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  • Wacky Wednesday | FREE

    Jun 19th, 2019
    10:00am - Noon
    Memphis Brooks Museum of Art

    Join us at the Brooks for a family-friendly summer of art and film! Every Wednesday in June and July, children and their grown-ups are invited to create a variety of art projects in our drop-in studio. Independent children’s short films, as well as animated versions of beloved classics, will be showing in our auditorium. Don’t forget to stop by Inside Art, Tennessee’s only interactive family gallery dedicated to visual literacy. Children of all ages will relish the sounds, sights and textures as they climb, create, relax and explore. Come in and cool off at the Brooks!

     

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  • Café Conversations: Curating European and Decorative Art in 21st Century Memphis with Dr. Rosamund Garrett

    Jun 19th, 2019
    6:00pm - 7:30pm
    Memphis Brooks Museum of Art

    A recent Memphis transplant from London, England, Dr. Rosamund Garrett is the new Associate Curator of European and Decorative Arts at the Brooks Museum.  For this conversation, "Curating European and Decorative Art in 21st Century Memphis", Dr. Garrett will share her upcoming plans for the European art collection, including the rehanging of the Moss Gallery.  Dr. Garrett will also introduce us to her first acquisition for the museum, an early sixteenth century panel painting of Balthazar, one of the three Magi, now on view in the Moss Gallery.

     

    Grab a cup of coffee and invite a friend. Café Conversations are not the same without you!

    Free.

     
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  • Member Opening and Bacchanalia: Bouguereau & America

    Jun 21st, 2019
    5:30pm - 7:30pm
    Memphis Brooks Museum of Art

    BOUGUEREAU & AMERICA
    MEMBER OPENING + BACCHANALIA
    RSVP here: https://brooksmuseum.wufoo.com/forms/member-opening-bouguereau-america/

    A FEAST IN HONOR OF BACCHUS, THE ROMAN GOD OF WINE + DEBAUCHERY

    Deborah Craddock, Board President, and Dr. Emily Ballew Neff, Executive Director, cordially invite you to a member opening and bacchanalia.

    Friday, June 21
    5:30 - 7:30 p.m.
    1916 Entrance

    6 P.M. REMARKS BY
    Dr. Stanton Thomas, Exhibition Co-Curator and Curator of Collections & Exhibitions, Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersberg

    6:30 P.M. PERFORMANCE BY
    HotHouseGruv
    What would a 21st century bacchanalia look like in Memphis? HotHouseGruv plans to delight in this special performance that situates Bouguereau firmly in the present.

     

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  • Wacky Wednesday | FREE

    Jun 26th, 2019
    10:00am - Noon
    Memphis Brooks Museum of Art

    Join us at the Brooks for a family-friendly summer of art and film! Every Wednesday in June and July, children and their grown-ups are invited to create a variety of art projects in our drop-in studio. Independent children’s short films, as well as animated versions of beloved classics, will be showing in our auditorium. Don’t forget to stop by Inside Art, Tennessee’s only interactive family gallery dedicated to visual literacy. Children of all ages will relish the sounds, sights and textures as they climb, create, relax and explore. Come in and cool off at the Brooks!

     

    Free.

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  • Community Day | FREE

    Jun 29th, 2019
    10:00am - 1:00pm
    Memphis Brooks Museum of Art

    Join us in celebrating our summer exhibition, Bouguereau & America. Enjoy music, food trucks, art-making, gallery activities, and more. 

    Free. 

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  • Café Conversations

    Jul 17th, 2019
    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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