August 1, 2008

August 1, 2008

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Material

Material is pleased to present its sixth exhibition of 2008: Niki Johnson and Melissa Farris: Moral Fiber.

The exhibition will open with a reception for the artist on Friday, August 1 from 6-8 pm. The exhibition will run through August 29.

Niki Johnson and Melissa Farris collaboratively present Moral Fiber, an exhibition that stitches together traditional women’s media with pointed socio-political commentary. The exhibition will feature large-scale appliquéd portraiture as well as miniature cross-stitch studies that investigate the ironic relationships between American morality and the media. This body of work continues both Johnson and Farris’ individual dialogs concerning cultural ideologies while uniting the two under the genre of domestic craft.

Both artists are recent BFA graduates of the University of Memphis. Johnson and Farris have shown regionally and nationally. Melissa Farris was the recipient of Lantana’s Class of ’07 “Most Popular Award” for her oil painting Jonathon and Bo, depicting two men making out on a couch. Niki Johnson has won the Undergraduate Award in the last two consecutive Annual Juried Student Exhibitions at AMUM. Moral Fiber is the first of several exhibitions the duo are organizing through next spring.

Material is located at 2553 Broad Avenue. Parking is available on both the north and south sides of Broad Avenue.

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Artists on Central

2256 Central Memphis (Midtown) 276-1251. "Mid-South By Southwest". watercolors by Bill Branch and acoustic music by Hank and Nora. Fri., Aug. 1, 5-8 p.m.

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Perry Nicole Fine Art

3086 Poplar Memphis (East Memphis) 405-6000. "Delta Dogs". photography by Maude Schuyler Clay. Fri., Aug. 1, 6-8 p.m.

Gallery Talk - by Mississippi photographer Maude Schuyler Clay. Sat., Aug. 2, 11 a.m. Perry Nicole Fine Art 3086 Poplar Memphis (East Memphis) 405-6000.

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Chucalissa Archaeological Museum

1987 Indian Village (South Memphis) 785-3160. "Life As Process". photographs by students from the Charles Powell Community Center. Fri., Aug. 1, 6-8 p.m.

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David Lusk Gallery

4540 Poplar in Laurelwood 767-3800. "Price Is Right". annual group show of local art priced under $1,000. Fri., Aug. 1, 6-8 p.m.

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L Ross Gallery

5040 Sanderlin Memphis (East Memphis) 767-2200
www.lrossgallery.com. "Pulp". works on paper by Mike Caplanis, Mel Spillman, Anton Weiss, and others. Fri., Aug. 1, 6-8 p.m.

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Gumtree Museum of Art, 211 W Main St., Tupelo, MS

Aug 1-Sept. 20
'The Beauty of the Impossible' Exhibition by Tupelo native Roy LaGrone
Gumtree Museum of Art, 211 W Main St., Tupelo, MS.
The Gumtree Museum of Art presents 'The Beauty of the Impossible,' by new media artist Roy LaGrone. LaGrone, a Tupelo native based in Italy, constructs photomontage and video installations addressing issues of 21st Century displacement and healing. Gallery hours are 10 a.m.-4:00 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday. A reception is scheduled August 1, 6-8 p.m. Gallery talk with Roy LaGrone at 7pm. Both the exhibition and the reception are free and open to the public. For information, call (662) 844-2787 or visit gumtreemuseum.com.