Art

Calida Rawles, 'Towner for Life', 2024 acrylic on canvas 72 x 102 inches 182.9 x 259.1 cm © Calida Rawles Courtesy the artist and Lehmann Maupin, New York, Seoul, and London. Photo by Marten Elder

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Calida Rawles: Away with the Tides

In her first solo museum presentation, Calida Rawles envisions water as a space for Black healing. Merging hyperrealism, poetic abstraction, and water's cultural and historical symbolisms, Rawles creates unique portraits of Black bodies submerged in and interacting with bright and mysterious bodies of water.

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Exhibitions

Navigating Knowledge

Through Oct 31, 2026

Memphis College of Art, 1936-2020: An Enduring Legacy

Through Sep 25, 2026

Ongoing Art Events

Figure Drawing (Long Pose)

Sunday May 31, 2026 2:00 - 4:00 PM

Classes & Camps

Figure Drawing (Nude Model)

Thursday Jun 04, 2026 5:30 - 7:30 PM

Classes & Camps

Figure Drawing (Clothed Model)

Friday Jun 12, 2026 10:00 - 12:00 PM

Classes & Camps

Coming Soon

Lantern Stories

Coming Soon

David Uzochukwu: Bodies of Water

Opens Jun 10, 2026

All That Glitters: Reframing the Dutch “Golden” Age

Opens Dec 6, 2026

Explore our past exhibitions from the last hundred years of art in Memphis.

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