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:20140309T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20141102T070000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20150308T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20151101T070000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20160313T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20161106T070000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20151104T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20151104T150000 DTSTAMP:20260710T215707 CREATED:20151019T210239Z LAST-MODIFIED:20151028T142911Z UID:10002429-1446638400-1446649200@crosstownarts.org SUMMARY:Keiko Gonzales: KRONOS DESCRIPTION:Exhibition organized by Mary Jo Karimnia \nJoin us for KRONOS\, a snap-shot Bolivian/American artist Keiko Gonzalez’s  prolific and ever evolving practice. Keiko has been honing his craft and showing his work throughout South America\, Europe and North America for over 30 years. His continual painting and scraping leaves rich surfaces that both obstruct and reveal the history of the work\, inviting the viewer into a wondrous process. URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/keiko-gonzales/ LOCATION:TN CATEGORIES:430 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://crosstownarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/KRONOS.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20151110T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20151110T140000 DTSTAMP:20260710T215707 CREATED:20150701T054227Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150701T054227Z UID:10002438-1447156800-1447164000@crosstownarts.org SUMMARY:Open Crit DESCRIPTION:430 N. Cleveland\nSecond Tuesday of Each Month\nArtist Setup: 5 – 6 pm / Critique & Discussion: 6 – 8 pm \nCrosstown Arts’ Open Crit series\, organized in partnership with ArtsMemphis\, is a monthly critique event where visual artists are invited to bring new and/or in-progress studio work for critical feedback and group discussion particular to each artist’s practice. The series will take place at Crosstown Arts exhibition space at 430 N. Cleveland. \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 send the following info via email to Brittney Bullock (brittney@ crosstownarts.org) with the subject line “Open Crit.” Submissions will be accepted and scheduled based on availability. There is no submission fee. \n\nName\nPhone number\nEmail address\nGeneral description of the work to be discussed (i.e. “abstract paintings” or “video art”) & sizes of works and/or media types\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-1115/ LOCATION:TN CATEGORIES:430,Programs ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://crosstownarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/CXA_Open-Crit.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20151110T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20151110T140000 DTSTAMP:20260710T215707 CREATED:20151019T205259Z LAST-MODIFIED:20151110T152848Z UID:10002425-1447158600-1447164000@crosstownarts.org SUMMARY:Spark DESCRIPTION:Artists will explore the nature\, power and positive impact of imagination on their work as they lead guests on a journey through their ah-ha moments and discuss their process for thinking big. This is a FREE COMMUNITY EVENT held in conjunction with our partners at Crosstown Arts. \nDrinks and food will be provided at this casual Spark session. \nOur Imagineers: Willy Bearden (film)\, LaShonte Anderson (Dance\, music)\, Johanna Ewards (literature). URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/spark/ LOCATION:story booth\, 438 N. Cleveland St.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States CATEGORIES:430 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://crosstownarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/430.jpg GEO:35.1505926;-90.0135933 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=story booth 438 N. Cleveland St. Memphis TN 38104 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=438 N. Cleveland St.:geo:-90.0135933,35.1505926 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20151112T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20151112T160000 DTSTAMP:20260710T215707 CREATED:20151019T204812Z LAST-MODIFIED:20151110T153041Z UID:10002423-1447329600-1447344000@crosstownarts.org SUMMARY:Words Matter DESCRIPTION:Presented by Words Matter \nThe Words Matter art show is bringing local writers\, artists and performers together. Six groups of Mid-South creatives have been putting together multimedia works that will be presented on Thursday\, November 12th at Crosstown Arts. \nThis is an event where process and product will be on display. Each of the six projects began with words – a literary contribution from a writer. From there\, a combination of artists and performers extended that creation in their own media – visual artists\, musicians\, dancers\, actors and filmmakers found collective expression and inspiration from the language. \nMemphis has been making some bold and exciting collaborations across artistic disciplines and we want to be a leader to encourage that. Other than the project starting with the written word\, there were no rules. The artists were free to do their art. \nThis event benefits Literacy Mid-South. URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/words-matter/ LOCATION:TN CATEGORIES:430 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://crosstownarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/12132509_885497088171526_1298341657671437735_o.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20151113T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20151113T140000 DTSTAMP:20260710T215707 CREATED:20151019T203635Z LAST-MODIFIED:20151112T155148Z UID:10002422-1447416000-1447423200@crosstownarts.org SUMMARY:Mexicanísimo DESCRIPTION:  \n  \n  \n  \n \n\n \n\n\n \nFriday\, November 13: Reception 6-8 pm\, with live performance at 7 pm\nSaturday\, November 14: Paintings on view 11 am-5 pm\, with artists talk at 2 pm \nOrganized by Yancy Villa Calvo and the artists \nMexico and Memphis will come together for a multimedia fusion exhibit where Aztec rhythm and classical arts will intersect through expressionism abstract paint and video. \n“Mexicanísimo” is a new exhibit by four Mexican-born\, Memphis resident artists that sets the stage for the intersection of pre-colombian Aztec rhythm and the classical arts. Memphis is the home of opera singer Bethania Baray\, Aztec dancer Agustín Díaz\, ballet dancer Alberto Gaspar and visual artist Yancy Villa-Calvo. \n“We come together to portray the beauty of our roots and what we bring to the Memphis community as Mexican immigrants\,” says Villa-Calvo who has lived in Memphis for 20 years. Gaspar\, a company member of Ballet Memphis adds\, “Our work is not restricted or limited to folklore. We like to be identified first and foremost as artists.” However\, in this show they are focusing on their heritage\, hence the title of the exhibition. “We are showcasing the contributions that Mexican artists bring to the Mid-South\, which is seldom talked about\,” says Baray. \nThe exhibit features artwork by Villa-Calvo\, which includes canvases that have been painted by Gaspar’s and Díaz’s feet while dancing classical ballet and moving to Aztec rhythms. Villa-Calvo then interjected painting strokes to capture the musical variations of Baray’s opera singing\, which helped bring all four art forms (opera\, ballet\, painting\, and Aztec dance) together. In addition\, an installation by Brazilian videomaker André Silveira will feature the creative inspiration provided by the interaction of the artists. \nAccording to Díaz\, this is a modern representation of the Ollin\, an Aztec glyph that represents “the search of unity and balance – the movement of a universal understanding among the opposites.” At a time when Mexican immigrants are perceived by some as “liabilities” and fitted often into stereotypes\, the artists invite the Memphis community to be amazed and discover the unexpected. \nFamilies are welcome\nFree Admission \n  URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/mexicanismo/ LOCATION:TN CATEGORIES:430 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://crosstownarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Screen-Shot-2015-10-19-at-3.38.29-PM.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20151116T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20151116T150000 DTSTAMP:20260710T215707 CREATED:20151103T211911Z LAST-MODIFIED:20151109T182637Z UID:10002610-1447677000-1447686000@crosstownarts.org SUMMARY:Microcinema Club: ELLIS DESCRIPTION:ELLIS starring Robert De Niro\, written by Eric Roth & directed by JR. \npresented by Indie Memphis & Crosstown Arts\nco-hosted by Mark Adams & Alan Spearman \nDoors open @ 6:30 pm; film Starts @ 7:00 pm\, with discussion to immediately follow \nMicroCinema Club presents a special screening of the short film ELLIS\, followed by an open discussion with artists Mark Adams\, Penny Karwacz\, Yasmine Omari\, Alan Spearman & Yancy Villa-Calvo on the themes of immigration\, migration and using art to generate sustainable social\, political and cultural change. \nELLIS awakens our collective memory\, taking you back to the early years of Ellis Island through the experience of one immigrant.  Set in the abandoned Ellis Island Hospital complex and using JR’s UNFRAMED art installations\, ELLIS tells the forgotten story of the immigrants who built America. It is the story of the ghosts of our countries past\, the individuals who fled poverty\, discrimination\, and dictatorships\, for a chance at a new life and eerily foreshadows the plight of those who currently seek the same opportunities and safety in this country and other parts of the world.  The short narrative film stars Academy Award® Winner Robert De Niro\, is written by Academy Award® Winner Eric Roth\, and is directed by the artist JR. \nFor more information\, please visit the film’s website: http://www.ellis-themovie.com/. \n#ELLISstory URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/microcinema-club-ellis/ LOCATION:TN CATEGORIES:430 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://crosstownarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/IG4.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20151129T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20151129T110000 DTSTAMP:20260710T215707 CREATED:20151027T181556Z LAST-MODIFIED:20151027T181624Z UID:10002605-1448787600-1448794800@crosstownarts.org SUMMARY:Afternoon Delight DESCRIPTION:Hosted by Katrina Coleman \nJoin us for an afternoon of burlesque!  Arrive early for some outdoor pre-show entertainment! Raffle with proceeds to benefit the Mid South Food Bank. \nShimmy contest at intermission! Come show us what you got! \nFeaturing performances by: \nCherie Cheezcake\nKissame Suga\nRequi Emma\nBre Von Buxom\nMai Oui\nRiveting Rosie\nVivica Noir\nSomerset O’Neil\nRie Wine \n$10 at the door or online @ http://rosie-burlesque.ticketleap.com/afternoon-delight/ URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/afternoon-delight/ LOCATION:TN CATEGORIES:430 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://crosstownarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/12096087_557077854447355_967157157193875861_n.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR