"Origins," at the Shainberg Gallery at the Memphis Jewish Community Center, features artists Marian Lea, Virginia Nuckolls and Mollie Johnson, who painted this watercolor.
NEW SHOWS
Levy Gallery, Buckman Arts Center at St. Mary's School, 60 Perkins Ext.: Textures: Clay works by Skippy Gronauer and paintings by Alex Walter, through Sept. 11. Opening reception, 5:30 tonight. 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday-Friday; or by appointment. 537-1483.
"Origins," at the Shainberg Gallery at the Memphis Jewish Community Center, features artists Marian Lea, Virginia Nuckolls and Mollie Johnson, who painted this watercolor.
P & H Café, 1532 Madison: Jason Cole: "Branded," through Sept. 3. Opening 8-10 tonight. A series of acrylic paintings. Call 726-0906.
Shainberg Gallery, Memphis Jewish Community Center, 6560 Poplar: "Origins" by artists Mollie Johnson, Marian Lea McKinney, Virginia Nuckolls, through Sept. 13. Opening reception, 2-4 p.m. Sunday. Landscape paintings and metalsmithing, copper work. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday-Thursday. 761-0810.
UrbanArt Commission, 2549 Broad Ave.: "Imitations of Familiar Things." New work from Steven McMahon, Joel Parsons, 6-7 p.m. Saturday (performance starts at 6:15 p.m.) McMahon is a dancer and choreographic associate with Ballet Memphis; Parsons is an artist, both "working together to find new ways to move from narrative to abstraction."
GALLERIES
Art Museum of the University of Memphis, Communication and Fine Arts Building: "Exhibition in Progress: Designing an Installation for the New African Galleries," through Aug. 22. Visitors get an insider's view of how an exhibition is created. Call 678-2224. amum.org
Spotlight: Wyeth Family.
Two in Trunk by Stephen Almond.
Caseworks: Anna Kordsmeier
D'Edge Art & Unique Treasures, 550 S. Main: Philip Eubanks, through Aug. 28. Call 521-0054.
The Dixon Gallery & Gardens, 4339 Park. 761-5250. dixon.org "Bold, Cautious, True: Walt Whitman and American Art of the Civil War Era," through Oct. 4. Work of some of the most important American artists of the mid-19th century, including Winslow Homer, Eastman Johnson, Sanford Robinson Gifford, John Frederick Kensett.
Mallory at Wurtzburger: Art in Memphis -- Beth Edwards, through Sept. 6. Edwards has made a name for herself across the country with her unique and colorful paintings that feature dolls and toys as stand-ins for people, resulting in what she refers to as "Happy Paintings."
Gallery Fifty Six, 2256 Central: Oils and watercolors by John Armistead through August, and continuing work by local artists. Hours: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday. Call 276-1251. GalleryFiftySix.com
Hope Gallery, The Caritas Village 2509 Harvard (at Merton): Carl E. Moore: "Retrospective," through Sept. 30. An evaluation of artwork created over the last 10 years. Painting subjects rang from social awareness and personal responsibility to political and religious ideology. 327-5246. carlemoore.com
Java Cabana, 2170 Young: "A Spoonful of Memphis," photographs by Maggie Louie on exhibition through Sept. 3. Call 272-7210.
Lisa Kurts Gallery, 766 S. White Station: Danny Broadway: "Selected Works," through Sept. 30. Gallery hours: 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Tuesday through Friday; closed Sunday and Monday. Call 683-6200.
Lulalyn Downtown, 80 Monroe at Main Street (lobby of Brinkley Plaza): "Cool Change." New work by Michael Ethridge, through Aug. 24. Call 489-3963. lulalyn.com
David Lusk Gallery, 4540 Poplar, Laurelwood: "Price is Right: Art Under $1,000," through Aug. 29. Original works by 45 artists, and every piece is priced under $1,000. Summer hours: 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Tuesday through Friday; 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday. Call 767-3800.
Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, 1934 Poplar (Overton Park): "The Prints of Jacob Lawrence, 1963-2000," through Sept. 6. Included in the exhibition, the documentary film "The Glory of Expression," about the artist's life and work. Call 544-6200. brooksmuseum.org
Memphis Pink Palace Museum, 3050 Central: Call 320-6362. memphismuseums.org.
"Wrapped in Pride: Ghanaian Kente and African-American Identity," ends Sunday. The cloth called kente, made by the Asante (or Ashanti) people of Ghana and the Ewe people of Ghana and Togo, is the best known of all African textiles.
"Underground Memphis: Archaeology and the African-American Experience," through Oct. 16. Story of African-Americans as they moved from slavery to freedom and from plantation to city in the 19th century.
"Connections" exhibit focusing on African-American history in Memphis and the Mid-South.
National Ornamental Metal Museum, 374 Metal Museum Dr.: Call 774-6380. metalmuseum.org "Tributaries: Sylvie Rosenthal," through Aug. 23. Using familiar forms such as birds and animals, Rosenthal mines what she calls "the everydayness of the human condition."
Selections from the Permanent Collection, through Aug. 23. Four separate exhibitions: "Under Lock and Key" (collection of historic and handmade locks); "J.G. Braun Collection of decorative ironwork," along with sale catalogs, texts; "Domesticity" (handmade household items); and the fourth exhibition, Dorothy Sturm Memorial Gallery hosts a collection of Sturm's enamels.
Perry Nicole Fine Art, 3086 Poplar: "Prix Fixe Menu," through Aug. 28. Every original work of art $500. Hours 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday; 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday (gallery closed Aug. 22 for private event, Art of Caring benefit for Baptist Camp Good Grief). Call 458-0141. Visit online: perrynicole.com
Power House Memphis, 45 East G.E. Patterson: "Counter Narratives," work by teens in the Memphis Youth Leadership Program, under guidance from Power House Memphis gallery coordinator Lester Merriweather. Open through Aug. 24. Call 578-5545 or go to powerhousememphis.org
L Ross Gallery, 5040 Sanderlin, Suite 104: "Works on Paper" runs through Aug. 31. Featured artists and mediums on paper include David Comstock, enamel; Mike Caplanis, ink and coffee; Anton Weiss, monotypes; Margaret Munz-Losch, gouache and colored pencil; Ryan VanderLey, ink and oil; Bobby Spillman, ink and watercolor; Lisa Weiss, ink, watercolor and acrylic; and Carl Moore. Hours: 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Tuesday-Friday; 11 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Saturday. 767-2200. LRossGallery.com
OTHER EXHIBITIONS
Eclectic Eye Showroom, 242 S. Cooper: New works by Sean Shrum, through Sept. 23. Oil on canvas. Call 276-3937. Online: eclectic-eye.com
Meeman-Shelby Forest State Park, 910 Riddick Road, Millington: Memphis Camera Club presents an exhibition of wildlife and scenic images from the Tennessee Parks, through Sept. 7. Visit: memphiscameraclub.org or http://state.tn.us/environment/ parks/MeemanShelby.
St. George's Episcopal Church, 2425 S. Germantown Road. The Memphis/Germantown Art League (MGAL) Star Artist Exhibition, through Sept. 21. Works by League artists who have won previous awards in national, international, regional exhibits, and have reached "star" level in the MGAL. Juried works selected by Jerry and Terry Lynn (TWIN), whose work is represented by David Lusk Gallery. Call 578-3921.
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