Legacy at the Table: Dinner Series
September 23 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm CDT
This summer, Karen Carrier sets the table and invites you to celebrate Memphis art.
Across three intimate evenings, the Memphis food artist — whose career began here, took shape in New York, and brought her back to build some of the city’s most distinctive restaurants — will honor the artists who have shaped Memphis’s creative life, and whose influence is seen today in museums, restaurants, studios, and galleries in the city and beyond.
Each menu is drawn from the people and places that shaped her work, and each evening takes its theme from a chapter of Memphis College of Art’s history — the school where Carrier, like generations of Memphis artists, got her start. Wine included with every ticket.
Legacy at the Table runs alongside Memphis College of Art, 1936–2020: An Enduring Legacy.
We invite you to reserve your seat at the table. Spots are limited.
Sept. 23, 2026 – Creative Momentum: Memphis College of Art’s Contemporary Era
Carrier closes the series with MCA’s later decades, when experimentation, collaboration, and creative risk-taking shaped a new generation of artists. This evening celebrates the artists who carried MCA’s influence into studios, classrooms, galleries, businesses, and communities across Memphis and beyond.
Menu
- Heirloom Red, Green & Golden Tomato Salad | Maple Glazed Prosciutto Parma | Vidalia’s | Shitake Bacon | Jasper Hill Blue | Torn Mint, Shiso, Rau Rum Mint & Thai Basil | Micro Greens and Buttermilk Scallion Dressing
- Skillet Jalapeno Muenster Ms Lilly’s Cornbread | Herb Honey Butter
- BBQ Grilled Steaks | Smoky BBQ Worcestershire Honey Orange Relish | Cocoa Spice Dust | Oaxacan Avocado | Tenn. Peaches with KBC’s Plums
- Hickory Grilled Fingerling Potato Salad + Mustard Aioli, Celery, Red Onions and Dill
- Grilled Summer Squash Carpaccio | Toasted Almonds | Extra Virgin Olive Oil | Candied Lemon Zest | Cotija | Basil | Brazil Nut dust
- Tuna Pizzette- Grilled Flour Tortilla | Japanese BBQ Sauce, Red & Green Cabbage |Heirloom Tomato | Cucumbers | Red Onion | Hawaiian Tuna | Avocado | Sirachi & Wasabi Aioli | Toasted Sesame
- Dessert: -Chocolate Yum Yum | Pecan Shortbread, whipped Cream Cheese with Silky Chocolate Puddin’ | Whipped Vanilla Cardomon Crema| Dark Chocolate Shavings
- Sweet Red & Golden Watermelon | Lime | Maldon Salt
