By Staff on July 2, 2010
By Jim Allman
The latest show to hit Midtown Memphis’ new but increasingly potent Gallery 210 is a collaboration between Chris Nadaskay and Melinda Eckley titled, Sitting up with the Dead. This title refers to the distinctly southern tradition of keeping a vigil over the recently departed. You’re probably wondering “Who’s passed?” According to Nadaskay and [...]
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By Staff on July 2, 2010
By J. Everett
Gallery Fifty Six reaches beyond Memphis as members of the Energy Art Movement (EAM) contribute their work for the July show, Energizing Radiance. EAM is an international contemporary multimedia art movement promoting quality, diversity, and evolution on the common ground of energetic depictions. The artists believe that enhancing their creations with energy adds [...]
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By Staff on July 2, 2010
By Donna Bowers
This Saturday night and every Saturday night through August 31st the Painted Planet Artspace will host “Saturday Night Live at the Planet” in the fenced-in performance area directly behind the Painted Planet art gallery. On these Saturday nights, the Planet offers live performance art and live music plus hot dogs, chips, and sodas all free for all [...]
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By Staff on May 28, 2010
By Janice Nabors Raiteri
School may be out, but the June show at Gallery Fifty-Six “One Room Schoolhouse: Recent Works by J.C. Graham” is in. J.C.’s thoughtfully placed splashes of color grab your attention, but it’s the details, textures, and seemingly random objects or words that pull the viewer into J.C.’s sepia-toned art collages. You can’t [...]
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By Staff on April 30, 2010
By Philip Jaynes
If you venture to the Northern edge of Cooper-Young, going north on Cooper, and you get caught at the light at Cooper and Central, you can admire the spring plants at the Midtown Nursery and check out the activity at Mapco. But if it happens to be a sunny day in April or [...]
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By Staff on April 28, 2010
By Sandy Malone
Janice Nabors Raiteri works with various inks to achieve a translucent, three-dimensional effect in her paintings. “My most recent work is a process that, as far as I know, no other artist is doing. The vividly colored inks on synthetic papers have surprising results. I call the paintings ‘orgastracts,’ since they evolve somewhat [...]
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By Staff on April 28, 2010
By Danny Bowers
On May 14th, from 8–10 pm, Painted Planet will feature the woodcarving skills of artist Edwin Jeffery. Edwin’s work has been compared to wood carver Elijah Pearce. This event is free to the public and will last through June 4th. Painted Planet is located at 798 South Cooper. For additional information, contact Donna [...]
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By Staff on April 28, 2010
By Emily Bishop
With $11,505 in income and $800 in expenses, this year’s auction cleared a profit of $10,705 for the CYCA. The highlight of the evening was during the live auction when a bidding war broke out over the painting by Mollie Jaye Riggs, which was featured on this year’s poster. Terry Lawrence and Becca [...]
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By Kristan on March 28, 2010
By Janice Nabors Raiteri
J.M. Croy’s trek across Italy last year was the inspiration for her work for the April show at Gallery Fifty-Six. The title, “Crossing Italy,” has a double meaning—look for the cross within each painting. Jane’s “chunky impressionistic” style with her unique underpainting gives these Italian city scenes and country landscapes a special [...]
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By Staff on March 28, 2010
By Emily Bishop
Cooper-Young is what it is today because of the artists. If not for their strong wills and talents, we would not have such distinct representations of the neighborhood, such as the Trestle art and the ginkgo leaf bike racks that are seen around the heart of CY. In fact, the cornerstone of our [...]
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