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Fashion Mimics Art: An Urban Insight

10/03/2010 by Emilyyyy

Anyone who has ever met me once knows that I LOVE clothes. I’m not picky-I’ll shop anywhere, but I frequent Urban Outfitters quite a bit. As the Memphis readers might know, we don’t have one here (yet), so I peruse their website in search of reasonably priced treasure. As an Art History graduate and museum employee, I also LOVE art and all things creative. So when I stumbled upon tee shirts with Barbara Kruger, Egon Schiele (my personal favorite artist) […]

Categories: Decorative Arts, Education, People • Tags: Art and Fashion, Art History Degree, Clothing, Expression, Memphis, Urban Outfitters

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A peek at one of the carefully preserved and beautifully bound books by Toof and Co. to be included in the exhibit; private collection.

Exhibitions Department: An Insight Into Ideas

09/24/2010 by Emilyyyy

One thing I have learned working in the museum profession for many years, dealing with so many amazing art objects, is that one idea always leads to another, one project always points the way to many more. And as it happens, the project I am working on right now, an exhibition showcasing the bookbinding of S. C. Toof & Co. came about in this same manner. Over the past few years I had the opportunity to work on a catalog […]

Categories: Collection, Decorative Arts, Special Exhibitions, Wine • Tags: Carl Gutherz, Exhibitions Department, Experience, Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Work at the Brooks

RECAP: Marshall Grant Photos!

08/09/2010 by Emilyyyy

To check out more photos from this and other events, check out the Brooks Flickr here!

Categories: Collection, Decorative Arts, Education, Events, Film & Video, Music, People, Special Exhibitions, The Brushmark, Wine • Tags: Johnny Cash and the Tennessee Two, Marshall Grant, Memphis Brooks Museum, Overton Park, The Brushmark Restaurant

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FILM: No One Knows About Persian Cats

08/09/2010 by Emilyyyy

Thursday, August 12 | 7 PM In his third film, director and writer Bahman Ghobadi tells the story of two 20-somethings trying to inspire others through music. What makes this film different from others is not only its characters, but itz location. Negar and Ashkan, two possible lovers but definitely bandmates, are bohemian musicians who want to spread their sound and meet others like them from around the globe. They decide to get visas and passports and out of Tehran, […]

Categories: Collection, Decorative Arts, Education, Events, Film & Video, Music, People, Special Exhibitions, The Brushmark, Wine • Tags: Indie Rock, Iran, Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis Music, Overton Park, Rock and Roll, Tehran

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FILM:M for Mississippi: A Road Trip Through the Birthplace of the Blues

08/03/2010 by Emilyyyy

August 5 | 7pm A documentary about Mississippi and its famous Delta blues, M for Mississippi tells the story of several artists and their cultural influences on music from the South. This film takes the viewer from one place to the next ranging from the fields and farms to the bars and juke joints to demonstrate the deep range of Mississippi music. A Q & A with the fillmakers will follow the movie. Easily one of the best documentary films […]

Categories: Collection, Decorative Arts, Education, Events, Film & Video, Music, People, Special Exhibitions, The Brushmark, Wine • Tags: Date Idea, Delta Blues, Films at the Brooks!, M for Mississippi, Memphis, Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Mississippi, Overton Park

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Exhibitions Department: Behind-the-Scenes

07/19/2010 by Emilyyyy

Did you ever want to know how an exhibition is set up? Or wonder what everyone’s doing behind the closed doors of an upcoming show? Kip Peterson, Collections Manager/Registar here at the Brooks, finally shines some light. Kip is not only super smart, but she’s also really funny and nice. Read on — I guarantee pure enjoyment. Ever wonder what happens once an exhibition has finished its tour? Well, Mr./Ms. Art Lover, many months of planning go into the take […]

Categories: Collection, Decorative Arts, Education, People, Special Exhibitions, The Brushmark, Wine • Tags: art, Exhibtions Department, Media, Memphis, Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, paintings, Print, sculpture

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Become a Docent at the Brooks!

06/02/2010 by Emilyyyy

Brooks is looking for a few good guides! Would you like to learn more about art and share your knowledge with others? If yes, please read on! Founded in 1965, the Brooks Docent Program was established by the Brooks Museum League. Serving thousands of visitors each year, Brooks docents engage their audiences with the artwork on view and foster the development of visual and creative thinking skills, often providing the first contact many children and adults have with the visual […]

Categories: Collection, Decorative Arts, Education, Events, Music, People, Special Exhibitions, The Brushmark, Wine • Tags: Docent Program, Memphis, Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Museum, Volunteer

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FILM and ART: Salute to Tunisian Cinema and Tunisian Mosaics at the Brooks!

05/03/2010 by Emilyyyy

FILM: Salute to Tunisian Cinema: Being Here Thursday, May 6 | 7pm EXHIBITION: Mosaics from Tunisia Now through Sunday, May 30 The Memphis in May International Festival, Indie Memphis and the Brooks have teamed up to bring Memphians an insider look at Tunisia. Located in the northernmost point of Africa, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, and containing the Sahara Desert, Tunisia is a country to be explored! Come early and check out our unique Tunisian mosaics exhibition! Tunisia is known for […]

Categories: Collection, Decorative Arts, Education, Film & Video, People, Special Exhibitions, The Brushmark • Tags: Africa, Arab and French, May 6, Mediterranean Sea, Sahara Desert, Thursday, Tunisia, Tunisian Mosaics

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Getting to Canaletto by Curator of European and Decorative Art: Stanton Thomas

02/27/2010 by Emilyyyy

It’s been four years and about two months since I started working on the Canaletto project. I actually began it before I even arrived in Memphis to take a position at the museum. Our former director, Kaywin Feldman, called me at my home in Cleveland, Ohio, and told me that the Brooks was planning a Canaletto exhibition. And she told me that it was going to be my project, and that I needed to write a portion of a funding […]

Categories: Collection, Decorative Arts, Education, Events, Music, People, Special Exhibitions, The Brushmark, Wine • Tags: Curator of European and Decorative Art, Memphis, Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Painting, Special Exhibitions, Stanton Thomas

Rare Works on Display in Around TN

07/02/2008 by ecallihan

Around Tennessee, 1820 – 1920, a new exhibition of rare works from the Midsouth, is opening on Saturday at the Brooks. I got a chance to go behind the scenes to see the installation of it yesterday. There are some really beautiful pieces in there, including fine furniture, paintings, quilts, and early silver. The Brooks’ Associate Curator Stanton Thomas was telling me that the antebellum silver is especially considered rare because during the Civil War it […]

Categories: Decorative Arts, Special Exhibitions

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Fashion Mimics Art: An Urban Insight

Exhibitions Department: An Insight Into Ideas

RECAP: Marshall Grant Photos!

FILM: No One Knows About Persian Cats

FILM:M for Mississippi: A Road Trip Through the Birthplace of the Blues

Exhibitions Department: Behind-the-Scenes

Become a Docent at the Brooks!

FILM and ART: Salute to Tunisian Cinema and Tunisian Mosaics at the Brooks!

Getting to Canaletto by Curator of European and Decorative Art: Stanton Thomas

Rare Works on Display in Around TN

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