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SUMMARY:Visiting Artist Margaret Wrinkle
DESCRIPTION:Reading and Discussion of Wash: a novel with award-winning author Margaret Wrinkle\, accompanied by an exhibition of photography by the artist and a reception \n  \nSponsored by V02 Networx\nWash\, written by Margaret Wrinkle\, reexamines slavery in ways that challenge contemporary assumptions about race\, history and power as it carries the reader from the American South to West Africa and deep into the ancestral stories that reside in the soul. \nCrosstown Arts will host Margaret Wrinkle on the evening of Tuesday\, October 15\, for a reading of Wash\, followed by a conversation between the artist and Ladrica Menson-Furr (Director of African and African American Studies at the University of Memphis).  The reading will be accompanied by an installation of Wrinkle’s photography and a reception. A booksigning will follow the discussion. \nPublished by Grove/Atlantic and accompanied by an exhibition of photographs\, Wash has been short listed for the Flaherty-Dunnan First Novel Prize and for the Crook’s Corner Prize for exceptional debut novels set in the American South. \nBorn and raised in Birmingham\, Alabama\, Margaret Wrinkle is a writer\, filmmaker\, educator and visual artist.  Her award-winning documentary\,broken\ground\, about the racial divide in her historically conflicted hometown\, was featured on NPR’s Morning Edition and was a winner of the National Council on Foundations’ Film Festival. \nCopies of Wash will be for sale. \nLearn more at margaretwrinkle.com \nPress and Praise:\n \n\n“Wrinkle’s tender first novel…is both redemptive and affirming.”\nThe New York Times Editor’s Choice  (pdf) \n“A masterly literary work….This debut occasions celebration. Haunting\, tender and superbly measured\, Wash is both redemptive and affirming.”\nThe New York Times Book Review  (pdf) \n\n“The voices of the past cannot speak for themselves and must rely on the artists of the future to honor them. It’s a profound responsibility and one that Margaret Wrinkle meets in her brilliant novel\, Wash.”\nThe Wall Street Journal  (pdf) \n“Never has a fictionalized window into the relationship between slave and master opened onto such believable territory….Wash unfolds like a dreamy\, impressionistic landscape….[A] luminous book.”\nThe Atlanta Journal-Constitution  (pdf) \n“Books like William Styron’s The Confessions of Nat Turner\, Toni Morrison’s Beloved\, Edward P. Jones’ The Known World\, and Russell Banks’ Cloudsplitter form a kind of Truth and Reconciliation Commission of their own. Add Margaret Wrinkle’s Wash to that illustrious company.”\nThe Dallas Morning News  (pdf)\n \n“…Wash achieves something extraordinary: a full-fledged confrontation with one of the most difficult aspects of our nation’s history… Wrinkle has given us an honest and important expression of hope… a firm foothold that leads in the direction of truth and reconciliation. We would do well to take this step.”\nThe Charleston Post and Courier  (pdf) \n“A marvel. By turns grim and lyrical\, heart-wrenching and hopeful.”\nPeople (4 stars; a People Pick) (pdf) \n  \n 
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/visiting-artist-margaret-wrinkle/
LOCATION:story booth\, 438 N. Cleveland St.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
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SUMMARY:Valerie Piraino: Reconstruction
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts is pleased to present Reconstruction\, an exhibition of works by New York-based artist Valerie Piraino. Her work examines how sentimental objects are used to rebuild portraits of place and time. With slide installations\, framed porcelain cameos\, and works on paper\, Piraino uses conditions from a recollected past to address the meaning of nostalgia and memory. The artist will visit Memphis and present a discussion of her work on Wednesday\, November 20\, at 6 pm at the gallery. \nValerie Piraino (b. 1981 Kigali\, Rwanda) received her BFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art in 2004 and her MFA from Columbia University in 2009.  She was artist-in-residence at the Studio Museum in Harlem in 2009-2010 and was nominated for the Rema Hort Mann Foundation Grant in 2011 and 2012.  Recent and forthcoming exhibitions include “Could Not Bear the Sight of It” Contemporary Art Interventions on Critical Whiteness at the Jane Addams Hull House Museum\, Chicago\, Illinois (2014)\, Photoplay at Cindy Rucker Gallery\, New York\, NY (2013)\, Present Future at Artissima\, Turin\, Italy (2013). She lives and works in New York City. \nArtist Talk: Wednesday\, November 20\, 6 pm (5:30 reception)\nDiscussion moderated by Cedar Lorca Nordbye \nArtist Statement 2013 \n“Working in installation\, sculpture and photography\, my work explores how images can be re-contextualized.   I think of homes and domestic spaces as sites that are integral to influencing subjectivity\, in particular family photographs and slides. \nI look to personal mementos as malleable forms. Working from an archive of slides\, I create immersive tableaux that critique nostalgia. Drawing from theater\, cinema and literature\, I make dramatic and disorienting settings that house projected slides. My photographs are a more literal take on malleability\, where slides are projected on to fabric and manipulated.  I work to create a psychological backdrop where personal narratives are continuously re-interpreted.” \nhttp://www.valeriepiraino.com \nCrosstown Arts thanks Elliot Perry for co-organizing this exhibition. \nImage: Valerie Piraino\, With Pen in Hand\, 2010\, frames\, slide projectors\, slides\, tables\, 7’x7’x9’ \nValerie Piraino: Reconstruction\nOctober 18-November 30\, 2013\nCrosstown Arts\n422 N. Cleveland\nMemphis\, TN 38104
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/valerie-piraino-reconstruction/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts Galleries\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
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SUMMARY:Crosstown Block Party
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a night out in Crosstown! \n\n			\n				\n			\n			\n				\n			\n			\n				\n			\n			\n				\n			\n			\n				\n			\n			\n				\n			\n			\n				\n			\n			\n				\n			\n			\n				\n			\n			\n				\n			\n			\n				\n			\n			\n				\n			\n			\n				\n			\n			\n				\n			\n		\n\nJoin the Hi-Tone\, Visible Community Music School\, Cleveland Street Flea Market\, Amurica Photo\, Yvonne Bobo Studio\, Crosstown Arts\, the Church Health Center and other neighbors for a night out in Crosstown. Come see the new storefront spaces and experience all that’s happening in the area. \nMUSIC/PERFORMANCES-\nOutdoor Stage:\n5-7 pm: DJ Siphne Aaye\n7 pm: Visible Community Music School Students\n7:30: Banyan Days\n8 pm: Amelia Warren\n8:30: Laramie\n9 pm: Marco Pave\n9:30: Dance PerformanceFlea Market:\nDJ Witnesse430 N. Cleveland:\n7-10 pm: The Happening by Artistik Approach\nHi Tone:\n9 pm: Wild Belle w/ Snowmine\n\nART EXHIBITIONS-\nVisible Community Music School: Show Me the Details\, an erf Retrospective\, organized by Lauren Kennedy\nCrosstown Arts 430 N. Cleveland: The Happening by Artistik Approach\nCrosstown Arts 422 N. Cleveland: Valerie Piraino: Reconstruction\nCleveland Street Flea Market: Installation by Adam FarmerPlus\, the Cleveland Street Flea Market’s 15th year anniversary celebration with special pop-up shops featuring vintage clothing and furniture\, DJ Witnesse and birthday cake! \nFOOD & DRINK-\nRevival Southern Food Truck\, The Tamale Trolley and the Dog & Slaw\, and refreshments \nSpecial thanks to Memphis Sound Lab! \ncrosstownarts.org\nLocation: 410-438 N. Cleveland\, between Overton Park and Autumn Avenues\nParking available at the Sears Crosstown parking lot. \n\ncrosstownarts.org \nJoin and share on Facebook
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/crosstown-block-party/
LOCATION:Crosstown Neighborhood\, Cleveland & Overton Park\, 38104
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SUMMARY:Sketches of Crosstown
DESCRIPTION:In 2011\, Sean Murphy began recording an album in the Sears Crosstown building using only its vast and abandoned spaces to capture and create a one-of-a-kind recording\, Sketches of Crosstown. We’re pleased to commemorate the record release with a live performance at the building followed by a reception and talk with the artist and his collaborators. \nWatch the promotional video for the album\, documentary\, and concert here. \nPurchase performance tickets here. \n“It has been a long road but I can honestly say that this is the most inspiring musical project on which I’ve had the pleasure to work.”\n-Sean Murphy \nRecord Release Concert & Party \n4 pm: Performance at Sears Crosstown Building featuring Sean Murphy\, Jim Spake\, Jason Northcutt\, & The University of Memphis Slide Society.  Tickets include a copy of the limited edition 180 gram vinyl record.  Space is very limited and you must purchase your ticket in advance. Please note\, you must be able to climb stairs for the performance. \nThis will be one of the final opportunities to enter the building before renovation begins in 2014 and the only opportunity to ever hear the building talk live! \n6 – 8 pm: Artist Talk\, Film Screening of Mary Jane Adams’ documentary about the recording of Sketches of Crosstown\, and Reception at Crosstown Arts (430 N Cleveland\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104.)  Free and Open to the public. \nSean Murphy is a multi-disciplinary artist living in Memphis\, Tennessee.  He is a musician\, composer\, teaching artist\, instrument maker\, producer\, nature lover\, listener\, explorer. Born in Scooba\, Mississippi and raised in Memphis\, he attended the University of Memphis earning a Bachelor’s Degree in Music History with an emphasis on Ethnomusicology.  He was trained to play western classical and jazz on tuba; but his fascination with world cultures and music has led him to play innumerable instruments. He has been afforded the opportunity to perform throughout the United States and Europe as well as sharing the stage with The Meters\, Galactic\, Robert Randolph\, Paul Winter\, William Eaton\, Rufus Thomas\, and Clyde Stubblefield to name a few. Sean has released four solo albums\, and currently splits his time between performing and recording as a solo artist (often accompanying yoga classes taught by his artist wife\, Anne J. Froning) as well as with his group the Mighty Souls Brass Band.  He also builds musical instruments for outdoor classrooms through his business Being:Art.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/sketches-of-crosstown/
LOCATION:Crosstown Concourse\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104
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