Tag: theatre

Joel Parsons: You Are the Hole, An Exhibition in Four Acts

Opening Reception: Friday, October 9, 6 – 9 pm
Performance: Sunday, October 25, 2 pm

You Are the Hole is the theatre of desire, abstracted. By presenting the self as something constructed and performed, Joel Parsons gently prods the human dichotomy of yearning to divulge and yearning to conceal.

Using the structural components of a theatre, he establishes an installation space that is simultaneously formal and intimate. Occupying the transformed stage are sculptures in voluptuous pinks and nudes, a flesh-like latex curtain and dozens of small drawings. Parsons has made a zine to accompany the exhibition, which will be available in the gallery.

The culmination is Parsons’ performance of his originally-choreographed piece, “Beholding and Being Held.”

Joel Parsons is an artist, writer, and curator based in Memphis, TN. He is an Assistant Professor of Art and Director of Clough-Hanson Gallery at Rhodes College, co-director of Beige, an otherwise space for art and performance, and a founding member of the ArtsMemphis Artist Advisory Council. A graduate of Rhodes College and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, he has exhibited his work in Memphis at the Powerhouse, Material, and Southfork Gallery, as well as at Western Exhibtions in Chicago, and venues in Peru, India, and South Africa.

 

page to stage theatre workshop

for middle school students
wednesdays, 1:30 – 3:30 pm / 9-week program

workshop capacity has been reached.

Jazmin Miller, teaching artist from Rhodes College,  leads students in an exploration of the various parts of theatre, helping them collaborate with one another to write, design and perform their own original play.

on Sunday, November 8, students will perform their creation before a live audience of family, friends and supporters in the McCoy Theatre at Rhodes College.

story booth theatre production workshop

ages 10 – 14

this workshop gives participants the chance to write, act, and perform an original play before an audience—all in one week. if you’re interested in writing for stage, page, or screen, or are interested in acting or set design, this workshop is for you. taught by professional playwright and actress Jazmin Miller