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SUMMARY:Number: Presents Art of the South 2018
DESCRIPTION:The fifth annual Art of the South exhibition\, presented by Number:\, is open to all artists 18 and older working in any media residing in Alabama\, Arkansas\, Florida\, Georgia\, Kentucky\, Louisiana\, Maryland\, Missouri\, Mississippi\, North Carolina\, Oklahoma\, Tennessee\, Texas\, South Carolina\, Virginia\, West Virginia\, and Washington DC. \nThe exhibition will be juried by Brian Jobe\, artist\, educator\, independent curator\, and non-profit co-director of Locate Arts based in Nashville\, TN. \n\nFeatured artists:\nRichard Armendariz\nApril Bachtel\nBridget Bailey\nLeticia Bajuyo\nOmari Booker\nMark Brosseau\nJason S. Brown\nRichie Budd\nNancy Cheairs\nPaul Collins\nSage Dawson\nDawn Dickins\nKimberly Dummons\nSamuel Dunson\nNatalie Eddings\nBrian Edmonds\nBeth Edwards\nVirginia Fleck\nLynne Ghenov \nMichael Giles\nBuster Graybill Flyswatter\nGeorganna Greene\nVirginia Griswold\nAndy Harding\nKatie Hargrave\nNatalie Harrison\nAnne Herbert \nChintia Kirana\nPaula Kovarik\nSilvan Laan\nTad  Lauritzen Wright\nKatie  Maish\nElysia Mann\nT. Michael Martin\nAlex McClurg\nErica Mendoza\nAverell Mondie & Terri Phillips\nJeffrey Morton\nJoe Nolan\nMeredith Olinger\nClay Palmer\nChristen Parker\nNick Peña\nGiang Pham\nNate Renner\nNikii Richey\nZach Searcy \nRyan Steed\nJason Stout\nHills Snyder\nChris Boyd Taylor\nAugusta Toppins\nNatalie Tyree\nMary VanGieson\nJonathan Whitfill\nA.C. Wilson\nTom Wixo\nJessica Wohl  \n\nBiography of the Juror\nBrian Russell Jobe (American\, b. 1981) is an artist\, educator\, independent curator\, and\nnon-profit co-director based in Nashville\, TN. \nIn 2015\, Brian and Carolyn Jobe founded Locate Arts\, an organization that connects\nand promotes contemporary visual art in Tennessee. Presently\, he is the Co-Executive\nDirector of Locate Arts + Seed Space. He also teaches art courses at Lipscomb\nUniversity. \nJobe’s studio practice is focused on sculpture\, installation\, and public art. His solo\nexhibitions/ projects have been on view at venues such as Mixed Greens Gallery (New\nYork\, NY)\, Blue Star Contemporary Art Museum (San Antonio\, TX)\, the University of\nWyoming (Laramie\, WY)\, the University of Tennessee College of Architecture + Design\n(Knoxville\, TN)\, and the McNay Art Museum (San Antonio\, TX). \nBorn in Houston\, Texas and raised in Memphis\, Tennessee\, Jobe received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of Tennessee in 2004 and Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Texas at San Antonio in 2006. After living in Brooklyn\, NY for a time\, he relocated with his wife\, painter Carolyn Jobe\, to Tennessee.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/number-presents-art-of-the-south-2018/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts Galleries\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Gallery
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SUMMARY:Frances Berry & Jenny Fine: Tunnel Vision
DESCRIPTION:A collaborative installation by Frances Berry and Jenny Fine \nOn view through September 2\nOpening reception: Friday\, July 27\, 7-9 pm \n\nImplementing time as material\, artists Frances Berry and Jenny Fine join forces to create TUNNEL VISION\, a collaborative installation that explores the family photographic archive and the space of memory. \nCombining the historical form of the tunnel card with overlapping projections of still and moving imagery culled from the artists’ family archives\, TUNNEL VISION invites the viewer to become a part of this colliding Southern mind-scape. \n 
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/frances-berry-jenny-fine-tunnel-vision/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, East Gallery\, Crosstown Concourse\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Gallery
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20180904T133000
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SUMMARY:Shoot & Splice: Making a Web Series
DESCRIPTION:Join Jessica Chaney and Amanda Willoughby of Not Your Ordinary Films as they share secrets and give behind-the-scenes stories of creating the independent web series\, This Can’t Be Life. Jessica and Amanda will discuss why they didn’t wait for a studio to pick up their TV show by creating it on their own. \nThey’ll also share insights into their creative process\, how they built their audience\, and much more. To learn more about Not Your Ordinary Films\, see their Facebook page. \nShoot & Splice is a monthly filmmaking forum presented collaboratively by Indie Memphis and Crosstown Arts. \nReception at 6:30pm\, panel discussion begins at 7pm. Free and open to the public. Complimentary beverages will be available.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/shoot-splice-making-a-web-series/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts East Atrium\, 1350 Concourse Avenue\, Memphis\, TN\, United States
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20180907T160000
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SUMMARY:Conversations with Daniel
DESCRIPTION:Art exhibition featuring work by Daniel Harris\nOrganized by the artist \nArtist Statement:\nAs a man with cerebral palsy\, I use my artistic abilities through illustration and imagination to enhance transformational conversation about our differently abled culture. I use a wide range of mediums\, from acrylic abstracts to ink drawings and books and poetry.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/conversations-with-daniel/
LOCATION:TN
CATEGORIES:430
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20180908T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20180908T170000
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SUMMARY:The Art of Addiction
DESCRIPTION:Open-call exhibition of artwork by individuals who have been touched by substance abuse. Themes includes empowerment\, understanding\, acceptance\, and recovery. \nHosted by local addition recovery group\, A Betor Way — named for Memphis-based artist Ronnie Bobal (otherwise known by his graffiti tag as Betor)\, who was tragically lost to a drug overdose on Christmas Day 2016. \nA Betor Way shares information to make addicts and their support systems aware of the programs and initiatives available.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/the-art-of-addiction/
LOCATION:TN
CATEGORIES:430
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20180911T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20180911T150000
DTSTAMP:20260526T191325
CREATED:20151215T182353Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180911T201031Z
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SUMMARY:Open Crit
DESCRIPTION:Facilitator: TBA\nPresenting artists: TBA\n\n\n\nCrosstown Arts’ Open Crit series 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. \n\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. \nSpecial thanks to Art Center Supply Store for donating a $25 gift certificate for each participating artist. \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. \n 
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/open-crit-28/
LOCATION:TN
CATEGORIES:430,Programs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20180914T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20180914T160000
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SUMMARY:Woven Lines
DESCRIPTION:Sculpture and paintings by Fulton Boggs\, mixed media paintings by Melanie Pyron. \nOrganized by the artists
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/woven-lines/
LOCATION:TN
CATEGORIES:430
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SUMMARY:Don Lifted
DESCRIPTION:With special guest Madame Fraankie \nDoors at 8 pm | Performance at 9 pm \n\nOn Fri​day\, September 14th ​at 8:00pm\, ​Visual​\, Musical\, and ​​Performance ​Artist Lawrence ​​Matthews​\, also known as Don Lifted\, will transform Crosstown Arts visually and sonically​ with brand new music. ​His performance will feature sculptural and video installations\, as well as performances from his album “Alero” and his coming album “Contour\,”​ which will be released on September 21st. Audiences will be immersed in music performed live and surrounded by swirling nostalgic imagery that follows the narrative of each song. Brand new Don Lifted merchandise will be available for purchase at the event. \nProduction on “Contour” began in Memphis in late 2015. In 2018\, the record was finished and mastered in Hollywood​ by Grammy Award-winning Engineer Mike Bozzi (Flower Boy\, Ctrl\, Good Kid\, Maad City\, To Pimp A Butterfly\, Damn\, Blankface LP). \nMatthews is a multi-disciplinary creative​ with connections reaching deep into the ​Memphis art scene​. Born in Memphis\, his work combines Post Modern\, Pop Art\, and contemporary influences to tell the story of the African Descendant living in America. His work ranges from oil paintings\, collage\, photography\, and ready-made sculpture\, to music and film. Matthews’ musical style incorporates hip-hop\, alternative rock and electronic music resulting in emotionally vulnerable storytelling and eclectic production. A hot emerging artist\, Matthew’s work began to garner acclaim before he had completed his Bachelor’s in Fine Art at University of Memphis\, awarded “Best of Show” in the University’s 31st Annual Juried Student Exhibition in 2014 and the Deans Creative Achievement Award and Department of Art Creative Achievement Award in 2015. In 2016\, he was awarded the Arts Accelerator Grant from Arts Memphis. His performances helped inaugurate Crosstown Art’s new space in the Concourse and have been feature events at the Brooks Museum and Civil Rights Museum. Matthews is also a member of the Collective\, a nonprofit dedicated to advancing the work of local artists of color.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/don-lifted-2/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts East Atrium\, 1350 Concourse Avenue\, Memphis\, TN\, United States
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180920
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SUMMARY:Wish Book: Lay of the Land with John Pearson
DESCRIPTION:Exhibition of photographic works by John Pearson\nOpening reception: Friday\, Sept. 21\, 6-8 pm\nOn view: Sept. 21-Dec. 2\nLocation: East Gallery & East Atrium \nPerformance by >mancontrol< at 7 pm \nThese large-scale\, landscape cyanotypes on fabric link the tactile and the visual by committing the photographic process to the physical landscape. Pearson works outdoors on the ground\, making 1:1 indexical photographic prints during midday sunlight. In these photographs\, view is replaced by elemental record; while the horizon\, removed from the composition\, becomes the topographic support and source for construction of the images. \nPearson’s intention is not to convey the solely visual appearance of place — in this case\, the arid southern California landscape — but rather to invoke a more dynamic experience of place by means of the transformative nature of photography. \n\nArtist statement:\nMy intention is to provide the viewer a photograph that offers an experience of the landscape that does not rely solely on visual appearance.  An image of a different scope that conveys the material phenomena of a location\, a more tactile involvement with the landscape\, that attempts a solution to the distance conventional photography asserts. My interest is to bridge this gap between being immersed in a landscape and simply looking at it as a photograph.\n\nThese large-scale\, landscape cyanotypes represent an experience of the arid Southern California landscape.  They are made outdoors on the ground in the middle of the day in Griffith Park and Death Valley.  This is a rudimentary photography\, made without camera or film\, recording the moment\, the light\, and the terrain of a particular but negligible plot of ground in a vast space at high noon.  It is influenced by the landscape embodied in the 1840s cyanotype photograms of Anna Atkins\, and it responds to the grand vistas of photographers such as Ansel Adams by bringing vision back to the body and using what is within reach: rocks\, dirt\, open sky\, and sunlight. This series of photographs is an inquiry of place\, an expression of a phenomenological sensation\, and a proposition of sense.\n\nThe videos and photographs both are invested in observation\, the presence and action of light\, the parallels of light entering the shadowed interior of the camera and the eye functioning as an aperture to the blackness of the body’s interior.  That dependence of light on darkness interests me.  Video provides a physicality to the process of making images\, a physicality that links vision back to the body\, to movement and pulse\, rather than the mechanical idealized view of the camera.  Video is more performative and allows for an intuitive\, animated exploration of light.\n\n\nCurated by Terri Phillips and Brian Pera in collaboration with Crosstown Arts \nThe Wish Book series is a series focusing on non-traditional approaches to film as a medium. Curators Brian Pera and Terri Phillips welcome internationally recognized artists\, filmmakers\, and critics to Memphis for this exciting series\, which takes its name from the famed Sears Catalog and is hosted by Crosstown Arts at Crosstown Concourse\, itself once a major Sears distribution center.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/wish-book-lay-of-the-land-with-john-pearson/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, East Gallery\, Crosstown Concourse\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Gallery
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20180921T094500
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20180921T104500
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SUMMARY:Artist Talk with John Pearson
DESCRIPTION:Artist John Pearson will discuss his work in Wish Book: Lay of the Land. \nThese large-scale\, landscape cyanotypes on fabric link the tactile and the visual by committing the photographic process to the physical landscape. Pearson works outdoors on the ground\, making 1:1 indexical photographic prints during midday sunlight. In these photographs\, view is replaced by elemental record; while the horizon\, removed from the composition\, becomes the topographic support and source for construction of the images. \nPearson’s intention is not to convey the solely visual appearance of place — in this case\, the arid southern California landscape — but rather to invoke a more dynamic experience of place by means of the transformative nature of photography. \n\nCurated by Terri Phillips and Brian Pera in collaboration with Crosstown Arts \nThe Wish Book focuses on non-traditional approaches to film as a medium. Curators Brian Pera and Terri Phillips welcome internationally recognized artists\, filmmakers\, and critics to Memphis for this exciting series\, which takes its name from the famed Sears Catalog and is hosted by Crosstown Arts at Crosstown Concourse\, itself once a major Sears distribution center.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/artist-talk-with-john-pearson/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, East Gallery\, Crosstown Concourse\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Gallery
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SUMMARY:Shades of Gray
DESCRIPTION:An exhibition of black-and-white photographs by Sabrina Turner \nOrganized by the artist \n\nAbout the artist:\nSabrina Turner is currently based in Memphis\, Tennessee. She has been a professional photographer since 1990. Having used many different formats\, she now works exclusively in digital. Ms Turner’s primary work is in medical photography as an ophthalmic photographer. However\, her true love is to find and document the beauty in everyday places and things\, creating artistic images that display beauty in urban culture and in nature. Her photographs expose the wonders that are otherwise hidden to the ordinary public.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/shades-of-gray/
LOCATION:TN
CATEGORIES:430
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20180921T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20180921T150000
DTSTAMP:20260526T191325
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SUMMARY:Opening Reception for Wish Book: Lay of the Land with John Pearson
DESCRIPTION:Exhibition of photographic works by John Pearson\nOn view: Sept. 21-Dec. 2\nLocation: East Gallery & East Atrium \nThese large-scale\, landscape cyanotypes on fabric link the tactile and the visual by committing the photographic process to the physical landscape. Pearson works outdoors on the ground\, making 1:1 indexical photographic prints during midday sunlight. In these photographs\, view is replaced by elemental record; while the horizon\, removed from the composition\, becomes the topographic support and source for construction of the images. \nPearson’s intention is not to convey the solely visual appearance of place — in this case\, the arid southern California landscape — but rather to invoke a more dynamic experience of place by means of the transformative nature of photography. \nPerformance by >mancontrol< at 7 pm\nRadical experiments in sound creation using light sensors and projected images to make “songs” in the moment. What you see makes what you hear! \n\nJoin the Revolutions Bicycle Co-op group ride to the Wish Book opening! The bike group will meet at 6 pm at the Explore Bike Share station in Overton Park. The ride rolls out at 6:15 pm. See their Facebook event page for more info.  \n\n\nArtist statement:\nMy intention is to provide the viewer a photograph that offers an experience of the landscape that does not rely solely on visual appearance.  An image of a different scope that conveys the material phenomena of a location\, a more tactile involvement with the landscape\, that attempts a solution to the distance conventional photography asserts. My interest is to bridge this gap between being immersed in a landscape and simply looking at it as a photograph.\n\nThese large-scale\, landscape cyanotypes represent an experience of the arid Southern California landscape.  They are made outdoors on the ground in the middle of the day in Griffith Park and Death Valley.  This is a rudimentary photography\, made without camera or film\, recording the moment\, the light\, and the terrain of a particular but negligible plot of ground in a vast space at high noon.  It is influenced by the landscape embodied in the 1840s cyanotype photograms of Anna Atkins\, and it responds to the grand vistas of photographers such as Ansel Adams by bringing vision back to the body and using what is within reach: rocks\, dirt\, open sky\, and sunlight. This series of photographs is an inquiry of place\, an expression of a phenomenological sensation\, and a proposition of sense.\n\nThe videos and photographs both are invested in observation\, the presence and action of light\, the parallels of light entering the shadowed interior of the camera and the eye functioning as an aperture to the blackness of the body’s interior.  That dependence of light on darkness interests me.  Video provides a physicality to the process of making images\, a physicality that links vision back to the body\, to movement and pulse\, rather than the mechanical idealized view of the camera.  Video is more performative and allows for an intuitive\, animated exploration of light.\n\n\n\nCurated by Terri Phillips and Brian Pera in collaboration with Crosstown Arts \nThe Wish Book series is a series focusing on non-traditional approaches to film as a medium. Curators Brian Pera and Terri Phillips welcome internationally recognized artists\, filmmakers\, and critics to Memphis for this exciting series\, which takes its name from the famed Sears Catalog and is hosted by Crosstown Arts at Crosstown Concourse\, itself once a major Sears distribution center.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/opening-reception-for-wish-book-lay-of-the-land-with-john-pearson/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, East Gallery\, Crosstown Concourse\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20180925T130000
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SUMMARY:Crosstown Arts Resident Artist Talk
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts offers multidisciplinary residencies in to visiting and Memphis-based artists and curators\, working in any creative discipline including visual and performing arts\, music\, film\, and writing in all genres. \nThe resident artists discuss their work in a series on monthly artist talks. This month: Sid Richardson\,Santina Amato\, Jeremiah Matthews\, and Alex Paulus.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/crosstown-arts-resident-artist-talk/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, East Atrium\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, United States
CATEGORIES:Residency
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180927
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181203
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SUMMARY:Give a Damn! Music + Activism at Stax Records
DESCRIPTION:On view: September 28-December 2\nOpening reception: Friday\, Sept. 28\, 6-8 pm \n“Give a Damn\,” a title taken from the 1970 Staple Singers song\, is the culmination of a year-long examination of Stax Records’ commitment to political activism\, community engagement\, and social justice in the years following Dr. King’s 1968 assassination in Memphis. \nThis exhibition is presented by The Stax Museum of American Soul Music and hosted at Crosstown Arts. It features never-before-seen artifacts including Isaac Hayes’ 14-foot long custom-made office desk\, stage clothing worn by Johnnie Taylor and Isaac Hayes\, rare photos and documents\, short films\, music\, and original artwork contributed by Shelby County students. \n\nHistorical background:\nFor the musicians and staff of Stax Records\, the 1968 assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King\, Jr. proved to be a catalyst for change. While never explicitly told to keep politics out of the studio\, most Stax artists kept their political preferences to themselves\, or simply chose not to engage. The death of Dr. King\, though\, literally put the struggle for freedom at the front door of Stax Records and made it difficult for those working within to ignore.  \nThe transformation began overnight\, with Stax artists Isaac Hayes and Rufus Thomas thrown into the role of peacekeepers during the unrest that followed Dr. King’s death. The era peaked at 1972’s Wattstax Festival\, where Stax gave an all-day concert for more than 112\,000 people in support of the community the wake of the Watts Rebellion\, and lasted until the studio’s doors closed in December 1975.  \nStax artists increased their participation in civic causes\, initiated relationships with politicians and activists\, adjusted their sound and look to align with both a growing counterculture and black consciousness movement\, and became community leaders\, empowered by their success and support from label owner\, Al Bell. Simply put\, Stax Records began to “give a damn.”
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/give-a-damn-music-activism-at-stax-records/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, West Gallery\, Crosstown Concourse\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Gallery
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20180928T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20180928T150000
DTSTAMP:20260526T191325
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SUMMARY:Opening Reception — Give a Damn! Music + Activism at Stax Records
DESCRIPTION:On view: September 28-December 2 \n“Give a Damn\,” a title taken from the 1970 Staple Singers song\, is the culmination of a year-long examination of Stax Records’ commitment to political activism\, community engagement\, and social justice in the years following Dr. King’s 1968 assassination in Memphis. \nThis exhibition is presented by The Stax Museum of American Soul Music and hosted at Crosstown Arts. It features never-before-seen artifacts including Isaac Hayes’ 14-foot long custom-made office desk\, stage clothing worn by Johnnie Taylor and Isaac Hayes\, rare photos and documents\, short films\, music\, and original artwork contributed by Shelby County students. \nDJ LeRoy (PRE$$URE WORLD) will be spinning deep soul hits from Stax Records and rarely heard tracks from other top Memphis studios.\n\n\nHistorical background:\nFor the musicians and staff of Stax Records\, the 1968 assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King\, Jr. proved to be a catalyst for change. While never explicitly told to keep politics out of the studio\, most Stax artists kept their political preferences to themselves\, or simply chose not to engage. The death of Dr. King\, though\, literally put the struggle for freedom at the front door of Stax Records and made it difficult for those working within to ignore.  \nThe transformation began overnight\, with Stax artists Isaac Hayes and Rufus Thomas thrown into the role of peacekeepers during the unrest that followed Dr. King’s death. The era peaked at 1972’s Wattstax Festival\, where Stax gave an all-day concert for more than 112\,000 people in support of the community the wake of the Watts Rebellion\, and lasted until the studio’s doors closed in December 1975.  \nStax artists increased their participation in civic causes\, initiated relationships with politicians and activists\, adjusted their sound and look to align with both a growing counterculture and black consciousness movement\, and became community leaders\, empowered by their success and support from label owner\, Al Bell. Simply put\, Stax Records began to “give a damn.”
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/opening-reception-give-a-damn-music-activism-at-stax-records/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, West Gallery\, Crosstown Concourse\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Gallery
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20180928T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20180928T160000
DTSTAMP:20260526T191325
CREATED:20180904T201731Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180905T143322Z
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SUMMARY:365
DESCRIPTION:Photo-a-day series by artist Valerie Sparks \nArtist Statement:\nIn 2017\, I challenged myself to a photo-a-day project which I first displayed on Instagram. Now I will present my year’s worth of all 365 photographs that I took\, into one collection.\n\nOrganized by the artist
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/365/
LOCATION:TN
CATEGORIES:430
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20180929T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20180929T160000
DTSTAMP:20260526T191325
CREATED:20180830T213349Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180913T182733Z
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SUMMARY:The Music of Billie Holiday
DESCRIPTION:Tickets $15 (purchase on Eventbrite)\nDoors at 6:30 pm | Show at 7 pm \nTribute to American jazz singer Billie Holiday featuring Tamara Jones Monger (vocals)\, Keenan Shotwell (piano)\, Carl Casperson (acoustic bass)\, Gerard Harris (guitar)\, and James Sexton (drums). \nThe Crosstown Jazz Series\, presented by Strictly Jazz Entertainment in collaboration with Crosstown Arts\, is designed to salute classic jazz music as contemporary musicians perform the work of the legends. \n\n\n\nAbout Strictly Jazz Entertainment:\nStrictly Jazz Entertainment is committed to cultivating a growing community in the knowledge and appreciation of jazz. We facilitate dialogue and collaboration between the devoted supporters of jazz and the brand new constituents – those new to the genre – for the furthering of the jazz community. We provide a bridge between leading artists and a community that typically does not embrace jazz by promoting concerts in various venues to generate an atmosphere that is viable for the absorption of pure jazz.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/the-music-of-billie-holiday/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, East Atrium\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20180929T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20180929T183000
DTSTAMP:20260526T191325
CREATED:20180906T161833Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180911T142845Z
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SUMMARY:.WAVFest
DESCRIPTION:Memphis artist ISpeakWithAGift presents the first annual .WAVFest featuring live performances from himself and friends from inside and outside the city. The line-up includes ISpeakWithAGift\, Early\, She’Chinah\, ODDyssey\, De Apollo\, Ghost\, Sumdude\, and 2030M. \nFood and refreshments will be served. Ages 18 and up. \nOrganized by the artist
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/wavfest/
LOCATION:TN
CATEGORIES:430
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20180929T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20180929T185900
DTSTAMP:20260526T191325
CREATED:20180907T203800Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180913T154851Z
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SUMMARY:Spins
DESCRIPTION:A live monthly DJ series at Crosstown Arts\n\n\nThis month: DJ Siphne Aaye\n$5 cover (purchase on Eventbrite or at the door)\n\n\nThe SPINS series will feature music as diverse as the City of Memphis. Each month\, a rotating line-up of DJs will play everything from old-school Hip-Hop and House to Ultra Lounge and Afrobeat. There’s something for everyone to enjoy. So\, come chill. Come hang. Come Party!
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/spin/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, The Green Room\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
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