Danny Bowers' "Cemetery Angels" opens today at Painted Planet Artspace, 798 S. Cooper.
Levy Gallery, Buckman Arts Center at St. Mary's School, 60 Perkins Ext.: "In Love with Color": Sculptural Glass by Lisa Allen and Paintings by Jeanne Seagle, on display through Sept. 10. Opening reception 5:30 p.m. Friday. Open 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday-Friday; or by appointment. Call 537-1483. buckmanartscenter.com.
Danny Bowers' "Cemetery Angels" opens today at Painted Planet Artspace, 798 S. Cooper.
Optimal Health Chiropractic (the office of Maurice Tucker, D.C.), 2879 Poplar: WDR=TV presents "3 Friends Art Show," 6-8 tonight. Artwork by Pam Santi, Mike Pickard and Tom Foster. A percentage of proceeds will go to the Highland Heights United Methodist Church Art Program. Call 324-3474.
Otherlands, 641 S. Cooper: "Within/Without," photographs by Adam Hohenberg. Friday through Sept. 7. Twenty-four images of various people, places and things (Memphis, New York, Nashville). Call 278-4994.
P&H Artspace, 1532 Madison: Sally Caraway, Maggie Exner: "Heat Wave," through Sept. 5. Opening 8-10 tonight. 726-0906.
Painted Planet Artspace, 798 S. Cooper in Cooper-Young: Danny Bowers: "Cemetery Angels" opens Friday. Photographs. 735-0054 or 502-7668.
GALLERIES
Art Museum of the University of Memphis, 142 Communication and Fine Arts Building: "Midnight Robbers: The Artists of Notting Hill Carnival," through Sept. 11. Exhibition explores the historic context of the London Carnival and the carnival as an art form. Free admission. Open 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Saturday. 678-2224. Caseworks: "Man. Enough." Work by Kevin Mitchell, through Aug. 31.
D'Edge Art & Unique Treasures, 550 S. Main: Plastic. Man. The Emancipation of Ken. Collage and assemblage by Kevin Mitchell on view through Aug. 21. Also: Art by George Hunt, NJ Woods, Debra Edge, Melanie Pyron, Rosa Jordan and Allison Furr-Lawyer. 521-0054. Online: d-edgeart.com.
Dixon Gallery and Gardens, 4339 Park: "Helen Turner: The Woman's Point of View" and "Quiet Spirit, Skillful Hands: The Graphic Work of Clare Leighton" on display through Sept. 19. Call 761-5250. dixon.org.
Fountain Art Gallery, 3092 Poplar, Suite 1 (Chickasaw Oaks): 19 Gallery Artists: "Totems" on view through Aug. 20. Open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Saturday. 458-7100. fountainartgallery.com.
Gallery Fifty Six, 2256 Central. "Turnmaloose" runs through Aug. 31. Photography and artwork inspired by Elvis Presley and rock and roll, by Michael Whitaker (photography) in addition to Jeanne Reynolds (oil paintings), Paul Clarke (photos on canvas). Visit online: GalleryFiftySix.com and ThePalladioGroup.com.
Harrington Brown Gallery, 5179 Wheelis Drive: August Group Exhibit: "Red, Hot & Blues," through Sept. 7. Call 590-3008. harringtonbrowngallery.com.
Hope Gallery, Caritas Village, 2509 Harvard Ave.: Ebony Bailey: "Language of Play," through Sept. 15. 327-5246. caritasvillage.com.
Joysmith Gallery, 46 Huling: "Sunsum Contemporary," through Aug. 23. Works by Reyna Castano, oil paintings; Irmagean, charcoal paintings; Yashua Klos, woodblock prints; Basil Watson, bronze sculpture. Call 543-0505.
Lisa Kurts Gallery, 766 S. White Station: "White Party" artists included in show: Burton Callicott, Joan Konkel, Marcia Myers, Christine Heyman and many others (5 percent of sales go to Memphis College of Art). Show runs through Sept. 30. Open 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Tuesday through Friday; 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday; or by appointment. 683-6200. lisakurts.com.
David Lusk Gallery, 4540 Poplar in Laurelwood: "The Price is Right," through Aug. 28. Original works by 40 artists, and every piece is priced under $1,000. 767-3800. davidluskgallery.com.
Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Overton Park: John Salvest: "Consumo Ergo Sum," through Sept. 12. Installation of hundreds of plastic bottle caps that form a U.S. map. And "Who Shot Rock & Roll: A Photographic History, 1955 to the Present," including 175 images from 100 photographers, from Jim Marshall to David LaChapelle to Ernest Withers, through Sept. 26. Call 544-6200. Online: brooksmuseum.org.
National Ornamental Metal Museum, 374 Metal Museum Drive: "Iron Twenty Ten: A Juried Exhibition of Contemporary Blacksmithing," through Aug. 29. Juried by Anna Fariello, Tom Joyce, Richard Quinnell, James Wallace. Call 774-6380. metalmuseum.org.
L Ross Gallery, 5040 Sanderlin, Suite 104: "Works on Paper" runs through Aug. 31. Featured artists include Memphis artist Bobby Spillman. Also a part of this exhibit: David Comstock and Ryan VanderLey's abstracts, Lisa Weiss and Chuck Johnson's organic imagery and Carl Moore's pop art. 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Tuesday-Friday; 11 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Saturday. Call 767-2200. LRossGallery.com.
Stax Museum of American Soul Music, 926 E. McLemore: "ELVIS: From Memphis to Manhattan — From the CBS Photo Archive," on exhibit through Oct. 16. $12 general admission, free for Stax Museum members. This photographic exhibition looks at the early years of superstardom through his many CBS appearances, particularly those on the Ed Sullivan Show. Call 942-7685.
OTHER EXHIBITIONS
Benjamin L. Hooks Central Library, 3030 Poplar: "Jam Session: America's Jazz Ambassadors Embrace the World" on display through Sept. 14. A 100-piece photographic exhibit, chronicling the international tours of legendary jazz musicians selected by the U.S. State Department to serve as roving "cultural ambassadors." Call 576-6857. memphismusic.org.
Eclectic Eye Showroom, 242 S. Cooper: "Transmissions and Connections" by Daniel Tacker, through Sept. 22. Call 276-3937. Online: eclectic-eye.com.
St. George's Episcopal Church, 2425 S. Germantown Road, Germantown: The Memphis/Germantown Art League (MGAL) Star Artist Exhibit runs through Aug. 30. Works by league artists who have won previous awards in national, international and regional exhibits, and have reached the "star" level in the MGAL. Juried works will be selected by artist Jeanne Seagle, who has had a lengthy and varied career as an illustrator, painter, muralist, mosaicist and stained glass designer. Call 921-3342.
Trezevant Manor Art Gallery, 177 N. Highland: Bonnie Orange: "Paintings," through Sept. 3. A lifetime artist who works with mixed media, collage, watercolor and acrylic mediums. 515-2800. trezevantmanor.org.
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