‘Safety net’ for Memphis artists now available
A new fund aims to help area artists through “catastrophic” emergencies that hinder their ability to perform and/or earn income.
Topic: ArtsMemphis
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October 2024
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March 2024
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The To-Do List: Siriano style, hoops on Beale and cherry blossoms in bloom
This week, sci-fi fans unite at Mid-South Con, ZZ Top and Lynyrd Skynyrd share a stage and the Memphis Symphony Orchestra gets cosmic with Pink Floyd.
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February 2024
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Artists can receive unrestricted funding through new program
Through the pilot program called ARTSassist, at least 15 visual artists, dancers, filmmakers and musicians will receive a $5,000 grant.
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December 2023
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Guest column: Thank you for putting Memphis’ artists at the forefront
“The room embodied the artistic energy of our time — vibrant, diverse, dynamic and unexpected. It reminded me exactly why we are here and where we are going as a city.”
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April 2023
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The To-Do List: Bouncy houses, books, ballet and Ms. Jackson (if you’re nasty)
This week, the Tennessee Triennial highlights Memphis artists, jookers battle in the Ravine and MEMFix returns with a festival in Alcy-Ball.
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November 2022
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Tommie Dunavant hailed as backbone of fundraising for the arts and ducks
Conservation Through Art is a blend of Tommie Dunavant’s love for art and her late husband, Billy Dunavant’s, zeal for waterfowl.
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May 2022
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Guest column: Peggy Seessel was a ‘mighty force for good’ in Memphis
If Peggy was on your team, you could count on her to put her heart and soul into everything she did on your behalf.
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Photographer Kha returns to Memphis for ‘Critical Conversation’
“I think the public versus private versus publicly-owned private space question is one that should be unpacked,” said Sam Rauch, who has curated exhibits for New York’s LaGuardia Airport.
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March 2022
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Guest column: And the crowd erupts
During the downtime of the pandemic, our reliance on artistic expression became very clear to all of us — both performers and audiences — and so did our interdependence. Do not let our pandemic habits become our permanent ones.
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November 2021
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ArtsMemphis receives $500,000 NEA grant
ArtsMemphis is also gearing up for its second annual Arts Week
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May 2021
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ArtsMemphis, First Horizon scramble to patch holes in arts budgets
Collage Dance Collective, which opened its new $11 million studio on Broad Avenue in Binghampton mid-pandemic, received a $150,000 grant for its capital campaign from First Horizon.
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As the pandemic eases, arts organizations in Memphis attempt to recover
Elizabeth Rouse of ArtsMemphis joins Eric Barnes on The Sidebar.
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February 2021
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Opinion: A peaceful pandemic moment at Brooks – ‘just me and the art’
The gallery resonated deeply with what we’re experiencing right now, outside the walls, in real time.
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December 2020
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Opinion: Youth arts education is imperative
Stax Music Academy fostered small group sessions to help students cope with the stress of living in the time of a global pandemic.
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Opinion: In a time of pandemic and racial reckoning, we need art
Whether it’s for psychological refuge, racial healing, creative expression or illumination of those in the shadows, it’s undeniable that we need the arts in our lives.
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ArtsMemphis launches ‘Arts Week’ in a community changed, perhaps forever, by pandemic
While the impact of COVID makes this a particularly urgent moment for the survival of the city’s creative community, ArtsMemphis also plans to make Arts Week an annual event.
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Opinion: Arts Week celebrates the ‘aha!’ moments that change our lives
To celebrate the work artists and arts organizations have created in 2020 despite the pandemic, ArtsMemphis is introducing Arts Week Dec. 7-13. ArtsMemphis provides grants to 70 arts organization, and this year supplied emergency funds to individual artists.
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September 2020
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Artist Emergency Fund beginning second phase
ArtsMemphis received $200,000 in local CARES Act funding to support the second phase of grants.
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August 2020
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What ArtsMemphis is doing to support Memphis artists and institutions
Elizabeth Rouse, President & CEO of ArtsMemphis, joined Eric Barnes on The Extra Podcast this week to talk about the myriad number of ways that artists are trying to connect with people during the shutdown.
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April 2020
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Help available for hospitality workers, musicians
There's help available for out-of-work restaurant and hotel employees as well as musicians and other artists.
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Memphis kindness live blog, April 1: Collierville neighbors roll up their sleeves
Across the Memphis area, people are reaching out to others with gestures of kindness and generosity.
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March 2020
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ArtsMemphis gathers its community to talk about coronavirus prevention
The umbrella arts organization invited its more than 70 grantees to talk about public health in galleries, museums and for events, in response to the coronavirus.
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February 2020
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The elephant in the room: Why is Memphis’ nonprofit leadership so white?
Traditionally, nonprofit boards have been made up of people who can pull in big gifts; the Center for Effective Philanthropy says nonprofits need a broader landscape.
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May 2019
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The Weekly Memphian: Art by Design, ‘The Firm,’ Mother’s Day Paddle on the Wolf River and more
The Weekly Memphian is a partial guide to things happening in Memphis, recommended by Daily Memphian staff. This guide covers May 8-13.
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April 2019
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New-to-Memphis program pays college students for internships in arts institutions
ArtsMemphis, Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, the National Civil Rights Museum and Stax Museum of American Soul Music are among institutions that will host interns.
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