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The Art of Caring
On Saturday, August 27, from 5:30 - 7:30 pm enjoy the annual Art of Caring, an auction and party which benefits Baptist home and residential hospice programs and the Kemmons Wilson Family Center for Good Grief. The event will be held in the new Zambezi exhibit pavilion at the zoo and will feature several dozen artworks curated by Catherine Erb and Ken Hall. For more information see this link. |
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Intersections by Tom Gettelfinger
Ongoing
The Mind’s Eye,photography by Tom Gettelfinger, Fred Toma, and Willy Bearden, Trezevant Terrace Gallery, 3437 Waynoka, extended through Labor Day
An Attitude You Can Wear, sculpture by Haynes Riley, Tops Gallery, 400 S. Front, through August 31
Fish, 422 N. Cleveland, experiential installation collaborative by Chris Reyes, Laura Jean Hocking, and Sarah Fleming, through August 13 |
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Art Beat on KWAM
Ken Hall joins Earle Farrell each Wednesday at 4 pm for an overview of upcoming art openings & other events on KWAM 990 AM. Tune in or listen live on the web site!
Around Town, Out & About
8/5 One in a Million, L Ross Gallery, 6-8 pm
8/5 Cru film, Baobab Filmhouse, 652 Marshall
8/5 Choose 901 Back to School Pop Up Shop, 477 S. Main
8/5&6 Fame Soulsville, Black Arts Alliance, LeMoyne-Owen, 7 pm, $20
8/5 FISH Gallery Talk, 422. N. Cleveland, 5:30-6:30
8/6 FOMOfest, Levitt Shell, 2-10 pm, $15
8/10 Wondrous Boccaccio, 3030 Poplar, 5:45 pm, free
8/11 Drum Corps Internationalsemi-finals, simulcast, Paradisio, 5:30–10:30 pm
8/11-13 Ultimate Elvis Tribute, Hard Rock Cafe
8/11-14 On Location FilmFest, Malco Studio
8/12 Cory Dugan and Paul Clark, Ross Gallery at CBU, 5:30-7:30 pm
8/12 Angi Cooper & Janet Weed Beaver art opening, Buckman Arts Center, 5:30-7:30
8/13 Salsa Festival, Water Tower Pavillion, noon – 10 pm,
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A Wider Angle film series
Wondrous Boccaccio
Part of the A Wider Anglemonthly film series at the main library, Wondrous Boccaccio is set in 14th century Florence where 10 young men and women set out to escape the black plague .They go to a country estate and spend the time telling stories. This is based on Giovanni Boccaccio ‘s 1358 book The Decameron. The film screens on August 10 at 5:45 pm at 3030 Poplar and is free. In Italian with English subtitles. |
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Where Have you Seen This?
Thorne Edward's twin mosaics Tragedy & Comedy are currently housed in the atrium off the courtyard at Overton Square, but you might have seem them around 1960 at the old Front Street Theater or subsequently at the Memphis Academy of Art! Thank you Loeb Properties for bringing these back to public view.
Links
RIP Bill Cunningham.
Artsy on William Eggleston A Road Less Travelled
Save The Date
Rock for Love 10 -- coming Sept. 2-4, great music for a great cause, the Church Health Center.
Got news about arts events?
Send an email with details by the 25th of the month prior to the event and we'll try to include in the listing.
8/13-14 English Premier League Kickoff, Celtic Crossing, 6:30 -11:30 am
8/15 Candlelight Vigil, Graceland, 8:30 pm
8/17 Narrative Shorts, Indie Memphis, Crosstown, 430 N. Cleveland, 7-9:30 pm, pay-what-you-can
8/18 Dixon After Dark; Mary Jo Karimnia, 6-8 pm,
8/19 Finding Vivian Maierfilm, Brooks, 1 – 2:25 pm, $5
8/19 Art & Craft Beers, Memphis Botanic Garden, 6-9 pm, $15/18
8/19 Science of Wine, Pink Palace, 6:30-9:30, $50/55
8/19 Anthology Somewhere Not Here, Crosstown Arts, 422 N. Cleveland , 6-9 pm
8/20 Germantown International Fest, 1900 S. Germantown Rd, 11am – 5pm, free
8/26 Horn Island 32,Memphis College of Art, 1930 Poplar , 6-8 pm,
8/26 Raymond Mirelesclosing reception, Circuitous Succession Gallery, 500 S Second, 6-9 pm
8/26 S. Main Trolley Tour
8/27 Shangri-La Sweatfest,1916 Madison, 2-8 pm
8/27 Art of Caring, Zambezi River exhibit , 5:30 - 7:30 |
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FISH at Crosstown Arts
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