upcoming events

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upcoming events 〰️

Join UAC and the University of Memphis as we celebrate the opening of the first New Public Artist Fellowship exhibition!

The evening will feature a reception with light hors d'oeuvres and drinks in the first hour, followed by words from our fellows and a guided tour of their work in the next.

Special congratulations to our fellows: Amber Ahmad, Brittney Boyd Bullock, Kenneth Wayne Alexander II, Khara Woods, LaAndrea Deloyce, Sarah Elizabeth Cornejo, and Tracy Treadwell. 🎉

Many thanks to ArtsMemphis and Perkins-Everitt Lighting & Controls for their generous support.

A panel discussion, curated by UAC in partnership with the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, on the complexities of showing work within public and private spaces.

Featured guest speakers will include Artist and Photographer Tommy Kha, artist and professor, Richard Lou from the University of Memphis, current director at the Tanya Bonakdar Gallery in Brooklyn, Sam Rauch, and Attorney of Eastlake Legal, Maxwell S. Felsheim.

This event will begin at 6pm at The Brooks Museum with an option to view remotely via live stream at the link provided below.

please be sure to register ahead of time if you plan on attending this event virtually. http://TheBrooks.org/CriticalConversations

UrbanArt Commission (UAC) is excited to resume Revisiting, a series of temporary site-specific performance and artwork in response to existing public art in Memphis!

Join UAC at the Benjamin L. Hooks Library Thursday, May 26th at 6pm for the next part of this series featuring artist Brittney Boyd Bullock. Her installation will transform the colorful trees of Nancy Cheairs’ Summer into a shimmering, immersive forest of fabric and textile fibers.