There are 8 article(s) tagged public art:

• January 2020

  • Public art selections made for Convention Center overhaul

    The UrbanArt Commission, Memphis Convention Center board and city of Memphis have selected four Memphis-based artists for public art installations in the upgraded convention center.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff January 16, 2020

• November 2019

  • Germantown works to establish public art ‘road map’

    Germantown wants to establish a public arts master plan. The plan serves as a "road map" to help the city display its culture and history through various mediums of public art. 

    By Abigail Warren November 11, 2019

• September 2019

  • Council explores making state’s cellphone ban in cars effective in Memphis

    With a short agenda Tuesday, the city council appears to have booted a final vote on the long-delayed Memphis 3.0 plan until after the Oct. 3 city elections. The council is scheduled to take a final vote on new rules for public art on city property.

    By Bill Dries September 16, 2019

• August 2019

  • Art, history and soccer converge in Downtown Memphis

    The scale of images on the art walk in four historic Downtown alleys invites selfies. “We expect to lose some of our crowd as people stop and Instagram the murals,” said Penelope Huston of the Downtown Memphis Commission.

    By Jill Johnson Piper August 10, 2019

• May 2019

  • More Summer Ave. color may fade with church closing

    The final worship service for Grimes Memorial United Methodist Church is Sunday. A developer has bought the property that has featured a large, religious mural seen by Summer Avenue travelers for 37 years.

    By Tom Bailey May 29, 2019

• April 2019

  • Design Review Board OKs ‘Memphis’ sign on Mud Island

    Depending on where the viewer is standing, Downtown Memphis' latest art installation will read "MEMPHIS" to some and "SIHPMEM" to others. 

    By Michelle Corbet April 11, 2019

• October 2018

  • The Memphis 10: Trump visit, aftermath of Trenary murder mark a messy week

    It was a week of sobering news and a news-making Presidential visit. Because the opening items underscore reckonings that came, alternately, from us and to us, I kept it light on the rest of this week’s 10.

    By Chris Herrington October 05, 2018

• September 2018

  • The Memphis 10: Al Green and Willie Herenton return, Kyle Taylor paints, and more

    The heritage of Hi Records brackets this first weekly list, with the sound of Al Green and the image of guitarist/songwriter Teenie Hodges making unexpected appearances. Elsewhere, our criminal justice system bears watching, next year’s mayor’s race gets weird, and our food trucks get some pub.

    By Chris Herrington September 20, 2018