Brooks Uncorked Pics!
by Emilyyyy
Check out all of the photos from last night’s big party on the Brooks Flickr page!
Categories: Events, Music, People, Special Exhibitions, The Brushmark, Wine • Tags: Brooks Uncorked 2012
Category Archives: People
Spotlight On: Our Lady of Sorrows School, 5th and 6th Grade ABC Program Experience
by Emilyyyy
Some of my fondest memories of elementary and middle school include the art projects that went along with the most interesting units that my favorite teachers thought up – the same teachers that inspired me to go into education myself. As a first year educator, I was daunted with the task of creating not only engaging standards-based lessons, but also incorporating art into what my students were doing in the classroom. Participating in the ABC (Art and the Basic Curriculum) […]
Categories: Education, People, Special Exhibitions • Tags: 5th and 6th Grade, ABC, Art and the Basic Curriculum, art projects, Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Our Lady of Sorrows School
Brooks Uncorked this Friday! Check Out Last Year’s Pics!
by Emilyyyy
Friday, April 13 | 7 PM Memphis’ greatest food and wine party partners world-renowned winemakers with the Mid-South’s most incredible chefs (including the Brooks’ own Wally Joe and Andrew Adams), live entertainment on the museum terrace, and a silent auction in the Rotunda for a sure-to-be unforgettable evening of eating, drinking, dancing and bidding at the Brooks. Tickets are $110, $125 at the door. VIP tickets are $150 (limited availability). Click here to buy tickets or call Laura Beth Davis […]
Categories: Events, Music, People, The Brushmark, Wine • Tags: 2012 Memphis Wine + Food Series, April 13, Brooks Uncorked, Friday, Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis’ greatest food and wine party, Wally Joe and Andrew Adams
Memphis Wine + Food Series
by Emilyyyy
The 2012 Memphis Wine + Food Series kicked off March 25th with the Fleming’s Wine Dinner featuring the wines from Chateau Montelena and a 3-course menu prepared by Chef William Kloos. Chateau Montelena is a Napa Valley winery that is well-known for beating a French wine in a blind tasting in 1976, known as the Judgment of Paris. Joining Chateau Montelena in 2013 is Russian River Valley wines Kosta Browne, Martinelli Winery and Williams Selyem. Kosta Browne’s 2008 Pinot Noir […]
Categories: Events, Everything, Music, People, The Brushmark, Wine • Tags: 2012 Memphis Wine + Food Series, Chateau Montelena, Fleming’s Wine Dinner, Judgment of Paris, Kosta Browne, Martinelli Winery, Napa Valley, Spectator magazine, Wine Enthusiast magazine
Sustainability at the Brooks is Measured in Food and Art
by Emilyyyy
Sustainable. As the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art approaches its 100th birthday, I think that word is appropriate. While we reflect on what has made the Brooks last for a century, we also look cautiously to the future, assessing the factors that will not only help the museum survive for generations to come, but will make this world and this city the kind of place those generations can enjoy. By now, we’ve all heard that word used in the food […]
Categories: Education, People, The Brushmark • Tags: 100th birthday, Andrew Adams Chef de Cuisine, biodegradable takeout boxes, Farming, Food, future, Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Sustainable
Amy Beth Rice: Adventures in Art Education from the Eyes of an Intern
by Emilyyyy
While trying to think of an effective environment for socially-concerned art, I used to have visions of left-leaning galleries, street art, and house shows by small artist collectives. I’m embarrassed to say I didn’t think of art museums. The word “museum” conjured images of quiet, chilly rooms housing masterpieces being respectfully observed by a few individuals with clasped hands and raised eyebrows. However, my experiences at the Brooks and with my internship in the Education department began to gnaw on […]
Categories: Collection, Decorative Arts, Education, People, Special Exhibitions • Tags: and Westwood high schools, Armed and Dangerous: Art of the Arsenal, art museums, community, Day of the Dead, Education Department, Hutchison, Internship, Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Peaceful Warriors: Aim For Change, socially-concerned art, Trezevant
Lectures, Films and Scholastic: What Museums Are Today
by Emilyyyy
I work at the Admissions desk every weekend and have been for over two years. I have seen the progression of the Brooks in that short time, and realized that museums are so much more than the exhibitions they house. It is more, from my perspective, what each exhibition represents to the institution and to its audience. The museum had a great crowd this month due to the opening of the Mid-South Scholastic Art Awards Exhibition, a Decorative Arts Trust […]
Categories: Collection, Decorative Arts, Education, Events, Film & Video, Music, People, Special Exhibitions, The Brushmark, Wine • Tags: BAA's, British Arrow Awards, Decorative Arts Trust, Easy Date Ideas, Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Mid-South Scholastic Art Awards, Overton Park, Pay What You Can Day
What is Provenance and Why Does It Matter?
by Emilyyyy
This past May I attended a Provenance Seminar at the National Archives in Washington D.C. funded, in part, by a grant from the Kress Foundation. Before I worked in museums, provenance was not a word I was familiar with, but since I have come to realize all of the legal and ethical issues associated with it. Provenance is the history of the ownership of an object as it passes through time. Some objects have rather lengthy, illustrious histories. They may […]
Categories: Collection, Decorative Arts, Education, People, Special Exhibitions, The Brushmark • Tags: Kress Foundation, Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, National Archives in Washington D.C., Nazi looting in WWII, Provenance
The Mid-South Scholastic Art Awards: A Student’s Perspective
by Emilyyyy
The Mid-South Scholastic Art Awards has been something I’ve looked forward to every year of high school. I always try to greatly improve my artwork and advance my concepts to enter for the following year. Winning a gold key is so exciting, and the chance to have my work in an exhibition at the Brooks is such an unbelievable opportunity. I can remember my art teacher looking at some of my work during my freshman year and telling me about […]
Categories: Decorative Arts, Education, People, Special Exhibitions, The Brushmark • Tags: Kyle Owens, Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, The Mid-South Scholastic Art Awards, White Station High School
Armed and Dangerous: Art of the Arsenal Exhibition Installation!!
by Emilyyyy
I have mentioned this before, but one of the biggest perks of working in a museum are the rare behind-the-scenes looks we are allowed. I was first given the opportunity to photograph unloading and exhibition installations over a year ago. Now, it is part of my job to document our traveling exhibitions from start to finish. The Brooks staff discusses future shows several years in advance. Each meeting or preview lecture provided takes us one step closer to seeing the […]
Categories: Decorative Arts, Education, People, Special Exhibitions • Tags: Armed and Dangerous: Art of the Arsenal, Flickr, Marketing, Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Pictures
