Crosstown Arts is hosting a small group discussion with Walking Eyes collaborators, Kong Wee Pang and Jay Crum. This free event is open to the public.
If you are interested in attending, please email emily@crosstownarts.org to RSVP.
Tag: Visual Arts
LOCATE Arts is a brand new organization with plans to strengthen the connections between artists and patrons across Tennessee, while sharing the dynamic contemporary arts of our state with the rest of the country.
Co-founders, Carri Jobe and Brian R. Jobe, will be leading a discussion about the mission, vision and goals of LOCATE Arts. Please join us!
Opening Reception: Wednesday, September 23, 6 – 9 pm
In partnership with Gonerfest 12, Goner Records and Crosstown Arts present No Brag Pure Fact, an exhibition of artifacts and exclusive footage from Graceland Too. Included are some of Paul MacLeod’s own Elvis-inspired outsider artworks, notebooks he kept, and mounted photographs of visitors to his house, all courtesy of Friends of Graceland Too. Filmmakers Jeffrey Jensen and Geoffrey Shrewsbury have also contributed video footage of MacLeod and clips from their upcoming documentary, The Rise and Fall of Graceland Too.
At the reception, meet special guests and have the opportunity to purchase Graceland Too Memorabilia, a commemorative 45 RPM record and “Friends Of Graceland Too” t-shirts.
Special Thanks
The Friends of Graceland Too, Filmmakers Jeffrey Jensen and Geoffrey Shrewsbury (The Rise and Fall of Graceland Too), Marie Claire Underwood
Who was Paul MacLeod?
Elvis Presley fans tend to be an especially devoted lot, but Paul MacLeod possessed a zeal few could rival. Driven by his perverse affinity for The King, he turned his own Holly Springs, MS home into Graceland Too, an obsessive, candy-colored shrine dedicated to all things Elvis, where his ongoing mission was amassing all of the Presley ephemera he could get his hands on and documenting every mention of the star he could find via radio, television and film. In addition to being a dogged curator of kingly dreck, MacLeod was known as a bombastic personality with the eccentric habit of giving lengthy, frenetic tours of his home to anyone who stopped by, 24 hours a day.
Spectacle to some, sanctuary to others, Graceland Too was a wayward beacon that attracted Elvis fans from all over the world.
Paul MacLeod passed away in July of 2014, and over the past year, many have offered their time and resources in service of preserving what became his life’s work: sheltering strange treasures and welcoming fellow pilgrims on the road to Graceland (Too).
Art For A Smart Start is a collaborative art exhibition featuring the works of 27 different Memphis artists. These artists will show and sell their works during this one-night-only event and generously donate proceeds of their sales to benefit Shelby County Books From Birth. Organized by Darlene Newman.
Contributing Artists:
Angela D. Myers, RaRa Strong, Joseph Boyd, Derrick Weaver, Mary Vaux Hansen, James Carter, Drea L. Powell, Jamond Bullock, Jaime Phillips Winton, Darlene Newman, Larry Don Nosti Itson, Brandon Eso Tolson, Dawn Kimble, Dani Harris, Tammy Groves Thornton, Barbara Vann, Andrea Pigue’ Manard, Carl E. Moore, Amy Beth Rice, Demarcus Bowser, Frank Robinson, Tobacco Brown, Brittney Bullock, Thomas Murray, Siphne Sylve, Ben Madden and Jamin Carter
Doors: 6:30 pm | Presentations: 7 pm
Join us for an evening of presentations that go behind-the-scenes and inside the minds of visual artists, as they share their works, processes and stories.
Presenters:
Elizabeth Alley
Mary Beth Button
Colleen Couch
Karen B. Golightly
Hope Hudson
Erica McCarrens
Erica Qualy
As always, the presentations will satiate your appetite for learning, and we’ll have food/drinks to take care of the rest.
PechaKucha 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. Now, PechaKucha Nights take place all over the world and feature presenters from innumerably diverse backgrounds.
The key to PechaKucha Night is the 20×20 format: all presenters show 20 slides for 20 seconds each, making each presentation succinct and dynamic.
Art show celebrating the first anniversary of Memphis-based styling agency, Bee Specs. Organized by Reginald Smith.