Emerging and established artists are encouraged to apply by July 15 for retreat-style residencies based in Knoxville, Tennessee, in 2023 and 2024.
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Memphis Airport Reinstalls Asian Elvis Artwork After Accusations of Censorship
The airport took the work down after it “received a lot of negative feedback from Elvis fans,” including “a small number of comments” that referred to artist Tommy Kha’s race.
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Maus Sales Spike After Tennessee School Board Ban
Banned for its “profanity and nudity,” the acclaimed Holocaust graphic novel is now leading Amazon’s bestselling books charts.
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Tennessee School Board Bans Maus, Famous Graphic Novel About the Holocaust
Creator Art Spiegelman said he was “baffled” by the decision and called the school board’s behavior “Orwellian.”
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A Dolly Parton Statue Might Be Coming to Nashville, Tennessee
The beloved Tennessee-born musician recently made a $1 million donation to Vanderbilt University, which helped develop the Moderna coronavirus vaccine.
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Gallery and Public Artwork Destroyed in Nashville Suicide Bombing
The suicide bombing on December 25 rocked downtown Nashville, injuring at least eight people and damaging more than 40 buildings.
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The Unique Legacy of an American Indian Modernist
Mary Sully’s artwork reflects her cultural moment, but it is also as a blueprint for rewriting history to include marginalized perspectives.
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The 19th-Century Affordable Artworks That Were the Original Carnival Game Prizes
MEMPHIS — Chalkware was one of the earliest affordable arts available to a large population in the United States.
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Dreamlike Drawings in a Cavernous Coal Chamber
MEMPHIS — Down in a former coal chamber, accessed through a stained glass restoration studio, is Tops Gallery.
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Death Row Inmates Imagine Their Own Memorials
From a certain angle, the premise seems almost cruel: invite prisoners on death row to design their own memorials — ways for them to be remembered after they’ve been executed.
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Fisk University’s Georgia O’Keeffe Collection Goes to Court
The future of Fisk University’s priceless art collection donated years ago by artist Georgia O’Keeffe, and known as The Stieglitz Collection, may be decided at a trial set to begin tomorrow after five years of legal wrangling.