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    Armed with a new name, arts organization hopes to make Memphis a cultural beacon

    After a year-long programming hiatus, an Orange Mound-based art organization is back. 

    By Elle Perry May 17, 2021
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    Pink Palace exhibit follows trail of Underground Railroad

    The pictures in “Through Darkness,” on view at the Museum of Science & History - Pink Palace, document locations that served as stops along the Underground Railroad.

    By Rob Moore May 11, 2021
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    Collierville High students land artwork at airport

    A majority of the finalists from the annual art competition are Collierville High students. The works are part of a display that will hang in the Memphis International Airport for the next year.

    By Abigail Warren April 23, 2021
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    Sultan of swat: East Memphis artist invents better flyswatter

    Kim Willson is an artist and entrepreneur who grew frustrated swatting at and missing flies with the traditional flyswatter. She invented Taddy Smack, a blend of whimsy and physics that may give a positive meaning to “one-hit wonder.”

    By Tom Bailey April 22, 2021
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    The weekend blooms with art events

    The debut of “Pour Me Another” at Brooks Museum is among several art events – indoors, outdoors, in-person, online – available to viewers April 17 and 18 in Memphis.

    By Peggy Burch April 17, 2021
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    ‘Design Star’ prepares to film her new show, with Memphis in the mix

    Carmeon Hamilton’s HGTV show will likely be a six-episode “docu-style series” that shines a light on the city from her perspective. 

    By Peggy Burch April 16, 2021
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    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. 

    By Chris Herrington April 15, 2021
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    Germantown artist wins high honors previously fit for a King

    One Germantown resident has won a prestigious national award for her watercolor portfolio.

    By Abigail Warren April 02, 2021
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    Impressionism goes West in a show at the Dixon

    Seven paintings from Dixon’s collection are included in an exhibition that will travel to San Antonio Museum of Art and the Brandywine River Museum of Art near Philadelphia after it leaves Memphis on May 9.

    By Peggy Burch April 01, 2021
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    Public art plans include water tower makeover

    The Public Art Commission has several projects planned this year, including a new design for one of Germantown’s existing water towers.

    By Abigail Warren March 25, 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.

    By Elizabeth Rouse February 23, 2021
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    Movies this week: Oscar favorite ‘Nomadland’ on the (really) big screen, ‘Coming 2 America’ teases

    “Nomadland” has competition for biggest movie opening in Memphis this week. The other is Malco’s Studio on the Square, which joins the handful of other Memphis Malco theaters that have reopened over the past couple of weeks. 

    By Chris Herrington February 05, 2021
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    Memphis Brooks Museum of Art will reopen

    The museum in Overton Park will reopen under the new Health Directive 17.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff January 22, 2021
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    Indie Memphis brings a dozen Sundance screenings to Summer Drive-In

    Sundance has long been the American independent film scene’s most prominent launching pad.

    By Chris Herrington January 13, 2021
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    Memphis artist’s design debuts on Times Square Jumbotron

    Eso Tolson’s work is part of Coca-Cola’s “New Year, New Hope” campaign being introduced on New Year’s Eve.

    By Peggy Burch January 08, 2021
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    Herrington: 2020 films worth watching

    The pandemic reduced opportunities to see movies in the theater, but even the oddest, most disrupted of years produced plenty worth seeing. 

    By Chris Herrington December 31, 2020
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    At 78, a Memphis sculptor sees his work headed to museums

    Works by Luther Hampton, who graduated from the Memphis Academy of Arts in 1973, will go to three museums, including Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, the Baltimore Museum of Art and Tennessee State Museum.

    By Peggy Burch December 18, 2020
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    Indie Memphis to bring Sundance Film Fest to Summer Drive-In

    The festival, considered the most prestigious festival geared around American indie film, will be screening its selections this year at satellite locations, and Memphis will be one of these “Satellite Screens.”

    By Chris Herrington December 02, 2020
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    A star in the global art world recalls Memphis childhood in a painting

    A painting donated by Memphis-born artist Derek Fordjour drew a $410,000 bid to benefit St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. 

    By Peggy Burch November 20, 2020
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    Metal Museum confident it can raise $13M more for Rust Hall work

    Museum’s leadership expresses confidence it can a meet a proposed city deadline: Within two years, add $13 million to the $12 million it has already raised to make Overton Park its new, expanded headquarters. 

    By Tom Bailey November 16, 2020
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    National voter campaign includes East High student’s work

    The billboard campaign to encourage civic engagement is sponsored by an arts-based organization called For Freedoms.

    By David Waters November 18, 2020
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    Handwritten, illuminated ‘Saint John’s Bible’ on display at Dixon

    Currently, 68 pages from the seven volumes of the illuminated Bible, with contemporary artworks that illustrate the verses, glow in carefully lit exhibition galleries at the Dixon.

    By Peggy Burch November 07, 2020
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    CBU students unveil art installation in Cooper-Young

    VoicesUnited created the installation in partnership with the Mariposas Collective.

    By Patrick Lantrip November 05, 2020
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    The Memphis 10: The mind-bending ‘BVOE Multiverse’ gets an extension, still hopes for more

    Putting BVOE in the Mid-South Coliseum remains Reyes’ dream scenario. And, yes, this seems far-fetched. But let me ask you this: What Mid-South Coliseum idea isn’t far-fetched?

    By Chris Herrington October 29, 2020
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    RiverArtsFest opens virtual market

    RiverArtsFest opened a virtual artists market Oct. 27 for nearly 150 artists who were chosen to participate in the 2020 RiverArtsFest, which was canceled this year because of COVID-19.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff October 27, 2020

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