There are 5 article(s) tagged Art Museum of the University of Memphis:

• August 2024

  • U of M museum puts entire African collection on display

    Museum staffers have brought every African piece out of storage for a sprawling exhibition that includes new items.

    By Elle Perry August 17, 2024

• April 2022

  • The To-Do List: Smokey Robinson, Bob Dylan and Isaac Hayes’ dashiki collection

    This week, eat all the things at the Vegan Block Party on Mud Island and celebrate Shelby County Star Trek Day at Black Lodge. Plus, Tennessee Ballet Theater honors photographer Jack Robinson, and Collage Dance Collective honors Brazil.

    By Bianca Phillips, Chris Herrington, Elle Perry April 07, 2022

• March 2019

  • Pitt and Barbara Hyde, Elliot Perry share motivations for art collecting

    The "Dear Artist" exhibition features works from the collections of Memphians like Pitt Hyde and Elliot Perry as well as the collectors' letters to the creators of the works.

    By Elle Perry March 12, 2019

• December 2018

  • ‘La Posada’ features Opera Memphis singers, immigrant detention center replica

    Since September, there has been a replica of a U.S. immigrant detention center cage at the Art Museum of the University of Memphis. And on Saturday, Opera Memphis singers and a pianist will perform in that custom-built structure.

    By Elle Perry December 08, 2018

• October 2018

  • Local arts groups participating in nationwide ‘For Freedoms’ initiative

    Last September, conceptual artist Hank Willis Thomas gave Memphis College Art’s Downing Pryor Lecture.

    By Elle Perry October 22, 2018