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Dixon Gallery and Gardens

The Dixon Gallery and Gardens, one of Memphis' premier art museums since 1976, specializes in impressionist and Post-Impressionist paintings and decorative arts. Throughout its history, the museum has endeavored to ensure a rich cultural experience for visitors by creating unique educational programs featuring exhibitions highlighting the Dixon's strengths: the fine art collection, decorative art collection, and beautiful thriving gardens.

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    Dixon Gallery and Gardens

    4339 Park Avenue
    Memphis, TN 38117

    Phone: 901-761-5250   |   Official Website

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  • • Current Events

      05/23/12- 06/03/12

      The Glass Menagerie Dixon Gallery and Gardens The Glass Menagerie Presented by Tennessee Shakespeare Company at Dixon Gallery and Gardens May 23-June 3, 2012 Originally written as a short story titled "Portrait of a Girl in Glass," this American Southern classic was later dramatized by Mississippi-born Tennessee Williams. Considered by many to the most autobiographical of his works, the play was conceived fuzzily and lovingly as from memory. Presented by special arrangement with SAMUEL FRENCH, INC. on behalf of the University of the South, Sewanee, Tenn.

  • • Upcoming Events

      05/26/12	Children’s Workshop: Mural Painting (ages 10-15) Dixon Gallery and Gardens Children’s Workshop: Mural Painting (ages 10-15) Presented by Dixon Gallery and Gardens at Dixon Gallery and Gardens May 26, 2012 Here is a rare opportunity to leave your mark on the Dixon Gallery and Gardens. Join a professional muralist for an exciting 4 hour workshop where you are encouraged to paint on the walls! In this workshop the children will learn the history of mural painting, new techniques, and team work skills as they work together to make a new addition to the Dixon’s permanent collection. All participants should bring a sack lunch, and snack will be provided.
      06/02/12	Potager Dish Garden Workshop Dixon Gallery and Gardens Potager Dish Garden Workshop Presented by Dixon Gallery and Gardens at Dixon Gallery and Gardens June 2, 2012 Back by popular demand! Join Kim Rucker and the Dixon staff and learn to garden the way the French do, creating your own potager, or kitchen garden, in a container. The French often plant flowers and herbs with vegetables to enhance the garden’s beauty. These small garden spaces, usually located near the kitchen for easy access, are both attractive as well as filled with edibles. Container and plants are included
      06/06/12	Munch & Learn - American Surrealism: Painting the American Dream Dixon Gallery and Gardens Munch & Learn - American Surrealism: Painting the American Dream Presented by Dixon Gallery and Gardens at Dixon Gallery and Gardens June 6, 2012 By Buck Curley, University of Memphis art history graduate student explores Surrealism and how its basis gave American artists a context to put down the nightmares of Depression Era America.
      06/09/12	Photo Workshop with Curt Hart Dixon Gallery and Gardens Photo Workshop with Curt Hart Presented by Dixon Gallery and Gardens at Dixon Gallery and Gardens June 9, 2012 Amateur photographers won’t want to miss this morning workshop with Curt Hart. Curt is an instructor at the University of Memphis with over 35 years of experience in teaching, nature and sports photography. Participants will gather indoors for a discussion of basic principles of camera usage including lighting and exposure techniques. Then the group will move out into the gardens for more in-depth, hands-on instruction. Curt will work with each participant one on one, showing proper...
      06/10/12	Lecture: The American Scene Movement In Art Dixon Gallery and Gardens Lecture: The American Scene Movement In Art Presented by Dixon Gallery and Gardens at Dixon Gallery and Gardens June 10, 2012 Dr. Jack Hurley will trace the development of the American Scene Movement in American art in the 1910s and ‘20s and its relationship to the Social Documentary Photography of the 1930s. The photographers who took the famous “dust bowl” photos of the “Okies” and “Arkies” were working in an already well established tradition within American Art. In many cases the photographers and the artists knew each other. Image credit: ROY HILTON (1891-1963) ...
      06/13/12	Munch and Learn - America goes Modern Dixon Gallery and Gardens Munch and Learn - America goes Modern Presented by Dixon Gallery and Gardens at Dixon Gallery and Gardens June 13, 2012 Moira Logan, Professor of Dance at The University of Memphis, will discuss the contributions by early modern dancers Martha Graham and Doris Humphrey. As early 20th century painters were creating a modernist vision of America, these dance artists were developing a new kind of art that would revolutionize the American dance scene
      06/16/12	Garden Family Day! Dixon Gallery and Gardens Garden Family Day! Presented by Dixon Gallery and Gardens at Dixon Gallery and Gardens June 16, 2012 Worms, dirt, hydrangeas, oh my, it’s Family Day garden style! Join us for another inspiring and unique day at the Dixon. Experience the Dixon’s gardens like never before, create original works of art, participate in unique contests and dance to live music
      06/20/12	Munch & Learn - Cats, Hats, and Houses: Picture Books of the 20's, 30's and 40's. Dixon Gallery and Gardens Munch & Learn - Cats, Hats, and Houses: Picture Books of the 20's, 30's and 40's. Presented by Dixon Gallery and Gardens at Dixon Gallery and Gardens June 20, 2012 While the artists of Modern Dialect were creating a new world of art, the authors and illustrators of children’s books were creating an imaginative world of their own. Join Dr. Lorinda Cahoon, Professor of Childrens Literature at the University of Memphis, as she explores the books from this era.
      06/21/12	Art After Dark: Special perforrmance by Project Motion Dance Company Dixon Gallery and Gardens Art After Dark: Special perforrmance by Project Motion Dance Company Presented by Dixon Gallery and Gardens at Dixon Gallery and Gardens June 21, 2012 The Dixon is open late on the third Thursday of every month. Experience the exhibitions and gardens with performances, tours, films, live music and more.
      06/23/12	Oil Painting Workshop (ages 15 and up) Dixon Gallery and Gardens Oil Painting Workshop (ages 15 and up) Presented by Dixon Gallery and Gardens at Dixon Gallery and Gardens June 23, 2012 Join local artist Sunny Montgomery and learn the fine art of oil painting. The workshop will take you through the rich history of oil painting and will introduce you to basic techniques. Oil paint starter kit to take home is included!
      06/27/12	Munch & Learn - Plants with Stories to Tell Dixon Gallery and Gardens Munch & Learn - Plants with Stories to Tell Presented by Dixon Gallery and Gardens at Dixon Gallery and Gardens June 27, 2012 Carol Reese, area specialist in ornamental horticulture at the UT West Tennessee Research and Education Center, will present a program on some of her favorite plants.

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• Current &
  Upcoming Events

  • Current Events

    05/23/12- 06/03/12

    The Glass Menagerie Dixon Gallery and Gardens The Glass Menagerie Presented by Tennessee Shakespeare Company at Dixon Gallery and Gardens May 23-June 3, 2012 Originally written as a short story titled "Portrait of a Girl in Glass," this American Southern classic was later dramatized by Mississippi-born Tennessee Williams. Considered by many to the most autobiographical of his works, the play was conceived fuzzily and lovingly as from memory. Presented by special arrangement with SAMUEL FRENCH, INC. on behalf of the University of the South, Sewanee, Tenn.

  • Upcoming Events

    05/26/12	Children’s Workshop: Mural Painting (ages 10-15) Dixon Gallery and Gardens Children’s Workshop: Mural Painting (ages 10-15) Presented by Dixon Gallery and Gardens at Dixon Gallery and Gardens May 26, 2012 Here is a rare opportunity to leave your mark on the Dixon Gallery and Gardens. Join a professional muralist for an exciting 4 hour workshop where you are encouraged to paint on the walls! In this workshop the children will learn the history of mural painting, new techniques, and team work skills as they work together to make a new addition to the Dixon’s permanent collection. All participants should bring a sack lunch, and snack will be provided.
    06/02/12	Potager Dish Garden Workshop Dixon Gallery and Gardens Potager Dish Garden Workshop Presented by Dixon Gallery and Gardens at Dixon Gallery and Gardens June 2, 2012 Back by popular demand! Join Kim Rucker and the Dixon staff and learn to garden the way the French do, creating your own potager, or kitchen garden, in a container. The French often plant flowers and herbs with vegetables to enhance the garden’s beauty. These small garden spaces, usually located near the kitchen for easy access, are both attractive as well as filled with edibles. Container and plants are included
    06/06/12	Munch & Learn - American Surrealism: Painting the American Dream Dixon Gallery and Gardens Munch & Learn - American Surrealism: Painting the American Dream Presented by Dixon Gallery and Gardens at Dixon Gallery and Gardens June 6, 2012 By Buck Curley, University of Memphis art history graduate student explores Surrealism and how its basis gave American artists a context to put down the nightmares of Depression Era America.
    06/09/12	Photo Workshop with Curt Hart Dixon Gallery and Gardens Photo Workshop with Curt Hart Presented by Dixon Gallery and Gardens at Dixon Gallery and Gardens June 9, 2012 Amateur photographers won’t want to miss this morning workshop with Curt Hart. Curt is an instructor at the University of Memphis with over 35 years of experience in teaching, nature and sports photography. Participants will gather indoors for a discussion of basic principles of camera usage including lighting and exposure techniques. Then the group will move out into the gardens for more in-depth, hands-on instruction. Curt will work with each participant one on one, showing proper...
    06/10/12	Lecture: The American Scene Movement In Art Dixon Gallery and Gardens Lecture: The American Scene Movement In Art Presented by Dixon Gallery and Gardens at Dixon Gallery and Gardens June 10, 2012 Dr. Jack Hurley will trace the development of the American Scene Movement in American art in the 1910s and ‘20s and its relationship to the Social Documentary Photography of the 1930s. The photographers who took the famous “dust bowl” photos of the “Okies” and “Arkies” were working in an already well established tradition within American Art. In many cases the photographers and the artists knew each other. Image credit: ROY HILTON (1891-1963) ...
    06/13/12	Munch and Learn - America goes Modern Dixon Gallery and Gardens Munch and Learn - America goes Modern Presented by Dixon Gallery and Gardens at Dixon Gallery and Gardens June 13, 2012 Moira Logan, Professor of Dance at The University of Memphis, will discuss the contributions by early modern dancers Martha Graham and Doris Humphrey. As early 20th century painters were creating a modernist vision of America, these dance artists were developing a new kind of art that would revolutionize the American dance scene
    06/16/12	Garden Family Day! Dixon Gallery and Gardens Garden Family Day! Presented by Dixon Gallery and Gardens at Dixon Gallery and Gardens June 16, 2012 Worms, dirt, hydrangeas, oh my, it’s Family Day garden style! Join us for another inspiring and unique day at the Dixon. Experience the Dixon’s gardens like never before, create original works of art, participate in unique contests and dance to live music
    06/20/12	Munch & Learn - Cats, Hats, and Houses: Picture Books of the 20's, 30's and 40's. Dixon Gallery and Gardens Munch & Learn - Cats, Hats, and Houses: Picture Books of the 20's, 30's and 40's. Presented by Dixon Gallery and Gardens at Dixon Gallery and Gardens June 20, 2012 While the artists of Modern Dialect were creating a new world of art, the authors and illustrators of children’s books were creating an imaginative world of their own. Join Dr. Lorinda Cahoon, Professor of Childrens Literature at the University of Memphis, as she explores the books from this era.
    06/21/12	Art After Dark: Special perforrmance by Project Motion Dance Company Dixon Gallery and Gardens Art After Dark: Special perforrmance by Project Motion Dance Company Presented by Dixon Gallery and Gardens at Dixon Gallery and Gardens June 21, 2012 The Dixon is open late on the third Thursday of every month. Experience the exhibitions and gardens with performances, tours, films, live music and more.
    06/23/12	Oil Painting Workshop (ages 15 and up) Dixon Gallery and Gardens Oil Painting Workshop (ages 15 and up) Presented by Dixon Gallery and Gardens at Dixon Gallery and Gardens June 23, 2012 Join local artist Sunny Montgomery and learn the fine art of oil painting. The workshop will take you through the rich history of oil painting and will introduce you to basic techniques. Oil paint starter kit to take home is included!
    06/27/12	Munch & Learn - Plants with Stories to Tell Dixon Gallery and Gardens Munch & Learn - Plants with Stories to Tell Presented by Dixon Gallery and Gardens at Dixon Gallery and Gardens June 27, 2012 Carol Reese, area specialist in ornamental horticulture at the UT West Tennessee Research and Education Center, will present a program on some of her favorite plants.

• Past
  Events

  • Past Events

    05/19/12- 05/20/12	The Memphis Dixie Rose Society Show Dixon Gallery and Gardens
    05/19/12	Art History at the Dixon Dixon Gallery and Gardens
    05/17/12	Art After Dark: Modern Dialect Tour Dixon Gallery and Gardens
    05/12/12	Symphony in the Gardens Dixon Gallery and Gardens
    05/06/12	Opening Lecture: MODERN DIALECT American Paintings from the John and Susan Horseman Collection Dixon Gallery and Gardens
    05/05/12	Family Studio Dixon Gallery and Gardens
    04/28/12- 04/29/12	2012 Memphis Flower Show Dixon Gallery and Gardens
    03/28/12	Munch & Learn: Wildflower Plant Sale Preview with Ellen Leblond Dixon Gallery and Gardens
    03/21/12	Munch & Learn: Women Artists in The Permanent Collection and Beyond with Rehema Barber Dixon Gallery and Gardens
    03/18/12	Daffodils to Know and Grow Lecture by Brent Heath Dixon Gallery and Gardens
    03/17/12- 03/18/12	Daffodil Show Dixon Gallery and Gardens
    03/16/12	Workshop: Preparing Daffodils for Competition With Brent Heath Dixon Gallery and Gardens
    03/16/12- 03/17/12	Watercolor Workshop Dixon Gallery and Gardens
    03/15/12	Art After Dark : St. Paddy’s at the Dixon Dixon Gallery and Gardens
    03/14/12	Munch & Learn: Eight English Gardens with Michael Shadrack Dixon Gallery and Gardens
    03/12/12- 03/16/12	Spring to Art Camp! Dixon Gallery and Gardens
    03/10/12	Rose Seminar Dixon Gallery and Gardens
    03/07/12	Munch & Learn St. Sebastian and the Martyrdom of Artistic Life with Kevin Sharp Dixon Gallery and Gardens
    02/29/12	Munch and Learn Art and Religion with John Shorb Dixon Gallery and Gardens
    02/22/12	Munch and Learn Winter-Flowering Plants with Dale Skaggs Dixon Gallery and Gardens
    02/18/12	Rembrandt to Rubens Family Day Dixon Gallery and Gardens
    02/16/12	Art After Dark Game Night! Dixon Gallery and Gardens
    02/11/12	Digital Drawing Workshop with iPhones® and iPads® Dixon Gallery and Gardens
    02/08/12	Munch and Learn: Concurrent Styles of Art and Music Lecture and Performance Dixon Gallery and Gardens
    02/04/12	Family Studio Dixon Gallery and Gardens
    02/03/12	Wine Down Dixon Gallery and Gardens
    02/01/12	Munch and Learn - Excess and Innovation: The Art of the 18th Century Dixon Gallery and Gardens
    01/28/12	Art History at the Dixon Dixon Gallery and Gardens
    01/25/12	Munch and Learn: A Year of Blooms in the Dixon Gardens with Curt Hart Dixon Gallery and Gardens
    01/22/12	Opening Lecture Rembrandt, Rubens and the Golden Age of Painting in Europe Dixon Gallery and Gardens
    01/21/12	Art History at the Dixon Dixon Gallery and Gardens
    01/19/12	Art After Dark- Meet the Artists, This Must Be the Place: Contemporary Photography in Memphis Dixon Gallery and Gardens
    01/18/12	Munch and Learn: The Dixons: A Love Affair with Art Jane Faquin Dixon Gallery and Gardens
    01/14/12	Art History at the Dixon Dixon Gallery and Gardens
    01/12/12	Creative Nonfiction Workshop: The story and the truth by Jenny Duggan Dixon Gallery and Gardens
    01/11/12	Munch and Learn: Memphis and the Delta with Willy Bearden Dixon Gallery and Gardens
    01/05/12	Creative Nonfiction Workshop: The story and the truth by Jenny Duggan Dixon Gallery and Gardens
    01/04/12	Munch and Learn: The Art and Process of Illustration with Shane McDermott Dixon Gallery and Gardens
    12/21/11	Munch and Learn with Melissa Dunn: Looking for One Thing, Finding Another Dixon Gallery and Gardens
    12/14/11- 12/24/11	A Christmas Memory Dixon Gallery and Gardens
    12/14/11	Munch and Learn with Jody Schmidt: Victorian Symbolism in Cemetery Art Dixon Gallery and Gardens
    12/10/11	Children’s Workshop Houdini and Hugo’s Magic Workshop Dixon Gallery and Gardens
    12/07/11	Munch and Learn with Kevin Coble: Creating a Holiday Floral Arrangement (part II) Dixon Gallery and Gardens
    12/03/11	Family Studio Wonderland: Cool Abstractions inspired by Artist Melissa Dunn Dixon Gallery and Gardens
    11/17/11	Phoebe Cook Lecture Chanticleer: A Pleasure Garden in the Making by William Thomas Dixon Gallery and Gardens
    11/17/11	Art After Dark Overton High Jazz Band Dixon Gallery and Gardens
    11/16/11	Munch and Learn with Kevin Coble: Creating an Autumn Arrangement (part I) Dixon Gallery and Gardens
    11/12/11	Brian Selznick Family Day Dixon Gallery and Gardens
    11/09/11	Munch and Learn with Michael Schmidt: The History and Art of Graphic Design Dixon Gallery and Gardens
    11/05/11	Family Studio Houdini to Hugo Dixon Gallery and Gardens
    11/05/11	Dixon Arboretum Celebration Dixon Gallery and Gardens
    11/02/11	Munch and Learn with Preston Lauterbach: Vice, Violence and the Birth of Rock ‘n’ Roll in Memphis Dixon Gallery and Gardens
    10/28/11	Art on Fire Dixon Gallery and Gardens
    10/26/11	Munch and Learn June Davidson, Master Gardener, Fall Is TheTime for Bulbs Dixon Gallery and Gardens
    10/20/11	Art After Dark Melissa Dunn: Looking for One Thing,Finding Another Opening Dixon Gallery and Gardens
    10/19/11	Munch and Learn with Elaine Blanchard: The Art of Storytelling Dixon Gallery and Gardens
    10/12/11	Munch and Learn with Susan Haltom, One Writer’s Garden: Eudora Welty’s Home Place Dixon Gallery and Gardens
    10/05/11	Munch and Learn with Kerry Crawford: “I Love Memphis” blogger Dixon Gallery and Gardens
    10/01/11	Family Studio Celebrating the Dixon’s Trees Dixon Gallery and Gardens
    09/29/11	Forain After Dark: Soiree in the Garden Dixon Gallery and Gardens
    09/28/11	Munch and Learn: Butterfly Gardens Dixon Gallery and Gardens
    09/25/11	Symphony in the Gardens Dixon Gallery and Gardens
    09/25/11	Symphony in the Gardens Dixon Gallery and Gardens
    09/22/11	Forain After Dark Les Folies Forain: Garden Game Night Dixon Gallery and Gardens
    09/21/11	Munch and Learn Shifting Narratives in American Art: Specific Histories, Grand Ideas, Untold Stories and Personal Expressions Dixon Gallery and Gardens
    09/18/11	Forain Sunday Lectures Low and High Culture in Turn-of-the Century French Theatre Dixon Gallery and Gardens
    09/15/11	Forain After Dark Performance: Cirque du Dixon Dixon Gallery and Gardens
    09/14/11	Munch and Learn The Digital Sketchbook Dixon Gallery and Gardens
    09/09/11	Art on Tap Dixon Gallery and Gardens
    09/07/11	Munch and Learn: Being Seen: Public Gardens and Spaces in the Work of Jean-Louis Forain and the Impressionists Dixon Gallery and Gardens
    09/03/11	Family Studio Assemblage: Fall Family Trees Dixon Gallery and Gardens
    09/01/11	Forain After Dark Tour de Forain Dixon Gallery and Gardens
    09/01/11	ArtsMemphis Bravo presents Forain After Dark: Tour de Forain Dixon Gallery and Gardens
    08/31/11	Munch and Learn John Rogers and Antebellum Literary Culture Dixon Gallery and Gardens
    08/25/11	Forain After Dark Le Folies Forain: En Plein Air Paint and Sip Dixon Gallery and Gardens
    08/24/11	Munch and Learn Water in the Garden Dixon Gallery and Gardens
    08/21/11	Forain Sunday Lecture Exploring Turn-of-the Century Paris Dixon Gallery and Gardens
    08/20/11	Forain Family Day Dixon Gallery and Gardens
    08/18/11	Forain After Dark Performance: Opera Memphis Presents Tales of Offenbach Dixon Gallery and Gardens
    08/17/11	Munch and Learn The Genre Sculpture of John Rogers Dixon Gallery and Gardens
    08/11/11	Hypertufa Trough Workshop Dixon Gallery and Gardens
    08/11/11	Forain After Dark, Films de Forain: GiGi Dixon Gallery and Gardens
    08/10/11	Munch and Learn The City Loves You: A Conversation with Daniel Tacker Dixon Gallery and Gardens
    08/07/11	Luna Nova Music Presents: A Memorial Concert for University of Memphis musicology professor Efrim Fruchtman Dixon Gallery and Gardens
    08/06/11	Family Studio: Circus Collages Dixon Gallery and Gardens
    08/04/11	Forain After Dark Tour de Forain Dixon Gallery and Gardens
    08/03/11	Munch and Learn Jean-Louis Forain: An Impressionist Among Impressionists Dixon Gallery and Gardens
    07/30/11	Children's Workshop Set Design Dixon Gallery and Gardens
    07/28/11	Forain After Dark Soiree with Anthropologie Dixon Gallery and Gardens
    07/27/11	Munch and Learn with Dale Skaggs The Baroque Landscape: French Influence upon Garden Design Dixon Gallery and Gardens
    07/21/11	Forain After Dark Performance: Une Nuit de Ballet with the New Ballet Ensemble Dixon Gallery and Gardens
    07/17/11	Forain Sunday Lecture Series The Women of the Demimonde, Fashion and Flair in the World of Jean-Louis Forain Dixon Gallery and Gardens
    07/14/11	Forain After Dark Bastille Day Celebration Dixon Gallery and Gardens
    07/13/11	Munch and Learn Porcelain: Process and Product Dixon Gallery and Gardens
    07/07/11	Adult Workshop: Pastels at Dusk Dixon Gallery and Gardens
    07/07/11	Forain After Dark: Tour de Forain Dixon Gallery and Gardens
    07/06/11	Potager Dish Garden Workshop Dixon Gallery and Gardens
    07/06/11	Munch and Learn: Julie's Journeys Dixon Gallery and Gardens
    07/02/11	Family Studio Dixon Gallery and Gardens
    06/29/11	Munch and Learn: Impressionist Europe with Adrian R. Duran Dixon Gallery and Gardens