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Monday, Oct 2, 2017

Press Release: ArtsMemphis Grantees Use Art to Tackle Social Issues

For immediate release MEMPHIS, TN (October 2, 2017) — ArtsMemphis has announced the recipients of its 2017 Arts Build Communities (“ABC”) grants, administered in conjunction with the Tennessee Arts Commission. The ABC grant program supports projects that broaden access to arts experiences, address community quality of life issues through the arts, or enhance the sustainability of asset-based cultural enterprises. It is open to nonprofit organiza... Read More

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Friday, Sep 22, 2017

Press Release: ArtsMemphis Partners with Local Black Artists on an Innovative Art-Shares Program

For immediate release MEMPHIS, TN (September 22, 2017) – ArtsMemphis and The CLTV announced today that they have begun selling “shares” in a forthcoming collection of artwork by local artists of color. It’s all part of an innovative art-distribution model called Community Supported Art, or “CSA.” Much like agriculture CSAs, art CSAs rely on share purchases by a community of stakeholders. But instea... Read More

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Artist Advisory Council ArtsAccelerator Community Supported Art (CSA) Elizabeth Rouse Featured Felicia Wheeler Lawrence Matthews III Matthew Thomas OMG Gallery Orange Mound Press Release The Collective (CLTV) Victoria Jones Visual Arts

Friday, Aug 25, 2017

Press Release: Arts & Economic Impact

For immediate release ArtsMemphis to Announce Findings from Major Nationwide Study on the Economic Impact of the Arts MEMPHIS, TN (August 25, 2017) – ArtsMemphis will... Read More

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Advocacy AEP5 Americans for the Arts Featured Press Release Tennessee Arts Commission

Thursday, Apr 6, 2017

Press Release: ArtsMemphis Announces 2017 Emmett O'Ryan Award Winner

For immediate release MEMPHIS, TN (April 6, 2017) – Carl E. Moore, a local visual artist, best known for his vivid, high-contrast paintings, is the recipient of the seventh annual Emmett O’Ryan Award for Artistic Inspiration. This award is presented by ArtsMemphis and generously sponsored by Metropolitan Bank, in partnership with Butler Snow. It is given each year to a local artist whose work demonstrates creative and civic leadership within the Memphis ar... Read More

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Artist Advisory Council Butler Snow Caritas Village Carl E. Moore Emmett O'Ryan Award Featured Jennifer Sargent Maritza Davila Memphis College of Art Metropolitan Bank Phillip May Press Release Visual Arts

Tuesday, Apr 4, 2017

Press Release: Two Top Companies Team Up for 2017 Emmett Award

For immediate release MEMPHIS, TN - (April 4, 2017) – ArtsMemphis will present its 7th Annual Emmett O’Ryan Award for Artistic Inspiration at a ceremony this Thursday, April 6th, at the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art. The “Emmett” is given each year to a local artist who has demonstrated creative and civic leadership within the Memphis arts community. The winner receives a $10,000 cash award. The award is named in honor of Emmett O&rsq... Read More

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Artist Advisory Council Butler Snow Carl E. Moore Elizabeth Rouse Emmett O'Ryan Award Jennifer Sargent Maritza Davila Memphis Brooks Museum of Art Metropolitan Bank Phillip May Press Release Visual Arts

Friday, Mar 10, 2017

Press Release: ArtsMemphis Announces FY '17 ArtsAccelerator Grantees

For immediate release MEMPHIS, TN (March 10th, 2017) – ArtsMemphis has awarded a $25,000 in competitive grants to five artists. ArtsAccelerator is an incentive grant for visual artists who are at a critical juncture in their career. ArtsMemphis provides five grants of $5,000 each to visual artists from Shelby County to enhance the artist’s overall work or career. By supporting individual artists we are able to provide real and accessible support... Read More

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Amanda Sparks Artist Advisory Council ArtsAccelerator Cat Peña Christopher Reyes Haley Morris-Cafiero Juan Logan Lance Turner Press Release Roseann Weiss Sally Frater Visual Arts

Tuesday, Dec 13, 2016

Press Release: ArtsMemphis Receives $25,000 for Community Engagement

For immediate release Memphis, TN (December 13, 2016) — Today, the National Endowment for the Arts announced awards totaling more than $30 million, including a $25,000 grant to help Memphis-based community leaders use the arts to revitalize local neighborhoods. The grant will be administered through ArtsMemphis, and it will go toward projects led by participants in the organization’s Community Engagement Fellows Program – an initiative aimed at training e... Read More

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ArtsMemphis Fellows Community Engagement Elizabeth Rouse Linda Steele LuElla Marshall National Endowment for the Arts Orange Mound Press Release

Monday, Sep 12, 2016

Press Release: ArtsMemphis Elects New Board Members

For immediate release Memphis, TN (September 6, 2016) – Today ArtsMemphis publicly announced the appointment of three new members to the ranks of its Board of Directors. The new members comprise top executives from some of the city’s most prominent companies. They are: Jon Ernst (Vice President/General Manager of Foodservice Business at International Paper); Reginald R. Paige, Sr. (Associate General Counsel at Evergreen Packaging Inc.); and Ashley ... Read More

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ArtsMemphis Board Press Release

Monday, Apr 18, 2016

Press Release: ArtsMemphis and Tennessee Arts Commission Partner to Support Artspace Lofts on South Main

For immediate release MEMPHIS, TN (April 18, 2016) – The development of the Artspace South Main Lofts project in Downtown Memphis received another major boost this week, thanks to a grant of $25,000 from the Tennessee Arts Commission. Artspace South Main Lofts, to be located at 138 St. Paul Avenue in the South Main Arts District, will be a 58-unit development that includes both adaptive reuse of an existing warehouse and new construction. When complete, the $17M project w... Read More

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Anne Pope Artspace Elizabeth Rouse Mark Norris Press Release South Main Stephanie Conner Tennessee Arts Commission

Monday, Apr 11, 2016

Press Release: Fifteen Memphis interior designers use creative talents to raise money for the arts

For immediate release MEMPHIS, TN (April 11th, 2016) – ArtsMemphis today announced details for their unique fundraising event called Art by Design, presented by IBERIABANK. The event will bring together a fifteen of Memphis's most sought-after interior designers to create one-of-a-kind "vignettes" at Propcellar on Summer Ave. Three days of events including parties and tours on April 28th and April 29th, culminating in a public opening on April... Read More

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Art By Design Brennan Villines Chef Kelly English Ecco Elizabeth Rouse Greg Baudoin Greg Smithers HM Dessert Lounge Hunt Slonem IBERIABANK New Ballet Ensemble & School Press Release Simply Delicious