Metal Museum gets recommendation as Rust Hall’s next tenant
Memphis College of Art instructor Maritza Davila (left) gets help from campus security officer Alfred Flowers (right) loading 36 years' worth of former students' artwork into her car outside of Rust Hall on Tuesday, June, 30, 2020. On Tuesday, college administrators handed over the keys and vacated Rust Hall. (Mark Weber/Daily Memphian)
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.
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Metal Museum Rust Hall Memphis College of Art Overton ParkTom Bailey
Tom Bailey retired in January as a business reporter at The Daily Memphian, and after 40 years in journalism. A Tupelo, Mississippi, native, he graduated from Mississippi State University. He has lived in Midtown for 36 years.
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