

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Opening Lecture: African American Artists in Memphis
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sun, 08 Feb, 2026 at 02:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Attend this FREE lecture and hear from Dr. Earnestine Jenkins, Guest Curator, Professor, Department of Art, University of Memphis

This lecture will discuss how the Black Artists in
America exhibition series enriched research about African
American artists in Memphis, including painters Vertis Hayes,
Reginald Morris, Floyd Newsum, and James Little, sculptor
Luther Hampton, self-taught visionary artist Hawkins Bolden,
and Hooks Brothers photographers. Memphis, an urban area
in the South with a significant African American demographic,
was a unique site for Black art. Jenkins will consider the
experiences of artists within the broader context of segregation,
during a period when the foundation was established for an
enduring academic and professional Black visual arts practice
in Memphis. The talk will highlight how this under-researched
aspect of African American art history became a dominant
theme in all three Black Artists in America exhibitions.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/memphis/opening-lecture-african-american-artists-in-memphis/200029476827647
- **Event Categories**: art, exhibitions, photography
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 74

## Ticket Details

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## Event venue details

- **city**: Memphis
- **state**: TN
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 4339 Park Ave, Memphis, TN, United States, Tennessee 38117
- **lat**: 35.10657
- **long**: -89.91691
- **full address**: 4339 Park Ave, Memphis, TN, United States, Tennessee 38117

## Event Organizer details

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- **organizer**: Dixon Gallery and Gardens (https://allevents.in/org/dixon-gallery-and-gardens/276908)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Sun, 08 Feb, 2026 at 02:00 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** 4339 Park Ave, Memphis, TN, United States, Tennessee 38117
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Dixon Gallery and Gardens
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** art, exhibitions, photography
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Opening Lecture: African American Artists in Memphis ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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