Opening Celebration for 'Memphis College of Art: 1936-2020 — An Enduring Legacy'

Join us for the opening celebration of Memphis College of Art: 1936–2020 — An Enduring Legacy, an exhibition that traces how a single institution shaped generations of artists whose work reached far beyond Memphis.

Founded in 1936 and graduating its final class in 2020, Memphis College of Art was a launchpad for artists whose careers extended nationally and internationally while remaining rooted in Memphis. Featuring 90 works, the exhibition traces a creative lineage that begins here and extends outward—into museums, studios, classrooms, and cultural institutions around the world.
 

Memphis College of Art, 1936-2020: An Enduring Legacy is guest curated by Marina Pacini, Chief Curator, Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, 2002-2019.

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Presented by Raymond James with major support from the Henry Luce Foundation and Grinder Taber Grinder.  Supported by Formanek Foundation. Sponsored by: National Endowment for the Arts, Wyeth Foundation for American Art, Anonymous, The James Lee House, Ellen and Brig Klyce, KC and Jeff Warren, Doug Carpenter + Associates, Kaywin Feldman and Jim Lutz, and the Art Now Collective.

Additional support for this event has been graciously provided by the Host Committee, including Anise and Ron Belz, Kim Caldwell, Kristi and James Carmichael, Dabney Coors, Metcalf and Madeleine Crump, Pinkney and Janice Herbert, Martha and Michael Hess, Milton and Maggie Lovell, Simone and Logan Meeks, Suzanne and Jon Scharff, Henry Turley and Wanda Shea, KC and Jeff Warren, Tate and Webb Wilson, Carissa Hussong and David Lusk, Fatima and James Little, Angie and Will Deupree, Brooke and Alan Balducci, Kristen and Jay Keegan, Sherri and Kevin Kimery, Kerry Jackson and Kathy Fish, Barbara and Pitt Hyde, Lisa A. Brumleve-Pratt and Harry Pratt.

All exhibitions at the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art are underwritten by the MBMA Exhibition Fund. Major annual support is provided by Kay Clark and Maggie and Milton Lovell, with generous annual funding from Anonymous, Irene and Ron Ayotte, Gloria and Kenneth Boyland, Deborah and Bob Craddock, Debi and Galen Havner, Sally Hergenrader, James R. Humphreys, Betty and George Johnson, Jay and Kristen Keegan, the Doris S. and Hubert Kiersky Charitable Remainder Trust, Carl and Valerie Person, Susan and James Edelman, and Bill Townsend.

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