Brooks Museum of Art
Jazz Saturdays
Brooks Museum of Art 1934 Poplar Ave., Memphis, TN, United StatesJazz represents one of the most important musical, historical, and cultural phenomena of the Memphis and Mid-South area. A true renaissance of Jazz culture can only come about from the youth in this city — aided by those of us who know and have lived the musical richness of this American art form. Memphis Jazz […]
Art Club: Cafeteria
Brooks Museum of Art 1934 Poplar Ave., Memphis, TN, United StatesJoin us Sunday, October 20th for a closer look at Cafeteria, painted in 1930 by Isaac Soyer. Led by art history professor Mallory Sharp, we’ll spend each Art Club learning about the artist, their influences, the historical context, and other fascinating details that give us a fuller understanding of the diverse artworks on view at […]
Art History 101: Romanticism and Realism: Early to Mid-19th-Century Art
Brooks Museum of Art 1934 Poplar Ave., Memphis, TN, United StatesThis talk will focus on the Salon system of artist exhibitions throughout the early half of the nineteenth century. On the walls of such institutions as the Royal Academy in London and the Paris Salon, rival artistic movements would vie for attention with very distinct sets of subjects matter: literary and fantasy worlds as represented […]