We found out about a cool upcoming art event in Knoxville and wanted to share what they’re doing. More information can be found at the Knoxville Art Blog.
Drive-Thru Art #1
May 5
Thanks to everyone who joined us for the public presentation of Barbara Bickart’s When…
Join us Friday from 6:00-9:00 pm at 2 West Condos for fabulous art and DJ Sean Faust. It’s an evening not to be missed!
Featuring: Carl Moore, Pixy Liao, Sunny Montgomery, Brooke Foy, Shalishah Franklin, and Bo Rodda.
2 West Condominiums are the old United Warehouse building at 2 West GE Patterson, a block west of […]
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What/who inspired you to start beatboxing, and how long have you been doing it?
I’ve been beatboxing for as long as I can remember. I can’t put a specific date to it because it’s something that I’ve always done. I officially decided to commit to beatboxing about a year or so ago. My motivation comes simply […]
We proudly introduce you to Carl E. Moore, an artist in our Emerging Artists Series #1 exhibit during trolley tour on Friday, April 27 at 2 West GE Patterson.
How would you describe your work?
My work is a personal, conceptual idea of the world around me, day to day living in a sometimes surreal setting. My […]
That would be the Memphis College of Art MFA Thesis Exhibition featuring Erinn Cox, Lacye Swilley, and Kendra Bulgrin at South Main’s On the Street gallery. Don’t miss the opening reception during trolley tour, from 6:00-9:00 pm.
And now we introduce you to another of our fabulous artists in the upcoming Emerging Artists Series #1 opening: Pixy Liao:
How would you describe your work? What inspires you?
Comforts to my disatisfaction about real life. My dreams & daydreams inspire me most.
What do you like best about the current Memphis art scene?
Friday Trolley Night […]
by Ian Lemmonds
I am in a long, rectangular room full of blank walls flooded with track lighting. I’m here to fill these walls with work for Lantana Projects Emerging Artists Series #1. I am happy, because of the strength of the art we will be filling this space with. I am surrounded […]
Lantana is proud to announce the opening reception for Emerging Artists Series #1 at 2 West GE Patterson on Friday, April 27 - yes, that’s trolley tour night - from 6:00 - 9:00 pm. Each day this week, we will spotlight one of the artists in the show: Shalishah Franklin, Pixy Liao, Carl Moore, Bo […]
Lantana grows even stronger as we proudly announce the following new team members:
Douglas Scarboro joins our board of directors. Douglas is the Director of Alumni and Fellows at the Leadership Academy.
Jason Brink also joins our board. Jason is a staff accountant at Ernst & Young.
Brandon Goff is one of our newest advisory board members. Brandon […]
When is a video installation performance piece that explores our relationship to the past and the future, highlighting images of visitors to the National Civil Rights Museum. When investigates our relationship to this specific cultural, historical site and its legacy.
Director: Barbara M. Bickart
Video Artist: Barbara M. Bickart
Composer: Brandon Goff
Choreographers: Ondine Geary and Sarah Ledbetter
Musician: […]
We recently posted a brief interview with Fredric Koeppel in which the art reviewer for the Commercial Appeal and Playbook offers advice to local artists. His reference to “embarrassing” exhibition spaces even prompted discussion on The Gates of Memphis blog. To contribute to this debate, we offer a link to an article in The Washington […]
Please join us for the opening reception for Barbara Bickart’s Careful #5: Salt at the Art Museum of the University of Memphis on Friday, April 13 from 5:00-7:30 pm.
Careful is a body of video/sound installation-based work about the relationship between memory, loss, ritual, obsession and place in the face of rapid and permanent change. The […]
On Saturday, April 14th, 2007,the Student Alliance of Memphis College of Art will be hosting the first ever “MCA Yart Sale.” There will be a variety of “finds,” waiting for discovery.
The event was put together to help raise funds for next year’s student body. Katie Lepo, Meredith Kline, and Shea Colburn have put special attention […]
To expand our interview series, Latana Projects presents the first installment of commentaries and advice from individuals who are integrally involved with visual arts but who do not necessarily create them. So with no further ado….
by Ian Lemmonds
I approached Art, Wine, and Lifestyle writer Fredric Koeppel of the Commercial Appeal with some questions, and he […]