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Memphis Empty Bowls Project
Sunday, January 21, 5-7pm
Crosstown Concourse
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Hundreds of people from all over Shelby County come together to fight local hunger at the annual Memphis Empty Bowls Project fundraising event. 

CHOOSE
Artisans, educators, and others around the Memphis area donate handcrafted and hand painted bowls to fight hunger. Choose a beautiful bowl to take home as a reminder of the bowls that go empty in the Memphis area, as well as the inspiring work being done in our community to fight hunger.

ENJOY
Guests are invited to a delicious, simple dinner of soup and bread donated by local restaurants while listening to live music.

SHOP
Shop the art market. A portion of the proceeds from your purchase from the vendors, talented local artists, will go toward the Memphis Empty Bowls mission.

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December 29, 2017 No comments


Make Spillmanville Great Again
Opening reception Friday, January 5, 6-8pm
Artist talk Saturday, January 13, 11am

L Ross Gallery is pleased to announce a solo exhibition for Memphis artist Bobby Spillman. The exhibition opens Friday, January 5 and continues through January 27 with a reception honoring the artist Friday, January 5, 6:00 to 8:00 pm. Spillman will also lead an artist talk at the gallery Saturday, January 13 at 11 am.

Titled "Make Spillmanville Great Again," Spillman’s paintings and gouache narratives continue to detail his zany and unpredictable world. Metaphors abound through images of donuts, birds, monkeys, and other quirky animals.

Bobby Spillman received his BS (Communications) from the University of Tennessee and his MFA (Painting) from the University of Memphis where he was the Little John Fellowship recipient. Spillman has been an art instructor at the University of Memphis and Memphis College of Art and taught at Bruce Elementary School. The 2014 Memphis in May Poster Artist (Panama), Spillman is currently the Visual Art Instructor at Houston High School. 

http://lrossgallery.com/exhibitions/make-spillmanville-great-again/


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December 29, 2017 No comments


Relief
New work by Katie Maish
Opening reception Friday, January 5th, 6-8pm
Work on display January 5th - February 13th
Eclectic Eye
242 Cooper Street

A note from the artist about this body of work:

This body of work represents an intersection between the psychological space that the feminine takes up and the physical presence that it should – but inexplicably does not – consume. These maps manifest as landforms that suggest weight, permanence and precision, but the ephemeral media used in the work contradicts form with delicacy and an intentional lightness. In some pieces, historical maps collide with domestic patterns found in the home. In others, I have written passages from cherished books and tucked them deep within three-dimensional landforms that build themselves spontaneously from the shape of the words. They all represent ideas that should take up space and should get in the way.

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Jay Etkin Gallery presents

The Paper Show
Artists included: RoyTamboli, Mary Long, Nathan Yoakum, Pam Cobb, Juan Rojo, Jay Etkin, Stephanie Brody-Lederman, and others.
Where: 942 South Cooper St. Memphis
Reception: Friday, December 15, 6 to 9pm
SHOW DATES: December 15 2017 through January 15, 2018
December 10, 2017 No comments

Sunday Funday Art Show and Holiday Shopping
Sunday, December 3, 1-5pm
High Cotton Brewery

Located in the event space of High Cotton Brewery, come celebrate the gift giving season with us at this relaxing Sunday afternoon shopping event with 14 vendors, an intimate group of artists and makers with hundreds of shoppers who circle their calendars for what is a truly Sunday Funday!

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November 29, 2017 No comments


First Fridays on Broad
Holiday Shopping Edition
Friday, December 1, 5-8pm
Broad Avenue Arts District

Come shop on Broad this Friday night.
Bingham & Broad will have new original art and wine and cheese.
Falling Into Place will have hidden gift cards you have to shop to find!
Merchants on Broad will have specials and treats.
City & State will have a pop-up by Boutonné, a line of handmade leather goods. Also BYOB to make a spiked coffee while you shop!
T Clifton Art will have a special exhibit of art glass for gifts!
Five in One Social Club will have treats to enjoy while you shop.

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November 29, 2017 1 comments

Apply for the summer/fall 2018 residency sessions here. Applications will be accepted through December 15, 2017.
The multidisciplinary artist residency program at Crosstown Arts in Memphis, Tennessee, offers residencies for visiting and Memphis-based visual and performing artists working in any creative discipline as well as musicians, filmmakers, and writers in all genres.
All residencies include a private studio workspace with meals provided six days a week. Live/work residencies also include a private bedroom/bathroom next to a common living area and a shared kitchen for all residents. A family housing option is available, as well as accessible housing for residents with disabilities. All residencies are offered at no cost to participants, who are responsible to cover their own studio materials and travel expenses to and from Memphis.
Three-month residency sessions are offered each year in the fall and spring. Shorter twenty-day sessions are available in the summer and can be attended consecutively. Studio-only residencies are available for up to ten months throughout the year.
In the summer and fall of 2018, Crosstown Arts offers a Withers Residency for an individual artist of color working in any discipline who ambitiously addresses the intersection of race and social inequality in their work. Also in the fall of 2018, Crosstown Arts is partnering with Indie Memphis to offer a three-month residency to an independent filmmaker working in any genre, with expanded opportunities for involvement in the annual Indie Memphis Film Festival.
Anyone 21 years of age or older is welcome to apply. There are no specific project requirements for accepted residents who are encouraged to experiment and explore new ideas or further develop current work already in process.
Residents are provided with on-site access to Crosstown Arts’ shared art-making workspace with a range of analog and digital fabrication and production resources, including a woodshop, multiple CNC/laser cutters, a Mac-based computer lab, a large-format digital printing service, a silkscreen/print shop, a small recording studio, and individual editing bays for video/audio production.
All residents are asked to participate in a limited number of public engagement activities while in Memphis such as an informal artist talk or public performance/project, open studio event, or exhibition.
Founded in 2010, Crosstown Arts (501c3) recently completed the renovation of Crosstown Concourse, a one-million-square-foot former Sears & Roebuck distribution warehouse. The Concourse building is now home to Crosstown Arts’ contemporary art center that includes the artist residency program, multiple galleries, large-scale exhibition/installation spaces, screening rooms, and a listening room dedicated to live music performance. Crosstown Arts also operates an after-school program, a community-organized exhibition/performance venue, a café, and bar. A 425-seat black box performing arts theater is currently under construction on-site and scheduled to open in the summer of 2018.
Crosstown Concourse is also home to a major health and wellness initiative, including a walk-in clinic for the uninsured and a fitness facility inside the building, both available to participants in Crosstown Arts’ residency program. A variety of restaurants are located in the Concourse building, as well as a grocery store, coffee shop, juice bar, pharmacy, and other commercial, retail, and residential tenants.

For more about the Crosstown Concourse, visit crosstownconcourse.com. 
November 22, 2017 No comments

Josef Bull
Man Finsd Meteorites in His Yard (This Is Planet Earth)

Opening Saturday, November 25, 6-8pm
Tops Gallery @400 South Front Street

Opening continues November 25, 8-9pm
Tops Madison Avenue Park

Tops Gallery is pleased to announce Man Finds Meteorites in His Yard (This is Planet Earth), an exhibition of new works by Josef Bull at Tops Gallery and Tops at Madison Avenue Park.

Believing in meaningful coincidences and the mystical potential of all things, Josef Bull's work meditates on anomalous chains of interconnected information.

Here, in new two- and three-dimensional constellations, specific characters and phenomena from contemporary culture intermingle with objects and practices of everyday life. Corporate yoga logos unite with kindred crop circle formations; LOTR antagonist Saruman frames Bull's paintings of famed start-up garages of Silicon Valley; Danny from The Shining morphs with a real-life namesake doppelgänger whose life-saving "hunch" was noticed by local Michigan News. Layered on both photographic and sculptural surfaces, these blends of found and original materials lay out Bull's attempts to both make sense of and recreate the feeling of bewilderment induced by an evermore confounding world.

At Tops at Madison Avenue Park, Bull's video installation This is Planet Earth(2017) looks at domesticity with an astronomer's gaze. Housed within a suspended propane barbecue, a handheld video tour of a suburban yard loops to the sound of a cab-driving Youtube user's existential rant on the miracle of life. Surrounded by other icons of the American home, the piece becomes a reflection on the domestic landscape as a container for inner and outer space.



HOME
TV
INNER SPACE/OUTER SPACE
METEORITES
EBAY
GOOGLE
GARAGES
CARS
CALIFORNIA
LORD OF THE RINGS
MAGIC WAND
MASTURBATION
TONY ROBBINS
BBQ
CLIMATE CHANGE
MUD
BACKYARD
BIRD BATH
EVOLUTION
JOEL OSTEEN
RED APPLE
ADDICTION
MOON LANDING
FRONT YARD
FIRE
BRENTWOOD
CAT
STEP COUNT
SURVEILLANCE
DIVINE LIGHT
UBER DRIVER
33
FRODO BAGGINS
42
OPRAH WINFREY
BLISTERS
RITE OF PASSAGE
BIRTHDAY
FALCON
RAT
YOUTUBE
1984




Josef Bull (b. 1984 in Huddinge, Sweden) lives and works in Brooklyn, NY.  His work has been exhibited at Bonniers Konsthall, Stockholm; Museum of Ethnography, Stockholm; Situations, New York; and Tops Gallery, Memphis. In 2013, he was a recipient of the Maria Bonnier Dahlin Foundation Award, and in 2014 was the artist-in-residence on the scientific arctic expedition Swerus-C3. His work produced onboard was recently published by Solar Power Press as a set of books titled Arctic Mud (2017).
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67th Annual Holiday Bazaar & Fundraiser
Preview & Purchase Party Friday, November 17, 5-10pm
Open Market Saturday, November 18, 10am-5pm
Memphis College of Art
1930 Poplar Avenue

On Friday, November 17th, MCA will host an exciting Preview & Purchase Party from 5-10pm for its 67th Annual Holiday Bazaar & Fundraiser. This is the biggest and best yet! Get first dibs on all artwork and gifts. Refreshments and hors-d'oeuvres served. Click the ticket information link above to purchase your tickets.

On Saturday, November 18 Memphis College of Art's 67th Annual Holiday Bazaar will be an Open Market from 10am-5pm.

The shows and events must go on! Donations and artwork purchases at these events will help us give underclassmen a path forward, give upperclassmen as many scholarships as possible, and put money in the pockets of the students who are about to graduate. 70% of proceeds from art sales support the artists directly. 30% of proceeds from art sales support the MCA scholarship fund, which supports our current students.

We look forward to being your destination for fine art and custom, handmade gifts this holiday season! Over 90 artists represented with a wide variety of items: paintings, prints, photography, sculpture, jewelry, ceramics, kitchen items, t-shirts and wearables, silk-printed scarves, temporary tattoos, bath and body products, stickers, postcards, metals, paper goods, and more.



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Jesse DeLira: Lurkmoar
Opening reception November 17, 5-7pm
Work on display November 17-December 7
Martha and Robert Fogelman Galleries of Contemporary Art
University of Memphis Art and Communication Building Rooms 230 and 240

Please join us for the opening of "Lurkmoar," the MFA thesis exhibition of Jesse DeLira consisting of photographs, found objects, and written materials produced using a variety of processes, both analog and digital. The work itself is based on a style of investigation that is termed “conspiracy theory” or “dot-connecting.” From this viewpoint, geopolitical happenings are positioned as having ulterior motives. This presumes that an underbelly of powerful agents exists to control and manipulate current affairs so that natural and human resources are harvested for a use that is deemed appropriate. This dark lens sees the world as a stage for an elaborate ruse. If uncovered, it reveals to the awakened a totalizing system of technocratic slavery. There are a wide range of agents that play part in this supposed conspiracy. 

This body of work focuses on the Illuminati, the Catholic Church, CERN, Freemasonry, occult ritual, and political parties. For the conspiracy theorist, these seemingly disparate subjects often overlap with each other; for this reason, the work itself is multi-layered, cacophonic, and occulted. 

Exhibition on view November 17 - December 7, 2017. Free and open to the public.
November 16, 2017 No comments

Static
Amani Figgs Opening
Opening reception Friday, November 17, 5-7pm
Box Gallery
3715 Central

Please join us for the opening reception of Amani Figgs' solo show "Static." The artist will be giving a talk at 6:00 pm. The opening is from 5-7 pm. We look forward to seeing you there!
November 16, 2017 No comments
Still Strippin'
Fall 2017 BFA Thesis Exhibition
Opening reception November 17, 5-7pm
University of Memphis
Martha and Robert Fogelman Galleries of Contemporary Art
Art and Communication Building Rooms 230 and 240

Please join us for the opening of "Still Strippin’," the Fall 2017 BFA thesis exhibition featuring work by four graduating seniors of The University of Memphis Department of Art: Devin Picchi, Amira Randolph, Kristin Smith, and Sadie Tomes. The exhibition is a compilation of works in a variety of media including painting and photography. The presentation celebrates the completion of undergraduate studies and the culmination of each student's artistic exploration and experiences.

Student Artist Talks: Wednesday, November 29, 5-6:30 PM, Art & Communication Bldg., Room 257

Exhibition on view November 17 - December 7, 2017. Free and open to the public.
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2017 Fall BFA Thesis Exhibition
Saturday, December 2, 6-8pm
Memphis College of Art
1930 Poplar Avenue

Works from graduating seniors in the BFA program will be on view from Nov 29 to Dec 14. A reception will be held on Saturday, December 2 from 6:00-8:00pm, in conjunction with the Jan Hankins exhibit in the Alumni Gallery and the Creativity and Inclusivity exhibit in the Lower Gallery.

Seniors participating include: Marcus Clark, Chance Coleman, Sharday Hawkins, Kristen Kaluba, Taylor McCormick, Olivia Ritter, and Sam Smith.
November 16, 2017 No comments

The Age of Osage: Orange Mound in Photographs
Opening Exhibition November 16, 6-8pm
Orange Mound Gallery
2230 Lamar

Please join High Ground News for The Age of Osage: Orange Mound in Photographs on Thursday, November 16. The exhibition and reception is a capstone of Memphis-based High Ground News’ three months of embedded reporting in the neighborhood.
 
The show, which is free and open to the public, is at The Orange Mound Gallery at 2230 Lamar Avenue and will last from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Light refreshments will be provided.
 
From tiny football players and neighborhood candy ladies to ballerinas and local businesses, The Age of Osage is a photography show that illustrates the spirit of the Orange Mound community as captured by High Ground News photographers from August through November.
 
Contributing photographers include Andrea Morales, Ziggy Mack, Averell Mondie, Andrea Zucker, and Allyson Blair.
 
More information about the show can be found here. For those who can't make the reception but would like to see the exhibition, the Orange Mound Gallery will be open the following weekend, November 17 to 19.
 
The On The Ground coverage of Orange Mound can be found at www.highgroundnews.com/cities/orangemound.aspx
 
High Ground News is an online publication focused on what's next for Memphis. For three months, we have operated out of an Orange Mound media hub telling stories about the neighborhood through articles, video and photography. Visit highgroundnews.com to learn more.
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Asian American Art, Activism, and the Turn to Transnationalism
Lecture by Dr. Margo Machida
Friday, November 10, 5:30-7:30pm
Reception 5:30pm, lecture at 6pm
University of Memphis Department of Art
Art and Communication Building Room 310


Art Historian Dr. Margo Machida will deliver a lecture titled "Asian American Art, Activism, and the Turn to Transnationalism." Primarily drawing examples from her experience in New York and San Francisco, she will examine how Asian American frameworks for thinking about identity, identity politics, and arts activism shifted between the 1960s and 1990s – and how the convergence of domestic activism, accelerating migration, and transnational circulation shaped emergent artistic, critical and curatorial practices.

Lecture will be held in Art and Communication Bldg. Room 310. Reception at 5:30 pm; lecture begins at 6 pm.

Dr. Machida is Professor Emerita of Art History and Asian American Studies at the University of Connecticut. Born and raised in Hawai’i, she is a scholar, independent curator, and cultural critic specializing in Asian American art and visual culture. Her most recent book, "Unsettled Visions: Contemporary Asian American Artists and the Social Imaginary" (Duke University Press, 2009) received the Cultural Studies Book Award from the Association for Asian American Studies. She is co-editor of the volume "Fresh Talk/Daring Gazes: Conversations on Asian American Art" (University of California Press, 2003). She is an Associate Editor for the "Asian Diasporic Visual Cultures and the Americas" journal (Brill).

Dr. Machida has received numerous grants and fellowships including support from the Smithsonian Institution, Rockefeller Foundation, and National Endowment for the Humanities. She is co-organizer of the Diasporic Asian Art Network (DAAN) and the East Coast Asian American Art Project (ECAAAP), and a founding member of the International Network for Diasporic Asian Art Research (INDAAR). In 2009, she received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the national Women’s Caucus for Art.
November 07, 2017 No comments

Pop-up lecture alert!

When:  Wednesday, November 8, noon-1pm
  
Where: Callicott Auditorium at MCA's Rust Hall in Overton Park 

What: Tyler Hildebrand and Matthew Dayler are two of MCA's baddest alumni. Both now work at the Art Academy of Cincinnati, and they are coming back tell to you about their work and how their careers have evolved since their time at MCA. Learn more about each artist below.

Tyler Hildebrand: Artist Tyler Hildebrand works in Admissions and has taught analytical drawing and sculpture at the Art Academy ofCincinnati. He produces work in a wide range of media, from gifs and animations to paintings and environmental installation. According to his artist profile at David Lusk Gallery where Hildebrand is locally represented, he "does not shy away from the harsh realities of contemporary American culture... Hildebrand strives to represent grotesque elements of society, even if it means revealing an uncomfortable and oftentimes crude environment. By exposing the perverse, depraved and degenerate truths of the world around us, Hildebrand produces work that is often tough to look at, sometimes witty and always truthful." Since his time at MCA, Hildebrand has forged a vibrant career. His is owner and curator ofTastyKake Gallery in Baltimore, Maryland, the director of his own film studio, Mohawk Productions, and has exhibited widely from Memphis to New York. Learn more about his work here. 


Matthew Dayler: Matthew Dayler was born and raised in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, and is Assistant Professor at the Art Academy ofCincinnati. Dayler’s interests draw from a wide variety of historical and contemporary imagery relating to identity in juxtaposition with street culture, music and sports. Dayler’s images are often presented in the form of murals, prints, drawings, and video.  His work has been exhibited at the Telfair Museum of Art in Savannah, Georgia, The Brooks Museum in Memphis, Tennessee, and Galerie Edition Schedler in Zurich, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Australia, Miami, NYC and LA. He lives in Cincinnati, Ohio and is one of the founders of Xylene. Click here to check it out!
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Small Worlds 
Opening reception Friday, December 8, 6-8pm
Work on display December 9-16
Flicker Street Studio
74 Flicker Street

Flicker Street Studio is pleased to announce the opening of Small Worlds, a group exhibition offering a broad and critical reassessment of small format painting, sculpture and ceramics. The show includes works by Jim Buchman, Nancy Cheairs, Erin Wright, Melissa Dunn, Elizabeth Alley, Susan Maakestad, Emma Kate Rose, Pam McDonnell and Marja Vallila. Small Worlds explores the realm between the real world and the imagined world. A small format work creates the experience of peering through a tiny aperture - allowing us a way into another world. The aperture may be small but the imaginative world beyond is limitless, opening far beyond the confines of a rendered surface. An opening reception will take place at the gallery on Friday, December 8th from 6-8pm. The work will be exhibited from Dec 9 - Dec 16. The studio will be open Monday through Saturday, 10 -5pm. For further information, please contact the gallery at 901.767.2999, flickerstreet@gmail.com or www.flickerstreetstudio.com 74 Flicker Street, Memphis, TN 38104
November 03, 2017 No comments

Broad Avenue Art Walk
Friday, November 3, 5-10pm
Broad Avenue Arts District

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Memoria in Viola, oil/mixed media on panel, 36x36

Luna Piena
Work by Jeri Ledbetter
Opening reception Friday, November 3, 6-8pm
Work on view November 1 - 25
L Ross Gallery
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November 03, 2017 No comments
Memphis College of Art Closing Information
The Board of Directors of the College, facing declining enrollment, overwhelming real estate debt, and no viable long-term plan for financial sustainability, has voted to stop recruiting new students, effective immediately, and begin making plans to close the College.
MCA will begin the orderly dissolution of MCA’s real estate and other assets to fund the College’s debt obligations and other liabilities, including providing sufficient funding to serve existing students who remain at MCA. At the conclusion of fulfilling its obligations to existing students who remain in good standing, MCA will close. The precise period of time for this wind-down (“teach-out”) has yet to be determined; the College anticipates it will last through May 2020.
“It is with great sadness that we move forward with this decision,” said MCA Board Chair Henry P. Doggrell.
The Board vote resulted from a long process that eventually determined that an independent, private fine arts and design college is no longer financially sustainable in Memphis. The College’s situation is not unique – small private colleges face financial challenges across the country. Over the last months, we have cut costs to operate as efficiently as possible, but it wasn’t sufficient to sustain operations beyond the current academic year without continued significant community support.
During the “teach-out” period, MCA will continue its long-standing tradition of offering Community Education programs, including the Fashion Certificate Program, summer camps, and adult art classes. Many of the College’s community partnerships will continue as well. MCA’s popular Holiday Bazaar will take place as scheduled on November 17-18, with net proceeds funding existing student scholarships.
“This has been a heartbreaking process,” said MCA Interim President Laura Hine. “But we remain proud of the creative energy MCA artists have long brought to Memphis, and are eternally grateful to the donors and foundations who have sustained us throughout our 81-year history. The tremendous value of the artistic contributions made by MCA faculty, students, and graduates, over many decades, simply can’t be captured in words.”
“In the immediate term our attention is focused on the internal MCA family – our students, our faculty and our staff. Going forward, we will rely on the thousands of MCA alumni in Memphis and across the country to carry on the legacy of the College through their art, their creative energy, and their innovation.”
General FAQ’s
1. Is MCA closing immediately?
No. We will not admit any new students and instead will focus on serving current students who remain at MCA in good academic standing. When we fulfill our obligations to these students, Memphis College of Art will close.
2. Is Memphis College of Art merging with another college?
No. Memphis College of Art is not admitting new students effective immediately and will instead dedicate its resources to its existing students.
3. How did the College get to this position?
Economic challenges face all of the higher education market, especially small, private colleges. For MCA in particular, declining enrollment, a small endowment, and real estate debt have contributed to the precarious financial state of the College for several years. The leadership of the College (the Cabinet and the Board) worked hard to structure a sustainable model for the future, but was unable to do so.
4. How do you plan to close the College?
MCA is working with its accrediting organizations and other counselors to develop teach-out plans for the proper close-down of the College. The details of the plan are not yet finalized and, most importantly, will be driven by an overarching focus on the welfare of MCA’s current students.
5. If MCA doesn’t have money now, how will it carry on its operations until it closes?
MCA has valuable real estate assets that will be sold. The proceeds will be dedicated to meet MCA’s obligations. We will also rely on the continued generosity of donors to help MCA as we serve those students who remain at MCA.
6. Will all assets be sold?
Yes, over time all of the assets of MCA will be sold, beginning with real estate assets. Rust Hall and equipment will be retained for teaching out our students.
7. After the teach out, what’s going to happen to Rust Hall in Overton Park?
We are working with all stakeholders to determine the best disposition of Rust Hall in order to preserve this iconic building and ensure it maintains its prominent and important place in Overton Park.
8. Who owns Rust Hall?
MCA owns Rust Hall, on land owned by the City of Memphis and leased to MCA under a long-term lease.
9. Will events and exhibitions still take place?
Yes. Exhibitions, shows and traditional events, such as Holiday Bazaar, will continue. Our 67th Annual Holiday Bazaar and Fundraiser is scheduled for November 17 and 18 in the Rust Hall gallery, with net proceeds funding existing student scholarships.
10. Will Community Education and Summer Art Camp continue?
Yes. MCA plans to continue Community Education programs during the teach out. Please continue to visit our website for a listing of the available classes and the recently introduced Fashion Design Certificate Program.
October 24, 2017 No comments

The South Arts Southern Prize and State Fellowships acknowledge, support and celebrate the highest quality artistic work being created in the American South. The program is open to individual artists living in the South Arts region: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee. This program is open only to visual artists and will expand to other disciplines in the future. The application deadline is December 15, 2017.

South Arts State Fellowships; $5,000

The South Arts State Fellowship is a state-specific prize awarded to the artists whose work reflects the best of the visual arts in the South. A review panel will select one winner per eligible state, with artistic excellence being the sole criterion. A total of nine fellowships will be awarded. Each will be awarded a $5,000 South Arts State Fellowship, and will compete for one of the two South Arts Prizes. State Fellowship recipients will be required to attend an awards ceremony.

South Arts Southern Prize; $25,000 and $10,000

The nine State Fellowship recipients will compete for the South Arts Southern Prize. The $25,000 Southern Prize will be awarded to the artist whose work exhibits the highest artistic excellence, and one finalist will be awarded a $10,000 Prize, also based on artistic excellence. The Southern Prize winner will also receive a two-week residency at The Hambidge Center for the Creative Arts and Sciences. A national panel will convene to evaluate the body of work represented by the nine State Fellowship recipients and select the Prize winner and Finalist. Winners of the South Arts Prize will be announced at the awards ceremony.
An exhibition of works by the State Fellowship winners may be organized during the award period.

Questions or comments about this program? Please contact southernprize@southarts.org or call 404.874.7244 x10.

The Southern Prize and State Fellowships are supported by Alabama State Council on the Arts, Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, Joanne Calhoun, Citizens for Florida Arts, Inc., Cultural Council of Palm Beach County, Cyberwoven, Evans General Contractors, Arnold and Fran Gellman, Georgia Council for the Arts, Les Hamlett, Kentucky Arts Council, J. Martin Lett, Louisiana Division of the Arts, CJ Lyons’ Buy a Book, Make a Difference, MailChimp, Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs, Mississippi Arts Commission, North Carolina Arts Council, Scott and Terry Peterson, Michael Quinlan and Mollie Quinlan-Hayes, South Carolina Arts Commission, Tennessee Arts Commission, Pat and Susie VanHuss, and powered by The Hambidge Center.
October 24, 2017 1 comments

RiverArtsFest 2017
October 27-29
South Main Arts District

RiverArtsFest is a street celebration of fine arts and fine local music with live artist demonstrations and hands-on art activities for all ages! More than 180 artists from around the country and right here at home gather to exhibit and sell their latest works of original fine arts in what’s become the largest outdoor juried artist market and urban street festival in the Mid-South. 

The festival schedule is as follows:
Friday, October 27 6PM-10PM FREE
Saturday, October 28 10AM-6PM $5 admission
Sunday, October 29 10AM-5PM $5 admission

Check www.riverartsmemphis.org for a full schedule of live music.


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Come join us Saturday, November 4th for MCA's annual student hosted artists market Art in The Park, from 9am until 5pm. The Market will be held on the front lawn of Rust Hall in Overton Park. 

Cash and Card availability will vary by vendor

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In Conversation: Celebrating 100 Years of Women at Rhodes College
October 28 – December 2, 2017
Clough-Hanson Gallery at Rhodes College

Artist's lecture: Alexandra Carter: October 26 at 6:00 PM, Blount Auditorium in Buckman Hall
Opening reception: October 27 from 5:00 to 7:00 PM, Clough-Hanson Gallery

Clough-Hanson Gallery at Rhodes College is pleased to present “In Conversation: Celebrating 100 Years of Women at Rhodes College.”

In 1917, Rhodes College began admitting women on an equal basis with men. This exhibition celebrates the contributions of women faculty and alumnae from the Department of Art and Art History by placing them in conversation across generations around persistent themes in the study and creation of art.

Mary Sims and Alexandra Carter examine the roll of the figure in representation, both realistic and fantastical. Esther Ruiz, Daisy Craddock, and Betty Gilow employ color and abstraction to striking visual effect. Erin Harmon and Valerie Berlin find compelling pattern in landscape and domestic spaces. We're pleased to round out the exhibition with the work of Floy Hanson and Jessie Clough, two forward-thinking women whose keen eyes and passion for art laid the groundwork for Clough-Hanson Gallery.

Located in Clough Hall on the campus of Rhodes College, the gallery is open Tuesday - Saturday, 11 am - 5 pm. Admission is always free. For more information contact Joel Parsons, parsonsj@rhodes.edu.
October 18, 2017 No comments

Big Gay Art Show
Sunday, October 22, 2-6pm
Dru's Place

Local artists and lots of fun! Join us as we celebrate creativity. Art will be available for purchase.

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ArtsAccelerator Grant Workshop
Tuesday, October 17, 6pm
Crosstown Arts
422 N Cleveland

What is ArtsAccelerator?
ArtsMemphis offers five $5,000 ArtsAccelerator Grants annually to visual artists living and working in Shelby County. The ArtsAccelerator Grants are incentive grants for visual artists who are at a critical juncture in their careers and are intended to deepen and expand artistic work to advance the grant recipient’s artistic accomplishments. The ArtsAccelerator Program supports artists working in any media, including painting, sculpture, drawing, photography, installation art, performance art, video art, or social practice

https://www.artsmemphis.org/artsaccelerator-grants

ArtsAccelerator Grant Workshop
Crosstown Arts: 430 N. Cleveland, Memphis, TN 38104

Hustle: Apply to ArtSpace & ArtsAccelerator

The fall season comes with arts opportunities! Get all the details on how to apply for affordable housing for artists (right here and Memphis!). ArtsMemphis will have all the details on applying for a $5,000 ArtsAccelerator Grant. There is no better time to be an artist in Memphis.

Hustle: professional development for artists is a free program organized by ArtsMemphis, UrbanArt Commission, and Crosstown Arts.
October 12, 2017 No comments
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