Film at Brooks Museum

Sunday, December 6 | 2 pm
Film: Downside Up

Can art make a difference? How can it impact an individual, a community, a city? With the majority of its downtown deserted, many people had given up on North Adams, Massachusetts, until MASS MoCA (Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art) located there and breathed life back into the community.

The Brooks Museum collaborates with the Urban Art Commission to present this moving documentary about how art can bring the tentative, dangerous notion of hope to a city widely viewed as hopeless. Afterwards, lend your voice to a discussion on the arts in Memphis, and whether you think art matters in your community.

Dalstrom Park Dedication Event

Date: Saturday, December 5, 2009
Time: 11:00am
Location: Dalstrom Park - Shelby Drive & Weaver Road - Shelby Drive Entrance

UrbanArt is hosting a dedication of the completion of the Dalstrom Park public art project. The ceremony will take place at the Shelby Drive entrance of Dalstrom Park, at the trailhead to the right of the park. Both Mayor Wharton and Councilman Edmund Ford, Jr., will speak at the event.

Dalstrom Park’s public art is a City of Memphis Percent-for-Art project and was a part of the Division of Park Services project to add amenities such as playgrounds, pavilions and picnic areas to Dalstrom Park. Local Artist Suzy Hendrix created artwork to both compliment and contrast the natural setting of the park.

Dalstrom Park

These pieces by Suzy Hendrix are currently being installed in Dalstrom Park at Shelby Drive and Weaver Road in southwest Memphis.