Art and Wellness: Mindfulness and Meditation
Brooks Museum of Art 1934 Poplar Ave., Memphis, TN, United StatesThe 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! […]
Talk: On the (Re)moving of African American Monuments: Changing Places, Changing Meanings
Brooks Museum of Art 1934 Poplar Ave., Memphis, TN, United StatesJoin us for the University of Memphis Hohenberg Chair of Excellence in Art History reception and talk, led by Ellen Daughtery. Speakers at monument dedications often declare the permanent nature of the statue being unveiled. Insistent language—imperishable, enduring, everlasting, undying, immortal, timeless—serves to underscore the idea that the monument and its site, and consequently the […]
Artist Talk: Evoke Empowerment: Celebrating Matrilineal Strength
Brooks Museum of Art 1934 Poplar Ave., Memphis, TN, United StatesIn partnership with Memphis Fashion Week, the Brooks is proud to host Native American artist and fashion designer Loren Aragon for a special artist talk entitled Evoke Empowerment: Celebrating Matrilineal Strength. Aragon and his wife Valentina co-founded ACONAV, a couture fashion brand based in Phoenix, Arizona that celebrates the strength and empowerment of women through designs […]