BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//Crosstown Arts - ECPv6.16.3//NONSGML v1.0//EN
CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
METHOD:PUBLISH
X-WR-CALNAME:Crosstown Arts
X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://crosstownarts.org
X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Crosstown Arts
REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H
X-Robots-Tag:noindex
X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H
BEGIN:VTIMEZONE
TZID:America/Chicago
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0600
TZOFFSETTO:-0500
TZNAME:CDT
DTSTART:20120311T080000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0500
TZOFFSETTO:-0600
TZNAME:CST
DTSTART:20121104T070000
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0600
TZOFFSETTO:-0500
TZNAME:CDT
DTSTART:20130310T080000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0500
TZOFFSETTO:-0600
TZNAME:CST
DTSTART:20131103T070000
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0600
TZOFFSETTO:-0500
TZNAME:CDT
DTSTART:20140309T080000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0500
TZOFFSETTO:-0600
TZNAME:CST
DTSTART:20141102T070000
END:STANDARD
END:VTIMEZONE
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20131018T030000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20131130T110000
DTSTAMP:20260624T072437
CREATED:20150612T010703Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20150612T010703Z
UID:10002307-1382065200-1385809200@crosstownarts.org
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
CATEGORIES:Gallery
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://crosstownarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Screen-Shot-2015-06-11-at-3.04.58-PM.png
GEO:35.1522897;-90.0132964
X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Crosstown Arts Galleries 1350 Concourse Ave. Suite 280 Memphis TN 38104 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280:geo:-90.0132964,35.1522897
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20131115
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20131117
DTSTAMP:20260624T072437
CREATED:20150724T213937Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20150724T214107Z
UID:10002512-1384538400-1384624799@crosstownarts.org
SUMMARY:Theaster Gates: A Way of Working
DESCRIPTION:Sears Crosstown Building\, 495 N. Watkins\, Free admission \nIn partnership with VO2 Networx\, the University of Memphis Department of Art\, Memphis College of Art\, and Rhodes College Art Department\, Crosstown Arts is pleased to welcome internationally-recognized installation and social practice artist Theaster Gates for a public lecture and panel discussion at Sears Crosstown on the evening of Saturday\, November 16. \nHis presentation\, “A Way of Working\,” will introduce and explore his artistic practice and ways of working with various systems\, including university\, philanthropic\, government\, studio and museum structures\, to create new models for creative engagement and redevelopment. \nThe historic Sears Crosstown building is in its last few months as an abandoned structure\, as the Crosstown Development Project will begin construction in early 2014.  Gates’ lecture and panel discussion will highlight this monumental moment of remaking place and space. \nFollowing the lecture\, a panel discussion will be held with Gates and members of the Crosstown Development Project’s design team. Panelists include Walter Hood\, professor of Landscape Architecture & Environmental Planning and Urban Design at the University of California\, Berkeley and founder and principal at Hood Design\, and Frank Ricks\, principal at Looney Ricks Kiss. Todd Richardson of the Crosstown Development Project will moderate the discussion. \nRead an interview with Theaster Gates in the New York Times \nRecent media in Chicago Magazine\, W Magazine and Art in America \nAbout the artist: \nChicago-based artist Theaster Gates has developed an expanded practice that includes space development\, object making\, performance and critical engagement with many publics. Founder of the non-profit Rebuild Foundation\, Gates is currently Director of Arts and Public Life at the University of Chicago. \nGates’ current exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art\, Chicago extends the work he conceived for dOCUMENTA(13) in Kassel\, Germany. Recent exhibition and performance venues also include the Whitechapel Gallery\, London; Punta della Dogana\, Venice; Fabric Workshop and Museum\, Philadelphia\, PA; Birmingham Museum of Art; Contemporary Art Museum\, Houston; Locust Projects\, Miami; the Seattle Art Museum; Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art; Milwaukee Art Museum; Contemporary Arts Museum Houston; the Armory Show and the Whitney Biennial in New York. \nIn 2012\, Gates was awarded the inaugural Vera List Center Prize for Art and Politics\, the Wall Street Journal’s Arts Innovator of the Year\, a Creative Time Global Residency Fellowship\, and became a United States Artists Kippy Fellow. Gates has also received awards and grants from Creative Capital\, the Joyce Foundation\, Graham Foundation\, Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts\, and Artadia. He is represented by Kavi Gupta Gallery in Chicago and White Cube in London. \nArtist website \nCrosstown Arts thanks Elliot Perry for co-organizing this program. \nSpecial thanks to our program sponsors and partners:
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/theaster-gates-a-way-of-working/
LOCATION:Crosstown Concourse\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104
CATEGORIES:Programs
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://crosstownarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/65a6d72afc8cc58f-TGHeadshotcopy.jpg
GEO:35.1521433;-90.0155942
X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Crosstown Concourse 1350 Concourse Ave. Memphis TN 38104;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=1350 Concourse Ave.:geo:-90.0155942,35.1521433
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20131122
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20131124
DTSTAMP:20260624T072437
CREATED:20150618T215400Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20150618T215400Z
UID:10002319-1385143200-1385229599@crosstownarts.org
SUMMARY:Jeannie Tomlinson Saltmarsh: Are There Fish in Lick Creek?
DESCRIPTION:Sculpture Unveileing: Are There Fish in Lick Creek?\nby Jeannie Tomlinson Saltmarsh\, Winner of Memfeast 2013\nV&E Greenline at Evergreen Street near Tutwiler \nJoin us for the unveiling of “Are there Fish in Lick Creek” with live music\, food\, drinks and fun for the whole family! Bluegrass by Eric Lewis and others\, plus the Tamale Trolley. \nRead the article about the project in the Memphis Flyer
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/jeannie-tomlinson-saltmarsh-are-there-fish-in-lick-creek/
LOCATION:V&E Greenline\, Tutwiler and Avalon
CATEGORIES:Programs
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://crosstownarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/685b01dcf06087d1-ScreenShot2013-10-21at105158AM.png
GEO:35.1557946;-90.0052131
X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=V&E Greenline Tutwiler and Avalon;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=Tutwiler and Avalon:geo:-90.0052131,35.1557946
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20131130
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20131202
DTSTAMP:20260624T072437
CREATED:20150910T211052Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20150910T211238Z
UID:10002579-1385834400-1385920799@crosstownarts.org
SUMMARY:Rise Mural Project
DESCRIPTION:Rise Up: Mural Makeover In Klondike-Smokey City Neighborhood \nby Natasha Main\, Crosstown Development Intern \nBig changes are in the works for an abandoned storefront on the corner of Looney and Decatur. Middle school students from Humes Preparatory Academy will work with a local artist to complete a mural on the façade of a blighted building at 989 Looney Street. The painting is scheduled to begin in September and will be completed in late October. \nThe idea stemmed from a partnership between the Klondike-Smokey City Community Development Corporation\, UrbanArts\, Crosstown Arts and the Mayor’s Innovation Delivery Team\, as another installment of the Delivery Team’s 25 SQ project. 25 SQ is a plan to reduce Memphis’ 53\,000 vacant buildings by initiating a series of low-cost\, high impact public art programs. \nArtist Shea Colburn is leading the creative process with 15 middle school students. Along with Colburn\, Nat Akin of Crosstown Arts\, and Melissa Lorenz\, an art teacher at Humes\, are developing a curriculum to introduce students to muralist painters like Hale Woodruff and Diego Rivera\, who will serve as inspiration for the budding muralists.Colburn explains\, “the students are the soul behind this thing; their ideas in the classroom will be translated to the mural design.” \nSiphne Sylve of UrbanArt hopes and expects to see “positive outcomes\, especially with those involved in the process\,” and since it is public art\, even someone driving by is included. Sylve says that the outcomes of similar projects that UrbanArt has completed were beneficial to the communities they engaged and often sparked the question “What more can we do now knowing that something like this is possible?” \nNat Akin of Crosstown Arts hopes to build on this momentum by exploring the possibilities of future mural projects through Crosstown Arts’ free after-school arts program\, story booth. The idea\, Akin explains\, is “to involve youth in the greater Crosstown community in an initial mural project that might be a model for a mural program that could be sustainable over time.” The artist and community partners mirror Akin’s sentiments of the project being replicable. \nCentral to this project is also community involvement. Dorian Spears\, Public ArtDirector with the Mayor’s Innovation Delivery Team wants community members to be able to say\, “I was a part of that change\, part of adding something great to my neighborhood.” \nThe project intends to also stimulate small businesses in the Klondike-Smokey City neighborhoods\, by hiring licensed and insured paint contractors to complete preliminary paint work and priming on the building. Additionally\, the project seeks in-kind donations of painting materials and supplies like primer\, paintbrushes\, tarps\, etc. Please contact the President of Klondike Smokey City CDC\, Ms. Quincey Morris\, if you can provide any of these services or donations. \nWhat matters most is that the community gets involved and engaged with their environment before\, during\, and after the public art creation\, Spears adds. “Participation is open to interpretation. You might not be an artist\, but what kind of ownership and initiative are you going to take to participate in a better future?”
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/rise-mural-project/
LOCATION:Klondike Smokey City CDC
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://crosstownarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/1479189_232649600244052_1419374952_n.jpg
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR