The Memphis Brooks Museum of Art
1934 Poplar Avenue
Memphis, TN 38104
PH: 901.544.6200
Map
www.brooksmuseum.org
Events
April 1 – 18
Point & Shoot: Photography Assignment
Only for Memphis Brooks Museum of Art Members
Bring yourself, a camera, and your creativity to the Brooks to participate in our first member’s photography assignment. Using our permanent collection as your backdrop, photograph yourself (and whoever else you’d like in the picture), pick your favorite image, and then e-mail it to membership@brooksmuseum.org by April 18. We will then post your images on our Facebook page for all the world to see! Remember: imagination counts! To join the Brooks or for more information about this event call 901.544.6230.
Friday, April 1 | 6 – 8 pm
Thomas Arvid Opening & Preview
A Memphis Brooks Museum of Art Event
DCI Gallery 776 E. Brookhaven Circle
Come and enjoy wine and hors d'oeuvres while you preview wine-inspired works by internationally acclaimed 2011 featured artist, Thomas Arvid who will create a live piece for auction on May 7th. All other artwork to be auctioned during the Memphis Wine + Food Series will also be available for preview so that you can plan your bidding early! Free admission.
For more information about these events or to purchase tickets visit memphiswineandfoodseries.org or call 901.544.6209.
Sunday, April 3 | 2 pm
Films: Chaplin Shorts: Pay Day (1922) / Sunnyside (1919) / The Idle Class (1921)
Part of the Charlie Chaplin Retrospective Film Series
Memphis Brooks Museum of Art
In cooperation with Janus Films, The Film Desk, MK2, Emerging Pictures, and the Chaplin Estate, the Brooks is proud to screen Chaplin’s greatest works, recently restored and available digitally for the very first time. This trio of short films captures Chaplin as he transitions into an independent producer, building his own studios in Hollywood and co-founding United Artists Corporation with Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks and D.W. Griffith. $6 mem/$8 non-mem, and free with a VIP Film Pass. Call 901.544.6208 or visit brooksmuseum.org/films for more information on each film, or to purchase advance tickets.
Thursday, April 7
Brooks After Hours at the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art
During Brooks After Hours, the galleries and Museum Store are open until 8 pm The Brushmark Restaurant is open until 9 pm. For more information visit brooksmuseum.org or call 901.544.6200.
6 pm
Sole Transformation Tour and Workshop
Be inspired on a tour of Deep Impressions: Willie Cole Works on Paper. In the art studio, the creativity will begin as you enjoy a glass of wine and transform a pair of shoes into something entirely new. Space is limited and reservations are required. Please call 901.544.6243.
$25 mem/$30 non-mem.
7 pm
Film: Modern Times (1936)
In cooperation with Janus Films, The Film Desk, MK2, Emerging Pictures, and the Chaplin Estate, the Brooks is proud to screen Chaplin’s greatest works, recently restored and available digitally for the very first time.
The Little Tramp and gamine Paulette Goddard pursue bliss and a steady paycheck, finding misadventures along the way in this 1936 comedy. $6 mem/$8 non-mem, and free with a VIP Film Pass. Call 901.544.6208 or visit brooksmuseum.org/films for more information on each film, or to purchase advance tickets.
Friday, April 8 | 11 am
Art for Lunch: A Taste for China
Memphis Brooks Museum of Art
Visit the Brooks for a unique lunchtime experience! First, take a guided tour of the exhibition, then enjoy a delicious meal and conversation in the Brushmark. Seating is limited. $15 mem/$18 non-mem (Price includes lunch). For reservations please call 901.544.6225.
Sunday, April 10 | 2 pm
Film: City Lights (1931)
Memphis Brooks Museum of Art
In cooperation with Janus Films, The Film Desk, MK2, Emerging Pictures, and the Chaplin Estate, the Brooks is proud to screen Chaplin’s greatest works, recently restored and available digitally for the very first time. Beginning with an uproarious skewering of pomp and formality, and ending with one of the most famous last shots in movie history, this early rom-com completely touches the heart and tickles the funny bone. $6 mem/$8 non-mem, and free with a VIP Film Pass. Call 901.544.6208 or visit brooksmuseum.org/films for more information on each film, or to purchase advance tickets.
Thursday, April 14
Brooks After Hours at the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art
During Brooks After Hours, the galleries and Museum Store are open until 8 pm The Brushmark Restaurant is open until 9 pm. For more information visit brooksmuseum.org or call 901.544.6200.
6 pm
ART & a MOVIE: Waste Land
Join fellow filmmakers in a make-and-take art workshop before the screening. Art materials and wine included. The documentary focuses on Brazilian “catadores,” or pickers of recyclable materials, at the world’s largest garbage dump, located on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro. Artist Vik Muniz collaborates with these characters as they recreate self-portraits out of trash and, through the process, begin to re-imagine their lives. Beforehand, use recycled materials to make an articulated cardboard horse – or your own herd – based on a pattern created by artist Ann Wood. $7 mem/$9 non-mem.
Friday, April 15 | 7 pm
Brooks Uncorked!
Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Overton Park
Featuring many of our favorite local restaurants, over 60 different wines, a silent auction and live musical entertainment by DJ Raiford. $100 per person. For more information about these events or to purchase tickets visit memphiswineandfoodseries.org or call 901.544.6209. A Memphis Brooks Museum of Art Event.
Saturday, April 16
11 am – 1 pm
Creation Station: Color While the Iron is Hot
Memphis Brooks Museum of Art
An exciting drop-in art-making for children and their grown-ups. Presented by Thomas & Betts Corporation. Artist Willie Cole uses the shape and pattern of an every-day, household iron to create his art. Your children will enjoy creating their own iron-inspired artworks and transforming them into their own fantastic creations. Free with museum admission and always free for children 6 and under. 2 – 4 pm
Live in the Galleries presents musician Chris 10 acoustic and unplugged, in the Willie Cole exhibition space. Free with museum admission. For more information about this event please visit brooksmuseum.org or call 901.544.6200. Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Overton Park.
Saturday, April 16, 23, & 30 | 2 – 4 pm
Memphis Brooks Museum of Art Member’s Painting Class: Acrylics
$40 person, materials provided. Sign up today – seats are very limited! To join the Brooks or for more information about this event call 901.544.6230 or email membership@brooksmuseum.org.
Sunday, April 17 | 2 pm
Lecture
Redefining Power, Redefining Beauty: Veiling in the African Diaspora
Memphis Brooks Museum of Art
Reception afterwards
Sponsored by the Department of Art, College of Communication and Fine Arts of the University of Memphis
Dr. Mikellle Smith Omari-Tundara is Professor Emerita of Theory, Methods, Art History of African, African Diaspora, and African American Art and Culture at the University of Tucson, Arizona and current Dorothy Kayser Honenberg Chair of Excellence in Art History at the University of Memphis. Dr. Omari-Tunkara has lectured internationally and written extensively on permutations of ancestral Africa in the African Diaspora; gender, art, and power; and contemporary African art. Her most recent single-authored book is Manipulating the Sacred: Yoruba Art, Ritual, and Resistance in Brazilian Condomble. For more information call 901.678.4163. Free admission. For more information visit brooksmuseum.org.
Thursday, April 21
Brooks After Hours at the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art
During Brooks After Hours, the galleries and Museum Store are open until 8 pm The Brushmark Restaurant is open until 9 pm. For more information visit brooksmuseum.org or call 901.544.6200.
6:30 – 7:30 pm
“Collecting Art” Panel Discussion
Only for Members
Have you ever wanted to collect art and just didn’t know how to begin? Curious about what to look for as a collector? Bring all your questions and come to this informative and interesting panel discussion as local Memphis collectors bring their wisdom and advice about beginning – and increasing – your art collection! To join the Brooks or for more information about this event call 901.544.6230 or email membership@brooksmuseum.org.
Sunday, April 24 | 11 am – 2:30 pm
Easter Brunch
At the Brushmark Restaurant, located inside of the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art. $35 adults; $15 children (12 & under). Highlights include: Slow Roasted Leg of Lamb with Jalapeño-Mint Pesto, Sweet Pepper-Mustard Sauce, & Pickled; Green Tomato Relish; Roasted Cornish Hen with Smoked Paprika Jus; Steak & Eggs Benedict, and much more! For more information about this event visit brooksmuseum.org/brushmarkrestaurant or call 901.544.6225.
Thursday, April 28
Brooks After Hours at the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art
During Brooks After Hours, the galleries and Museum Store are open until 8 pm The Brushmark Restaurant is open until 9 pm. For more information visit brooksmuseum.org or call 901.544.6200.
5 – 7 pm
Live in the Galleries presents musician Dan Montgomery acoustic and unplugged. Free with museum admission.
6:30 pm
Curator Talk with Patterson Sims
Saturday, April 30 | 2 pm
Film: The Time That Remains
Memphis Brooks Museum of Art
Spanning from 1948 until the present, this comedic yet heartbreaking film recounts life among the Israeli Arab community. Arabic with English subtitles. $6 mem/$8 non-mem, and free with a VIP Film Pass. Call 901.544.6208 or visit brooksmuseum.org/films for more information on each film, or to purchase advance tickets.
Thursday, May 5
Brooks After Hours at the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art
During Brooks After Hours, the galleries and Museum Store are open until 8 pm The Brushmark Restaurant is open until 9 pm. For more information visit brooksmuseum.org or call 901.544.6200.
5 – 7 pm
Live in the Galleries presents musician Andre Avelino acoustic and unplugged, in the Willie Cole exhibition space. Free with museum admission.
7 pm
Film: My Mexican Shivah
Celebrate Cinco de Mayo with this comedy about a Mexican Jewish family that struggles to sit shivah despite a flurry of telenovela-like adversities. Spanish, Hebrew and Yiddish with English subtitles. $6 mem/$8 non-mem, and free with a VIP Film Pass. Call 901.544.6208 or visit brooksmuseum.org/films for more information on each film, or to purchase advance tickets.
Friday, May 6 | 7 pm
Patrons Dinner, Farm to Table…Grape to Glass
Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Overton Park
Featuring the wines of Silver Oak paired perfectly with a four course seated dinner and an exciting live auction. Winemaker Daniel Baron and artist Thomas Arvid will be our special guests for this unforgettable evening. Tables of 10 are available for advance purchase. $500 per person. $5000 reserved table. For more information about these events or to purchase tickets visit memphiswineandfoodseries.org or call 901.544.6209. A Memphis Brooks Museum of Art Event.
Saturday, May 7
2 pm
Film TBA
Memphis Brooks Museum of Art
Part of the Film Series: A Salute to Belgium Cinema.Presented by Indie Memphis in collaboration with the Memphis in May International Festival. Next screening will be on Thursday, May 19 at 7 pm. $5 mem/$7 non-mem.
5 pm
Grand Auction, Life is a Cabernet!
Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Overton Park
Featuring the wines of Silver Oak with special guests Daniel Baron and Thomas Arvid. Some of our favorite local restaurants will be featured during the silent auction and tasting before guests settle into their seats for the 50+ lot live auction! Tables of 12 are available for advance purchase. This is the only way for corporations and individuals alike to insure you have reserved priority seating for the main event. $150 per person/$1800 reserved table. For more information about these events or to purchase tickets visit memphiswineandfoodseries.org or call 901.544.6209.
Sunday, May 8
11 am – 2:30 pm
Mother’s Day Brunch
At the Brushmark Restaurant, located inside of the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art. $35 adults; $15 children (12 & under). Highlights include: Roast Prime Rib of Angus Beef with Red Wine Jus, Horseradish Crème, & Chimichurri; Smoked Salmon with Traditional Accompaniments; Shrimp & Ricotta Crêpes with Shellfish Sauce, and much more! For more information about this event visit brooksmuseum.org/brushmarkrestaurant or call 901.544.6225.
2 pm
Film: The Circus (1928)
Memphis Brooks Museum of Art
In cooperation with Janus Films, The Film Desk, MK2, Emerging Pictures, and the Chaplin Estate, the Brooks is proud to screen Chaplin’s greatest works, recently restored and available digitally for the very first time.
Mistaken for a pickpocket, the Little Tramp becomes an unlikely star while attempting to escape from the police in this film, which merited Chaplin a special statuette at the first-ever Academy Awards ceremony. $6 mem/$8 non-mem, and free with a VIP Film Pass. Call 901.544.6208 or visit brooksmuseum.org/films for more information on each film, or to purchase advance tickets.
Thursday, May 12 | 1:30 pm
Tea and Tour for Seniors: A Taste for China
Memphis Brooks Museum of Art
Take a leisurely tour conducted by docents and afterward enjoy tea and treats provided by the Brooks Museum League. Free for members/$3 non-mem. For more information about this event visit brooksmuseum.org or call 901.544.6242.
Thursday, May 12
Brooks After Hours at the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art
During Brooks After Hours, the galleries and Museum Store are open until 8 pm The Brushmark Restaurant is open until 9 pm. For more information visit brooksmuseum.org or call 901.544.6200.
6:30 pm
Brooks Books: The Private Lives of the Impressionists
Only for Members! The impressionists tipped the world upside-down by radically breaking through the rigid artistic strictures imposed for centuries by the Royal Academy. They were modern painters painting modern life, and author Sue Roe captures the lives and stories of these devotees of light, color and landscape who endured heartbreaking criticism, poverty, war and tragedy. Members, come for wine and great conversation as we deepen our appreciation for the art of the impressionists. To join the Brooks or for more information about this event call 901.544.6230 or email membership@brooksmuseum.org
Saturday, May 14
11 am – 1 pm
Creation Station: Drawing from your Dreams
Memphis Brooks Museum of Art
An exciting drop-in art-making for children and their grown-ups. Presented by Thomas & Betts Corporation. The surrealist artists of the 1920s created art includes elements of surprise and unexpected combinations of ideas or objects that sometimes happen in our dreams. Mixing collage and drawing, kids will create their own surprising combinations. Free with museum admission and always free for children 6 and under. For more information about this event visit brooksmuseum.org or call 901.544.6200.
2 pm
Film: Certifiably Jonathan
Memphis Brooks Museum of Art
This documentary showcases a seldom-seen side of the 85-year-old comic genius, who dreams of having his paintings hang in the Museum of Modern Art. $6 mem/$8 non-mem, and free with a VIP Film Pass. Call 901.544.6208 or visit brooksmuseum.org/films for more information on each film, or to purchase advance tickets.
Sunday, May 15 | 2 pm
Film: Monsieur Verdoux (1948)
Memphis Brooks Museum of Art
In cooperation with Janus Films, The Film Desk, MK2, Emerging Pictures, and the Chaplin Estate, the Brooks is proud to screen Chaplin’s greatest works, recently restored and available digitally for the very first time.
This self-described “comedy of murders” was based on an idea by Orson Welles, which Chaplin reportedly bought for five thousand dollars in a refusal to be directed by anyone but himself. $6 mem/$8 non-mem, and free with a VIP Film Pass. Call 901.544.6208 or visit brooksmuseum.org/films for more information on each film, or to purchase advance tickets.
Thursday, May 19 | 10:30 am and 1 pm
Home School Tours
Memphis Brooks Museum of Art
Homeschool tours of A Taste For China will be featured, along with a complementary hands-on activity for students ages 6-18. Reservations are required. Email edu@brooksmuseum.org to make your reservation today. Free Admission. For more information visit brooksmuseum.org or call 901.544.6200.
Thursday, May 19
Brooks After Hours at the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art
During Brooks After Hours, the galleries and Museum Store are open until 8 pm The Brushmark Restaurant is open until 9 pm. For more information visit brooksmuseum.org or call 901.544.6200.
6:30 pm
Wined thru the Galleries: An Artful Scavenger Hunt
Join us for some playful competition in the galleries that takes you on a journey through the world of art! Enjoy solving mysteries with stops for wine and food along the way. Come as an individual to meet new people or as a team with a group of 2-4 friends.
$10 mem/$20 non-mem. For more information about this event visit brooksmuseum.org or call 901.544.6200.
7 pm
Film TBA
Part of the Film Series: A Salute to Belgium Cinema.Presented by Indie Memphis in collaboration with the Memphis in May International Festival. $5 mem/$7 non-mem.
Saturday, May 21
2 – 4 pm
Live in the Galleries presents musician Van Duren acoustic and unplugged in the Contemporary Galleries. Free with museum admission. For more information about this event please visit brooksmuseum.org or call 901.544.6200. Memphis Brooks Museum of Art,
2 pm
Film: Summer Hours
Memphis Brooks Museum of Art
Siblings clash when their mother, heiress to her uncle’s exceptional 19th century art collection, dies suddenly. French with English subtitles. $6 mem/$8 non-mem, and free with a VIP Film Pass. Call 901.544.6208 or visit brooksmuseum.org/films for more information on each film, or to purchase advance tickets.
Sunday, May 22 | 2 pm
Film: John Rabe
Memphis Brooks Museum of Art
Steve Buscemi co-stars in this true story of a German businessman who rescued more than 200,000 civilians during the so-called “Nanking Massacre.” Cantonese, Mandarin, German, Japanese, English and Ukranian with English subtitles. This film is presented in conjunction with the exhibition A Taste for China. $6 mem/$8 non-mem, and free with a VIP Film Pass. Call 901.544.6208 or visit brooksmuseum.org/films for more information on each film, or to purchase advance tickets.
Thursday, May 26
Brooks After Hours at the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art
During Brooks After Hours, the galleries and Museum Store are open until 8 pm The Brushmark Restaurant is open until 9 pm. For more information visit brooksmuseum.org or call 901.544.6200.
7 pm
Film: The Great Dictator (1940)
In cooperation with Janus Films, The Film Desk, MK2, Emerging Pictures, and the Chaplin Estate, the Brooks is proud to screen Chaplin’s greatest works, recently restored and available digitally for the very first time.
The U.S. was not yet in WWII when Chaplin leveled his comedy arsenal at Der Führer, skewering fascism even as he serves up poignant scenes of a ghetto in the clutches of storm-trooping terror. $6 mem/$8 non-mem, and free with a VIP Film Pass. Call 901.544.6208 or visit brooksmuseum.org/films for more information on each film, or to purchase advance tickets.
Sunday, May 29 | 2 pm
Film: Last Train Home
Memphis Brooks Museum of Art
Filmed over several years in classic verité style, this documentary follows one couple out of 130 million migrant workers who perform an annual mass exodus to spend the holidays with families they’ve left behind. Mandarin and Sichuan with English subtitles. This film is presented in conjunction with the exhibition A Taste for China. $6 mem/$8 non-mem, and free with a VIP Film Pass.
