Memphis is a city full of art and artists—and wherever you find art, you find passion, soul and beauty. Grace Baker’s passions are writing and sports, and this Grizzlies fan parlayed these two interests into her dream job. Amazing Grace As Baker explains, “Around the age of sixteen … I started writing for SB Nation’s […]
Although we often think of art as something created by old masters that hangs in museums, art surrounds us and shapes our daily lives. The billboards we pass on our commutes, the music we hear at the mall and the selfies our friends post on social media all seek to inform and convince us to […]
Photographs are a dime a dozen these days, with selfie-taking tourists on every corner of Downtown Memphis, and the fact that we all walk around with cameras in our pockets makes it easy to forget that photography is an art. Professional photographers do more than render recognizable likenesses—they capture moments in ways that highlight the […]
If art is an abstract representation of society, then artists work to capture their interactions with society—and Lawrence Matthews III is an excellent example of art in action. As a Memphis native born in 1991, Matthews grew up in a racially charged environment and created his works of art as a complex representation of his […]
When it comes to abstract art, creativity is what defines a good piece—and you can certainly see this in each of Beth Winterburn’s one-of-a-kind works. What’s more, the story of Beth’s journey to become a premier abstract artist in Memphis is as unique as her creations. When Beth went to college with the intention of […]
