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  • MUSEUM CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC

    Mar 30th, 2020
    All-day Event
    Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, 1934 Poplar Avenue, Memphis, TN 38104
    Dear Friend of the Brooks,  
     
    ​We have made the painful but necessary decision to temporarily close the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, effective Sunday, March 15 at 5:00 pm until March 31, 2020. This includes all public programming.
     
    Since March 4, the Brooks staff has made extraordinary efforts to disinfect and sanitize its spaces. We now believe we must close temporarily to further limit transmission of COVID-19, and do all we can as a public institution to ensure the safety of our visitors, staff, volunteers and community.
     
    I believe we all understand how rapidly this situation is evolving, so we will provide updates as we have more information. 
     
    Meanwhile, as one of our region's greatest cultural assets, we hope that you will enjoy checking our website and social media to experience our temporary exhibition, Native Voices, 1950s to Now: Art for a New Understanding; our great permanent collection of paintings, sculpture, drawings, photographs, decorative arts, and new media; and snapshots of some of our nationally-recognized educational programs in action. 
     
    We appreciate your support of the Brooks and our efforts to care for our community. We assure you that our staff and Board are committed to making this effort as effective and smooth as possible for everyone in our great city.
     
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  • VIRTUAL CHALKFEST

    Mar 30th, 2020
    All-day Event
    Memphis Brooks Museum of Art

    Social Distancing with Chalk!
    We invite you and your family to bust out the chalk. Create and share your wildest sidewalk art with #Chalkfest2020 for chances to win prizes from the Brooks Museum. 

    Details:

    1. Create sidewalk art

    2. Share photos with #Chalkfest2020 + tag us @BrooksMuseum on Instagram and Facebook

    3. Follow along on social media for a chance to see your work featured

    Need a few ideas?

    • Draw a picture of your house with your family pet included
    • Draw a picture of your family (on vacation . . . on the moon . . . at the Brooks . . . )
    • Draw a picture of yourself as a 1) cowboy/cowgirl; 2) astronaut; 3) pirate; 4) artist
    • Draw a picture of your favorite artwork in the Brooks collection
    • Draw a picture of your favorite place
    • Draw a picture using only the primary colors
    • Draw an abstract picture that only uses shapes and colors
    • Draw a picture that includes a message of hope for your neighbors
    • Draw a mandala (a circular shape with repeating patterns)

    >> Let us know you're coming: https://www.facebook.com/events/698036497667375/

    Multiple entries allowed. Winners will be featured across our channels. Good luck!

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  • MUSEUM CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC

    Mar 31st, 2020
    All-day Event
    Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, 1934 Poplar Avenue, Memphis, TN 38104
    Dear Friend of the Brooks,  
     
    ​We have made the painful but necessary decision to temporarily close the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, effective Sunday, March 15 at 5:00 pm until March 31, 2020. This includes all public programming.
     
    Since March 4, the Brooks staff has made extraordinary efforts to disinfect and sanitize its spaces. We now believe we must close temporarily to further limit transmission of COVID-19, and do all we can as a public institution to ensure the safety of our visitors, staff, volunteers and community.
     
    I believe we all understand how rapidly this situation is evolving, so we will provide updates as we have more information. 
     
    Meanwhile, as one of our region's greatest cultural assets, we hope that you will enjoy checking our website and social media to experience our temporary exhibition, Native Voices, 1950s to Now: Art for a New Understanding; our great permanent collection of paintings, sculpture, drawings, photographs, decorative arts, and new media; and snapshots of some of our nationally-recognized educational programs in action. 
     
    We appreciate your support of the Brooks and our efforts to care for our community. We assure you that our staff and Board are committed to making this effort as effective and smooth as possible for everyone in our great city.
     
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  • VIRTUAL CHALKFEST

    Mar 31st, 2020
    All-day Event
    Memphis Brooks Museum of Art

    Social Distancing with Chalk!
    We invite you and your family to bust out the chalk. Create and share your wildest sidewalk art with #Chalkfest2020 for chances to win prizes from the Brooks Museum. 

    Details:

    1. Create sidewalk art

    2. Share photos with #Chalkfest2020 + tag us @BrooksMuseum on Instagram and Facebook

    3. Follow along on social media for a chance to see your work featured

    Need a few ideas?

    • Draw a picture of your house with your family pet included
    • Draw a picture of your family (on vacation . . . on the moon . . . at the Brooks . . . )
    • Draw a picture of yourself as a 1) cowboy/cowgirl; 2) astronaut; 3) pirate; 4) artist
    • Draw a picture of your favorite artwork in the Brooks collection
    • Draw a picture of your favorite place
    • Draw a picture using only the primary colors
    • Draw an abstract picture that only uses shapes and colors
    • Draw a picture that includes a message of hope for your neighbors
    • Draw a mandala (a circular shape with repeating patterns)

    >> Let us know you're coming: https://www.facebook.com/events/698036497667375/

    Multiple entries allowed. Winners will be featured across our channels. Good luck!

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  • VIRTUAL CHALKFEST

    Apr 1st, 2020
    All-day Event
    Memphis Brooks Museum of Art

    Social Distancing with Chalk!
    We invite you and your family to bust out the chalk. Create and share your wildest sidewalk art with #Chalkfest2020 for chances to win prizes from the Brooks Museum. 

    Details:

    1. Create sidewalk art

    2. Share photos with #Chalkfest2020 + tag us @BrooksMuseum on Instagram and Facebook

    3. Follow along on social media for a chance to see your work featured

    Need a few ideas?

    • Draw a picture of your house with your family pet included
    • Draw a picture of your family (on vacation . . . on the moon . . . at the Brooks . . . )
    • Draw a picture of yourself as a 1) cowboy/cowgirl; 2) astronaut; 3) pirate; 4) artist
    • Draw a picture of your favorite artwork in the Brooks collection
    • Draw a picture of your favorite place
    • Draw a picture using only the primary colors
    • Draw an abstract picture that only uses shapes and colors
    • Draw a picture that includes a message of hope for your neighbors
    • Draw a mandala (a circular shape with repeating patterns)

    >> Let us know you're coming: https://www.facebook.com/events/698036497667375/

    Multiple entries allowed. Winners will be featured across our channels. Good luck!

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  • VIRTUAL CHALKFEST

    Apr 2nd, 2020
    All-day Event
    Memphis Brooks Museum of Art

    Social Distancing with Chalk!
    We invite you and your family to bust out the chalk. Create and share your wildest sidewalk art with #Chalkfest2020 for chances to win prizes from the Brooks Museum. 

    Details:

    1. Create sidewalk art

    2. Share photos with #Chalkfest2020 + tag us @BrooksMuseum on Instagram and Facebook

    3. Follow along on social media for a chance to see your work featured

    Need a few ideas?

    • Draw a picture of your house with your family pet included
    • Draw a picture of your family (on vacation . . . on the moon . . . at the Brooks . . . )
    • Draw a picture of yourself as a 1) cowboy/cowgirl; 2) astronaut; 3) pirate; 4) artist
    • Draw a picture of your favorite artwork in the Brooks collection
    • Draw a picture of your favorite place
    • Draw a picture using only the primary colors
    • Draw an abstract picture that only uses shapes and colors
    • Draw a picture that includes a message of hope for your neighbors
    • Draw a mandala (a circular shape with repeating patterns)

    >> Let us know you're coming: https://www.facebook.com/events/698036497667375/

    Multiple entries allowed. Winners will be featured across our channels. Good luck!

    More Details

  • VIRTUAL CHALKFEST

    Apr 3rd, 2020
    All-day Event
    Memphis Brooks Museum of Art

    Social Distancing with Chalk!
    We invite you and your family to bust out the chalk. Create and share your wildest sidewalk art with #Chalkfest2020 for chances to win prizes from the Brooks Museum. 

    Details:

    1. Create sidewalk art

    2. Share photos with #Chalkfest2020 + tag us @BrooksMuseum on Instagram and Facebook

    3. Follow along on social media for a chance to see your work featured

    Need a few ideas?

    • Draw a picture of your house with your family pet included
    • Draw a picture of your family (on vacation . . . on the moon . . . at the Brooks . . . )
    • Draw a picture of yourself as a 1) cowboy/cowgirl; 2) astronaut; 3) pirate; 4) artist
    • Draw a picture of your favorite artwork in the Brooks collection
    • Draw a picture of your favorite place
    • Draw a picture using only the primary colors
    • Draw an abstract picture that only uses shapes and colors
    • Draw a picture that includes a message of hope for your neighbors
    • Draw a mandala (a circular shape with repeating patterns)

    >> Let us know you're coming: https://www.facebook.com/events/698036497667375/

    Multiple entries allowed. Winners will be featured across our channels. Good luck!

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  • Café Conversations

    Apr 15th, 2020
    6:00pm - 7:30pm
    Memphis Brooks Museum of Art | Free.

    Café Conversations coincide with a tour of a related special exhibition or works from the Brooks permanent collection. Led by local Memphians, the series encourages visitors to contemplate real life issues by drawing comparisons to themes in art.

    Free. No reservations required.

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  • Art & Wellness: Mindfulness and Meditation

    Apr 17th, 2020
    2:00pm - 4:00pm
    Memphis Brooks Museum of Art

    What is mindfulness?

    How does meditation work?

    What do they have to do with creativity?

    The Memphis Brooks Museum of Art invites you to explore a variety of mindfulness and meditation practices through gallery discussions and art-making with our art therapist, Paige Scheinberg, MS, ATR-BC. Experience personal growth, understanding, and transformation as you create and view our collection and exhibitions in a new way – or for the first time!

    $10 | $5 for Brooks members. Open to the public ages 18+.

    REGISTRATION REQUIRED: https://brooksmuseum.wufoo.com/forms/art-wellness-friday-april-17/

    For more information, visit our Art Therapy Access Program website http://www.brooksmuseum.org/art-therapy-access-program.

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  • Tea & Tour for Seniors: FLOWERS, TREES & HONEYBEES

    Apr 23rd, 2020
    2:00pm - 3:00pm
    Memphis Brooks Museum of Art

    Join us for a guided tour of the Brooks Museum’s permanent collection and take a closer look at the many different reasons that artists choose nature as their subject.  Landscape artists represent scenes from nature in paintings, drawings, prints, and photographs – inside, outside, real, and imaginary. Landscapes can be true-to-life scenes or an abstract arrangement of shapes, lines, and colors. After the tour, enjoy tea and treats in the Terrace Room.

    Reservations required by Monday, April 20.$3 per person / Free for Brooks membership.

    Call 544 6244 or register online at brooksmuseum.org/tours-and-talks.

    Sponsored by the Memphis Brooks Museum League.

    Image: Camille Pissarro, French, 1831 - 1903 French, La Ruelle des Poulies à Pontoise, ca. 1872, Oil on canvas, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Hugo N. Dixon, 53.60

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