Crosstown Arts Galleries

Join us for a conversation with our Spring exhibiting artists—Wiley Henry, Lawrence Matthews, and Karl Erickson—on Thursday, May 28 from 6–8pm. Working across painting, drawing, animation, installation, and multimedia, these artists explore identity, perception, and the complex relationships between human and non-human worlds. From Henry’s emotionally charged figurative work rooted in heritage and personal history, […]

Friday, March 13, 2026 | 6–8 PMFree and open to the public Celebrate the opening of our Spring exhibitions with an evening of art, conversation, and community. This reception brings together three distinct bodies of work spanning painting, installation, and multimedia exploration across our galleries and screening spaces. Featuring: Wiley Henry East GalleryShades of Heritage […]

Crosstown Arts presents three exhibitions: Shades of Heritage by Wiley Henry, A Rabbit With a Gun by Lawrence Matthews, and Club Walrus, Fluvial Effluvia, and Know No Now by Karl Erickson. The exhibitions bring together three distinct artistic practices that explore themes of heritage, perception, identity, and humanity’s relationship with the wider world. On view […]

Friday, October 10, 2025 | 6-9 pm | Crosstown Arts Galleries Free and open to the public Join us for the opening of Reflection + Ritual + Refuge, a major solo exhibition by Memphis-based artist Brantley Ellzey. Brantley Ellzey REFLECTION + RITUAL + REFUGE STATEMENT In Reflection + Ritual + Refuge, artist Brantley Ellzey weaves a world […]

On view through January 25, 2026Crosstown Arts GalleriesFree and open to the public Tues-Friday from 11-8pm and Saturday and Sunday from noon-6pm In Reflection + Ritual + Refuge, artist Brantley Ellzey weaves a world where repetition becomes remembrance, where reflection fractures into beauty, and where the quiet, persistent act of making becomes a form of […]

Thursday, September 11 6–8 PM The Galleries at Crosstown Arts Free and open to the public   Join us for a special evening with exhibiting artists Alexandra Rose, Anthony George, Tad Lauritzen Wright, Andres Arauz, and Abby Meyers as they discuss their current work on view at Crosstown Arts. This is a unique opportunity to hear directly from the artists about […]

Crosstown Arts resident artists Terri Phillips and Emily C. Thomas will discuss their work currently on view in "Don't Look for My Heart" (West Gallery) and "Imprismed" (East Gallery), respectively. Both exhibitions are on view through March 11.

Elizabeth Alley discusses her work in "Two Stories of Iceland," a narrative exploration of Icelandic stories and landscape in small paintings and drawings.

On view: January 26-March 11