Metal Museum plans to open Overton Park space in 2026
The new Metal Museum space will include a cafe, which officials hope will become a destination on its own.
Topic: Memphis College of Art
RSSThere are 35 article(s) tagged Memphis College of Art:
-
December 2025
-
-
March 2024
-
Metal Museum receives $1 million anonymous donation
“This makes for $14 million in total from foundations that are outside of the (Memphis) community,” said the museum’s executive director. “That speaks to the national importance of our institution.”
-
-
July 2023
-
Brooks taps Kong Wee Pang for first Summer Art Garden
Kong Wee Pang’s installation features designs on a dozen large umbrellas, augmented reality, seating, flowers and lighting.
-
The Brooks is creating a Memphis College of Art exhibition
The Brooks Museum of Art has begun working on an exhibition dedicated the impact and legacy of the Memphis College of Art.
-
-
May 2023
-
See it now: Metal Museum preps move to Overton Park’s Rust Hall
“At the Metal Museum, we’re taking ancient metalworking techniques and combining them with contemporary technology to create beautiful objects,” said Carissa Hussong, the museum’s executive director. “The building itself kind of represents what we do.”
-
-
July 2022
-
Metal Museum plans for Rust Hall and its campus on the bluff
Carissa Hussong joins Eric Barnes on The Sidebar to talk about expansion in the former home of the Memphis College of Art and plans for the museum’s campus on the bluff.
-
-
April 2022
-
Tommy Kha, behind and in front of the camera
The Memphis-born photographer uses his art to connect with people but also to spark a conversation he said is bigger than just him.
-
-
April 2021
-
Herrington: The ladder as Tennessee’s state tool? An idea right out of a Memphis artist’s pocket
Dolph Smith studied and taught at what became the Memphis College of Art. Making the ladder Tennessee’s state tool was his idea. Mr. Smith didn’t go to Nashville. But he did write a letter.
-
-
January 2021
-
New cocktail bar plans to unwind in the Edge
When Ben Colar was envisioning his new cocktail bar, what sprung up was the idea of “rest.”
-
-
July 2020
-
Metal Museum gets recommendation as Rust Hall’s next tenant
Mayor Jim Strickland will consider the committee's recommendation that the Metal Museum be Rust Hall's future occupant. If he accepts it, the City Council would have final say.
-
-
May 2020
-
Memphis College of Art celebrates final commencement via Facebook
A class of 50 graduates were honored through a prerecorded program of remarks and awards during a Facebook Live ceremony, the final graduation of Memphis College of Art's 84-year history.
-
As art school winds down, what’s next for Rust Hall, Brooks buildings?
The pandemic may be delaying the city's process for selecting the next users of Rust Hall and the Brooks Museum of Art building in Overton Park.
-
We live in Tennarkippi
The artist Dolph Smith named his Ripley home Tennarkippi, but it's also a place where the borders of three states merge to create a particular state of mind.
-
-
April 2020
-
Legacy Catalog will live online long after MCA closes
The Memphis College of Art Legacy Catalog celebrates the school's 84-year history with lots of photographs and names.
-
Memphis College of Art’s final creation: A prerecorded commencement
Memphis College of Art is closing and graduates its last class on May 9. The pandemic has made a difficult situation harder, forcing the college to substitute a prerecorded commencement video for the real graduation ritual.
-
-
March 2020
-
MCA fights virus to graduate last class
Memphis College of Art does not have the luxury of closing temporarily because of the pandemic. The school has long planned to close permanently in May, but is now having to fight to stay open long enough to graduate the last class of its 84-year history.
-
State basketball tournaments canceled for coronavirus
State basketball tournaments are latest cancellations with COVID-19.
-
On the Ground Podcast: Arrow Creative talks creative diversity and stepping up for arts education
Abby Phillips and Jailenn Scott with Arrow Creative discuss Memphis’ creative landscape.
-
-
February 2020
-
Construction of Fire Station No. 5 will start chain of projects
The Memphis Fire Department has filed for a permit to build a new Fire Station No. 5 at a new location. Moving a mile away to 400 Adams will clear the way for construction of a new Memphis Brooks Museum of Art on the Downtown river bluff.
-
Memphis College of Art gives students one last boost with jobs fair
Businesses have until Friday, Feb. 21, to register for the free event on Feb. 25. It's MCA's last jobs fair, but one that may continue on anyway.
-
-
January 2020
-
Question flipped about buildings: ‘What does Overton Park want?’
A partnership of professionals is using social media to promote their loosely defined proposal for reusing Rust Hall and Brooks art museum buildings at Overton Park.
-
-
December 2019
-
Going, going, until gone
Memphis College of Art to sell last 500 artworks starting Jan. 25.
-
The Early Word: Three tax breaks, one makeover and Orange Mound isn’t having it
Good morning; it’s Thursday, Dec. 19. Today, Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg will be in Memphis, and Beale Street Music Fest has an announcement for us.
-
-
October 2019
-
Arrow plans $10M facility in Broad Arts District
Arrow, the nonprofit organization that supports artists in multiple ways, has decided to drop its bid for Overton Park's Rust Hall and instead build a permanent, $10 million facility in the Broad Avenue Arts District.
-
-
September 2019
-
The art of closing: MCA takes high road to the end
Memphis College of Art endures the challenges of an extraordinarily long "teach-out" to give its last students a chance to graduate.
-
About 35 results