The Brooks Museum League is the oldest volunteer organization of the
Memphis Brooks Museum of Art. This dynamic organization offers a variety
of volunteer activities, depending on a person’s particular talents,
interests, and time schedule. Membership in Brooks Museum League
provides many educational and social opportunities.
Volunteers support annual fund drives and benefit events, provide hospitality to attendees at lectures and performance events, and help at admissions, in the libraries, in administrative offices, and in retail operations.
One of the best benefits of Brooks Museum League membership is the opportunity to learn more about art. League members are invited to private lectures and viewings of Brooks’ exhibitions. The League also offers a sustaining membership to those who are unable to volunteer their time but who wish to contribute to the Brooks through the League.
Upcoming Events
Celebrities on Canvas hosted by The Brooks League
March 3 | 7 pm - 9 pm
Top stars of the Mid-South take a break from their day jobs to become
master painters for the Brooks. Each completed celebrity masterpiece
will be available in a live auction. Food and entertainment will be
provided. $75 tickets.
-Hors d'oeuvres and drinks
-Music by Joyce Cobb
-Live and silent auction
The 2012 Celebrities on Canvas gala event is coordinated by Melyne
Strickland and Yvonne Jones. For more information, contact Melyne
Strickland (901.581.4122, melstri@aol.com) or Yvonne Jones (901.292.5935, yjones53@comcast.net).
To purchase tickets send a $75 check (payable to Brooks Museum League)
to Jodi Varner, 8793 Somerset Lane, Germantown, 38138. For a complete
list of celebrity participants or to purchase tickets online please
visit www.brooksmuseumleague.org.
For membership information or to become a Brooks Museum League member:
Memphis Brooks Museum League Facts
- Oldest support group of the museum
- Organized in 1934 as Brooks Memorial League
- Incorporated under the laws of the State of Tennessee as a non-profit organization in 1955 under the name Brooks Art Gallery League
- In 1985 name changed to Brooks Museum League
Projects sponsored by the League
- Afternoon story hour for children
- School visits with art projects
- Bring students by bus to the museum for art appreciation classes - this work later became the beginning of the Saturday school at the Memphis Academy of Art
- Established the gift shop
- Established creative center in the museum called Art Works
- Established the Docent Program - this was turned over to the Education Department
- Beaux Arts Ball
- Decorators’ Show House
- Treasures from the Attic (1998-present)
- Scottish Fling