Laurie Nye

Recorded on July 20, 2022

Laurie Nye (b. 1972, Memphis, Tennessee) received her BFA from the Memphis College of Art, (1995, Memphis, Tenn.), and her MFA from the California Institute of the Arts (2002, Valencia, California). Nye’s work was the subject of a recent solo exhibition “My River Runs to Thee,” at Philip Martin Gallery (Los Angeles, California). Her solo […]

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Dr. Earnestine Jenkins

Recorded on July 6, 2022

Dr. Earnestine Lovelle Jenkins is an Full Professor of Art History in the Department of Art & Design at the University of Memphis, where her scholarship focuses on the visual cultural history of the African Diaspora.

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Veda Reed

Recorded on June 29, 2022

Veda Reed is revered for her long career of creating sublime, luminous, large-scale paintings of skies, cloudscapes, and the cycles of the sun and moon. Inspired by her childhood in wide-open spaces of Oklahoma, her works represent moments of warmth and comfort experienced while witnessing nature.

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Greely Myatt

Recorded on June 15, 2022

Greely Myatt is widely recognized for his whimsical sculptural objects and monumental installations made from found materials.

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Beth Edwards

Recorded on April 27, 2022

Beth Edwards has had a three-decade long career painting, exhibiting, and teaching.

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Peter Sohngen

Recorded on June 10, 2022

Peter Sohngen was the ceramics professor at the Memphis Art Academy (that later became the Memphis College of Art) from 1969 to 2002 when he retired and was a full time potter and gardener.

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Pinkney Herbert Part 2

Recorded on June 29, 2022

Pinkney Herbert is an abstract painter who maintains studios in Memphis and New York. This is the second of two interviews.

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Pinkney Herbert Part 1

Recorded on June 1, 2022

Pinkney Herbert is an abstract painter who maintains studios in Memphis and New York. This is the first of two interviews.

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Chuck Johnson

The impetus for this series. Memphis artist, Chuck Johnson is an accomplished and vital member of the arts community.

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Introduction

Welcome to Memphis Material, an oral history project celebrating the personal histories, the intimate stories, and the studio practices of some of the people who have helped shape the creative landscape of the city.

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