Tag: artist residency

Pecha Kucha: Resident Artist Talk

Crosstown Arts summer session resident artists Lucy McKeon, Steve Bellin-Oka, Nick Peña, Pamela Allen, and Pete Hoffecker Mejía will present artist talks in the Pecha Kucha style.

The key to Pecha Kucha is the 20×20 format: all presenters show 20 slides for 20 seconds each, making each presentation concise and dynamic. If you’re wondering what “Pecha Kucha” means, it draws its name from the Japanese term for the sound of “chit chat.”

Pecha Kucha Nights began in Tokyo as an opportunity for artists, designers and architects to show samples of their work through a concise, timed presentation in a relaxed community setting. Over the past 10 years, these events have expanded to hundreds of cities across the globe, and often include a variety of community members sharing a wide array of interesting (and sometimes hilarious) topics.

Pecha Kucha: Resident Artist Talk

Crosstown Arts summer session resident artists Tad Lauritzen Wright, Eden Wiseman, Ori Dvir, Joey Slaughter, and Natalie Minik will present artist talks in the Pecha Kucha style.

The key to Pecha Kucha is the 20×20 format: all presenters show 20 slides for 20 seconds each, making each presentation concise and dynamic. If you’re wondering what “Pecha Kucha” means, it draws its name from the Japanese term for the sound of “chit chat.”

Pecha Kucha Nights began in Tokyo as an opportunity for artists, designers and architects to show samples of their work through a concise, timed presentation in a relaxed community setting. Over the past 10 years, these events have expanded to hundreds of cities across the globe, and often include a variety of community members sharing a wide array of interesting (and sometimes hilarious) topics.

Pecha Kucha: Resident Artist Talk

Crosstown Arts summer session resident artists Dehanza Rogers, Tom Cho, and Marcus Tate, Aubree Penney, Baishui Gan, and Melanie Manos will present artist talks in the Pecha Kucha style.

The key to Pecha Kucha is the 20×20 format: all presenters show 20 slides for 20 seconds each, making each presentation concise and dynamic. If you’re wondering what “Pecha Kucha” means, it draws its name from the Japanese term for the sound of “chit chat.”

Pecha Kucha Nights began in Tokyo as an opportunity for artists, designers and architects to show samples of their work through a concise, timed presentation in a relaxed community setting. Over the past 10 years, these events have expanded to hundreds of cities across the globe, and often include a variety of community members sharing a wide array of interesting (and sometimes hilarious) topics.

Artist Residency Information Session

Need information on how to submit a competitive residency application? Crosstown Arts Residency Manager Mary Jo Karimnia will answer your burning questions about what a residency is, where to find the right one for you, and how to present your work and write a strong application.

Crosstown Arts offers multidisciplinary residencies 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. All residencies include a private studio workspace, a furnished, temporary live space in the Concourse building (if needed), meals five days a week in the cafe at Crosstown Arts and free access, during the residency period, to the Crosstown Arts shared art-making facility. Applications for all 2020 residencies will be open from May 15 – July 15.

Artist Residency Information Session

Need information on how to submit a competitive residency application? Crosstown Arts Residency Manager Mary Jo Karimnia will answer your burning questions about what a residency is, where to find the right one for you, and how to present your work and write a strong application.

Crosstown Arts offers multidisciplinary residencies 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. All residencies include a private studio workspace, a furnished, temporary live space in the Concourse building (if needed), meals five days a week in the cafe at Crosstown Arts and free access, during the residency period, to the Crosstown Arts shared art-making facility. Applications for all 2020 residencies will be open from May 15 – July 15.

Ben Butler Open Studio

Open studio for Crosstown Arts’ artist-in-residence Ben Butler. The studio will be open to the public from 1 to 4 p.m., and Ben will give an artist talk at 2 p.m.

Ben Butler received his MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and his BA from Bowdoin College.  His work has been exhibited in solo shows in New York at Coleman Burke Gallery and Plane Space, as well as at Zg Gallery in Chicago, John Davis Gallery in Hudson, New York, and Davidson Galleries in Seattle, among others.  He is the recipient of a Pollock-Krasner Foundation Individual Artist Grant and numerous fellowships at residency programs including the MacDowell Colony, The Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, and the Ucross Foundation.

He currently lives and works in Memphis, Tennessee and Quogue, New York.