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Explore a variety of articles and media about current exhibitions, events, announcements, collaborations within the city, and more written by Brooks staff, fellows, and guest writers.
Explore a variety of articles and media about current exhibitions, events, announcements, collaborations within the city, and more written by Brooks staff, fellows, and guest writers.
The Mid-South Scholastic Art Awards is an annual juried student exhibition presented by your Brooks Museum and the Brooks Museum League. The Awards honors regional students, in grades 7 through 12, for exemplary artworks by recognizing their outstanding achievements in a competitive annual exhibition. Students are invited to submit their work in over 28 categories, including: painting, drawing and illustration, printmaking, photography, fashion, sculpture, architectural design, ceramics, and more.
Read MoreIn recent years, a peculiar thing has begun in Memphis, Tennessee: Marisol (1930 – 2016), the bright star of sixties Pop Art who all but disappeared after the seventies, has become a queer icon.
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"I was initially surprised to learn that most of our holdings in this area had either never been on view before, or had not been seen by visitors in recent years. As a result, one of the motivations of this exhibition was to showcase work by artists with which the public may be unfamiliar."
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April 4th will mark the 40th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Here in Memphis, every year on the 4th there is a march in honor of Dr. King, but anniversary years are noted more widely throughout the city.
Read MoreHere's a video from our exhibition Perspectives -- contemporary art from a 300 miles radius of Memphis.
Read MoreThe Brooks' preparator, Richard Gamble, recently had an exhibit at the P&H Cafe titled Glass Eyes Scavenger Hunt. Every inch of the P&H's walls are wallpapered with memorabillia, art, photos, posters, really anything you can think of, leaving no exposure of bare wall. Gamble wanted his artwork to be an excuse to pay attention to the environment as a whole; for the other objects on the wall to enter in his work and vice versa, conjuring emotion from a complex sense.
Read MoreJust thinking about Helvetica makes me want to get down and party!
Read MoreLast Thursday night, The Brooks screened At the River I Stand, a documentary by University of Memphis Professor David Appleby. The film features rare interviews and news footage by local and national stations during the 1968 sanitation workers' strike and the days leading up to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s death.
Read MoreI was recently talking to Jerre Dye of Voices of the South. He attended a conference last year at which a speaker was discussing the fact that we are exhibiting the signs of being on the verge of an arts renaissance.
Read MoreRyan Rowlett, who interned for Brooks' Exhibitions Department this semester, sat down with me to discuss interactive media, LA flight, communal functions and his upcoming project at Odessa this Friday. Below is the flyer Rowlett designed for the installation.
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