curator who has earned her BA in Photography from Hampshire College and her MFA in Photography and Related Media from Parsons The New School for Design. Salamone has curated exhibitions at Albany Center Gallery in Albany\, NY and LAUNCH F18\, NYCAMs\, and site95 in NYC. Salamone also comes from a diverse and experienced background\, having worked at Casey Kaplan\, site95\, The Armory Show\, Frieze New York among many others. Her most recent solo exhibition was held at GCA in Brooklyn\, NY. Salamone lives and works in Brooklyn. \nJustine Kurland is an artist who is lives in New York\, and is represented by Mitchell-Innes & Nash. \nRyan James MacFarland\, born Tallahassee\, FL in 1985\, is a multidisciplinary artist with a focus in analog photography. Working with both natural and found environments as his primary subject\, MacFarland explores the relationship to his surroundings informed by concepts such as nonlinear science\, cosmic intervention and conscious existence. His work has been exhibited in the US and abroad since 2004 and written about or published in Art F City\, Artinfo\, DuJour\, Purple\, OUT\, The New York Times\, Vogue\, W and Whitewall. He lives and works in Brooklyn\, NY. \nShane Lavalette\, born 1987\, in Burlington\, VT\, is an American photographer\, the founding Publisher/Editor of Lavalette\, and the Director of Light Work. He holds a BFA from Tufts University in partnership with The School of the Museum of Fine Arts\, Boston. Lavalette’s photographs have been shown widely\, including exhibitions at the High Museum of Art\, Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University\, Aperture Gallery\, Montserrat College of Art\, The Carpenter Center for Visual Arts at Harvard University\, The Center for Photography at Woodstock\, The Museum of Fine Arts\, Boston\, and Musée de l’Elysée\, in addition to being held in private and public collections. In 2016\, a solo exhibition of One Sun\, One Shadowwas presented at Robert Morat Galerie in Hamburg\, Germany. His editorial work has been published in various magazines\, including The New York Times Magazine\, The New Yorker\, Newsweek\, Esquire\, Bloomberg Businessweek\, Vice Magazine\, The Wire\, Wallpaper*\, among others. Lavalette is currently based in Upstate New York. \nRory Mulligan currently lives in Hastings-on-Hudson\, New York. He received a BA from Fordham University and a MFA from Yale University in 2010. His work has been exhibited both nationally and internationally and is included in the permanent collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Mulligan’s work has been published by J&L Books (Atlanta)\, Blind Spot Magazine (New York) and Art Licks (London) and his writing is featured in The Photographer’s Playbook published by Aperture. He was a 2014 Artist in Residence at Light Work in Syracuse\, New York and is currently a Process Space Resident for the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council. \nRaised in Fort Collins\, Colorado\, Hannah Price\, born in 1986\, is a photographic artist and filmmaker primarily interested in documenting relationships\, race politics\, perception and misperception.  Price is internationally known for her project City of Brotherly Love (2009-2012)\, a series of photographs of the men who catcalled her on the streets of Philadelphia. In 2014\, Price graduated from the Yale School of Art MFA Photography program\, receiving the Richard Benson Prize for excellence in photography.  Over the past six years\, Price’s photos have been displayed in several cities across the United States\, with a few residing in the permanent collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. \nNelson Chan was born in New Jersey to immigrant parents from Hong Kong and Taiwan and has spent most of his life between the States and Hong Kong. Having grown up on two continents with unique cultures\, this immigrant experience has influenced the majority of Nelson’s work. He continues to explore this duality of personal and cultural identity through the medium of photography. He is a graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design\, where he received a BFA and a graduate of the University of Hartford\, Hartford Art School\, where is received his MFA. Nelson is based in New York City and is currently a Visiting Assistant Professor at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn\, New York. \nLilly McElroy is an American photographer born in Wilcox\, Arizona. The artistic projects she pursues are a reflection of her complex relationship with the American West and exploring what it means to be an American in a time of diminished expectations. She received her BFA in Photography in 2003 and BA in creative writing in 2004 from University of Arizona\, and an MFA from the Art Institute of Chicago in 2006.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/anthology-somewhere-not-here/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts Galleries\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
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SUMMARY:T​o​sha Brown Art Show
DESCRIPTION:Exhibition organized by the artist.
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SUMMARY:Microcinema Club: IndieMemphis Narrative Festival Shorts Encore
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an encore screening of the popular Narrative Shorts #2 block from this past year’s Indie Memphis Film Festival. These films are a mix of drama\, comedy\, and dark comedy films. This block also includes the Special Jury Award Narrative Short (A KING’S BETRAYAL) and the Audience Choice Award for Best Narrative Short (THE MOBILE STRIPPER). \nPresented in collaboration with Crosstown Arts and made possible through support by ArtsFirst\, the First Tennessee Foundation and ArtsMemphis.   \nNEW SUMMER HOURS: Doors open at 7 pm / Screening begins at 7:30 pm.\nComplimentary food & drinks available  \nAdmission is Pay-What-You-Can
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/microcinema-club-indiememphis-narrative-festival-shorts-encore/
LOCATION:TN
CATEGORIES:430,Programs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20160816T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20160816T150000
DTSTAMP:20260518T100446
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SUMMARY:Arrow of Light
DESCRIPTION:Arrow of Light is a 20 min short drama\, based on a true story by a Memphis author. It centers around a 10-year-old boy who is trying to make sense of the suicide of a close family friend. \nFilm screening organized by Christian Walker
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/arrow-of-light/
LOCATION:TN
CATEGORIES:430
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20160812T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20160812T160000
DTSTAMP:20260518T100446
CREATED:20160808T205958Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160810T122929Z
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SUMMARY:Sexual Vegetables
DESCRIPTION:Exhibitions organized by the Pretty Girls Art Coalition & Chaparrita Gallery \nChaparrita Gallery is a miniature\, travelling gallery with a 2′ x 2′ footprint and 14″ walls\, scaled 1 inch to 1 foot.\nwww.chaparritagallery.com
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/sexual-vegetables/
LOCATION:TN
CATEGORIES:430
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20160809T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20160809T150000
DTSTAMP:20260518T100446
CREATED:20160303T192908Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160808T223156Z
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SUMMARY:Hustle: Applying to Grants and Residencies
DESCRIPTION:Money and time can have a huge positive influence on your artwork. Learn about local and far-flung opportunities during this talk about the basics. What are grants and residencies and how can artists use these opportunities to further their careers? \nHow can you organize a smooth application process and prepare a professional application that stands out? \nDiscussion with artist Hamlett Dobbins\, Elizabeth Rouse of ArtsMemphis\, and Brett Roler of the Downtown Memphis commission. \n\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-applying-to-grants-and-residencies/
LOCATION:TN
CATEGORIES:Programs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20160809T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20160809T150000
DTSTAMP:20260518T100446
CREATED:20151215T182353Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160808T140539Z
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SUMMARY:Open Crit
DESCRIPTION:Artist installation 5-6 pm\nDiscussion 6-8 pm \n\nAugust Facilitator: Carrol Harding McTyre\nParticipating artists:\nJohn Collins\, Lucero Soto\, Eric Clausen & Logan Sanders \n\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  \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. \nOrganized by Crosstown Arts in partnership with ArtsMemphis ArtsAccelerator.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/open-crit-7/
LOCATION:TN
CATEGORIES:Programs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20160806T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20160806T170000
DTSTAMP:20260518T100446
CREATED:20160803T181625Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160803T181634Z
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SUMMARY:901 Evolution presents the 4th Annual Soul Drive
DESCRIPTION:Arts showcase with hip-hop performances\, spoken word\, open mic\, visual arts and food in support of local students. Admission: donations of new uniforms and school supplies \nOrganized by 901 Evolution\, a youth mentoring program
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/901-evolution-soul-drive/
LOCATION:TN
CATEGORIES:430
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20160806T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20160806T120000
DTSTAMP:20260518T100446
CREATED:20160714T184711Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160719T225654Z
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SUMMARY:Andrea Morales: Open Studio & Artist Talk
DESCRIPTION:ARTIST TALK AT 2 PM; PORTRAIT SESSIONS TO FOLLOW\n\nThis summer\, Andrea Morales has been photographing Memphis as part of Crosstown Arts’ Studio Residency program. The Peruvian-born and Miami-raised photographer’s ongoing project looks at the details of life in the city’s neighborhoods (particularly in Crosstown and North Memphis) through documentary and portraiture work. Motivated by her background as a photojournalist at community newspapers\, this addresses a communion of sorts with Memphis as a new home. \nThe studio space afforded by the residency is dubbed “Daisy Curtain” Studio for the season and serves as a means to meet folks while developing studio portraiture practices. Come visit Daisy Curtain\, view some work in progress and learn a little about the documentary process. Folks who come by also have the option of having their portrait made\, perhaps as part of the project\, but mostly because there’s no such thing as a bad face. Participants will get a free print and/or digital file for their time. \n\n\n\nThe artist will host 2 additional portrait sessions over the summer: \n\nSunday\, July 24\, 2016; 1PM-5PM\nSunday\, July 31\, 2016; 1PM-5PM \nLooking to schedule some time? Have any other questions?\nContact the artist\, Andrea Morales at morandrea@gmail.com
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/open-studio-artist-talk-andrea-morales/
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:20160805T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20160805T133000
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SUMMARY:FISH Gallery Talk
DESCRIPTION:Learn more about the inspiration behind and production of FISH from its creators Laura Jean Hocking\, Sarah Fleming\, and Christopher Reyes.\nRECENT PRESS\n\n\n\nLaura Jean Hocking\n\nThe universe was mysteriously created; fourteen billion years later Laura Jean Hocking became a filmmaker. She has edited four feature films\, including the award winning documentary Antenna\, and directed and/or edited dozens of music videos and experimental short films. Her most recent creation is the Indie Grant funded short film\, “How To Skin A Cat.” \n\nSarah Fleming\nFor over a decade Sarah has worked as a filmmaker and visual artist in the Memphis area.  She has produced and directed numerous award-winning works of art\, spanning the spectrum from narrative and documentary films to music videos to experimental films and projection pieces.  Currently she heads up her own production company\, Cat and Fish\, and is an active member of both Team Electron and Film Fatales. Sarah is passionate about creativity and an engaged member of the Memphis community. \n\nChristopher Reyes\nChristopher Reyes AKA Ninjacat is an experiential artist combining traditional murals\, sculptures\, and installations\, with original soundscapes\, music\, film\, projection mapping\, and technology.  Most recent installations include the Moonpie Project with Birdcap and NFO with the Urban Art Commission. \n\n\n                 \n\n\n    \n\n 
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/fish-gallery-talk/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts Galleries\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Gallery
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20160802T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20160802T160000
DTSTAMP:20260518T100447
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SUMMARY:Shoot & Splice: Misadventures in Screenwriting
DESCRIPTION:Monthly filmmaking forum presented by Crosstown Arts & Indie Memphis\nDoors open at 6:30 PM; Panel discussion begins at 7:00 PM\n \nChris McCoy presents a case study in screenwriting\, using his experiences writing his latest feature-length script Flash Crash to illustrate some lessons on the dark art. \nChris McCoy is a writer\, director\, producer\, and consultant from Memphis. Working under the name C. Scott McCoy\, he has written and directed three feature films: the mockumentary Automusik Can Do No Wrong (2004)\, which won Best Hometown Feature award at the Indie Memphis Film Festival; the restaurant comedy Eat (2006)\, and Memphis punk rock documentaryAntenna (2012) which won the Audience Award for Best Documentary and a Special Jury Prize at the Indie Memphis Film Festival and a Special Jury Prize at the Oxford Film Festival. He has also directed numerous short films and music videos for artists such as The Oblivans and Super Witch\, a horror metal band in which he plays bass. He was formerly a co-creator at Live From Memphis and Senior Editor for at At Home Tennessee magazine. He is currently the Film/TV Editor for The Memphis Flyer\, and writes media criticism\, travel\, science\, and general interest articles on a freelance basis. Along with his wife\, Laura Jean Hocking\, he is the co-owner of Oddly Buoyant Productions\, which creates film and video projects and offers media consulting services. Their next project is “How To Skin A Cat”\, a short film funded by the 2015 Indie Grant program which will premiere at the 2016 Indie Memphis Film Festival. \n\nComplimentary food and beverages will be available\nFree & open to the public thanks to support by ArtsFirst: First Tennessee Foundation and ArtsMemphis.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/shoot-splice-misadventures-in-screenwriting/
LOCATION:TN
CATEGORIES:430,Programs
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